Olpe News

We are happy Patti Gaines is home and doing quite well. Dusty and Ty Gaines came to their parentsa home and attended a steak feed June 13 in Burns with their dad, Ronnie.

EMPORIA a ' A former assistant coach at Olpe High School faces a pretrial hearing next month on charges of indecent solicitation of a 14- to 16-year-old girl.

This is Amateur Radio Week and the amateur radio operators - "hams" - from Lyon and Greenwood County will demonstrate equipment and talk about the usefulness of ham radio in public emergencies at a field day Saturday, Saturday night and part of Sunday morning at the Olpe City Park.

About a month ago Roger Heineken stopped me at the Farmers Market and pointed out a lady standing by a table piled with small packages of greens.

A group of Vietnam veterans affiliated with the helicopter displayed in All Veterans Memorial Park joined area residents Monday morning for a memorial service and program at the park in Soden's Grove.

Sometimes our idea of adventure and fitness starts and ends in the living room recliner watching Bear Grylls on "Man vs.

Pasta lovers and their friends are invited to dinner from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Olpe United Methodist Church.

The Emporia High School Cheer Fundraiser, a oeGirls Night Out,a will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Flint Hills Technical College, 3301 W. 18th Ave.

The annual garden tour at Toad Hollow Daylily and Iris Farm has been extended to two weekends this year.

Monday, May 4, 2009 Optimists The Flint Hills Optimist Club met April 23 for Youth Appreciation Week to honor seniors from Emporia, Northern Heights, Olpe and Hartford high schools.

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

By The Emporia Gazette Saturday, April 25, 2009 Doris Redeker Age: 73 Location: Olpe Occupation: upholsterer and grandkid childcare provider names of children: Delores Heins, Gary Redeker, Debbie Cole, Connie Stead, Abner Redeker, Donna Sleezer, and Kevin Redeker.

The Southern Lyon County Board of Education has two meetings scheduled next week.

Emporiaa s Friendship Meals are being cooked in Emporia again. On Mondaya s menu was baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli and Jell-O salad.

The miniature train in Sodena s Grove will run on Sunday to benefit the Dan Tebbetts Medical Fund.

For many Emporia State students, Cory Haag is the face of real estate. Haag, who manages more than 20 apartment complexes here in Emporia, may be the first person students meet when they hunt for a place to live off-campus. "We treat the place where someone lives as though we were going to live there ourselves," Haag said.

Casey Quinlan and Brian Edwards, nationally recognized experts on the Kennedy assassination, will present the program at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Lyon County Museum.

Members of the Flint Hills China Painters have brought in their artworks for a month-long exhibit at the Emporia Public Library.

Sam Roswurm has been named the 2009 Outstanding Junior in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma.

On deana s list Hallie Kretsinger of Emporia was named to the deana s list for the fall 2008 semester at Washington University in St.