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 Marion County Fair Board moved its office Saturday from the Hillsboro Management Board office at 109 S. Main St. to the Marion County Fairgrounds.
The move, credited to cost-cutting, will allow the fair board to put more money back into the fair, and will allow the board to focus 100 percent on the fair, said Chuck McLinden, board president.
Jayson Hanschu (left), HCF board member, congratulates Mike Moran, who received an Impact Fund grant check for the after-school program at Hillsboro Elementary school.
Members of the Hillsboro Community Foundation Board presented checks Friday to the first six recipients of its Impact Fund grants.
A total of $6,000 in earnings were distributed among the successful applicants. HCF completed its fundraising campaign for the Impact Fund Dec. 31. The initial goal of $250,000 was surpassed by about $16,000, including cash and pledges.
Officials for Hillsboro Community Medical Center say they are interested in last month’s decision by the board that oversees St. Luke Hospital in Marion to explore the idea of building a new facility in Marion.
At the same time, they don’t think a decision to proceed with a building project will affect the future of HCMC.
Tyler Palic will celebrate his second "real" birthday on Friday. He was born in 2000.
With two of his brothers’ birthdays falling on Feb. 27 and 28, it would seem that “leapling” Tyler Palic’s Feb. 29 birthday was something of Providence.
Palic, a Marion resident and avid wrestler, will celebrate his second “real” birthday on Friday. He doesn’t like having his birthday once every four years.
Kelli Just, recent Tabor College graduate from Hillsboro, poses with her watercolor titled “One Woman.” Just’s artistic skill garnered first place in a contest sponsored by the Junction City Arts Council. She will be the featured artist at the JCAC Premier Masquerade Ball this Saturday—six days before her wedding. Aleen Ratlzlaff
February is capturing some extraordinary moments in Kelli Just’s life. Besides recently completing her undergraduate degree, Just will be showing her paintings at an inauguratory event in Junction City and then seven days later saying her marriage vows.
Just will the guest of honor Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Junction City
Arts Council’s Premier Masquerade Ball, a fundraiser for scholarships
that promote art in the Junction City area.
“It’s probably overwhelming when I look at all that’s happening,”
she said. “But I work best under pressure. It’s probably a blessing in
disguise.”
