HILLSBORO Star-Journal

HEADLINES

Planning board OKs wind farm
Marion County Planning Commission voted Monday to recommend approval for a wind farm south of Marion. Rex Savage of Windborne Energy, of rural Florence, has applied for a conditional use permit for a wind farm of up to 79 turbines in an area bounded by 140th and Pawnee roads and U.S. highways 50 and 77.
Water intake free of zebra mussels
Despite murky water, diver Jeff Willard could see Friday that a water intake structure at Marion Reservoir was free of zebra mussels. That is important, because the intake structure is the source of municipal water for Hillsboro, Marion, and Peabody.
Pipeline gives more than $430K to fix road
It was apparent that TransCanada, the company installing an oil pipeline through Marion County, was ready to deal Friday with the county commission to restore county roads. Remington Road, between 290th Road and U.S. 56, was already in disrepair when the project began in May but repeat pipeline truck traffic caused the road to further disintegrate.
City could save nearly $300,000
Hillsboro City Council on Tuesday approved resolutions allowing bond counsel J.T. Klaus to begin work toward refinancing bonds. Refinancing bonds for Hillsboro Family Aquatic Center could save the city about 8 percent of the remaining payments.
County attorney asks for pay increase
County Attorney Susan Robson asked the county commission to consider giving her a raise Friday since she has provided additional counseling this past year. Robson said she was elected to be the county attorney with the primary function of prosecuting cases, but this year in particular, she has worked numerous hours on special assignments from the commission.
Voter turnout is excellent for election
Marion County posted voter turnout that election officials characterized as excellent in Tuesday’s general election. Of 7,658 registered voters, 4,494 actually voted, making voter turnout 58.7 percent.
Farming evolves around Hillsboro family
Farming has changed exponentially since Steve Bartel’s father farmed the family plot in Oklahoma. Bartel challenged his wife Jeannie to drive one of his new tractors that has a computer monitor complete with a global positioning system in the cabin that allows the tractor to steer itself. She could not figure out how to start the complicated machine.

DEATHS

Jona Dyck
Jona H. Dyck, 93, died Oct. 29 at Moundridge Manor in Moundridge. Born Aug. 8, 1917, at Hillsboro, to David H. and Anna (Hoeppner) Dyck, he was a farmer and a minister.
Eli Suderman
Eli J. Suderman, 94, died Nov. 1 at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro. Born Aug. 9, 1916, in rural Hillsboro, to G.W. and Anna (Loewen) Suderman, he was a farmer and stockman.

DOCKET

OPINION

The Free Press does it again
We’re glad that the Hillsboro Free Press, which causes a stink about the matter every few months, finally has admitted to local officials that it cannot legally publish official notices. We assume the Free Press will now be giving a refund to the Burns fire protection district, whose public notice it fraudulently published last summer, and will apologize to other local officials for the consternation it caused a few years ago by creating — then quickly abandoning — a sham publication it contended was qualified to publish official notices. The latest Free Press ploy involving public notices is that it wants to put them on the Internet. It says it wants to do it for free, but like everything else the Free Press folks do, at some point they undoubtedly will come back with their hands out, wanting to charge. Meanwhile, local government is being asked to assume all of the liability for legal challenges that might arise if there’s some difference between a notice the Free Press unofficially publishes and the actual, legal version of the notice published officially in a qualified newspaper.
Hope in the Heartland
I am seeking your vote. It is a vote for truth and freedom. Vote “yes” and keep hope alive. Vote “yes” and keep me alive. I am your local church.

