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Seminary dean named next TC president
Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 24 October 2007 05:38
Tabor College photo. Jules Glanzer, who was named Monday as the next president of Tabor College, spoke at a chapel service Sept. 21. After a seven-month search, Jules Glanzer, current dean of George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Ore., has accepted an invitation from the Board of Directors of Tabor College to lead the college into its second century as president.
He will succeed Larry Nikkel, who is retiring at the end of the calendar year.
Glanzer celebrated...
Tampa woman is state's first senior spelling champ
Written by Malinda Just Wednesday, 17 October 2007 09:28
Kansas senior spelling champion Jane Vajnar: “I guess I probably did it to see if the ol’ brain still worked.” After successfully spelling the word “surreptitious,” Jane Vajnar waited for the next word, which if spelled correctly, would make her the first Kansas Senior Spelling Bee champion.
For the win, Vajnar, a 68-year-old from Tampa, correctly spelled “writhe.”
“I regarded (writhe) as a pretty easy word,” she said. “I was amazed. I thought...
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Fun times with safe times
Written by Don Ratzlaff Wednesday, 17 October 2007 09:15
HES second-graders follow fire-safety protocol during Friday’s presentation: TOP RIGHT: Paige Craney rolls out of her bed as Fire Chief Ben Steketee sounds the fire alarm. BELOW: Amanda Bartel, having touched the hot “door” to the right of the photo, crawls to safety through her bedroom “window.” TOP LEFT: Taylor Giesbrecht receives his reward from Firepup, played by the fire chief’s son, Ben. “Sometimes Firepup scares the younger kids, but there’s always someone...
Marion man taken off transplant list
Written by Jerry Engler Wednesday, 17 October 2007 08:24
Click to buy photo Gerald Kelsey’s heart condition forced him to resign as director of the county’s for road and bridge department 31⁄2 years ago. His progress toward recovery since then has been “amazing,” he says. Gerald Kelsey, 64, Marion, is off the list to receive a heart transplant after more than three years of heart problems, and he’s thankful.
He’s thankful for his faith in God, for family, friends and medical attention. But he is also...
Special Delivery
Written by Don Ratzlaff Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:57
Click to buy photo Taylor Loewen is the only original team member left from January 2006, when the Free Press began door-to-door delivery to both postal routes within Hillsboro. “It’s been fun,” he says. Dependable and durable.
That’s been the track record for most of the people who have served as door-to-door delivers of the Free Press in Hillsboro since the service began in October 2005.
But of the nearly 40 people who have taken on the 10 residential...
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