10 YEARS AGO

SEPT. 14, 2016

One after another, bright orange discs shattered in midair Saturday at the county landfill, all felled by shotgun blasts from about two dozen participants in the Jerry Cady Busta Clay Youth-Mentor trap shoot.

Marion insurance broker Jerry Cady died last October, and an event bringing adults and kids together was a fitting tribute for the avid outdoorsman, son Brad Cady said.

Retired Marion police dog Khati spent her final days reveling through a bucket list of favorite activities before she died Tuesday morning. Kahti lived with Marion officer Mike Stone and his wife, Alicia, after retirement.

When her veterinarian said nothing further could be done for Kahti’s cancer, the Stone family made a bucket list for her so she could go out with style.

They took Kahti on a final cruise in a squad car with lights and siren; fed her Skittles, black licorice, and a Rice Krispies bar, and took her for a ride in the back of a pickup before letting her sleep her final night with her head resting on Alicia’s shoulder.

County commissioners removed a hurdle from the path of Diamond Vista wind farm developers Monday by eliminating an overlay district created to restrict projects to the southeast corner of the county.

Recommended by the same county planning commission that created the restriction in 2004, the move in principle allows wind farms to be built anywhere in the county.

Fifteen county high school seniors will be recognized Sept. 21 as Kansas Honor Scholars at a banquet in McPherson.

Students to be honored include Brendon Bina and Dylan Deines of Centre High School; Olivia Duerkson and Jennifer Meysing of Goessel High School; Rebecca Kaufman, Callie Linnens, and Kyle Unruh of Hillsboro High School; Aidan Cairns, Shelby Felvus, Cade Harms, Paige May, and Taylor May of Marion High School; and Samantha Frye, Mallory Harris, and Anna Lubbers of Peabody-B