15 YEARS AGO

June 3, 2009

Brothers Howard and David Bellamy and their seven-piece band will take the stage at 9 p.m. Saturday as the headliner for Chingawassa Days.

Julia Zeiner is one of 14 Marion High School athletes who came away with a medal this weekend at the state track and field meet in Wichita.

Zeiner had golds in the triple and long jumps, a silver in the 300-meter hurdles, and a fifth-place medal as part of the 4x100 relay.

Nick Klenda earned the boys’ only gold medal with a personal best in the discus. Overall, Marion boys took fifth and girls took seventh.

At a meeting May 27 at the Elgin Hotel, artist Cally Krallman of Topeka had her painting “Flint Hills Sonata” chosen from about a dozen to be the featured painting for this year’s Symphony in the Flint Hills.

New graduates Camille Christensen and Katie Maag received $1,000 scholarships May 23 at the 113th annual Florence alumni banquet. A total of 147 alumni, teachers, and guests from the classes of 1933 through 2009 attended.