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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 22, 1969 A million dollar milestone was passed by the Parsons Urban Renewal Agency. Real estate purchases by the agency reached $1,020,540 with the closing of the 96th parcel of property acquired in the urban renewal area. The agency had 121 parcels under option, including those already purchased, at a total value of $1,220,940. It planned to buy 229 parcels. Demoli...
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Labette realtors name new officers The Parsons Area Board of Realtors met Dec. 10 for its annual award recognition ceremony and installation of officers. Following a Christmas social, Brian Jones of Pittsburg, president of the Kansas Association of Realtors, installed new officers for 2010. Officers are Suzanne Wood, president; Theresa Karleskint, president-elect; Stephanie Tuggle, secretary; Janice Dulohery, treasurer; and Jeanie Pemberton...
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Rausch reviews movie 'Avatar'
A dozen years ago, fans and industry analysts were predicting that James Cameron’s expensive gamble “Titanic” would flop and end the director’s career. It didn’t. Recently these same predictions have been made regarding Cameron’s new film “Avatar,” which cost about $300 million to make. And once again Cameron has proven naysayers wrong by delivering one of the most intelligent, powerful and artistic epic motion pictures ever produced. Camero...
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Davison, Rhodes wedding
Lindy Davison and Jerod Rhodes were married Oct. 24 at Broadway United Methodist Church in Kansas City. The Rev. Barry Freese officiated at the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Dean and Sue Davison of Louisburg. The groom is the son of Roy and Lu Ann Rhodes of Cherryvale. The bride’s sister, Amy Vail, served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Rachel Merrick, sister of the groom, Holly Pack, cousin of the bride, Lindsey Ballew and Laur...
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Brees, Mathis wedding
Mallory Lynn Brees and Blakely Leon Mathis were married Sept. 19 at First Christian Church in Parsons. The Rev. Ben Scott of McCune officiated the 6 p.m. double-ring ceremony. Parents of the bride are Robert Brees of Salina and Cheryl Brees of Parsons. Parents of the groom are Matthew and Pamela Atteberry of Parsons. Megan Lawrence, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Haley Wiford of Parsons, Shawna Lamb of Joplin and...
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Roberts, Dewey engagement
Mike and Sharon Roberts of Parsons announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan Roberts of Mission, to Marc Dewey of Mission. He is the son of Michelle Burke of Humboldt and Robert Lang of Gardner. The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Parsons High School and graduated in 2007 from the University of Kansas, where she studied exercise science. She is pursuing a master’s degree in occupational therapy at the University of Kansas Medical Cen...
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Westhoff, Nelson wedding
Stacie Westhoff and Mark Nelson were married Aug. 22 at St. Francis Catholic Church in St. Paul. The Rev. Theodore Khin officiated the 2:30 p.m. double-ring ceremony. Parents of the bride are Dennis and Maggie Westhoff of St. Paul. Parents of the groom are Tim and Kristi Nelson of Parsons. Jill Blackledge of Chetopa served as matron of honor. Morgan Westhoff of St. Paul served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Katie Roberts of Derby, Emily ...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 17, 1969 The Parsons High School Vikings made it four victories in four starts with a 78-50 Southeast Kansas League basketball victory over Columbus. The triumph left Parsons tied with Chanute for the league lead and pushed Parsons’ SEK League winning streak to 23 games in a three-season span. St. Paul’s defending Mineral Belt League co-champions defeated St. Patri...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 16, 1969 Members of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church parish in Parsons voted to continue operation of their elementary school. Parents representing 63 students gave assurance of enrolling them for classes at the start of the following school year in September, and others not present had indicted similar assurance. A rule of the Wichita diocese of the church was that p...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 15, 1969 A total of 1,098 children of employees of National Gypsum Co. at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant attended a Christmas party at the Parsons Municipal Building, sponsored by the Employees’ Activity Association at the plant. Santa Claus was present and greeted the children at the door, distributing candy and later appeared on the auditorium stage. A cartoon m...
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New Hospice Care staff
The Parsons office of Hospice Care of Kansas announces that Brandi Harris has joined as a home health aide. Hospice Care Of Kansas is committed to providing and promoting the highest quality care to those facing end-of-life issues. With 20 offices throughout the state, including one in Parsons since 2004, it is the largest hospice in Kansas.
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New name in the news
Gavin Scott is the name chosen by Scott and Laura Wyckoff of Lenexa for their son born Sept. 15 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam. Grandparents are Kirk and Connie Wyckoff of Parsons and Mitchel and Amelia Whisman of Bonner Springs. Myrtle Stewart of Newport, N.C., is a great-grandmother.
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Brees, Mathis
Mallory Lynn Brees and Blakely Leon Mathis were married Sept. 19 at First Christian Church in Parsons. The Rev. Ben Scott of McCune officiated the 6 p.m. double-ring ceremony. Parents of the bride are Robert Brees of Salina and Cheryl Brees of Parsons. Parents of the groom are Matthew and Pamela Atteberry of Parsons. Megan Lawrence, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Haley Wiford of Parsons, Shawna Lamb of Joplin and...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 12-13, 1969 Labette Community Junior College defeated Kansas City Juco 66-64 in the Jayhawk Juco Conference Eastern Division opener for both teams at the Parsons High School gym. It also was the Parsons team’s first 1969-70 victory in four outings. Fine pressure free-throwing by Parsons was the difference before the small but excited crowd. Richard Swink and Jack St...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 11, 1969 A change was made in the management of the C and F Motors Ford Agency in Oswego. The company got its name from the owners, Wayburn Cook and Larry Frogley. Cook and his son, John, would operate the place of business with John Cook replacing Frogley in the organization. The business would continue to operate under is existing name. Wayburn Cook started the bu...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 10, 1969 St. Patrick’s High School of Parsons finished with a rush to defeat Le Roy, 59-39, in a non-league basketball game. Charlie Brown, junior guard, scored 21 points for the winners, who outscored Le Roy 18-4 in the fourth quarter. Center Steve Ramsey scored 12. Ramsey and Don Crispell rebounded strongly for St. Pat’s, and Brown and Pat Johnston turned in a goo...
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Program to focus on migration
The Parsons Public Library will host a presentation next week about the migration of African-Americans out of the South. Doretha Williams of Lawrence will present “Kansas and the Great Migration” at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The Great Migration refers to the movement of 1.4 million African-Americans out of the southern U.S. from 1910 to 1930. By the early 1900s, many African-Americans living in the rural south began looking elsewhere for a place t...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 9, 1969 Parsons High School’s Ron Wolverton earned all-state honors in football. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound senior was given honorable mention on teams named by the Topeka Capital-Journal and the Wichita Eagle and Beacon. Wolverton split his time between offensive tailback and defensive guard, tackle and linebacker as Parsons posted a 7-1 record and tied Pittsburg for ...
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Columbian TecTank has new product
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Columbian TecTank has launched a new flat-panel tank that offers a significant increase in liquid and dry bulk storage capacity. The new flat-panel tank joins Columbian TecTank’s steel chime-panel tanks, which the company has produced for more than 100 years and sold in more than 125 countries. “The new flat-panel tank allows us to accommodate our customers’ storage capacity needs to over six million gallons of liquid or ...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 8, 1969 Minority groups had made progress in some fields in Kansas, but housing remained a critical problem, Dr. Charles Roquemore of Wellington said in Parsons. Roquemore, state president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, addressed a fundraising rally of the NAACP’s Parsons branch in the Parsons Municipal Auditorium. About 100 peopl...
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