10-week yoga class to begin March 25
Amber Monson, doctor of physical therapy, will host a stress relieving yoga class sponsored by the Hillsboro Recreation Commission starting March 25 at city hall in Hillsboro.
The class will be an hour intermediate mat class with multiple poses offered for beginners as well. A participant must be able to get up off of the floor without assistance and put a majority of body weight through arms.
Benefits of yoga include increased flexibility, core strength and improved balance. Participants are asked to bring their own mat if they have one. Mats can be rented for $1 per class.
The class will meet at 8 p.m. every Wednesday starting March 25. The cost is $5 per session or $40 for the 10-week course for adults and $3 per session for high school and college students.
For more information, contact Monson at amaewiens@gmail.com. Registration forms are available at the city office, or by emailing recreation@cityofhillsboro.net.
Fundraiser slated for Wee Care
Eastmoor United Methodist Church, 105 Eastmoor Drive, is hosting a fundraising event from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14, for Wee Care in Marion County.
A $10 entry fee per family will include activities to include snow creation, bean bag search, paly dough, egg beaters and soap equals bubbles and much more.
A spaghetti supper will also be served with the cost by donation, along with a bake sale of cinnamon rolls and cookies.
ACS Relay for Life meeting March 17
Everyone is welcome to attend the American Cancer Society?s Relay for Life meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 17 in the St. Luke Hospital basement.
Volunteers are still needed to help at various levels.
Health fair set for March 21 at HES
The Marion County Health Fair is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Hillsboro Elementary School, 812 E. A St.
For more information about the event, call Ken Johnson at 620-947-1460; Diedre Serene at 620-382-2550 or Roger Schroeder at 620-382-2177.
Terman to present program on books
The Marion City Library is hosting a book review at 7 p.m. March 17 in the Santa Fe room and featuring Max Terman.
According to information about the program, Terman will talk about his books, ?Hiram?s Honor,? and ?Hiram?s Hope.?
The discussion will focus on how his great uncle lived through the Civil War battles of Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and how he was a prisoner for 17 months at Belle Island and Andersonville.
Everyone is invited.
For more information, call 620-382-2442.
CHS plans benefit golf tournament
Centre High School is sponsoring a benefit golf tournament beginning at 9 a.m. April 25 at Herington Country Club Golf Course.
The event is a four-person scramble with a limit of 22 teams.
Entry fee is $45 per person or $180 per team, and includes lunch and green fees.
For more information or to register, contact Greg Wyatt, coordinating the event, at Centre High School, 2374 310th St., Lost Springs, KS 66859.
The deadline to register is April 22 and make checks payable to Centre High School.
