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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 14-15, 1972 After more than an hour of heated discussion, the Labette County Planning Commission postponed a vote on rezoning west Main Street property for a new Tractor Supply Store building. Ed Fleming of Scottsdale, Ariz., owner of the property about a mile west of 32nd and Main in Parsons, had requested that the eight acres be changed from residential-agricultur...
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Folk, Beason
Robert and Lavena Folk of Parsons announce the engagement of their daughter, Sheri Ann Folk, to Steven Raymond Beason, son of Raymond and Christina Beason of Edna. The bride-elect also is the daughter of the late Janet Folk. The bride-elect is a 1993 graduate of Field Kindley High School, Coffeyville. She graduated from the University of Phoenix in 2011 with an associate’s degree, specializing in medical billing and coding. She is employed at ...
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Shaws to celebrate 40th
Tom and Debbie Shaw of Parsons will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with family on Sunday. Tom Shaw and Debbie McMillan were married on April 15, 1972. Mr. Shaw is the director of environmental services at Labette Health and a Parsons city commissioner. Mrs. Shaw is a radiologic technologist and phlebotomist at Labette Health. The couple have resided in Kansas City, South Mound, Webb City and Parsons since their marriage. They have fo...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 13, 1972 A fire early in the day caused at least $60,000 in damage to the die-casting department of Valley Products Inc., Mound Valley’s major industry. Harold Britton of Parsons, president of the company that made aluminum parts for manufacturing firms, said relocation efforts would begin immediately. He said faulty wiring in the floor between the two floors of the...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 12, 1972 Dale Westervelt, who represented the 2nd Labette County commissioner district, announced he would be a candidate for the Republican nomination for a new term in the August primary. Westervelt served as chairman of the three-member board of county commissioners and was one of the best known county commissioners in the state. If renominated and re-elected, We...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun's editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 10, 1972 New voters in the form of youth comprised nearly one-third of a total delegation of 18 people elected at a Labette County Democratic convention in Oswego. The delegation also would include the first two African-Americans ever elected by the party in the county, a longtime worker in Democratic affairs, said. Of nine delegates to district and state conventio...
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Swimmer qualifies for state
By John Hall-Kennedy St. Paul High School Seniors Erin Duncan and Darbi Ahlquist and juniors Sara Greenough and Shawlisa Pollman are swimming for St. Paul this year. The team competed March 27 and April 3 in Winfield. Duncan qualified for the state swim meet with her time in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle on April 3. Duncan has been swimming for seven years and said that she loves to swim because it uses every muscle in t...
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Baseball team wins four straight
By Erin Duncan St. Paul High School The 2012 baseball team is starting out strong this year with a 4-0 record as of Thursday. The team has set many goals for the season. “With eight returning starters, we want to put ourselves in the number one seat for regionals and take it one game at a time,” coach Pat Schibi said. With seniors Willie Westhoff, Trenton Wood, Nick Corn, Kane Norris and Jamie Holding and juniors Riley O’Brien, Jake O’Brien, A...
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Weather welcomes track, field athletes
By Erin Duncan St. Paul High School With the spring season being warmer than normal, the track team is ready to go. The Indians so far have not had to worry about the weather being too cold; all they have to do is deal with the rain. There was a good turnout this year with 24 teammates. Coach Doug Tuck said he wants everyone to work hard and improve their times and distances this year. In order for the track members to do so, they have to sho...
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Indian softball team starts its season at 1-3
By John Hall-Kennedy St. Paul High School Softball season is underway with head coach Jenny Hutcherson. This year’s team consists of 10 players with senior Bethany Beachner; juniors Bethany Paulie, Kacy Phillips, Nicki Sears and Kira Carlson; sophomores Darby Kramer, Kayla Bryant and Sara Reimer; and freshmen Makayla Pinkerton and Anna Schibi. So far this season, the team is 1-3. On March 26, The Indians played Northeast and on March 29, they ...
