30 years ago

oct. 4, 1995

Old Settlers Day parade observers over the years agree: The 50-minute march down Main St. was one of the most impressive in years. The crowd was enormous. The non-commercial event, which offers no drawings, door prizes, nor promotional consideration, attracts people from across the nation. They don’t come to be entertained, to win a prize, or for recognition. They come to see each other.

Bill Griffith and Jodi Thomas were named Marion High School homecoming king and queen during halftime Friday of a football game against Herington. The game was decided at halftime, with Marion winning 63-6.

City of Marion workers Christian Pedersen and Bob Matz are pictured as they install a DARE sign Sept. 26 on Main St. at the west edge of Marion. Officer Ryan Navrat has nine of the signs. They will be installed in front of Marion Elementary School and at entrances to Marion.

Centre High School seniors Kelly Steiner and Jenny Beausoleil were crowned homecoming king and queen before the Cougars’ football game Friday against Hope. Centre dismantled Hope, 51-6, with the game ending late in the third quarter.

At a meeting Sept. 28 of the executive board of St. Luke Hospital Auxiliary, hospital administrator Craig Hanson noted that construction of an addition to the hospital’s clinic would start within the next month.