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Hillsboro sixth-grader Matthew Denholm moves his queen in a game Monday against World Chess Federation (FIDE) Master Tom Brownscombe. A $500 grant from Hillsboro Community Foundation will allow Hillsboro Chess Guild to continue weekly group lessons with Brownscombe.
Former Pixar animator Bud Luckey talks to Brian Stuckey’s art class at Goessel High School Tuesday. Luckey has been involved in almost every facet of Pixar production. He voiced Agent Rick Dicker in the “Incredibles,” and drew, wrote, and directed an Oscar-nominated animated short “Boundin.’”
Hillsboro Elementary School students, from left, Bruce Brouillette, Taylor Helmer, and Kelli Dyck watch anxiously while a fellow spelling bee competitor mulls over a tough word. Fifth-grader Vance Klassen won the competition and classmate Lana Wagner was the runner-up. Both students will compete for Hillsboro at the Marion County spelling bee Feb. 10 in Marion. Fourth-grader Samantha Moss is the alternate.
This red-tailed hawk is a frequent visitor of the home of Anton and Joan Epp in Goessel. The hawk often perches on a birdhouse, frightening away smaller birds, which take refuge in nearby bushes and evergreen trees.
