The news, briefly
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 01:52 p.m., February 14, 2008
Updated 01:52 p.m., February 14, 2008
Founders’ Day
Emporia State University will celebrate its 145th year Friday at the annual Founders’ Day luncheon in the Memorial Union Ballroom.
Luncheon activities will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the Founders’ Day program will begin at 12:30 p.m. The program will include speeches by the daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of the late John Brekuelman, a biology professor at ESU from 1929 to 1968.
The buffet for the event will cost $7 a person. The public is invited to attend.
Eggs & Issues
State legislators will update residents on legislative issues during an Eggs & Issues meeting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in Emporia Presbyterian Manor. They also will answer questions from the audience. Coffee and rolls are provided for those who attend, with serving beginning at 8 a.m.
The meeting is co-sponsored by the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters.
Appointed to panel
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has appointed two Emporians to Kansan Commission on Emergency Planning and Response. Melissa Dinsmore and Fire Chief Jack Taylor were among 13 Kansans appointed to four-year terms on the commission.
Testify in Topeka
City Manager Matt Zimmerman and Emporia Main Street Executive Director Kayla Oney were scheduled to testify this morning before the State Senate’s Committee on Assessment and Taxation about the financial impact of Tyson Foods’ decision to shut down its slaughter operation in Emporia and lay off about 1,800 workers.
Zimmerman, Oney and Sen. Jim Barnett were to testify in connection with Senate Bill No. 445, which would offer a tax credit to any taxpayer making a capital investment in a business located “in a city substantially damaged by disaster.”