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WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED Local Page 3 Students at Plainview High School had the opportunity this semester to gain essential information re- garding finaces Sports Page 6 Lady Pirates track team take second place at the Wisner Invitaional last Thursday. 10 pages Volume 122, Issue 8 PLAINVIEW, NEBRASKA n AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1892 n VOLUME 122, ISSUE 8 75¢ Wednesday May 13, 2015 7 28028 20791 0 5-school survey review special meeting, May 18 Festival time quickly approaching The Plainview TeamMates are concluding their 11th year of mentoring and gathered Thursday to complete a service project. They picked up lit- ter in the Band Shell and Chilver’s Park, followed by a game of kickball in the gym. A hotdog meal was served following the activities. All mentees were presented with a surprise thank you from their men- tors, thanking the students for meeting with them weekly. Fourteen mentees and 18 mentors and board members attended the event. About a month remains before the kick-off of the 2015 Klown Festival in Plainview June 5-7. Two large changes this year will be the absence of the Plainview Volunteer Fire Department’s Bull Riding Classic as the department decided not to host the event this year, and the return of The Rumbles to Plainview, hosted by D&K Lanes on Friday evening. Other changes for this year’s event in- clude a “Woody Look- A-Like Contest” hosted by the Plain- view Historical Society to see what resident can look the most like Woody Grant from the movie “Nebraska” (see posters around town for details); the addi- tion of Lazer Tag on Saturday; and the always popular Fire- man’s Ball on Saturday evening and Chamber barbecue and “Outstanding” awards, as well as the Plainview Klown Band. Starting off on Friday morning, June 5 will be the Historical Museum’s an- tique farm show and open house at the Museum south of downtown Plainview from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday night, starting at 9 p.m., will be a street dance featuring the Rumbles, hosted by D&K Lanes, and jukebox night at Keystone bar. The annual fire- works display will begin a bit after dark, again at the football field. Through Saturday, the majority of the events will be held at the Band Shell Park. Saturday, June 6, begins with the Li- brary Foundation’s 5K (signup at the li- brary), at 8 a.m. Mutton Bustin’ at 10 a.m.; the All- Class Reunion at noon; and a “canteen” at the Historical Museum and tours at the Klown Doll Museum will help fill out the afternoon hours. Starting at 4 p.m. the main Saturday events begin with Inflatables, Lazer Tag, Pony Rides and entertainment at the Band Shell Park. The Klown Festival Committee will again be holding its “Win It In a Minute” contest, along with numerous awards and announcements that evening. At 8 p.m. the Fireman’s Ball kicks off at the American Legion Club and a teen pool party will be held at the local pool from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. On Sunday, June 7 the Plainview Vol- unteer Fire Department will be hosting a pancake feed from 7:30 a.m. to noon; the ninth-annual Show and Shine Car Show will be held on south Maple street, and as a change this year, the Kiddie Pa- rade (themed “Beach Party”) will begin at 1 p.m. downtown, just prior to the Grand Parade at 1:30 p.m. with the theme “Fun in the Sun.” The Sunday activities will wrap up with the tractor pull event, which has been planned for north Plum Street at 3 p.m. this year. Discussion on the local 5-school survey that was completed by the Plainview Board of Education took up a portion of the Board’s regular monthly meeting, the result of which was a special meeting planned for May 20 to review the surveys. Superintendent Richard Alt re- ported to the Board that he had re- ceived around 570 surveys of the 1,400 the Board mailed out on April 23 in response. Alt also said that about 100 surveys had come in after the “deadline,” and that those would not be used in the cumulative results. When asked about the definition of the deadline, Board President Bob Green said that the Board had mailed the surveys out on April 23, and that the deadline had actually been ex- tended (because of the postal slow- down that occurred at about the same time) to Tuesday, May 5. Last week’s article about the dead- line for the surveys was based on Alt’s response that surveys could be post- marked by May 4 or 5 and still be re- ceived, but surveys received after May 5 were not used. Green said at the Board meeting that a deadline had to be set, and none of the other board members said they had issue with the deadline or the 100 surveys not being used. The Board plans to review all the accepted surveys, along with reading aloud the comments that were also submitted at the Monday meeting – about 140 extra comments. The special meeting planned for Monday, May 18 will begin at 7 p.m. in the high school media center and will be open to the public, though it was decided at the Monday meeting that the Board will not be taking ques- tions or comments from anyone in at- tendance. Library Foundation offers tax credit to donors The Plainview Library Founda- tion has released more information about its tax credit award from the Community Development Assis- tance Act it received recently to help with donor funding for the new li- brary project. The Library Foundation has de- cided to award any donor who gives $1,000 to $4,900 a tax credit of 20 percent of their donation. Any donation of $5,000 and up will receive 40 percent of their do- nation in tax credits. For example a donor who give $1,000 will receive $200 in tax credit to be applied to their tax re- turn. All qualifying donors will be sent a form from the Library Foundation to send into the CDAA to receive their 1099NTC to be attached to their tax return. The tax credits are on a first-come basis, but once all $25,000 in tax credits are used up the Library Foun- dation can then reapply for a chance of another CDAA tax credit grant. The deadline for the Plainview All- Class Reunion is quickly approaching with May 25 set as the date for ticket reservations. The 28th annual Plain- view High School All- Class reunion will be held at noon on Sat- urday, June 6 during the Klown Festival being held June 5-7 in Plainview. The event will open at 10 a.m. with a registration table and school tours for alumni to view such updated high- lights as the new flooring in the Pirate Auditorium (formerly Tartan Gym), among other changes to the facility over the last year. Reservation requests should be sent to Diann Frahm at [email protected] or 86419 533 Ave., Plainview, NE 68769. Cooper Knaak, son of Tim and Patty Knaak, and 2015 graduating senior, was recently recognized for high academic achievement, placing his name among some of the state’s and nation’s brightest rising stars. Knaak’s achievements began with a perfect score on his SAT test, scoring a 2,400, and placing him in an elite group of only .03 per- cent of students that took the test in 2013 – Plain- view’s first stu- dent ever to achieve perfect marks on the test. Since that time, he has received no- tification that he was a semi-finalist, and then finalist, and now winner, of the National Merit Scholar award from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The National Merit Scholarship is based off the PSAT test scores taken in October of a student’s junior year, and the top 1 percent of scores in each state go to the semi-finalist competi- tion, which are then narrowed to fi- nalists, a group of 2,500 students. Approximately 1.5 million students are entered into the program each year, 16,000 are part of the semi-fi- nalists grouping and then 8,000 schol- arships go to the top finalists, and only 2,500 of those 8,000 are given the top designation of the National Merit Scholar (about .0016 of the total). In addition to the PSAT score, Knaak was also required to submit an essay, submit an equivalent score on the SAT exam within 12 months of the PSAT, submit transcripts of all four years of high school, submit all AP courses and exams (Knaak has five, and scored perfect on all five), two letters of recommendation and proof of an extra-curricular (he has completed and published “apps” that are available for download. Since that announcement, the Omaha World-Herald recognized Knaak as one of the top nine scholars in Nebraska, and the award, along with the NMSC, even garnered the at- tention of Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts. Ricketts sent Knaak an invitation to attend a recognition ceremony in Omaha or Lincoln on May 21. The Commissioner of Education Matthew Blomstedt and ACT and College Board representatives will also be present. At the ceremony, Knaak will be in- vited to share his college plans and “professional dreams” with the group and will be presented a certificate honoring the achievement. Most recently, Knaak, was featured as part of a series on home-schooled youth in Nebraska and how those numbers are increasing, as published in the Omaha World-Herald and reprinted in the Norfolk Daily News. Knaak has been home-schooled by his parents since the seventh-grade. Knaak receives National Merit Scholar award 28th annual All-Class Reunion set for June 6 Demaris Neff, senior, is shown being honored Thursday evening by the Team- Mates of Plainview organization. She is with her mentor, Ellen Curtiss, who has been matched with Neff since fifth grade. Neff honored by Team- Mates of Plainview Board approves Junior Kindergarten program The Plainview Board of Education approved the re-creation of the jun- ior kindergarten program with a unanimous vote on Monday, May 4 for the 2015-2016 year. The issue had come up again for the Board at the request of one of its members a few months ago, and a few teachers and a parents spoke in favor of returning the program to Plainview’s scheduling at the meet- ing. Current preschool and original junior kindergarten teacher Shirley Bernecker and current kindergarten teacher and future Title I teacher Deb Jensen both spoke in favor of the re- turn of the program. Both said they had the best inter- ests of the kids in mind, and dis- cussing the changes to curriculum and requirements, and social changes affecting kids made the need for the junior kindergarten to help those that needed a bit more time before ap- proaching kindergarten all the more necessary. Comments were made last month, and repeated in a fashion this month, that the State Department has begun special review of the junior kinder- garten programs, especially in Northeast Nebraska, and that Plain- view had come under fire, putting the school’s accreditation at risk, during the last junior kindergarten class, as five year olds are not al- lowed to be in a four year old class- room (those eligible for kindergarten cannot be in preschool.) Currently, there are five students that would be eligible for the junior kindergarten program, and 17 preschoolers already registered for the preschool program. Schools are only allowed 20 students per pre- school class, and the creation of the junior kindergarten program would eventually close preschool accept- ance if that 20 number is reached. There are also 25 kindergarteners registered for the coming year, which is close to needing two teachers and two classes as happened in the 2014- 2015 year. In the end, Board member Vicki Peterson moved to offer the junior kindergarten class for the 2015-2016 year and the motion passed unani- mously. In other business the Board: * Approved the purchase of a 10- passenger van as the minivans are a bit too small and a bus too large to accommodate some events. The cost of around $22,000, with the trade-in of the school’s older, grey minivan was approved unanimously. * Approved adjusting the school’s policy on school-funded support of youth attended state and national conventions to accommodate more events than sports and typical school events, and the amounts for food while on those trips; * Approved the hiring of Toni Are- hart for a lower elementary opening; * Heard that a video recording of the 5-School Committee’s visits to Southern Valley, Centura and Cross County were available for the public. Superintendent Alt was the only member of the Plainview Board to attend. Commencement exercises for eli- gible graduates of Plainview Public Schools have been made for cere- mony to be held on Saturday, May 16 at the Pirate Auditorium. Twenty-nine Plainview Public sen- iors have been slated to cross the stage for graduation rites The class has chosen the red carna- tion tipped in silver as its class flower; black, silver and red as the class col- ors and the song “Don’t Stop Believ- ing” by Journey. The class motto is “Nothing we do changes the past – everything we do changes the future” – Unknown. The Plainview News will again be publishing a special section honoring Plainview graduates, featuring their scholarships, speeches and future plan information on May 20, following graduation. Graduation this Saturday The Plainview Pirate and Lady Pirate track teams took to the field at the Wisner Invitational last Thurs- day, May 7, tying down a very close second-place and a sixth-place over- all. The Lady Pirates posted 91 team points, just behind Allen’s 106 and ahead of Wynot’s 89 to take second- place overall in the team standings. The Pirates had 42.5 points to close in sixth-place behind Wausa’s 101 point lead and Osmond’s 96-point second-place finish. The track team closed its regular season with the Winside meet, preparing for the District track tour- nament in Hartington on May 14 and State Track on Friday, May 22. Individual results at the Winside Invitational included: Lady Pirates 100m dash: 4, Brittany Waldow, 13.7 secs. 400m dash: 6, Rosemary Gubbels, 1:11.1; 8, Brittany Pellatz, 1:13.7; 11: Devon Solomon, 1:20.9 800m run: 2, Karissa Eichberger, 2:27.1 1600m run: 3, Nicole White, 6:09.38; 5, Karissa Eichberger, 6:30.1 3200m run: 1, Nicole White, 13:00.9; 3, Karissa Eichberger, 13:30.4 100m hurdles: 1, Brittany Wal- Lady Pirates take second-place SEE TRACK on Page 6 The Plainview Lady Pirate track team took second place at the Wisner Invitational, the team’s last regular season event before Districts.
