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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo The Masters of Motown perform Thursday night in the Parsons Municipal Auditorium. The group was one in a series of performances brought in by the Parsons Area Community Concert Association. Violinist Ann Fontanella will perform at 7 p.m. April 12 as the next act in the series.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo The Masters of Motown perform Thursday night in the Parsons Municipal Auditorium. The group was one in a series of performances brought in by the Parsons Area Community Concert Association. Violinist Ann Fontanella will perform at 7 p.m. April 12 as the next act in the series.
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Brian Holderman/Courtesy photo A bald eagle watches squirrels while perched in a tree near Lake Parsons.
Brian Holderman/Courtesy photo A bald eagle watches squirrels while perched in a tree near Lake Parsons.
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Parsons High School senior Andreus Reece does pull ups at the Marine recruiting area in the PHS gym on Wednesday during the career fair.
Parsons High School senior Andreus Reece does pull ups at the Marine recruiting area in the PHS gym on Wednesday during the career fair.
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Mike Ohmey of Lusker Masonry, Frontenac, scoops up mortar to use on a layer of bricks in the new Sonny and Sophia Zetmeir Health Sciences Building on the Labette Community College campus Tuesday
Mike Ohmey of Lusker Masonry, Frontenac, scoops up mortar to use on a layer of bricks in the new Sonny and Sophia Zetmeir Health Sciences Building on the Labette Community College campus Tuesday
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Braden Barragar, 10, and Kyler Barragar, 8, of Parsons build their creations in a Lego contest Saturday at Curious Minds Discovery Zone.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Braden Barragar, 10, and Kyler Barragar, 8, of Parsons build their creations in a Lego contest Saturday at Curious Minds Discovery Zone.
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback had some difficulty cutting a ribbon Friday afternoon at the southeast unit of the El Dorado Correctional Facility in Oswego. Oswego Mayor Glenn Fischer is standing to the governor’s right. The facility had an open house so the public could tour the medium-security building.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback had some difficulty cutting a ribbon Friday afternoon at the southeast unit of the El Dorado Correctional Facility in Oswego. Oswego Mayor Glenn Fischer is standing to the governor’s right. The facility had an open house so the public could tour the medium-security building.
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Altamont Grade School eighth-grade student Michaiah Reynolds explains the challenges she faced in creating a scale model of her family room for her math class. The project was assigned by teacher Suzette Rakestraw to provide her students with hands-on learning to help them grasp the difficult concepts of scale, proportion and ratio.
Altamont Grade School eighth-grade student Michaiah Reynolds explains the challenges she faced in creating a scale model of her family room for her math class. The project was assigned by teacher Suzette Rakestraw to provide her students with hands-on learning to help them grasp the difficult concepts of scale, proportion and ratio.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Longtime teacher Lori McKinzie mentors new Altamont Grade School teacher Melissa Murray Wednesday, guiding her with ideas and helping to prepare her for upcoming state assessments.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Longtime teacher Lori McKinzie mentors new Altamont Grade School teacher Melissa Murray Wednesday, guiding her with ideas and helping to prepare her for upcoming state assessments.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Parsons High School juniors Anthony Stephens, John Ray, Andrew Fix and Tanner Smith, work on the design for a bumper sticker for Parsons alumni they will soon market and sell through an entrepreneurship class.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Parsons High School juniors Anthony Stephens, John Ray, Andrew Fix and Tanner Smith, work on the design for a bumper sticker for Parsons alumni they will soon market and sell through an entrepreneurship class.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Alexis Harper uses colored pencils to color the seal of Kansas. She and other students in Debbie Shaffer’s fourth-grade class at Guthridge School cut out the seals they colored to make a state flag of Kansas.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Alexis Harper uses colored pencils to color the seal of Kansas. She and other students in Debbie Shaffer’s fourth-grade class at Guthridge School cut out the seals they colored to make a state flag of Kansas.
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