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Livy Ogle and Brandon Figura make strands of old-fashioned garland out of popcorn and cranberries in Robin Jarrett’s third-grade class at Garfield School Thursday afternoon. The garland will be used to decorate a Christmas tree and the windows of the stone house at Tolen Creek Park during Saturday’s Christmas at the Old Stone House. The event, which will run from 1 to 3 p.m., also will feature homemade cookies, hot cider, a visit from Santa Claus, candy canes for children and rides on a horse-drawn wagon.
Livy Ogle and Brandon Figura make strands of old-fashioned garland out of popcorn and cranberries in Robin Jarrett’s third-grade class at Garfield School Thursday afternoon. The garland will be used to decorate a Christmas tree and the windows of the stone house at Tolen Creek Park during Saturday’s Christmas at the Old Stone House. The event, which will run from 1 to 3 p.m., also will feature homemade cookies, hot cider, a visit from Santa Claus, candy canes for children and rides on a horse-drawn wagon.
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Keaton Nance (left) and Reese Barger, both sixth-graders at St. Patrick Catholic School, sing a song during the school's Christmas program Wednesday night at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
Keaton Nance (left) and Reese Barger, both sixth-graders at St. Patrick Catholic School, sing a song during the school's Christmas program Wednesday night at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
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The Parsons Theater showed its last 35 millimeter films Tuesday night. Three new digital projectors have been installed, bringing to an end approximately 100 years of 35 millimeter film use in motion pictures shown in local theaters.
The Parsons Theater showed its last 35 millimeter films Tuesday night. Three new digital projectors have been installed, bringing to an end approximately 100 years of 35 millimeter film use in motion pictures shown in local theaters.
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Kyle Rogers, 9, finishes adding the cotton balls to complete the beard and mustache on the Santa he was making Monday in Jeannie Mills class at Garfield School.
Kyle Rogers, 9, finishes adding the cotton balls to complete the beard and mustache on the Santa he was making Monday in Jeannie Mills class at Garfield School.
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Faith Leon, 2, takes advantage of the warm fall temperatures late Friday afternoon to draw a picture of a tree and sign her name. Temperatures are suppose to begin falling Sunday, dropping to 21 Sunday night. Monday's high in Parsons will be just above freezing at 36 degrees, then dropping to into the teens after nightfall.
Faith Leon, 2, takes advantage of the warm fall temperatures late Friday afternoon to draw a picture of a tree and sign her name. Temperatures are suppose to begin falling Sunday, dropping to 21 Sunday night. Monday's high in Parsons will be just above freezing at 36 degrees, then dropping to into the teens after nightfall.
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The temperature was in the mid-50s Thursday night for the Parsons Christmas Parade in the downtown area.
The temperature was in the mid-50s Thursday night for the Parsons Christmas Parade in the downtown area.
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Along with other Parsons Public Library patrons, Barbara Mosier took time Wednesday afternoon to enjoy the annual holiday tea in the library's multi-purpose room.
Along with other Parsons Public Library patrons, Barbara Mosier took time Wednesday afternoon to enjoy the annual holiday tea in the library's multi-purpose room.
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Parsons High School construction education instructor Roger Daniels helps fourth grade students at Guthridge School work out fractions Tuesday as part of the If I Had A Hammer program.
Parsons High School construction education instructor Roger Daniels helps fourth grade students at Guthridge School work out fractions Tuesday as part of the If I Had A Hammer program.
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Having spent Halloween at Children's Mercy Hospital. following a severe injury from a horse kicking him in the face, Emery Carpenter, 6, delights in lighting the Christmas tree at his own home. Emery had to undergo surgery to repair his orbital socket around his left eye that was shattered, and repair a deep fracture in his skull that resulted in a small tear in the sack around his brain.
Having spent Halloween at Children's Mercy Hospital. following a severe injury from a horse kicking him in the face, Emery Carpenter, 6, delights in lighting the Christmas tree at his own home. Emery had to undergo surgery to repair his orbital socket around his left eye that was shattered, and repair a deep fracture in his skull that resulted in a small tear in the sack around his brain.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Civil rights activist Alveda King, director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life, is accompanied Friday on the Parsons Municipal Auditorium stage by Parsons High School students LaKeisha Love and Matt Thande, who helped her illustrate the value youths should place on intimacy with others and the respect they should have for themselves. King gave her presentation to about 100 students from Coffeyville, Independence, Altamont and Parsons. The public is invited to attend a free presentation by King at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Civil rights activist Alveda King, director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life, is accompanied Friday on the Parsons Municipal Auditorium stage by Parsons High School students LaKeisha Love and Matt Thande, who helped her illustrate the value youths should place on intimacy with others and the respect they should have for themselves. King gave her presentation to about 100 students from Coffeyville, Independence, Altamont and Parsons. The public is invited to attend a free presentation by King at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
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