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CorrectionAvenue of Flags committee

will set up the flags at 7 a.m. Nov. 9 at the Pawnee County Courthouse and leave the flags up until 4 p.m. Nov. 11.They are asking for volunteers to help set the flags up.

By Ray Kappelrkappel@paweenews.com

Water witching may be in Martie Richard's genes.

Her dad, Kenneth Bock, was a water witcher, and she got her start as a teenager. She was featured recently on the television show, Pure Nebraska.

She demonstrates the art of water witching at the Historical Days celebration in Pawnee City every September.

Richard doesn't do it often, but likes to get together with grand-daughter Taylor to water witch when she visits.

“It works,” she said. “Because I can do it. A lot of people can't. It won't work for everybody,” she said.

Her father could do it with a pair of pliers. She can too, and you probably saw her this past Septem-ber doing it at the Historical Days celebration.

It is usually done with wood sticks, tree limbs that grow in a v shape. But it is also done with wires made from hangers, and she can make those work, too, she said.

“I don't know how he used it,” she said of her dad. “He probably did it (got started) when he was younger. I assume he did it then, too.”

She said she doesn't know how it works, but thinks it has to do with the person's energy system. She and three other sisters and one brother can do it, but her younger brother can't.

Richard got the job of demonstrat-ing the art when the regular demon-

strater didn't do it anymore.“I sort of raised my hand when

I shouldn't have,” she said of vol-unteering.

The wood of preference for the sticks is willow, though she uses peach and the stick she was using for Pure Nebraska she wasn't sure what it is made out of.

Greener wood works the best, and a little pressure, but not too much.

She gets offer to do water witch-ing, but hasn't taken those offers up. An Amish man asked her to water witch a well for him.

“I am not an expert. I only dem-onstrated because they lost their demonstrator,” she said.

She did try to use recently where her and husband Alan have property at the state line. She was trying

See WITCHING page 5

By Ray Kappelrkappel@pawneenews.com

LEWISTON - Dan Parks relished being back at Lewiston Thursday. The former principal was back to lead the Spook Parade of elemen-tary students in celebration of Halloween. They marched down the halls in costume and visited rooms and then made a final stop where Parks, dressed in a Flint-stone costume, passed out candy. Everything from Spiderman, to cowboys, to princesses were seen in Tigerland.

Parks was principal for 12 years and led the Spook Parade each

year. He was gone last year, but was back to do the honors again this year.

He is retired but he finds plenty to do.

Halloween night he provided the color for a broadcast on the inter-net called “Games With Parks.” His son Tyson does the announc-ing, and Dan helps out. They were working the Freeman playoff game.

Daughter Cassie Parks gets in on the act to announce volleyball games. She was broadcasting games from the Pioneer Confer-ence volleyball tournament last week in Pawnee City.

Dan says its Tyson who runs things. Tyson is assistant baseball coach at Southeast Community College.

They are slowly building their broadcasts up. They started out with 28 computers hooked up and now are getting 140-150 comput-ers a game.

Local advertisers have gotten in on the act, Parks said. Several are from Pawnee City.

Parks, who lives near Steinauer, is enjoying retirement.

“You don't have to met a lot of deadlines,” he said.

By Ray Kappelrkappel@pawneenews.com

Lewiston Consolidated Schools superin-tendent Rick Kentfield calls it an unrealistic goal.

“It's not going to happen,” he said.He was talking about the federally man-

dated No Child Left Behind Act that in 2001 aimed to have all kids in the U.S. 100 percent proficient in math, science, and reading by next year.

Schools across the country are saying they can't meet the academic goals, and Congress may act soon. President Obama has already granted 42 states waivers in exchange for putting in place other goals made by the cur-rent president. Four other states have requests for waiver pending. Nebraska has not sought

a waiver, according to a story in the Omaha World-Herald.

Nebraska senator Mike Johanns was not a fan of No Child Left Behind because it gave the federal government too much control over education, the World-Herald story said.

The No Child Left Behind Act had support on both sides of the aisles in 2001. Lawmak-ers were worried that children in this country were entering college unprepared and were unprepared in their careers.

But as the final goal year approaches a lot of people are complaining. Kentfield said it puts schools in the position of spending money to achieve goals that are unattainable.

The three schools in the Republican reader-ship, Pawnee City, HTRS, and Lewiston, are all struggling to meet those goals. Pawnee City has improved its placing in the state for reading, math, and science. The Indians

rank 121 in reading and were 172 the previ-ous year. The Indians are 51st in math, while they were 102nd last year, and they are 110th in science after being near the bottom at 227 the previous year.

HTRS has dropped from 226 to 230 in read-ing, 203 to 227 in math, and 171st from 149 over the previous year. Lewiston was 154th in reading 2012-2013 and 217 the previous year. It was 197th in math after being 199th the previous year, and they dropped from 231 the previous year to 235 in the last tested year in science.

Not every class is graded. Only selected classes take the tests each year.

No Child Left Behind has its good points, Kentfield said.

“It made us all work harder, and we are trying to do better,” he said.

Kentfield said Lewiston has a good staff

in place and they are headed in the right direction.

“I'm excited that were moving in a positive direction. Stuff doesn't turn around over-night,” he said.

Statewide the tests that determine these rankings and chart the progress are called Nebraska State Accountability tests or NeSA. Each spring the schools are tested not only in math, science, and reading but also writ-ing. The results from that test are released in the fall.

It is only once piece of the puzzle, Kentfield said.

“It's a piece of data, a piece of information we have to assess how our kids are learning,” he said.

There is also MAPS and Dibbles tests that

See NeSA GOALS, page 5

Area schools struggle to meet NeSA goals

Mr. Parks haunts halls at Lewiston School

Water witching works says Martie Richard, now let's see you try it

It is a grand monument and its dedication is almost here.The Pawnee County Veterans Memorial will be dedicated Sunday,

Nov. 10, at 2 p.m. The plans are to have the ceremony on the courthouse lawn, but inclement weather will move it inside to the school gym.

There will be two guest speakers, Barry L. Ken-nedy and Pierce Johnson.

Kennedy is currently president of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and has been designated a CAE (Certified Association Executive) by the American Society of Association Execu-tives. The CAE is the professional standard among associations that can be earned by a combination of experience, course study, and the passing of a comprehensive test on all aspects of association management.

He was recently named Ambassador Plenipoten-tiary of the Nebraska Association, their highest award.

Kennedy is a Vietnam veteran. He is married to Di-ane (Fisher) Kennedy, who is originally from Table Rock. Together they have two children, Jason and Christy. Barry, Jason, and Christy graduated from Pawnee City High School.

Retired Rear Adm. Pierce J. Johnson, United States Naval Reserve, has become the new president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C. Johnson assumed his new job Oct. 9.

Johnson came on board at the Foundation after retiring from the Navy in 2003. Most recently, he served as Chief of Staff, NATO Regional Headquar-ters South Atlantic from September 2000 through his retirement.

Johnson is a Nebraska native and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 1966.

In 1980, Johnson separated from the active Navy and served with the Congressional Budget Office. A year later he rejoined the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in a civilian capacity, and served in various staff positions until retiring in 1995. Throughout his separation from active duty service, Johnson remained with the Naval Reserve where he had several jobs commanding..

Johnson has three sons, Benjamin, married to Donnalee (two children), Stephen married to Marcie (one daughter), and Samuel who serves as an officer in the U.S. Navy..

Barry Kennedy

Pierce Johnson

Pawnee County Veterans Memorial

dedication this Sunday

City Project completed

The Turkey Creek banks where the city did have rip-rap has now been seeded and the mat put down. Shop Foreman Clint John-son and Steve Henneger worked four hours Friday morning get-ting the project completed.

The Corps of Engineers had told the city to remove the rip-rap because it had the potential to block the waterway.

Affordable Health Care

There will be another session on the Affordable Healthcare Act at the Pawnee City Library. The next session will be held Wednesday, Nov. 13 starting at 10 a.m. Roger Kolar and Bruce Haughton will again be there to answer your questions. The event is free.

New scoreboard for Pawnee City SchoolBy Ray Kappel

With time running out, local charity came through again to get Pawnee City a new scoreboard at the football field.