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INSIDETHIS WEEK
IndexChurches ...................5
Classifieds.................9Friends & Family .......5For the Record ..........8
• North Central Pub. Power District, meeting notice.• Plainview Board of Education , meeting notice.• Pierce County Ag. Society Board, meeting notice.• Notice of Estates.• Notice of the District Court of Pierce Count.• Plainview Public School Board meeting.
Views
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Jane Jensen reminisces about pastyears enjoying the sights at theShrine Circus.
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Local
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Students at Plainview High Schoolhad the opportunity this semesterto gain essential information re-garding finaces
Sports
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Lady Pirates track team take secondplace at the Wisner Invitaional lastThursday.
10 pagesVolume 122, Issue 8
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5-school survey reviewspecial meeting, May 18
Festivaltime quicklyapproaching The Plainview TeamMates are concluding their 11th year of mentoring
and gathered Thursday to complete a service project. They picked up lit-ter in the Band Shell and Chilver’s Park, followed by a game of kickballin the gym. A hotdog meal was served following the activities.
All mentees were presented with a surprise thank you from their men-tors, thanking the students for meeting with them weekly. Fourteenmentees and 18 mentors and board members attended the event.
About a month remains before thekick-off of the 2015 Klown Festival inPlainview June 5-7.
Two large changes this year will bethe absence of the Plainview VolunteerFire Department’s Bull Riding Classicas the department decided not to host theevent this year, and the return of TheRumbles to Plainview, hosted by D&KLanes on Friday evening.
Other changes for this year’s event in-clude a “Woody Look-A-Like Contest”hosted by the Plain-view Historical Societyto see what resident canlook the most likeWoody Grant from themovie “Nebraska” (seeposters around townfor details); the addi-tion of Lazer Tag onSaturday; and the always popular Fire-man’s Ball on Saturday evening andChamber barbecue and “Outstanding”awards, as well as the Plainview KlownBand.
Starting off on Friday morning, June5 will be the Historical Museum’s an-tique farm show and open house at theMuseum south of downtown Plainviewfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday night, starting at 9 p.m., willbe a street dance featuring the Rumbles,hosted by D&K Lanes, and jukeboxnight at Keystone bar. The annual fire-works display will begin a bit after dark,again at the football field.
Through Saturday, the majority of theevents will be held at the Band ShellPark.
Saturday, June 6, begins with the Li-brary Foundation’s 5K (signup at the li-brary), at 8 a.m.
Mutton Bustin’ at 10 a.m.; the All-Class Reunion at noon; and a “canteen”at the Historical Museum and tours atthe Klown Doll Museum will help fillout the afternoon hours. Starting at 4p.m. the main Saturday events beginwith Inflatables, Lazer Tag, Pony Ridesand entertainment at the Band ShellPark.
The Klown Festival Committee willagain be holding its “Win It In a Minute”contest, along with numerous awardsand announcements that evening.
At 8 p.m. the Fireman’s Ball kicks offat the American Legion Club and a teenpool party will be held at the local poolfrom 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
On Sunday, June 7 the Plainview Vol-unteer Fire Department will be hosting apancake feed from 7:30 a.m. to noon;the ninth-annual Show and Shine CarShow will be held on south Maple street,and as a change this year, the Kiddie Pa-rade (themed “Beach Party”) will beginat 1 p.m. downtown, just prior to theGrand Parade at 1:30 p.m. with thetheme “Fun in the Sun.”
The Sunday activities will wrap upwith the tractor pull event, which hasbeen planned for north Plum Street at 3p.m. this year.
Discussion on the local 5-schoolsurvey that was completed by thePlainview Board of Education took upa portion of the Board’s regularmonthly meeting, the result of whichwas a special meeting planned forMay 20 to review the surveys.
Superintendent Richard Alt re-ported to the Board that he had re-ceived around 570 surveys of the1,400 the Board mailed out on April23 in response. Alt also said that about100 surveys had come in after the“deadline,” and that those would notbe used in the cumulative results.
When asked about the definition ofthe deadline, Board President BobGreen said that the Board had mailedthe surveys out on April 23, and thatthe deadline had actually been ex-tended (because of the postal slow-down that occurred at about the sametime) to Tuesday, May 5.
Last week’s article about the dead-line for the surveys was based on Alt’sresponse that surveys could be post-marked by May 4 or 5 and still be re-ceived, but surveys received afterMay 5 were not used.
Green said at the Board meeting
that a deadline had to be set, and noneof the other board members said theyhad issue with the deadline or the 100surveys not being used.
The Board plans to review all theaccepted surveys, along with readingaloud the comments that were alsosubmitted at the Monday meeting –about 140 extra comments.
The special meeting planned forMonday, May 18 will begin at 7 p.m.in the high school media center andwill be open to the public, though itwas decided at the Monday meetingthat the Board will not be taking ques-tions or comments from anyone in at-tendance.
Library Foundationoffers tax credit to donors
The Plainview Library Founda-tion has released more informationabout its tax credit award from theCommunity Development Assis-tance Act it received recently to helpwith donor funding for the new li-brary project.
The Library Foundation has de-cided to award any donor who gives$1,000 to $4,900 a tax credit of 20percent of their donation.
Any donation of $5,000 and upwill receive 40 percent of their do-nation in tax credits.
For example a donor who give$1,000 will receive $200 in taxcredit to be applied to their tax re-turn.
All qualifying donors will be senta form from the Library Foundationto send into the CDAA to receivetheir 1099NTC to be attached totheir tax return.
The tax credits are on a first-comebasis, but once all $25,000 in taxcredits are used up the Library Foun-dation can then reapply for a chanceof another CDAA tax credit grant.
The deadline for the Plainview All-Class Reunion is quickly approachingwith May 25 set as the date for ticket
reservations.The 28th
annual Plain-view HighSchool All-Class reunionwill be held atnoon on Sat-urday, June 6
during the Klown Festival being held
June 5-7 in Plainview.The event will open at 10 a.m. with
a registration table and school toursfor alumni to view such updated high-lights as the new flooring in the PirateAuditorium (formerly Tartan Gym),among other changes to the facilityover the last year.
Reservation requests should be sentto Diann Frahm [email protected] or 86419 533Ave., Plainview, NE 68769.
Cooper Knaak, son of Tim andPatty Knaak, and 2015 graduatingsenior, was recently recognized forhigh academic achievement, placinghis name among some of the state’sand nation’s brightest rising stars.
Knaak’s achievements began witha perfect score onhis SAT test,scoring a 2,400,and placing himin an elite groupof only .03 per-cent of studentsthat took the testin 2013 – Plain-view’s first stu-dent ever toachieve perfect
marks on the test.Since that time, he has received no-
tification that he was a semi-finalist,and then finalist, and now winner, ofthe National Merit Scholar awardfrom the National Merit ScholarshipCorporation.
The National Merit Scholarship is
based off the PSAT test scores takenin October of a student’s junior year,and the top 1 percent of scores in eachstate go to the semi-finalist competi-tion, which are then narrowed to fi-nalists, a group of 2,500 students.
Approximately 1.5 million studentsare entered into the program eachyear, 16,000 are part of the semi-fi-nalists grouping and then 8,000 schol-arships go to the top finalists, andonly 2,500 of those 8,000 are giventhe top designation of the NationalMerit Scholar (about .0016 of thetotal).
In addition to the PSAT score,Knaak was also required to submit anessay, submit an equivalent score onthe SAT exam within 12 months ofthe PSAT, submit transcripts of allfour years of high school, submit allAP courses and exams (Knaak hasfive, and scored perfect on all five),two letters of recommendation andproof of an extra-curricular (he hascompleted and published “apps” thatare available for download.
Since that announcement, theOmaha World-Herald recognizedKnaak as one of the top nine scholarsin Nebraska, and the award, alongwith the NMSC, even garnered the at-tention of Nebraska Governor PeteRicketts.
Ricketts sent Knaak an invitation toattend a recognition ceremony inOmaha or Lincoln on May 21. TheCommissioner of Education MatthewBlomstedt and ACT and CollegeBoard representatives will also bepresent.
At the ceremony, Knaak will be in-vited to share his college plans and“professional dreams” with the groupand will be presented a certificatehonoring the achievement.
Most recently, Knaak, was featuredas part of a series on home-schooledyouth in Nebraska and how thosenumbers are increasing, as publishedin the Omaha World-Herald andreprinted in the Norfolk Daily News.
