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CHASE COUNTY HISTORICAL
MUSEUM TO UNVEIL ROCKNE DISPLAY
By Jesse Murphy
[email protected]
Saturday at 2 p.m., the Chase
County Historical Society Museum, 303 Broadway in Cottonwood
Falls invites everyone to the grand
unveiling of the Knute Rockne display items gifted to them by the
Kansas Turnpike Authority during
the recent renovation of the Matfield Green Service Area.
Rockne was a football player
and coach for the University of
Notre Dame, and racked up three
national championships in his 13
seasons as coach.
He’s also known for being in
charge of the “Four Horsemen,” a
defensive backfield that was notoriously tough and led the Fighting
Irish to the 1924 championship at
the Rose Bowl.
This event marks 85 years since
the plane carrying Rockne and
seven others went down in rural
Chase County, and an observance
is held every five years.
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LYON COUNTY
TRIAL
CONTINUES
FOR WOMAN
ACCUSED OF
INVOLUNTARY
VEHICULAR
MANSLAUGHTER
By John Robinson
[email protected]
The trial for a woman accused of striking and killing a
cyclist outside of Emporia in
October of 2013 began on Monday.
Jean Getten, 41, has been
charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter while
under the influence of alcohol
or drugs. Alternatively, Getten
faces single counts of vehicular
homicide and improper passing.
Getten, who was known as
Jean McComber at the time
Please see Rockne, Page 3
Please see Getten, Page 3
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A special celebration will be held on April 2 to commemorate the
85th anniversary of the death of famed Notre Dame football coach
and player Knute Rockne. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at the
Bazaar school house on Highway 177. The memorial is located in
the field where Rockne’s plane crashed. This year is special because
it also marks the unveiling of a new exhibit in the Chase County
Historical Society Museum in Cottonwood Falls.
FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND
TO STRUCTURE FIRE AT 929 WEST
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A number of Emporia firefighters approach a second-floor blaze in
a house on the 900 block of West Street Tuesday night.
By John Robinson
[email protected]
Firefighters were called to a structure fire at 929 West St. on Wednesday night.
The initial report of a structure
fire was received shortly after 9
p.m. The Emporia Fire Department responded. Americus and
Olpe Fire Departments then responded to provide mutual aid at
approximately 9:20 p.m.
“We had two calls at the same
time as this fire ... at the same time
we were toned out to a structure fire
at 1622 Center St.,” Jack Taylor, Emporia fire chief said about the multiple calls the department received
on Tuesday. “Turned out the one on
Center Street was a false alarm so we
were able pair up here.”
Flames were visible from the third
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floor of the structure. The flames
could be seen coming from the roof
on two sides of the home. The first
two floors were cleared and no fire
was present on those floors. Scanner
traffic indicated that fire was present
in the walls of the third floor.
“There is a lot of damage on the
backside of the house and the exterior,” Taylor said. “I’m not sure about
the interior damage right now but,
certainly, the backside of the house
and the second and third floor, it is
pretty significant.”
According to Taylor, the structure is supposedly unoccupied at
this time as fire crews were told the
owner of the structure leaves Emporia during the winter.
“The structure is supposed to be
unoccupied at this time,” Taylor said
on Tuesday night. “Certainly, nobody has been found inside the strucSTEPHEN COLEMAN/GAZETTE
ture and it’s all clear at this time.”
The cause of the fire and the point Firefighters soak the southwest corner of a house on the 900 block
of origin is still under investigation. of West Street that caught fire on Tuesday night.
ESU THEATRE
RECEIVES
NATIONAL
RECOGNITION
The Emporia Gazette
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival has
bestowed national recognition
upon the Emporia State University Theatre production of “The
Treehouse Effect.” Written by
ESU alumni Mark Warner and
Brandon Jensen, the play was
originally presented as part of
the 2014-15 season of plays in
March 2015.
The production was given a
standing ovation at its performance at the regional festival of
KCACTF in the Ames Center for
the Performing Arts, MInneapolis, Minnesota.
“Congratulations to Mark,
Brandon, Justin and Theresa for
their excellent work,” said Theater Director Jim Bartruff.
In ceremonies at the Kennedy
Center this week, the production was presented with several
national accolades including:
✦✦Distinguished production of a
new or devised work: Emporia State University
✦✦Distinguished Director of a
new or devised work: Theresa
Mitchell
✦✦Distinguished performance
by an actor in a play: Justin
Tinker
Developed in 1969 by Roger
L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center’s founding Chairman, the
KCACTF encourages and celebrates the finest and most
diverse theatrical productions
from colleges and universities
nationwide. The eight regional
festivals and the national festival provide an opportunity for
college and university theater
departments to showcase their
achievements in production, celebrate their students in all disciplines of the art form, and take
advantage of a wide array of professional development seminars,
workshops, and master classes.
These awards, along with additional awards selected during the
national festival, will be presented
at the closing ceremony on April
16 in the Kennedy Center Theater
Lab in Washington D.C.