Minutes before the first home football game, the scoreboard died, but they got a new one with two home games left in the season, thanks to Pepsi and some generous local donors.

Superintendent Stephen Grizzle started contacting people when the scoreboard went down. His best lead was Pepsi, who had helped in the past. Pepsi told the school they would get back to it about it. They did come back with an offer: if you come up with $5,000, we'll get you your scoreboard.

Local donors came through. Pio-neer Seeds gave $2,500; Hoege-meyer Seeds gave $1,000; Nider's Thriftway gave $1,000; and Bank of Steinauer gave $1,000. The school chipped in $600 to bring the total local donation to $6,100. The local donations went through the Pawnee City School Foundation. Pepsi came up with the rest.

Grizzle had a thank-you sign made by Terry Van Gundy of Auburn, a former art teacher at the high school. The sign sits atop the scoreboard.

“We're really thankful for the community support and really happy we were able to get this accomplished as quickly as we did,” Grizzle said.

The fans only had two games without a scoreboard. A makeshift one was kept at the press box for those two games.

Ray Kappel/Republican

Martie Richard is a water witcher and has been since teenage years.

Photos By Ray Kappel/Republican

The Spook Parade at Lewiston Consolidated Schools brought out, from left, Katelyn Sanders, Meagan Sanders, Persefenie Woutzke.

William Buchanan was one of the spooks on parade at Lewiston Consolidated Schools last week.

Mr. Parks aka Fred Flintstone

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2 The Pawnee Republican, Thursday, November 7, 2013

2003-10 Years AgoVeterans Day Legion Auxiliary

covered dish dinners will be held Nov 11 in the evening at Pawnee City and Burchard and a spa-ghetti supper at Table Rock

The Pawnee County Commis-sioners began budget crunching for the 2003-2004 fiscal year with a giant $400,000 difference between projected expenses and projected revenue.

Hours have been cut in the county court.

Lewiston Tiger football fans are quickly growing weary of hosting the Nemaha-Valley Cardinal football team in the first round of the Class d-2 playoffs. Last year Lewiston fell victim to the Cardinals in a frigid triple overtime game score 34-40.

This year it looked as though Lewiston would avenge that dis-appointing loss. But a team high of seven turnovers prevented the Tigers from scoring in the second half. NV prevailed by a score of 40-22. Names in the story; Tyler Wehrein, Laurence Scholl, Nick Wischmeier, Tanner Hippen, Justin Hippen, Nick Sisco, Matt Kalin, Tyler Bursovsky, Baker, Clint Little, Kyle Knoche, Wey-ers, Sedlacek, Mitchell

Renee Coudeyras and Nick Sisco are players of the week for Lewiston;. Monica Kerl for Pawnee City.

Lewiston homecoming royalty is Queen Shawna Culp and King Justin Hippen.

Lewiston Lady Tigers will the Pioneer Conference Champion-ship. Names: Renee Coudeyras, Bobbi Tennant, Whitney Hip-pen, Bobbi Tennant, Lacey Hill, Kelly Fleshner, Abby Laflin, Shawna Culp,

“H/TR-S lady Titans go 0-2 against tough teams in Pioneer Conference” “Pawnee City ral-lies back against #2 Griffins for 3rd place”

1988-25 Years Ago .....The Wymore family has recently moved to Pawnee City from California and purchased the Package and Inn business.

Leanna Nimmich is the vol-leyball player of the week.

Christie Faesser and Cori Manarrez are students of the month.

On October 27, 1988 some-thing unusual happened. Not only did the Pawnee City Indian football team beat the Odell Ti-gers 49-0, this was the first time the Indians have beaten the Ti-gers, but also D. J. Weddle senior I-back for the Indians passed the 1,00 yard mark. He ended the season with 1,004 yards. Weddle was leading tackler for the Indias with 72.

The Village of Dubois re-ceived recognition when they were awarded second place in the Community Awards Pro-gram, Class I. The community displayed a tremendous spirit of volunteerism and donations. One of their biggest undertak-ings was to educate and gain local participation in historic preservation efforts. Mary and Norman Barker played a big part in this program.

The 1988 Rifle Deer Season opened Nov 12 and to date there have been 181 deer checked in at the Pawnee County Sheriff’s office. There is photo of Sherri Eichenberger, 17 year old hunt-

ress daughter of Susie and Ken-neth Eichenberger of Pawnee City. Sherri’s 8 pt buck weighed in at approximately 200 pounds

1963-50 Years AgoLee Trecek will hold his grand

opening of Lee’s Bar in DuBois Saturday, Nov 9 and sponsor a free dance at the K. P. hall that evening. Another DuBois bilding will also be having its opening Saturday. Nadine Lang will open a café in town known as Nadine’s Café.

Pawnee Indians and Holton Wildcats Battle to 6-6 Tie in Finale football game.

After five days of huning, 10 deer have eneen checked in at Sheriff Charles Hall’s office since the opening of the season

Tomorrow night the Junior class of Pawnee City high school will present the former Broad-way hit, “You Can’t Take It With You” The cast: Linda Golter, Mary Inglis, Linda Rinne, Duane Bowman, Ross McCall, Kim Winchell, Dale Buman, Ron Scott, Dorothy Dusenbery, Eric Stewart, Larry Boehmer, Jan-tet Vtiska, Jerry Kussman, Ed Hatfield, Donna Parker, Janet Hunzeker, Larry Laun, Duane Bloss and Dan Snyder. Diana Bloss and Marilyn Hartman will assist Mr. Bredthauer as student directors.

Shop by the clock Friday and Saturday Beginning Friday morning at 9:00 and many more times during the day an alarm clock will go off at one of our check counters and the customer checking out at that time will receive a free merchandise gift. The same applies for all day Saturday and Evening until we close at 9 p.m. at Warnkes’ One Stop.

1913-100 Years AgoMrs. John McNair is very sick

at her home in this city and making a slow recovery from an operation for appendicitis which was performed Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Mc Nair had not been well since the poison-ing, and last week was worse. Saturday evening she prepared a meal for six at the farm west of town and was taken Sunday very suddenly ill. The doctors found that gangrene has set in and her condition was so serious that had the operation been postponed un-til Monday morning she would not have recovered. At present she is doing nicely.

The ladies of the Tuesday afternoon club entertained the members of the following or-ganizations at the beautiful home of Mrs. W. J. Halderman Friday afternoon of last week from three to five: W.C. T. U., Coterie, Twentieth Century, Worth While, and Beethoven. Ice cream and cake, coffee and candy were served, the colors of the club, green and white, being carried out as far as possible in the refreshments.

Thursday evening of last week Miss Belle Dorrance was host-ess to the following friends at an elegant seven o’clock four-course dinner: Jess Griffith, Laura Beavers, Verna Parker, Mrs. B. D. Williams, Mrs. F. W. Balance, Mrs J. F. Herries, Dasiy Stitt, Mary Egelhoff and Nell Woods..

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Nov. 7-Nov. 20

Friday, Nov. 89:30 a.m.-12 noon-1-4 p.m.-

Driver's License Examiners at Pawnee County Courthouse.

Sunday, Nov. 102 p.m.-Pawnee County Vet-

erans Memorial dedication at Pawnee County Courthouse lawn.

Monday, Nov. 119 a.m.-Veterans Day program

at Pawnee City High School.

9 a.m.-Veterans Day pro-gram at Lewiston Consolidated School.

Tuesday, Nov. 129 a.m.-Pawnee County Com-

missioners.7 p.m.-Pawnee City City

Council.Wednesday, Nov. 137 p.m.-Celebrate Jesus at Pres-

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Have you ever seen such vibrant colors on the bushes and the trees as this year? There are shades of pink, purple, red, yellow, orange, rust, green and bronze. Absolutely beautiful!

There are many red bushes that are so bright this year. Can someone tell me what they are? They are part of the landscape of many yards.

The Veteran’s Memorial is up in the courthouse yard. It’s an awe-some display.

Rains have slowed the harvest, but combines are running whenever and wherever they can.

***There’s a mount of greenery here

in this house. These are plants that were brought in to escape the kill-ing frosts. Most years I tell myself I won’t bring them all in. I had myself

talked in to leaving some out, when someone give me the guilt complex and insinuated that I was cruel to leave them out to die.

