30 years ago

dec. 14, 1994

Pictured is a miniature winter village display carefully arranged in the dining room at Bill and Teresa Higgins’s home at 410 S. Coble St., Marion. “It’s at the point we can use it to replace the tree,” Teresa Higgins said.

Florence Middle School teacher and coach Steve Janzen has been nominated for a regional coaching award.

Mike and Jackie Denis of Town & Country Café in Florence are pictured presenting bicycles awarded in a Family Night Drawing to Stacia Williams, daughter of Roger and Laura Williams, and Bryce Nelson, son of Dwight and Julie Nelson, all of Florence.

Jim Crofoot is pictured as he flips pancakes Saturday during Marion Kiwanis Club’s annual Pancake Day feed.

Courthouse employees receiving service pins at a Christmas dinner Monday at Tabor College included Nathen Bailey and Max Hayen, 25 years; Gary Loveless and Bud Vinduska, 20 years; Emice Hein, 15; Jeannine Bateman and Tootsie Snelling, 10; and Gerald Benshoof, Lee Dalrymple, Keith Collett, and Tom Holub, 5.