Knaak has been home-schooled byhis parents since the seventh-grade.
Knaak receives NationalMerit Scholar award
28th annual All-ClassReunion set for June 6
Demaris Neff, senior, is shown being honored Thursday evening by the Team-Mates of Plainview organization. She is with her mentor, Ellen Curtiss, whohas been matched with Neff since fifth grade.
Neff honored by Team-Mates of Plainview
Board approves JuniorKindergarten program
The Plainview Board of Educationapproved the re-creation of the jun-ior kindergarten program with aunanimous vote on Monday, May 4for the 2015-2016 year.
The issue had come up again forthe Board at the request of one of itsmembers a few months ago, and afew teachers and a parents spoke infavor of returning the program toPlainview’s scheduling at the meet-ing.
Current preschool and originaljunior kindergarten teacher ShirleyBernecker and current kindergartenteacher and future Title I teacher DebJensen both spoke in favor of the re-turn of the program.
Both said they had the best inter-ests of the kids in mind, and dis-cussing the changes to curriculumand requirements, and social changesaffecting kids made the need for thejunior kindergarten to help those thatneeded a bit more time before ap-proaching kindergarten all the morenecessary.
Comments were made last month,and repeated in a fashion this month,that the State Department has begunspecial review of the junior kinder-garten programs, especially inNortheast Nebraska, and that Plain-view had come under fire, puttingthe school’s accreditation at risk,during the last junior kindergartenclass, as five year olds are not al-lowed to be in a four year old class-room (those eligible for kindergartencannot be in preschool.)
Currently, there are five studentsthat would be eligible for the junior
kindergarten program, and 17preschoolers already registered forthe preschool program. Schools areonly allowed 20 students per pre-school class, and the creation of thejunior kindergarten program wouldeventually close preschool accept-ance if that 20 number is reached.
There are also 25 kindergartenersregistered for the coming year, whichis close to needing two teachers andtwo classes as happened in the 2014-2015 year.
In the end, Board member VickiPeterson moved to offer the juniorkindergarten class for the 2015-2016year and the motion passed unani-mously.
In other business the Board:* Approved the purchase of a 10-
passenger van as the minivans are abit too small and a bus too large toaccommodate some events. The costof around $22,000, with the trade-inof the school’s older, grey minivanwas approved unanimously.
* Approved adjusting the school’spolicy on school-funded support ofyouth attended state and nationalconventions to accommodate moreevents than sports and typical schoolevents, and the amounts for foodwhile on those trips;
* Approved the hiring of Toni Are-hart for a lower elementary opening;
* Heard that a video recording ofthe 5-School Committee’s visits toSouthern Valley, Centura and CrossCounty were available for the public.Superintendent Alt was the onlymember of the Plainview Board toattend.
Commencement exercises for eli-gible graduates of Plainview PublicSchools have been made for cere-mony to be held on Saturday, May 16at the Pirate Auditorium.
Twenty-nine Plainview Public sen-iors have been slated to cross thestage for graduation rites
The class has chosen the red carna-tion tipped in silver as its class flower;black, silver and red as the class col-ors and the song “Don’t Stop Believ-ing” by Journey.
The class motto is “Nothing we dochanges the past – everything we dochanges the future” – Unknown.
The Plainview News will again bepublishing a special section honoringPlainview graduates, featuring theirscholarships, speeches and future planinformation on May 20, followinggraduation.
Graduationthis Saturday
The Plainview Pirate and LadyPirate track teams took to the fieldat the Wisner Invitational last Thurs-day, May 7, tying down a very closesecond-place and a sixth-place over-all.
The Lady Pirates posted 91 teampoints, just behind Allen’s 106 andahead of Wynot’s 89 to take second-place overall in the team standings.The Pirates had 42.5 points to closein sixth-place behind Wausa’s 101point lead and Osmond’s 96-point
second-place finish.The track team closed its regular
season with the Winside meet,preparing for the District track tour-nament in Hartington on May 14and State Track on Friday, May 22.
Individual results at the WinsideInvitational included:
Online: www.plvwtelco.net/plvwnewsItems received after 10 a.m. on Tuesdays will be used as time and space permit.
“Unusual Spring For All”“Science”
I had it directed to me a few months back what the definition of “sci-ence” was, and how a yes or no answer to a question was clearly not “sci-entific.”
I was encouraged to take all possible information, compile all possiblesolutions and create a situation that would allow for all those points of viewand comments and opinions to take shape prior to my decision-making.
It’s the “scientific” way of doing things – which, apparently, is the bestway.
For months now we’ve heard that the 5-School Committee needs moretime to compile opinions, attitudes, information and “facts” about thisissue. I’ve been asked to “hold off,” on my questions, chastised for “jump-ing the gun” in my investigation and told that the information I have paidfor with my own funds, researched on my own time and have distinct ev-idence for aren’t worthwhile or appropriate.
Hard to believe the same people are telling me both of these ways of di-recting myself and my actions.
At the Board of Education meeting on Monday evening, I pressed theissue of the Board discounting more than 100 surveys for the lateness oftheir return to the school on the 5-School issue.
Mine was one of the late ones, I admitted it during the meeting.What followed was a brief timeline of the mailing date, expected return
date, ambiguity of “seven days” (business or weekend counting?), the sci-ence of postmarks and other assorted topics, that ended with a “because Isaid so” answer in favor of declining to count and review what amounts tonearly 10 percent of the returned responses (7 percent, actually).
I understand the business of deadlines. I live the business of deadlinesevery week.
I also understand the demand for scientific review, and the need for proofafter proof after proof to prove something.
The survey I conducted here at the News office wasn’t “scientific”enough for the Board, in fact, it received so little regard at the meeting Ipresented it at I was amazed.
The information presented to the public in the taxpayer-funded feasi-bility study, and taxpayer-funded legal opinion and timeline aren’t “scien-tific” enough to provide any real answers to any questions.
And now – the “answer you’ve all been waiting for” – though names andresults weren’t monitored, verified or required with any identifying prop-erties, had a pretty weak timeline that was created and enforced by oneperson, and nearly 1/7th of those won’t even be looked at, as of the Board’sopinion Monday night – is being filtered as well, just apparently througha different “scientific” process.
My own survey be darned – people know my opinion about this topicalready. If it was four or five, I would understand the concept, but we’retalking 100 here.
I really thought the going concern here was to get as much verified pub-lic opinion as possible, to look at the issue from all angles, all perspectivesand then make the most informed decision that one could.
I was really looking forward to that, but, as has become the “normal”with this study and process – the information has to obtain permission froma sole gatekeeper before being used.
Keep in mind – this has just as much likelihood of blowing up in my“anti-merger” face as it does helping my case, those 100 surveys could bethe tipping point to pushing the board to make a decision that I don’t agreewith.
But at least someone might actually be able to say with a straight facethat everything was done in a “scientific” manner.
Don’t get your hopes up folks, it’s already been publicized that this sur-vey has no bearing on any opinions or decisions that might take place. The“amount required” for a decision has always been a question, the end-gamehas always been ambiguous and, as the local TV station reported, there’sno binding piece of information that the Board will receive in these sur-veys.
Or, I could be canned as one of those “always has a problem with every-thing” people - take it as you will.
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By: Michael HoltonCity Administrator
Every spring Plainview comes tolife and the grass begins to grow andeveryone gets ready for the summerseason.
For some people this means moretime camping and heading to theriver. For others it means more timein the gardens and possibly travel-ing. Others start building projects
that they haveheld off or theyare just starting.
Zoning be-comes a big partof this and it al-ways amazed meon what peopledo or what theywould like to do.Zoning is not atool to find out
what can be stopped or not allowedbut rather what can be done right-fully.
Some people disregard this andthat is when problems can occur.
If there are doubts on the zoningregulations or who has authority to
grant permission to build on yourproperty, simply come to the officeto discuss what you are thinking.The majority of the time the projectsare fine and simply need answers tosetbacks or allowances.
Plainview is actually fairly lenientin many regards but you would besurprised to see what has been al-lowed in the past. We have dealtwith chickens, fences, nuisances,grass, trash, dandelions, accessorybuildings, junk cars, etc. These areall issues that can be handled withdiplomacy but sometimes thereneeds to be written reprimands orpenalties to get the point across.
This is not a personal issue butone that is for the good of all. Takefor example the C&D site where thetree and grass dump is located. Bystrict adherence to a permit that thecity is granted through the NebraskaDepartment of Environmental Qual-ity are we allowed to keep this open.
This means only trees and grasscan be discarded there for free. Ifone person violates this, the city hasthe right and the obligation to shut itdown. There are a lot of people who
use this regularly for their lawnbusinesses and their own personallawns who really appreciate havingthis dump site.
They would be the ones whowould suffer the most if the dumparea is shut down or only open withminimal hours. Nobody wants thatto happen but every spring there arepeople who disobey the rules and thecity is stuck cleaning up the mess.
I have spoken with several peoplewho use this site regularly and theywould form a lynch mob if theyknew who was violating the rules.
My advice to everyone who usesthis is that we all need to police thisarea if we want to keep it open andreport any violators to the city if yousee them dumping trash that doesnot belong. Another issue that haspopped up quite a bit is the dande-lions.
There have been a large numberof these pesky little weeds and theyare always a source of consternationto those who keep their lawnssprayed and free of them. The prob-lem with dandelions is that they donot fall under the grass ordinance
and is difficult to control. I have started to send out weed
letters to several people and hope-fully with weather cooperating wecan get our lawns mown and keptup.
With graduation, Memorial Day,Klown Days and summer comingupon us we all need to look in ourown back yards and clean up firstand then worry about others later.
Admittedly, when I taught school,it was a nine-month calendar yearfilled with lots of evening and week-end activity most folks cannot relateto.
At times it was filled with the ques-tion,” Is this what I got a master’s de-gree for?”
Now, back in the work of commu-nity development, I not regard schoolas a full-time, round the clock cause.You may, too, without realizing it.
Consider the following:* No single factor enters more into
a family’s decision to locate in a newcommunity than does the quality of aschool system.
