HILLSBORO Star-Journal

Odds are against former Bluejay

It’s hard enough for a recruited player to make the Kansas State University football team. Goessel High School graduate Weston Hiebert, a walk-on, is determined to make the team despite the odds stacked against him. “I have to think I’m going to make it to perform my best,” Hiebert said. “I have to have the mindset that I’m going to do it.”

Marion native killed in Afghanistan

Former Marion resident and U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan Grady, 25, of West Burke, Vt., was killed Friday when his patrol vehicle struck a roadside bomb outside Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Four others were seriously wounded. The Grady family — James and Debbie, along with sons James, Kevin, and Ryan — lived in Marion until the late 1990s, with Ryan being born in Marion in 1985.

Storms do some damage to area crops

Sometimes you ask for a little but get a lot. Randy Svitak, of rural Marion, had been hoping for two inches of rain; his soybeans, milo, and corn were starting to get pretty dry.

Street project changes

Hillsboro City Council approved a change to the reconstruction of Ash Street Tuesday. At the recommendation of the federal highway administration, the council changed the project to replace the old road surface entirely with full-depth concrete. City Administrator Larry Paine said the change would likely cost the city an extra $125,000, but it will save maintenance time and expense.

Budget cuts may prove unpopular

State legislators will need courage in the next two years to cut funding for programs that are unnecessary or ineffective, state Rep. J. Robert Brookens, R-Marion, said June 30. The legislature will certainly face other issues, but none will approach the importance of the budget, he said.

Some worry too much about re-election

Congressional candidate Tracey Mann, R-Salina, doesn’t have anything against his opponents in the Kansas 1st District primary, but he doesn’t favor electing career politicians, he told 13 people at a campaign stop Thursday in Hillsboro. “I feel like we can’t keep promoting politicians,” he said. “I’m tired of hearing the rhetoric and hearing the same solutions to the same problems.”

County fair begins July 28

The 80th annual Marion County Fair will be July 28 through 31 at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro. “Apple Pies and Family Ties” is this year’s theme.

John Brose

Longtime Marion resident John L. Brose, 82, died June 29, at Salem Home in Hillsboro. Born Aug. 27, 1927, in Marion, to Leo and Ruth (O’Brien) Brose, he graduated from Marion High School and attended Kansas State University.

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Hillsboro mounts furious comeback

The Hillsboro Senior Babe Ruth team won both games Thursday against Marion in Marion, 19-12 and 11-9. Hillsboro won the first game despite putting themselves in a 10-1 hole after two innings.

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