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Six Appeal generates fan appeal at Florence

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Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 04 September 2012 14:07

Members of the a capella vocal band Six Appeal move to the music during their Saturday evening concert on the Main Street stage at the Florence Labor Day Celebration. About 300 people turned out for the two-hour concert by the Minnesota-based group that includes Marion native Michael Brookens (far right in the above photo). The group injected humor and choreographed moves to go with their upbeat contemporary songs from the past few decades. A standing ovation at the end prompted one last...

County reports record sales tax

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Written by Jerry Engler Tuesday, 04 September 2012 14:01

During Friday’s payday meeting, Marion County commissioners heard County Clerk Carol Maggard report record-sales-tax revenue in August.

Revenue of $71,568 in regular sales tax, and $63,470 in special jail-bond sales tax was due to sales occurring during June, collected by the state in July, and distributed in August.

The commissioners said jail sales tax collections have put them close to the total necessary to make the bond payments both for this year and next year.

Tonya Richards, environmental health director, Rickey Roberts, extension agent, and Steve Hudson, county lake superintendent, reported on a drinking water innovation for cattle. Situated on a pasture adjacent to Marion County Lake, it is designed to help keep water...

New Caitlin Cemetery marker to memorialize loss of pioneer children

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Written by Brian D. Stucky Tuesday, 04 September 2012 14:00

It’s a fascinating immigrant story unlike any other. It’s an emotional story passed down among families of the Swiss Volhynian Mennonites of Kansas. And it will be finally memorialized in stone at a dedication service at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept, 23.

In 1874, as thousands of Mennonites migrated from Russia into Kansas, the Swiss Mennonites were the first to settle in the area, near today’s Moundridge. As they came to Peabody in September, they stepped off the train. The men went to scout and buy land in Mound and Turkey Creek townships.

When they returned three weeks later, they discovered that “almost all the children became sick. Some children died. The town had no cemetery at this time. A few miles north there was a place with a...

Marion zoning board to review appeal about jail tower

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Written by Patty Decker Tuesday, 04 September 2012 13:59

The Marion City Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 in council chambers to decide whether the proper procedure was followed regarding a conditional use permit to build a communications tower at the new county jail.

The hearing was prompted by a notice of appeal, dated Aug. 7, from Darvin Markley, who stated that Doug Kjellin, city administrator, did not have the authority under the zoning regulations to issue a permit to the county.

Markley, who signed the appeal as a resident, is chairman of the city’s zoning appeal board, which is the forum that will hear the matter.

David Yearout of El Dorado, who serves as the city’s planing and zoning consultant, said the appeal stops the building permit.

“It’s in a...