10 years ago
April 7, 2003
Two members of the Hillsboro FFA participated in the 1993 South Central Kansas FFA district Agriculture Sales Contest/Conference held at Great Bend on March. Kyle Adams ranked first in the individual competition, and Ryan Peters ranked ninth. More than 100 high school youth participated in the event.
Hillsboro will increase its coverage in the Kansas Tourism Tabloid thanks to an allocation made by the city council.
Weather permitting, coach Gary Myers hopes the Tabor baseball regular season will get under soon. Rain canceled last week's scheduled games with Benedictine, Hesston, and Ottawa.
Three Hillsboro High School FFA members captured first place team honors in the state's Western Regional Wildlife Management Contest held at Osborne. Members of the winning team included Todd Becker, Ian Weisbeck, and C.J. Dawes.
Hillsboro Elementary School teachers participated in their fifth annual "Teachers' Get-Away-Day" where teachers can have their special day to make up for the days that the students get out of school. Bruce Winkler and Eileen Butler created this year's get-away in the form of the old West.
Students from Hillsboro Middle School attended a Quiz Bowl competition in Florence. Six schools competed, and Hillsboro received a third and fourth place medal. Those competing were Andy Bartel, Zachary Bartel, Jake Clutts, Michael Isaac, William Goertzen, Kevin Hett, Robbie McMinn, and Justin Unruh.
March 31, 1993
HHS students Brian Kroeker and Megan Ranney now have their artwork on display at Emprise Bank. Harold Wiebe of Emprise Bank and teacher Bonnie Eaton coordinated the showing. Other students have artwork on display at Hillsboro Public Library.
More than 150 FFA members, parents and supporters enjoyed the FFA 1993 Chili Feed held at the ag classroom March 25. Featured on the program were addresses by high school FFA members Kendra Hein, Jeremy Duerksen and Ryan Peters.
Tabor College professor of choral and vocal music Dr. Jonah Kliewer will conduct the Reno County Choral Society in their 55th annual performance of Handel's Messiah on April 4.
Jeremy Clayton Johnson, a Hillsboro High School student, was awarded a certificate from Tandy Technology Scholars program. The program recognizes academic excellence especially in the areas of mathematics, science and computer science.
A card shower for Adam Zimmerman and Mollie Lohery Zimmerman, who were married in Bison April 11, 1943, is planned to celebrate the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. Adam Zimmerman also plans to celebrate his 97th birthday on May 14.
Former Hillsboro pastor Kent Gaston, who now resides in Salina, will be going to the NCAA Final Four courtesy of his 14-year-old niece Rebekah Gaston of Liberal. Rebekah sent in 10 postcards with her dad's name on them in hopes of winning ESPN's Fabulous Five free trip to the Final Four in New Orleans, La. She won the trip, worth approximately $33,000, and is taking her dad, Kurt; uncles, Kent and Dale of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and grandfather, Karl, of Ellsworth.
