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January 27, 2012
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Erie Elementary School fourth-grade students practice signing the alphabet during their first sign language lesson being taught via an interactive distance learning class through the Southeast Education Service Center at Greenbush.
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Students begin sign language lessons
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Jan 26, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Sarah Ong (right) signs her letter of intent to play tennis with Johnson County Community College next season. Ong is pictured with PHS head tennis coach Jane Posch. Ong finished her career at Parsons with a 109-49 record and was the Southeast Kansas runner-up and regional runner-up in No. 1 singles for the Vikings this season as well as a state qualifier. Ong was 29-10 for PHS tennis this season. The Vikings finished 21-0-3 in duals this season and eighth overall at the state tournament.
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PHS senior signs with Johnson County
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Jan 26, 2012
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Labette Community College sophomore guard Dre Conner drives to the hoop and dishes to an open teammate during Wednesday's 69-57 victory. The LCC men improved to 3-4 in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference play with the win. Conner scored just eight points but had seven assists in the victory.
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LCC men grab win over Johnson
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Jan 25, 2012
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Labette Community College guard Shawnee Phillips comes off a screen from sophomore forward Breanna Robinson (44) during Wednesday's 84-48 loss to Johnson County. The Cavaliers led 46-27 at the break on the way to the victory to drop LCC to 7-12 overall and 2-5 in KJCCC play.
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LCC women fall to Johnson Wednesday
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Jan 25, 2012
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Meadow View Grade School first-graders (from left) Anthony Pearson, Blake Miorandi and Payton Beebe learn a Zumba dance move as they watch Parsons Recreation Commission instructor Melissa Nance. Nance taught Zumba to students for two weeks during physical education classes at the school.
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Meadow View Zumba Dancers
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Jan 25, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Sierra Kemp lays in a basket for two of her 19 points in Tuesday’s 68-44 victory over Coffeyville.
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Lady Vikings win by 24
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Jan 25, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior guard Wes Krull makes a lay-in during Tuesday’s 77-68 victory over Coffeyville. The win moved Parsons to 11-1 this season heading into Southeast Kansas League play on Friday. Parsons will host Chanute.
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Vikings cruise past Tornado
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Jan 25, 2012
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo John Rayfield Jr. of Rayfield Communications, Springfield, Mo., shows Labette County 911 Director Brandy Grassl a feature on the updated software that will help operate the county's new 800 megahertz radio system. Rayfield's father, John Sr., was working on the fourth-floor of the courthouse hooking up the new antenna for the system upgrades.
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New Radio System
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Jan 24, 2012
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Dena Terrell of Chetopa teaches her daughter, Samantha, how to apply hair extensions to the hair of her other daughter, Staci, at the Labette County Relay For Life kickoff Monday evening at First Baptist Church. The Bucking for a Cure team is selling hair extensions for $5 along with doggie sweaters, picture frames, bracelets and other items. This year’s relay theme is Cancer Is No Day At The Fair.
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Relay For Life Kickoff
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Jan 23, 2012
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Jaden Malson of the Parsons Wrestling Club has Braden Lewis of the Pittsburg Wrestling Club in a hold. Lewis won the match by pin, but Malson went on to take fourth in the 8-and-under 70-pound division Sunday afternoon at the Parsons Wrestling Club Invitational at Parsons High School.
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PWC hosts annual wrestling tourney
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Jan 23, 2012
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Parsons High School senior Sawyer Woodworth (20) sets a screen for senior Kiralyn Mosier (13) during Saturday's championship game in the Coffeyville Interstate Classic. Parsons held a 15-point lead over Word of Life, but the Lady Fire ultimately won the game, and tourney, 58-55.
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Parsons girls place second in Coffeyville tourney
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Jan 23, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Ben Thompson shoots over Marvin Clark of Blue Springs, Mo., for two of his 12 points Friday evening. The Vikings trailed by as many as 11 against the Kansas City-based school before tying the game late. Blue Springs held off the charge for a 58-54 win.
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Blue Springs ends Viking reign
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Jan 21, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Taylor Kemp snags a rebound over Emily Pashley of Oologah, Okla., on Friday afternoon at the Field Kindley High School gym in Coffeyville. The Vikings defeated the Mustangs 58-57 in the Coffeyville Interstate Classic. See story on Page 7.
