Thursday, August 25, 2011

THS goes old schoolChandeliers return home to cafeteria


By Adrielle Harvey


at (785) 295-1285The original chandeliers, which are made of cast iron and weigh approximately 50 pounds, were a part of the school when it opened in 1931.Player power is a recipe for disaster. Older Toon Army soldiers will recall Richard Dinnis. Enough said.I am dreaming Joey Barton is running Newcastle United.The players' committee had its first airing at Dundee United where they proved player power rules a chaotic SJP. Ashley was sending his relegated squad by coach, Barton and his bruvvers objected ferociously to the indignity of it all for men of such stature, and an isolated owner caved in, paying for his discredited squad to fly.Harper is right and proper, but after that? Well, you decide."They've all been placed in the same spot where the originals were," said Joan Barker, executive secretary of the Topeka High School Historical Society. She said electrical work needed to be done for the installations.The player cull which has seen Oba Martins, Habib Beye and Sebastien Bassong sold, to be followed by others before the last day of August, apparently doesn't include Barton.Barton was destined for the scrapheap had Alan Shearer been appointed permanent manager after his latest indiscretion at Anfield - mild in comparison to others - but Ashley decided against another Geordie Messiah and, not only has the baddest of bad boys survived but he is now in a position of power.The money given by Powell then was matched by the classes of 1951 and 1958.or adrielle.harvey@cjonline.com.Tim Degginger, owner of Degginger's Foundry and a THS alumnus, restored the original chandeliers and used the parts from the originals to make molds for the replicas.or adrielle.harvey@cjonline.com.By Adrielle HarveyTopeka High alumna Jayne Allen Powell contributed money to the school in memory of her brother James Allen, also an alumnus of the school, which in turn was used for the chandeliers.Adrielle Harvey can be reachedIn 2005, one of the original chandeliers returned home.A recent project at Topeka High School has helped restore the original look to the school's cafteria.Topeka High alumna Jayne Allen Powell contributed money to the school in memory of her brother James Allen, also an alumnus of the school, which in turn was used for the chandeliers.The project took about a year since the time it was approved, funded and the chandeliers made, said Janet Zoble, of Promark Management, of Topeka. Zoble, whose main client is Degginger's Foundry, did much of the initial work on the project, including Photoshop replications and drawings of the chandeliers in the cafeteria.

or adrielle.harvey@cjonline.com.




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