Story archive for December 2009
Thursday, Dec. 31
- Holthaus career game not enough
- ESU women beat cold-shooting Mavs
- UPDATE: Baby Jesus returned to city Nativity scene
- Lady Hornets begin tough road trip
- More help
- A good Samaritan
- Well-deserved
- Insulted
- A good town
- Happy New Year
- Refunds coming
- Playhouse sold
- County collects record sales tax
- Clinic location changed
- Stone Work
- New location helps business shift gears
- Computer classes; Celebrating Elvis
Wednesday, Dec. 30
- Exclusive, not inclusive
- Support marijuana legislation
- Valuable lessons
- Library download program ends
- Commendation
- Donations will help local groups
- Starting Perez is the right move
- Hart: Interest in football job high
Tuesday, Dec. 29
- A New Year, A New You
- Time is running out
- Play aims to inspire students to read
- Snow sculpture contest
- Digging Out
- Shake it up
- Drive carefully
- Garate takes first place
- Instant energy boost
- Hornets get the message
- Olpe city meeting, Vehicle tags and a Birthday celebration
Monday, Dec. 28
- ESU men beat Truman
- ESU women beat Truman State
- Playhouse up for re-auction
- Does she win the car?
- H1N1 clinic next week
- Worth the Wait
- Hill’s should be online by July
- Older Kansans Employment Program; Emporia Senior Center
- Club Agenda
- The Optimists
- Wilbern ready to return
Saturday, Dec. 26
- Spartan bowlers ready to start over
- Use the gift of memory
- Honor rolls
- Card shower
- Employee of the Year
- Flint Hills Digest
- Choosing chocolates
- What a Year
Friday, Dec. 25
Thursday, Dec. 24
- City issues travel advisory; will tow stranded vehicles
- Hornets could use some Christmas good fortune
- Madelynn’s back to Dept. of Revenue
- Heartland Park Honchos
- Business burglaries investigated
- Library benefit
- ESU Debate finishes fall strong
- Rec Center activities
- Lady Hornets tough to figure out
- Arrest made in weekend shooting
- Santa’s Elf
- Newman ends ’09 in red
- A great success
- County budget to be republished
- Bowyer honored with street name
- Chief requests new squad cars
- Joan Gatewood tells stories
Wednesday, Dec. 23
- Small gash turns world on end
- Homemade Christmas candy
- Take a load off with one-pot meals
- The Last Christmas Tree
- Merry Christmas
- Pyramid stone used for new museum sign
- Breaking on a high note
- Police at Walmart
- Circle of Life
- ESU women grind out a victory
Tuesday, Dec. 22
- Herrera, Kirmer win at Derby
- Hornets picked preseason NO. 1
- Power forwards lead Lady Hornets to blowout win
- Fun With Snow
- Thank You, Emporia
- Cop Bashing?
- New Year’s Resolutions: A Family Affair
- Third death associated with H1N1 in Lyon County
- Lucky Ticket
- Bowyer donates Christmas Trees
- Emporia Police Department wins battle of badges
- Shooting Investigation Continues
- Video: Emporia Municipal Band
Monday, Dec. 21
- Republican Women
- Card shower
- Hornets outrun Ottawa
- Santa visits animals, too
- Busy Beavers
- Bluestem Farm and Ranch
- Championship quality
- Police release victims' names
- Hartford Library Fundaiser
- Register for booth space
- Where is the holiday music?
- Kansasland buys Cooper building, assets
Saturday, Dec. 19
- Hornets blow out Ottawa
- New 4-H extension agent hired
- Moving it out
- Lyon County employees awarded for years of service
- Meet a Gazette Mom
- Court furloughs may be shorter than anticipated
- Prepare for Winter Driving
- Arson
- Menus for the week of December 21, 2009
- Burlington; Cottonwood Falls
- Making Music
- Merry Christmas
- Well-Prepared
- Special volunteers
- Ugly win
- Zoned out
- Madison loses heartbreaker to Burlingame
Friday, Dec. 18
- Organ concert
- Give a gift of classes
- Class builds wind generator
- For novice & experienced quilters alike
- A musical Christmas, ’50s-style
- Graduation set for today
- The reason for the season
- Battle of the badges benefits local families
- Sullivan nationally certified
- Shoes for Christmas
- Holiday tale
- Pats on the back
- N. Heights rides fast start to victory
- Changing of the guards
- Lady Hornets heading west
- Newman will buy supplies from county
- Federal indictments come down
- Wanted: Poster contest entries
- A loss for esu foundation
- Don’t sue
Thursday, Dec. 17
- Our own good?
