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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Wes Krull signs his letter of intent to compete in track and field next season at Johnson County Community College Monday morning at PHS. Krull is joined on the front row by mother Nancy Krull and father Mike Krull. PHS head track and field coach Eddie Kearns is shown on the back row. Krull is currently tied for the top mark in Class 4A with a 6-09 jump on April 20 at Columbus, the jump is one of the top three completed jumps in the state of Kansas this year and is also a PHS record.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Wes Krull signs his letter of intent to compete in track and field next season at Johnson County Community College Monday morning at PHS. Krull is joined on the front row by mother Nancy Krull and father Mike Krull. PHS head track and field coach Eddie Kearns is shown on the back row. Krull is currently tied for the top mark in Class 4A with a 6-09 jump on April 20 at Columbus, the jump is one of the top three completed jumps in the state of Kansas this year and is also a PHS record.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Before heading into the Parsons Municipal Auditorium to an orchestra playing “Pomp and Circumstance,” students from the 2012 graduating class of Labette Community College pose for friends taking pictures in the building’s basement.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Before heading into the Parsons Municipal Auditorium to an orchestra playing “Pomp and Circumstance,” students from the 2012 graduating class of Labette Community College pose for friends taking pictures in the building’s basement.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Registered nurse graduate Stephen Shears presents the invocation at the Labette Community College RN pinning ceremony Thursday evening in the Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Registered nurse graduate Stephen Shears presents the invocation at the Labette Community College RN pinning ceremony Thursday evening in the Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Sandra Stephens, executive director of Downtown Parsons Inc., speaks to Parsons Middle School seventh-grade students about the history of the Carnegie Arts Center. The building was one of several that students learned about during Discovering Parsons Day, designed to provide the students with information regarding the importance of preserving the historical buildings in their community.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Sandra Stephens, executive director of Downtown Parsons Inc., speaks to Parsons Middle School seventh-grade students about the history of the Carnegie Arts Center. The building was one of several that students learned about during Discovering Parsons Day, designed to provide the students with information regarding the importance of preserving the historical buildings in their community.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Parsons High School junior Libby Hizey hands senior Jarett Taylor a tote full of canned food to load into a U.S. Postal Service truck Thursday in front of the school. PHS challenged Oswego High School in the Battle of the Cans for the 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers. OHS won the challenge by donating 289 pounds of food. PHS donated 188 pounds of food. Garfield School donated 95 pounds. “I always like to get kids involved in our food drive. Hopefully, they will learn there is always someone less fortunate than you. I want kids to realize they can help and make a difference,” letter carrier Caroline Peters said. Postal patrons wanting to donate food can put non-perishable items on, in or near their mailboxes, preferably in grocery bags, before their mail arrives on Saturday. All of the food will be donated to the Labette Emergency Assistance Center food bank to be distributed to people in need in the county. The local drive collects an average of about 4,000 pounds of food a year for the LEAC pantry and is the center’s biggest source of food.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Parsons High School junior Libby Hizey hands senior Jarett Taylor a tote full of canned food to load into a U.S. Postal Service truck Thursday in front of the school. PHS challenged Oswego High School in the Battle of the Cans for the 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers. OHS won the challenge by donating 289 pounds of food. PHS donated 188 pounds of food. Garfield School donated 95 pounds. “I always like to get kids involved in our food drive. Hopefully, they will learn there is always someone less fortunate than you. I want kids to realize they can help and make a difference,” letter carrier Caroline Peters said. Postal patrons wanting to donate food can put non-perishable items on, in or near their mailboxes, preferably in grocery bags, before their mail arrives on Saturday. All of the food will be donated to the Labette Emergency Assistance Center food bank to be distributed to people in need in the county. The local drive collects an average of about 4,000 pounds of food a year for the LEAC pantry and is the center’s biggest source of food.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Teresa Reed pulls large green onions from her newly constructed raised-bed gardens at her home near Strauss. Nearly everything she planted the first of March is ready to be harvested, allowing her to plant a summer garden.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Teresa Reed pulls large green onions from her newly constructed raised-bed gardens at her home near Strauss. Nearly everything she planted the first of March is ready to be harvested, allowing her to plant a summer garden.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Ivory Kelly connects with a pitch in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday against Independence. Independence won both games, which were the final regular season games for the Vikings.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Ivory Kelly connects with a pitch in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday against Independence. Independence won both games, which were the final regular season games for the Vikings.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Parsons High School Lady Viking Sara Cruse connects on a pitch from the Independence pitcher and drilled it over the center field fence for a two-run homer in game one Tuesday at Independence. Parsons shut out Indy in the first game and lost the second game.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Parsons High School Lady Viking Sara Cruse connects on a pitch from the Independence pitcher and drilled it over the center field fence for a two-run homer in game one Tuesday at Independence. Parsons shut out Indy in the first game and lost the second game.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Chris Farris, a senior special agent with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, speaks to fourth- and fifth- grade students at Guthridge School Monday about the crime scene unit the KBI uses to help police and sheriff’s departments investigate crimes across the state, mostly in Southeast Kansas. The school's Extended Learning Program students organized COW (Careers On Wheels) Day.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Chris Farris, a senior special agent with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, speaks to fourth- and fifth- grade students at Guthridge School Monday about the crime scene unit the KBI uses to help police and sheriff’s departments investigate crimes across the state, mostly in Southeast Kansas. The school's Extended Learning Program students organized COW (Careers On Wheels) Day.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Westside Christian Church member Sam Appleton cuts a piece of flashing to put on top of the stone facade of the church Monday to prevent birds from nesting in an opening. That and other work is being performed this week in preparation for a workday Saturday, during which members plan to paint the church.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Westside Christian Church member Sam Appleton cuts a piece of flashing to put on top of the stone facade of the church Monday to prevent birds from nesting in an opening. That and other work is being performed this week in preparation for a workday Saturday, during which members plan to paint the church.
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