Once a week the Standard Journal writes a business profile about a local business.

This discussion board is for people to offer suggestions about what businesses they would like to see articles about.

The Standard Journal does a biographical article once a week about someone who is or has been an important part of our communities.

This discussion post is for people to offer suggestions about who they would like to see an article about.

The only criteria is that the suggested individual lives or a least lived for a significant portion of their lives in Madison, Fremont or their surrounding counties.

The following is adapted biographical article I wrote about about one Oliver Parson, featured in January 10th's edition of the Standard Journal.
Following its publication I was informed by the Parson family of a number of research errors in the article, in the spirit of journalistic accuracy I printed a correction notice for those published errors in the following newspaper.
I have since received further complaints about the article, and while I stand by my research, writing and verification techniques, I thought it fair to give the family a chance to correct the story.
The following is an adaption of my article by Leon Parson.

- NATHAN SUNDERLAND

The Parson Legacy

Oliver Parson celebrated his 92 birthday last Saturday, surrounded by several generations of his family. Held at the home of his daugther Anita McPherson, Parson signed a painting purchased over 40 years ago by Roger McPheeters, but was unsigned until last week.
Parts of the McPherson home resemble an art gallery. A variety of stylistic art pieces...