So I brought them in. All of them. That’s five double begonias which will shed their leaves all winter; two amaryllis which should bloom at Christmas but living with me, will bloom somewhere around the last of February; nine plants that were gifts at one time or another; six more that are from family funeral services; two that I just couldn’t let die, and a few that are for sentimen-tal reasons.

One of the long-term plants, an Hawaiian Ti was purchased when Mom and I took a trip to Tulsa 30 years ago. It’s still living and doing well. Two plants are 36 years old.

Many of these plants have a per-

sonal history to them that make me fondly attached to them.

My Mother came from a family that had a nursery as a business. She herself worked in the greenhouse.

My father had a curiosity about plants and worked in orchards and greenhouses.

I did not inherit any of the green thumb, brains or skills. My plants live in spite of my try-to-be-ten-der-care.

However, my mom displayed nothing of this “tender care”. If she talked to her plants, it was to threaten them within an inch of their lives! Literally!

They were afraid not to do well.She would hold them up, criti-

cally survey them, and take a knife, which I’m sure looked like a ma-chete to the poor plant, and whack

them speed-ily and all around the plant.

And they t h r i v e d ! She would survey my plants and if one had died, she would scold me with a “Laura, you K I L L E D it!”

T h e n I would feel awful. Now I don’t lose many plants, but when I do, I grieve.

And I think of Mom.

My plants come in from the cold and get tender loving care

Menus

school menusNov. 11 - Nov. 15

all menus are subject to change.

Pawnee CityBreakfast

Monday-Friday- Choice of 2 cereals, whole wheat toast, jelly, margarine, fruit

selection, milk.Monday-WG pancake w/syrup, sau-

sage patty, fruit selection, milk.Tuesday-Breakfast pizza, fruit selec-

tion, milk.Wednesday-WG pancake on a stick,

cheese stick, fruit selection, milk.Thursday-Bagel w/cream cheese,

yogurt cup, fruit selection, milk.Friday-WG pop-tart, cheese stick,

fruit selection, milk.Lunch

Monday-Friday-Vegetables, fresh fruit, canned fruit

Monday-Cinnamon toast sticks, syrup, sausage patties, hot ham & cheese/bun.

Tuesday-Garden pasta alfredo w. garlic toast, chicken nuggets w. garlic toast.

Wednesday-Beefy nachos w. cheese sauce, chicken patty/bun.

Thursday-Turkey & gravy, mashed potatoes & roll, hamburger/bun.

Friday-Pizza dippers w. marinara sauce.

HTRSBreakfast

Monday-Sausage gravy/biscuit, orange juice, milk.

Tuesday-Malt-o-meal, WG toast, sf hot chocolate, juice, milk.

Wednesday-Cereal, donut, pears, milk.

Thursday-Scrambled eggs, toasted English muffin, pineapple tidbits, milk.

Friday-French toast sticks, fruit, juice, milk.

LunchMonday-Tomato soup, crackers,

grilled cheese sandwich, Romaine let-tuce, salad, apple, milk.

Tuesday-Hamburger/bun, WG onion rings, lettuce, tomato, orange wedges, milk.

Wednesday-Hot beef sandwich, mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, peaches, milk.

Thursday-BBQ rib, bread & butter, green beans, fruit, milk.

Friday-Soft shell taco, refried beans, diced tomato & onion, applesauce, cookie, milk.

LewistonBreakfast

Monday-Friday-Choice of Cereals, juices, yogurt, fruit, and hot breakfast item.

LunchMonday-Ham, scalloped potatoes,

WG bread/butter, vegetables/fruit.Tuesday-Sloppy Joe on WG bun,

smiley fries, vegetables/fruit.Wednesday-Chili boat, salad mix,

cinnamon roll, vegetables/fruit. Thursday-Chicken fajita, rice, veg-

etables/fruit.Friday-Pizza, salad mix, vegetables/

fruit.

Table Rock Senior CenterNov. 11 - Nov. 15

SENCA Community Action CenterNov. 11 - Nov. 15

Menu subject to change. Please make reservations by 9:00 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 11-Closed.Tuesday, Nov. 12-Baked Chicken,

mashed potatoes, corn, pudding. Cards.Wednesday, Nov. 13-Meat cheese sand-

wich, soup, fruit & jell-o. Stateline.Thursday, Nov. 14-Ham balls, cheesy

potatoes, green beans, cake. Bridge. Friday, Nov. 15-Chili hot dogs, potato

salad, fruit.

Suggested meal prices - Meals on Wheels: 60 and over $3.50, 59 & under $4.25. Congregate meals: 60 & over $3, 59 and under $4.

The Handi-bus is available Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Please call at least 24 hours in advance for Handi-bus services, 852-2208.

Monday, Nov. 11-St. Louis rib sandwich, baked potato, creamed peas, pudding. Polka music, word search.

Tuesday, Nov. 12-Beef and noodles/mashed potatoes, dinner salad, bread, fruit. Bible study, potato peeling.

Wednesday, Nov. 13-Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, dessert, bread. Word search.

Thursday, Nov. 14-Polish dog, potato

soup or tomato soup, cinnamon roll, fruit.Current events, word search.

Friday, Nov. 15-Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.

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sealed bids in the office of the County Clerk until 4:00 p.m., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013, for a SEMI TRUCK. Bids must be in a sealed envelope clearly marked “SEMI TRUCK BID”, and mailed or delivered to the Pawnee County Clerk, at 625 6th Street Pawnee City, NE. 68420. Sealed bids will be opened on Tuesday November 12th, 2013 during the regularly sched-uled County Board Meeting Specifications may be obtained from the County Clerk. 402-852-2962.

Guessing right for one of the few times in his life, Republican reporter Ray Kappel won the guessing contest of how many candy corns were in the two jars at the Pawnee City Library. He guess 487 and there were 451. The contest was put on for Halloween.

He and second place finisher Ron Seitz deferred their prize to the next in line, TJ Mawhiney and Sam Brown. The winner takes the large jar of candy and the 2nd place finisher took the smaller jar.

Lola Seitz, Pawnee City Library Director, welcomed kids and adults to the Spooktacular celebration Halloween night at the library. The event drew 82 kids, not counting all the adults who got treats as well.

Faith Uribe and Noah Uribe were among those stopping at the Pawnee City Library Halloween night. The Spooktacular event drew 82 kids, not counting all the adults who got treats as well.

Photos By Ray Kappel/Republican

Lola Seitz, Pawnee City Library Director, was a scary sight!

Candy corn counter winners were T.J. Mawhiney on the left - 1st place, Sam Brown on the right - 2nd place.

Halloween fun at the Library

Cabrera, Hundley gain recognition for signing

Pawnee City High School vocal students are making their voices heard around the state.

Things kick off Nov. 16 for the local students when Karli Cabrera and Shelby Hundley sing the Na-tional Anthem at the state high school volleyball tournament. That is at 4:30 p.m. The event will likely be televised by NET.

The two got the job from an audi-tion tape they sent in.

Cabrera, who has developed a reputation as one of the finer sing-ers to come out of the school, will perform March 16, singing the National Anthem at the boys state basketball finals. She was recently selected to the all-state choir for the third straight year. Hannah Davis is alternate. The state choir is put together by the Nebraska Music Educators Association.

The all-state choir will perform Nov. 21-23 at the Lied Center un-der the direction of Andre Thomas, Professor of music at Florida State University.

Davis, will be singing the anthem at the March 9 state girls basketball finals.

The Girls Octet will sing the anthem May 24 at the state track meet.

Cabrera recently landed a four-year scholarship to Hastings Col-lege where she will major in mu-sic therapy. She wants to do that work to help heal people through music.

Being a lifelong reader, Lewiston teacher Karen Hardin wanted to pass that idea on to the students at her school.

“I wanted to promote reading for all the students by showing teachers are lifelong readers,” she said.

The Title 1 teacher, new to that job this year after teaching 23 years 2nd grade, got the teachers involved in her idea and now if you walk through the high school you see what the kids see: Teachers are reading.

