TOP: Jules Glanzer (right), 13th president of Tabor College, receives
words of wisdom from his predecessor, Larry Nikkel, as well as previous
presidents (left from Nikkel) H. David Brandt and Vernon Janzen.
BOTTOM LEFT: Richard Cantwell conducts the Tabor College
Symphonic. Band at the inauguration
ceremony. BOTTOM RIGHT: Futurist and author Leonard Sweet
delivers the keynote address. In it, Sweet presented Glanzer with a
variety of spiritually symbolic gifts to enlighten his presidential
trek, including a copy of the children’s book, “Dr. Seuss's ABC: An
Amazing Alphabet Book.”
Affirmed by three former presidents and encouraged by a futuristic Christian author, mentor and friend, Jules Glanzer was inaugurated Friday evening as the 13th president of Tabor College.
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.
Last Tuesday’s local election proved to be challenging for incumbents in two key area races.
In the Marion mayor’s race, challenger Mary Olson handily defeated incumbent Martin Tice, 348-172.
In
Hillsboro, challenger Shane Marler defeated incumbent Matt Hiebert,
110-83, in the race for an East Ward seat on the Hillsboro City Council.
In
uncontested races, Hillsboro Mayor Delores Dalke was elected to a 13th
term while Robert Watson was elected to the West Ward city council seat
vacated by Len Coryea.
In the USD 410 school board elections,
uncontested incumbents Debra Geis, Dale Klassen, Mark Rooker and Rod
Koons were reelected to another term in their respective positions.
The Hillsboro Business Development Complex may have a new tenant in the not-too-distant future.
Gordon Mohn, Unified School District 410 superintendent, told the Hillsboro City Council at its March 20 meeting that the district is still interested in leasing about a third of the city-owned building, popularly known as the former AMPI building, as the new home for its transportation and maintenance services and central office.
Elise Heyen, an eighth-grader at Hillsboro Middle School and this year’s Marion County Spelling Bee champion, placed fifth at the state bee Saturday on the campus of Washburn University in Topeka.
Heyen, daughter of Bruce and Janell Heyen, was one of 99 contestants from across the state. The event took nearly 41⁄2 hours to complete.
Heyen is believed to be the first student from Hillsboro to win the Marion County Spelling Bee and go on to compete at the state bee.
A crew from APAC-Kansas attempts to remove a stubborn tree from along the 300 block of South Adams as part of the initial steps in the renovation that began Monday of the 300 and 400 blocks of the street. The affected area runs past the east edge of the Tabor College campus. The street was closed to through traffic from
D Street north to
C Street. The primary purpose of the project is to improve drainage in the area. The work is being done in conjunction with the construction of the new townhouse for Tabor students (in the background of the inset photo). The project is being funded with assistance from the Kansas Department of Transportation loan fund.
Elise Heyen, an eighth-grader at Hillsboro Middle School and this year’s Marion County Spelling Bee champion, placed fifth at the state bee Saturday on the campus of Washburn University in Topeka.