PEOPLE

Paine: Ecuador has different level of poverty
While in Ecuador to visit children he and his wife sponsor, Larry Paine of Hillsboro saw profound, pervasive poverty. “It’s everywhere,” he said. “What is acceptable there is a different level of poor than in the U.S.”
Bowhunter hasn't missed a season in 45 years
“Every year you hunt, you learn something different,” Peabody resident Jerry Foth said Saturday. That means Foth has been learning about bowhunting for 45 years. He started hunting deer with bows and arrows as soon as Kansas made it legal.
CORRESPONDENTS:
Northwest of Durham, 'Round the Town

SPORTS

Trojans lose to Owls
Hillsboro lost to Garden Plain Tuesday night, 41-0, with the Owls scoring all 41 points in the first half. To add injury to defeat, Trojan running back Chance Reece suffered a broken collarbone at the end of the first quarter after a bone-jarring hit.
Trojans blank Marion for playoff ticket
With three out of the last four meetings with the Marion Warriors ending in overtime, Trojan coach Max Heinrichs had a good reason to believe the regular season finale Thursday night would indeed be a showdown — especially with postseason implications on the line. For the first time in four years, the showdown between the Warriors and the Trojans turned out to be a shutout with hosting Hillsboro winning a convincing 22-0 contest.
Trojans lose in pool play to top teams
The Hillsboro High School volleyball team defeated Cherokee Southeast, 25-23 and 25-21, but lost to Effingham-Atchison County, 16-25 and 16-25, and Osage City, 18-25 and 14-25, Friday at the 3A state tournament in Salina. Hillsboro managed to put together an 8-3 lead over Cherokee in the first game with a six-hit serving streak by Allie Faul, including an ace. The opposing Trojans eventually shrunk the Hillsboro lead to 15-13, but the Trojans struck back with a four-serve streak by Danae Bina, and a scoring block and tip by Faul to push the score to 21-15.
Allen finishes 2nd at Wamego
The Hillsboro High School cross-country team finished sixth Saturday at the state meet at Wamego. Joel Allen finished second behind Austin Bogina of Arma-Northeast. Allen ran a time of 16 minutes, 33.48 seconds, about two seconds slower than Bogina.
GOESSEL:
Bluebirds lose to Warriors, GHS wins a game at state tournament, Czarnowsky, Goertzen among top 30 finishers at state

HILLSBORO Star-Journal

Despite murky water, diver Jeff Willard could see Friday that a water intake structure at Marion Reservoir was free of zebra mussels. That is important, because the intake structure is the source of municipal water for Hillsboro, Marion, and Peabody.

Hillsboro City Council on Tuesday approved resolutions allowing bond counsel J.T. Klaus to begin work toward refinancing bonds. Refinancing bonds for Hillsboro Family Aquatic Center could save the city about 8 percent of the remaining payments.

Marion County posted voter turnout that election officials characterized as excellent in Tuesday’s general election. Of 7,658 registered voters, 4,494 actually voted, making voter turnout 58.7 percent.

Jona H. Dyck, 93, died Oct. 29 at Moundridge Manor in Moundridge. Born Aug. 8, 1917, at Hillsboro, to David H. and Anna (Hoeppner) Dyck, he was a farmer and a minister.

Eli J. Suderman, 94, died Nov. 1 at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro. Born Aug. 9, 1916, in rural Hillsboro, to G.W. and Anna (Loewen) Suderman, he was a farmer and stockman.

I am seeking your vote. It is a vote for truth and freedom. Vote “yes” and keep hope alive. Vote “yes” and keep me alive. I am your local church.

While in Ecuador to visit children he and his wife sponsor, Larry Paine of Hillsboro saw profound, pervasive poverty. “It’s everywhere,” he said. “What is acceptable there is a different level of poor than in the U.S.”

“Every year you hunt, you learn something different,” Peabody resident Jerry Foth said Saturday. That means Foth has been learning about bowhunting for 45 years. He started hunting deer with bows and arrows as soon as Kansas made it legal.

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Hillsboro lost to Garden Plain Tuesday night, 41-0, with the Owls scoring all 41 points in the first half. To add injury to defeat, Trojan running back Chance Reece suffered a broken collarbone at the end of the first quarter after a bone-jarring hit.

The Hillsboro High School cross-country team finished sixth Saturday at the state meet at Wamego. Joel Allen finished second behind Austin Bogina of Arma-Northeast. Allen ran a time of 16 minutes, 33.48 seconds, about two seconds slower than Bogina.

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