Board chair Lyndon Vix (at podium) addresses the crowd that gathers for the dedication of the Centennial Plaza.
The dedication of a new focal point on campus—Centennial Plaza containing the sculpture, “Called to Serve”—was the highlight of the Tabor College Centennial Homecoming Celebration this past weekend.
“The Centennial Plaza is in a perfect location, where everyone can see and experience the mission of Tabor College,” said President Jules Glanzer. “The ‘Called to Serve’ sculpture is inspiring, contemplative, moving, and one cannot help but be touched by its message.”
If a man is known by the company he keeps, Jules Glanzer’s personal friendship with historian and futurist Leonard Sweet puts the new Tabor College president near the cutting edge of postmodernist Christian thinking in America.
Tabor College, founded in 1908, will kick off its centennial
celebration beginning with the official inauguration of its 13th
president, Jules Glanzer, during a full weekend of activities, May 9
through 11, at the college.
In an effort to jumpstart the summer and get recreation safety fresh in everyone’s mind, Safe Kids Marion County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, and local law enforcement and emergency response agencies have planned a fun day for the whole family during the first day of National Safe Boating Week.
County leaders were waiting for the shock Wednesday, April 30, at the Marion County Commission payday meeting. But there were still whistles across the room when a record road-and-bridge fuels bid came through at a record $51,068 for combined area and transport fuel.