40 years ago

may 14, 1986

Marion is taking bids for construction of a new building to house the cable TV equipment. Earl Hurst of Osage City, proposed purchaser of the city’s cable antenna system, plans to move the equipment away from the city-county radio equipment in the old cable building.

Jayson Hanschu, a Ramona native and junior at Friends University, will serve an internship this summer at the Marion County Record. A communications major, he will serve as a reporter and photographer.

April Ogden and Mike Wheeler were hosts for a Mexican dinner party Saturday at the D.W. Wheeler home following the Marion High School junior-senior prom. Invited guests were Raquel Allison, Jason Bina, Galen Camp of Hesston, Nancy Carr, Deanna Connell, Brian Cramer, Brian Dannenfelser, Kenny Fowler, Dale Heidebrecht, Roger Hudlin, Tim Jordan, Stacey Long, Chantal Nienstedt, Troy Thrasher, Brad Tice, Greg Tice, Tim Trowbridge, and Joan Vinduska.

Marion High School teacher Rex Wilson and principal Robert Brock received awards from the University of Kansas during a school board meeting Monday evening for 25 years of service to education.

Tobias Dirks, official weather observer for Durham, recently received a 20-year service award from the National Weather Service.

Jessica Tajchman of Lincolnville has won a $1,200 College of Agriculture alumni scholarship to Kansas State University