15 YEARS AGO

March 31, 2010

Ida French, owner of Zimmerman’s Deli and Coffee Shop, and Tamara Christiansen, owner of PLANTations, want to expand their businesses so they have decided to join forces and share the former hardware building at 3rd and Main Sts.

An article features guitarist Bob Delk, who has been playing music since he was about 10 years old and asked his father to teach him chords on a ukulele.

Music has been his passion since. He plays with three ensembles — Men-O-Brass, Bob and the Boys, and Country Jamboree — and is proficient on ukulele, mandolin, violin, and electric guitar.

Pictured are Marion High School actors Caroline Collett, Tim Costello, Alex Eurit, Sarah Guetersloh, and Ryan Nelson as they rehearse before a performance of “Father of the Bride.”

The Santa Fe Depot at Florence was scheduled for demolition, but Bob Rusk of Wichita has negotiated with the railroad company to donate the building to Florence Historical Society. Rusk hopes to see the building preserved.