10 YEARS AGO

march 19, 2008

Public comments at the Monday afternoon meeting of the Marion County Commission threw obstacles in the plan of Jim and Debra Whitfill to lease half of the county lake hall for a café, construct cabins to rent, and provide watercraft rentals (paddleboats, kayaks, and other human-powered water vessels).

U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Raleigh will be welcomed home at 2 p.m. Saturday at VFW Post 6958. Sgt. Raleigh, son of Robert and Mary Raleigh of Marion, recently completed a tour in Iraq.

Marion Lions Club is sponsoring a community Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 22, at Central Park.

Mark and Kim Harms, owners and operators of Harms Planeview Ranch, 2528 250th, Lincolnville, have been nominated by the Kansas Livestock Association to receive the Beef Improvement Federation’s 2008 Seedstock Producer of the Year award.

Marion High School senior Calvin Jeffrey will represent MHS Saturday in the Mid-Central Activities Association game vs. Heart of America League game at Hesston College’s Yost Center.

Members of Marion Chamber of Commerce welcomed Cardie Oil Tire & Service Center to the Marion business community Thursday by presenting them a first dollar of profit.