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  • HHS moves graduation to gym

    Hillsboro High School graduation ceremonies will be 4 p.m. Saturday at Robert C. Brown Gymnasium. The event was to have been at Joel Wiens Stadium, but has been moved due to inclement weather forecasts.

HEADLINES

  • USD 410 discusses budget cuts

    The quandary of state education funding cuts hit home Monday as USD 410 Board of Education wrestled with the dilemma of cutting assistant coaches, activity sponsors, and programs. Superintendent Steve Noble has for several months kept the possibility of cutting supplemental contracts for such positions on the table, one line item in a long list of budget-cutting measures.

  • County gives green light to bluegrass and beer

    Taking a cue from Marion’s Chingawassa Days, county commissioners Monday approved the addition of a beer garden for Bluegrass at the Lake on June 20. Chairman Dan Holub delayed the beer garden discussion to allow extra time for members of the public to show up to comment. None did.

  • Local man uses pliers to 'witch for water'

    Marion farmer and rancher David Oborny possesses a unique ability that borders on a preternatural talent. In some circles his skill is called “dowsing,” but Oborny refers to it as “witching water.”

  • Another county ambulance goes down

    The hunt for another county ambulance got an unwanted boost in urgency last week when a second unit experienced engine problems while completing a routine run. Marion ambulance No. 1 was making a nonemergency transport to Newton May 4 when its engine overheated, EMS Director Brandy McCarty said.

  • Free cancer screens in Florence on May 23

    The free cancer screening to be offered in Florence on May 23 isn’t an activity Les Allison and other members of Masonic Advance Lodge 114 are doing just because Kansas Masonic Foundation has made cancer a signature cause. Lodge members have seen the devastating effects cancer has had on their Florence neighbor and friend Richard Riggs, Allison’s son-in-law. The group has responded with fundraising efforts to help with the costs of treatment and transportation. Allison doesn’t want to have to do the same for anyone else.

  • Solar power provides electricity for vet clinic

    Spur Ridge Veterinary Clinic is the first business in Marion to use solar panels as an alternative source of energy. Owner Brendan Kraus said BTI Energy of Greensburg installed the system in December. At present, it provides about 85 percent of the clinic’s needs.

DOCKET

DEATHS

  • Naomi Fast

    Naomi (Brubaker) Fast, 94, former Goessel resident, died Friday. She was born Jan. 16, 1921 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Jacob and Barbara Brubaker. A memorial service was Tuesday at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.

  • Susan Friesen

    Sandy Friesen, 60, of Lehigh, died May 7 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. A memorial service will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Parkview Church Activity Center in Hillsboro.

  • Frances Helmer

    Frances Naomi Helmer, 91, died May 10 in Hillsboro. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church in Hillsboro.

  • Mary Loewen

    Hillsboro resident Mary Loewen, 91, died May 5 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita. Services were Monday at Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church, rural Hillsboro.

  • Roland Plenert

    Retired diesel mechanic and farmer Roland P. Plenert, 92, of McPherson, a Hillsboro native, died Tuesday at Angel Arms, McPherson. A funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, McPherson. Burial with military honors will follow at McPherson Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Stockham Family Funeral Home, with the family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

  • IN MEMORIAM:

    Walter 'Slick' Jones, Betty Williams Sartorius

GRADUATION

HOME AND GARDEN

  • Community gardeners get 'good vibrations'

    One of the first things Lois Winter of Florence does when she arrives at the Florence community garden is to take off her shoes. “I walk barefooted because I like the ground,” the 82-year-old volunteer said. “Everybody should be walking barefooted at least an hour a day in the grass.”

  • Fall is 'best time' to control dandelions, henbit

    It is safe to say that when children pick dandelions and gleefully blow on them to watch the seeds float off in the breeze, they probably are not thinking about how many weeds they’re spreading into mommy and daddy’s lawn. Even without children’s help, dandelions and henbit, a weed with small purple buds, are two common weeds known for their resilience and ability to spread rather quickly if left unchecked.

OPINION

  • The perfect punt

    Faced Monday with the unenviable position of cutting supplemental contracts to save money, USD 410 school board punted. They tabled the decision until June. It was a perfect punt. They had too many questions, and not enough answers. They just weren’t ready to make the call to cut four assistant coaches and three part-year weight room supervisors.

PEOPLE

  • Senior Citizens board to meet at Marion

    The Senior Citizens of Marion County board of directors will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Marion Senior Center. A noon lunch will be served. Reservations are due today by calling Janet Bryant at (620) 382-2942 or the Department on Aging at (620) 382-3580. Anyone needing transportation should call the office by Thursday.