- Work together
- Tryphena’s Christmas apron
- ERC activities; ESU baseball camps
- Stepping it up a notch
- Agreement for construction engineering approved by city
- Green classes offered at FHTC
- Americus News
- Santa visits Head Start
- Newman asks to purchase supplies
- Blacksmith Elm removed amid safety concerns
- Dine with Santa
- Bison tours
- Wanted: World travelers
- Tough decisions for S. Lyon
Wednesday, Dec. 16
- Nice rice puddings
- Live Nativity; White House tours
- ESU organizes inaugural exhibit for new EAC gallery
- History repeats
- Think again
- Enough is enough
- Weekend graduations
- Teen license changes set to begin
- Group offers free haircuts for kids
- Vaccinations
- What happened to restaurant?
- Big Shot Brad
- Jaguar posts shine in victory
- No Moores for ESU
Tuesday, Dec. 15
- Emporian’s book forwarded to Oprah
- Hunt for hunger a success
- Taxes due
- Foreclosures up in Lyon co.
- Barnett wants limits
- Happy Hanukkah
- ‘White’ Christmas
- EHS freshmen win
- Battle of the Bigs
- Keeping the holidays positive
- So this is Christmas
- Act of kindness
- Season of giving
Monday, Dec. 14
- No offense: EHS off to bad start
- Community News
- Optimists
- Busy week downtown
- Business project helps students, community
- Camera tips
- 2 children injured in accident
- Long, Lanky and productive
- ESU’s Robinson, Honeycutt place first at K-State
- Smart shopping can reduce holiday stress
- Financial stability in the new year
- Open house
- Attitude change nearly leads to big upset
- EHS wrestlers finish 2nd at Hi-Park
Saturday, Dec. 12
- Hornets fall short in upset bid of No. 1 UCM
- Volkens leads ESU women to win
- Cooperative effort helps stop illegal dumping
- Flu Shot
- Painful Education Cuts
- Collecting items for the animal shelter
- Menus
- Flint Hills Digest
- Save our school
- Master Teacher
- Learning the Breed
- Meet a Gazette Mom
- Tough times
- Artificial Turf
- Cuts hit southern district hard
- Emporia armory escapes closing
- Unsolved puzzle
- Arndt, Waldner take charge
Friday, Dec. 11
- 100-Year Celebration
- Briefcase
- Browning named Master Teacher
- Stimulus Money
- Angel Trees need your Help
- Settlement hearing set in Newman case
- What if Tiger Woods accident happened in Emporia?
- Emporians nabbed in ID theft sweep
- Chimney Fires
- Band concert
- Train run
- Charges Amended
- Spartans finish 5th at home meet
- Cold Wildcats lose to Herington in first round
- Upper-weight wrestlers key in EHS victory
- Spartans need to feed the bigs
- Word of the day: Fundamentals
- Lowe leaving emporia High
- Radio City will perform; art gifts
- Divine Advent: The Word Became Flesh
- A Minority of One
- Friday Thoughts
- Pats on the Back
- Crime of the Week
- Bingo Night; Public access computers
- Commissioners make board appointments
- The gift of Dictionaries
- Debaters qualify for national tourney
Thursday, Dec. 10
- Lowe leaving Emporia High
- County in an “enviable” position
- Golf fees remain the same
- Newman stands to lose $600,000
- To sue or not to sue?
