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.
Todd Lehman’s 13-month marathon challenge ended April 16 at the Boston Marathon. Along the way, he has been raising awareness for a prison-visitation ministry. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press
Local youth pastor completes a challenge of body and soul
For more than a year, Hillsboro resident Todd Lehman has been covering a lot of ground in Marion County and around the country.
Lehman is best known locally for his work as youth pastor for First Mennonite and Trinity Mennonite churches.
But the Kidron, Ohio, native has been working on a project of mythic proportions: running a marathon per month for over a year.
The floor plan of Hillsboro Middle School and Hillsboro HIgh School show where the building additions would take place if the district’s bond election is passed. The pink area is the renovated science room and the blue areas indicate the location of the new locker rooms, rest rooms and weight-training area.
The most obvious structural changes proposed by the USD 410 Board of
Education at the high school and middle school campus will enhance the
environment for athletics.<p>This portion of the district’s
$6.625 million total project, estimated to cost just over $2.44
million, will include new dressing rooms, office space for coaches, a
training room and a new weight room for strength
conditioning.<p>But it also has an academic and public-use
dimension that will benefit more than the athletic program, according
to Superintendent Gordon Mohn.<p>
This wheat field, like many in Marion County, depicts the severe impact of this month’s record snow fall and cold temperatures. “Everybody is interested in what happens next,” said Jeff Cady, crop insurance agent and partner in the National Farmers Union agency in Marion. Several state sources have called the crop at least 45 percent gone.
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Flattened and discoloring wheat fields, like this one near Hillsboro, were a common sight around Marion County on Sunday as a late snowstorm hit Marion County on Friday for the second week in a row. The first storm, which was accompanied by three nights of freezing temperatures, was thought to damage a potential bumper crop. Friday’s heavy, wet snow laid many fields flat. Farmers and grain experts are still waiting to see how badly hurt this year’s crop may be.
Hillsboro Elementary School floor plan, with additions
This site plan for Hillsboro Elementary School shows the area for 46 parking spaces to the far left (west) boundary as well as the new parking lot and traffic drop-off loop planned for east of the present building. The existing circle drive will be used for bus drop-off, no private vehicles allowed.
More classroom space, an improved kitchen and dining room, and a safer traffic flow with more parking spaces are the primary objectives for changes planned at Hillsboro Elementary School.
USD 410 Superintendent Gordon Mohn said even though the public hears about declining enrollment, having adequate classroom space promises to be a problem in the near future.
With opening day less than two months away, members of the Hillsboro City Council expressed concern at their April 3 meeting about the tasks that still need to be accomplished in and around the new family aquatic center.<p>In his last meeting as a council member, Len Coryea expressed his disappointment that several maintenance issues were never addressed during the off season.
