EDITOR’S NOTE: X Each Friday, The Gazette salutes those who make Emporia and the surrounding area a better place to live and work. The following folks deserve a pat on the back ...
Broadview Towers: the renovation has helped beautify our downtown.
Jeremy Mitchell-Koch, who won a garden shed that was built as a fundraiser for Food for Students. With a $5 donation he was entered in the drawing.
Newman Regional Health Auxilliary, which presented a $20,000 check to Newman Regional Health for further development of the Clinical Decision Unit.
ESU football player Derek Lohmann, who earned NCAA Division II honors from the “Don Hansen Football Gazette.”
Emporia Arts Center, which is celebrating one year of being in its new building.
Clint Bowyer, who won the Coca-Cola Chug for Charity and donated the $63,000 to the Emporia Community Foundation.
Emporia High School debate students Esperanza Garza and Unique Jackson, who are the first debate team since 1915 to have an undefeated season.
Rick Tidwell, Bobbie Agler, Steve Sauder and Stormy Supiran, who have formed a new company called Valu-Net to build a fiber optic network in Emporia to offer high speed internet, phone and television. You can watch the event live at emporiagazette.tv.
United Way of the Flint Hills, which exceeded its fundraising goal. Volunteers raised $593,107 and their goal was $575,000.
Colton Wellnitz, Raegen Root, and Harlee Higgins, who will represent Emporia in the Lyon County Spelling Bee.
Chris Walker
Editor & Publisher