Congratulations to Kevin Robinson, Student of the Week for February 20-24!

Kevin is a senior in the mass production class in the Eudora-De Soto Technical Education Center and is the son of Scott and Chari Robinson. Here are a few things about Kevin:

Favorite subject: Wood shop

Favorite book: Monster

Favorite food: Steak

Hero: My Dad

What are your future plans: I would like to be a motorcycle mechanic

__

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.

This is a paid advertisement

Eudora News and Information – www.eudorareporter.com

Eudora is about to gain an additional eating establishment.  Casa Agave Mexican Restaurant and Grill is expected to open up sometime mid week according to owner and manager Javier Segoviano.  The exact opening day has not yet been determined Segoviano told us, due to a couple of issues that need to be worked out yet.

“We will be offering a wide variety of things on our menu,” Segoviano said. “Not only will we have traditional Mexican fare, but we will also have hamburgers to steaks and a whole bunch of different items.”

Casa Agave Mexican Restaurant is located at 10th and Locust Streets in the location previously occupied by Annabelle’s Restaurant.

This is the second restaurant for Segoviano.  The original location, which is still in operation, is on Metropolitan Street in Leavenworth.

“We are family owned and managed,” Segoviano added. “We will also offer excellent service.”

Segoviano stated that the hours will be 11 AM to 9 PM Sunday through Thursday and 11 AM to 10 PM on Friday and Saturday.

Eudora News and Information – www.eudorareporter.com

The EHS All-Night Prom committee is looking for assistance from the public to help fund the annual All-Night Prom event.  This is an after-prom program that has taken place in Eudora for more than 20 years.  Parent volunteers put on the event for EHS students, in an effort to keep them safe and off the streets after the school’s prom. Parents host a lock-in from 1 a.m. to approximately 6 a.m. and keep the students entertained with games, food and prizes during that time.

Again this year, the All Night Prom Committee is selling chances to win a half of beef (Angus), donated this year by Gabriel Farms of Eudora.  Tickets for this will be on sale until the end of May with the winner being drawn of May 31.  The winner will receive their prize in late July after the processing is completed by Steve’s Meat Market in De Soto. Steve’s is also donating their services to this event.  To purchase tickets, please contact Theresa Abel at Eudora High School 785-542-4986 or e-mail her at theresaabel@eudoraschools.org.

Also this year, a full-size quilt (84″x84″) is also available through silent auction. The current bid (at post time) is $85. Bids will be taken through April 13, with the quilt going to the highest bidder.

Tickets are $5 per ticket or 5 tickets for $20.  Checks can be made payable to: EHS All-Night Prom.   To purchase tickets, please contact Theresa Abel at Eudora High School 785-542-4986 or e-mail her at theresaabel@eudoraschools.org.

Eudora News and Information – www.eudorareporter.com

The Eudora School District has announced the Honor Rolls for the Second Quarter of the 2011-2012 school year.

Straight A Honor Roll (student must have an ‘A’ in all classes)

Senior – Katelyn Abel, Anna Berthelsen, Kate Dennis, Madeline Dickerson, Lacey Gabriel, Derrick Higgins, Ashlyn Jackson, Auston Katzfey, Matthew Kelso, Victoria Lehmann, Brock Miller, Beverly Virtue, Whitney Weld, Morgan Wiley.

Junior – Emma Beck, Nicholas Becker, Emily Durkin, Erin Klotz, Megan Lawrence, Madison Maring, Valerie Pringle, Jennifer Pyle, Danelle Topil, Steven Wimmer.

Sophomore – Alexandra Bock, Rebekah Case, Camille Dickerson, Mason Kelso, Justin Leonard, Kennedy O’Dell, Hannah Penrose, Austin Wellman.

Freshman – Nicholas Bakarich, Nicholas Bock, Lauren Gabriel, Hannah Hagan, Camden Leary, Berlin LeFlore, Chloe O’Dell, Janee Smith, Grant Stewart, Hannah Thevarajoo, Bethany Thomas, Broderick Topil, Jamison Walrod, Nathaniel Weeks.

Honor Roll (student must have a 3.67 average, with no grade lower than a ‘C’)

Senior – Jordan Ballock, Michael-Shayne Baxter, Lucas Becker, Jennifer Bowser, Taylor Criss, Michael Dahlem, Samira Dunn, Matthew Gadberry, Lauren Gammon, Zachary Herries, Jared Ireland, Jarrod Kaup, Nicole Krebs, Kathryn Lauber, Ryan Leary, Monica Long, Jocelyn Medrano, Austin Merkel, Tara Miller, Chloe Pittman, Sarah Prudden, Christopher Pyle, Robert Raines, Cassandra Roberts, Gregory Snell, Jared Stickler, Derek Webb, Alexander Whitten, Keenan Wood, Garrett Zook.