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Viking Rebound
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Jan 21, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Tevin Johnson guards Jordan Keller of Carl Junction on the way to the basket in the first round of play during the Carl Junction Classic Basketball Tournament Thursday evening. The Vikes came from behind to defeat the host Bulldogs in a 55-54 thriller.
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Vikings get comeback victory
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Jan 19, 2012
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Sen. Jerry Moran listens to a question from a Parsons Middle School student in the school’s auditorum on Thursday morning. Moran visited the school as part of seventh-grade social studies teacher Eddie Kearns’ famous Kansans project.
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Sen. Moran visits middle schoolers
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Jan 19, 2012
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By Jamie Willey/Sun photo Parsons Middle School eighth-grader Joe Soptic speaks to Sen. Jerry Moran in the hallway after the senator spoke to middle school students in the auditorium. Moran holds a Parsons Viking shirt that teacher Eddie Kearns gave to him.
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Talking To The Senator
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Jan 19, 2012
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Labette Community College sophomore Wendell Lee flies through the air for two of his 20 points in Wednesday's 74-69 victory over Cowley County Community College. The win moves LCC to 12-5 this season and is their second in a row after losing three straight to start conference play.
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LCC men get second win in row Wednesday
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Jan 18, 2012
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Labette Community College freshman Brooke Dickey is surrounded in the lane by a pair of Cowley County Community College defenders during Wednesday's game at the LCC gymnasium. The Lady Cardinals overcame a 20-point deficit in the second half to briefly take a lead late in the game, but the Tigers held on for an 82-74 victory to drop LCC to 7-9 on the season.
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Lady Cards fall to Cowley Wednesday
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Jan 18, 2012
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St. Paul High School junior Anthony Diskin guards a Frontenac High School guard during the late stages of Tuesday's 62-45 loss to the Raiders. St. Paul will take on Oswego High School Thursday evening in the second round of the Southeast Lancer Classic in Cherokee.
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Frontenac Beats St. Paul
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Jan 18, 2012
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Oswego High School players Bricynn Johnson (11), Jaymie Nesbitt (12) and Kinzie Nesbitt (21) force Marmaton Valley guard Kacie Shadden to pass the ball out of the lane. The pass was knocked away, and OHS scored on a fast break. For the game, Oswego forced 21 turnovers and defeated Marmaton Valley 57-22 in the first round of the Southeast Lancer Classic in Cherokee. The Lady Indians improved to 10-0 with the win and will face host Southeast in the second round on Thursday.
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Lady Indians Remain Undefeated
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Jan 17, 2012
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Charles Wetherbee performs a movement in Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet in F minor, Opus 80” Monday night at Parsons Municipal Auditorium. Wetherbee is first violin in Carpe Diem String Quartet, which performed as part of the Parsons Area Concert Association concert series. Ray Nolting/Sun photo
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Carpe Diem Violinist
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Jan 17, 2012
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Dee Dee Swanson looks for advice on which signed portrait of actor Channing Tatum to choose as Anna Albright, program director for the Parsons Recreation Commission, holds the two photos Saturday in the Parsons Middle School gymnasium. Swanson won an autographed photo in a PRC raffle fundraiser during halftime of a basketball game. The raffle raised funds for the PRC’s scholarship program to help children in need to participate in PRC activities.
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PRC Raffle
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Jan 16, 2012
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Parsons firefighters and other emergency officials responded to a house fire at 1100 N. 21st on Sunday. The home and its contents sustained about $30,000 in damages.
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Fire damages home
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Jan 16, 2012
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Landon Carson of Parsons follows through on one of his 25 shots during the 2012 Elks Hoops Shoot Saturday morning at the Parsons High School auxiliary gym in Parsons. A regional competition between local winners of the 2012 shoot took place Saturday morning. Ages eight through 13 were represented and winners of the event advanced to the state tourney in Wichita next month. Carson won the boys 8-9 division.
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Hoop Shoot winners advance to state
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Jan 16, 2012
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Cauy Ross and Tyler Vore work with shape plates in a kindergarten class at Neosho Heights Elementary School in Oswego.
