HILLSBORO Star-Journal

HEADLINES

Hillsboro to celebrate 125th anniversary
Hillsboro will be abuzz with activity this weekend when residents celebrate the city’s 125th anniversary. Farmer’s Market, 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Schaeffler House — Sloppy joes will be served. Music will be provided by Three Docs & A Quack.
Step back into past at Schaeffler House
As Hillsboro celebrates its 125th anniversary, the William F. Schaeffler House will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The house, now a museum, re-opens Saturday with an antique car show 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., an 1870-1937 fashion show 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., and a fried-chicken picnic dinner 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
125 years and building: Lumberyard shares its birthday
E.R. (Ezra) Burkholder was ahead of his time. An ambitious and progressive man, he came to Hillsboro in 1882 from Ontario, Canada.
Newspaper has milestone, too
The Hillsboro Star-Journal also shares a milestone with the City of Hillsboro and The Lumberyard. More than 100 years ago, the newspaper that would eventually become the Star-Journal published its first edition.
HHS golfer battles a new hazard: rare spinal cancer
In what seems like a blink of an eye, a family’s life went from normal to scary uncertainty. More than six weeks ago, Thane Hurst was an average 14-year-old Hillsboro High School freshman with a passion for golf.
Cancer relay raises nearly $50,000
Relay for Life of Marion County raised more than $49,500 this weekend. Twenty-two teams participated. More than 70 survivors and caregivers took the opening lap of the relay Friday night in USD 408 Sports Center after unpredictable weather prompted a move indoors.
Ceremony to mark monument relocation
The 101-year-old Lost Springs monument on the Santa Fe Trail will be relocated in a public ceremony July 3. More than 500 area families donated to construct the monument, which was dedicated July 4, 1908.

DEATHS

Otto Bentz
Otto Anton Bentz, 90, of Tampa died June 16 at Hillsboro Community Medical Center. Born Jan. 4, 1919, to Phillip R. and Elsie (Bruns) Bentz on his family’s farm north of Tampa, he was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church and confirmed into the church May 20, 1934.
Anna Enns
Anna Enns, 90, a former missionary to Africa, died Saturday at Salem Nursing Home, Hillsboro. Born July 14, 1918, in Chinook, Mont., to David J. and Elizabeth (Reddig) Enns, she was preceded in death by a brother, William; stepbrother, John F. Knaak; and two sisters, Bertha Schultz and Alice Enns.
Elfrieda Pagenkopf
Retired Tampa and Herington postal worker Elfrieda A. Pagenkopf, 88, died Monday at Herington Municipal Hospital. Services were to be at 11 a.m. today at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington. Burial was to follow at Sunset Hill Cemetery.
Robert Risenhoover
Robert Neal Risenhoover Jr., 66, former owner of MarBowl Lanes, Marion, and PlaBowl Lanes, Herington, died Friday at Legacy Park, Peabody. Born May 22, 1943, in Galesburg, Ill., to Dorothy and Robert Risenhoover Sr., he was raised at Wichita Children’s Home.
Duane Schierling
Livestock nutritionist Duane Schierling, 55, died Thursday in Hillsboro. Born Feb. 6, 1954, in Hutchinson, he married Jill Westbrook on Feb. 23, 1980, in Quinter.
Lorraine Walker
Homemaker and farm wife Lorraine E. Walker, 87, died Friday at Parkside Home, Hillsboro. She also worked as a school cook and nurse and at a manufacturing plant in Newton.

DOCKET

FARM

Tests look good as harvest resumes
Weekend rains totaling three-quarters of an inch to more than two inches have slowed this year’s wheat harvest, which began last week in all parts of the county. Marion and areas south of town had an additional half-inch overnight Sunday.
‘Harvesting is the best part’
Sitting with Ronnie Carlson inside the air-conditioned cab of his combine is almost as pleasant as having a conversation with him in his living room. Outside noise is minimal.
Atrazine questions remain
Professor Philip Barnes’s presentation Thursday about water quality in Marion Reservoir left some attendees with different impressions. About 98 pounds of atrazine washed into the reservoir in 2008, Barnes said.
Gardens reach new heights
Is it possible to grow tomatoes, peppers, chard, basil, and green beans in a narrow, graveled alley behind a Main Street shop? Pam Lamborn of Jack Rabbit Hollow, Peabody, thought it couldn’t be done.

GOVERNMENT

Sheriff expects 11% increase in 2010 budget
Marion County Commission approved zoning districts Monday for Marion County Park and Lake and Eastshore development. The districts will allow the county to regulate zoning issues for those areas separately from other unincorporated communities in the county.
Residents have concerns about jail committee
Residents have been voicing concerns about the county’s jail committee, county commissioners said Monday. Among the concerns were questions about whether the committee would hear from the public before it makes a recommendation and why 20 percent of the committee members were involved in car sales.

