REMINISCING

1976

Debra Schultz enrolls in KSU summer school…Jim Davis is elected Agriculture Council representative at KSU…Glenn Groom is transferred from Okinawa to Hawaii where he works for Post Exchanges of Army and Air Force bases… Debbie Garrett to be installed as honored queen of Job’s Daughters Bethel No. 41.

1986

Charles Downes, who will be a senior at CGHS this fall, doing Army basic training at Fort Knox, KY… Kevin Hultgren, White City, to sing with Great Society Singers of Cloud County Community College when the group visits Vancouver, British Columbia where they will perform at Expo ’86…Jon Johnson, Scott Williams and Dana Bieling make hits for American Legion team when they play doubleheader with Alma.

1996

The “Spirit of ’96,” an airplane float entered by Dillis Owen and Zac Owen, is selected by judges as first place entry during Wah-Shun-Gah Days Float for Fun…Gary and Lara Littlejohn, Wichita, parents of daughter, Courtney Paige…Best horse and rider during Wah-Shun-Gah Days parade is Arabon Farms; best 16 and under entry is Rainbow World; and best band is Flint Hills Community Band…George and Shirley Hickman post winning score of 28 in Scotch Foursome at CG Country Club; runners-up are Bud and Charlotte Fielder and Brad and Millie Thompson.

2006

A daughter is born to Jeffrey Rohloff and Lenora Varelman… Ralph and Sharon Mock to present program on making drums from gourds and weaving shawls for High Noon at the public library…Lexinet Corporation receives Merit Award in service category during Kansas Business Appreciation Month regional awards ceremony.

2016

Gary Catlin, Dave Fritchen, Ed Hooper, Tom Nurnberg and Jerry Roths are re-elected as members of the Council Grove City Lake Association (CGCLA); Marty Wright is selected as a new member of the board of directors…Theo Kassebaum, Burdick, a 2012 graduate of Centre High School, graduates with honors from the University of Chicago, earning a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology.

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