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This Week in Eudora History, will take a look back at some of the people, places and events, that shaped the history of this fine community. We will look at “the week that was” from times past.  This feature will appear online every Sunday.

For the dates of May 20-26:

May 22, 1974, 38 years ago

Joann Abel graduated in the Eudora High class of 1974 which was reported in The Eudora News.

May 23, 1953, 59 years ago

Disabled Veterans made red poppies (flowers) in remembrance of the soldiers who gave their lives in World War I so they could be sold.

May 26, 1954, 58 years ago

Falley’s Supermarket had a meat sale for sirloin or round steak which was $.65 a pound along with chuck roast which was $.45 a pound.

Compiled from the Glenn Wineinger Newspaper collection at the Eudora Area Historical Society

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Thanks to Catherine Fulks, an 8^th grade student from Eudora for her work in compiling this feature. The Eudora Area Historical Society operates the Eudora Community Museum which is located in the former Nottingham Elementary School at 14th and Church Street. For more information about the Eudora Area Historical Society, you can find them on the City of Eudora’s website or check them out on Facebook.

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Jason Hoover has been appointed to the Eudora Planning Commission.  Hoover replaces Erica Ganson on Commission.

Ganson resigned from the planning Commission earlier this month.  She had no comment as to the reason for her resignation.  Ganson operated Java to Go in the C &S Market parking lot until closing the business a couple of weeks ago.  At that time, Ganson stated that an employment opportunity cam about that gave her more stability and a better income.

Hoover, a life-long resident of Eudora and son of former Mayor Jim Hoover, is Executive Vice President and Director of Kaw Valley State Bank.  Hoover has been employed by the bank since 1990.

Jason Hoover has also served in the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals for the last 18 months. Hoover will be sworn in at the Next Planning Commission meeting in June.

Replacing Hoover on the BZA, will be Charlie Watts, a former administrator in the Eudora Public School System and longtime builder and landowner in town.

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In a surprising twist to the saga of where to build a new public safety building, the City Council gave the green light to begin planning for a public safety building to be located at 10th and Main Street.

The difference this time around in putting a new Police/Fire/EMS structure at the cornerstone of downtown is the look and cost of the building. The new proposal is a Butler style building that will have a brick and wainscoating facade.  The picture above is a sample and not intended to be the exact look of the final design.    The cost of the 16,670 square foot building is estimated to be approximately $2.47 million and would require a mill levy increase of 1.72 mills.  This is down from the 2.85 mills that was needed for the original proposal at 10th & Main.

To give some understanding to the cost of the 1.72 mill levy increase, a $150,000 house would have a tax increase of $29.67.  Under the old proposal, the rate increase would have been $49.

The original project was put to a halt back in March 2012 when the City Council made the decision that a 2.85 mill increase was too large of a burden to taxpayers. In the City Council discussions at that time, the Council agreed to look for an alternative location where the could put a less expensive building than the projected $4 million structure that was initially considered.

At Monday’s City Council meeting, Council members Bill Whitten and Ruth Hughs, who took on the task of attempting to  finding a new location, stated that they looked at various locations and talked to some landowners in Eudora since March. According to Whitten, no landowner was willing to sell their property to the city.  Whitten and Hughs did not state any specific names of landowners they contacted or what locations they were interested in.

The next step in this long process will be put the project to bid which, according to City Administrator John Harrenstein, should take about six weeks.

Congratulations to Tyler Merkel, Student of the Week for May 14-18!

Tyler is a senior in the culinary arts program at the Eudora-De Soto Technical Education Center.  She is the daughter of Shannon and Jeff Merkel.  Here are a few things about Tyler:

Favorite subject: Culinary Arts

Favorite book: The Hunger Games

Favorite food: Shrimp pasta

Hero: My father

What are your future plans?  To become a police officer

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The student of the week is sponsored by State Farm Agent Keith Nowland. Contact Keith for your Insurance and Financial Planning Service needs. 785-542-3276.

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For the last year, the City of Eudora and the Eudora Chamber of Commerce have been attempting to get a marketing and branding campaign together to help spur business and tourism to the city.  The efforts began back in 2011 with the city approval of funds for a marketing firm to help initiate this campaign. The city was setback in their efforts when Frye Allen Inc., the firm that was chosen originally, went out of business unexpectedly.   Now the city has obtained a new marketing firm, New Boston Creative Group from Manahattan, KS to lead this project.

New Boston Creative Group, The city and The Chamber of Commerce are now wanting to hear from both businesses and the public.  A public meeting will be held at 6:00 PM Tuesday evening at Eudora City Hall where citizens can offer their thoughts and opinions about Eudora.  The group is also holding some private focus group interviews with Chamber of Commerce members in conjunction with the public event Tuesday evening.

