15 YEARS AGO

JULY 7, 2010

Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded $250,000 in tax credits to St. Luke Hospital Foundation for expansion of physical therapy and associated facilities.

Former Marion resident Private 1st Class Ryan Grady, 25, of West Burke, Vermont, was killed Friday when his patrol vehicle struck a roadside bomb outside Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Four others were seriously wounded. Grady’s aunt is Diane Carpenter of rural Marion.

Richard Sardou of R&L Creations is pictured on the front page as he sculpts a tree stump with a chain saw at the vacation home of Dean Staver at Marion County Park and Lake.

The 60th annual Marion County Fair will be July 28 through 31 at the fairgrounds in Hillsboro. “Apple Pies and Family Ties” will be this year’s theme.

A crowd gathered Saturday on 240th Rd. west of Lost Springs to witness the unveiling of an interpretive plaque on a 1908 monument that has been relocated from the south to the north side of the road at the historic Lost Spring Station site. The event included a demonstration by the Fort Riley commanding general’s mounted color guard.