Finding that “there are no factual issues to be decided and the case is ripe for summary judgment,” District Court Judge Steven Hornbaker ruled Tuesday, Aug. 19, in favor of USD 410 in the lawsuit filed by patron Raymond Brandt.
The decision clears the way for the district and Tabor College to move ahead on constructing and jointly owning a new football and track facility on the private college campus.
Brandt has until Sept. 18 to appeal the decision.
The lawsuit contested an agreement made between the district and Tabor College to be equal owners of a proposed football and track facility. The district and the college would each commit half of the $4.03 million cost of the new facility.
Two areas of Hillsboro where drainage has been an issue in recent months demonstrated why last Wednesday when 5 inches or rain, with a period of hail, fell on the city. The top photo shows the water running off North Adams Street near the Zion Lutheran Cemetery. At right, a river flows off the West Winds development between the American Legion building and residences along Floral Drive near D Street. The left photo shows a piece of hail an inch in diameter that fell on the downtown business district. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press
The northern half of Marion County endured a crushing storm of rain and hail Wednesday, April 23, that led to sand bagging in Durham, a huge set-back to the county’s road program, and a 3.5-foot rise in the level of Marion Reservoir.
Tabor College President Jules Glanzer has appointed a seven-member selection committee to conduct a national search for the college’s next athletics director.
The search committee, to be chaired by Karol Hunt, professor of physical education, is comprised of a cross-section of the Tabor constituency, including current faculty, administrative staff, coaches and former Bluejay athletes.
KWCH Channel 12 will air two bonus three-minute segments about Hillsboro this month.
The additional promotional segments, an addition to the $9,900 advertising package funded by local business and supporters, will feature Hillsboro’s Jim Elliott being interviewed by Amy Jo Wintz, a Channel 12 reporter.
According to the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce, these segments will run during the local CBS Morning News at 9:57 a.m. Saturday, May 3, and Saturday, May 31.
The package on KWCH includes 60 30-second spots on four affiliated stations in Kansas during spring and 60 30-second spots featuring a new commercial in fall.
It also includes the three-minute segment featuring Elliott to be aired during two 30-minute programs called the “Kansas Shopper” on Saturday April 26 and again May 3 at 11 a.m.
Some eight residential property owners expressed impatience with the city of Hillsboro during the April 15 city council meeting regarding longstanding drainage problems in their neighborhoods.
What brought the issue to the council agenda was a request by real estate developer Pat Nuss to relocate a house into the West Winds development located on the city’s west side.
The yellow areas indicate areas included in the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan passed last week by the Hillsboro City Council. Tax incentves on building improvements will last through 2018.
Residential and commercial property owners in a designated area of Hillsboro now have an economic incentive for making building improvements, thanks to the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan approved by the Hillsboro City Council at its April 15 meeting.
