Team of four to provide interim road supervision

Written by Jerry Engler Thursday, 05 July 2007 04:12

Four of the most experienced road and bridge employees were given pay raises during Friday’s payday meeting by the Marion County Board of Commissioners to compensate them for service as an interim advisory group to the commissioners.

The foursome also will act as public liaisons until a new road and bridge director is named to succeed the departing Jim Herzet. In the absence of a director, residents having road issues will need to contact one of the four advisers, Commissioner Dan Holub...

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Day of Dedication and open doors…

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Thursday, 05 July 2007 04:05

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AMPI bids will be refigured

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 26 June 2007 15:32

The Hillsboro City Council agreed at its June 19 meeting that before it takes action on bids to repair fire damage at the former AMPI building, that all bidders are submitting estimates on the same project specs.

Two representatives from Jantz Construction of Tampa, one of the companies that has submitted a bid to repair the city-owned building, asked for clarity at the meeting.

Cameron Reimer and Mark Pankratz said they’ve been seeing widely different estimates reported in the press and...

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Humble harvest-2007 crop appears to match farmers’ low expectations

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 26 June 2007 15:29

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Like most Marion County farmers who started cutting wheat toward the end of last week, Cal Jost was making rapid progress Monday afternoon on this field a mile east of Hillsboro. Modern machines help speed the harvest along, but low bushel yields as the result of hard freezes in late spring has kept yields significantly lower than normal. “I’ve heard from five bushels (per acre) and there might have been some 30-bushel—but 15 to 20 has been...

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Marion hero was nation’s ‘most deserving’ in 1952

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 26 June 2007 15:26

MaxDunnP6212255.JPG Max Dunn of Marion holds a copy of the souvenir program that was issued when his brother Donald and family received their free Farm-In-A-Day near Moses Lake, Wash., in 1952. Donald Dunn was chosen as the most deserving veteran with a farming background by a panel of national ag leaders.
This was the photo of the Dunn family used in the 1952 souvenir program. Pictured with Vernetta and Donald are daughters Deanna and Sally. Vernetta was about nine months...

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