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otes LCC board to meet
The Labette Community College Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Cardinal Event Center, 13th and Main.
Blood drive set
The American Red Cross will have a blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at First Christian Church and First Presbyterian Church, 1500 S. 29th, in Parsons.
Call 1-800-RED-CROSS for an appointment.
Town hall on mental health
Four mental health agencies will have a town hall meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Carnegie Arts Center, 117 S. 17th St. The purpose of the town hall is to discuss emerging issues and trends in mental health service delivery and how local community mental health centers are working to ensure access to quality care and treatment.
Labette Center for Mental Health Services, the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, Four County Mental Health Center and Spring River Mental Health and Wellness Inc. will present the town hall. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served.
Jam, jelly making
MCCUNE — McCune Farm to Market, 604 Hickory, on K-126, will host a jam and jelly making class from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 24.
Registration costs $40. Learn the easy way to make jams, jellies and a bonus, fruit sauces, with SEK’s favorite homesteader, Kathy Flora.
The class will make three types of these fruit condiments with an introduction to safe canning and preservation.
Everything is provided, including jars and take-home containers for what you make in class.
The class will be limited, so register early to reserve your seat. Contact Flora at 620-2321772 to enroll or for more information.
McGill to speak Sept. 9 at Carnegie
Labette Center for Mental Health Services is planning a public event on Sept. 9 at the Carnegie Arts Center, 117 S. 17th St., as part of Celebrate Recovery Month. This year’s event will be from 6 to 8 p.m. and feature Jimmy McGill.
McGill is the executive director at the National Peer Recovery Alliance. Formerly the Director of Peer and Recovery Services for the state of Arkansas (2018-2023), Jimmy’s personal journey fuels his commitment to advancing recovery services nationwide.
A founding member of the SAMHSA Region 6 Peer Support Advisory Committee and inaugural chairman of the National Association of Reentry Professionals, McGill leads pioneering efforts in peer support and reentry advocacy. Emerging triumphantly from a lifetime of incarceration and a twenty three-year battle with addiction, he has transformed into an esteemed author and speaker, fueled by an unwavering purpose.
Sack sale at St. Vincent
St. Vincent de Paul Society, 1122 Main, will have a $5 sack sale on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 14-16.
Hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. on each of those days.
Correction
A story published in Friday’s Parsons Sun needs to be corrected. Two candidates with the most votes for each of the two seats on the Labette County USD 506 Board of Education in the Aug. 5 primary advance to the November general election ballot. The primary was required because these two seats had three or more qualified candidates running, and the top two vote-getters for each seat in the primary advanced to the general election. The candidates who will advance are Julie Sale and Jyssica Lahey, with 53 and 46 votes, respectively, who are vying for the District 2, Position 5, seat; and Kris Graves and Rich Falkenstien, with 87 and 67 votes, respectively, who are vying for Falkenstien’s District 3, Position 6, seat. These candidates were the top two vote-getters in their respective primary races.
