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Reno Penner stands atop his 6600 John Deere combine. “It’s old but it’s paid for,” he said. Penner is retiring from farming after 59 years.
Dressed practically, a woman named “Jill” wears a riding skirt and is ready to get on a horse and help with cattle on her husband’s ranch. Her daughter, named “Ava”, is set to feed the chickens. They were members of a group of Abilene women and children who put on a fashion show Saturday at the Schaeffler House, modeling clothing styles from 1870 to 1940.
Betty Barr, and Nellie Jost gather weekdays at Hillsboro Senior Center to quilt blocks that were sewn nearly 80 years ago by Mary Dudley’s grandmother. The finished quilt will be part sold this fall to raise money for the Senior Center.
Dale “D.B.” Dalke leaves Hillsboro’s 125th anniversary celebration Friday after competing in the Great Hillsboro Beard Contest.
