10 years ago

october 20, 1999

Marion County Commissioners will host a public meeting Thursday in Marion Municipal Auditorium to discuss a proposed recycling plan.

Marion Middle School Wildcats football team finished the season undefeated, 7-0. The Lady Wildcats volleyball team finished the season with a 10-3 season. Both are champions of the Cottonwood Valley League.

A painting of the Marion Santa Fe depot graces Phyllis Melton’s living room wall. Phyllis and her daughter, Mary, were in a shopping mall in Kansas City and spotted the picture. They were able to talk to the artist who created it. He told them he once passed through Marion on his way to Liberal to visit his daughter. He spent a few minutes driving around in “the beautiful little town,’’ spotted the depot, and took pictures of it. Mary bought the resulting painting for her mother.