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Signature Sportswear closed temporarily A Parsons clothing manufacturer recently shut down for a few weeks. Signature Sportswear, which has a screen printing operation in Wayne Moran Industrial Park on Jothi Avenue and a cutting and sewing factory in Industrial Park No. 1 near Southern and 16th closed last week as the company waits to receive more material, owner David Gegen of Wichita said on Monday. Gegen said Signature uses only material ma...
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New law officers YODER — Michael Kaste, special agent in charge at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Kansas City division, congratulated 58 new law enforcement officers during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center earlier this month. Andrew Boyd of Parsons, a patrol officer with the Parsons Police Department, was one of the graduates. The graduates, who began their training Sept. 24 and graduated Jan. 18, represe...
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Coltrain to Join Staff of K-State Research and Extension Wildcat District MANHATTAN – Josh Coltrain will join the staff of the K-State Research and Extension Wildcat District office as an agriculture and natural resources agent specializing in crop production. He will begin work Dec. 30 and will be based in the Girard office. The Wildcat District is comprised of Crawford, Montgomery and Labette counties. Coltrain worked previously as an ag...
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Library workshop PLEASANTON — Trustees from McCune Public Library attended the Southeast Kansas Library System (SEKLS) workshop on 2012 Standards for Kansas Public Libraries, on Oct. 31 at Pleasanton Lincoln Library. Trustees were Martha Parsons, Anita McGown, Kathy Conrad, Kathy Allen, Kathy Shouse and Roy Parsons. Kim Uden Rutter, SEKLS Library consultant, explained the new library standards, emphasizing the legal duties of library board mem...
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Optometric conference More than 280 optometrists and 185 optometric assistants attended the 2012 Kansas Optometric Association Fall Eyecare Conference in Wichita recently. Optometrists attending were able to receive 13 hours of continuing education toward the 24 hours required for re- licensure. Among those attending were Drs. Wayne Gilmore and Craig Newland of Parsons. The seminar included sessions on common anterior segment conditions, MRSA,...
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Local fishing show honored   A Parsons-based radio show that airs throughout the summer on KLKC was recently crowned "Best of Show" for all media at the annual conference of the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers (AGLOW). The conference, held late last month in Branson, annually recognizes excellence in outdoor media including newspaper columns, radio shows, TV shows, magazines and a number of other categories. The local show "Catch of...
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  KDHE Recognizes Businesses for Pollution Prevention Efforts   The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Wednesday announced the 2012 Pollution Prevention Award recipients during an awards luncheon at the Kansas Environmental Conference, held Aug. 7-9 at the Wichita Hyatt. John Mitchell, director of KDHE’s Division of Environment, presented award plaques to five companies, including CST Industries of Parsons. The Kansas Pollution Preven...
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The Flesh Co. adds to Parsons plant The Flesh Co. is moving its label production unit from St. Louis to Parsons. This will include two, eight-color flexographic printing presses as well as an assortment of supporting equipment. The label division produces packaging labels, bar coded labels and tags as well as identification cards. Many of the labels and cards are affixed to products produced at the Parsons facility. The addition of this equipm...
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New equipment at CST CST Storage expects a new piece of equipment to bring new manufacturing opportunities to Parsons.  The bolted tank manufacturer located at 2101 S. 21st St. celebrated the addition of the new machinery with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. The new Whitney machine is a punch/plasma CNC combination machine capable of processing steel material up to half of an inch thick (or grade 70 material). “We’re excited to bring the new...
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Labette Center for Mental Health Services announced that Mark Mikel, LSCSW, LCAC, KCGC, completed the requirements of the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board (BSRB) on March 30 and is now a licensed specialist clinical social worker, which is the highest level of licensure a social work is able to obtain and gives the social worker the ability to practice at an independent level. This licensure is one of the few recognized by the federal gov...
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Ballantyne joins Bath-Naylor Keith Ballantyne of Columbus, the former manager of the Murdock Funeral Homes in Columbus and Oswego, will join the staff of Bath-Naylor Funeral Home & Crematory in Columbus. Ballantyne’s office hours at Bath-Naylor Columbus will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every other Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon every other Saturday. He will be available for consultation for pre-need transfers and referrals for new pre-need or a...
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New car lot Adkins Reliable Used Cars recently added another car lot to its business. Adkins has moved some of its vehicles to the new lot at 2207 Main and will continue to add vehicles there. The business will continue to maintain its primary lot at 1745 24000 Road. Barbara Adkins, co-owner of Adkins Reliable, said the new lot is much more visible than the existing lot east of town. The lot on 24000 Road, which is the extension of Main Street...
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ST. LOUIS ― Drs. Wayne Gilmore and Craig E. Newland, both of Parsons, were one of the first optometrists in the nation to become board certified by the American Board of Optometry (ABO). The doctors passed the ABO’s Board Certification Examination administered in late 2011. To attain this honor, Drs. Gilmore and Newland completed an accredited residency and a series of post-graduate activities. They then passed a computer based examination o...
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Realtor awards announced The Parsons Area Board of Realtors installed new officers and awarded Million Dollar Club certificates on Dec. 8 during its annual Christmas party. The officers for 2012 are Sherry Harrell, president; Keith Maloney, president-elect; Carol Bush, secretary; and Julia Finley, treasurer. The Million Dollar Club members are Bush, Janice Dulohery, Harrell and Suzanne Wood of Wood-Dulohery Real Estate; Finley of Finley-Malone...
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