Photo archive for May 26, 2007
Emporia High's Layne Moore can't contain her joy after helping her 4x400-meter relay team win the State Championship title Saturday night at Cessna Stadium in Wichita. Moore is a triple state champion after also winning the 800 and 400-meter runs. View photo
Over the years the boot and shoe repair business has changed dramatically. "We have to get most of the materials out of the United States anymore. It's not like we used to get, but it's all we can get." Thornton said. View photo
Brad Miller uses thinner to loosen the glue on a shoe so it can be repaired. Brad's dad, J.D. Miller, was the financiar of Jim's Cowboy Shop. View photo
Many customers come in to have their shoes built up for orthopedic reasons. View photo
Zach Miller, son of Brad Miller, does rope tricks around his niece Macy outside of Jim's Cowboy Shop. The store opened on Commercial St. in 1975. View photo
Five years ago, when Noble Thornton began working at the store, shoe repair for men's and women's shoes started being offered. View photo
Jim Fugate, co-partner of Jim's Cowboy Shop, measures the build-up on the heal of a boot he is repairing. Jim has been repairing boots in the store since 1975. View photo
Three-year-old Macy, great-granddaughter of the pioneers of the store, tries on hats in the mirror. Macy is a frequent visitor to the store. View photo
Noble Thornton sews up a moccasin while Brad Miller shoots the breeze during work. View photo
Brad Miller, Jim Fugate and Noble Thornton all work together repairing boots and shoes. "We do argue quite a bit." Thornton said. "Yeah for what we're having for dinner that day." Miller said. View photo
Olpe's Sharon Zeller leads in the 3200-meter run Friday morning at Cessna Stadium in Wichita. Zeller is the 1A state champion in the event. View photo