Hardin had signs made up for each teacher that says what the teacher is reading. The signs were made to look like books with clipart she got off the internet. The signs are outside each teacher's door.

Really it goes beyond the teachers. The signs are outside the janitor's door and outside the cooks' door.

And the rest of the support staff are in on it, too.

It worked. Everyone got into it. Hardin found herself getting into it, too, by finishing a book she was reading, and starting another one.

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NORFOLK, NEB. —More than 170 tourism professionals were on hand to honor their peers at the annual travel awards banquet Thursday evening at the Divots Conference Center in Norfolk, Nebraska. The event capped the annual Nebraska Travel Conference organized by the Nebraska Tourism Commission and hosted by the Nor-folk Area Visitors Bureau.

At the same time the national convention of the Lincoln Highway Association was held at the Kearney Holiday Inn. The events resulted in a great economic impact on Kearney area hotels, campgrounds, restau-rants, gas stations and more. It also garnered national press attention in publications such as USA TODAY and the NEW YORK TIMES and coverage on national news shows like Good Morning America.

The Outstanding Tourism As-sociation Award was won by the Southeast Nebraska Tourism Coun-cil. The Southeast Nebraska Tour-ism Council is comprised largely of volunteers who promote tour-ism in the 12 county region that includes Cass, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe,

Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy and Thayer Counties. SENTC has dedicated 25 years to promoting the community with travel guides, rack cards, circle tours, a website and more. The council members take

great pride in their communities and do a great job of encouraging visi-tors to take multi-day trips resulting in overnight stays and dollars being spent in the communities.

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at VisitNebraska.com. Then stay connected with Nebraska Tourism on our Visit Nebraska Facebook page, on Twitter, on Pinterest and on YouTube.

Winning the tourism award were, from left to right- back row, Carolyn Gigstad, Sandi Corbitt-Sears, Sandy Stalder, Steve Delay, Yvonne Dalluge, Mr. Mares, Lorine Mares front row- Mer-rith Baughman, Michael collins, Judy Coe, Bobbie Meints, Mary Kruger.

2013 Nebraska Travel Industry Award winners announced

Teacher shares her passion for reading

Karen Hardin started a program to show students that the adults at Lewsiton School love reading.

The three HTRS Mock Trial teams completed the first round of the Region 9 competition. Two of the three advanced while a third was eliminated from competition. Team Blue defeated Fall City 1 on Oct. 15 at Richardson County Courthouse in Falls City. Team silver defeated Filmore Central 1 at the Saline County courthouse in Wilber, Oct. 16. Unfortunately, Team Lightning lost a close competition with Film-ore Central 2 on that day. The two remaining Mock Trial teams will compete against each other for the opportunity to advance to the finals of Region 9.

Team Blue is made up of Amanda Dyas, Jacob Herr, Jesse Anderson, Destiny Worthey, Carissa Carlin, Noah Sherman, and Elliot Gon-

nella. Team Silver members are Becky Blecha, Nick Anthony, Lisa Fankhauser, John Kanel, Casey McNealy, Jackalyn Fink, Ashton Nanninga, and Brady Wilkerson. Team Lightning members are Jacob Phelps, Tanner Motto, Nick Novak,

Patrick Pineda, Trenton Plager, Jacob Wilhelm, and Tori Worthey. Team Lightning's teacher coach is Peggy Williams. Attorney coach for the HTRS teams is Judge Curtis Maschman and the HTRS teacher coach is Carl Linnerson.

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Medicare Open Enrollment is go-ing on now which means seniors have the opportunity to review and change their Medicare Part D prescription drug plans until De-cember 7th.

It is important to note Medicare beneficiaries satisfied with their current coverage do not have to take any action during the open enrollment period. However, it is strongly recommended all Medicare enrollees review their options to ensure the plan they are in remains the best plan to meet their needs.

As with many government pro-grams, maneuvering through all the conflicting information and red tape can be confusing and frustrating. It can be difficult for seniors to decide which plan is the best for them and their health needs. I encourage all seniors to get as much information possible in order to make the best decision for your unique health needs and budget.

You can learn about different options, check your current enroll-ment, and apply for a plan online by visiting http://medicare.gov. You also can call Medicare and speak to an expert directly by dialing 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).

Nebraskans can contact the Senior Health Insurance Information Pro-gram (SHIIP) for more information and for help selecting the best plan for your needs. SHIIP counselors provide free, accurate, and objective information to help seniors make well informed decisions regarding their health care. You can reach Nebraska SHIIP at 1-800-234-7119 or http://www.doi.nebraska.gov/shiip.

I also invite seniors to attend my Senior Services Fair at the Grand Generation Center, 304 East 3rd Street in Grand Island on Thursday, November 14, 2013 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. (CT). At the fair, seniors

and caregivers will be able to meet with and ask questions directly to SHIIP experts. In order to find the plan which best meets their needs, attendees should bring a complete list of their prescriptions including dosing information. I also would encourage you to get information about your health care coverage options by speaking to your insur-ance agent.

My staff and I are always here to help answer questions and connect Nebraskans with the right resources and information. Those needing as-sistance with Medicare coverage, or any other federal program, can call my office anytime.

Finally, it pays to be cautious and vigilant for identity theft. Crimi-nals may try to take advantage of the open enrollment period to gain access to personal identifying infor-mation. Never give out your per-sonal information such as your So-

cial Security number unless you are sure with whom you are speaking, or if you did not initiate the call or contact. Feel free to call my office to help confirm a request is real before giving away your per-sonal informa-tion.

Medicare is an important p r o g r a m t o m i l l i o n s o f Americans, in-cluding many in Nebraska’s Third District. Dur ing th i s open enroll-ment period, I hope seniors will utilize all of the resources available to help choose the right plan.

As we go about our daily routines, we often take for granted our many blessings as Americans. It’s easy to forget that some of the freedoms we enjoy and have even come to expect are mere dreams in many other parts of the world. It is also easy to forget how those freedoms were won, and how they are defended today.

They were born from struggle and sacrifice—some long forgotten, and some painfully seared into memory. Tales of intrepid servicemembers who answered the call of duty go far back before the birth of our nation. And every generation since then has written its own chapter in the long history of America’s hard-fought freedoms.

I recently had the honor of meeting with 135 Nebraskans who served in the Korean War. These American heroes were part of an honor flight that brings veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit landmarks memorial-izing their work to protect our free-dom. I stood with them at the Ko-rean War Memorial on the National Mall, and heard half-century-old tales of bravery and valor. It was a privilege to shake the hands of these men, who volunteered to put their lives on the line for our country.

They served and sacrificed in a different time and place than our younger generation of Americans deployed around the world today. But no matter the era or engage-ment, stories of their service bond our veterans—call it a fraternity of the brave.

Throughout our history, our vet-erans built and secured our way of life, story by story. Each account is unique, involving somebody’s son or daughter; mother or father. Some are of fearless fighters who charged to victory. Some are of fallen com-

rades who paid the ultimate price for our country. And some are of families sepa-rated by a cause greater than self. They all depict the price of free-dom, and they are all a part of our history that deserves to be told.

One great way to ensure this history can be appreciated by future generations is the Veterans History Project, an effort to record our veterans’ stories of service. More than 146,000 veterans live in Nebraska—all with a story to tell, so I am proud to partner with the proj-ect and help preserve these valuable pieces of our American history. If you would like to help record a part of history, or if you are a veteran with a story to share, my office is ready to assist. You can go to my website, www.johanns.senate.gov, and click on the Veterans History Project button for more information and to see examples. It’s important to preserve these windows into our history while we can.

This Veterans Day, I encourage you to take a moment to reflect on the freedoms we enjoy and consider the many sacrifices of our military men and women who made them possible. And be sure to join me in thanking our veterans for their service.

NOTE: Senator Johanns is a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs

The former director of one of the state’s most philanthropic private foundations has urged Nebraska lawmakers to con-sider investing in commu-nity development as the state becomes more attractive to outsiders.

The Legislature created a long-range planning com-mittee four years ago to assist state government in identifying emerging trends, assets and challenges and to look at the long-term implications of decisions made by lawmakers. A bill (LB653) was passed by the Legislature in 2009 to establish the committee and set the parameters for future discussion.

