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Jamie Willey photo Parsons Recreation Commission director Gary Crissman hangs blue lights around a downtown light pole Tuesday as PRC program director Anna Albright holds a ladder. The PRC staff hung lights on the 58 downtown light posts and also refurbished Christmas decorations that will be placed on the lawn of the Parsons Municipal Building.
Jamie Willey photo Parsons Recreation Commission director Gary Crissman hangs blue lights around a downtown light pole Tuesday as PRC program director Anna Albright holds a ladder. The PRC staff hung lights on the 58 downtown light posts and also refurbished Christmas decorations that will be placed on the lawn of the Parsons Municipal Building.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Connie Keeling of Parsons waits for her son, Samuel, who will turn 2 later this month, to get off the slow-moving merry-go-round in Forest Park Monday afternoon. The two were taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather. Temperatures reached into the upper 60s Monday.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Connie Keeling of Parsons waits for her son, Samuel, who will turn 2 later this month, to get off the slow-moving merry-go-round in Forest Park Monday afternoon. The two were taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather. Temperatures reached into the upper 60s Monday.
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Kaydin Brader, 2, talks with her great-grandmother, Sue O’Brien, on Friday during O’Brien’s retirement reception at Commercial Bank’s Data Center in Parsons.
Kaydin Brader, 2, talks with her great-grandmother, Sue O’Brien, on Friday during O’Brien’s retirement reception at Commercial Bank’s Data Center in Parsons.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Cheryl Boyer, a Kansas State University assistant professor of extension service for nursery crops/woody plants, calibrates a weather station at the Parsons Arboretum to aid in a two-year viburnum species trial conducted by Ph.D. student Josh Pool for his dissertation.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Cheryl Boyer, a Kansas State University assistant professor of extension service for nursery crops/woody plants, calibrates a weather station at the Parsons Arboretum to aid in a two-year viburnum species trial conducted by Ph.D. student Josh Pool for his dissertation.
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Molly LaForge, 10, of Erie, daughter of Greg and Karla LaForge, checks out an exhibit at the Area 51 1/2 Creation Station section of Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. The interactive children’s museum had a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday evening and will open on Saturday.
Molly LaForge, 10, of Erie, daughter of Greg and Karla LaForge, checks out an exhibit at the Area 51 1/2 Creation Station section of Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. The interactive children’s museum had a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday evening and will open on Saturday.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Tate Thurman, 8, of Parsons builds a car with Legos at the Area 51 1/2 Creation Station exhibit at Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. Tate attended a ribbon-cutting at the interactive children’s museum on Tuesday evening with his grandmother, Kathy Thurman. Curious Minds will open on Saturday.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Tate Thurman, 8, of Parsons builds a car with Legos at the Area 51 1/2 Creation Station exhibit at Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. Tate attended a ribbon-cutting at the interactive children’s museum on Tuesday evening with his grandmother, Kathy Thurman. Curious Minds will open on Saturday.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Reece Thurman, 10, of Parsons inspects the Cave of Curiosities section of the Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. The interactive children’s museum had a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday evening and will open on Saturday.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Reece Thurman, 10, of Parsons inspects the Cave of Curiosities section of the Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. The interactive children’s museum had a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday evening and will open on Saturday.
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Sonja Ledford, an ag tech at the Kansas State University pecan experiment field east of Chetopa, shakes pecans free from a tree on a recent harvest day.
Sonja Ledford, an ag tech at the Kansas State University pecan experiment field east of Chetopa, shakes pecans free from a tree on a recent harvest day.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Dr. Stephen Miller of Parsons, a retired surgeon and flight surgeon in the Vietnam War, speaks during a Veterans Day service Monday morning at Brown-Bishop Post No. 704, Veterans of Foreign War.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Dr. Stephen Miller of Parsons, a retired surgeon and flight surgeon in the Vietnam War, speaks during a Veterans Day service Monday morning at Brown-Bishop Post No. 704, Veterans of Foreign War.
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Parsons High School trumpeter Shelby Walker, a senior, plays “Taps” at the end of the Parsons VFW Veterans Day service Monday morning. Freshman David Haskew stands at attention in preparation for taking over some of the top trumpeters’ duties next year.
Parsons High School trumpeter Shelby Walker, a senior, plays “Taps” at the end of the Parsons VFW Veterans Day service Monday morning. Freshman David Haskew stands at attention in preparation for taking over some of the top trumpeters’ duties next year.
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