15 YEARS AGO

march 19, 2008

Public comments at a meeting Monday afternoon of Marion County Commission threw obstacles in a plan by Jim and Debra Whitfill to lease half of the county lake hall for a café, construct cabins to rent, and provide rentals of paddleboats, kayaks, and other human-powered watercraft.

Army Sgt. Mark Raleigh will be welcomed home at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Marion VFW post. Sgt. Raleigh, son of Robert and Mary Raleigh of Marion, recently completed a tour in Iraq.

Marion Lions Club is sponsoring a community Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 22, at Central Park.

Mark and Kim Harms, owners and operators of Harms Plainview Ranch, 2528 250th Rd., have been nominated by Kansas Livestock Association to receive the Beef Improvement Federation’s 2008 Seedstock Producer of the Year award.

Marion High School senior Calvin Jeffrey will represent MHS Saturday in a game pitting Mid-Central Activities Association athletes against Heart of America League athletes Hesston College’s Yost Center.

Members of Marion Chamber of Commerce welcomed Cardie Oil Tire and Service Center to the Marion business community Thursday by presenting the business its first dollar of profit.