- Slaughter carries rules
- Help Needed
- Boy licks pole, gets stuck
- Tree bidding extended
- Poinsettias — the Plant of the Season
- I am a mushroom man
- Nursing Debate
- ESU not where it expected to be
- Hornets can't finish comeback
- EHS game postponed
- ESU retiring Stueve’s jersey on Saturday
- Fundraisers; Basketball for Braysen
- No carriage rides
- Board trudges through tough agenda
Wednesday, Dec. 9
- Emporia State loses second straight
- EHS girls game postponed
- NAMI group
- Things made with eggnog
- Green rebate program
- Stealing Christmas
- Salaries revealed
- Blood drive honors 4-year-old boy
- Area games postponed
- Searching for a point
- Supportive of LPNs
- Infrastructure Progress
- Festival of trees silent auction extended
- Weather Related Changes
Tuesday, Dec. 8
- ADHD: Important to diagnose early
- Board of education considers lawsuit
- About Town
- Give this holiday season
- Have camera, will travel
- Doomed
- Stanbrough earns Academic All-State honor
- Four EKWC wrestlers finish first
- No need for compassion
- Census Bureau hiring workers
- Toy drive this weekend
- Road conditions
- Submit weather-related closures
Monday, Dec. 7
- Health care opposition
- Bad idea
- Think first
- Consumer tips for holiday shopping
- Southern Lyon County
- Americus News
- Toy Shoppe
- Seasonal Celebration
- Plumb place open house draws crowd
- Daycare license suspended
- Festival of trees lights up mall
- Schankies lead Madison to win
- Emporia grapplers rebound at Valley Center
- Area players earn All-class honors
- Ice-cold Hornets blown out
- On-the-job winning
- No offense, no problem
- Health department giving out H1N1 vaccines today
Sunday, Dec. 6
- Man leads officers on chase
- Early morning incident leads to arrest
- Festival of trees lights up mall
- Artists' Open house draws crowd
Saturday, Dec. 5
- Hornets open second half flat, lose at Mo. Western
- ESU women dominate boards, beat Mo. Western
- Ribbon cutting; Homebuyer workshop
- City of Emporia building permits between Nov. 20 -30, 2009
- Meet a Gazette Mom
- Menus for the week of December 7, 2009
- A farmer's creed
- Looks wonderful
- Artists pool together to form holiday gift shop
- Attacking comments
- Going Green
- Earning degrees from K-State a DeDonder family tradition
- Decked Out
- Leavenworth too fast for Emporia
- Lady Hornets look to improve defense
- Lebo sorts out roles in 55-40 win
- Madison 1-1 with win over White City
Friday, Dec. 4
- County approves two new positions to hospital board
- FBLA moves to younger grades
- MS Group forming
- Wish Fulfilled
- Madison routs Lebo
- EHS swimmers win first home meet
- Waldner shines in opener
- Spartan wrestlers upset in opener
- Coming up in Copenhagen
- My favorite Christmas verse
- Arts Notes
- Novel examines vanished world
- Holiday homes tour this weekend
- Friday Thoughts
- Pats on the Back
- Neosho Rapids meeting
- Nursing graduate
Thursday, Dec. 3
- Sports Shorts
- Christmas festival
- The next financial crisis
- At peace
- Burn permits could be extended
- Bowling league
- Dine for United Way
- City adopts new incentive policy
- Four Spartans make 1st team
- Sleepless in Maryville
- Cool comeback
- North Lyon County residents question suggestion to shut down Admire school
- Chase County residents question conservation plan
Wednesday, Dec. 2
- Hornets rally to win MIAA opener
- ESU women drop MIAA opener
- Casa Ramos to donate to United Way
- Bake now, eat later
- Food from the Philippines
- Chicago radical
- Funding cuts hurt taxpayers
- Memorable experience
- Needed at home
- Pancakes
- Artists to show work
- Salvation Army campaign on track
- Kick-Off Time
- Spartan swim/dive team has numbers
- Facing a familiar face
- Central Missouri, SBU once again the class of the MIAA
Tuesday, Dec. 1
- Hot drinks during parade
- Man charged with capital murder in Burlingame shooting
- Hunt 4 Hunger opens season
- Bridal show around corner
- Shake off excess salt
- Loaded for a repeat
- Lady Hornets once again the favorite
- ESU, Butler to offer on-site business degree completion program
- Road food
- Change is needed
- Americus News
- Bags, baskets on sale for bbbs
- Police department swears in 4 officers
- N. Lyon Co. patrons to speak out on school closure
- Mariah Serrano steps up the pace