Junior – Lindsey Archer, Jessica Athey, Luis Avila, Annie Beck, Megan Besser, Gabriel Cleveland, Kristen Dennis, Michael Eaton, Patrick Fulks, Morgan Gerstmann, Lauren Goombi, Darian Graham, Daniel Green, Christopher Hall, Kaitlyn Heier, Ronald Hutchins, Quinten Johnson, Sarah Kruger, Maria Lupandin, Claire Mersmann, McKenzie Oller, Tiffany Pickering, Taylor Powell, Travisray Salyers, Grady Salzman, Christopher Snow, Johnny Surrette, Morgan Thevarajoo, Hunter Trefz, Austin Tuggle, Shayla Vogel Lawrence, Landon Walrod.

Sophomore – Anna Brown, Tristin Chapman, Lorena Coleman, Kaitlyn Johnson, Sophia Lehmann, Sadie May, Tyler Mitchell, Matthew Patterson.

Freshman – Alena Aguilar, Tierra Balluch, Sarah Besser, Marlena Burnett, Sydney Gulley, Sidney Johnson, Bria Lynn, Billie Peterson, Elena Reese, Isaac Schumacher, Brenna Sparks, Laken Straub, Kassandra Wise.

Honorable Mention Honor Roll (student must have a 3.00 average, with no grade lower than a ‘C’)

Senior – Marie Asheim, Danielle Ayers, Sean Barr, Joshua Benoit, Garrett Cleveland, Andrea Daniels, Steven Freeman, Julianna Fries, Fernanda Garcia Rosales, Hannah Gregg, Cody Howard, Jessica Hueser, Melinda Keeney, Taylor Kraft, Thilo Londong, Eduardo Martinez-Renteria, Anyssa Mays, Chad Mullen, Ashley Nitchals, Jamie Orth, David Pierce, Austin Searight, Tannyr Shelton, Baleigh Smith, Johnathon Smith, Haley Trober, Alyssa Welborn, Angelica Zerr.

Junior – Ashton Augustine, Kaitlyn Beebe, Thaius Boyd, Connor Bradley, Nathanial Bradley, Sarah Brown, Kylee Bryant, Brooke Bulleigh, Kelly Daigh, Tiffany Dudley, Taylor Dunavin, Garret Elston, Dakota Fletcher, Isabella Fry, Cassaundra Grame, Sandra Haag, Tyler Hadl, James Hall, Katherine Hall, Haley Hatch, Sabrina Heston, Markis Hill, Patience Keeney, Sabrina Knoll, Robbi Lycan, Sabrina Martinez, Andy Martinez-Renteria, Elaney Pickering, Haleigh Pippert, Eldon Shanks, Britani Shrum, Molly Smith, Shelby Stoneking, Dalton Strickell, Garrett Vaughn, Elizabeth Young.

Sophomore – Brooke Abel, Paige Armes, Kelsey Balluch, Alyssa Blaisdell, Kevin Brown, Miranda Crabtree, Zachary Elliott, Sophia Goddard, Logan Jackson, Eli Leahew, Kaylie Lee, John Lounsbury, Tanner Lynn, Taylour Monahan, Jared Nelson, Gunnar Norris, Stephan Ogden, Hanna Rhodd, Abbigail Richeson, Cierra Richeson, Jordan Root, Mariana Rosales, Madison Saxer, Tara Shrum, Caila Sparkes, Alyce Surrette, Michael Underwood, Allison Webb, Garrett Weeks, Brett Williams.

Freshman – Hailey Allen, Lacey Armes, Baillie Beebe, Elizabeth Beers, Patrick Bradley, Tanner Brunton, Trey Byrne, Ross Chumbley, Levi Demuth, Teranim Dunn, Allison Durkin, Reagan Durkin, Sarah Goodyear, Zachary Hayes, Chandler Higgins, Cody Hoover, Blake Jopp, Skyler Manley, Madison McGinness, Arros Neyman, Cloeie Russell, Michaela Salzman, Hannah Schram, Evhan Sours, Haley Spoor, Samantha Stout, Wyatt Stuart, Carlos Sustaita, Laura Thompson, Dalton Vesecky, Ethan Wells, Kailey Willis, Zhade Wray.

Congratulations to all the students who achieved Honor Roll status.

On Saturday February 25 at 6:00 PM, the Eudora Baptist Church will be hosting their annual “Beast Feast” wildlife potluck dinner. The cost of the buffet style dinner is free and open to anyone.

Vendor tables will be set up so patrons can meet local business owners that are in the outdoors and shooting industry.  Door prizes will also be offered from the attending vendors.

The church is also bring in Outdoorsman Casey Ingold as a guest speaker. Rev. Ingold is the pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Topeka and is an avid outdoorsman who will bring insights and experiences in a variety of areas.

Eudora Baptist Church is located on 20th Street, just west of Church Street.

Favorite subject:  All classes

Favorite thing to read: The magazine, Game Informer

Hero: Abraham Lincoln and Wendee Lee, voice actress

What are your future plans? Become an artist, producer and voice actor

__

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.

This is a paid advertisement

Eudora News and Information – www.eudorareporter.com

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for a large portion of East Central Kansas. This includes Douglas, Shawnee, Franklin and Johnson Counties.

The advisory is in effect from Midnight tonight until 6:00 PM Monday evening.

Forecasters are predicting between 1 to 2 inches if snow and freezing drizzle to add a thin layer of ice.  Light snow is expected to develop across the area overnight tonight and continue into Monday before mixing with drizzle and light freezing drizzle by midday Monday. The mix likely will linger through the afternoon before diminishing by evening.

The bulk of precipitation is expected to arrive between 3:00 AM and 10:00 AM Monday making for a very difficult drive Monday morning.  Make sure to plan on extra time getting around Monday morning and drive carefully and slowly. Watch bridges and overpasses for slick spots and use caution.

The Eudora Amateur Baseball and Softball Association (EABSA) has announced that registration is open for the 2012 Season.

EABSA is a volunteer run organization helping to promote youth recreational baseball and softball for over 20 years here in Eudora. Their primary mission is to provide youth a quality recreational experience through a positive learning environment.

With help from the Eudora School District and the City of Eudora, they were able to have over 25 teams and 350 kids in the program last year.   Their ages range is from 5 years old to 14 years old, playing baseball and softball with the season running from early May to the end of June.

In 2012,  online registration is available for the first time.  Please visit their website at www.eudorabaseball.com for more information.  On site registration will be held at the Eudora Community Center on Wednesday, Feb 29^th from 6pm to 9pm and Saturday, March 3^rd from 9am to 12pm.   March 3^rd is the last day for regular registration.  Registrations from March 4^th to March 16^th will be assessed a late fee.

For additional questions, please email Jeff Pierce, EABSA president, at eudorabaseball@gmail.com

Story by George Diepenbrock,  courtesy The Lawrence Journal-World

A Leavenworth County judge Friday sentenced a 21-year-old Eudora man to serve one year in prison for threatening a couple with a gun last June in Linwood.

Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said Jordan Noble had pleaded no contest in January to aggravated assault. Thompson said prosecutors accused Noble of having an altercation with the couple on June 4 at Fro’s Hideout in Linwood. He was also accused of yelling obscenities at the couple outside, pulling out a silver handgun and telling them to “get out of his town or he would shoot them dead.”

Noble said at his sentencing he was under the influence of drugs at the time and did not realize the seriousness of his actions, according to prosecutors. Noble has also been charged with another incident involving a gun in Douglas County the next day.

District Judge Kay Huff in November issued a warrant for Noble’s arrest after he failed to show up for court. In the Douglas County case, he’s accused of pointing a handgun on June 5 at four Lawrence residents who were traveling in a vehicle next to him on Kansas Highway 10 between Lawrence and Eudora.

A Eudora police officer was injured this morning in an accident on K-10 near Church St.  The accident occurred around 7:15AM on the eastbound side of K-10.

According to Eudora Police Chief Grady Walker, Eudora Police Officer Brandon Sharp was injured while a Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy and Sharp were working a one vehicle accident on K-10.  Sharp’s car was struck by another vehicle causing the injury to Sharp.

“I don’t know the extent of the injuries yet, but I know they are non life threatening,” Walker said. “Kansas Highway Patrol is working that accident investigation currently.”

According to our reporting partner, The Lawrence Journal-World, the Sheriff’s Deputy was not injured, but the county vehicle was also struck in the process. There was no word on how much damage was done to the vehicles.

We will update this story as the story develops.

10:03 AM Update:  In a follow up conversation with Chief Walker, Officer Sharp will likely be treated and released shortly.

“Officer Sharp had no broken bones just some bruises and sprains,” Walker stated. “There were some other injuries that are likely minor so he will need some time off, but otherwise he (Sharp) is okay.”