Former Trojan coach headed for national hall

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:27

BeckyCarlsonMug100PB260002.jpg Former Hillsboro High School girls’ basketball coach Becky Carlson will be inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame this summer.

Becky Carlson: “I was pretty humbled by it.”

 

Carlson, who spent the first 21 of her 25 years in high school coaching at HHS, has been at Iola High School the past four seasons.

The induction ceremony will be June 23 during the association’s annual convention in Minnea­polis...

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Cruisers give city early 125th birthday gift

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:25

With its 125th anniversary approaching, the city of Hills­boro received one of its first birthday presents Tuesday, April 21, when the city council accepted a donation from the Route 56 Classic Cruisers for improvements at Memorial Park.

The check for $671.50 from the organization for classic-car enthusiasts is designated to repair and rejuvenate the shelter house on the west side of the park.

Among the repair issues are the wooden planks for seating that are no longer attached to the...

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Advisory group begins task with tour of existing facility

Written by Patty Decker Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:23

JailTour058.jpg Five months after voters rejected a 1-cent sales tax that would have paid for a multi-million dollar jail complex in Marion County, the commissioners came up with a contingency plan—a citizens group to study the issue.

The Marion County Jail Project Advisory Committee met for the first time Thursday at St. Luke Hospital.

Sheriff Rob Craft (center) leads the members of the Jail Project Advisory Committee through the existing Marion County Jail as part of the group’s...

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Volunteers lend a cleaning hand

Written by Patty Decker Tuesday, 21 April 2009 13:17

Cleanup420.jpg Youth group members from Alexanderfeld Church near Hillsboro were among 53 volunteers picking up trash Saturday during the eighth annual Clean-Up Day at Marion Reservoir. “This is a community service opportunity for our youth,” said Bonnie Ensz, one of the group’s coordinators. Tiffany Penner, Heidi Hiebert, Monica Millsap, Melissa Hiebert and Glen Ensz were among the volunteers collecting garbage on the dam. Neal Whitaker, park ranger with Corps of Engineers, said more than 4,290...

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Cities say they acted within state statutes

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 21 April 2009 13:15

City administrators from Hillsboro and Marion expressed confidence Monday that allegations that the two cities violated the Kansas Open Records Act and the Kansas Opens Meeting Act are unfounded.

Jere White, acting as executive director of the Kansas Corn Growers Association, asked Susan Robson, Marion County attorney, to investigate whether the two cities violated the two acts in connection with a joint closed meeting of the two city councils to discuss whether to enter into a lawsuit...

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