News & Notes
LCC board to meet
The Labette Community College Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in the Cardinal Event Center.
NARVRE to meet
The National Association of Retired and Veteran Railroad Employees will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Chinese Chef, 900 N. 16th St., Parsons.
DUI checklane results
On Friday, the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Labette County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a sobriety checkpoint at the intersection of U.S. 400 and Wallace Road in Labette County. The checkpoint ran from 9 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday with 402 vehicles passing through the checkpoint.
Out of these vehicles, nine drivers underwent the standardized field sobriety tests, according to the KHP. One driver was arrested for DUI and had an open container of alcohol. Four vehicles had marijuana and open containers of alcohol, and one driver was arrested for a felony warrant and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Idle Hour Open results
ALTAMONT — The Idle Hour Open had 39 competitors during a soggy event on Saturday.
Dixon Jowers of Emporia won the event with a 138 and took home $649. His 138 was 8 over par for the course. Jowers competed in the mixed pro open division. Jay Hall of Galena finished second with a 140, tying with Michael Walker of Coffeyville in the mixed pro open division. They both took home $356. Hunter Williams of Spring Hill took fourth with a 141. He took home $222 for his work in the mixed open pro division.
Shane Crisler of Wichita shot a 142 in mixed pro for fifth place, and Keehnan Ford of Wichita shot 143.
Joshua Jowers of Farmington, Arkansas, won the mixed amateur division one with a 151.
Aaron Spencer of Altamont won the mixed amateur 40 plus division with 155.
Thomas White of Coffeyville won the mixed amateur 50 plus division with a 175.
Isaiah Younts of Flemington, Missouri, won the mixed amateur division three with 157.
Brian Hightower of Independence won the mixed amateur division four with a 193.
Benefit breakfast set April 13
ST. PAUL — The Knights of Columbus, Council 760, St. Paul-Walnut-Erie, is hosting a benefit breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 13, at St. Francis Parish Hall at First and Lafayette in St. Paul.
The menu includes sausage, eggs, hot cakes, biscuits and gravy, and an opportunity for a friendly round-table visit. The cost is a free-will donation and proceeds will help with medical and travel expenses for Karen VanLeeuwen, an Erie woman who is fighting breast cancer and the effects of chemotherapy.
Farmers Market
The Parsons Farmers Market will open on Saturday, April 26. The final day of the market is expected to be Oct. 31.
Hours will be 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays. The market will remain on Broadway Avenue in Forest Park across from the Labette Community College gym. Senior voucher applications for the market will be available starting June 2 at Parsons Public Library. Visit the library between 2 and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday for assistance with the vouchers.
St. Paul/Erie blood drive
ST. PAUL — A blood drive for the St. Paul and Erie communities will be from 1 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, in the St. Francis Catholic Church Parish Hall in St. Paul. Schedule an appointment by calling 800-733-2767.
Book discussion set April 28
Sister Rosemary Kolich will lead a discussion of the book “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” by Erika L. Sanchez at 6 p.m. Monday, April 28, at the Parsons Public Library, 311 S. 17th St.
According to the summary of the book, perfect Mexican daughters don’t go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect American daughter. That was Olga’s role.
Copies of the book are available at the front desk of the library.
Blood drive at Labette Health
The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, the sole supplier of blood, platelets and plasma to patients at 45 area health care facilities, is planning a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, at the Cardinal Event Center, 1306 Main.
Donors will receive a CBCO T-shirt.
The CBCO is also partnering with four area attractions to offer free admission for donors who will receive an Ozarks Adventure Pass. The pass gives free admission to two of these attractions, The Discovery Center, Springfield, Missouri; The Scott Family Amazeum, Bentonville, Arkansas; Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Branson, Missouri; or Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Go to www.cbco.org/donate- blood to schedule an appointment and learn more about the four participating attractions.
Gardening series
The Parsons Public Library is hosting a monthly series starting this month called Gardening 101, where participants will learn gardening basics. All sessions start at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and meet in the library. There will be no meeting in August.
The first session is on Thursday, April 24, on getting started. The May 15 session will be on garden blooms. The third session will be June 26 on garden to table and a cooking demonstration. The July 24 session will be on canning and pickling. The Sept. 25 session will be on garden cleanup and seed collection. The Oct. 23 session will be on spring bulbs.
Correction
State Rep. Dan Goddard told the Sun Friday morning that he would not be at the town hall meeting, which was Saturday afternoon in the Cardinal Event Center. The Sun published a notice about this in Friday’s edition, which said that Goddard would be there, which was the most recent update the Sun had as of last Monday. Goddard canceled on Wednesday, but that information was not relayed to the Sun until Goddard said something Friday morning at a public event, 12 hours after the Friday newspaper went to print.
