When musician Susan Mayo returned from her residency at Matfield Green last year, she knew she wanted to bring something similar to Marion County.
“It’s a way for me to connect with Marion County and bring something back to the area,” she said.
County attorney Joel Ensey said his first five months in office have gone well.
“I’ve enjoyed doing it and enjoyed working with law enforcement,” Ensey said.
When Patrick Combs discovered a bridge washed away by heavy rain at 280th and Vista Rds., he knew his weekend was done.
He and his family had no way to leave town.
Stonemasons will begin to take apart a historical stone house south of Marion today to move it to an undisclosed Butler County site.
The fixtures of the home at 1772 Sunflower Rd. were purchased by Joel Smith, a Newton dentist, who plans to store it on family land until he finds the perfect place to rebuild it just as it was.
For the past eight years, wheelchair sports have provided an outlet for para-athlete Wenxi Funk to push his limits.
“I see a lot of people who can’t use their mobility,” he said. “That challenged me to think about how I could use my ability to make it work.”
Florence city council Monday took action to improve its roads.
The council approved $3,178.70 purchase of an asphalt-recycling agent and other supplies for patching potholes on 5th St.
Marion County might benefit from the reinstatement of a state program designed to reduce the number of deficient bridges on local roads.
County engineer Brice Goebel told commissioners Monday that the Kansas Local Bridge Improvement program will pay $140,000 per location to build local bridges.
Property owners whose homes were damaged by recent flooding might be given partial relief from property taxes if they qualify and the county commission approves.
County appraiser Lisa Reeder outlined rules for the program for county commissioners Monday.
Daryl Fadenrecht, 69, died July 30, 2019, at Medicalodge in Wichita. ACelebration of Life ceremony was held Saturday at First Baptist Church of Durham.
He was born June 13, 1950,in Salem, Oregon, to Rev. Albert and Virginia Fadenrecht. He married Marilyn Stagner Jan. 7, 1983, in Wichita.
Joseph A. Makovec, 54, died Monday at his home.
Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Yazel-Megli-Zeiner Funeral Home in Marion.
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Another name for wheat straw is chaff, the stuff that’s left over after the grain has been threshed out of the head.
As the straw comes out of the rear of the combine, it can be scattered over the ground with an attached spreader or it can be allowed to form a windrow for baling.
Kyle Klassen began selling cattle oilers when he needed one for his own herd.
“I have firsthand knowledge that these will work and I’ve had good luck,” he said. “That puts a sense of security in their minds.”
Marion County farmers will receive one of the lower rates of payment per acre under the new market facilitation program, according to information released by Kansas Farm Service Agency.
Payments are being made to assist farmers who are hit economically because of the trade wars with China and other countries. Sign-up is open through Dec. 6.
Farmers with flood damage to their operation might be able to get an emergency loan through the Farm Service Agency.
Rick Bush, loan officer at the Emporia FSA office, said the agency offers emergency loans and operating loans, and there are important differences.
Warren and Phyllis Slocombe of Manhattan celebrated their 60th anniversary Thursday. In observance of their anniversary, the couple had two celebrations, one in Manhattan, and one in Boise, Idaho.
Warren and the former Phyllis Gansel were married Aug. 1, 1959, at the United Methodist Church in Hill City.
The 73rd annual Skinner reunion was Aug. 4 at Peabody-Burns Elementary School.
The reunion was for descendants of William and Margaret Skinner and James and Amanda Skinner. William and James were brothers who migrated from Iowa to Peabody and LaHarpe in 1896.
Dave Anderson has brought tractors to Goessel Country Threshing Days for 20 years, but the past two years he has brought something different.
In addition to their two tractors, Anderson and his wife bring a 1909 Marine Band Player that they’ve owned for five years.
It took a year for doctors to find a cause for Rhonda Brenzikofer’s shortness of breath. Blood tests showed she was anemic.
A test by a pulmonologist showed her lungs were clear. The doctor put her on oxygen to help her get around when she went on a cruise with her family.
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Marion County Lake remains under a blue-green algae warning for a third consecutive week, but it was better news Thursday for Marion Reservoir, which got an all-clear for the first time in 10 weeks.
“It’s been a long run,” reservoir manager Kevin McCoy said. “We’ve been removing signs and barriers today. This is a welcome break.”
Although store employees are mum, Peabody’s new Dollar General store is clearly about to unlock its doors.
Norm Claassen of Peabody pulled up to the front of the store on a four-wheeler Tuesday to ask store employees on break when the store would open.
When commissioners opened Monday’s meeting for public comment, they probably didn’t know what they were opening themselves up to.
Former road and bridge supervisor and ex-county employee Larry Cushenbery had plenty to say about his discontent with hiring decisions in the department.
It’s not unusual to see helicopters from Fort Riley or medical helicopters taking patients from one hospital to another, but a chopper with a dangling string of whirling saws suspended from it is what people along Union Pacific railroad tracks saw Thursday and Friday.
A pilot and ground crew for Rotor Blade, a South Carolina company that does aerial sidewall trimming for railroads, utility companies, and pipelines, was trimming a section of trees in railroad right of way.
At a meeting hastily called last week by Dianne Novak, county commissioners reluctantly eliminated half a mill of a proposed two-mill overall property tax increase by reducing the amount budgeted to pay for full-time ambulance attendants.
The proposed budget, published in this week’s issue, calls for an overall increase of $17.50 in property taxes on a typical residence with a market value of $100,000.
People driving on Nighthawk Rd. between Peabody and 190th Rd. have been wondering what’s going on with large patches of gravel along the mid-county corridor.
Road and bridge superintendent Jesse Hamm said his department is trying to deal with asphalt problems that have been cropping up.
