Comments by siamesefred
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Posted on March 11 at 7:37 p.m.
"We’re a team that has played a lot of people all year,” Nienstedt said, “so we still like our chances, like our team.”
Glad to see Coach is right. A sign of a good, well-coached team is every player being able to step up when needed rather than needing one or two players to carry everyone else.
Way to go, girls. Good luck in the next round.
Posted on August 20 at 12:56 p.m.
You know.... I'm sure The Gazette has back issues available in its front office for 50 cents. And if folks can't afford that, The Gazette is available at the local library.
Posted on August 20 at 12:51 p.m.
Cornell University's hospitality school runs an upscale hotel on its campus.
And both KU and K-State offer cooperative living houses as a cost-effective alternative to dorms. Residents pay less because they are assigned routine chores and cooking duties. The atmosphere feels Greek without the letters.
Posted on August 19 at 12:06 p.m.
So, sux, is the info taken from answer.com inaccurate? Can you refute it?
Have you ever expressed a positive comment/opinion in your life?
Perhaps you should launch your own media product that will be 100 percent accurate all the time. It will be the gold standard to which everyone will flock. With current electronic technology, it's not cost prohibitive.
Go ahead, launch your own Web site or blog, then tell us where it's at so we can find it and fact check you.
Posted on August 2 at 11:50 a.m.
I hope that county residents who believe in the sales tax get out and vote in the primary.
I understand the frustration of Emporia residents who are unhappy with the way the city spends money and have no belief that the sales tax revenue will be used to offset other taxes.
On the county side, however, our elected officials have said they will use the sales tax money to keep property taxes down rather than seeing it as a new source of revenue for frivolous spending.
Will commissioners keep their promise? I don't know, but they can be held accountable.
And those of us who live in outlying towns know what benefits extra sales tax revenue can bring. Some towns may get necessary road improvements or it could offset higher and higher utility franchise fees.
If a county-wide sales tax dies, expect to see Emporia city commissioners put forth an Emporia sales tax increase. By state law, city-levied sales taxes don't have to be shared with county governments. But county-levied sales taxes have to be shared with incorporated cities within the county.
Please... if you live in the county, make your voice heard. Don't let the disgruntled citizens of Emporia kill this measure.
Posted on July 10 at 7:04 a.m.
I was in the south Country Mart back by the milk cooler and thought I heard something, but figured I was nuts. When I got outside with my groceries, sure enough, I heard the sirens. Again, thought I was nuts until I turned on KVOE. Weird!
Posted on July 10 at 7:02 a.m.
Create, I'm sorry I have basketball practices on my schedule tonight. Otherwise, I'd be eating at your restaurant!
Posted on July 8 at 4:44 p.m.
Hey, Melissa. I took rdgrey as being tongue-in-cheek. Guess I could be wrong.
Posted on July 3 at 1:26 p.m.
Kstre— as long as you pick up your trash afterward, I'd be delighted if you came to my part of the county to shoot off your display. I'll even sit in my yard and enjoy it!
When we shoot off in the driveway, I turn in a circle and catch displays on the horizon in all directions.
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Posted on March 27 at 6:13 a.m.
I agree that believing the state will have a say in what drapes to hang is farfetched, but don't underestimate the power of the state agency being allowed to comment.
I know of a house in middle-Emporia that is crumbling and needs probably $30,000 worth of work to rectify the situation. It is owned by a nonprofit group that has been renting it to tenants.
The nonprofit group's membership has decided it does not want to throw that kind of money at the rental house, it would rather tear it down. Eventually, it is hoped, a new building can take its place that can be used by the community.
It's a twofold process, however, so the first step is demolition.
The group applied for a demolition permit from the city. Then it received a reply that the house is located within 500 feet of a house that had earned historic status. The state opposed the demolition.
Apparently it feels that a crumbling house better maintains the integrity of the historic neighborhood than a nicely landscaped vacant lot.
I don't know what the group plans to do, but it looks as if the preservationists and state is going to force a nonprofit group to find and spend money rather than being fiscally responsible.
So, I do agree that those pushing for the district need to be careful what they wish for. And those living on the fringes had better decide whether they want to be subjected to the bureaucracy without any benefits.
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