Photo archive for August 2, 2008
The second floor includes three art studios for classes as well as a ceramics classroom with kilns. Completing the floor are offices and a conference room. View photo
The main floor of the proposed new Emporia Arts Center features a gallery, offices and retail space in the front. A new 130-seat theater and full kitchen are in the back. A lobby between the gallery and two-story theater includes a connecting door to the adjacent Granada Theatre. View photo
This photo shows the 800 block of Commercial Streeet in downtown Emporia where a new Emporia Arts Center will be built. The new center replaces the three sotrefronts just to the right of the Granada Theatre. View photo
This artist's rendering shows a new Emporia Arts Center in the 800 block of Commercial Street just north of the Granada Theatre. View photo
Mindy, Walt Rathke's 4-year-old mare, waits quietly. Mindy doesn't wear a bridle and bit because bits can be hard on a horse's mouth. Instead, she wears a headstall with a braided latigo nosepiece. That, along with reins, make up the hackamore that Rathke uses to control her. View photo
Cattle belonging to the Darbyshires are separated into pens and wait to be loaded onto turcks for the trip to feedlots in western Kansas. The cattle were grazed on Walt Rathke's pastures for about three months before being rounded up on July 19. View photo
Walt Rathke drives cattle down RD 40 near Olpe. View photo
Walt Rathke drives cattle down RD 40 near Olpe. View photo
Walt Rathke and his mare, Mindy, wait for some other cowboys and cattle to join them. View photo
Walt Rathke drives cattle down RD 40 near Olpe. View photo
Regan Darbyshire, 4 playis the cattle pen while Walt Rathke and other round up the cattle. View photo
Brett Darbyshire, 11, waits to help load the cattle into the semitrailer. View photo
Robert Hensley drives "Wasted Wages" to a first place finish in the 6000 lb. two-wheel drive truck division with a pull of 317 ft. 2 in. during the Truck and Tractor Pull at the Lyon County Fair Friday, Aug. 1. View photo