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Rick and Gina Mounts’ home in Lehigh was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours Thursday. Family members lost most of their belongings. Anyone wishing to help can contact Ida French at Zimmerman’s Deli, 125 E. Main St., Marion, or call (620) 382-8860.
For most people, destruction caused by a Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, may feel like it is half a world away, but it hit close to home for Brenda Jordan of rural Hillsboro. Her daughter, Jennifer Ebenhack, lives in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. When Jordan heard about the earthquake, she immediately tried to call her daughter. She was unable to reach her by phone, but she quickly learned via e-mail that Ebenhack and her family were OK.
A female teen reported being raped in Hillsboro Jan. 11. Hillsboro Police Chief Dan Kinning said that the lead suspect in the case is a 19-year-old acquaintance of the victim.
Forming an extension district would allow extension agents to specialize and do their work more efficiently, K-State Research and Extension Agent Rickey Roberts said in an informational meeting Thursday in Hillsboro. Roberts used himself as an example. He serves as the agriculture agent in Marion County, providing information about a range of topics including crop sciences, animal sciences, lawn and garden care, and agribusiness. He also shares 4-H responsibilities with Family and Consumer Sciences Agent Nancy Pihl.
Tabor College students learned about the difficulty of rebuilding in an area struck by a natural disaster through reading, discussion, and writing papers, but now they are experiencing it firsthand. Tabor College students John Frankenfield, Jared Redding, Juli Richardson, Aaron Schmucker, Jera Teselle, J.D. Tippin, Rachel Unger, and Travis Unruh will be in Louisiana and Mississippi until Jan. 29 as they participate in the Disaster Relief and Service Travel Study Tour during the college’s interterm.
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series highlighting USD 410 teachers.) By ADAM STEWART Staff writer “There is no right answer,” Jim Robb told students in his American history class Jan. 8 at Hillsboro High School.
A developer is interested in building duplexes in Hillsboro, Mayor Delores Dalke told the City Council Tuesday. But there are few viable locations because of deed restrictions and covenants. The city owns six lots on North Lincoln Street that it acquired to demolish derelict buildings on the lots. But the council has never set an asking price for those lots. Any new construction on those lots would help the neighborhood, Dalke said.
Grace Annette Hench, 60, formerly of Hillsboro, died Jan. 16 in Claremont, Calif. Born June 11, 1949, in Hillsboro to George and Mabel (Wall) Hiebert, she was married Oct. 11, 1986, to Ronald Hench in Pasadena, Calif., who survives of the home.
Watching the television accounts and reading newspaper stories about the earthquake in Haiti makes a person want to hop on a plane, go over there, and help those poor people. The U.S. is sending more than $100 million in aid to the country, which is admirable.
The first week of the session has come and gone. The Governor gave his speech and set out what he believes are Kansas’ priorities — our kids, strong business opportunities, and taking care of those who cannot help themselves. In his speech, the Governor spoke of the already-devastating cuts to those in need — the disabled, children’s programs, the mentally ill, and those in nursing homes. He also stated he believed that to maintain our core priorities we will have to raise taxes. Specifically, Governor Parkinson targeted sales tax and the tax on cigarettes. He proposes to add a 1 percent sales tax increase for three years and raise the tax on cigarettes to the national average.
As bullying keeps pace with improvements in communication technology, area schools try to protect their students. But underreporting makes it difficult to stop the spread of threats and insults via cell phones and the Internet — a phenomenon called cyberbullying. Administrators seldom hear about incidents of cyberbullying, but they deal with results — like yelling and fighting — Marion High School Principal Brenda Odgers said.
Members of USD 398 board of education attended the Marion County Special Education Cooperative board meeting Monday night as a united front with one mission — they want out of the county cooperative. School board members said they know it’s going to cost more to provide services to special needs students but it’s not about money. It’s about providing the best possible services to its students.
Just when Trojan wrestling coach Scott O’Hare thought his young team was getting into the swing of season, he found out otherwise. Competing in a two-day Halstead Invitational Friday and Saturday, Hillsboro seemed to shy away from its aggression, finishing seventh out of 22 teams.
You can’t blame Lady Trojan basketball coach Nathan Hiebert for being in a good mood these days. Why shouldn’t he be?
You can’t find fault with the Trojan basketball team’s effort Friday night at fifth-ranked Halstead. For 24 minutes, Hillsboro had one of Class 3A’s premier teams on the ropes. But it was a rugged 2-for-15 shooting the third quarter, which proved instrumental in the Trojans’ 54-47 loss. “It was a good effort,” Trojan coach Darrel Knoll said. “We actually had a chance at the end.
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