* No single factor determines thesuccess of a community than does theadvancement of a healthy school sys-tem.
* No other social establishment intown does more to influence the pres-ent and future well-being of yourchild/grandchild.
* No single factor contributes moregreatly to the demise of a communitythan the loss of a school.
* No single factor contributes tothe growth of a school than do newhomes and new businesses. Without
them, funding for schools is dimin-ished.
* No single factor decreases thevalue of a school than do abandonedand dilapidated houses – they de-crease property values and effectivelydismantle a school, brick-by-brick.
* No single employer in a smallcommunity employs more individu-als with college, master’s degrees,and doctorates than does the localschool system.
* No single employer in a smallcommunity has employees voluntar-ily returning for continuing educa-tion, often at their own expense, andoften during their time off.
The list goes on and on.At the recent City Council retreat,
it was learned that successful councilsalways ask the question, “How willour decisions affect our school,” be-fore voting on any proposal.
It’s good advice for each of us.Do our words and actions build our
most valuable resource or are we dis-mantling it brick-by-brick.
Study that question hard. Therewill be a test for you each day, year-round.
Gary Van Meter Randolph Economic
Development Coordinator
YOUR VIEWSeeing the ad for the upcoming
Shrine Circus brought back funmemories.
“63rd annual”, well, that remindssome of us how long we’ve beenaround.
A bunch of us kids were roundedup on a Saturday and loaded into asmall livestock truck. This wasabout noon in the summertime sothe sun was high overhead. No tarpto protect us from the sun, no bot-tles of water, nor did our parentsbother with sunscreen. We sat onstraw bales, no seat belts, andshouted out songs to be heard overthe noise of the truck and the wind.
About an hour later we got toSioux City. We jumped down outof the truck onto one of the straw
bales whereupon we were entrustedwith our ticket to get into the cir-cus. We walked and walked andwalked before we sat down to enjoythe acrobats, the elephants, clownsand hear the ringmaster snap hiswhip to announce the next act. Itwas great entertainment.
If we had been good our mothersgave us a quarter or half dollar sowe could get a snow cone or bag ofpopcorn. Cherry snow cones werethe best.
Then back home we went, bump-ing along in the truck, the olderkids still singing about all thosebottles of beer on the wall.
Jane JensenPlainview
YOUR VIEW
Please contact Sen. Deb Fischer(202-224-6551) and Sen. Ben Sasse(202-224-4224) as soon as possibleand insist they vote NO on the TPA(Trade Promotion Authority) billthat would fast-track PresidentObama’s trade authority on theTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),which would, once again, undercutthe sovereignty of our country andput it into the hands of internationaltribunals.
The following is excerpted froman article on FreedomOutpost.com(http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/05/obamas-job-killing-gun-control-ling-illegal-alien-enticing-secret-treaty-could-be-fast-tracked-this-week/)
“In what is reminiscent ofNancy’s Pelosi’s infamous words,“We have to pass the bill so thatyou can find out what is in it,”Obama’s secret Trans-Pacific Part-nership treaty is likely to be fasttracked by the Senate this week.”
“Ed Wood warned of the dangerof this treaty on Sunday, “The Con-gressional Research Service admitsthat if the United States signs on to
an international trade agreement,the implementing legislation of thattrade agreement would supersedeany conflicting federal, state, andlocal laws. When this occurs, do-mestic U.S. workers may be subjectto a sudden change in tariffs, regu-lations, or dispute resolution pro-ceedings, which would now be inthe hands of international tribunalsoutside the U.S.”
“Michael Snyder has been warn-ing since last year of the deindus-trialization and emergence into aone world economy that this treatywill take America into. Snyder hassaid the treaty “would destroy thou-sands of American businesses andmillions of good-paying Americanjobs” and “be the final nail in thecoffin for America’s economic in-frastructure.”
“On Saturday, Mac Slavo also re-ported that the treaty will providefor “unlimited migration fromMexico,” “gun import bans,” and“ammunition bans.”
It’s not that Likens, a freshmanagricultural education major at theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln,doesn’t like school. She loves it; she’sjust excited to start her career.
This summer, Likens and sevenothers will get to broaden their expe-rience through the university’s RuralServiceship Program sponsored bythe Rural Futures Institute.
The Rural Serviceship Program al-lows students to intern in rural townsand work on a project that serves aneed to better the community. Choseninterns go through an intense trainingprocess before moving to the townsfor the summer.
Likens will be interning in O’Neill,somewhere she’s never been before.It’ll also be the farthest away fromhome she’s ever lived.
Upon hearing of her program ac-ceptance, Likens said she was beyondexcited.
“All I knew is I was going to makean impact on a community that wasn’tmy own and I was going to meet a lotof new people,” Likens said.
Students apply by writing essays.Towns apply for the program as well.This year, four rural towns were cho-sen: O’Neill, Cambridge, Stuart andBrownville.
Of the four towns, O’Neill is thelargest with a population of 3,700, ac-cording to 2013 census figures.
Kelsey Anderson, a sophomorecriminology major, applied for theprogram because she wanted to makea difference.
“I really wanted to find somethingthat was really going to help me growas a person,” Anderson said.
Originally from the rural town ofOrd, which previously participated inthe program, Anderson said she washesitant when she was accepted.
She said she had to decide if shewas really going to commit. However,she was persuaded when she heardTom Field, director of the EnglerAgribusiness Entrepreneurship Pro-gram at UNL, speak. Anderson saidField talked about how students cameout of the internship more cultured.
“I thought, ‘this is what I need.’ Iwant to do good and be cultured,” An-
derson said. Anderson, interning in Brownville
this summer, said the project she’ll beworking on is related to historical as-pects of the community. She said itwould aim to bring a tourism feel tothe businesses and preserve the his-tory of the town.
Likens said her project in O’Neillwill be to give high school studentsopportunities for local internshipswith different businesses. She said sheand her fellow O’Neill intern willhave to come up with a pilot programto provide these opportunities in thecommunity.
Hailing from Swanton, a village ofabout 95 people, Likens said she feelscomfortable going into another ruraltown.
“Having grown up rurally, I knowhow friendly people are (in ruraltowns),” Likens said.
Both Likens and Anderson said theserviceship concept is completelynew to them and nerves are setting in.However, they’re looking forward tonetworking opportunities and chancesto grow as a person.
“I’d like to further something intheir community,” Anderson saidabout her hopes for her internship.
Here is a complete list of the sum-mer interns,all from Nebraska, andcorresponding towns where they willserve:
O’Neill—Brianna Meyer of Wol-bach and Kate Likens of Swanton
Cambridge—Tanner Nelson ofBertrand
Stuart—Darcy Arends of Lincolnand Kenzee Kucera of Lawrence
Brownville—Emily Compas ofOmaha and Kelsey Anderson of Ord,now living in Elkhorn.
Local 3The Plainview News
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Thursday, May 14Blood Pressure/Foot Clinic, So-
cial CenterDistrict Track, HartingtonAA meeting, St. Paul’s Catholic
Church basement, 8 p.m.
Friday, May 15Preschool Graduation, Elemen-
tary School, 9:30 a.m.Early Dismissal, 1:50 p.m.
Saturday, May 16Graduation, Tartan Gym, 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 17Sunday Dance (Country Brew),
American Legion, 2 p.m.
Monday, May 18Early Dismissal, 1:50 p.m.District Golf
VFW Post 5330 & Auxiliary,Social Center, 5 p.m.
Zion Priscilla, Church, 7 p.m.Congregational Women’s Fel-
lowship, home of Janice Alexan-der’s, 7:30 p.m.
Pierce County Ag Society,Pierce County Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 19Elementary Awards Program,
Tartan gym, 8:10 a.m.Last day of School, Early Dis-
Thursday, May 21State TrackAA meeting, St. Paul’s Catholic
Church basement, 8 p.m.
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The Norfolk Archery Club willhost a 3-D archery tournament onSaturday and Sunday, May 16 and17.
Registration for both days is 8a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be held at theclub’s outdoor range located southof Norfolk on U.S. Highway 81.Turn west on North Airport Rd, go¼ mile, then turn south at the Nor-folk Archery Club sign and followthe trail.
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Bill to reduce minimumpay for teenagers advancesBy Reece Ristau, Nebraska News Service
LINCOLN—The salaries of mi-nors, children’s behavioral health andthe state budget were among the var-ious subjects of bills advanced to thefloor of the Nebraska Legislature thisweek. The measures that advancedare:
-LB599, introduced by Sen. LauraEbke of Crete would “allow employ-ers to pay workers ages 18 andyounger $8 an hour beginning Jan. 1,2016, for up to 25 percent of theirhours worked.” The reduced mini-mum pay for teenagers would partic-ularly benefit businesses in smallcommunities, advocates said.
-LB240, a bill seeking to extend achildren’s behavioral health screeningand referral pilot program wasamended April 29 to terminate itrather than making it permanent.
-LB243 would create a pilot proj-ect to establish family connections forstate wards. The bill would “create afour-year statewide pilot program toprovide family finding services in twoor more service areas.” The Depart-ment of Health and Human Serviceswould contract with providers to carryout the program and would provideoversight. It was introduced by Sen.Kate Bolz of Lincoln. The departmentalso would be required to establish a
data collection system and contractwith an academic institution to com-plete an independent evaluation of thepilot project’s effectiveness. The billis intended to improve the state’sBridge to Independence Program,aimed at helping foster youth transi-tion to adulthood.
-LB287, introduced by Sen. KenHaar of Malcolm, would beef up statelicensing requirements for sign lan-guage interpreters.
—A tourism bill amendment spon-sored by Sen. Lydia Brasch of Ban-croft would authorize the state’stourism commission to partner withlocal communities to post privately-funded highway markers aimed atpromoting local community attrac-tions. The amendment was approvedon a vote of 31-1.
Bills related to the state’s $8.6 bil-lion budget package also advanced tothe second round of consideration bythe full Legislature on April 30. Thebills include:
-LB658, which would provide the$12,000 annual salaries of Nebraska’s49 state senators. It advanced 33-0.
-LB659, which would fund salariesand benefits for judges and constitu-tional officers. It advanced 38-0.
