15 YEARS AGO

nov. 10, 2010

Marion Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a farm / city appreciation banquet Nov. 22 in the city building. Steak will be served at 6 p.m. The event has been occurring every year for at least 20 years. It is designed to show appreciation to area farmers and ranchers for supporting Marion businesses.

Senator-elect Jerry Moran announced Friday that veteran Ryan Newell of Marion would assist in choosing nominees to the U.S. military, naval, and merchant marine academies. Newell, a veteran of the war in Iraq, is among 16 volunteers who will interview candidates Nov. 20 at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene.

Boy Scouts Adam Palic and Charles Stuchlik are pictured as they and other volunteers fill potholes and washouts with gravel along residents’ access roads Saturday at Marion County Park and Lake. The project met Stuchlik’s and Adam Molleker’s Eagle Scout service requirements. Volunteers used 24 tons of rock to repair the roads.

A feature story by Susan Berg tells how Kathy Ehrlich, rural Marion, has had a love for collecting snowmen as long as she can remember. Nearly 100 will be on display at her home Nov. 28 during Marion City Library’s Christmas home tour.

Shannon Taylor and Calli Burkholder are pictured as they and other Marion kindergartners celebrate their 50th day in school with a ’50s style “sock hop at a soda shop.”