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Sexton makes dean’s list ROME, Ga. — Stacey Sexton of Altamont was named to Berry College’s dean’s list for the spring semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.5 or better. Two earn honors at Southwestern WINFIELD — April Middleton and Cortney Sharer, both of Parsons, were among the top scholars at Southwestern College in Winfield and at Southwestern College Professional Studies who were named to ...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 7, 1972 State Sen. William Dearth of Parsons announced his candidacy for renomination and re-election from the 14th Kansas senatorial district. Dearth represented a district comprised of Labette, Neosho and Wilson counties for the previous six years. The senator said his re-election would bring seniority to the district through membership on important committees. The...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 6, 1972 Completion of a football field and start of work on a running track were items for discussion during a regular meeting of the Parsons District Schools board. Football facilities in Marvel Park had been completed, C.G. Reitemeier, acting superintendent, said. A public address system, scoreboard control cable, goal posts, yard markers and flags and flag pole we...
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Clubs & Organizations
Labette County Fair Board Nine members and two guests attended the Labette County Fair Board meeting on May 30. After vice president Clint Hanigan opened the meeting, he welcomed Sheriff Robert Sims and Oswego Police Department officer Brandon Conrad. Discussion pursued around traffic flow and crowd control for all events and activities at the fairgrounds during the fair this summer. The board expressed its appreciation for the planning and pr...
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This new name is in the news
Blake is the name chosen by Jamie Miller and Austin Fine of Independence for their son born March 29 at Labette Health. He joins a brother, Landon Miller, and a sister, Whitney Fine, in the family. Grandparents are David and Stacy Anders of Independence, Cathy Evans and John White of Ponca City, Okla., Tenise Fine of North Glenn, Colo., and James and Regana Fine of Cherryvale. Great-grandparents are Elva Fowler of Independence, Shirley Pirkey ...
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Johnson attends KU law camp LAWRENCE — Sixteen high school students from across the state, including Jenna Johnson of Erie High School, are getting a taste of law school and careers in the legal profession this week during the third annual Journey to J.D. at the University of Kansas School of Law. The camp is designed to support, mentor and encourage diverse students entering their junior year of high school to attend college and, ultimately, ...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 5, 1972 The Parsons Jaycees announced Lake Parsons would host the Midwest Championships of the Oklahoma Boat Racing Association July 8-9. The card would mark the second appearance in two years of members of the OBRA, co-sponsor of the card that was sanctioned by the American Outboard Federation. Several national champions piloted boats the previous July in the first ...
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Couple to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shideler will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at the McCune Community Building. Harold James Shideler and Joanne Marie Cosner were married on Sunday, June 8, 1952. The Rev. W. H. Bunting performed the 2 p.m. ceremony. Her sister and brother in law, Margaret and Charlie Quiatto, stood for the couple. They have lived their entire 60 years of married life on the fami...
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Spease, Garrelts engagement
Tina Spease, Paul Garrelts Tina Spease and Paul Thomas Garrelts, both of Wichita, announce their engagement. She is the daughter of Brian and Sharon Morton of Parsons. He is the son of Tom and Jeanne Garrelts of Wichita. The bride-elect is a 1987 graduate of Labette County High School. She graduated from Pittsburg State University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in communication. She is a commercial security consultant for Protection 1 Securi...
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Putnam, Grosdidier engagement
Amanda Putnam, Shae Grosdidier Tim and Kim Pechanec of Paola announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Putnam of Kansas City, Kan., to Shae Grosdidier of Kansas City, Kan. He is the son of Steve and Kathie Grosdidier of St. Paul. The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Paola High School. She graduated in 2007 from Emporia State University with a bachelor of science degree in psychology and business. She is the manager of community affai...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 1, 1972 A new Parsons industry, Power-Flame Division Inc., was staffed, with the transfer of its executive and office personnel from Grandview, Mo., and ready to begin full operations, its executive vice president and general manager said. William Wiener, also new to Parsons, had assumed duties in charge of the plant that produced heating devices and fogger units for...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 31, 1972 Fred Braun Jr., a Parsons manufacturer who had recently moved to the community, announced he would seek the Republican nomination for state representative from the 6th District in the Kansas Legislature. Braun, 38, was the president of TecTank Inc., a new Parsons industry that had just begun operations after being financed by a city industrial revenue bond is...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 30, 1972 Purchase of a vacant lot at the southeast corner of 10th and Main was announced by Donald Divine, owner of Don Divine’s Restaurant. The lot would be converted into a parking area for the Divine restaurant across the street to the west and would accommodate 22 vehicles. William Fees, 1624 Appleton, topped a field of 39 players in a Memorial Day flag golf tourn...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 29, 1972 Lightning that struck an electrical transformer at the Labette County Medical Center caused a potentially dangerous power failure about 6:30 p.m. the previous Saturday. Lightning caused a fire in the transformer, Jerry Lilley, hospital administrator, said, and also short-circuited the cooling system of the emergency generator, causing it to overheat and quit ...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 26-27, 1972 Rezoning of Main Street property that would have been used for construction of a new Tractor Supply Store, which had an existing location at 219 S. Central, was rejected by the Labette County Planning Commission. Dale Hart of rural Parsons, the commission chairman, said it would have constituted spot zoning because it would have dropped a commercial zoning...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 25, 1972 Many small town post offices in the Parsons area were included in a Sunday-closing order. A new postal service edict stated all third- and fourth-class post offices in the Wichita postal district would be closed on Sundays, beginning the first Sunday in July, and on holidays that fell on Monday. Labette County post offices to be affected were Dennis, Labette,...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 24, 1972 Purchase of the LaVilla Inn in Parsons and plans for its early operation as the Canterbury Inn were announced by Richard Hoover, a Wichita oil man and motel operator. The motel was located at 400 Main on U.S. 160 at the east edge of the city. The new 60-unit motel had been in financial difficulty, which resulted in the foreclosure of the mortgage on it. It ha...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 22, 1972 Plans for an open house at Osage Hills Recreation Inc., a new family outdoor facility in St. Paul, were announced by its board. The event was scheduled for June 11 at the new facility two miles east and 1 1/2 miles south of St. Paul. Gene Jacquinot was president of Osage Hills Recreation. The Cherryvale Chargers breezed to the Kansas high school sand greens f...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 19-20, 1972 A brother and sister whose mother lived in Parsons both would receive doctorate degrees the following weekend from the University of Kansas. Michael Vance would receive a degree of medicine from the KU medical school. Sharon Vance would receive a doctorate of education. Both students were children of Mildred Vance, Parsons city clerk, and graduated from Pa...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 18, 1972 Graduates of McCune High School would get their commencement word from Gov. Robert Docking. The governor was scheduled to arrive by plane at the Pittsburg airport on the day of graduation and be met there by John Grasso, superintendent of school district 247; James Knox, high school principal; and Mayor Frankie Dunnick. It was hoped that treatment of an old o...
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