10 years ago
TIME, the national news magazine, has published a more than 40-page collection of stories gathered along U.S.-50 highway. Portions of the article are about Marion County.
City of Marion commissioners heard routine reports and transacted little business during a shorter than usual session Monday afternoon. David Branson, baseball program director, said the new wireless microphone and public address system has been installed at the ball fields.
Marion area farmers unloaded 120,000 bushels of wheat into the Cooperative Grains & Supply elevator Saturday with trucks lined up for two blocks at times.. Tests have been good and yields of 80 bushels are not uncommon. The problem this year is price, which is hovering around $3 a bushel.
Margaret Pickering of Marion has been selected by Alpha Delta Chapter of Delta Pi Epsilon, graduate honor society in business, to receive the 1997 Walters Award as the "outstanding business teacher" in high schools and community colleges of Kansas. Pickering currently is an adjunct faculty member of the Butler County Community College in Marion.
Bids have been accepted for the removal of pigeon droppings, which have collected on the Marion County Courthouse clock tower. Although pigeons can no longer get into the clock tower, the cleanup was estimated to be several thousands of dollars. In order to save the county money, Commissioner Linda Peterson said she and her husband, Dan, would be willing to clean the clock tower at no cost to the county. The Peterson would sign a form waiving the county's liability in case of injury.
At the Saturday evening session of the Kansas Press Association's convention, Bill Meyer, editor of the Marion County Record, received the top award, the Clyde M. Reed Jr. Master Editor Record, presented by the Reed family to recognize
"an outstanding body of work by a member of the Kansas Newspaper community."
