February 11, 2012
Emporia Weather
| Currently | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed |
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| Fair |
24° 5° |
32° 26° |
37° 26° |
45° 29° |
47° 32° |
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Events
- Movie showtimes
- Boy Scout Pancake Day Feb. 11 , 6 a.m.
- Cake Decorating Feb. 11 , 10:30 a.m.
- EHS presents "Into the Woods" Feb. 11 , 1 p.m.
- Paper Bead Making Feb. 11 , 2 p.m.
- EHS presents "Into the Woods" Feb. 11 , 6:30 p.m.
- The Red Dress Ball Feb. 11 , 8 p.m.
- Richard Slimon Gallery Feb. 11
- Granada Movie - The King and I Feb. 12 , 2 p.m.
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Cannonball found in Emporia
Cannonballs were not empty and did contain gunpowder. That is why they exploded and killed soldiers with shrapnel. The fuse was a small piece of cork with a thread of blackpowder that was ignited by the blast that propelled it through the gun barrel. Different fuses were used for different effects. Some were set for air burst and some for after they had hit and rolled or lodged into fortifications. I assumed if they xrayed it they found it to be something other than a solid steel ball.
July 16, 2010 at 11:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Chase County: The Wealth is in the Land
Contact our legislators? And have them do what? Pass a law that you can only sell your land to another "Farmer" or "Rancher"? That makes no sense at all. How would you define that? The answer is simple. If it is your land and you don't want it to go to a hunter, then don't sell it to him. If it isn't tyour land, what the heck business is it of yours if someone sells it to a hunter or not. I am a small landowner (40 acres) and I will decide who I sell it to, if I ever do. The state legislature has no business in my affairs in this regard.
January 6, 2008 at 11:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rehab Project
Mr. Miller is wrong about one thing....."Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will call in sick on Friday". Other than that, Cool story!
July 2, 2007 at 7:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Help Needed
Hold on, everybody. I think that the real issue has been completely missed here. The question that I have, is "How come a person with multiple degrees cannot spell either 'Phantom" or "Menace'? Jim from Idaho
June 28, 2007 at 7:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )