The new Jones Activity Center on the Emporia High School campus will be dedicated at 5 pm today. This multi-purpose building was made possible by a Jones Trust grant and donations from businesses and individuals. Donors will be recognized during the ceremony. The building will be used for a variety of indoor activity practices, band and PE, as well as for activities sponsored by youth organizations in the area.
The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters will sponsor a candidate forum for the school board and city commission at
6:30 pm today at Flint Hills Technical College.
The board has four seats up for election. Candidates are current board members Susan Brinkman, Mike Helbert and Grant Riles along with Shiloh Good, Art Gutierrez and Iona Moore.
Advance voting starts today at the Lyon County Courthouse.