10 years ago

march 1, 2006

Christopher Brooks is pictured driving a bright orange 1918 WP Allis Chalmers tractor, which he and his father Harold Brooks restored. He was part of a parade of implements driven by FFA students during the high school lunch hour.

Faron and Beverly Wilson announce the engagement of their daughter Roxanne Robinson to Brett Van Gundy, both of Emporia.

The first quarterly meeting of the Marion County Historical Society will be March 14 at the Holy Family Parish Pilsen church basement. A program will be presented about Father Emil Kapaun.

Construction will soon begin on a roundabout on US-77 highway near Florence.