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SENATOR ROBERTS
VISITS HORNET NATION
By Jessie Wagoner
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Senator Pat Roberts paid a visit
to Hornet Nation on Tuesday. Roberts spent the morning on campus,
touring museums, meeting with
students and faculty and even had
the chance to use a drone.
“Emporia State is a leader, nationally, in so many different areas,”
Roberts said. “We went into several
classrooms here that I didn’t really
expect. We visited the forensic department here and, who would have
thought that Emporia State is the
leader with regards to law enforcement and what we are all about.”
ESU President Allison Garrett
expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to share the numerous
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Roberts talks with Mary Ralston, a master’s student in the forensic
science program, about how to use fingerprints in investigations
during his tour of ESU.
EMPORIA ENTREPRENEURS
MEET WITH BUSINESS OWNERS
Budding entrepreneurs had
the chance to meet with seasoned
business owners at Twin Rivers
Wine and Gourmet Shoppe on
Tuesday evening. The entrepreneurs are the top 20 semifinalists in the Emporia Entrepreneur
Challenge.
The Emporia Entrepreneur
Challenge is a venture idea competition open to students from
Emporia State University and
Flint Hills Technical College.
Tuesday’s Share Your Business
Story Night was hosted by the
Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce.
The 20 semifinalists received
tips from Chamber President
Jeanine McKenna and ESU Professor Nathan Woolard. The semifinalists also had a chance to meet
with eight local business owners
using a “speed-dating format.”
The semifinalists rotated quickly
from table to table to meet with
business owners, pitch their idea
and receive feedback.
“We thought it would be a
great way to bring campus and
community together,” McKenna
said. “It is really giving some
great tips and insights to these
students from people who do
this every day. What they have
learned, what has worked, what
hasn’t worked … . It is a great opportunity to give that one on one
advice.”
The semifinalists have a diverse range of business ideas that
cover a wide variety of needs in
the community. Those involved
in the challenge have already
submitted written executive
summaries addressing their business concept, feasibility, market
potential, business model and
competition. A panel of judges
determined the 20 semifinalists
by reviewing the executive summaries.
Yasir Alrasasi and Jaafar Alherz are proposing a restaurant
that combines American cuisine
with Middle-Eastern flavor. Alex
Turley, Leah Uridge and Harriel Mack have created a plan for
Fetcher’s, a food delivery system
Please see Challenge, Page 5
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Senator Pat Roberts took a tour of Emporia State University to
learn about how the university performs with their STEM fields,
which are science, technology, engineering and math.
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Spread the good word,
Senator Roberts.
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By Jessie Wagoner
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AMBRIZCERVANTES
SENTENCING SET
FOR APRIL 6
successes of Emporia State with
Roberts.
”We are excited, obviously, to
welcome government officials to
Emporia State so we can share more
about what Emporia State University is able to do, not only on the local
level but on the national level” Garrett said. “We have terrific students
in the sciences and the school of
business and we were able to share
some of the research that they are
doing with the senator.”
The Master of Science in Forensic Science program at Emporia
State is the only one in the state of
Kansas. On Tuesday, students in
the program showed Roberts a sampling of their forensic work, includ-
Roberts smiles while working a camera on a drone with Dusti
Howell, a professor in the Instructional Design and Technology
program, during the tour of ESU.
Good Evening
Jeanine McKenna, Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce president, visits with the semifinalists in the
Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge. McKenna explained how the chamber can help their business grow,
what resources are available for business owners and answered other questions the students had.
Sentencing for Diego Ambriz-Cervantes will continue at
2:30 p.m. on April 6 in the Lyon
County Courthouse after the
prosecution objected to AmbrizCervantes’ criminal history during a hearing on Tuesday.
Ambriz-Cervantes was found
guilty of kidnapping on Feb. 3
for an incident which occurred
on Feb. 4 of 2014.
On that date, the Emporia
Police Department was called
to the 900 block of Graphic Arts
Road where they found a woman bound in duct tape. She explained that a man knocked on
her door and, when she went to
answer, he forced his way in placing a gun to her head and binding her wrists to her back with
duct tape and taped her arms to
her torso. After the man left the
residence, the woman sought
help from a neighbor.
It was estimated that over
$2,000 was stolen from the woman’s residence, however, AmbrizCervantes’ was not found guilty
of charges of robbery.
Prosecutor Amy Aranda objected to the report of AmbrizCervantes’ criminal history,
saying there was evidence of a
previous offense when he was a
juvenile which was overlooked.
In light of this objection,
Judge Lee Fowler set for the sentencing to continue in April.
DRUG TAKE
BACK EVENT
Special to The Gazette
The Emporia Police Department, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) will give
the public its 11th opportunity in six years to prevent pill
abuse and theft by ridding their
homes of potentiall