Compiled from newspaper files
10 YEARS AGO
august 28, 2002
Marion City Administrator and City Clerk Dennis Nichols has accepted a position as director of finance and city clerk at Hesston. Police Chief David Mayfield will take over as interim city administrator. Commissioners agreed to hire the League of Kansas Municipalities to conduct a search for a permanent administrator.
Donna Kreutziger and Janet Bryant have been conducting semi-annual Red Cross blood drives for 12 years. Kreutziger, who supervises the kitchen, acted in that capacity Monday for the last time.
Announcements of the 60th wedding anniversary of Al and Darlene Sondegard of Ramona and the 45th anniversary of Joe and JoAnn Nowak of Pilsen are announced in this week’s issue.
Sondra Bruce of Cedar Point is an accomplished washboard player. Ted Landphair, a well-published author from Washington, D.C., visited Chase County Aug. 19 to interview her and listen to her play. A resulting tape will be aired over “Voice of America.”
Four Polaris all-terrain vehicles were recovered Friday by law enforcement officers. They had been taken from Marion Equipment, Inc. Officers made four arrests in the case and say additional stolen items have been recovered.
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