Gas Prices Jump at Casey's

Gas prices jumped today at the Casey's General Store.  Casey's tends to be a good indicator of the current gas pricing around the Hillsboro area, and is usually the last convenience store to go up and the first to go down.  Currently, they're at $3.52 per gal. Unleaded as of 10:00 o'clock this morning.

Community Document Shred at Eagle Bank

For those of you that need to shred all those documents that have been piling up with your personal information on them, October 12th there will be a Community Shred at Eagle Bank & Trust.  Give Donna or Marcia a call for specifics: 636 797-4040.

The Hillsboro Lions Club & Rotary Club Chili Cook Off

Do you make the Best Chili in Hillsboro?

This year's Chili Cook Off sponsored by the Hillsboro Lions Club and Hillsboro Rotary Club will be at the Hillsboro City Park on Saturday September 28th at 10:00 am, and will go until 3:00 pm. For information or to register: call (636) 797-4040 or Mail To: Hillsboro Lions Club  P O Box 795 Hillsboro, MO.  63050.

Entry Fee: $25.00

Don't forget to bring your own crock pot and freshly purchased meat.

Prizes: Best Chili:  1st Place $50.00

                                   2nd Place $25.00

                                   3rd Place $15.00

             Best Chili Name: $25.00

There will be something for everyone, games for the kids, live music and a beer wagon to wash down all that chili.  So, bring the whole family and enjoy a wonderful fall day.  See you at Hillsboro Park.

In the Beginning - There was the Land

One of the first things we need to understand about Hillsboro, MO. is: How did we become Hillsboro?  Where did we come from, what are our roots and why do all these places, we know so well, have these funny names?

This is an excellent article about the "History of Jefferson County" from Mark S. Abeln.  Mark is a photographer among many other things, and was the photographer for the book "Catholic St. Louis: A Pictorial History".  Originally, St. Louis was called the "Rome of the West".

http://goo.gl/hqGqkm

Welcome to Hillsboro Today

Finally, it's here!  A blog about us, all things Hillsboro.  In this blog I will re-introduce you to all the wonderful things Hillsboro, Missouri has to offer not only its local citizens, but Jefferson County, Missourians and visitors from everywhere.  There will be some monthly posts regarding some of our prominent businesses and citizens, I'll try to keep you updated on all the new construction we see all around us and let you in on some local secrets.  So bookmark us and come here often for all things Hillsboro at Hillsboro Today.

Influencing People’s Beliefs About the Malleability of Personal Characteristics Through a Sequence of Four Loaded Multiple-Choice Questions

Coert Visser, 2013

The degree to which people have a growth mindset can have important beneficial consequences for their behavior, performance, and development. A growth mindset can be induced by giving people effort compliments and by training them through brief workshops. This study addresses the question whether specific questions may also be used as a tool to induce a growth mindset. Research has shown that questions loaded with certain implicit presuppositions can cause people to think and act congruently with those presuppositions. A survey containing a sequence of four multiple choice questions did indeed affect people’s mindset. Version 1 of the survey started with four multiple choice questions which implicitly suggest a growth mindset. Version 2 started with four multiple choice questions which subtly implied a fixed mindset. Version 3 contained no loaded questions. Implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are given.

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What Solution-Focused Coaches Do

What Do Solution-Focused Coaches Do? An Empirical Test of an Operationalization of Solution-Focused Coach Behaviors

by Coert Visser

In an attempt to operationalize solution-focused coaching a web-based survey was administered which was filled in by 128 solution-focused coaches. To assess how solution-focused each respondent was, respondents were first asked to mention their number of years of experience with the solution-focused approach, and then how intensively they use the solution-focused approach. Then they were presented with list of 28 descriptions of coach behaviors, 14 of which were intended to describe solution-focused coach behaviors and 14 of which were intended to describe behaviors solution-focused coaches avoid. The question was: How frequently do you, as a coach, behave as follows? All but one of the items intended to describe solution-focused coach behaviors indeed correlated positively with the length of experience and with the intensity of use. All but two of the items intended to describe behaviors solution-focused coaches avoid indeed correlated negatively with the length of experience and with the intensity of use. Both the 14 solution-focused coach behaviors and the 14 non-solution-focused coach behaviors could be used to form reliable measuring scales. Read full article ...