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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Ray Jacquinot of Commercial Bank speaks to Lincoln School kindergarten students and teachers about the bank’s vault, how it was built, how it works and its purpose. The students also visited the Parsons Fire Department and the Parsons Post Office Wednesday to learn more about businesses and what they do.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Ray Jacquinot of Commercial Bank speaks to Lincoln School kindergarten students and teachers about the bank’s vault, how it was built, how it works and its purpose. The students also visited the Parsons Fire Department and the Parsons Post Office Wednesday to learn more about businesses and what they do.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Noah Taylor shows off his peace sign necklace, an accessory to the 1960s outfit he wore on Retro Day Wednesday during Parsons High School’s Spirit Week leading up to homecoming.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Noah Taylor shows off his peace sign necklace, an accessory to the 1960s outfit he wore on Retro Day Wednesday during Parsons High School’s Spirit Week leading up to homecoming.
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John Googe chips away at another hole he bored in a stone sculpture he is carving in John Ford's Sculpture I class at Labette Community College.
John Googe chips away at another hole he bored in a stone sculpture he is carving in John Ford's Sculpture I class at Labette Community College.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Motivational speaker Nick Scott speaks to students, staff and community members in Thiebaud Theatre at Labette Community College Monday, sharing his experience from becoming a paraplegic feeling he had lost almost everything to transforming his life into meeting with one success after another.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Motivational speaker Nick Scott speaks to students, staff and community members in Thiebaud Theatre at Labette Community College Monday, sharing his experience from becoming a paraplegic feeling he had lost almost everything to transforming his life into meeting with one success after another.
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Parsons quarterback Craig Beachner pitches the ball to Jackson Fuhrman Friday night in the Vikings’ game against the Chanute Comets at Marvel Park. Chanute won 61-0.
Parsons quarterback Craig Beachner pitches the ball to Jackson Fuhrman Friday night in the Vikings’ game against the Chanute Comets at Marvel Park. Chanute won 61-0.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Cody Bevans of LaForge & Budd Construction Co. strips forms off of one of the newly poured concrete stem walls for the new dam being constructed for the city of Parsons water treatment plant.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Cody Bevans of LaForge & Budd Construction Co. strips forms off of one of the newly poured concrete stem walls for the new dam being constructed for the city of Parsons water treatment plant.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo John Williams, 11, a student at Guthridge School, practices jumps and tricks on his in-line skates Wednesday afternoon at PKY Skate Park.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo John Williams, 11, a student at Guthridge School, practices jumps and tricks on his in-line skates Wednesday afternoon at PKY Skate Park.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Jose Martinez cleans concrete Tuesday afternoon after he and other Mission Construction Co. workers poured fresh concrete for a circular drive on the south side of the Parsons Municipal Building.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Jose Martinez cleans concrete Tuesday afternoon after he and other Mission Construction Co. workers poured fresh concrete for a circular drive on the south side of the Parsons Municipal Building.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Marty Magby, who is managing the demolition of the Neosho Energy Center, looks through a book of photographs that shows every step of the construction of the old Neosho Steam Electric Station from 1953 through the summer of 1954.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Marty Magby, who is managing the demolition of the Neosho Energy Center, looks through a book of photographs that shows every step of the construction of the old Neosho Steam Electric Station from 1953 through the summer of 1954.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo During a return to his hometown Thursday, Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai visits with Parsons High School debaters following an address to the student body.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo During a return to his hometown Thursday, Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai visits with Parsons High School debaters following an address to the student body.
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