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Smith qualifies for FBLA national contest
By Darbi Ahlquist St. Paul High School On March 29, the St. Paul High School FBLA chapter competed at the Topeka Expo Center in the FBLA state competition to qualify for nationals against all different sizes of schools across Kansas. The St. Paul students were required to place in the top three at districts in at least one event to be allowed to participate. Jennifer Meigs has been the FBLA sponsor and business teacher in St. Paul for seven y...
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These new names are in the news
Raylee Kate Nelson is the name chosen by Stacie and Mark Nelson of Parsons for the daughter born Feb. 8 at Labette Health. Grandparents are Dennis and Maggie Westhoff of St. Paul and Tim and Kristi Nelson of Parsons. Great-grandparents are Betty Duling, Lorraine Westhoff, both of St. Paul, and Kermit and Dorothy Nelson of Parsons. ——— Trevor Weston joins a sister, Devun, and a brother, Bradley, in the family of Joseph and Tabitha Saveall of Pa...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 7-8, 1972 Classroom and parking demands caused Labette Community Junior College to expand its campus across Broadway. Paul Bolander, the school’s clerk, told trustees that the college was renting a house at 1231 Broadway and had an option to buy the property. Bolander said the college needed the classroom space and with the student union being built on about half of...
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Elders to commemorate 50th
Don and Linda Elder of Chanute will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception hosted by their children from 2 to 4 p.m. April 14 at Tioga Hotel ballroom, Chanute. Don Elder and Linda Rice were married on April 14, 1962, at Humboldt Christian Church. The couple have three children, David Elder and his wife, Diane, Wendy Spence and her husband, Todd, and Angie Robertson and her husband, Kyle, of Parsons. They also have 13 grandch...
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Cook, Saye
Michael and Sheila Cook of rural Altamont announce the engagement of their daughter, Meagan Cook of rural Altamont, to Briar Saye of rural Dennis, son of Aaron and Terri Saye of rural Dennis. The bride-elect is a 2009 Labette County High School graduate. She graduated from Labette Community College with an associate’s degree in chemistry in 2011. She is a teller at Commercial Bank in Parsons. The future groom also graduated in 2009 from LCHS. ...
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Martin, Pegues
Mark and Sherri Martin of rural Parsons announce the engagement of their daughter, Maegen Martin of Parsons, to Jeff Pegues of Parsons, the son of John and Lila Pegues of Parsons. The bride-elect graduated from Parsons High School. She graduated from Oklahoma State University, Sillwater, with a bachelor’s degree in management and an emphasis in human resource management. She is a human resources manager for Beachner Grain, Parsons. The future ...
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Woodrums honor 50th
Pat Hoffman Woodrum and Clayton Woodrum of Tulsa will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a renewal of vows at Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, followed by a dinner hosted by their family on Saturday. Clayton Woodrum and Pat Hoffman were married on March 31, 1962, at First Christian Church, Parsons, by the Rev. Wilbert Dunlap. The couple met at West Junior High School in Parsons when Mrs. Woodrum was in the seventh grade and Mr. Wood...
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Dawsons celebrate 40th
John and Cathy Dawson of rural Parsons will celebrate their 40th anniversary on Sunday. John Dawson and Cathy Wilson were married on April 8, 1972, in Kansas City. Mr. Dawson is in sales. The couple have lived at Parsons since 1980. They have a daughter, Kristen (Dawson) Lewis of Kansas City.
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Schools
Students compete at Aggie Days COFFEYVILLE — Several area students did well at the Coffeyville Community College Aggie Days competition for regional students. CCC hosted nine contests for area FFA and 4-H students. Students tested their knowledge by competing in agribusiness and speech contests, livestock, poultry, dairy foods, meat judging, entomology, floriculture and nursery landscape judging. CCC ag students and staff administered the cont...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 5, 1972 Continued vandalism damaged a pistol range northwest of Parsons beyond practical repair, Leo Frederick, Labette County sheriff, said. Restrooms were overturned, gun rests torn down and target stands bent or broken during the latest incidents. Trash also was strewn on the field. The range was located 1.5 miles northwest of 32nd and Main and used primarily by...
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