5K run attracting runners, walkers, families, too

By NEIL O. NELSON

One hundred and forty and counting.

Organizers of the Hillsboro 5K Run this weekend are expecting more than the 140 who have pre-registered to participate in the event that starts at 10 a.m. Saturday in Woodland Park.

Proceeds from the 5K run will be given to the Hillsboro Medical Center Foundation.

Dori Baesler and Kim Salander are helping Hillsboro businessman Larry Mueller coordinate the Saturday run-walk. 

Hillsboro in the chase with 4 wins

In arguably the best performance by a Hillsboro football team in the last 10 years, the Burros, with their 40-0 shutout of Wyndmere-Lidgerwood last Friday, made a statement: it will take a good team to beat them from here on out.

The Burros, however, don’t plan on losing.

Upset by Richland three weeks ago, the Burros gained a measure of respectability back with its take-no-prisoners six-touchdown victory over Wyndmere-Lidgerwood, who prior to the game in Hillsboro last week shared the Region 2 lead with Hankinson.

Burros sweep Thompson, 3-0, in volleyball

Following a strong showing at the Ulen-Hitterdal volleyball tournament Saturday, Hillsboro continued its winning ways Tuesday, rolling over Thompson, 3-0, at the Events Center.

The Burros, who play in the Grafton tournament tomorrow (Saturday), entered the weekend sharing the District 3 lead with MayPort-CG and Hatton-Northwood. Coach Billie Jo Haines’ team, 2-1in the district, has won nine matches and lost seven overall. 

Sense of community shared by runners in Hillsboro 5K Run

Run Forrest. Run.

The mythical Forrest Gump is welcomed to run in the Hillsboro 5K Run tomorrow but it’s a good bet he’d be a no-show.

Forrest wasn’t much for marathons anyway, let alone 5-K runs.

He just ran. 

An authority on running…

Neil O. Nelson

claims the sport is alternately easy and hard, good and bad, exciting and boring.
I find nothing about running easy.
My abbreviated attempt at running; let’s be honest here: it’s more like jogging, reduced to a walking jog at times, but my point here is: I have to convince myself that it is ever good.
And, thirdly: it is the most boring of pursuits.
But, I’m giving it a whirl.
More than a whirl, actually. I’m running in the Hillsboro 5K Run tomorrow morning.
Let’s be honest here: I’m participating in the event, along with my two daughters — Tena and Cassie. 

Over the Years

60 YEARS AGO
September 10, 1948 — Sugar beet harvest was expected to begin Monday, September 20 in the Hillsboro area, according to American Crystal Sugar Co. representative R.W. Brandt. Plenty of help was available to harvest about 3,000 acres planted in Traill County, the largest crop ever planted locally. A new loading station had been erected along the Great Northern tracks just south of Hillsboro. Beets harvested locally would be processed in East Grand Forks or at the company’s new Moorhead, Minn. plant. Crop estimates suggested yields of 10 tons per acre, compared to last year’s average of 8.8 tons per acre. 

Irene Wika

Irene Wika, 91, Hillsboro, N.D. died Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at Hillsboro Medical Center Long Term Care Center.
Funeral services were Friday, September 26 at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Casselton. Burial was in West Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Leonard, N.D.
West Funeral Home of Casselton was in charge of arrangements.

Lorraine Johnson

Lorraine B. Johnson, 84, Hillsboro, N.D., died Friday, September 19, 2008 at her home.
Memorial tributes are suggested to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, 14 Pennsylvania Plaza, Suite 1400, New York, NY 10122.
Wildeman Funeral Home of Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements.

SMOOTH SAILING

Hwy. 200, south of the 4-way stop in Hillsboro, opened to traffic Tuesday morning.
The opening of the final stretch of road was heralded by the chimes at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Later in the day, state highway department crews were picking up signs along old 81 from the Mayville interchange north of Hillsboro to the Halstad interchange south of the city. The signs alerted motorists of the construction ahead. Not any more.
It’s smooth sailing through town now . . .
Sidewalks along the east side of Hwy. 200 will be poured Monday. Grass and trees will be planted in the next two weeks.
The $2.9 million project is expected to be completed in two weeks.

Skatepark gets $5,000 from school

By MICHELLE MCLEAN

Hillsboro’s skateboard park was given a financial boost last Thursday when the Hillsboro School Board pledged $5,000 toward the concrete work.

Proposed by the Hillsboro Park Board, the skateboard park will be located south of the elementary school playground on school land. Park board members outlined a $38,576 construction and equipment budget for the project. About $9,400 of the expense covered building the base for the park.