Marion County businesses receive KDOC merit awards.

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 06 June 2007 07:59

FlinthillsJunction.jpg Courtesy photos<p>The Kansas Department of Commerce gave merit awards to six Marion County businesses at its annual Kansas Business Appreciation Month South Central Regional Awards ceremony Friday in Wichita, including Flinthills Junction of Burns (left) and Peabody Market (right), both in the retail category. They were among 270 companies nominated for BAM awards this year.
Forty-eight south central Kansas businesses were recognized Friday for their contributions to their communities and the state economy at the Kansas Department of Commerce’s annual Kansas Business Appreciation Month South Central Regional Awards ceremony in Wichita.

Six businesses from Marion County received merit...

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Business Briefs (Week of June 6)

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 06 June 2007 07:42

AFI names Jayson Hanschu All-American Agent

 

Jayson Hanschu of Hillsboro has been named an All-American Agent by American Family Insurance Co., joining a select group of agents who have distinguished themselves through outstanding sales of AFI products.

Hanschu has been an agent for American Family since 1998.

 Brenda’s Bloomers closes original Marion shop

 

Once again, Brenda’s Bloomers and Gifts has only one location instead of two—owner Brenda McGinness has closed her shop in Marion to focus on the newer Hillsboro shop she just opened in August.

“Both shops were pretty busy, and I just didn’t have enough help to keep me going,” said McGinness, who opened the original Brenda’s Bloomers two summers...

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Students receive scholarships

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 30 May 2007 09:34

AgFutureBeltonP5231893.JPG Click images to enlarge. TOP: Gloria Belton, a senior at Centre High, is the recipient of the 2007 Marion County Agriculture Future of America scholarship. The $3,200 award requires a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 and a willingness to participate in AFA’s leadership conference and a four-year degree in agriculture. Applicants are interviewed and must submit an essay on their personal vision for agriculture. Pictured with Belton are Mike Padgett, representing Central National Bank, and Lyman Adams, representing Cooperative Grain & Supply. Those two businesses, plus Midlands Farm Services of Marion, are co-sponsors of the scholarship along with AFA. Belton also received a $1,500 scholarship donated by...

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Mother-daughter managing team ready to begin new pool season

Written by Andrew Ottoson Wednesday, 23 May 2007 09:04

Summer is just around the corner and the new co-managers at the Hillsboro Family Aquatic Center are gearing up for some fun in the sun.

At the end of April, the city of Hillsboro hired Judy Helmer and Marci Cain as co-managers, succeeding Jodi Stutzman.

The mother-daughter tandem is familiar to many Marion County residents.

Cain teaches at Centre Middle School, but two decades ago, she was a lifeguard at the old Hillsboro pool Helmer managed.

“Swimming pools are in my blood, I guess,” Cain said. “I worked at the Hillsboro pool from the time I was a sophomore in high school until the time I got married. That’s eight years. Then I managed the Marion pool for four years after that.”

“We decided to (take the job)...

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Clipping along

Written by Don Ratzlaff Wednesday, 09 May 2007 07:40

RandyWiensP5031442.JPG Barber Randy Wiens takes some light-hearted guff from Jim Peters, one of his 700 customers, about taking “too much off the top” during a recent haircut appointment. Wiens is celebrating 25 years of service in Hillsboro on Friday and Saturday.Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click image to enlarge. Open house…

To celebrate his quarter-century of cutting hair in HIllsboro, Randy Wiens is planning an open house at Silver Shears during his Friday and Saturday hours. He is offering refreshments, gifts, door prizes and a drawing for $25 in haircuts.

Randy Wiens jokes that he’s still trying to figure out what to do with his life. In the meantime, he’ll keep barbering.

This Saturday, Wiens will be...

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