Twin sisters, Shelley and Sheri Moore, and former Iola High School Fillies basketball team members in 1988, are starters on the Emporia State University Hornet’s women’s basketball team this year.
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The Rev. and Mrs. Waylon Ingle listened to President George Bush’s speech Wednesday night announcing the U.S. attack on Iraq. The Ingles’ son, David, is with the 101st Airborne Division stationed in Saudi Arabia. Rev. Ingle, pastor of First Baptist Church, cut short scheduled services so he and his congregation would be home in time to view the president’s speech.
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A small inflatable globe becomes an important part of the opening minutes of Retabess Ling’s fourth grade class at McKinley Elementary School. Ling uses the first minutes of each day to answer what questions she can from students confronted with their nation at war for the first time in their lives.
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Vic Perkins was given a plaque and words of appreciation at Tuesday’s City Commission meeting by Mayor Ray Pershall. Perkins is retiring at the end of the month as city clerk, a job he has held for 39 years. Mayor Pershall also swore in Carolyn Dreher as the new city clerk. Dreher has been a city employee for 21 years.
