25 years ago
Feb. 9, 1978
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Condict Jr., Keith and Ellen left Saturday morning for their home in Palmer, Alaska, after spending 18 days with her mother, Marie Plett, and family, relatives and friends.
Construction is slated to start June 1 on the West Grand Street improvement project if plans materialize on schedule.
Delton Klassen of Hillsboro was among 11 students at Kansas State University who inducted into the Financial Management Association Honor Society (FMA). Klassen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Klassen of Hillsboro. He is a 1974 graduate of Hillsboro High School.
Hillsboro's Trojans fell to Peabody 55-47 Saturday night to finish fourth in the Eighth Annual Adolph Rupp Invitation. Cheney Cardinals captured their second straight title with a 50-43 win over Clearwater in the finals.
A Fort Riley soldier has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the August slaying of rural Tampa residents. Joseph Brigman, 21, is accused of the shooting deaths of Dennis Armstrong, 31, and his wife, Evelyn, 28.
Hillsboro Kiwanis Club gave special recognition to three retired women of Hillsboro at their regular Monday meeting. Anna Bartel, Esther Bartel, and Kaethe Warkentin were given Community Service Certificates by Dan Penner of the Citizenship Service Committee.
Occupancy rates, more clearly low occupancy rates, and a decline in use of the radiology department are major concerns of the Salem Hospital board of directors and administrations. To keep the hospital financially solvent, it needs to maintain 70 percent occupancy.
