Tabor campus mourns loss of student-athlete

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:47

Brandon Brown The Tabor College football team, student body, faculty, staff, coaches and community are mourning the loss of a teammate, classmate and friend.

Brandon Brown, 26, a junior transfer student from Sacra­mento, Calif., died Saturday evening from injuries suffered in an altercation that occurred during the early hours of Sept. 16 in McPherson.

In a statement from the college late Saturday, President Jules Glanzer said the Tabor community wished to extend sympathies to Brown’s immediate...

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Big fun on Big Truck Night

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:45

Around 106 families, representing 159 adults and 229 children, participated in the ninth annual Big Truck Night Thursday at Hills­boro Elementary School, according to organizers. In the past couple of years, the event has been a joint effort supported by the agencies and services within the Marion County Early Childhood Task Force. Big Truck Night provides a fun family learning environment filled with truck exploration, developmentally appropriate outdoor play experiences, social...

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TC student beaten in McPherson

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 18 September 2012 14:11

Brandon Brown A Tabor College student was on life supports at a Wichita hospital Monday as a result of injuries received in an altercation that occurred sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning in McPherson.

Brandon Brown, 26, a junior from Sacramento, Calif., who transferred to Tabor this fall, was transported to McPherson Hospital, then airlifted to Via Christi-St. Francis in critical condition.

A college spokesperson said Monday that Brown had showed indications of improvement Monday...

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Cool weather credited for larger turnout

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 18 September 2012 14:08

The line for the Hillsboro Lions Club food booth was long. Fair-goers were willing to wait for their tasty funnel cakes and tater twisters. Coming off an unusually hot and dry summer, maybe the dose of cool and damp weather Satur­day helped attract a larger crowd to the 43rd annual Hillsboro Arts & Crafts Fair.

That’s the theory of Police Chief Dan Kinning, who estimated the crowd from 40,000 to 45,000 people judging by the number of cars scrambling for parking spaces around town.

“I didn’t see a lot of people walking around with a lot of stuff,” Kinning said. “But all the parking lots—including the high...

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Big Brothers Big Sisters looks to fundraiser to fill funding gaps

Written by Patty Decker Tuesday, 18 September 2012 14:06

Karen Wheeler of Marion, a board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marion County, was at Art in the Park Saturday promoting the organization’s latest fundraising event. BBBS is selling tickets for a homemade qwing Nov. 27 at this year’s Winter Jam. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marion County continues to raise money for its local program and, at Saturday’s Art in the Park, representatives were letting people know about a handmade quilt drawing.

According to director Jackie Rice, Karen Wheeler, one of the board members, made a quilt for the drawing.

“All of the money raised from the quilt will stay in Marion County to fund the overall program—matching kids with carefully screened volunteer mentors,” Rice said.

The quilt drawing...

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