Dentist plans move to Wamego
A Hillsboro dentist will soon be fulfilling a dream planned long ago by him and a college friend.
At the end of the summer, Dr. Tim Woods and family will be moving to Wamego, a town approximately 15 miles east of Manhattan. There, Woods and a college friend will join forces in a dental practice.
It's a dream they shared back when they were college classmates at the University of Nebraska, Woods said.
"It was the right time," he said.
Woods has practiced dentistry in Hillsboro since July of 1982, when he purchased the practice from Dr. Dan Penner.
For years, Woods and his college friend, Dr. Steve Bates, have planned the possible partnership. Now seemed to be the right time for Woods, since two of his three children have graduated from high school.
Woods plans to move to Wamego permanently in late August, in time for his youngest son, Tommy, to enroll in eighth grade. Bates already lives in Wamego.
But Woods says he'll miss living in Hillsboro.
"We've got lots of friends here," he said.
