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FLU
SEASON
COMING
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
EHS SELECTS NEW SPARTAN LOGO
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By Kerri Jackson
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At 9:30 Monday morning,
Emporia High School’s principal, Britton Hart, announced the
new logo to the school. EHS has
been working on developing a
new Spartan logo since September when they were contacted by
Michigan State University, who
had the same mascot art and requested that EHS select a new
one.
“This is an opportunity that
our students and staff have been
waiting for a long time to see
what the future Spartan is going
to look like for Emporia and Emporia High,” said Hart. “Over the
last month, the two classes, Mr.
Mathews and the two teachers
have done a nice job of organizing (this).”
EHS will transition to the new
mascot, which is a creatively
crafted “S” below a Spartan helmet, over the next two years
as funding allows. Students in
the advanced government class
taught by Jamie Dawson ran the
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The announcement of the new spartan logo for Emporia High School was held on Monday. There were
two rounds of voting in which students, faculty and staff were able to vote. Above, Emporia High School
students Jordan Metz, Maite Garcia, Brandon Boyce and Jeff Zuniga reveal the new spartan logo.
two elections with the help of
the Lyon County Clerk, Tammy
Vopat, while a marketing class
taught by Sara Sweet publicized
the selection and organized the
announcement of the new logo.
The first election was held
mid-November with machines
supplied by the county clerk’s office, narrowing seven logos down
to three, and the second on Nov.
30 and Dec. 1 required paper ballots.
“In the second election, we
used paper ballots, so the students could see the process of
certifying these types of votes
and the issues that could arise
from these. We also made all
classes report for this vote, giv-
ing us a much larger voter turn
out. My students got to see real
life issues because we had a few
ballots that were thrown out for
multiple votes and some that had
different types of marks that we
had to decide if they were legiti-
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Please see Logo, Page 3
SHERRY’S DANCE WORKSHOP PRESENTS
‘THE NUTCRACKER BALLET’
By Jessie Wagoner
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Sherry’s Dance Workshop brings
Emporians a dance recital each December. This year students will
present “The Nutcracker Ballet.”
“This class is the largest cast I
have ever had,” Sherry Davidson
said. “There are 126 people in the
cast.”
The cast varies in age with children as young as four up to collegeage students. Principal dancers for
2015 are Maranda Scheller (Clara),
Isaac Hall (the Nutcracker Prince),
Hannah Duncan (Sugar Plum Fairy)
and Noah East (her Cavalier).
The Nutcracker Ballet is based
on E.T.A. Hoffman’s “The Nutcracker and the King of Mice.” Clara, a
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young German girl, dreams of a
Nutcracker Prince and a fierce battle Hannah Duncan, the Sugar Plum Fairy and Isaac Hall, the Nutcracker Prince, practice while Sherry
against a Mouse King with seven Davidson and the other dancers watch.
heads. The ballet is performed to
music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Hannah Duncan ties the ribbons
on her pointe shoes during
practice.
VOL. 124, NO. 143
The flu hasn’t made an appearance in Lyon County yet
so there is still time to get protected. Flu vaccinations remain
available in multiple locations
throughout Emporia.
Renee Hively, clinic director
at Flint Hills Community Health
Center, says that no flu cases
have been diagnosed yet this
year. However, the health center
has begun flu testing since the
time is getting close.
“We have actually started
screening for flu but we haven’t
had any positives yet,” Hively
said. “A lot of regular respiratory
illness but no influenza at this
point.”
Hively says that the weather
fluctuations have kept the flu
at bay but that won’t last much
longer.
“It’s not cold enough yet,”
Hively said. “The weather has
been cool off and on. The flu virus really likes that cold weather
so we are lucky thus far.”
In the coming weeks as temperatures drop and remain cold
it is likely that flu cases will
begin to appear. Hively says it
typically takes a couple of weeks
for the flu vaccine to reach its
maximum effectiveness so now
it a good time to get a flu vaccination if needed.
“We have probably 250 to
SCENIC
OUTLOOK
TO BE
UNVEILED
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
Work is continuing along the
Kansas Turnpike and the Kansas Turnpike Authority is inviting the public to take part in the
next phase of improvements. A
groundbreaking for a scenic outlook and improvements at the
Bazaar Cattle Pens is scheduled
for 3 p.m. this Friday at the location.
The Bazaar Cattle Pens are located 16 miles southwest of Emporia and 60 miles northeast of
Wichita at mile marker 111. The
groundbreaking will be attended
by Gov. Brownback, Secretary of
Transportation Mike King and
Kansas Turnpike Authority CEO
Steve Hewitt. Kansas Turnpike
Authority board members will
also be in attendance.
During the event there will be
remarks from Gov. Brownback.
the groundbreaking and an opportunity for the public to enjoy
a scenic view of the Flint Hills.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the event.
In August, Hewitt met with
Gazette staff to discuss coming
improvements to the Kansas
Turnpike. At that time he said
that the Kansas Turnpike Authority was increasing public
outreach efforts. He said that the
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Isaac Hall and Maranda Scheller,