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.
The Hillsboro City Council heard encouraging news at a May 22 special meeting that the cost to repair the fire damage at the city-owned former AMPI building should be considerably less than first projected.
At its previous meeting, the council was informed that National Catastrophe Restoration Inc. of Wichita, which specializes in such projects, had submitted an initial bid of $440,000.
Tina Frick, Hannah Marsh and JuliAnne Chisholm (from left) say their friendship has helped them through the good times and hard times during their athletic careers at HHS. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click image to enlarge
As individuals, they’ve each made an indelible mark on Hillsboro High School athletics over the past four years.
As a unit, though, the impact has been unprecedented.
The cumulative resume of seniors JuliAnne Chisholm, Tina Frick and Hannah Marsh has defined an era of success at HHS that would be hard to match anywhere in the state.
For Chisholm and Frick, two trips to the state volleyball tournament, including a third-place finish this past fall.
The search for a new city administrator for Hillsboro is now completed.
Larry Paine, 60, currently city manager at Concordia, has accepted the invitation of the Hillsboro City Council to fill the void created by the departure of Steve Garrett in late January.
Paine will begin his new assignment July 23.
The Bakersfield, Calif., native said he launched his career in municipal government in 1973 as a budget analyst. Over the years he has worked in various capacities in Tula Vista, Calif., Yuma, Ariz., Tacoma, Wash., Jerome, Idaho, and Cave Creek, Ariz.
A company that specializes in restoring buildings following a fire estimated that the cost to repair damage caused by a fire in late April at the city-owned former AMPI building to be more than $440,000.
At a special meeting May 14, the Hillsboro City Council reviewed an initial estimate from Wichita-based National Catastrophe Resoration Inc. that totaled $440,087.
