30 YEARS AGO

APRIL 31, 1996

This week’s Personality Profile deals with Ern Hett, a farmer and rancher in the Aulne community, who has turned his hobby into a full-fledged profitable business known as the Copper Shed.

Five miles south and 1½ miles west of Marion, two buildings house his antiques and artwork collected and created by Ern and his daughter, Julie Nelson.

A new state law makes it illegal for minors to possess tobacco products. Anyone younger than 18 found with tobacco products could be fined. The law will go into effect July 1.

Pictured on the front page are St. Luke Hospital lab technicians Rose Jordan, Brenda Rhodes, Cami Hanson, Stuart Meador, and Terri Bishop. Though small, the lab prides itself on fast, accurate results for the medical staff of the hospital.

Frances Turner of Marion, master certified graphoanalyst, is president of the Kansas chapter of the International Graphoanalysis Society and presided at a seminar on scientific handwriting analysis Friday and Saturday at Marion Senior Center. Those attending were from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.

Thane Schwartz, formerly of Marion now residing in Tampa Florida, will be seen on “The Nanny” television show airing May 13. He was selected from auditions in Miami, Orlando, and Tampa to perform as an extra. The show was filmed aboard Celebrity Cruise Lines.

“All Signs Point to Fun at the Fair” has been selected as theme for the 1996 Marion County Fair. Milford and Janell Klaassen submitted the winning entry.