Due to the overwhelming response to the Tabor College Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies' Mennonite Historical Tour, scheduled for May 25 to June 9 through Poland and Ukraine, a second tour has been scheduled and will be leaving a week later, on June 2, with the identical itinerary.
The Christian Ministry Program of Tabor College School of Adult and Graduate Studies attracted 36 area pastors and church workers from 10 congregations to its inaugural Resource! Conference held April 26 at the First Mennonite Brethren Church in Wichita.
Amber Loewen, Hillsboro High School senior, recently received two significant business-sponsored scholarship awards. In the photo, Loewen is pictured with Angie Huggard (left) and Jennifer Bonham, representing Sunflower Bank, which named Loewen one of three winners of its Community Ambassadors program. Loewen earned the runner-up $500 scholarship for a contemplative essay and completing the program. Dara Strathman, a senior at Canton-Galva High, won the $1,000 first-place scholarship. In addition to the Sunflower award, Loewen was awarded a $1,000 Sam Walton Community Fellow through the Wal-Mart Foundation. Loewen plan to attend Wichita State this fall.
Solomon Loewen (1898-1996), is fondly remembered as “Mr. Biology” and was a major pillar in building Tabor College’s respected science department. Former student and long-time opthamalogist and missionary Herb Friesen tells of the zeal with which students sought to please their revered “Prof. Loewen.” On one occasion, a group diligently searched the water holes and marshes of Marion Reservoir in quest of several giant, green, slimy bullfrogs in hopes they would bear interesting parasites. Back in the lab they were disappointed to find the frogs yielded no such rewards—but they did become a tasty snack when their legs were roasted over Bunsen burners!
The above anecdote was included by Richard Kyle, one of the contributing authors of “Tabor College: A Century of Transformation 1908-2008,” the history of the college commissioned for this year’s centennial celebration. The pre-publication price for the 248-page hardcover book with around 400 photos is $37.50 (tax included) until May 10. After May 10, the price will be $48.39 (tax included) plus $5 for shipping. Call 620-947-3121 ext. 1212 for information or orders.
Jonah Kliewer, chairman of the Hillsboro Tree Board, presents fifth-grader Claire Heyen with a copy of her first-place Arbor Day poster Friday afternoon at the Hillsboro Elementary School. The fifth-grade students created posters to mark Arbor Day in Hillsboro. Holding their runner-up posters are (from left) Tessa Loewen, Emily Jost and Karyn Leihy. Heyen’s original poster was sent on to Topeka to compete in the state poster contest. All of the posters created by the HES students will be on display downtown and at the Hillsboro Library for the next few weeks. Mayor Delores Dalke was on hand at the presentation to describe the official proclamation for Arbor Day in Hillsboro, and Tree Board member Cheryl Bartel distributed homemade “tree” cookies among the students.
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