The Emporia Gazette

Saying Goodbye

A great article and thank you for speaking from and to the heart. The wee-ones give us unconditional love and reflect the love which is bestowed upon them. It is the last greatest act of unconditional love for the pet which sets aside our own fervent desire to retain them with us, to end their suffering, Love them enough to provide what is so desperately needed.

We place that precious one in the Hand of God and His eternal love.

January 29, 2012 at 7:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Volunteering strengthens the community

Emotions are magnified a hundred-fold at Christmas, and the strain on small budgets so enormous as the desperate desire to "provide some Christmas", becomes the driving force and critical budgets are busted wide open. There is nothing placed under the tree or wrapped in glittery paper which truly has any real value.

What truly has value is not what is under the tree, but He who hung upon the tree. What truly has value are the hearts which gather together in love which is shared. The poorest table becomes a King's feast when family gathers to partake. A bowl of watery soup is a true feast when it is blessed by God and partaken by hearts which love. Our Lord was laid in a humble manger among the animals, the lowest of environments, below even the humblest of abodes, as He came to save all from the lowest of circumstances.

Christmas was outlawed by the Puritans in America, because it was a European time of debauchery and excess, gluttony and drunken revelings. It was the Germanic and European influences which brought it back in the 1800s. It is the corporations which truly celebrate as soon as they can shove Thanksgiving aside.

May we place the the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives, and may we lay the stress and need to buy huge quantities of glittery fluff aside, and seek to share true unconditional love with our families and those around.

A five dollar bill in a charity bucket will mean so much more than a fruit basket on a table. May we take the time to share His love and our love with those dear ones, and those around. We have so many blessing so much to be thankful for. May we reach out in love and caring. May God so bless you.

December 21, 2011 at 11:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Accident at US Hwy. 50 and Industrial

Lifting up the family in heart and most fervent prayer. They say on facebook the possibility of a seizure as the reason, and that the driver of the red car has passed, leaving two young daughters.

December 10, 2011 at 5:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Jobs Debate

America is still in recession, and the unemployment numbers do not reflect those whose unemployment has run out.

Unlike the Great Depression we no longer have the industry to facilitate a recovery. Too much industry is now overseas do to NAFTA and GATT, no tariff protection/incentive to manufacture in the US.

How can our industry compete with slave labor wages for the same product from another country. No EPA standards, no social security, no workman's compensation, low/no insurance mandates, low/no taxes.

The both democrats and republicans shot our industrial employment base right in the foot under Clinton, and we may not recover without a devaluation of the dollar.

Obama can run around making all the campaign speeches he wants, but our economy may not recover.

December 7, 2011 at 11:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Remember Hannah

For my self I so appreciate each response posted and the hearts for the wee-ones exhibited. I would like to grab ToxicPink's professor by the back of the neck and shake them. What a shriveled soul and heart of stone described.

The wee-ones give back such precious unconditional love to their people, and it is our responsibility to care for them and to keep them safe. If you have ever seen one which was abandoned along the roadside. They stay right there awaiting their owner's return, jumping up and looking so intently at each car approaching. Hoping it is the one which they trust and love, but never to be.

Cherish and nurture them as the wee-helpless children which they are, and they will return such love to the heart. At the end of their sojourn with you they will become sick and hurting. Do not let them suffer, but hold them one last time in your arms, and then let them go to sleep and place them in the hands of God.

Love them and keep them safe.

February 6, 2011 at 1:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Remember Hannah

I am so deeply sorry for your loss of Hannah. I have stopped and laid a wee broken body out of the road so they wouldn't get hit any more, and their owners were not at home. A horror to come home to, and all I did was come along after and see the result, and it sure breaks your heart.

The wee-doggies are like three-year-old children, and it is sure like losing a child when they are gone, especially tragicly.

How often I see the doggies chasing the cars and know that it is just a matter of time before they don't stay clear of the wheels. How I wish that their "parents" would keep them safe.

I am so very sorry for the loss of wee-Hannah

February 5, 2011 at 8:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Let them eat rocks?

Exactly Create!!!!

Emporia is a great community. I was just thinking how I left out the library adjacent to the Carnegie Library building housing the Historical Museum. It was always one of my favorite places when it was the library. The Civic Auditorium across the street is another plus. How about the superbly restored Granada Theater, and the Art's Center?

The industry continues. Was it a sight to behold the huge Sauder Tank production as it rolled through Emporia awhile back. The Pet Food industries and the expansions out Logan Avenue.

If we could just get Fanestil's relocated out of the flood plain and emphasis upon its superb organic products.

We need appreciation for those tremendous pluses which we are so blessed with. We need vision coupled with common horse sense. We need to understand that if we service a plush exterior, but neglect the nuts and bolts of the infrastructure, then the storm drains and sewage systems collapse while the gilded towers soar higher.

February 4, 2011 at 4:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Let them eat rocks?

Each of you is a positive strength for the community, because each of you cares enough to feel strongly.

Words attributed to Confucius in answer to "How Do You Change the World?"

"You can change the world if you can change a single human heart, for if you change the heart, then you can change the family. If you can change the family, you can change the community. If you can change the community you can change the world all by changing a single human heart."

As one drives around Emporia, the "Athens of the Plains", what do you see and how could it be made more attractive, productive, and above all welcoming.

The All Veterans Memorial is a major welcome to Emporia, and coupled with "Emporia Founding Home of Veterans Day", is a true major entrance from the South.

The Water Tower is a tremendous memorial/welcome which shows the modern and progressive attributes of Emporia.

The Water Treatment Plant/Park in the NW is a real showcase.

The waterpark and the soccer fields are a nice welcoming gateway. With the new building at the fairgrounds there are many lovely sites in the city.

There can be changes/improvements to the landscape, BUT until the change takes place within the hearts of her people one wonders if Emporia is in decline or in renewal?

February 4, 2011 at 11:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Let them eat rocks?

Several years ago the city Mayor at that time suggested the possibility of spotlights illuminating the new water tower, in the NE side of town. His idea was shot-down by the other commissioners.

The water tower is already in place.

It already says "Emporia".

It is a wee-bit bigger than the proposed rocks.

A bit more night-time illumination and it is functional, it cannot be missed by the travelers, and it clearly says, "Progressive".

February 3, 2011 at 12:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

What were they thinking?

The country club set will not lower themselves to walk amongst the working class south of the tracks. Their arrogant "head-in-the-clouds" perspective certainly drives the City Commission as they bow to the powers that be.

This is the way it was in the last century and this is the way it is today. The rocks will eventually be placed as soon as they gather enough wool to pull over the collective eyes, AND come up with a "Charitable Donation" from some unnamed source.

Tis a rocky road indeed to paddle upstream against the over-whelming power and clout of Emporia's movers and shakers on the north-northwest end of town.

January 27, 2011 at 11:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )