10 years ago

December 10, 2000

Marion Police Officer Michel Soyez has been named City of Marion Employee of the Year.

Items donated to the Community Christmas program filled St. Mark’s Activity Center Friday. A handful of volunteers worked all day Friday and into the night arranging items and making last-minute purchases to be delivered to families in need.

Forrest and Bea Kelsey hosted a neighborhood Christmas/block party Sunday evening at their home. The evening was spent enjoying finger foods and visiting.

Marion High School foreign language teacher JoAnn Good is pictured as she carefully constructs a gingerbread house Thursday for students in her German I class. Gingerbread houses are traditional Christmas treats in Germany, Good explained.

The entire landscape was blanketed Dec. 13 with a gentle, four- to five-inch snowfall. Because the snow came with no wind, traffic was able to move through the snow and schools remained open. Light snow Monday morning was accompanied by a strong wind, which created blizzard conditions in rural areas.

Centre Unified School district has been notified that it has been named as a beneficiary in the estate of the late Clara S. Mowrer. The sum of $250,000 has been bequeathed to the district to provide a scholarship endowment.