HILLSBORO Star-Journal

HEADLINES

Volunteers make thousands of verenika
When Lois Janzen of Goessel talks about ordering nearly 2,000 pounds of cottage cheese, she’s not plotting to corner the market for herself, It takes that much cottage cheese for Janzen and about 200 other volunteers to make 20,000 verenika, which they did Tuesday at the Marion County Fairgrounds for the Mennonite Relief Sale that begins Friday in Hutchinson.
Write-ins win almost a third of county races
Rarely has a preliminary election vote tally had so many apparent winners with the same name: “Write-in” won 20 of the 70 positions up for grabs in the April 7 election. Monday’s election canvass by the county commission put real names into those winner spots. Write-in winners haven’t yet made official whether they will accept those positions.
School LOB ballots in mail
In the next few days, registered voters of Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh USD 410 should begin receiving ballots for the local option budget mail-in election, which went in the mail today. Voters will decide whether the district will keep the part of the budget generated by local funds at the current 33 percent, or roll it back to 31 percent.
Hillsboro resident is 'the man in the hippie van'
In all likelihood, fewer people know Tanner Lacy than know his van. Its brightly colored exterior, a mural of a scenic landscape, has led some Hillsboro residents to dub it the “hippie van.” “Everybody in town seems to know my van,” Lacy said. “When people ask where I live, I say by the hippie van.”
'Big box store' isn't so big, but its impact could be
Goliath is here, and he’s not so big after all. Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market store in Hillsboro opened for business Wednesday, met with large crowds — some happy to avoid a trip to a McPherson or Newton location, others going, they swear, out of mere curiosity.
USD 410 commits to additional playground funding
Renovations to the Hillsboro Elementary School playground will move forward this summer, even if the district has to put more money toward the project, USD 410 members decided Monday. The board approved bids of $178,630 for construction of the north playground. About $120,000 has been raised for the project, $55,000 of which came from district capital outlay funds.
Accused to foot bill for Marion jail stays
Citizens taken to jail will now pay their own way in Marion, according to a resolution passed by city council Monday. “The purpose of this ordinance is to take everything off the taxpayer that’s paying for the person to be in jail, and putting it back on to that person that’s incarcerated,” Police Chief Tyler Mermis said. Mermis said the resolution was modeled after a similar one in Peabody.

DEATHS

IN MEMORIAM:
Steven Hanschu

DOCKET

OPINION

Lessons from Verenika
I have a new event to add to my list of favorites, but it doesn’t have a name. It involves about 200 volunteers from 15 churches spending a day making about 20,000 verenika for the Mennonite Relief Sale. Learning about it was fascinating, seeing it happen a humbling delight. But it needs a name, something catchy. Verenikafest? That’ll do for this column.

PEOPLE

Alpha Omegas attend state meeting
Seven members of the Alpha Omega chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International attended the state convention Saturday in Wichita. Jeannine Bateman, chapter president; Pauline Holub, treasurer and state scholarship chairman; Helen Reznicek, nominations committee; and Mary Olsen attended from Marion. Mary Regier and Anita Boese of Hillsboro also attended.
NORTHWEST OF DURHAM:
Students scoop ice cream to raise money
'ROUND THE TOWN:
Dinners and social calls

SENIOR LIVING

The Shady Ladies ride again
Delores “Dee” Duggan, ringleader of a group of Red Hat Society defectors that calls itself “The Shady Ladies” cares more about friendship and shared experience than paying membership dues. Duggan and The Shady Ladies once made up a small local chapter in the Red Hat Society, a national social club in which members traditionally met for tea parties donning elaborately decorated red hats, purple attire, and other attention-grabbing accessories.
Board provides social, informational hub
More than anything, Lila Unruh of Durham said, it’s the fellowship in which the value lies. Unruh is the Chairman of Senior Citizens of Marion County, Inc., an organization composed of an amalgam of representatives from various committees and boards. The group meets monthly in different towns around the county and brings the fellowship — and information on resources for seniors — with them.
Hillsboro pool game decades old
On any given afternoon, the crack of pool balls can be heard emanating from the walls of the Hillsboro Senior Center. The noise has been heard there for decades. “I got here in ’86,” Wilbur Hanneman said, “and they were already playing here. I came up from Peabody to deliver Meals on Wheels, and I’d come early and started to play. I don’t know when they started — maybe ’81?”

SPORTS

Goessel track squad takes 3rd at home meet
Goessel High School track placed third of six teams on April 7 at home Central Kansas Track League. Hesston and Peabody who came in first and second respectively. Zach Wiens led the Goessel boys. He took first place in the 110-meter hurdles and fourth place in the 300-meter hurdles.
Goessel golf places 3rd at Hillsboro
Goessel’s team score of 422 earned fourth place among seven golf teams April 7 at Herington. Lawton Makovec earned an eighth place individual medal with a score of 94.
2 Trojans compete at home golf meet
Hillsboro High School golfers Colin Settle and Alex Dalke placed 21 and 33, respectively, out of 48 players Friday at the Hillsboro Invitational golf tournament. Settle shot 51 on his front nine, and came back to shot 52 on the back, to finish with 103 strokes.
Trojans track takes 2nd at Remington
Hillsboro boys’ and girls’ track teams both scored second-place finishes at the Central Kansas Track League meet April 7 at Remington. Without the services of state-qualifier Grant Knoll, who ran instead in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters at the Wichita State Shocker Pre-State Challenge on Thursday, the boys finished just four points behind Remington.
Tennis team plays shorthanded
It was a team of one that served as host to the Hillsboro Invitational tournament on Friday. Dakota Klein was the sole Trojans entry, as his teammates were attending a quadrennial national youth conference.

HILLSBORO Star-Journal

Goliath is here, and he’s not so big after all. Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market store in Hillsboro opened for business Wednesday, met with large crowds — some happy to avoid a trip to a McPherson or Newton location, others going, they swear, out of mere curiosity.

IN MEMORIAM:

NORTHWEST OF DURHAM:

'ROUND THE TOWN:

Goessel High School track placed third of six teams on April 7 at home Central Kansas Track League. Hesston and Peabody who came in first and second respectively. Zach Wiens led the Goessel boys. He took first place in the 110-meter hurdles and fourth place in the 300-meter hurdles.

Goessel’s team score of 422 earned fourth place among seven golf teams April 7 at Herington. Lawton Makovec earned an eighth place individual medal with a score of 94.

Hillsboro High School golfers Colin Settle and Alex Dalke placed 21 and 33, respectively, out of 48 players Friday at the Hillsboro Invitational golf tournament. Settle shot 51 on his front nine, and came back to shot 52 on the back, to finish with 103 strokes.

It was a team of one that served as host to the Hillsboro Invitational tournament on Friday. Dakota Klein was the sole Trojans entry, as his teammates were attending a quadrennial national youth conference.