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Progress made inproperty taxes relief From the LegislatureBy: Senator Kate Sullivan
If there was one topic on the minds(and tongues) of most senators as webegan this session it was “PropertyTaxes.” It has remained a topic of dis-cussion as the session has progressed.At this point I’m pleased to report thatwe are making progress (perhaps notenough for some) in achieving whatmany citizens have wanted: “PropertyTax Relief.”
First though, perhaps it’s importantto frame the situation and concern. Ac-cording to the Tax Foundation, the na-tion’s leading independent tax policyresearch organization, Nebraska ranks39th in property taxes (with 1 being thebest and 50 being the worst) in their2015 Business Tax Climate Indexwhen compared to other states.
Secondly, we all know there havebeen dramatic increases in the value ofagricultural land. Many ag land own-ers have seen double digit increases intheir property taxes.
The third issue is how these valua-tion increases relate to our school fund-ing formula. As the local property tax“resources” have increased for manyrural school districts, the school fund-ing formula responds accordingly. Theconsequence is that almost two thirdsof our rural school districts do not re-ceive any “equalization” aid from thestate. As a result, these rural schooldistricts fund their schools predomi-nantly with local property taxes.
How have we responded to these is-sues and subsequent citizen concerns?
In this column previously, I talkedabout the proposal to drop the percentof ag land value that we tax: goingfrom the current 75 percent to 65 per-
cent and why, in my estimation, thatwas not an appropriate route to go.That bill remains in the Revenue Com-mittee.
However, the Revenue Committeedid advance and the Legislature ispoised to approve LB 259. Introducedby Senator Mike Gloor, the PersonalProperty Tax Relief Act, providessome relief in the form of a propertytax exemption on the first $10,000 ofvaluation of tangible personal propertyin each tax district in which a personalproperty tax return is required to befiled. This will allow Nebraskans tokeep approximately $20 million a yearthat they would have paid in personalproperty taxes.
The state budget bills will soonreach their final stage of debate and,once passed, will be on their way forreview by the Governor. In LB 657,the mainline budget bill, which re-ceived strong support from the body,we will add another $64 million to theProperty Tax Credit Fund. This bringsthe total to $204 million per year.
Finally, in response to concernsabout school funding and because weknow that property taxes and fundingfor education are inextricably linked, Iintroduced LR201. This resolution pro-poses to create the School FinanceModernization Committee made up ofboth the Education and Revenue Com-mittees. The charge of this groupwould be to examine our revenuesources and to what degree of effec-tiveness and efficiency they supporteducation in this state. The proposalhas yet to come to the full Legislaturefor debate, but I remain hopeful that itwill pass and we can continue to workon an issue of great concern to manyNebraskans.
If you have questions about thisnewsletter, please call my legislativeoffice at (402) 471-2631; write to mec/o P.O. Box 94604, Lincoln, NE68509 or email me at:[email protected]. If you write oremail, please include your full nameand mailing address.
STATETALK
Kate Sullivan
The Plainview Library Foundation will be hosting a 5K Fun Run/Walkas part of Plainview’s Klown Festival celebration on Saturday, June 6that 8:00 a.m.
Registration begins at 7:15 am at the shelter near the bandshell. This year we will also have a one mile run for kids ages 6-11, who do
not wish to run the full 5K. Cost will be the same for either race. Strollersare also welcome.
Following the event will be a short race for children five-and-under.The five-and-under race will be free. Call Kelly Lingenfelter at 402-582-4854 with any questions, there is a registration fee to participate.
Foundation to host5K at Klown Festival
Locals help studentswith personal finance
Personal Finance students inRonita Jacobsen’s class at PlainviewHigh School had the opportunity thissemester to gain essential informationregarding banking, budgeting, credit,insurance, identity theft, and housing.
Several speakers and tour opportu-nities were held throughout the pastsemester thanks to businesses and in-dividuals in the surrounding commu-nity.
“I believe these topics are very im-portant for seniors as the knowledgegained will empower them to makewise and informed decisions regard-ing their personal finances as they be-come independent in the next fewmonths,” said Jacobsen.
Plainview’s Midwest Bank andMadison County Bank provided toursand information regarding banking ingeneral along with specifics regardingtheir own depository institutions.
Brian Ickler, Madison CountyBank, spoke to the class on a separateday regarding credit. He focused hispresentation on the “three C’s ofcredit” and the importance of obtain-ing and maintaining good credit.
Leigh Alexander spoke to the classon HUD (The United States Housing
and Urban Development Agency).She focused her presentation on FairHousing and Equal Opportunities.
Wade Pitzer from Pitzer Enter-prises LLC also spoke to the class onrenting. His presentation focusedreading and understanding the rentalapplication and agreement.
The class concluded with a finaltour and presentation from LoisMoser, Town and Country InsuranceAgency, on the topic of insurance.She spoke to the class on the differenttypes of insurance available and thenfocused mainly on auto and home-owner/rental insurance.
“I have learned so much about lifeskills that will be needed after I grad-uate. Mrs. Jacobsen was open to an-swering questions about anything andalso putting things in laymen terms sothat we could understand it better,”said Morgan Hampton.
“Most important thing in life is toread the fine print that you usuallycan’t see,” said McKenzie Brozek.
Students in the class were seniorsJames Burger, Peter Gubbels, HeidiNelson, Natalie Lingenfelter, McKen-zie Brozek, Morgan Hampton, AshleyShaffer, and Damaris Neff.
LYF plans for VBS, BingoZion’s LYF met on Wednesday
evening, May 6. Pastor Jonathan Meraz began with
a discussion based on the Sixth Com-mandment.
Before the meeting began, every-one enjoyed root beer floats.
The youth were then reminded thatVBS will begin soon and anyone in-
terested in helping needs to tell KimZuhlke. The group will meet next onSunday, May 31, at 1:45 p.m. to goand play Bingo at the PlainviewManor.
Summer activities were discussed.It was decided to go fishing in Junewith the date to be set at the group’snext meeting.
Interns prepare forrural Nebraska work
By Annie Bohling, Nebraska News Service
LINCOLN - This week, the Ne-braska Legislature started discussionon some major issues, including aproposal to legalize medical mari-juana and the state budget andinched closer to the end of thisyear’s session.
Sen. Tommy Garrett of Bellevue,who introduced Legislative Bill 643,the Cannabis Compassion and CareAct, got unusually fired up duringthe debate Thursday afternoon.
Opponents of the bill criticizedthe progression of the bill and theamendments that they said havesince changed the original piece oflegislation.
“We were trying to make the billso airtight so no one can abuse it,”Garrett said. “Colleagues, we arguecigar bars and all kinds of things,and I’m not discrediting what wediscuss here, but my God, here’ssomething we can do to help Ne-braskans who are hurting.”
Sen. Matt Williams of Gothen-burg spoke out against the bill, say-ing it would place too muchresponsibility on the Nebraska De-partment of Health and Human Serv-ices. Williams said he opposes itwith some difficulty because he has“huge compassion for those moms,dads and others.”
Sen. Ken Haar of Malcom arguedthat medical marijuana is a better al-ternative to painkillers in manycases, citing the billions in revenuepharmaceutical companies gain frompainkillers and deaths thatpainkillers can lead to.
Others, including Sens. PattyPansing Brooks of Lincoln, ColbyCoash of Lincoln and Dave Bloom-field of Hoskins, had positive thingsto say about the bill, calling medical
marijuana a better alternative thanpainkillers for some patients.
In continuing work on the statebudget, lawmakers approved an in-crease in the property tax credit by$8 million over the next two years.They also approved $7 million tocontinue updating the heating, ven-tilating and air conditioning systemat the Capitol by investing in a geot-hermal plant.
Senators also spent several hourson Thursday debating LB329, theNebraska Agritourism PromotionAct, which would limit certain lia-bility for farm owners who invitepeople onto their property for recre-ational activities. Hayrack rides areone example of an agritourism ac-tivity. Lawmakers gave the bill first-round approval.
“The top industries in Nebraskaare agriculture, manufacturing andtourism,” Coash said. “I’m happy tosee tourism get more attention.”
Senators also discussed proposedamendments to LB330, introducedby Sen. Tyson Larson of O’Neill.
The bill covers several issues re-lating to alcohol laws, includingbanning powered alcohol. Theamendment by Larson would protectstores that are sent samples of pow-ered alcohol without asking forthem, for example, and would notpunish people traveling through thestate with powdered alcohol as itwould local residents.
Other provisions would encourageNebraska farmers to grow barley andhops for local beer producers.
Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omahamanaged to shut down an argumentMonday about how retirement bene-fits for state judges are funded.
The bill, LB468, was introducedby Sen. Jeremy Nordquist of Omaha.He proposed that citizens pay a $6court fee for things like traffic ticket
dismissal classes, which would helpfund judges’ retirement benefits.
Lengthy debate also went toamendments of LB393, the Com-mercial Dog and Cat Act, whichwould require the Nebraska Depart-ment of Agriculture to hire a trainedinspector to visit dog and cat breed-ing facilities and shelters.
Supporters said the bill and thestrict amendments are beneficial inhelping reduce maltreatment of ani-mals in so-called “puppy mills.”
Those opposed to the amendmentssaid they go too far. The proposedlegislation, for example, would re-quire commercial breeders to getmedical care for animals with an“illness.” Larson argued that theword is too encompassing, includingthings like pink eye.
The legislature will pick back upon Tuesday, May 12 at 10 a.m.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015
ServicesFuneral
Helen E. Wachholtz, 93Services for Helen E. Wachholtz, 93, of Pierce will be at 10:30 a.m. Tues-
day at the Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce. The Rev. Gordon Bruce and Vicar Eric Obermann will officiate, and burial
will be in the Prospect View Cemetery in Pierce.Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. on Monday at the Stonacek Memorial Chapel in
Pierce.She died Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at the Golden Living
Center in Hartington.Wachholtz was born March 1, 1922, at rural Winnetoon
to Paul and Mary (Bargstadt) Breyer. She was baptized onMarch 12, 1922, at Bazile Mills. She was confirmed onMarch 21, 1937, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce bythe Rev. M.F. Scheips.
