25 years ago

may 24, 1995

Forty-four Marion High School seniors received diplomas Sunday at graduation exercises.

The class had three students Dawn Spencer, Jodi Smith, and Brendan Krause with perfect 4.0 grade averages through four years of high school. They were named co-valedictorians.

Outstanding senior boy and girl, selected by the faculty, were Brad Druse and Kay Lynn Summervill.

Hillsboro will celebrate its 24th Folk Festival Friday through Monday with a variety of events. The event begins Friday evening with a carnival and activities conclude Monday following a picnic in the park.

Brendan Kraus and Katrina Hancock were named Marion High School athletes of the year May 16 at the Marion Kiwanis Club-sponsored MHS athletic banquet.

Albert Steele of Marion, the current top Champagne D’Argent rabbit breeder in the nation, will take his rabbits to Springfield, Nebraska, Sunday for the Champagne D’Argent Foundation’s annual national rabbit show where he hopes to continue his history of success.

Brenden Sager, journalism student at the University of Kansas, is spending the next three months serving an internship at the Marion County Record.