Inspired photography

By NEIL O. NELSON

Gail Mooney has a different take on the expansion and remodeling project underway at the Hillsboro Medical Center.

The 16-unit assisted living complex will be opening in a matter of weeks, Aug. 1 to be exact, she understands this.

Construction workers will target the new nursing home next, then the hospital remodeling.

Saving Union Block

By NEIL O. NELSON

Brick by brick.

Bricks that once supported a theater in Fessenden until a collapsing roof claimed the entire structure are re-enforcing the outside back wall on Union Block in Hillsboro.

The re-bricking on Union Block, which was started last week, will resume next week, according to Bruce Person, of the Hillsboro Community Partnership committee. Nelson Masonry, Grand Forks, has been contracted to complete the job.

The gift of the bricks was an unexpected windfall, said Person.

Hillsboro’s friends of downtown learned of the available bricks in Fessenden from Nancy Bollingberg, daughter of Duane and Shirley Nysveen. Bollingberg lives in Fessenden. 

Plans shift in Hwy. 200 work zone

Terry Olson will cut short his 4th of July celebration so he can get a good night’s sleep.

He’s got to be on the job early Saturday morning.

As project manager of the Hwy. 200 reconstruction project for Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Olson is pushing contractors and their crews to get back on schedule.

Construction, which started in mid-May, is about a month behind schedule, Olson estimated. 

Bluesox lose 21-2 lead in 28-25 loss in Legion action

The Central Valley-Hillsboro Bluesox American Legion baseball team lost to Hatton-Northwood last Friday after leading 21-2.
Hatton-Northwood won the seven-inning game played at Reynolds by a 28-25 score.
The CV-H Bluesox scored 13 runs in the bottom of the third inning to grab a seemingly insurmountable 21-2 lead. Hatton-Northwood stormed back, scoring 11 runs in the fourth inning and seven more runs in each of the fifth and seventh innings.
“It was an absolute barnburner between two good baseball teams,” said  Bluesox manager Mark Rerick.
The wild game with H-N capped a week that saw the Sox score 61 runs in three games.
Also last week, the Sox beat Casselton twice and split with Thompson.
Hillsboro’s Jake Olsen went 4-4 in the Hatton-Northwood loss, scoring four runs.
Dusty Brend was 4-6 with five runs-batted-in.
The Sox banged out 27 hits.

Traill Achievement Day next week in Hillsboro

Traill County 4-H Achievement Day Saturday, July 12 in Hillsboro will once again feature the premium sale that attracts impressive bids from businesses and friends of 4-H from all across the county.

The premium sale, the last scheduled event next Saturday, will start at 5 p.m. in the arena located on the grounds of the county highway department in the southwest corner of Hillsboro.

The county Achievement Day is the highlight of the year for youth involved in 4-H, said Ken Nichols, Traill’s extension agent. 

Over the Years • July 4, 2008

60 YEARS AGO
June 18, 1948 — Flower thieves were threatened with “drastic action” by the park board. “Thoughtless youngsters” had been raiding the peony beds in Woodland Park in Hillsboro.
A Norwegian language film, “Vi Vil Leve,” was listed in the week’s schedule at Hillsboro’s Traill Theatre for a two-night run.
Hillsboro was set to host the Rogers Brothers Carnival for three days, featuring the “latest in thrill rides” — the Tilt-a-Wheel.
Joanne Wegge of Bingham Township earned top honors in state exams among 8th graders in Traill County rural schools.

Lloyd “Bill” Griesbach

Lloyd “Bill” Griesbach, 89, Grandin, N.D. died Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Funeral services were Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at Grace Lutheran Church. Burial was in the Hunter Cemetery.
Wildeman Funeral Home of Hillsboro, N.D. was in charge of arrangements.

Donald Hanson

Donald Raymond Hanson, 86, Fargo, formerly of Hillsboro, N.D., died Sunday, June 29, 2008 in Baxter, Minn.
Funeral services were Thursday, July 3 at St. John Lutheran Church, Hillsboro. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Hillsboro.  Wildeman Funeral Home of Hillsboro was in charge of arrangements.