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09/24/2025

Veteran reporter joins Record team
A reporter with decades of experience is coming to the Marion County Record.
Michael Maresh’s first day with the Record was Monday.
Maresh, who graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from Arizona State University, has worked for several newspapers in his career.

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September 24, 2025 at 03:32PM

09/24/2025

What's worse: 'woke' or 'dozed' attitudes?
Shhh! This week’s editorial is a secret. Consider it an executive session to which only select readers will be invited.
Most of you will be included, of course. Just skip down a few sentences until you get past the point at which reposting of stories on anti-social media cuts off.
The only people specifically not invited are those who care so little about their community that they’re satisfied to have all their information come from the brief samples of news and misconstrued rants posted on Facebook by others similarly afflicted by a patriotic equivalent of attention deficit disorder.

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September 24, 2025 at 02:25PM

09/24/2025

Drawing a line on redistricting
So, Kansas Republicans and Democrats have decided to get into the same you-know-whatting match as Texas, California, and others.
It’s a sad day for democracy when anyone supports any political movement because it seeks to gerrymander more effectively than its opposition.
We in Marion County have had enough of it. For Congress, we used to be in the 4th District, and even bragged about having elected two Marion residents as congressmen for that district.

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September 24, 2025 at 02:07PM

09/24/2025

ANOTHER DAY IN THE COUNTRY: Take a sniff
Being mostly retired — I just teach art one day a week — means that I have time again for reading. I highly recommend it because as long as you have a good book as company, you will never really be lonely.
You can dash off to India, as I did this last week, via the latest book by Arundhati Roy, “Mother Mary Comes to Me.”
As in all of her books and essays, Arundhati talks about difficult subjects but manages to write in the most beautiful way. Her words can make you smell the scents of India.

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September 24, 2025 at 01:42PM

09/24/2025

Ex-commissioner caught in sting
Former county commissioner Dave Mueller was charged Thursday with furnishing alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to a minor.
On the same day, lawyer Brian Bina entered an appearance on Mueller’s behalf and stated that Mueller pleaded not guilty.
A status conference is set for Nov. 10.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:52PM

09/24/2025

2 years later, turbines still blink
Two years after a press release stated that blinking lights on Orsted Sunflower Wind Turbines would be resolved soon, the lights are still blinking.
County Commissioner Clarke Dirks wants to know why and came up with a solution Monday that no one took seriously.
“If we just fined them $500 for every blinking windmill, we could pay for the new Peabody ambulance road and bridge station,” he said.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:50PM

09/24/2025

Thousands also shop at Marion vendors
Vendors at Marion’s Art in the Park did brisk business Saturday and Sunday.
One from McPherson told organizer Margo Yates that Saturday was the biggest day in history for her business.
Another from Missouri sold fudge, taffy, and cups their kids had decorated.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:50PM

09/24/2025

Hillsboro swamped with craft show shoppers
Six blocks of downtown Hillsboro were so crowded with arts and crafts shoppers Saturday that it was hard to navigate.
Many of the Hillsboro Arts and Crafts Fair’s shoppers, eager to make sure they had enough room to carry purchases, pulled carts or pushed wagons filled with found treasures.
James Bacon of Wellington waited for his wife, Cathy, at the south end of the fair, next to a shopping basket. He and his wife come to the fair every year, Bacon said.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:50PM

09/24/2025

Marion rolls out welcome for Old Settlers
Saturday’s Old Settlers Day, with a theme of “Better Roads Ahead,” will kick off with a parade on Main St. at 11 a.m.
The grand marshal, selected months ago, is Dorothy Conyers.
A different grand marshal was not chosen after Conyers’ death in July.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:50PM

09/24/2025

Hog roast to support car show
A hog roast Saturday at Burns will raise money for an annual classic car show in May. All money raised will support the Route 77 Classic Car Show.
Diners are encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert. Smoked pork will be provided. Dinner will start at 6 p.m. at Burns Community Center, 301 N. Washington St.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:50PM

09/24/2025

New councilor has personal stake in advocacy
The Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities has a new member with special insights into the issues it addresses.
Twenty-two-year-old Peabody resident Perri Spencer was named by Governor Laura Kelly to the 22-member council earlier this month.
“I have autism as well, and it’s very important to me because it’s very important that people get that support, especially people who need way more help than me — and right now that’s not happening, especially in rural communities,” Spencer said.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:50PM

09/24/2025

Algae advisory extended
Marion County Lake’s blue-green algae advisory was extended Friday for a 12th consecutive week. The advisory does not extend to Marion Reservoir.
The advisory is the lowest level of alert — a watch, not a warning or hazard status. A total of nine bodies of water in the state were placed under more-serious warnings Friday, while 10 others joined the county lake on the less-serious watch list.
A watch indicates that a harmful bloom may be present. Kansas Department of Health and Environment requires that signs be posted at all public access points.

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September 24, 2025 at 12:50PM

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