Americus News

If you have read my columns before, you know that I very much like to tell stories which other people have told me.

Randolph Fourth of July Car Show a ' Registration: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Wamego Windmill Wheelers Car Club a ' Walter P. Chrysler Auto Show at 9 a.m. today in the city park.

Today in Baldwin CIty. No preregistration. Check-in begins at 8 a.m. $10 fee. Information: info@baldwincitychamber.com or 594-3200 or call Jim at 594-3476. KMCA Professional Truck Driving Championships - Competition continues today at Kansas Expocentre.

The Americus Days Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in The New Breck Cafe. Everyone is invited to attend and volunteers are always welcome.

A special weather advisory has been issued for parts of Lyon and Morris Counties on Saturday, as strong winds and heavy rains are expected to hit the area, The National Weather Service in Topeka said.

The congregation at Americus United Presbyterian Church may be small, but it's mighty and is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

Monday nighta s storms added insult to injury for area crops. Last week, wheat and corn fields were damaged by a hail storm.

Here is some history of the Flint Hills Antique Power Association. This was taken from the Jan.

Friday Thoughts is a light-hearted commentary. THERE ARE SOME rumors floating around town that Emporia kids did well on their school assessment tests.

William Davis William E. Davis, 85, an electronics foreman, died Sunday, May 24, at his home in Marion.

Several new books and movies have been added to the library shelves. The summer reading program, a oeBe Creative at Your Library, will begin June 4 and end July 9. A variety of activities for children from the age of two years through sixth grade will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. each Thursday.

Rocky Slaymaker, of Americus, shows volunteers the perfect stone to go into a spot for a limestone wall north of Alma.

The annual banquet and business meeting of the Americus rural high school alumni association will be held May 23 at the Americus school attendance center.

The Americus Elementary students met their goals for collecting Box Tops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels for the 2009-09 school year.

By The Emporia Gazette Friday, May 8, 2009 With reports of more than 6 inches of rain near Americus and water over the Kansas Turnpike, officials have made these announcements: a Madison-Virgil school district closed today; a North Lyon County schools, 1 hour delay with reports that Americus is isolated by flooding to the east, west and south.

This morninga s storm brought wind along with its heavy rain. The wind brought down this tree on the west side of the Emporia Public Library at Sixth Avenue and Mechanic Street.

The commission voted to allow a modification of contract for animal control in Americus to include the pick-up and transport of cats.

The Biscuits and Gravy breakfast generally served by the members of the Americus Masonic Lodge on the second Saturday will be discontinued until October.

Drawing award Oma Herrera of Emporia, fourth-year architecture student at Kansas State University received $50 and honorable mention for artistic abilities in the freehand, black and white category at the 16th annual Student Rendering Competiton sponsored by the KSU College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

During a field day Friday, area students enjoyed a day on the farm without having to leave Emporia.