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Jamie Willey/Sun photo City of Parsons worker Chris Moore hangs a Katy Days banner on a light pole Thursday afternoon near Great Southern Bank on Main Street. The annual Katy Days festival will run during Memorial Day weekend, with most events occurring in Forest Park.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo City of Parsons worker Chris Moore hangs a Katy Days banner on a light pole Thursday afternoon near Great Southern Bank on Main Street. The annual Katy Days festival will run during Memorial Day weekend, with most events occurring in Forest Park.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Labette County Public Works track hoe operator Rex Haraughty lifts a large whistle pipe from Town Creek on 3000 Road west of Xavier Road near Chetopa Tuesday morning. Four of the six pieces of the whistle pipe were dislodged as their rock base washed away during the recent flooding. Four large sections of pipe were to be removed and repositioned. Two remained in place. Ed Rakestraw was helping Haraughty with the work and had connected the log chain to the whistle pipe and then to the track hoe bucket.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Labette County Public Works track hoe operator Rex Haraughty lifts a large whistle pipe from Town Creek on 3000 Road west of Xavier Road near Chetopa Tuesday morning. Four of the six pieces of the whistle pipe were dislodged as their rock base washed away during the recent flooding. Four large sections of pipe were to be removed and repositioned. Two remained in place. Ed Rakestraw was helping Haraughty with the work and had connected the log chain to the whistle pipe and then to the track hoe bucket.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Labette County Public Works loader operator Mark Johnson moves asphalt damaged in flooding Monday night and Tuesday morning on Rooks Road north of 7000 Road. The county crews were going to push the asphalt aside and rebuild the road with rock so it can reopen. Later, an asphalt surface will be added.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Labette County Public Works loader operator Mark Johnson moves asphalt damaged in flooding Monday night and Tuesday morning on Rooks Road north of 7000 Road. The county crews were going to push the asphalt aside and rebuild the road with rock so it can reopen. Later, an asphalt surface will be added.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Water from Town Creek flows northward through two remaining whistle pipes on 3000 Road west of Chetopa Tuesday morning. County Public Works crew members are repositioning the four dislodged whistle pipes and will repack them with rock. 3000 Road between Xavier and Wallace remains closed.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Water from Town Creek flows northward through two remaining whistle pipes on 3000 Road west of Chetopa Tuesday morning. County Public Works crew members are repositioning the four dislodged whistle pipes and will repack them with rock. 3000 Road between Xavier and Wallace remains closed.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo The Neosho River on the east side of Chetopa was rising Tuesday morning and was well out of its banks. Two would-be fishermen watched as the water climbed higher on the rails below. They were also watching a big gar swim around near a submerged bush.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo The Neosho River on the east side of Chetopa was rising Tuesday morning and was well out of its banks. Two would-be fishermen watched as the water climbed higher on the rails below. They were also watching a big gar swim around near a submerged bush.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo Dillon Kepner looks at the kitchen of his house, covered in mud. Water was 20 inches above the floor in the home before it eventually receded.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo Dillon Kepner looks at the kitchen of his house, covered in mud. Water was 20 inches above the floor in the home before it eventually receded.
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Ray Nolting/Sun photo David Kepner of Chetopa strokes his chihuahua, J-Lo, on his front patio while his house dries. He and his son, Dillon, were rescued by boat early Tuesday morning after nearby Town Creek swelled into his home. Kepner fell into a deep hole during the rescue attempt and broke his left foot.
Ray Nolting/Sun photo David Kepner of Chetopa strokes his chihuahua, J-Lo, on his front patio while his house dries. He and his son, Dillon, were rescued by boat early Tuesday morning after nearby Town Creek swelled into his home. Kepner fell into a deep hole during the rescue attempt and broke his left foot.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons Middle School eighth-grader Jacob Almond tosses his second attempt in the discus event Monday at the Parsons High School track. Almond took second in the event. The Parsons MS Vikings hosted a 10-team field for their annual track invite.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons Middle School eighth-grader Jacob Almond tosses his second attempt in the discus event Monday at the Parsons High School track. Almond took second in the event. The Parsons MS Vikings hosted a 10-team field for their annual track invite.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Mike "Blue Hawk" Adams of New Albany, the president of the Kansas Muzzleloaders Association, loads his rifle during a competition Saturday at the Chief Black Dog's Trail Muzzleloader Club spring rendezvous north of Oswego.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Mike "Blue Hawk" Adams of New Albany, the president of the Kansas Muzzleloaders Association, loads his rifle during a competition Saturday at the Chief Black Dog's Trail Muzzleloader Club spring rendezvous north of Oswego.
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Jamie Willey/Sun photo Justin Cohee of Melvern, Ark., works on a roaster on Saturday morning at his forge welding shop he set up at the Chief Black Dog's Trail Muzzleloader Club spring rendezvous north of Oswego.
Jamie Willey/Sun photo Justin Cohee of Melvern, Ark., works on a roaster on Saturday morning at his forge welding shop he set up at the Chief Black Dog's Trail Muzzleloader Club spring rendezvous north of Oswego.
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