Day In History October 18, 2018
50 Years Ago
October 18, 1968
Barney Girard, with 39 years of service, and Bill Amspacker, with 26 years of service, retired from Fairmont Foods Company... Johanna Kathleen Hogan and Murlin Rogers were married... Judith Standage and Leslie Baker were married at the First United Methodist Church... Boogaarts was selling a quart jar of Kraft Miracle Whip for forty-nine cents and 10 cans of True-Value peas for $1.
25 Years Ago
October 18, 1993
Lance Brown and his one-man musical show Riders In The Sky, a tribute to the wit and wisdom of Will Rogers, performed for two nights at the Brown Grand Theatre... Harriet Brown and Roxanna Demanett won first place in the Kansas School Food Service Association Best of Bread Baking contest held in Great Bend... Crystal Applebee had five aces as the Concordia High School girls volleyball team beat Marysville, winning the NCKL title.
10 Years Ago
October 18, 2008
American Legion Auxiliary members donated $1,500 to purchase a sign renaming US Highway 24 the World War II Veterans Memorial Highway... led by Skyler Muff's seven kills and Alex Muff's six kills, the Concordia High School women's volleyball team defeated Abilene to win the NCKL title with a perfect 10-0 record... the Majestic Theatre was showing the movies 'The Express' and 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua'.
5 Years Ago
October 18, 2013
Sister Marquita Murguia's art work was on display at the Nazareth Motherhouse as part of the Concordia Art Walk... the completion date of the new Cloud County Law Enforcement center was again pushed back after electricians left the job site because the original electrical contractor could not meet payroll... Eastan Hake and AJ Charest were the October "Paws"itive Counts winners at the Concordia Middle School.
1 Year Ago
October 18, 2017
The first cold snap of the year and recent heavy rains slowed the harvest of dry land corn and the soybean crop... Ann Michelle Riley and Matthew Huff were married... JoDee LeDuc was sworn in as Cloud County Treasurer... Abby Donovan was named Concordia High School Athlete of the Week... wheat was selling at $3.38, corn was $3.01, and milo was $3.16 per bushel on local markets.