Community spirit drives Erie recreation development
Helen Marshall of the Erie Recreation Commission highlights community donations powering park projects. The city park features a pool tennis court playground and restrooms while a seven acre ball park on State Street progresses with free land and labor volunteers. Plans include two lighted diamonds and an archery range with ongoing swim classes and new programs.
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Printing Seeped Into His Blood and Shaped a Lifelong Career
Ira Sherlock, printer and reporter for The Erie Record, began as a printer's devil in 1914 and spent 50 years with the paper founded in 1906 by Seth G. Wells. He helped publish 45,000 copies of the Kansas Workman and later covered Main Street and the courthouse for decades, never marrying and enjoying woodwork and fishing after retirement.
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Erie Record editor Kensinger leads long-running family paper
Roger Kensinger began at The Erie Record in high school and rose to editor and publisher since May 1, 1962. He shifted to offset printing in 1975 while maintaining linotype for letters and stationery. He works with his wife Leah and one part timer to publish six to ten pages weekly.
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