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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Jayden Schultz works on her backhand during the Parsons High School tennis clinic in Forest Park in Parsons Wednesday morning. The PHS and Parsons Middle School team host a tennis clinic throughout the month of June every year in Parsons. This year, around 65 aspiring tennis players of various ages are participating in the clinic, which Parsons coaches and players assist with.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Jayden Schultz works on her backhand during the Parsons High School tennis clinic in Forest Park in Parsons Wednesday morning. The PHS and Parsons Middle School team host a tennis clinic throughout the month of June every year in Parsons. This year, around 65 aspiring tennis players of various ages are participating in the clinic, which Parsons coaches and players assist with.
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Parsons firefighter Casey Irish extinguishes a fire in a trash can behind Salonika, 1724 Broadway, Tuesday morning.
Parsons firefighter Casey Irish extinguishes a fire in a trash can behind Salonika, 1724 Broadway, Tuesday morning.
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Wayne Revell (left) and Marvin Blackburn, both of Parsons, move bundles of wheat to build a shock as Revell’s son, Waco Revell, also of Parsons, drives his 1937 Oliver 70 row crop tractor with a wheat binder Saturday morning. The three, along with other volunteers, were making the wheat shocks to be threshed during this year’s Farm Heritage Celebration Oct. 5-6 at Tolen Creek Park. Volunteers also plan a June 30 event to harvest the rest of the wheat at the field at the park as well as bale hay with an old-fashioned hay press and work on a rock fence. The public is welcome to observe and possibly help with the work.
Wayne Revell (left) and Marvin Blackburn, both of Parsons, move bundles of wheat to build a shock as Revell’s son, Waco Revell, also of Parsons, drives his 1937 Oliver 70 row crop tractor with a wheat binder Saturday morning. The three, along with other volunteers, were making the wheat shocks to be threshed during this year’s Farm Heritage Celebration Oct. 5-6 at Tolen Creek Park. Volunteers also plan a June 30 event to harvest the rest of the wheat at the field at the park as well as bale hay with an old-fashioned hay press and work on a rock fence. The public is welcome to observe and possibly help with the work.
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Kelly Gorman of Parsons paints the face of Izzy Clevenger, 5, of Parsons while her sister, Elyse, 8, watches Saturday morning at Forest Park during the 2012 Day of Play that the Parsons Recreation Commission sponsored with the help of volunteers. See related photos inside today’s edition.
Kelly Gorman of Parsons paints the face of Izzy Clevenger, 5, of Parsons while her sister, Elyse, 8, watches Saturday morning at Forest Park during the 2012 Day of Play that the Parsons Recreation Commission sponsored with the help of volunteers. See related photos inside today’s edition.
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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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