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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo St. John’s MedFlight paramedic Mike Vandergrift talks to youths about the more than 7,000-pound air ambulance used to transport people from accident scenes to hospitals, or from one hospital to another, in an emergency.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo St. John’s MedFlight paramedic Mike Vandergrift talks to youths about the more than 7,000-pound air ambulance used to transport people from accident scenes to hospitals, or from one hospital to another, in an emergency.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Kansas Highway Patrol technical trooper Rick Wingate, public resource officer, speaks to children ages 5 through 9 about the importance of wearing a seat belt following a demonstration of the KHP’s rollover truck throwing a dummy through the truck window because it was not wearing a seat belt.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Kansas Highway Patrol technical trooper Rick Wingate, public resource officer, speaks to children ages 5 through 9 about the importance of wearing a seat belt following a demonstration of the KHP’s rollover truck throwing a dummy through the truck window because it was not wearing a seat belt.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Parsons Fire Department firefighters help youths attending the 2012 Public Safety Kids Camp learn how to adjust the spray on a fire hose Friday at Forest Park.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Parsons Fire Department firefighters help youths attending the 2012 Public Safety Kids Camp learn how to adjust the spray on a fire hose Friday at Forest Park.
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Mia Pemberton (left), 6, and Mackenzee Willey, 7, laughed during a concert Thursday morning of Rick Rayburn. Rayburn, part of the Parsons Public Library's summer reading program, sang songs that had the children clapping and dancing.
Mia Pemberton (left), 6, and Mackenzee Willey, 7, laughed during a concert Thursday morning of Rick Rayburn. Rayburn, part of the Parsons Public Library's summer reading program, sang songs that had the children clapping and dancing.
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Brydan Riley, who plays for the Yankees, a Parsons Recreation Commission tee ball team, hit the ball off the tee Wednesday night despite a helmet that appeared to cover his field of vision.
Brydan Riley, who plays for the Yankees, a Parsons Recreation Commission tee ball team, hit the ball off the tee Wednesday night despite a helmet that appeared to cover his field of vision.
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Dan Manners harvests wheat Wednesday from a field hear his home east of Parsons.
Dan Manners harvests wheat Wednesday from a field hear his home east of Parsons.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Justin Sexton of the 9-10 year old CST Storage Cardinals makes contact with a pitch on a base hit Tuesday evening at Winway Park in a game against Chetopa.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Justin Sexton of the 9-10 year old CST Storage Cardinals makes contact with a pitch on a base hit Tuesday evening at Winway Park in a game against Chetopa.
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Quality Printing former owner Bill Lassen and Meridian Imaging president Grant Steinle look over photo book pages printed from a new Indigo digital press purchased by Meridian.
Quality Printing former owner Bill Lassen and Meridian Imaging president Grant Steinle look over photo book pages printed from a new Indigo digital press purchased by Meridian.
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Elizabeth Ramirez and Isabella Renfro perform Saturday morning during a dress rehearsal for the AIM Art in Motion Dance Studio dance recital, which took place later that night at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
Elizabeth Ramirez and Isabella Renfro perform Saturday morning during a dress rehearsal for the AIM Art in Motion Dance Studio dance recital, which took place later that night at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
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Derek Shepherd (with spray hose), a Neosho Township firefighter, works with fire instructor Sid Newby (left), a Wichita firefighter, on guiding the water stream after he and Dustin Dhooghe, another Neosho Township firefighter, traveled through a walled structure that instructs firefighters on moving through a burning structure as a team with a firehose. The instruction was part of the annual fire school conducted in Parsons. This course took place in the 2100 block of Grand.
Derek Shepherd (with spray hose), a Neosho Township firefighter, works with fire instructor Sid Newby (left), a Wichita firefighter, on guiding the water stream after he and Dustin Dhooghe, another Neosho Township firefighter, traveled through a walled structure that instructs firefighters on moving through a burning structure as a team with a firehose. The instruction was part of the annual fire school conducted in Parsons. This course took place in the 2100 block of Grand.
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