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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Aeryn Chandler, 3, enjoys time climbing on the porch rails of his grandmother’s home on Dirr Avenue Friday afternoon.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Aeryn Chandler, 3, enjoys time climbing on the porch rails of his grandmother’s home on Dirr Avenue Friday afternoon.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Twin Valley Electric Cooperative, Altamont, is in the process of upgrading its system. On Friday, Scott Gegg, a journeyman lineman from Altamont, works on a utility pole at 12000 and Scott Road. Zach Walker of Oswego (not pictured) helped Gegg with the work.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Twin Valley Electric Cooperative, Altamont, is in the process of upgrading its system. On Friday, Scott Gegg, a journeyman lineman from Altamont, works on a utility pole at 12000 and Scott Road. Zach Walker of Oswego (not pictured) helped Gegg with the work.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Parsons Police Officer Roy Clinton (left) begins to take measurements at the scene of a two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon near the exit ramp of the junction of U.S. 400 and North 16th Street. Cpl. Kyle Wiford is collecting information from the vehicle. One person from the car was loaded into an ambulance.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Parsons Police Officer Roy Clinton (left) begins to take measurements at the scene of a two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon near the exit ramp of the junction of U.S. 400 and North 16th Street. Cpl. Kyle Wiford is collecting information from the vehicle. One person from the car was loaded into an ambulance.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Parsons Historical Society Museum board members Mike Brotherton (left) and Dave Mattox discuss an admissions book from the old Katy Hospital, just one of the many interesting items that come to the museum from people within the community, and around the world, that make collecting historical artifacts fun and exciting.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Parsons Historical Society Museum board members Mike Brotherton (left) and Dave Mattox discuss an admissions book from the old Katy Hospital, just one of the many interesting items that come to the museum from people within the community, and around the world, that make collecting historical artifacts fun and exciting.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Sara Cruse catches a pop fly during game one of a doubleheader with Girard Tuesday evening at the PHS softball field in Forest Park. Cruse snagged the pop fly and also came up with a two-out RBI to give the Lady Vikings a split with Girard after falling 17-5 in game one.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Sara Cruse catches a pop fly during game one of a doubleheader with Girard Tuesday evening at the PHS softball field in Forest Park. Cruse snagged the pop fly and also came up with a two-out RBI to give the Lady Vikings a split with Girard after falling 17-5 in game one.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Daza Werner awaits a throw to first during a try at a double play Tuesday evening at Forest Park in Parsons. After losing game one 17-5, the Lady Vikings earned a 5-4 victory thanks to a four-run rally with two outs in the seventh inning to move to 1-1 in 2012.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Daza Werner awaits a throw to first during a try at a double play Tuesday evening at Forest Park in Parsons. After losing game one 17-5, the Lady Vikings earned a 5-4 victory thanks to a four-run rally with two outs in the seventh inning to move to 1-1 in 2012.
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Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Each year, Labette Community College tries to have one pop culture exhibit in Hendershot Gallery. This year, the exhibit is “40 years of TV Guides.” Around 150 TV Guides from a private collection of more than 7,000 are now on display in the gallery. Actually, more than 40 years of TV Guides are displayed, as a few special editions from the 1960s can also be viewed.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Each year, Labette Community College tries to have one pop culture exhibit in Hendershot Gallery. This year, the exhibit is “40 years of TV Guides.” Around 150 TV Guides from a private collection of more than 7,000 are now on display in the gallery. Actually, more than 40 years of TV Guides are displayed, as a few special editions from the 1960s can also be viewed.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College sophomore pitcher Brandon Jackson (right) tags home plate while teammates Pat Dudkiewicz (left) and Rickey Sanchez (center) greet him after a two-run homer Monday against Independence Community College. Jackson scored Sanchez on the two-run shot and Dudkiewicz made it back-to-back homers with a solo shot on the next at-bat. Labette lost the game 14-10 but defeated Indy in game two to earn a split Monday.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College sophomore pitcher Brandon Jackson (right) tags home plate while teammates Pat Dudkiewicz (left) and Rickey Sanchez (center) greet him after a two-run homer Monday against Independence Community College. Jackson scored Sanchez on the two-run shot and Dudkiewicz made it back-to-back homers with a solo shot on the next at-bat. Labette lost the game 14-10 but defeated Indy in game two to earn a split Monday.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Jennifer Ferrier of Parsons straps her daughter, Rylee Bendixen, 18 months, into a new car seat Saturday in front of Wal-Mart, where the Labette County Sheriff’s Department and Parsons Police Department were offering child safety seat inspections. Deputies Don Sauer and Casey Keele and police Cpl. Julie Keele conducted the inspections.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Jennifer Ferrier of Parsons straps her daughter, Rylee Bendixen, 18 months, into a new car seat Saturday in front of Wal-Mart, where the Labette County Sheriff’s Department and Parsons Police Department were offering child safety seat inspections. Deputies Don Sauer and Casey Keele and police Cpl. Julie Keele conducted the inspections.
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Jan Strait/Sun photo Jock's Nitch manager J.R. Allen and assistant manager Breign Bennett are shown with a 7-foot-tall Jayhawk Monday afternoon. The store's Jayhawk was on display Monday morning and afternoon in celebration of Kansas University's trip to the Final Four thanks to an 80-67 victory over North Carolina in Sunday's Midwest Regional final.
Jan Strait/Sun photo Jock's Nitch manager J.R. Allen and assistant manager Breign Bennett are shown with a 7-foot-tall Jayhawk Monday afternoon. The store's Jayhawk was on display Monday morning and afternoon in celebration of Kansas University's trip to the Final Four thanks to an 80-67 victory over North Carolina in Sunday's Midwest Regional final.
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