Marion County residents had a potpourri of Labor Day events to choose from over the weekend. On Sunday, a concert by rising country music star Candy Coburn (left) capped a day of family activities, fireworks and food at the Marion County Fire Chiefs Association fundraiser at Marion County Lake. About 600 people came to the concert, which included a preliminary performance by the band Justus. Ben Steketee, Hillsboro fire chief, said the concerts and the overall event was well received, but did not draw the size of crowd the organization had hoped.
Florence Labor Day Celebration drew people again for its weekend of activities. In the left photo below, the Wichita Caledonian Pipes and Drums Corps marches in the parade on Monday morning before giving an hour-long concert to several hundred listeners gathered across from the stage in front of Cottonwood Valley Bank. In the right photo, Donna McClure of the “Pretty Damn Tasty” barbecue team checks on the brisket cooking in a smoker designed by Burns resident Ron Goodwin during Monday’s competition. The McClures have attended the Florence event every year since its inception, and have been bringing their savory stylings to such gatherings since 1982.
Marion County was represented at the state caucuses for both the Republicans and Democrats last week. Republicans gathered Saturday, four days after the Democratic meeting on Super Tuesday.
The first Republican Party competitive caucus in 20 years drew 20,000 registered voters to polls across the state.
After several months of anticipating action, the Hillsboro City Council finally approved an ordinance at its Feb. 6 special meeting that would assess a fine up to $500 for anyone creating “unnecessary loud noises” within the city limits.
“In addition to the normal things you’d expect from a pastor, I wear a consultation hat, I wear a facilitation hat, I wear a counseling hat. It’s a ministry of reconciliation.”—Orlan Koehn, Trinity Mennonite Church
Over the past 25 years, a trend has been on the rise for churches going through a transitional phase in pastoral leadership, including Hillsboro churches.
A gloved officer holds a coffee filter containing meth collected at the Orcutt residence in Peabody.
A relatively new state law that requires retail outlets to register the identity of people who buy large quantities of over-the-counter medications that can be used to make methamphetamines led to the arrest Thursday night of a husband-wife couple from Peabody.
When you envision the typical consumer who lives within a 15-minute drive of Hillsboro, what image comes to mind?
How about “Mayberry-ville”?
In the words of Gomer Pyle: “Surprise, surprise, surprise!”
At first blush, local leaders got their dander up a bit when they first read the colorful characterizations used by the Buxton Co. to describe some of the dominant segments of the local market.
