10 years ago
november 10, 1999
Employees of Shilling Construction Co. are busy overlaying many Marion County roads with a fresh and smooth surface of asphalt. They have completed work on Indigo Road south of Hillsboro and are working this week on Sunflower Road from U.S.-50 to Marion.
Linda Ogden of Marion has been appointed to coordinate the new after-school program in Marion County. Ogden will serve all five Marion County school districts.
Marion vocalists Andrew Homburg and Anita Hancock will join native Marionite Beverly Hoch Nov. 21 in performing in the Wichita Chamber Chorale-sponsored performance of “Sounding Joy.”
The Mid-West Regional Final of the True Value/Jimmy Dean Country Showdown will be Nov. 27 in Marion City Auditorium. The contest will feature country music star John Conlee. The winner will join six other regional finalists at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville vying for the national title.