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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Tony Munoz, who has managed the Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People for more than 15 years, plays around on the set of his last production, “I Remember Mama.” See story in Local News.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Tony Munoz, who has managed the Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People for more than 15 years, plays around on the set of his last production, “I Remember Mama.” See story in Local News.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Javon “Magic” Reliford, 12, of Parsons prepares to shoot a long three-pointer before Cameron Blansett, 16, of Parsons can defend him in a pickup basketball game Friday during spring break for area students at the Arvon Phillips Community Center. With cold weather outside, the gym was full of students in the afternoon.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Javon “Magic” Reliford, 12, of Parsons prepares to shoot a long three-pointer before Cameron Blansett, 16, of Parsons can defend him in a pickup basketball game Friday during spring break for area students at the Arvon Phillips Community Center. With cold weather outside, the gym was full of students in the afternoon.
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Courtesy photo Leather and metal artist Kyle Moody, formerly of Parsons, helped design a bar for the 2012 “Raising the Bar” competition during the American Royal World Series of BBQ in Kansas City, Mo., last year. The competition is now being shown on hulu.com. See the story in Local News.
Courtesy photo Leather and metal artist Kyle Moody, formerly of Parsons, helped design a bar for the 2012 “Raising the Bar” competition during the American Royal World Series of BBQ in Kansas City, Mo., last year. The competition is now being shown on hulu.com. See the story in Local News.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Ordained American Baptist Church/USA minister Richard Crooks of Parsons proofreads the second book he has written in a series on divorce. See story in Local News.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Ordained American Baptist Church/USA minister Richard Crooks of Parsons proofreads the second book he has written in a series on divorce. See story in Local News.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Chad Saporito hands a sign to Matt Crain to hang at the new location of Performance Enhancement Center, 2112 Belmont, on Tuesday morning. The two work for Vital Signs Sign Co., Columbus.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Chad Saporito hands a sign to Matt Crain to hang at the new location of Performance Enhancement Center, 2112 Belmont, on Tuesday morning. The two work for Vital Signs Sign Co., Columbus.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo A Westar Energy crew replaces a power pole near the Parsons Historical Museum on Monday afternoon.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo A Westar Energy crew replaces a power pole near the Parsons Historical Museum on Monday afternoon.
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Courtesy photo John Noltensmyer of the Southeast Kansas Audubon Society prepares a house on Corning Avenue for the arrival of purple martins to the area. Parsons is the Purple Martin Capital of Kansas.
Courtesy photo John Noltensmyer of the Southeast Kansas Audubon Society prepares a house on Corning Avenue for the arrival of purple martins to the area. Parsons is the Purple Martin Capital of Kansas.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Garland and Shirley Sapp take advantage of Friday’s warm temperatures and sunshine to work at their home in the 1500 block of Belmont, cleaning leaves out of their yard, pruning shrubs and cleaning out flower beds in preparation for the arrival of spring.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Garland and Shirley Sapp take advantage of Friday’s warm temperatures and sunshine to work at their home in the 1500 block of Belmont, cleaning leaves out of their yard, pruning shrubs and cleaning out flower beds in preparation for the arrival of spring.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo A city worker moves dirt in a playground on the east side of Forest Park Thursday. The city is removing all of the old mulch in the play area, leveling the surface and then re-mulching it. The playground will be closed until the project is complete.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo A city worker moves dirt in a playground on the east side of Forest Park Thursday. The city is removing all of the old mulch in the play area, leveling the surface and then re-mulching it. The playground will be closed until the project is complete.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Oscar Gilliard adjusts a camera while Steve Rampani prepares to put the camera down a manhole to inspect a sewer line Wednesday afternoon on South 13th Street. The two work for ADS Environmental Services, a Huntsville, Ala.-based company, out of its St. Louis office. The city of Parsons contracted ADS to inspect each manhole in the city as part of an Environmental Protection Agency compliance order. The inspections will help the city determine what sewer lines need to be replaced or relined. The two ADS employees said they began work here on Tuesday and expect the work to take about six months. City staff estimated there are 1,250 manholes in Parsons. The city will pay ADS $67 per manhole.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Oscar Gilliard adjusts a camera while Steve Rampani prepares to put the camera down a manhole to inspect a sewer line Wednesday afternoon on South 13th Street. The two work for ADS Environmental Services, a Huntsville, Ala.-based company, out of its St. Louis office. The city of Parsons contracted ADS to inspect each manhole in the city as part of an Environmental Protection Agency compliance order. The inspections will help the city determine what sewer lines need to be replaced or relined. The two ADS employees said they began work here on Tuesday and expect the work to take about six months. City staff estimated there are 1,250 manholes in Parsons. The city will pay ADS $67 per manhole.
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