Olpe News

By The Emporia Gazette Saturday, November 28, 2009 Olpe High Schoola s Student Council will sponsor another a oeLight the Nighta fundraiser for Donna Sleezer, an Olpe resident who is undergoing cancer treatment.

EDITORa S NOTE: Each Friday, The Gazette salutes those who make Emporia and the surrounding area a better place to live and work.

Olpe students again dominated the annual Learning Quest Essay Contest operated through the office of Kansas State Treasurer Dennis McKinney.

A higher-education savings plan for low-income families has been added to the state's Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Program.

Chili supper for Ortega A Chili Feed is being held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the First United Methodist Church, 823 Merchant St.

Children whose parents have consent forms on file at their schools will be eligible to receive free H1N1 vaccinations as long as supplies last, according to information from public health nurse Renee Hively of the Lyon County Health Department and Flint Hills Community Health Center.

The challenge of scientific research is that much of the time, the experiments fail.

High Honor Roll a ' 3.75-3.99 FRESHMEN: McKenzie Gulick, Mindy Woods. Honor Roll a ' 3.00-3.74. Olpe Junior High Principala TMs Honor Roll High Honor Roll Honor Roll Reading School A honor roll GRADE 6: Tonya Atchison GRADE 5: Amanda Pritchard.

The First Congregational Church will have its annual Harvest Soup Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday in Fellowship Hall of the church, 326 W. 12th Ave.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will award 10 public water supply systems with the third annual Capacity Development Awards.

By Bobbi Mlynar , Brandy Nance Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Influenza has arrived early and often in some school districts in this area, while absences in the Emporia district began to trend down on Monday.

The Emporia Area Chamber and Visitors Bureau will be host for a ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. Friday for the Marion National Bank, 1448 Industrial Road, in celebration of the banka s new location.

Lebo and Olpe each went 2-0 in pool play on the first day of the Lyon County League tournament on Thursday at White Auditorium.

By The Emporia Gazette Wednesday, October 14, 2009 A City of Olpe special meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in City Hall at Olpe.

By The Emporia Gazette Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Olpea s boys cross country team placed three runners in the top seven at last weeka s Council Grove Invitational, and the Eagles finished second as a team to Osage City.

And he's being paid for the adventure. Redeker's time south of Russell Springs is a simple life: Sleeping under the stars when the weather's fine, only moving inside - under the protection offered by an overhanging porch - when the rain is falling.

Olpe High Schoola s Homecoming pre-celebration will be Wednesday at the high school.

Last week, the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce sent out parade entry forms for the 32nd Annual Christmas Parade.

By The Emporia Gazette Monday, September 21, 2009 Ward and Eileen Gasche of Olpe celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary with a family reunion and barbecue held at the Independence Riverside Park.

By The Emporia Gazette Friday, September 18, 2009 Olpe junior Katelyn Henderson added another victory to her decorated cross country career on Thursday, winning the Northern Heights Cross Country Invitational at the Orchard and leading the Olpe girls to the team title.