10 years ago
aJUNE 29, 1994
City of Marion employee Jim Bridges will retire Friday following 12 years of service. The city commission has authorized a public reception honoring Bridges on Thursday.
Construction on the Main/Cedar intersection improvement project on K-256 is nearing completion. The project has caused consternation among area drivers forced to detour through residential neighborhoods since it began in May.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Smith recently returned from a 16-day guided tour of the British Isles.
Area students earning scholastic honors for the spring semester at Kansas State University include Bryan Padgham, Thurston Thies, Sara Vinduska, Marion; Jeff Kleinschmidt, Denis Klenda, Eric Vinduska, Lincolnville; Dustin Gaines, Burns; Ryan Spohn, Tampa; Jeff Funk, Jason Russell, Rebecca Watson, Hillsboro; and Trissa Dueren, Goessel.
The wedding plans of Lori Laubhan and Chuck McLinden are announced this week. The couple will be married Oct. 1 in Marion Christian Church.
Andrea Wegerer, daughter of Lou and Judy Wegerer of Marion has completed Future Astronaut Training at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson.
Rex Clothier, a war veteran, is pictured standing by the American flag that flies daily in front of his home on Elm Street in Marion. Rex can tell many stories about his life in the Air Force, as a state trooper, rural mail carrier, and now as a bus driver in the Marion school district.