  • Neo-Century Club installs new officers

    New officers installed during an annual Neo-Century Club dinner meeting May 4 at Burns. Officers for 2015-16 are president Suzanne Thole, vice president Shirley Carlson, secretary Donna Freuchting, and treasurer Elaine Morse.

  • Card shower requested for Boese's 92nd birthday

    The family of Ann (Helmer) Boese has requested a card shower in her daughter’s home to honor her 92nd birthday. Those who want to send birthday wishes should address cards to her at 2104 340 St. Lost Springs KS 66859.

  • 'ROUND THE TOWN NEWS:

    Maugs visited
  • NORTHWEST OF DURHAM:

    FFA members receive multiple awards

SCHOOL

  • Retired professor and Tabor alum to speak at school's commencement

    Norman Ewert, a Tabor College alumnus and retired economics professor, will speak at graduation ceremonies slated for 10 a.m. May 23 at the Joel H. Wiens football stadium in Hillsboro. Ewert graduated from Tabor in 1964 with a bachelor’s degree in history and then went on to earn a graduate degree in economics at the University of Kansas and a doctorate in economics from Southern Illinois University.

  • Tabor students learn what teaching is about at MES

    Four Tabor College education majors discovered they knew more and less about teaching than they thought as they completed student teaching at Marion Elementary School this spring. Kendra Flaming worked with Debbie Allen teaching second, third, and fourth graders who were receiving special services.

  • Applications open for Youth Adventure

    Students completing sixth and seventh grades can apply through the end of May for a spot in the third annual Hillsboro Youth Adventure, a behind-the-scenes look at the operation of city government. The event, co-sponsored by the city and Families and Communities Together, involves fun activities that introduce students to how various city departments operate.

  • Voters approve LOB increase for USD 411

    Goessel USD 411 patrons passed the local option budget increase for the district, 397 to 107, according to unofficial results released by county clerk Tina Spencer on Tuesday. “The board of education and administration are deeply appreciative of the support that our patrons show for the school district,” Goessel Superintendent John Fast said. “From the support for the recent bond project to this vote for the LOB, this is just another indicator of the tremendous desire our community has to see the school succeed in difficult times. I have no doubt the board of education will work to exercise constraint and will be prudent in the use of this authority.”

  • Trojan band wins multiple awards at festival

    Under the direction of Bruce Major, the Hillsboro High School band received several trophies for its performance May 9 and 10 at in the Heartland Music Festival in Oklahoma City. The band received a “superior” rating, as well as an outstanding achievement trophy for high points in instrumental music, and the judges’ choice trophy for high points in the high school division.

SPORTS

  • Golfers compete in tourney

    Trojan golfers competed Friday in the Marion County golf tournament, a 36-hole event, at golf courses in Marion and Hillsboro. Golfers played 18 holes at Marion Country Club in the morning, ate lunch, and played another 18 holes in the afternoon at Hillsboro Municipal Golf Course.

  • Trojans nab extra inning win

    Lightning struck twice for the Hillsboro baseball team against Lyons, first from the skies and then from their bats, as the Trojans scored a 10-6 extra-inning win finished a week later than it started. The Trojans dropped the first game of a double-header against the Lions 3-1 on May 4, but led 5-4 going into the bottom of the seventh inning in the nightcap. Lyons pushed across one run to tie the game, which was called because of lightning. Kansas State High School Activities Association guidelines recommend suspension of play when lightning is spotted within 6 miles of an event.

  • Hillsboro tennis season ends

    The 3-2-1A boys’ tennis regional in Hesston on Saturday brought to a close both a season and a career, as the Hillsboro Trojans and senior Josh Funk played their final matches of the year. The stay was short for the Trojans, who were eliminated in opening-round losses in one doubles and two singles matches.

  • Wiens leads Goessel boys

    Goessel’s Zach Wiens hurdled his way to first and second place finishes May 5 at the Tescott Invitational track meet. Wiens won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.75 seconds. In the 300-meter hurdles his fastest time of the season, 42.70, was good enough for second.

  • Softball wins 2 Tuesday

    Hillsboro played two games against Central Kansas League opponents Tuesday, winning both. They won the first game 20-3 against Hesston, and defeated Halstead 17-0. Both games were called after four innings due to the run rule.

  • Goessel girls win Tescott meet

    Brittney Hiebert and Aleena Cook paced the Goessel girls as the Bluebirds won the 14-team Tescott track meet May 5. Hiebert won two events, running the 400 meters in 1 minute, 2.79 seconds and the 1,600 in 5:35.15. Both were season bests.

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