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Erie, Kansas |
Home of the oldest and longest consecutive Soldiers and Sailors Reunion. |
Beantown U.S.A. |
Veterans Memorial Wall to become a Reality -www.parsonssun.com ERIE - A veterans memorial wall will become a reality following approval Friday by the Neosho County Commission to contribute to the project. Linda Weidert attended Friday's commission meeting on behalf of the Erie Chamber of Commerce and reported that Allen County is the only other county she knows of that has a veterans memorial wall on their courthouse grounds. She told the board that Allen County donated a portion of the courthouse grounds, lighting and maintenance. She said the chamber would take care of adding names to the memorial. She asked if volunteer labor could sweep it off and clear the grass around it at reunion time. The commissioners told her that if that were done, the volunteers would be required to be covered by liability insurance. County counselor Amy Stauffer said the volunteer laborers setting the memorial in concrete could sign a liability waiver if they wish to help. Stauffer advised the commissioners to review and approve the plans for the wall before it is installed, because it will be installed on the courthouse grounds. She also advised them that the county would be responsible for maintaining the wall because it will be on the courthouse grounds. The commission agreed to provide the grounds, liability insurance, lighting and maintenance to the project. |
2008 Bean Night Entertainment Announced ERIE - It has been announced that American Country Music singer Daryle Singletary will be the entertainment on July 18th (Bean Night) on Main Street. Daryle has recorded seven albums, and has charted more than a dozen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. |
City wide clean-up a success! The Erie Area Chamber of Commerce would like to thank all those who helped with the clean-up this past Saturday. A lot was accomplished and the weather was perfect (no snow this year!). The Chamber plans on having another small clean-up sometime before the reunion (to pick up trash around town). See Clean-Up Pictures |
Erie golf fourth, Oswego fifth -www.parsonssun.com SEDAN -- The Erie Red Devils finished fourth in the seven-team Sedan Invitational Thursday at the Sedan Country Club, just ahead of the arch rival Oswego Indians. Full Article |
Erie Team II wins moonbuggy race -www.parsonssun.com HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Students from Erie High School braved pouring rain and fierce competition to win the high school division of NASA's 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville. Finishing the simulated lunar race course with the fastest time -- 3 minutes and 17 seconds -- Erie Team II's original moonbuggy design overcame 21 other high school teams from across the United States and as far away as Germany. READ MORE |
Erie's 'green' project to begin soon -www.parsonssun.com ERIE - CUSD 101 likely will begin construction of its high school in early summer, and if all goes as planned, it will be the first "green" school in the area that is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified. "The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and most other organizations, have agreed that LEED, although there are other certifying systems, is the driving accepted certification system," Superintendent Mike Carson said. The intent of the USGBC is, within 10 years, to have every new school built as a green building. Full Article |