A database was created for the committee in con-junction with the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Public Affairs and Community Service. The goal of the database is to present a common sense and data driven assessment of key areas im-portant to Nebraskan’s quality of life. The committee considers nine areas of policy indicators: economy; agriculture; natural resources; state and local govern-ment; education; health and human services; public safety; transportation and telecommunications.

Lyn Wallin Ziegenbein, longtime executive direc-tor of the Peter Kiewit Foundation, told a recent gathering of the Long Range Planning Committee that Nebraska has caught the interest of people and businesses outside the state and it’s time to ensure that change happens in the right way. In her 32 years at the Kiewit Foundation she oversaw the investment of $550 million in statewide projects in the form of matching and challenge grants.

She told the committee she has seen local leader-ship succeed and watched the power of local citizenry work to make projects hap-pen. She has also seen a state with tremendous needs and the lack of resources to meet

those needs. She said she’s looking at the entire state, at developing cities to become regional hubs for smaller towns. The database indicates that only 16 Nebraska communities are larger than 10,000 people while an overwhelming 300 communities have populations of fewer than 300 people.

Ziegenbein said she thinks lawmakers need to consider dipping into the $679 million cash reserve to serve as a catalyst for private philanthropy to participate in getting the state into top shape for the changes and growth to come. She said communities need libraries, parks, public art and plantings, health facilities, large recreation areas and supported law enforcement to bring them up to par as part of the “Good Life.”

Committee member Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha, who also chairs the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, said he supports the need for community development and planning. Paying for that, he said, is a topic for further debate. He did suggest that the idea of a public-private partnership for such activity is long overdue.

Let’s hope that the issue makes it to the table in the coming Legislature and can survive the expected attempts to use some of that same state money to provide tax relief.

Political DirectoryState Senator Dan Watermeier – District 1, State Capitol, P.O. Box 94604, Lincoln, NE 68509, (402) 471-2733; dwatermeier@leg.ne.gov Governor Dave Heineman – P.O. Box 94848, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509, (402) 471-2244, Fax: (402) 471-6031, http://gov.nol.org/congressman adrian Smith – 2241 Rayburn HOB, Washington D.C. 20515, (202) 225-6435, Fax: (202) 225-0207.U.S. Senator Deb Fischer – 825 Hart Senate Building, Washington D.C. 20510, (202) 224-6551, Fax: (202) 228-1325.U.S. Senator Mike Johanns – SRC-1 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510, (202) 224-4224. Fax: (202) 228-0436

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I was glad to see it rain last week. Little breaks in the harvest make life a lot easier.

I suggested t o H u b b y, “ L e t ’s d o s o m e t h i n g t o g e t h e r . ” So we went ou t t o the combine and made repairs t o g e t h e r . What I know about fixing c o m b i n e s would fit on the head of a headless pin; but I can understand simple com-mands like “turn the key” or “hand me the screwdriver.”

We make repairs in good weather, too, but the nice thing about rainy weather is that we go together to get the parts we need. When the weath-er is good enough to be working, I go get the parts alone. That would be a better deal if I had time to go shopping, too, but usually the only extra time I get to spend is going to the drive-through.

I don’t mind that so much – letting someone else do the cooking is one of my favorite things – but I do put a lot of extra miles on my car going back to town when I have the time. At first, I thought that was wasteful, but I got to the point where I don’t even mention my shopping unless it is something vitally important. I am patient. I can wait if I have to.

I am not as patient as my parents. They went to town once every couple weeks. In their older years, Friday was the day. If the list of necessaries wasn’t very long and they weren’t out of something im-portant, or if the weather was bad, they would just wait another week. I don’t have that kind of patience. I also don’t live in the same world they lived in.

But even in their world, a good rain brought some relaxation with it. Just because life was simpler doesn’t mean it was easier. My parents worked hard. They needed breaks just as much as we do and I appreciated the breaks just as much then as now.

Breaks, however, are like Bryl-creem – a little dab’ll do ya. A short break rejuvenates a tired soul. An extended break makes the tension rise again. It can be as bad as no break at all. Once every bother-some flaw in the equipment has been fixed, and one or two meals have been eaten at the table (or in front of the TV), it’s time to get back to work. If the days don’t get nice again real soon, it’s like the weather is holding a fellow hostage – and somebody had better pay the ransom soon!

I won’t say that tempers never flair, but I have learned the lesson well that discretion is the better part of valor. Not that I always use discretion – I have been known to throw caution to the wind. Usually a bit of a storm follows that action, but by the time I do it I am prepared for the consequences. It all works out in the end.

So I was glad to see the rain come and equally glad to see it go. Even if the guys have to drive a hundred miles to find a field where the grain is dry enough to harvest, it’s better than having them at home carping loudly about the weather. And I really don’t mind eating meals in the field – it takes a lot less time to prepare a meal that you can eat in a car or truck or moving combine. You just have to make sure you buy extra bread and bottled water.

Rain breaks make life

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Rural Ramblings

By Carol Sisco

Our Freedom, An Epic Journey

By John Crabtree Center For Rural Affairs

As Congress enters the final stages of moving forward a final Farm Bill, we must all remember that the Farm Bill is the vehicle by which Congress makes crucial invest-ments in the rural economy. The final bill should invest in fostering a new generation of family farmers and ranchers as well as preserving the natural resources necessary for creating a better future for those beginners and for small town and rural America.

The Farm Bill can and should ad-dress the stern challenges beginning farmers and ranchers face through programs that help them access land, capital, training and mentor-ing. The final bill should sustain direct funding for the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, that provides training and technical assistance, at no less than

$20 million per year, with an ongo-ing set-aside for veterans, socially disadvantaged and limited resource farmers and ranchers, without di-verting funds to unrelated programs. It should also provide at least $50 million in direct funding for the Conservation Reserve Program - Transition Incentives Program to help new producers gain access to farm and ranch land while retaining conservation values.

The final Farm Bill should also hold additional conservation cuts to no more than those in the Senate bill, and keep cuts to ten percent or less overall for each working lands conservation program - Conserva-tion Stewardship Program, which rewards those farmers who practice whole-farm stewardship of land and natural resources, and Environ-mental Quality Incentives Program, which helps farmers and ranchers implement needed conservation practices.

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�Faith & FamilyThe Pawnee Republican, Thursday, November 7, 2013

BAHA’I FAITHBurchard, NE Thursday, 8:00 p.m. Prayers and informaldiscussions. Scott Bodie residence. Phone 402-865-4335. Visitors welcome. 1-800- 22-UNITE.www.bahai.usST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC CHURCHSteinauer, NE, Father Scott Courtney Saturday Mass, 5:30 p.m. Sunday Mass, 10:00 a.m.SACREd HEARTCATHOLIC CHURCHBurchard, NE, Father Scott Courtney Sunday Mass, 8:00 a.m.MISSION CREEKUNITEd PRESBYTERIANRural Liberty, NE Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.UNITEd PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend duane Westing Joint Worship, 10:00 a.m.UNITEd PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHSummerfield, KSReverend Herb Schrader Sunday School, 8:30 a.m. Worship, 9:30 a.m.FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH LC-MSSummerfield, KSReverend Tyler Hauptmeier Worship Service, 8:15 a.m.SAINT PETER’SLUTHERAN CHURCHRural Elk Creek, NEReverend Robert Schermbeck Sunday School/Bible Classes, 9:00 a.m. Worship Service, 10:00 a.m.ZION LUTHERAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEPastor Matthew Mortenson Sunday Worship, 8:30 Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Wed. Adult Bible Study, 8:00 p.m.FRIEdENS UNITEdCHURCH OF CHRISTRural Bern, KSReverend Ken Tubbesing Sunday School, 9:00 a.m. Worship, 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st Sunday of month Birthday Cake served last Sunday

