30 years ago

june 5, 1996

A housing addition proposed for Marion has received federal approval, consultant Peggy Blackman told Marion city commissioners Monday. The development will feature 16 duplexes not designed for a specific income or age group. Each housing unit will have two or three bedrooms.

After 10 years of working for Flint Hills Clay Works in Marion, Paula Miller is going to own a piece of it herself.

Owner Les Byer has decided to sell the pottery-making portion of the shop to Miller. Byer and his wife, Celia, will continue to own the clay-making section, which has become the main source of the business’s revenue.

“Beary Special Babies” born during May at St. Luke Hospital and pictured in this issue are Jordyn Leigh Fish born May 5; Katelynn Janice Kay Miller, born May 7; Rebecca Faye Adcock, May 10; Taylor Dean Heidebrecht, May 14; Jared Thomas Barney, May 22; and Brandon William French, May 21.

Longtime Girl Scout volunteers Eugene Enos and Eileen Sieger are pictured as they were honored Thursday by area Girl Scouts with a special “thank you” award.

Aulne United Methodist Church is recipient of this year’s Founding Purpose Award, given annually to one congregation in each annual conference that creatively develops, proclaims, and carries out a vision of hope for renewed church and community life.

Della Rittgers retired last week after 22 years as a school bus driver for Marion-Florence schools. Of the 22 new kindergarten classes she has seen, 10 of them have since graduated from high school.