Birds of a feather: Peg and Jules Glanzer are greeted by the Tabor College Bluejay after their arrival in late January. The official inauguration will be held at 7 p.m. May 9 at the college. Tabor College photo
On his first day as the new president of Tabor College, during an informal get-together with faculty and staff, Jules Glanzer pulled from his pocket a choir director’s pitch pipe and blew a note loudly enough for everyone to hear.
Darrell Driggers (left) and Clint Seibel say the start of Hillsboro Ventures Inc. is an extension of the vision for economic development shared by the founders of its parent organization, Hillsboro Development Corp. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click image to enlarge.
The recent launch of a local initiative in economic development is intended to broaden the vision that was cast some 40 years ago, not replace it.
That’s how the newly appointed executive director and a member of its board of directors characterize Hillsboro Ventures Inc., the new non-profit subsidiary of the for-profit Hillsboro Development Corp.
“Basically, we’re moving on the groundwork that has already been laid,” said Clint Seibel, who began working July 1 as the full-time executive director for both HVI and HDC.
“We want to be very appreciative of people in the past,” he added. “They were visionary beyond their time, and we want to be visionary as well.”
Carol Abrahams has used her gifts for display and marketing to help double sales at the Hillsboro Et Cetera Shop through the first six months of 2007. The store, which uses proceeds to help support the worldwide relief and development efforts of Mennonite Central Committee, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary Saturday with refreshments and a 30 percent discount off store items. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click image to enlarge
On the eve of its 30th anniversary, a Hillsboro business that has done so much good over the years has never done better than it is right now.
Since its founding in July 1977, The Et Cetera Shop has been collecting and reselling used clothing and other items to raise money for Mennonite Central Committee, an international relief and development agency jointly sponsored by various Mennonite denominations across North America.
In recent years, the store’s board of directors, comprised of appointed representatives from six area Mennonite congregations, has added Main Street Ministries in Hillsboro as a recipient of its proceeds to the tune of $2,000 to $2,500 a year.
Four of the most experienced road and bridge employees were given pay raises during Friday’s payday meeting by the Marion County Board of Commissioners to compensate them for service as an interim advisory group to the commissioners.
The foursome also will act as public liaisons until a new road and bridge director is named to succeed the departing Jim Herzet. In the absence of a director, residents having road issues will need to contact one of the four advisers, Commissioner Dan Holub said.
The four are Dennis Maggard, Tom Holub, Bev Cooper and Gary Williams.
AMPI building and new athletic facility on hold for time being
Unified School District 410 approved bids Monday for civil engineering and geotechnical services for two projects authorized in the June bond election.
That vote, which excluded approving those services for the transportation facility and central office at the former AMPI building, came after the board met in executive session with architects Kevin Helmer and David Riffel to discussion property acquisition.
“We need to discuss engineering bids,” Helmer said prior to the executive session. “Otherwise it will slow everything down.”
Civil engineers determine the infrastructure for utilities while geotechnical services include recommendations for building foundations, Helmer said.
The firm Howard & Helmer does not provide those services, but will coordinate the work. The agreement is through USD 410 and must be approved by the board.