She attended parochial school at Zion Lutheran in Pierceand graduated from Pierce High School. She worked at theBell Aircraft Factory “Rosie The Riveters” in Buffalo,N.Y., during World War II.
On Dec. 29, 1944, she and Fredrick “Fritz” Wachholtz were married by theRev. Scheips at the Zion Lutheran parsonage in Pierce. After the couple mar-ried, they lived in the Pierce area, farming south of Pierce and then moving tofarm in the Foster area from 1951 to 1982.
The couple then moved into Pierce. They were married 62 years.She enjoyed sewing, crossword puzzles, cooking and feeding her family. Shehad resided at the Golden Living Center at Hartington since Oct. 8, 2012. Shewas a member of the Zion Lutheran Church of Pierce.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Mary; husband Fredrick,who died Feb. 17, 2007; son Roger Wachholtz; grandson Brent Wachholtz andsister Norma Prince.
The organist will be Mrs. Dottie Ahlers, with congregational singing of “LiftHigh the Cross,” “Faith of Our Fathers,” “A Mighty Fortress” and “I KnowThat My Redeemer Lives.”
Casket bearers will be Nick Wachholtz, Matt Wachholtz, Brian Wachholtz,Eric Wachholtz, Mark Wachholtz and Triston Wachholtz.
Helen E. Wachholtz is survived by her two sons: Larry and wife, Julie Wach-holtz of Pierce and Keith and wife, Kim Wachholtz of Longmont, Colo.; fivegrandsons and 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Marcy Kieck of GlenwoodSprings, Colo.
Online condolences may be sent to www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.
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Cards will reach Davids at 501 N.5th Street, Plainview, NE, 68769.
Eichberger confirmed inOur Savior’s ceremony
Keaton Paul Eichberger celebratedhis confirmation at Our Savior’sLutheran Church at the Sunday, May3 services.
A celebration dinner followed atEichberger’s home with about 40guests in attendance.
Special guests included PastorDonna Runge; Eichberger’s sponsors,
Mark and Edye Eichberger and Jimand Brenda Walton; his grandparents,Evelyn Eichberger and Richard andCherlyn Hillrichs and lots of familyand friends.
Eichberger is the son of Roger andStephanie Eichberger and brother toKaleb, Karissa and Kaiden, all ofPlainview
YoungThe annual Young Family Reunion
will take place on Saturday, May 23at the Crawford Valley UnitedMethodist Church.
The church is located southwest ofPlainview.
A potluck dinner will be served at12 p.m.
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COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS CHURCH 711 Main Street, Creighton, NE 68729
Pastor Greg Lawhorn – CreightonWednesday, May 13: Bible Study, 7 p.m.Sunday, May 17: Worship, 8 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 – 10:15 a.m.Wednesday, May 20: Bible Study, 7 p.m.
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OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH - ELCA104 North 1st St., PO Box 458, Plainview, NE 68769
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402-329-4200 Keith Rezac, Pastor
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Maybe the Club should haveopened in mid-February when thetemps were in the 60s…as this isbeing written on Monday in mid-af-ternoon it is 46 degrees.
No problem for some as Allan Nor-ris and Ken Stelling just teed off withword that Martin Leiting and KennyWeinrich are on their way to thecourse.
It wasn’t ideal last Thursday, but al-most 20 guys were out for golf andburgers. This week Tom Scranton willbe telling the crew how the sliced rib-eyes should be done over a hot grillfor tasty sandwiches. On the 21st RonPotter is the Chairman for Stag.
And Ladies…don’t forget thatmorning (the 21st) is the organizingday for your Thursday League.
A two-man scramble will be heldon June 7, the Sunday of Klown Daysand the Alumni weekend. Registrationis now open so grab your favoritepartner, or get lined up with one of theout-of-town Alumni who would prob-ably appreciate a chance to play theirold course.
There were some comments duringthe week that some players did not seeanything wrong with hitting a Driveron Hole 9 as reported for MacGre-gor’s Ace. They had to be reading be-tween the lines as it was stated the useof a driver could be seen as excellentclub control. There is simply no wayto be demeaning of a perfect shot.
For Amateurs, the odds are one in12,500 of having an Ace, so Steve’sshot was pretty good. And to use an-other statistic that the average dis-tance for Amateurs to drive the ball is205 yards, so if some players hitdrives 255 yards, some players hitdrives 155 yards to make the numbersto prove themselves and everyoneshould be happy.
Well, not necessarily everyone, butmaybe the short hitters would like tobang it out there to 260 once andawhile.
It’s going to warm up again, socome out and enjoy!
The Plainview Junior High Pirateand Lady Pirate track teams competedin the Creighton Triangular againstCreighton and Randolph, with the Pi-rates taking second and the Lady Pi-rates taking first.
The Pirates took second with ascore of 83, trailing Creighton’s 110.Randolph took third with a score of38.
The Lady Pirates took first with ascore of 109. Creighton came in sec-ond with a 73, and Randolph came inthird with a 47.
The Pirate and Lady Pirates’ finalmeet the Plainview Junior High TrackInvite in Plainview on Tuesday, May12.
Individual results from the PierceInvite included (event: place, name,time/mark).
The Plainview boys’ golf team fin-ished their regular season when theytraveled to Stanton for the Stanton In-vitational.
In a field of 15 teams, the Piratesfinished seventh with a score of 381.Stanton won with 338 and GuardianAngels Central Catholic was secondat 344.
According to Coach Larry Knaak,Colin Wright “continued his excellentplay” as he finished second behindBrook Klinetobe of Stanton with a 78.
“Poor club selection on the ninthhole in the first round led Wright to a42,” said Coach Knaak.
Wright was able to off-set a bogieon the back nine with a birdie and fin-ished even par.
Turner Dahl “played the par threesone over par and with only one triple”to shoot the best round of his with tworounds of 47. Tyler Masat shot at dou-ble bogie or lower to score 50 in thefirst round and 47 in the second.
“Tyler Masat was unable to keephis drives in the fairway and had tochip out to the fairway on his secondshot on several holes,” said CoachKnaak.
Klay Cash “was able to calm hisnerves after the first few holes” andshot a 56 in both of his rounds.
“On his back nine, Cash had onlytwo poor holes,” said Coach Knaak.
This was Cash’s first varsity tour-nament.
Brandon Pellatz had his scores of59-65 not used in the team scoring.
“This was Pellatz second time invarsity action as he has improvedenough this season to earn thechance,” said Coach Knaak.
Next action for the team will beDistricts at the Norfolk Country Clubon Monday, May 18.
“This is one of the tougher districtsin the state, so the Pirates will have anuphill battle to qualify for a return tripto state,” said Coach Knaak.
Golf team ends regularseason at Stanton
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FCCLA hosted their Family NightAwards Recognition/Officer Installa-tion at the High School Media Centeron May 4, 2015.
The evening began with a dessertreception and President Ashley Shaf-fer giving the welcome. Shaffer pro-ceeded with the opening ceremonyfollowed with the Year in Review byNatalie Lingenfelter.
Heidi Nelson shared informationabout the District Leadership Con-ference and recognized Cassie Moselwho participated in the Creed Speak-ing Contest. Chance Jacobsen andTommy Morrow explained Clustersand described sessions that were at-tended. Ashlynn Ickler and Jessica
Stark gave a presentation on the PeerEducation Conference.
Caiti Ziegenbein presented STEPOne Certificates to Tommy Morrowand Andrew Nelson. Students com-peting in STAR events received theirDistrict STAR Competition Certifi-cates by Heidi Nelson. Those re-ceiving certificates Ashley Shaffer,Natalie Lingenfelter, Chance Jacob-sen, and Autumn Ickler and SarahWatson.
Ashley Shaffer and Autumn Icklerwere presented their State STARCertificates. While at state competi-tion, Shaffer received third place inJob Interview and Ickler receivedfourth place in Chapter Service Dis-play. Ashley Shaffer and Jadin Doerrpresented information about the State
Leadership Conference and sessionsattended.
Seniors Ashley Shaffer, Heidi Nel-son, and Natalie Lingenfelter re-ceived the FCCLA GraduationHonor Cord.
In order to receive the cord, theyneeded to complete all five Power ofOne Units, compete in at least 2STAR events, and be active in 80percent of the chapter activitiesthrough all years of involvement.Shaffer, Nelson, and Lingenfelteralso received a plaque for complet-ing all five modules of the Power ofOne Program in addition to receivingtheir chapter, state and national cer-tificates of recognition. They will berecognized in July at the NationalFCCLA Conference held in Wash-
ington D.C. Other members receiv-ing recognition for completingPower of One
Modules were “A Better You” Au-tumn Ickler and Chance Jacobsen;“Working on Working” Jadin Doerr,Cassie Mosel, Tommy Morrow, Na-talie Lingenfelter, and Ashley Shaf-fer; “Speak Out for FCCLA” NatalieLingenfelter and Heidi Nelson;and “Take the Lead” Autumn Ickler.
Adviser Ronita Jacobsen and Of-ficer Autumn Ickler presented Out-standing Member Awards.
Members meeting the criteria for“Outstanding Member of the Year”were: seniors Ashley Shaffer, HeidiNelson, and Natalie Lingenfelter;sophomore Autumn Ickler; andeighth-grader Chance Jacobsen.
Members meeting the require-ments to attend Summer Incentiveand received certificates were: sen-iors Ashley Shaffer, Heidi Nelson,Natalie Lingenfelter; junior CaitiZiegenbein; sophomore Autumn Ick-ler and Jadin Doerr, freshmanTommy Morrow; eighth-gradersChance Jacobsen and Jessica Stark,and seventh-grader Ashlynn Ickler.
Ashley Shaffer installed the 2015-2016 officers: President-CaitiZiegenbein, Vice-President- AutumnIckler, Secretary-Treasurer-AshlynnIckler, Historian-Jadin Doerr, Dis-trict Officer-Jadin Doerr, and Na-tional Programs-Chance Jacobsen.
The program concluded with aslideshow of the year’s events madeby Ashley Shaffer.
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Artwork displayed during variety show...Artwork from Plainview Schools’ youth has been on display this past week in the atrium by the Superintendent’s office at the school. Various pieces across a large selection of mediums showed off the talentof the Plainview artists in the art classes and photoshop class at Plainview High.
