Chamber Banquet
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The deadline is Jan. 7 for tickets for the Emporia Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.
The dinner will be on Friday, Jan. 16, and starts at 6 p.m. The dinner will feature Callie Agler and Jose Feliciano.
Tickets are $40, and $35 for additional patron tickets.
Time change
The Emporia City Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the City Conference Room 1 at 516 Mechanic St.
Items on the agenda include a resolution stating the intent of the city to consider a Project Plan at the Feb. 4 city commission meeting, and a resolution giving notice of a public hearing to discuss the creation of a Transportation Development District.
These steps are a required part of the process of developing the land northeast of 24th Avenue and Industrial Road in order to build a Lowe’s home improvement store, several restaurants and other retailers.
Ice fishing death
RUSSELL — One man is dead and another suffered frostbite after falling through the ice on a central Kansas lake.
Authorities say Michael Deutsch of Wilson died after the ice at Lake Wilson broke late Saturday night while he and a friend were ice fishing. The 40-year-old Deutsch was pronounced dead at the scene after his body was recovered at the upper end of the lake Sunday.
His fishing buddy, Curt Menzer of Dorrance, was treated for frostbite after walking four miles in the dark to get help.