UNITEd METHOdIST CHURCHBurchard, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, 8:00 a.m. Fellowship Time Following.UNITEd METHOdIST CHURCHduBois, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, 9:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday School during Worship.UNITEd METHOdIST CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, 11:00 a.m. No Sunday School during summer. Fellowship Time on 4th Sunday Un. Meth. Women, 1st Wed., 7:00 p.m.TABLE ROCK UNITEdMETHOdIST CHURCHPastor Michael L. McKee Worship Service, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m., except on 4thSunday, 8:00 a.m. Bible Study, 9:00 a.m., Tuesdaymornings at the Senior Center.SALEM UNITEd CHURCH OF CHRISTRural Steinauer, NEPastor Kathy Rahorst Morning Worship, 10:15 a.m. Church School, 9:15 a.m.ST. PAUL'S (MAPLE GROvE) UNITEdCHURCH OF CHRISTRural Tecumseh, NEPastor Kathy Rahorst Worship Service, 8:45 a.m. Child's Sunday School during worship.TABLE ROCK CHURCH OF CHRISTMarvin Jamison, Minister Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. Bible Fellowship, Sunday, 6:30 p.m.FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend duane Westing Joint Worship, 10:00 a.m.HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCHSummerfield, KSFather Al Hauser Sunday Mass, 8:15 a.m.FAITH BAPTIST CHURCHPawnee City, NE Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. AWANA Clubs, Wednesdays, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

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Rev. Jason Wolter

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Church, Sterling

– Pulpit Reflections –

Last week, many protestant churches celebrated the Reforma-tion. The Reformation was a theo-logical movement in 16th century Europe, which sought to reform the abuses that were going on in the church and to move people to-wards a relationship with God that was based completely on God’s gracious Gospel promises.

Martin Luther was one of the reformers who helped open the eyes of the people to God’s Word. He was brash and outspoken; and, fortunately, he was also protected by the people of Germany. That’s why- despite all the pope’s efforts- he was not able to silence Luther. The protection of the German people enabled him to not only refute the false teachings and prac-tices that had arisen in the church, but also to translate the Bible into German. That way, people could read, and hear, for themselves the Word of God.

When they did, they were finally able to see the heart of God. Rather than fearing His condemnation, the people were able to love God- because they knew that they were loved by Him. And in that precious Word, they learned the funda-mental doctrine, upon which the

Church was founded: the Doctrine of Justification.

This precious and holy doctrine is expressed most clearly in Romans, chapter 3. There, Paul wrote, “But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.”

When Luther read those words, it changed everything he thought he knew about God. In his younger days, Martin Luther used to tor-ture himself in all kinds of painful ways, because he thought that if he punished himself enough, maybe God would go easy on him. Like most people in his day, Luther lived in constant fear of God’s judgment.

But when he read those words from Rom. 3, he suddenly un-derstood these 3 simple truths: 1) That we are saved by God’s grace alone; 2) That we receive this gift, through faith alone; and 3) that we are able to know for certain that these things are true… because God said so in His Word. That, in a nutshell, is what the Doctrine of Justification is all about. Luther

taught that doctrine to the people, summarizing these 3 simple truths as : g race alone, by faith alone, in Scripture alone.

So, even if it’s a week l a t e , i t ’s still worth c e l e b r a t -ing: God’s Word has been made available to us- and in it we learn h o w a n d why we have an eternal hope. We know that we are truly forgiven and saved, because God has given it to us as a gift of grace; and we have received this gift- not by earn-ing it, but- simply- by believing it (by faith). That is what God has promised in His Word, so we know that it’s true. God’s Word (alone), reveals that we are saved by grace (alone) through faith (alone). That’s three simple truths… which, together, remind us that we have one… awesome God!

Celebrating God’s Word Pawnee County Veterans Memo-rial Committee member Dale Bu-man will be the guest speaker at the Veteran's Day Observance at Pawnee City High School Monday at 9 a.m. The event will be held in the gym.

Buman will speak on the Veteran Memorial.

The day starts off with “A Time to Remember” by grades 4-6, and then the American Legion, Ameri-can Veterans, and VFW will post the colors.

Singers from K-3 will sing “For the Good of the Many.” High school principal Don Jacobs will led the Pledge of Allegiance and the high school band will play the National Anthem followed by

“America, The Spirit Lives On.”Superintendent Stephen Grizzle

will read the names of living veter-ans and then Buman will speak.

The 8-12 grade chorus will sing “Land of the Free” and the 5th grade computer students will make a “patriotic presentation” with Julie Pierce their teacher.

“Thank You Soldiers” will be sung by the 7-12 concert choir and

the Remembrance Wreath will be laid by Nathan Friedly. A moment of silence follows and then taps by two members of the high school band. Supt. Grizzle will make clos-ing remarks and the colors will be retired.

To close the program, “Marches of the Armed Forces” will be per-formed by the high school band.

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Buman speaker at Pawnee City School Veterans Day program

By Mary Rezac Nebraska News Service

LINCOLN--A panel of state and national experts discussed the trade-offs between privacy and security Monday night at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communica-tions.

The issue came into the spotlight in May when Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the National Security Agency. Hired by a private contractor working for the NSA, Snowden has said he felt it was his duty to let citizens know that their information wasn't safe: phone records, e-mails, social media in-teractions and instant messaging conversations are all fair game to be collected by the NSA.

The NSA responded that the information gathered was used to track security threats and terrorist groups, not to keep tabs on private citizens.

Panelists agreed that whether the NSA should exist is not the ques-tion, but rather how then agency's resources are used.

"The NSA is an incredibly impor-tant tool, but I'm very concerned about the loss of civil liberties as an effect of excessive zeal on their part," said Doug Bereuter, who served as the vice chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence during his time as a congressman from Nebraska's 1st District.

"I was on Capitol Hill the day when 9/11 occurred," Bereuter said, "and the Department of Homeland Security was kind of papered to-gether and passed hurriedly. We're still seeing the effects of that."

Danielle Conrad, a Lincoln attor-ney and a member of the Nebraska Legislature, said Americans have a right to demand reform from their

government. "If [due to war] we're giving up

our freedoms, giving up our secu-rity, and we experience a loss of pri-vacy...it begs the question whether they've won?" Conrad said.

Conrad said the current scale of dragnet information gathering is like the Watergate scandal, only "times a million."

Americans are unaware of the extent or purpose of government surveillance of them, she said. "Where's the outrage?"

A third panelist, Roger Lempke, is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and former adjutant general of the Nebraska National Guard and since retiring has been director of military affairs for U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns. Lempke said there are two sides to the security coin--data gathering and data analysis.

"September 11 wasn't a failure of data gathering but of data analysis," Lempke said. "The data was all there. The emphasis [of this debate] seems to be on the collection of data, when the real question is are we really doing good analytics?"

W. Don Nelson, publisher of Prairie Fire newspaper in Nebraska and state director for U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson from 2001 to 2006, said citizens should be wary of an over-correction when it comes to security. For example, Nelson said, "by all rights the university could have metal detectors in every building" because of recent school shootings.

"And before you know it, it would look like North Korea here," Nelson said. "Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease."

Bereuter, who served in the House of Representatives from 1979-2004, said that while he's glad that the Snowden case has brought security efforts under greater scru-

tiny and demand for accountability, he believes Snowden could have gone about his whistle-blowing differently.

"It's good that the information is out there so we're assessing risks," Bereuter said. "But there were ways to bring it to our attention without being charged with theft and violat-ing the Espionage Act twice."

Conrad said concerned citizens have the right and the responsibility to make their privacy and freedom concerns heard.

"We can't just throw up our hands in the air and give up; that apathy feeds into the results that our en-emies desire," she said. "We have to speak out, we have to write to our representation, we have to use our social media and blogs to make our voices heard. That's what we do as engaged informed citizens in a democracy; those are the greatest powers we have."

Contact Mary Rezac atnns.mrezac@gmail.com.

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measure how well a student is do-ing in the classroom.

“What's good about the tests, you can take a look at where you're at and work on areas that need improve-ment,” Kentfield said.

HTRS principal Lisa Othmer re-leased a statement about the NeSA tests as it applied to HTRS this year. “After analyzing the Nebraska State Accountability Assessment (NeSA) results, the HTRS Public School Dis-trict shows improvement in the area of reading. The reports indicate that students show a gain of 2.8% district wide. When comparing 4th -8th grade students, scores show an increase in reading test scores by 4.01%. These strengths can be attributed to the RtI process (Response to Intervention) which facilitates individualized in-struction and interventions. Student placement is determined by local assessment data and each interven-tion is presented to the students in a small group or individual setting. The HTRS School District has had the RtI process in place for only one year with tremendous results and is looking to continue this upward trend

by focusing on individual student reading progress.

