May 26, 2013
 Jamie Willey/Sun photo
Gary Wall, owner of Wall Funeral Services, speaks at the Parsons Chamber of Commerce annual banquet Saturday after he and his wife, Shirley, received the Business of the Year award.
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 Colleen Surridge/Sun photo
(From left) Bev Woods, Kay Lawrence, Barbara Schmid and Thelma Works display the pies they made for a competition to be chosen as the featured pie at this year’s Katy Days celebration. Woods won with her rhubarb-raspberry pie recipe, but Lawrence’s caramel apple crisp pie, Schmid’s peach caramel praline pie and Works’ cranberry-cherry lattice pie all won over the taste buds of the testers.
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 Anthony Cook/Sun photo
Parsons High School senior Tevin Johnson passes over a crowd of Chanute High School defenders to teammate Steve Jones for a basket during Friday’s 56-36 win over the visiting Comets. PHS improved to 1-0 in Southeast Kansas League play and 12-1 overall with the win.
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Parsons High School senior Taylor Kemp awaits a lob pass before scoring two points in Friday’s 52-41 victory over Chanute High School. The PHS girls’ basketball team improved to 1-0 in Southeast Kansas League play and 9-4 overall with the win.
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 Anthony Cook/Sun photo
Parsons High School senior Tevin Johnson passes over a crowd of Chanute High School defenders to teammate Steve Jones for a basket during Friday’s 56-36 win over the visiting Comets. PHS improved to 1-0 in Southeast Kansas League play and 12-1 overall with the win.
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 Anthony Cook/Sun photo
Parsons High School senior Ally Forbes awaits her crown as senior Wes Krull reaches for the tiara being held by cheerleader Kaylee Krull during Friday’s 2012 Norseman Homecoming at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium. Krull and Forbes were named this year’s king and queen.
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 By Jamie Willey/Sun photo
Retired USD 506 teacher Joyce Rhodes tells Meadow View Grade School fourth-graders about what it was like to attend a one-room rural school. The school celebrated Kansas Day on Friday. Students also rode in a horse-drawn wagon, and some dressed in western wear. Rhodes’ 100-year-old mother, Laura Gann of Parsons, answered questions from the students. Kansas Day is on Sunday.
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 Colleen Surridge/Sun photo
Parsons High School exchange students (from left) Altynbek Baimishov of Kazahastan, Malik Navenburg of Germany, Yu Wang of China and Stefan Raicevic of Montenegro visited with family studies students Friday morning to talk about cultural differences and similarities between their own countries and America.
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 Colleen Surridge/Sun photo
Erie Elementary School fourth-grade students practice signing the alphabet during their first sign language lesson being taught via an interactive distance learning class through the Southeast Education Service Center at Greenbush.
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 Anthony Cook/Sun photo
Parsons High School senior Sarah Ong (right) signs her letter of intent to play tennis with Johnson County Community College next season. Ong is pictured with PHS head tennis coach Jane Posch. Ong finished her career at Parsons with a 109-49 record and was the Southeast Kansas runner-up and regional runner-up in No. 1 singles for the Vikings this season as well as a state qualifier. Ong was 29-10 for PHS tennis this season. The Vikings finished 21-0-3 in duals this season and eighth overall at the state tournament.
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