Return of spring weather brings return of street progress

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:45

 

Workers with Barkley Construction resumed pouring concrete Thursday along Date Street in Hillsboro after weather delays had slowed progress.The street improvement project, which includes Date, Cedar and parts of Birch, is being funded with a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation.

 

 

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Weather slows walking ‘bus’

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:44

Evan Yoder, Hillsboro Elementary School principal, leads the Walking School Bus group Monday morning after crossing Washington Street. It was only the fourth time the Walking School Bus has functioned since spring break because of the cold and wet weather. The adult volunteer in back is Jana Dalke, who drives in from her rural business with her three children to be a leader. More adult volunteers would be welcomed, Yoder says. The trial run for the USD 410 Walking School Bus program has been a bit bumpy so far. But it’s not for lack of student and family interest, nor a dearth of adult volunteers to chaperone the 15-block route.

“The weather has really been a detriment to our bus schedule,” said Evan Yoder, Hillsboro Elementary School principal. “We’ve only been able to run the bus four times due to cold or wet weather.”

The route begins at Trinity Mennonite Church on Elm Street. The students and adults who meet there for a 7 a.m. start, then walk about two blocks to Grand Avenue, then turn east for 10 blocks to Adams.

After a one-block jog south to Adams, the route turns east again on A Street and proceeds about two more blocks to the...

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High school rodeo coming to Canton

Written by Cindy Baldwin Tuesday, 30 April 2013 11:24

Rylin Rouse, a sixth-grader at Canton-Galva Middle School, will be among the several hundred youth expected to compete this weekend in Canton in a sanctioned rodeo for junior high and senior high students. Rouse is entered in barrel racing, pole bending and ribbon roping. The rodeo will be in the Tom Miller Arena at the McPherson County Fairgrounds on the north edge of town. High school rodeo makes its return to the McPherson County Fairgrounds in Canton this weekend.

The rodeo on Saturday and Sunday is expected to bring several hundred participants and their families to the rodeo arena located on the north edge of the community.

The event also will feature a junior high division for students in sixth through eighth grades. The action begins at noon Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. Events will run throughout the afternoon on both days and is open to the public.

According to Trevin Prieb, vice president of the McPher­son County Fair Board, this is the first time in 15 years an event sanctioned by the Kansas High School Rodeo Association sanctioned will be staged at the Canton facility, and the first-ever...

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Yoga-ball experiment aims to test seat of knowledge

Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 23 April 2013 12:34

When class is over, students put their “chairs” on top of their desks, using a paper plate as a holder. Some teachers agonize about students bouncing off the walls at this point in the school year.

But Collette Haslett, fifth-grade teacher at Hillsboro Ele­mentary School, is pleased so far with the way her students are bouncing on their seats.

Last Monday, Haslett launched a trial run to see how her students would respond to sitting at their desks on inflatable yoga balls instead of traditional chairs.

“In the past I had heard of special ed teachers using the balls with students who have trouble sitting still,” Haslett said about the inspiration for her experiment. “It helps students to be able to move just a little bit in the classroom.”

During spring break, Haslett said she read some online articles about teachers bringing...

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