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Public Notices
District CourtKaren Amend, Curt and Theresa
Asmus, Francis K. Bermel, Conradand Sonia Frevert, Farmers NationalCo., Scott and Kerry Frevert, DanGansebom, John and Karen Gubbels,James and Diane Herian, Alan andDianne Hetrick, Joshua Jorgensen,Tim Koepke, Larry and Barb Korth,Paul Leiting, Arnold Lienemann,Dave Lienemann, Timothy Liene-mann, Charles and Julie Meirose, Ar-land and Deloris Mozer, Mike Moser,Curtis Raabe, Terry Raabe, TomRaabe, Myron Strathman, Jeff Thies,Stephen and Deloris Wagner, Warrenand Corlynn Wilbeck, Kenny andDana Wortmann, Rober and DebWoslager, and Byron and ShannonWragge, v Douglas V. Albers, De-claratory Judgment, dismissed.
County CourtAugustin M. Delgado, Wake-
field—Ct.I. DUS, dismissed(Changed to no operator’s license),$91.50; Ct.II. No child restraint, dis-missed.
Jason Ehrenberg, Plainview—Novalid registration on vehicle, no brakelights/turn signals, $98.00.
Galen L. Thompson, Norfolk—Vi-olate load contents requirements,$148.00.
Hilario Padilla-Moreno, OverlandPark, KS—No park entry permit,$73.00.
Israel Olivares, Norfolk—No parkentry permit, $73.00.
Jessica M. Cummins, Norfolk—Speeding, $73.00.
Luis G. Quintero, Centennial,CO—Speeding, $123.00.
Keith T. Raysby, Norfolk—Speed-ing, $123.00.
Taylor W. Vogt, Creighton—Speeding, $173.00.
Marriage LicensesJordan Andrew Koehler, Pierce,
and Ashley Marie Gillilan, Osmond.Matthew J. Sackville, Pierce, and
Camille R. Vanmeveren, Pierce.Chad E. Kokesh, Sioux Falls, SD,
and Joelle H. Holmes, Sioux Falls,SD.
Real Estate TransfersCarol E. Sokol and husband; Joyce
M. Andersen and husband; Patricia A.Schwartz and husband to Barbara K.Douglass, S½ of Lots 3 and 4, Block19, Original Town of Pierce.
Dale J. Drahota and wife to KeithL. Petersen and wife, tract of land inE½NE¼, 24-25-2, less two tracts ofland.
Esperanza Asset Investment Groupto Maria Asuncion Vrzal and/or Lour-des M. Montoya-Murphy, as Trusteesof the Maria Asuncion Vrzal Revoca-ble Trust, NE¼, 17-28-4, less a par-cel of land,
Patricia A. Lake, Trustee of theConnie J. Hilpipre Living Trust toKyle J. Hilpipre, Lot 13, Block 1, En-gler’s Addition to Plainview.
Third Day, LLC to Binger Farms,Inc. NW¼, 15-28-4.
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETINGNorth Central Public Power DistrictCreighton, Nebraska
Notice is hereby given that the regularmeeting of the North Central Public PowerDistrict board of directors will be held onMay 21, 2015 at 6:30 P.M. at the Districtoffice, Creighton, NE which the meetingwill be open to the public. The currentagenda for the meeting, including a pub-lic comment period, shall be readily avail-able for public inspection at the office ofthe District, during normal business hours.Persons who wish to participate in thepublic comment period of the meetingshall be required to sign up on the list pro-vided at the District office board room nolater than ten (10) minutes before themeeting is scheduled to begin by provid-ing their name and address and indicat-ing the topic about which they wish tospeak.Gregory W. WalmerBoard Secretary1tb
NOTICE OF MEETINGBoard of EducationDistrict 5, Plainview
Notice is hereby given that a specialmeeting of the Board of Education of Dis-trict 5, Plainview,
Nebraska will be held in the HighSchool Media Center on Monday, May 18,2015 at 6:00 p.m., which meeting will beopen to the public. The purpose of themeeting is to provide the Board an oppor-tunity to review the data from the 5-SchoolSurvey and to read comments that werepart of that survey.
An agenda for such meeting will beavailable for public inspection on Thurs-day, May 14, 2015 at the office of theschool superintendent; however, theBoard, upon convening, shall have theright to modify the agenda.VICKI PETERSON, Secretary1tb
NOTICE OF MEETINGA meeting of the Pierce County Agri-
cultural Society Board of Directors will beheld on Monday, May 18, 2015 at thePierce County Pavilion on the Fair-grounds in Pierce at 7:30 p.m. An agendafor such meeting, kept continuously cur-rent, is available at the Pierce TelephoneOffice. The meeting will be open to thepublic.KAREN FOSTER, Secretary 1tb
NOTICEIN THE COUNTY COURT OF PIERCECOUNTY, NEBRASKAEstate of Fayetta Miller, DeceasedEstate No. PR15-8
Notice is hereby given that a final ac-count and report of administration and aPetition for complete settlement, probateof Will, determination of heirs, and deter-mination of inheritance tax have been filedand are set for hearing in the CountyCourt of Pierce County, Nebraska, locatedat 111 W. Court St., Rm. 11, Pierce, NE68767, June 10, 2015 at or after one p.m.Arla Petersen1302 Sheridan DriveNorfolk, NE 68701Tel: (402) 316-9902Personal Representative/PetitionerAlvetta Rafert86552 539 Ave.Plainview, NE 68769Tel: (402) 582-4402Personal Representative/PetitionerBruce D. Curtiss
Bar I.D. #15041CURTISS LAW OFFICE, P.C., L.L.O.317 West Locust Plainview, NE 68769Tel: (402) 582-3838Fax: (402) 582-3938E-Mail: [email protected], 20, 27
NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PIERCECOUNTY, NEBRASKA
The City of Plainview, A Municipal Cor-poration, Plaintiff, vs.
Delores M. Sheppard, a/k/a Delores M.Wade and also any and all persons hav-ing or claiming any interest in and to LotThree (3), Block One (1), Seabury’s Addi-tion to the City of Plainview, PierceCounty, Nebraska, real names unknown,Bank of New York, Robert W. Nelson andLinda L. Nelson, Pierce County and DaveFriedrich, Defendants.
CASE No. CI 14-68Take notice that you have been sued
by plaintiff in the above entitled court andaction for: 1) Foreclosure of Special As-sessment Lien by the City of Plainview inthe sum of $2,808.00 subject only to lienpriorities for real estate taxes, as set bythe Court; and 2) to Quiet Title in thePlaintiff, superior to any claim of title byany and all persons having or claimingany interest in and to the subject property;the following described property has beenattached in said action, to wit: Lot Three(3), Block One (1), Seabury’s Addition tothe City of Plainview, Pierce, County, Ne-braska; that unless you answer or pleadto the petition of plaintiff filed herein insaid action on or before the 29th day ofJune, 2015, judgment will be renderedagainst you for: the foreclosure of saidlien and sale of the property proceeds ap-plied to established lien priorities, and/orQuieting Title in Plaintiff as Owner in FeeSimple.THE CITY OF PLAINVIEWBY: BRUCE D. CURTISSCity AttorneyCURTISS LAW OFFICE, P.C., L.L.O.317 West LocustPlainview, NE 68769Tel: (402) 582-3838M13, 20, 27
NOTICEIN THE COUNTY COURT OF PIERCECOUNTY, NEBRASKAEstate of Dorothy Porter, DeceasedEstate No. PR13-32
Notice is hereby given that a final ac-count and report of administration and aPetition for complete settlement, probateof Will, determination of heirs, and deter-mination of inheritance tax have been filedand are set for hearing in the CountyCourt of Pierce County, Nebraska, locatedat 111 W. Court St., Rm. 11, Pierce, NE68767, on May 20, at or after one p.m.Richard PorterP.O. Box 213Creighton, NE 68729Tel: (402) 358-3788Personal Representative/PetitionerBruce D. Curtiss (Bar I.D. #15041)CURTISS LAW OFFICE, P.C., L.L.O.317 West LocustPlainview, NE 68769Tel: (402) 582-3838Fax: (402) 582-3938E-mail: [email protected] Representative/PetitionerA29, M7, M14
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Board of EducationPlainview Public Schools Board ofEducation MeetingMonday, May 11, 2015
The regular monthly meeting of theBoard of Education of District 5 of Plain-view, NE, was called to order at 5:30 p.m.in the secondary media center by BobGreen, president. Roll call was answeredby Green, Mike Sauser, Vicki Peterson,Jason Ashburn and Mike Scott. SteveMosel was absent. Also present were Su-perintendent Richard Alt, Principal PattyNovicki, Activities Director Cory Friedrichand Imogene Wacker, recording secretary.The rules for open meetings were postedat the back of the room. Steve Mosel ar-rived at 5:32 p.m.
Consent items included the minutes ofthe April 13, 2015 regular meeting, the fi-nancial reports, the May claims and ap-proval of the agenda. The financial report(with last month’s figures in parentheses)showed a balance of $462,236.60(691,453.30) in the General Fund. CDstotal $1,000,000.00 (1,000,000.00), Spe-cial Building Fund $484,653.00(481,084.35), Petty Cash $887.93(1,613.37), Activity Account $11,262.15(33,955.76), Lunch Account $19,993.44(21,383.00) Employee Benefit Fund$51,095.89 (51,789.78), DepreciationFund $462,534.75 (462,496.74), PayrollAccount $1,060.85 (1,052.52), Custo-dial/Section 125 Account $11,843.10(13,164.16). Total assets were$2,422,709.85 compared to$2,623,407.73 a month ago and$2,132,941.82 a year ago. April receiptstotaled $204,726.82. That compares to$285,469.25 in March. Disbursements to-taled $433,943.52 including $134,585.25for claims and $299,358.27 for payroll.Building Fund receipts totaled $3,568.65.There were no Building Fund expendi-tures.
353.39Fund Number 01: 82,857.86Checking Account ID 1: 82,857.86Grant Total: 82,857.86Claims to the General Fund totaled
$82,857.86. There were no claims to theBuilding Fund. Sauser moved, Petersonseconded, to approve the consent items.Upon roll call vote, the ayes were unani-mous. Motion carried.
