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Vehicle runs into Entrance at Taco Bell,
no injuries reported
1200 Commercial, Plumb Hall 211
housing concept
moving forward
Emporia, KS 66801-5087
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
By Brandy Nance
[email protected]
Brandy Nance/Gazette
No injuries occurred after a vehicle struck the entrance of Taco
Bell, 2807 Eaglecrest Drive. The driver was choking on food, lost
control of the car and ran into the entrance of Taco Bell.
No injuries were reported following an incident where a vehicle ran
into the entrance at Taco Bell, 2807
Eaglecrest Drive, just before 11:30
a.m. Wednesday.
“The officer investigating the accident reported 41-year-old Nathan
Maggard had just fueled his vehicle,
an ‘02 Jeep Liberty, at Prairie Port
Plaza,” said Sgt. Lisa Sage of the Emporia Police Department. “Maggard
was about to turn south onto Industrial Road when he began choking
on food. Maggard lost control of the
vehicle and it crashed into the front
entrance of Taco Bell.”
Nobody was injured, according to
Sage and no citations were issued.
“The cause of the accident is
being investigated as a medical
issue,” Sage said.
While the interior of the restaurant was closed, the drive-thru remained open.
A c c o m p l i s h m e n t s
f o r
The Emporia State University
Foundation is moving forward with
the development of a “university
house.” A task force led by Jennifer
Denton, ESU Foundation vice-president of stewardship and administration and associate vice-president
for university advancement, continues to explore options related to developing a presidential home using
the university house concept.
The current presidential
home, located at 1522 Highland
St., is not in use. ESU President
Garrett and her family are staying
in an off-campus home purchased
by the foundation.
“We were looking for a temporary home which, of course, we
have now found,” Denton said.
“President Garrett is here, so that is
great. Now we can really take our
time and go through the steps on
the university house.”
The Kansas Board of Regents
does require universities to provide
housing for university presidents.
The task force has looked to other
Kansas universities for examples
of presidential housing, including
a visit to Pittsburg State University
for some inspiration.
“The committee has really
looked at the whole concept of the
university house,” Denton said.
“The more we look at that, the
more excited we get about it.”
D a v i d
The university house has
well-defined spaces for both public and private areas of the home.
Denton says the private area of
the home can remain closed
from the public entertainment
areas, offering the president an
area of solitude that the current
presidential home is lacking.
“These very important functions
can happen and people can feel very
special about being in an environment that is home-like but separate
and distinct from the president’s
residence,” Denton said.
Allowing the president to maintain some privacy while also hosting official functions is a balance
the university house concept strives
to meet.
“The president really needs to
be able to have that privacy and
not feel like they are in a fish bowl,”
Denton said.
The task force is now looking
for donors for the project. With
the Now & Forever campaign
in full swing, Denton says that
the foundation is focused on not
detracting from that effort, but
rather identifying specific donors
that would be interested in gifting
above and beyond.
“One thing we are very thoughtful about is that we are in the Now
& Forever campaign,” Denton said.
“We don’t want to cannibalize any
of that. We are looking for people
that can get passionate about this
above and beyond the Now & Forever campaign.”
T r a y l o r
Zoo board says ‘Madagascar’ to
arrive in Emporia in spring
Z o o
David Traylor
Zoo receives
award at City
Commission
By Cathryne Scharton
[email protected]
John Robinson/Gazette
The Emporia Friends of the Zoo Board discusses the 2015 attendance numbers at their annual board meeting on Wednesday.
By John Robinson
[email protected]
The Emporia Friends of the
Zoo Board of Directors discussed
construction plans and the addition of new animals to the David
Traylor Zoo of Emporia during their annual board meeting
Wednesday night.
“It was an absolutely amazing year for us in 2015,” said Lisa
Keith, director of the David Traylor Zoo. “Our total visitors for
the year were 87,482, an
absolutely record-breaking year for us.”
The zoo was involved with several
conservation projects in 2015 including a black-footed
ferret reintroduction
Please see Zoo, Page 3
VOL. 124, NO. 173
Kendra Johnson/Gazette
A picture of what the completed Mission Madagascar Lemur project is going to look like.
At Wednesday’s Emporia
City Commission meeting staff
and supporters of the David
Traylor Zoo of Emporia received an award for 25 years of
accreditation with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
The city commission presented representatives from the
zoo with a plaque from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums,
the primary accrediting body
for top zoos and aquariums in
the United States since 1974.
The Quarter Century Award
highlights a commitment to
animal care, welfare, conservation, education and more.
In other business, the commission approved a recommendation to award a bid for three
new Ford Interceptor utility
vehicles and one new Ford Expedition to John North Ford for
a total price of $117,975. The
old police and fire vehicles
will be transferred to other departments to extend the life of
the vehicles. The 2016 budget
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