While the HTRS school district has shown improvement in the area of reading, we are seeing a need for improvement in the area of math. Overall, as a district, our math scores decreased 3%. When comparing 4th-8th grade students over a one year period scores show a decrease of .17%. While this isn’t a substantial decrease the district will begin to ad-dress math as part of its RtI process with the expectation of seeing gains in the future.”

In a conclusion the statement says, “The district wide data shows that HTRS did not meet the expected AYP goals in the 2012-2013 but show im-provement in the middle grades since the 2011-2012 school year. Detailed information can be found at www.education.ne.gov under the state of the schools reports link.

The goal of the HTRS school district is to provide a quality education for lifelong learning and to create path-ways to facilitate academic growth in a global society. We will continue to strive for academic excellence and course rigor to meet the demands of high stake testing.”

• NeSA goals

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to find the rural water line, and isn't sure, but she found it where no one else thought it was.

She says only one of 20 can do it.

Richard gets interest when she demonstrates. She said one woman asked her if she witched for graves, and Martie told her she did not but was interested in the idea.

The art of water witching or dowsing is thought to go back 8,000 years, according to the website About.com. Drawings in the Tassili Caves of North Africa depict tribesmen surrounding a man with a forked stick, possibly dowsing for water.

The About.com article said dows-ing may have been mentioned in the Bible, but not by name, when Moses and Aaron used a “rod” to locate water. In modern times, dowsing has been used to find mineral deposits, oil, buried treasure, archaeological artifacts, even missing people.

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Join us this Sunday, November 10th at 2 p.m. as we honor the men and women of the U.S. Military. Their courage, hard work and sacrifice are the backbone of our nation,

protecting freedom, liberty, justice and all we hold dear. Thank you, veterans.

Pawnee County Veterans Memorial DedicationSunday, November 10th ~ 2 p.m.

Key Note Speakers:Barry Kennedy & Pierce Johnson.

Courthouse lawn -Inclement weather High School auditorium-

Lunch ~ $10.00/plate11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Poteet Hall (west of the Methodist Church)

Roast Beef or Fried Chicken, Potatoes/Gravy, Green Beans, Salad and dessertssponsored by the VFW, American Legion Auxiliary and a few good men.

Social Hour at "The W" after the dedication

from 3 - ? (former VFW Club)

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The Pawnee County Veterans Memorial consists of five granite walls. The names of veterans are engraved on four walls that stand together. The fifth wall has a special place on which is engraved the names of service men and women who were killed in action. A special dedication wall is accented with an eagle and granite benches along the flagstone walkway lead to a backdrop that features engravings of

the service emblems. The flags of the five branches of the United

States military are placed around the area and lighted at night. A sign and additional etchings of historical artwork and appropriate landscaping complete the memorial.

Donors who contributed to the building of the memorial are recognized with granite pavers.

Pawnee County Veterans Memorial Dedication

Honoring OurVeterans

Sunday, November 10

2 p.m.

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Thank YouThank you to all my friends and family

for the beautiful cards and messages I received on my 90th birthday. You made my day!

God Bless all of you.Maxine Hunzeker

We would like to thank everyone who gave memorials, food & sent cards with notes of kind words and memorabilia of Mom that meant so much to us. Thank you to Colonial Acres for the excellent care given Mom over the years and to Asera Care especially for the last week of her life.

We are so fortunate to have a care facility of this kind in our community. To Todd and Wherry Mortuary for all his help in preparation, Rev. Sklenar for an excellent service at the DuBois United Methodist Church and the DuBois Community ladies for the excellent lunch.

You all made things easier for us and we really appreciated what everyone has done.

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SheriffThe Johnson County Sheriff’s

Department dispatched the fol-lowing calls for the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office, October 28, 2013 through November 3, 2013:

Check records for wants, 3; Dis-turbance, 1; Registration informa-tion, 2; Traffic stop, 8; Watch for, 1; Emergency call, 1; Emergency hang-up, 1; Animal in roadway, 1; Attempted burglary, 1; Bur-glary, 1; Call for information, 1; Call placed to, 1; Criminal mis-chief, 1; Harassment, 3; Informa-tion for officer, 1; On duty officer call in, 20; Parking complaint, 1; Reckless driving, 2; Shots fired, 1; Special announcement, 1; VIN check by radio, 3; Weather warn-ing, 1.

Total number of calls dispatched for the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Department, 57.

Real estate transfersDocumentary Stamp Tax =

$2.25 per $1,000.Abbreviations: JT-joint tenancy

deed, WD-warranty deed, QC-quit claim deed, DD-deed of dis-tribution of estate, TD-trustee's deed, SD-Sheriff's deed, OVC-Other valuable consideration, OGVC-other good & valuable consideration.

WD-Zachary L. Cary trans-

ferred to Maxwell Construction Inc. Lot 5

, S1/2 of Lot 4 in Block 18 in North Pawnee City for $5,500. Documentary Stamp Tax: $10.

Marriage LicenseSerena Mae Macasio and John

Edward Eppich, Nov. 2

County CourtEach was also ordered to pay

at least $48.00 court costs. Traf-fic and Criminal records are re-printed from a report of disposed cases and may not reflect all ac-tions taken.

Speeding: Dean T. Hokanson, $75; Tammy L. Stephens, $25; William E. Messinger, $25; Terry L. Lantz, $25.

Other: Michael E. Kuhlmann, leave accident, fail to furnish, $350; Michael J. Shy, failure to yield, $25.

Edna Anna Musil, 89 of Du Bois, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Co-lonial Acres Humboldt, Nebras-ka. She was born on October 20, 1924 on a farm near Steinauer, Nebraska she was the second of ten children to Michael and Anna Barbara (Klein) Ullman.

She attended the rural District 50 school near her home (Catho-lic School) and attended Steinau-er High School from which she graduated in 1943. She worked on some area farms before mov-ing to Beatrice to work as a wait-ress. Later she moved to Grand Island and worked at the Corn-husker Ordinance plant.

She married Robert T. Musil of Du Bois on February 25, 1952. To this union 5 boys were born. They moved from Grand Island to Du Bois in 1954 where she lived until July 2013 when she entered the hospital.

Edna enjoyed outdoor activi-ties including gardening and fishing with her husband. Later she worked on quilts and liked to travel. She was a long time mem-ber of the Du Bois Legion Aux-iliary and St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Steinauer.

Edna was a very devoted moth-er, grandmother and great grand-mother.

Edna was preceded in death by parents, Michael and Anna Bar-bara Ullman, husband Robert T. Musil, siblings, Lillian (Bill) Hol-

zenberg, Dorothy (Fred) Hersch, Jeanette (Fred) Winter, Shirley (Mitch) Baker, Michael “Ben” Ullman, Lyle Ullman, Lester Ull-man, brother-in-laws, Bernhardt Dorn, Gerald Sunneberg, Ludwig Musil.

Edna is survived by her sons, Robert M. (Tammy) Musil of Du Bois, NE, Kenneth J. Musil of Shubert, NE, James T. Musil of Du Bois, NE, Steven D. Musil of Kearney, NE, Raymond A. Musil of Du Bois, NE, sisters, Marjorie Dorn of Pawnee City, NE, Marie Sunneberg of Pawnee City, NE, 8 grandchildren, Bobby (Carlynn), Michael and fiancee Heidi, Sa-mantha, John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Brad (Paula), Brittany, 3 great grandchildren, Abigail, Jack, and Sophie and one great grandchild due March of 2014, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A funeral mass was at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2013 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Steinauer, Nebraska with Reverend Scott M. Courtney offi-ciating. Rosary: was on Friday at 9:00 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catho-lic Church. Visitation was on Thursday, October 31, 2013 from Noon-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m. at Wherry Mortuary, 919 G Street, Pawnee City, Nebraska. Interment was at the Du Bois Cemetery, Du Bois, Nebraska. Memorials go to the family’s choice.