Chairman Green read a statement, set-ting the parameters on what is allowed inthe public comment period and also re-minding those involved of a five-minutetime limit. Shirley Bernecker, Kelly Mauerand Deb Jensen spoke in favor of a juniorkindergarten program.
Board Policy 602.01 (School Calendar)was reviewed. No changes were sug-gested for this policy.
Related Board Policies 603.01 (Cur-riculum Development), 603.02 (Curricu-lum Adoption), and 603.04 (CurriculumEvaluation) were reviewed. No changeswere suggested for these policies.
Board Policy 508.14 (Automated Ex-ternal Defibrillator) was reviewed at theApril board meeting. Changes were madeto bring the policy up to date since auto-mated external defibrillators are now avail-able in both the high school and theelementary buildings. Peterson moved,Mosel seconded, to approve on first andsecond reading, changes made to BoardPolicy 508.14 (Automated External Defib-rillator). Upon roll call vote, the ayes wereunanimous. Motion carried.
The board discussed, at the April boardmeeting, financial support for school or-ganizations at state and national conven-tions/competitions. Superintendent Altpresented prepared support guidelines tothe board. Board members suggestedadding that other activities approved bythe administration may be added to the listand that meal allowances be raised to$5.00 for breakfast, $8.00 for lunch and$10.00 for dinner. Peterson moved, Scottseconded, to approve the recommendedguidelines, with the suggested changes,for providing financial support to organi-zations for student attendance at stateand national conventions. Upon roll callvote, the ayes were unanimous. Motioncarried.
Junior kindergarten and preschool pro-grams were discussed at the April boardmeeting. Superintendent Alt reported thatparents of five students requested juniorkindergarten for their child. Seventeenstudents are planning to attend preschooland 25 students are enrolled in kinder-garten, including the five students who re-quested junior kindergarten. Theadministration recommended to not offerjunior kindergarten for the 2015-2016school year. Following board discussion,Peterson moved, Scott seconded, to offerjunior kindergarten during the 2015-2016school year. Upon roll call vote, the ayeswere unanimous. Motion carried.
Toni Arehart has accepted the lower el-ementary position for the 2015-2016school year. She has been teaching spe-cial education at Wausa CommunitySchools. Peterson moved, Sauser sec-onded, to approve hiring Toni Arehart asan elementary teacher for the 2015-2016school year. Upon roll call vote, the ayeswere unanimous. Motion carried.
Transportation director Bob McCabefound a 2014 Ford E-Series 12-passengervan with 21,000 miles to replace an oldPontiac van. The new van would be con-verted to a 10-passenger van (driver + 10passengers) by altering one of the seats.This would give the ability to transport afew more students at one time, eliminat-ing the need for two vans for some trips.The van could be driven by any staff mem-ber as the size does not require a bus li-cense to operate. The van is available atArnie’s Ford in Wayne for $22,684.00 andan additional $750 to convert the seats to10-passenger. A specification sheet on thevan was included in the board packet.Ashburn moved, Peterson seconded, toapprove purchasing a 2014 Ford E-Seriesvan from Arnie’s Ford of Wayne for a priceof $23,434.00 if the van is still availableand meets approval on inspection. Uponroll call vote, the ayes were unanimous.Motion carried.
Superintendent Alt reported on the re-cent study visit to Southern Valley, Cen-tura and Cross County with the five-schoolmerger group. He distributed a written re-
view done by a Wausa board member andalso distributed DVDs of the visits. Thesurvey of Plainview registered voters iscomplete with about 1400 surveys mailed,about 570 returned by the deadline andabout 100 more coming in after the dead-line. Green suggested that the board meetto look at the data and read written com-ments before releasing information to thepublic. That work session was set for May18 at 6 p.m., with no decisions to be madeuntil the regular June board meeting. Afive-school study committee meeting wasscheduled for Plainview on May 12 and atentative agenda was included in theboard packet.
Activity Director Cory Friedrich listedfinal activities for the school year and re-ported that Plainview had hosted theLewis and Clark Conference Track Meet.He also presented a list of suggestions forprojects for the next budget year includingsanding and repainting the Pirate Gymfloor, new lighting in the Pirate Gym andweight room, spraying and sealing thetrack, mirrors for the weight room and re-painting the football grandstand. Moselsuggested that the hallways in the highschool be painted over the summer, pos-sibly white with a red stripe accent. It wassuggested that the painters who had donethe Pirate Gym paint work be contacted.Other suggestions were refurbishing thelocker rooms and repair or replacement ofthe north high school entrance doors. Itwas noted that work on the Pirate Gymfloor is planned for summer 2016 andtrack work in summer 2017. It was sug-gested to ask the activity boosters forfunding for weight room mirrors and tocontact the Pirate Gym paint crew for a bidon repainting the football field bleachers.
Principal Novicki reported on NeSAtesting and scores. She reported that sheand Jan Burger attended the recent dataconference in Kearney to learn informa-tion on the new state accountabilityprocess. Dylan Moore, Jasmine Zuhlke,Brittani Wacker and Brandon Pellatzmedaled at the recent Northeast QuizBowl. The music department receivedmany superior and excellent ratings atDistrict Music Contest. She reported theannual FFA greenhouse open house wentwell. The elementary music concert andthe art theme night were successful. Thevariety show, Honors Night and gradua-tion will complete the school year activi-ties. The CloseUp trip is planned for May24 through 31. Plainview Public Schoolsis on a list of U.S. schools, prepared byNewsweek magazine, that may qualify astop schools in the country, based on aca-demic achievement over the past severalyears.
There was no president’s report.Superintendent Alt brought a thank you
to the board. Western Roofing was con-tacted to clarify their roof bid accepted atthe April board meeting. Marion Goet-zinger has submitted her resignation as aparaeducator effective at the end of the2014-2015 school year. Three applica-tions were received for the assistant cus-todial position and the position has beenoffered. Chad Kment had requested theopportunity to attend the CASE Instituteoffered during the summer in Lincoln. Heapplied for a scholarship and cost to theDistrict will be about $250. EMC InsuranceCompany recently inspected the schoolunder their ChemEyes program looking atchemicals in the science, custodial, in-dustrial technology and art departments.Disposal of some outdated chemicals isneeded and some additional storage cab-inets may be needed. Workers are com-
ing May 23 to work on bat exterminationin the elementary school. Three compa-nies will have bids available by the Juneboard meeting for purchase or lease ofthree copiers for the district. Superinten-dent Alt will meet on May 26 with theschool attorney concerning action neededby the school to comply with the Afford-able Care Act. Administrators may havethe opportunity to present at the OctoberNational Rural Education Association(NREA) Conference in St. Louis as a re-sult of their presentation at the NebraskaRural Community Schools Association(NRCSA) Conference in Kearney. Super-intendent Alt reported damage from a re-cent lightning strike.
There being no further business, themeeting adjourned at 7:23 p.m.
——————-I, the undersigned, the duly appointed
recording secretary of the Board of Edu-cation of District 5, Plainview, NE, herebycertify that the attached and foregoingminutes are a true and correct copy of theregular meeting of the Board of Educationof District 5 of Plainview, NE, held in opensession on the 11th day of May, 2015,which meeting was preceded by publicnotice published in The Plainview News.Imogene Wacker Recording Secretary
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Blake Moen was added to the Plainview High School wrestling records boardat the end of the season for breaking the school’s record for reversals in aseason. The record was previously held by Chris Van Kirk at 36. Moen tallied41 by the end of the 2014-2015 season.
The Plainview Community Club presented a check upwards of $1,400 to Plainview Public Schools to assist the Plain-view Track team in purchasing a new tent. Cal Fluckey and Mark Stoffel from the Plainview Community Club presentedthe award check to track coaches Kevin Janata and Jen Hodson.
Community Club helps fund tents for team....For the third year in a row, Plain-
view High School has won the Nor-folk Area Relay for Life-Kids forCures Competition.
Norfolk Area Relay for Life Coor-dinators held a celebration this pastWednesday for 7-12 grade students.Coordinators hosted a “Hope Floats”Celebration Party providing studentswith floats, games, and prizes.
Students who spearheaded theevents received t-shirts and were pre-sented the traveling trophy, which willcontinue to be displayed in the trophycase by the Principal’s office for an-other year. Plainview students wereinvited to attend the June 19 Relay forLife Event at the NECC Ag Com-plex.
They will be introduced as the win-ners of the Kids for Cures Competi-tion and be presented again with thetraveling trophy. Everyone, alongwith other Relay For Life teams, arewelcome to walk the track and cele-
brate cancer survivors.Through the combined efforts of
the Plainview Career and TechnicalStudent Organizations (CTSOs) ofFFA, FCCLA, FEA, and NTHS,Plainview High School raised $2, 910during the month of March to win thecompetition for the third year in arow.
This is the fourth year for the Kidsfor Cures event. Plainview has partic-ipated each year previously placingsecond and third.
To raise the funds, the CTSOsworked to hold the annual FFA Trac-tor Parade For Life while FCCLAworked with Jac’s to hold the annualJazzercise For Life event while theFEA members had child during theJazzercise for Life event. These twoevents raised over $1,600 combined.Additional funds came from studentswho donated the following week andreceived breakfast pizza and dough-nuts, compliments of Casey’s. Par-
ents also contributed by purchasingluminarias which their children deco-rated in honor of their loved ones.The luminarias will be proudly dis-played and lit during the NorfolkRelay event on June 19th.
The purpose of Kids for Cures is toget youth involved in communityservice and help them make a differ-ence in the fight against cancer byraising money.
“Cancer affects every student insome way. Kids for Cures providesthem a chance to help in a simple andfun way that does make a very big dif-ference. It’s also a great leadershipopportunity that increases school andcommunity pride,” said sponsorRonita Jacobsen.
Schools in Madison, Antelope,Pierce, and Stanton counties were in-vited to participate in the annualMarch competition as the NorfolkArea Relay for Life represents thesefour counties.
Plainview high school wins Relay forLife - Kids for Cures Competition
The Plainview FCCLA, FFA, FEA and NTHS members accept their award from the Relay for Life representatives.
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