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Puzzle Time
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Jan 16, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Taylor Kemp goes up for a bucket late in the third quarter of Friday’s game with the Bulldogs. The Lady Vikings defeated Independence 49-40 Friday in Independence to improve to 5-3 this season.
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Lady Vikes Win
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Jan 14, 2012
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Anthony Cook/ photo Parsons High School senior James Jackson dishes off in traffic against Independence in the second half of Friday’s contest with the Bulldogs. Jackson led the Vikes with 25 points off nine field goals and Parsons improved to 8-0 and won their fourth in a row on the road.
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Passing In Traffic
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Jan 14, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Ben Thompson has a shot knocked away in the lane by Independence’s Heath Hoffmeister. The Bulldogs made things difficult for Parsons in a physical matchup, but Parsons was able to pull away in the fourth quarter for a 55-47 victory to improve to 8-0 on the season. See story on Page 6.
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Vikings Remain Undefeated
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Jan 13, 2012
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Kindergartners Matthew Eberhardt, Trevor Davis and Teaghan Blundell use rubber bands to make designs Friday at Neosho Heights Elementary School in Oswego.
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Rubber Band Art
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Jan 13, 2012
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo These three short-clad children seem to huddle closer together for warmth under winter’s first dusting of snow Thursday afternoon at the Parsons Arboretum.
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First Snow Of Winter
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Jan 13, 2012
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Independence Community College sophomore Jamil Goodwin goes up for a basket inside while Labette Community College frosh Christian Hosey tries to block the shot. The Pirates raced out to a double-digit lead in the early goings of Wednesday's game between the two teams and hit 41 of 48 free throws overall on the way to a 90-73 victory over the Cardinals to hand Labette its third KJCCC loss in three tries.
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Indy powers past Labette
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Jan 12, 2012
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Labette Community College sophomore Chamiya Reaves lets loose on a buzzer-beating two-pointer to end the first half of action during Wednesday's game between LCC and Independence Community College. She sank the shot to put Labette up 31-30 at the break but Independence used a 20-8 rally to pull out a 69-61 victory over the Cards.
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Indy hands Lady Cards first KJCCC loss
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Jan 12, 2012
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Mike Patchett of TMP Enterprises feeds 80 feet of tracer line beside a water line being fed by Wayne Sundquist of Eric’s Plumbing through a tunnel under a concrete slab on the northwest corner lot at 21st and Main. The tracer line will allow the water line to be located in the future. The water line will be connected to a new Just Ice vending machine Patchett is installing on the lot owned by Bob Bartelli. The vending machine should be set in place around the first of March, weather permitting.
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Ice Machine Preparation
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Jan 11, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior guard Kiralyn Mosier applies pressure to Pittsburg High School guard Mercedes Vogel during Tuesday’s game between the two. Pittsburg pulled out a 42-34 victory in the game.
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Applying Pressure
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Jan 11, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Steve Jones blocks a shot from Pittsburg High School forward Fedor Lomax during the final moments of Tuesday’s fourth quarter between the two in Pittsburg. Jones was whistled for the foul on the play, but Lomax missed both free throws.
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Viking Block
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Jan 11, 2012
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Wes Krull saves a ball from going out of bounds after a missed free throw from Pittsburg late in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game between the two. Parsons held on for a 74-64 overtime win.
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Viking Hustle
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Jan 11, 2012
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Willie Markham, known as Miss Willie to the young patrons of the Parsons Public Library, reads a book during the library’s Story Hour on Monday evening. The library also has Story Hour on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
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Story Hour
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Jan 09, 2012
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By Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Tevin Johnson dribbles through a crowd of Chanute High School defenders in the second half during a 15-0 rally by the Parsons Vikings. PHS overcame a 33-30 first-half deficit for a 64-48 win.
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Cutting Through The Defense
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Jan 09, 2012
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By Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Bianca Do (15) and Chanute High School senior Dani Rubow chase after a loose ball in the second half of Friday's game.
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Loose Ball
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Jan 09, 2012
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Lincoln School students watch the blue and gold balloons they released on Friday afternoon in honor of Phillip Crim, the school’s technology aide and a big Parsons Viking fan. Crim died on Dec. 30.
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Balloon Release
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