15 YEARS AGO

SEPT. 8, 2010

A field of milo along 240th Rd. between Pawnee and Old Mill Rds. is pictured as it is being harvested by Gary Grentz. The field yielded between 85 and 90 bushels per acre, which Grentz characterized as “pretty good.”

Marion Elementary kindergartener Abby Wesner is pictured as she prepares a napkin for a muffin Friday at “Muffins with Mom” at the school cafeteria.

Joyce Ford and residents of St. Luke Living Center baked the muffins for 22 kindergarten students and their mothers.

Gretchen Unruh, owner of Gretchen’s Taste of Heaven at 113 S. Freeborn St., Marion, received her first dollar of profit from Marion Chamber of Commerce members Thursday at her restaurant.

Tampa was busy Aug. 28 and 29 with a coed softball tournament, dedication of Jim Clemmer Memorial Ball Field, and Tampa State Bank’s hog roast.

Roy Houdyshell of Lincolnville won for best original car at a car show at Florence’s Labor Day celebration. Houdyshell said he always wanted a car like it because it was like the one his father had when Houdyshell was a child. Everything, including a 324-cubic-inch engine, is original.

Marion High School football player Jordan Versch is pictured as he dives on to recover a fumble by Mikael Antoszyk of a punt Friday at Lyons. The Warriors recovered the ball and won the game, 20-7.