A steep decline in a traditional revenue source has prompted the board of the Hills­boro Senior Center to ask the city of Hills­boro to subsidize its operation next year.

But with the city facing some belt-tightening of its own, the prospect of adopting the center’s $28,000 request appears slim, according to the mayor.

“The reason we are asking the city for assistance is that our income is less than our expenses, even though we try to be frugal in our disbursements,” said Kermit Ratzlaff, president of the Senior Center board.

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Marion County Sheriff Lee Becker said Monday—less than a week after a close loss to challenger Rob Craft in the Republi­can primary—he is considering a write-in campaign for the general election in November.

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Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts will be in Hillsboro on Monday Aug. 25 as part of his 105-county listening tour.

Roberts will make his Marion County appearance at the Wohlgemuth Center on the Tabor College campus.

The luncheon meeting, sponsored by the Marion County Republican Committee, will be from noon to 1 p.m., with doors opening at 11:45 a.m.

Tickets for the lunch can be purchased from members of the executive committee: Mel Flaming of Peabody, Rose Davidson of Marion or Clint Seibel of Hillsboro.

Roberts was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 following the retirment of Nancy Kassebaum. He won reelection in 2002 and will face Democrat Jim Slattery in the November general election.

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Several residents from Floral Drive expressed their displeasure at an Aug. 5 public hearing about being included in a proposed benefit district that will pay for improvements that are intended address flooding problems in their neighborhood after heavy rains.

The hearing was part of the agenda for the regular city council meeting.

The flooding problems have been caused by an inadequate drainage plan in the West Winds development that lies to the immediate west of the Floral properties.

The public hearing was to receive comments for one component of the city’s plan to address the problem: to construct curb and guttering, a road base and asphalt top starting at Hickory Street, beginning just south of the intersection with West A Street, and continue along West B Street to Floral.

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