OPINION

One Woman's View
How rich is your fantasy life? When it comes to daydreams, my brain in extraordinarily active. I have not quite decided whether this is a good or bad thing, when it distracts me from work I should be doing or makes me dissatisfied with my life, which is not good.
LETTERS:
Questions for jail committee

PEOPLE

CORRESPONDENTS:
Northwest of Durham, 'Round the Town

SPORTS

Young Hillsboro team competes well
Despite some tough losses, the Hillsboro American Legion Post 366 baseball team has a 5-5 record. The team is one of the youngest in its Babe Ruth baseball league for 16- to 18-year olds, first-year coach Jordan Lago said, who also helped coach Tabor College this year.
Opinions on dividing 1A are split
Beginning fall 2010, Centre and Goessel will have less competition for state championships in basketball, volleyball, and scholars’ bowl. But not everybody is happy about it.
Swim team results

Hillsboro will be abuzz with activity this weekend when residents celebrate the city’s 125th anniversary. Farmer’s Market, 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Schaeffler House — Sloppy joes will be served. Music will be provided by Three Docs & A Quack.

E.R. (Ezra) Burkholder was ahead of his time. An ambitious and progressive man, he came to Hillsboro in 1882 from Ontario, Canada.

The Hillsboro Star-Journal also shares a milestone with the City of Hillsboro and The Lumberyard. More than 100 years ago, the newspaper that would eventually become the Star-Journal published its first edition.

In what seems like a blink of an eye, a family’s life went from normal to scary uncertainty. More than six weeks ago, Thane Hurst was an average 14-year-old Hillsboro High School freshman with a passion for golf.

Relay for Life of Marion County raised more than $49,500 this weekend. Twenty-two teams participated. More than 70 survivors and caregivers took the opening lap of the relay Friday night in USD 408 Sports Center after unpredictable weather prompted a move indoors.

The 101-year-old Lost Springs monument on the Santa Fe Trail will be relocated in a public ceremony July 3. More than 500 area families donated to construct the monument, which was dedicated July 4, 1908.

Otto Anton Bentz, 90, of Tampa died June 16 at Hillsboro Community Medical Center. Born Jan. 4, 1919, to Phillip R. and Elsie (Bruns) Bentz on his family’s farm north of Tampa, he was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church and confirmed into the church May 20, 1934.

Anna Enns, 90, a former missionary to Africa, died Saturday at Salem Nursing Home, Hillsboro. Born July 14, 1918, in Chinook, Mont., to David J. and Elizabeth (Reddig) Enns, she was preceded in death by a brother, William; stepbrother, John F. Knaak; and two sisters, Bertha Schultz and Alice Enns.

Retired Tampa and Herington postal worker Elfrieda A. Pagenkopf, 88, died Monday at Herington Municipal Hospital. Services were to be at 11 a.m. today at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington. Burial was to follow at Sunset Hill Cemetery.

Robert Neal Risenhoover Jr., 66, former owner of MarBowl Lanes, Marion, and PlaBowl Lanes, Herington, died Friday at Legacy Park, Peabody. Born May 22, 1943, in Galesburg, Ill., to Dorothy and Robert Risenhoover Sr., he was raised at Wichita Children’s Home.

Livestock nutritionist Duane Schierling, 55, died Thursday in Hillsboro. Born Feb. 6, 1954, in Hutchinson, he married Jill Westbrook on Feb. 23, 1980, in Quinter.

Homemaker and farm wife Lorraine E. Walker, 87, died Friday at Parkside Home, Hillsboro. She also worked as a school cook and nurse and at a manufacturing plant in Newton.

Weekend rains totaling three-quarters of an inch to more than two inches have slowed this year’s wheat harvest, which began last week in all parts of the county. Marion and areas south of town had an additional half-inch overnight Sunday.

Sitting with Ronnie Carlson inside the air-conditioned cab of his combine is almost as pleasant as having a conversation with him in his living room. Outside noise is minimal.

Professor Philip Barnes’s presentation Thursday about water quality in Marion Reservoir left some attendees with different impressions. About 98 pounds of atrazine washed into the reservoir in 2008, Barnes said.

Is it possible to grow tomatoes, peppers, chard, basil, and green beans in a narrow, graveled alley behind a Main Street shop? Pam Lamborn of Jack Rabbit Hollow, Peabody, thought it couldn’t be done.

Marion County Commission approved zoning districts Monday for Marion County Park and Lake and Eastshore development. The districts will allow the county to regulate zoning issues for those areas separately from other unincorporated communities in the county.

How rich is your fantasy life? When it comes to daydreams, my brain in extraordinarily active. I have not quite decided whether this is a good or bad thing, when it distracts me from work I should be doing or makes me dissatisfied with my life, which is not good.

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CORRESPONDENTS:

Despite some tough losses, the Hillsboro American Legion Post 366 baseball team has a 5-5 record. The team is one of the youngest in its Babe Ruth baseball league for 16- to 18-year olds, first-year coach Jordan Lago said, who also helped coach Tabor College this year.

Beginning fall 2010, Centre and Goessel will have less competition for state championships in basketball, volleyball, and scholars’ bowl. But not everybody is happy about it.