Firefighters put out fires, but it took a commissioner to douse sparks of contention ignited this past week between the county’s emergency management director and city responders and officials.
At a meeting last week, county emergency management director Randy Frank outlined a county-led emergency plan for Marion and Hillsboro arts festivals next month, but some city officials took exception to his style and questioned his authority.
Saturday’s Marion County Relay for Life raised $19,451.58 for American Cancer Society.
Surviving Angels, Burns Pacers, and Moore Hope were the top three fundraising teams. Margie Sandwell, Loretta (Tootsie) Snelling, and Mary Olsen were the top three individuals.
Services for Neva M. Applegate, 90, who died Tuesday at St. Luke Living Center in Marion, were Saturday at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Marion. Burial was at Lewis Cemetery in Ramona.
Born Oct. 14, 1926, to Solomon and Hanna (Longhofer) Brunner in Hope, she married Jack M. Applegate in 1948 at Ramona. They moved to Marion in 1965.
A private memorial service for former Marion resident James Weston Cowan, 41, of Clearwater, Florida, who died June 10, will be at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody.
He was born Jan. 22, 1976, in Albany, Georgia. He served in the Marine Corps.
A service for retired public school employee and Army veteran Lee Roy Palmer, who died Aug. 1, was Sunday at Community of Christ Church, Chapel for Peace, Springfield, Missouri.
Burial will be later in Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield.
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Leonardville farmer and antique tractor enthusiast Charles Dugan, who farms 1,200 acres of cropland, brought his two yellow John Deere industrial tractors to Goessel’s Country Threshing Days over the weekend.
As a farmer, he’s accustomed to using modern equipment, but still loves having the old equipment around.
With last year’s corn still piled on the ground and another harvest looming, producers and sellers are looking for ways to move the surplus into markets.
Two solutions could be increasing grain and ethanol exports.
There are two relatively new faces at the Kansas State University/Marion County Extension Office. Tristen Cope and Jana Miller have joined 16-year veteran Rickey Roberts in running the department.
“The transition is going good,” Roberts said. “My board hired good people, and that made the transition smooth.”
Mild weather to start August could lead to a bountiful harvest, as long as rains follow.
“If we think about what mild temperatures do, things maybe aren’t burning up out there and we’re not losing as much moisture,” said county extension agent Rickey Roberts. “When we think about its impact upon the agriculture, certainly we’re going to call it a positive.”
A “Women in Agriculture” event will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Marion City Library.
Sarah Moore and Eric Gunther of Marion Farm Service Agency will talk about farm service and loan programs.
Thanks to concerted efforts of Chat and Dine Club members, Marion County Park and Lake will soon have new bench seats for its concrete and stone picnic tables. Movable picnic tables and a merry-go-round also will have some boards replaced.
Club members have raised $1,800 to put into the project, and club president Donna Kaiser secured an additional $1,000 from county commissioners Monday to cover the balance of the costs. Kaiser said the club hopes to have the work completed for Labor Day weekend lake patrons to enjoy. Kudos, indeed, to them.
After a thousand miles separated us over the summer — Kaitlyn in Wichita and Jason in Washington, District of Columbia, one of the first items on our to-do list was to watch a sunset in Marion County.
We chose Marion Reservoir for our first sunset together in two months. The trees, water, and open land provided a stark contrast to sky-blocking skyscrapers, mountainous monuments, and hordes of busybody people.
Immigration is in the news again, and I’m trying to figure out where I stand on the subject.
“Maybe I’ve finally found something I can sort of agree with our president about,” I said to my daughter.
The 71st annual reunion of descendants of William and Margaret Skinner and James and Amanda Skinner was Sunday at Peabody Senior Center.
The two brothers migrated from Iowa to Peabody and La Harpe, respectively, in 1896.
Josh Funk, a junior at Tabor College, received a Kansas Teacher Service Scholarship for his plans to teach special education classes after he graduates.
The scholarship, which the Kansas Board of Regents awards, provides financial assistance to students who plan to pursue hard-to-fill teaching positions, including math, science, and special education.
The family of Harold and Edith Johnson request a card shower in honor of the couple’s 75th wedding anniversary Aug. 28.
Harold is a former Peabody mail carrier and handyman. Their children are Harold Johnson Jr., Carolyn Johnson, Fred Johnson, and Alan Johnson.
The family of Joseph G. and JoAnn (Svoboda) Nowak of Pilsen request a card shower in honor of the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary Aug. 20.
The Nowaks met at a public polka dance at the Starlight Dance Hall in Pilsen when Joe, a native of Muscoda, Wisconsin, was stationed at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina.
The family of former Marion teacher Patsy Waner requests a card shower for her 85th birthday Saturday.
Cards can be sent to 3947 N. Kickapoo Ave., Apt. 117, Shawnee OK 74804.
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Runners from throughout central Kansas will flock to Marion County Park and Lake on Saturday for the ninth annual Mothers of Preschoolers Run for Your Momma.
The half-marathon, half marathon relay, and 5k run/walk follow a course of pavement and gravel roads through hills and flat lands, passing through Marion, by Marion County Lake, and with prairie, tilled fields, and grazing cattle in between.
Technology Excellence in Education Network (TEEN) will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Marion-Florence school district office, 101 N. Thorp St., Marion.
Lake repairs, school supplies, and games will share the agenda at a Marion County Lake Chat and Dine Club meeting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the north shelter house.
Attendees should bring a sack meal and school supplies for children in need. Drinks will be provided. Kathy Berry will serve as host.
With last year’s corn still piled on the ground and another harvest looming, producers and sellers are looking for ways to move the surplus into markets.
Two solutions could be increasing grain and ethanol exports.
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