HILLSBORO Star-Journal

Just like home

“I believe a community is judged by the care they give their elderly,” Marguerite Goertz of Hillsboro said about her experiences living at Salem Home. “I would give it an A+.” In August 2008, Salem Home of Hillsboro began an effort to provide its residents an atmosphere more like a home than a hospital.

County lake remains free of invasive mussels

Marion County Park and Lake has received a clean bill of health from the Kansas Division of Wildlife and Parks regarding invasive zebra mussels, Superintendent Steve Hudson said Monday. Lake water was tested mid-June, Hudson told Marion County Commissioners. Results were received July 7.

Ruling on proposed jail financing coming soon

Marion County will know soon whether a proposed method for financing a jail is constitutional, a spokesman for Kansas Attorney General Steve Six said Thursday. The Attorney General’s office received a request for an opinion at the beginning of June, spokesman Gavin Young said. An opinion likely will be ready in three or four weeks, he said.

It can pay to play the lottery

Who couldn’t use an extra $500 about now? For Wayne Hudson of Benson, Ariz., who is visiting son Steve Hudson, superintendent of Marion County Park and Lake, it paid to play. He bought one scratch ticket July 7 at Ampride of Marion and won $500. Hudson stops by the convenience store every morning to visit with patrons and scratch a ticket.

Hillsboro school board tables renewing membership in lawsuit group

A decision to renew membership in Schools for Fair Funding, a group that is suing Kansas about school funding was tabled Monday by USD 410 Board of Education. If the district renews membership, its dues for the 2010-11 school year would be $1,864.

Senior centers receive assistance

Senior Citizens of Marion County Inc. approved two requests June 18 to use taxpayer money for maintenance items. Marion Senior Center received $400 to pay for half of termite control. Goessel Senior Center received $400 to repair a gas leak.

Norma Hannaford

Norma Sigrid Hannaford, 106, of Marion, died July 8 at St. Luke Living Center, Marion. Born April 10, 1904, to Gilbert L. and Mabel (Swisher) McCullough on a farm near Leon, her family moved to El Dorado where she attended school. Eventually the family moved to Marion where she graduated.

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Politics, taxes and the death of reason

We don’t endorse candidates, but we do discuss issues. A big one, circling like a vulture over many races this year, is the notion than any politician who votes to raise taxes somehow breaks faith with the voters. Politicians aren’t to blame for raising taxes amid recession. We voters are.

Nothing random about Norma's thoughts

You think you’re ready for the inevitable but when it happens, sometimes you find you’re not. When word reached the Record Thursday morning that our faithful columnist, Norma Hannaford, had passed away, we were surprised. We knew there would come a time when Norma would die but we weren’t ready yet.

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Hillsboro team to sit out end of season

The Hillsboro Senior Babe Ruth team did not participate in the Babe Ruth district tournament Thursday through Saturday in Lyons and will not play in the state tournament Thursday through Monday. Eight players had scheduling conflicts the weekend of July 15 that whittled the team roster down to eight players, one short of the minimum number of players needed. Head coach Justin Moore was forced to pull the team out of its postseason tournaments.

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