“We want to know what citizens think of when they hear Eudora,” Economic Development Director Collin Bielser said. “We want to gauge their feelings about the city and help identify what they see as important factors in helping to promote our city.”

Bielser said that this process will help create a logo, tagline, and solidify the identify of our community. The brand will be used to market the community throughout the region.   The campaign is expected to be unveiled in late July.

For those that wish to attend the event on Tuesday, an RSVP is requested so that the Chamber and city staff can make sure to have enough food materials available for all attendees.  Food and drinks will also be provided to attendees.

You can RSVP to:

Collin Bielser  at Eudora City Hall.  The phone number is  785-542-4111.  You can also email Collin at cbielser@cityofeudora.com.  RSVP’s are requested as soon as possible.

After a little extended break due to the way the days of April fell, the Eudora City Council will meet tonight to handle the cities business needs.  On the agenda:

A. Executive Session: Land Acquisition
B. Consider approving Jason Hoover to the Planning Commission
C. Consider approving Charlie Watts to the Board of Zoning Appeals
D. Consider approving the use of fluoride in the water treatment process
E. Consider approving the 2013 budget calendar
F. Staff update: Public Safety Building
G. Staff update: Crosswalk at 9th and Maple
H. Consider Ordinance 991 regarding text amendments to the Eudora Zoning Regulations
I. Staff update: Discuss shop local campaign
J. Consider approving staff recommendations for music/picnic in the park
K. Consider approving the Parks and Recreation Master Plan
L. Consider approving Resolution 2012-06 regarding the safe routes to school grant
M. Consider Ordinance 992 consumption of beer and cereal malt beverages at Luci Kaegi Park
N. Discuss alternative meeting date for last meeting in May
O. Consider approving the purchase of a vac truck
P. Consider approving the sale of a 2006 Transcraft trailer

We will bring you all the important information from tonight’s meeting as quickly as possible.  You can of course hear for yourself what happens by attending the City Council meeting which will get under way at 7:00 PM at Eudora City Hall, 4 East 7th Street.  The public is always welcome to attend.

Just a quick note here from the editorial desk.  We would like to apologize for the lack of information over the last couple of weeks.  While I prefer not to lay out all the details of what has been happening during that time, there have been some significant family needs that have involved a majority of my time of late and unfortunately, eudorareporter.com has suffered somewhat.

I do want to thank those close to me who know about the family matters I needed to attend to and offered their support.  Thank you so much.

On the positive side, we should be back in the game and bring you all the important news and events coming up.  Again, my apologies for not being able to keep you completely up to date about happenings in our town.  We will be filing some stories in the coming days that will fill in any gaps we have had.

Thank you for your patience and continued reading of eudorareporter.com

John Schulz

Managing Editor

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This Week in Eudora History, will take a look back at some of the people, places and events, that shaped the history of this fine community. We will look at “the week that was” from times past.  This feature will appear online every Sunday.

For the dates of May 13-19:

May 14, 1975, 37 years ago

Joseph Pyle, Son of Mr. & Mrs. Tom Pyle, graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree from Emporia State University.

May 15 1980, 32 years ago

Current Eudora Mayor Scott Hopson graduated from Eudora High School with the class of 1980, which was reported in The Eudora News.

Compiled from the Glenn Wineinger Newspaper collection at the Eudora Area Historical Society

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Thanks to Catherine Fulks, an 8^th grade student from Eudora for her work in compiling this feature. The Eudora Area Historical Society operates the Eudora Community Museum which is located in the former Nottingham Elementary School at 14th and Church Street. For more information about the Eudora Area Historical Society, you can find them on the City of Eudora’s website or check them out on Facebook.

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The Eudora Area Historical Society will meet at city hall on Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 P.M.

The speaker for the evening will be Steve Neis. Steve will discuss the nearby former communities of Prairie Center and Weaver. Come and learn about how these communities thrived in the 19th Century, yet met their demise in the 20th Century as a result of near constant flooding (Weaver) and the opening of the Sunflower Ammunition Plant (Prairie Center).

The public is invited to attend.

Congratulations to Maddie Ashley, Student of the Week for May 7-11! 

Maddie is a second grader in Mrs. Lang’s class at Eudora Elementary School.  She is the daughter of Dan and Kimberly Ashley.  Here are a few things about Maddie:

Favorite subject: Math

Favorite book: Little House on the Prairie

Favorite food: Cheese and pepperoni pizza

Hero: Cat Woman

What do you want to be when you grow up?  A teacher

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The student of the week is sponsored by State Farm Agent Keith Nowland. Contact Keith for your Insurance and Financial Planning Service needs. 785-542-3276.

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