10 years ago
january 25, 1995
School officials reported three weeks ago that approximately 110 Hillsboro-Lehigh-Durham students were not in compliance with immunization requirements. Within just one week, parents of USD #410 students not properly immunized will be asked to take their children back home. The do-it-or-else approach stems from a growing trend to enforce a state law requiring certain immunizations for children from birth to age 18.
The Hillsboro City Council voted to deny a request from Asset Recovery Corp. to amend a special use permit which would have allowed the company to install two rotary reverberatory furnaces and permit them to refine lead for market.
City clerk Jan Meisinger reported that $1,620 was given in credits to Hillsboro residents for putting up outdoor Christmas lights.
City engineering consultant Bob Previtera said he is still working on a final plat for the Best Western motel project to meet the February deadline for the planning commission.
Tabor College has received the resignations of Dr. Stanley Clark, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the faculty, and Susan Clark, director of foundation/corporate relations, effective June 30. The Clarks have accepted positions with the newly created Russian-American Christian University in Moscow, Russia.
Two Hillsboro High School students earned positions to participate in the State FFA Public Speaking contest to be held later in the school year at Kansas State University. The two local youth earning the high-level-of-excellence are Kyle Adams, son of Lyman and Marie Adams, Hillsboro, and Vanessa Weisbeck, daughter of John and Marty Weisbeck, rural Durham.
Amy Ratzlaff, senior from Hillsboro, was recently named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Volleyball All-America Scholar-Athlete team. She is a Bethel College student, majoring in elementary education.
