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Parsons Girl Scout leader Peggy Cramer displays a 1920s Girl Scout uniform, one of many the Parsons Girl Scout Troops will wear during the St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday, as a part of the Girl Scouts celebrating 100 years.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Parsons Girl Scout leader Peggy Cramer displays a 1920s Girl Scout uniform, one of many the Parsons Girl Scout Troops will wear during the St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday, as a part of the Girl Scouts celebrating 100 years.
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Labette County High School tennis player Aidan Carter serves during a singles matchup Tuesday evening in Forest Park. Columbus hosted a four-team tourney there Tuesday — the first local HS sporting event of the spring season.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School tennis player Aidan Carter serves during a singles matchup Tuesday evening in Forest Park. Columbus hosted a four-team tourney there Tuesday — the first local HS sporting event of the spring season.
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Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas, visits with Adam Every and his mother, Diane Blackburn, both of rural Parsons, during a tour of the DaVita Parsons Dialysis Center Monday.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas, visits with Adam Every and his mother, Diane Blackburn, both of rural Parsons, during a tour of the DaVita Parsons Dialysis Center Monday.
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Kimberly Hawks of Parsons speaks to State Rep. Richard Proehl, R-Parsons, after a Parsons Chamber of Commerce legislative coffee Saturday at Labette Community College’s Cardinal Cafe.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Kimberly Hawks of Parsons speaks to State Rep. Richard Proehl, R-Parsons, after a Parsons Chamber of Commerce legislative coffee Saturday at Labette Community College’s Cardinal Cafe.
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Marlan Hoffman of Redemption's Call sings one of several selections during the Southeast Kansas GOP Presidential Caucus on Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
Marlan Hoffman of Redemption's Call sings one of several selections during the Southeast Kansas GOP Presidential Caucus on Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
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Jenifer Bingham, mayor of Baxter Springs, addresses the Southeast Kansas GOP Presidential Caucus Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
Jenifer Bingham, mayor of Baxter Springs, addresses the Southeast Kansas GOP Presidential Caucus Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium.
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Labette County GOP Chairman Mike Howerter opened the 2012 GOP Presidential Caucus for Southeast Kansas Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium. Hundreds of Republicans from five counties participated. One of three computer stations checking in Labette County voters had tallied more than 100 people well before the 1 p.m. deadline.
Labette County GOP Chairman Mike Howerter opened the 2012 GOP Presidential Caucus for Southeast Kansas Saturday morning at Parsons Municipal Auditorium. Hundreds of Republicans from five counties participated. One of three computer stations checking in Labette County voters had tallied more than 100 people well before the 1 p.m. deadline.
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Midwest Metal workers (from left) John Wagler, Stephen Wagler and Matt Wagler prepare to ship a metal panel. The three brothers, along with their other two brothers, Ben and Mark, started their new metal forming business last month in a shop outside Bartlett.
Midwest Metal workers (from left) John Wagler, Stephen Wagler and Matt Wagler prepare to ship a metal panel. The three brothers, along with their other two brothers, Ben and Mark, started their new metal forming business last month in a shop outside Bartlett.
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Cast members of Labette Community College’s spring musical, “Cabaret,” act out their parts in a dress rehearsal Thursday evening. LCC Performing Arts will present the show at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the college’s Thiebaud Theatre. The show has adult themes.
Cast members of Labette Community College’s spring musical, “Cabaret,” act out their parts in a dress rehearsal Thursday evening. LCC Performing Arts will present the show at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the college’s Thiebaud Theatre. The show has adult themes.
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Parsons Police Officer Cpl. Jeremy Capocasa went behind bars and played jailbird in an effort to help raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during its Flex For A Cure fundraising campaign at the Parsons Best Western Thursday.
Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Parsons Police Officer Cpl. Jeremy Capocasa went behind bars and played jailbird in an effort to help raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during its Flex For A Cure fundraising campaign at the Parsons Best Western Thursday.
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