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All tagged Hillsboro Lions Club
The annual event held at Fireman’s Park in Hillsboro, Wisconsin drew crowds last Friday and Saturday despite threatening weather. Saturday’s fourth session was rained out, finding only some pullers completing their runs.
“People in Hillsboro are smarter than people in Chicago. Do you know why?”
Since I had just moved to Hillsboro from Chicago, I took the bait. “No idea,” I said to my new neighbor, “Why are people in Hillsboro smarter than people in Chicago?”
“Because,” he said, “everyone in Hillsboro knows where Chicago is, but no one in Chicago knows where Hillsboro is.”
Originally billed as the Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, the 11th annual H.O.P.E. (Helping Our People Everyday) walk, pulled together the communities of Hillsboro, Yuba, Rockton, Ontario, LaFarge, Kendall, Valley, Wonewoc, Union Center, and Elroy.