Wauneta J. Hendrickson, 91, Kearney passed away Tuesday October 22, 2013 at the Mother Hull Home in Kearney. She was born May 21, 1922 in Burchard to Clarence and Ethel (Van Note) Gartner. She graduated from Bur-chard High School in 1940.

In 1942 she married Merle Monasmith and had a daughter Sally. They lived in Big Springs where they owned and operated the IGA grocery store. They moved to Kearney in July 1963. They were married 35 years when he passed away on January 1, 1977. She married Nelson Miner on December 22, 1977 in Kanka-kee, IL. He died in 1980. She returned to Kearney in 1981. On December 14, 1987 she married Oren Hendrickson in Alma, NE. They lived in Kearney and she worked at the Kearney State Col-lege in food service. Oren passed away October 25, 2010.

She was a member of the First Christian Church, Ladies Orienta Shrine of North America and Naomi Rebekah Lodge 12. Wau-neta enjoyed gardening, shopping

and crocheting. In addition to her husbands, she

is preceded in death by her par-ents and three brothers and two sisters. Survivors include her daughter, Sally Rice and husband Connelley of Kearney; grandchil-dren, Amy Rice of Minneapolis and Jared Rice and his fiancée Meghan Wood of Epworth, Iowa, great grandson Brody Rice of Ep-worth, sister Bonnie Kuhnel of Crete, stepsons, Tom Monasmith and wife Ellen of Broomfield, CO and Ron Hendrickson and his wife Deb and Don Hendrickson all of Kearney, three step-grand-sons, eight step-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Services were at 10:30 Mon-day, October 28, 2013 at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home with visitation one hour before service at funeral home. Services with the Rev. Stan Mur-doch officiating, burial was in the Kearney cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated later.

Edna Anna MusilOctober 20, 1924 ~ October 27, 2013

Wauneta (Gartner) HendricksonMay 21, 1922-October 22, 2013

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Sports RepublicanThe PawneeThursday, November 7, 2013

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Game NightFootball

Class D-2 StateFootball Playoffs

Nov. 6th - Sterling (#7) 6-3 @ Wynot (#2) 9-0, 2:00 p.m.

VolleyballNov. 7-8 - District FInals, TBANov. 14-16 - State Volleyball Tour-

nament @ Grand Island, TBA

FootballLast Week's Scores

Sterling 38, Scribner-Snyder 26Lutheran High NE 55, JCC 8

VolleyballLast Week's Scores

JCC 2, Elmwood-Murdock 0Yutan 2, JCC 0

Pioneer Conference TourneyHTRS 2, Southern 1Diller/Odell 2, Lewiston 0Sterling 2, HTRS 0Johnson-Brock 2, Pawnee City 0Johnson-Brock 3, Sterling 2Pawnee City 3, N.C.L. 2Diller/Odell 3, HTRS 2Southern 3, Lewiston 0Friend 3, Sterling 2 (4th place)FCSH 3, J-B 0 (2nd place)

At Pioneer, P.C. falls to runner-up J-B PAWNEE CITY - The Pawnee

City Lady Indians entered the 2013 Pioneer Conference Volley-ball tournament as the #5 seed, but despite their home court advantage they couldn't quite knock off the eventual runner-up Johnson-Brock Lady Eagles in opening round ac-tion.

The Lady Indians and the #4 seeded Lady Eagles faced off on Monday, October 28th in Pawnee City with the Lady Eagles com-ing out on top by a 25-15, 25-16 score.

Hannah Davis was the top serv-er for P.C. in the game with 8/8 serves with 1 ace and 4 points. Jenna Habegger went 5/5 with 2 aces and 2 points and had 5 kills and 1 block.

Savannah Nider went 6/6 in serv-ing with 1 ace and 1 point while Courtney Mathewson had 3/4 serves, 3 kills and 2 blocks. Karli Cabrera was 4/5 in serving with 1 point and had 9/14 passes on serve receive with 11 digs. Natasha Se-jkora set up 11 assists and had 3 digs.

Pawnee City vs. N.C.L.In their guaranteed second game

of the Conference Tournament, the Lady Indians faced the #6 seeded Nebraska City Lourdes Central Catholic Lady Knights on Tues-day, October 29th.

It took them five sets to accom-

plish, but the Lady Indians came away with the 21-25, 25-23, 14-25, 25-12, 16-14 thrilling victory.

Mathewson was the top server with 23/23 and 13 points and had 20 kills with 3 blocks. Nider went 19/19 in serving with 12 points and had 1 kill while Sejkora went 17/17 with 7 points and had 55 set assists.

Habegger was 15/15 in serving with 7 points and put down 23 kills with 2 blocks. Davis was 15/15 in serving with 5 points and had 6 kills; Cabrera went 12/12 in serv-ing with 4 points and led on serve receive with 19/21 passes and in digs with 16.

P.C. vs. J-B - Serves: Davis 8/8, 1 ace, 4 pts.; Nider 6/6, 1 ace, 1 pt.; Habegger 5/5, 2 pts.; Cabrera 4/5, 1 pt.; Mathew-son 3/4, Sejkora 1/3. Kills: Habegger 5, Mathewson 3, Hundley 2, Willey 1, Davis 1. Set Assists: Sejkora 11. Blocks: Wil-ley 5, Sejkora 4, Mathewson 2, Habeg-ger 1, Hundley 1, Schultheiss 1. Serve Receive: Davis 10/10, Hundley 9/10, Cabrera 9/14, Habegger 6/8. Digs: Ca-brera 11, Habegger 7, Davis 4, Sejkora 3, Hundley 3, Mathewson 1.

P.C. vs. NCL - Serves: Mathewson 23/23, 13 pts.; Nider 19/19, 12 pts.; Se-jkora 17/17, 7 pts.; Habegger 15/15, 7 pts.; Davis 15/15, 5 pts.; Cabrera 12/12, 4 pts. Kills: Habegger 23, Mathewson 20, Willey 8, Davis 6, Sejkora 1, Nider 1. Set Assists: Sejkora 55, Habegger 1, Davis 1. Blocks: Mathewson 3, Habegger 2, Sejkora 1, Willey 1, Davis 1. Serve Re-ceive: Cabrera 19/21, Habegger 17/17, Hundley 9/9, Snyder 3/3, Davis 3/3, Ni-der 3/3, Engelken 1/2. Digs: Cabrera 16, Hundley 14, Sejkora 13, Davis 11, Nider 9, Habegger 8, Mathewson 5, Willey 1, Snyder 1, Engelken 1.

Ray Kappel/Republican Pawnee City's Courtney Mathewson (#17, right) and Hannah Davis (#22, left) both go for a ball in Pioneer action last week against Johnson-Brock.

Lady Tigers go 0-2 in Conference

PAWNEE CITY - The Lew-iston Lady Tigers had a tough time at the 2013 Pioneer Confer-ence Tournament last week as they lost both of their matches to tough opponents.

In the opening round of the tournament on Monday, October 28th, the #10 seeded Lady Ti-gers lost in two sets to #7 seeded Diller/Odell, 9-25, 16-25.

Lewiston vs. SouthernIn their guaranteed second

game of the tournament, Lewis-ton took on the #9 seeded South-ern Lady Raiders on Tuesday, October 29th.

They lost the match in three sets, 25-12, 25-11 and 25-9.

Cydney Howell topped out in serving for LHS with 8/9 serves and 1 ace and 3 points and had 1 kill, 1 block and 6 set assists. Wehrbein went 6/6 in serving with 1 ace and 2 points and had 2 kills with 20/22 passes on serve receive and 17 digs.

Morris had 6/6 serves with 1 point and had 2 kills, 1 set as-sist, 1 block and went 11/11 on serve receive with 11 digs. Cari Howell led in kills with 3 and had 6/6 passes on serve receive with 6 digs.LHS vs. D/O - Serves: Morris 6/6, 3

pts.; Swisher 4/5, 4 pts.; Wehrbein 3/3, 1 pt.; Cy. Howell 3/3, Withrow 2/2, 1 pt.; Christen 2/3, 1 pt.; Ca. Howell 2/2. Kills: Christen 1, Wehrbein 1, Mor-ris 1, Cy. Howell 1. Set Assists: Cy. Howell 3, Morris 1. Blocks: Wehrbein 1. Serve Receive: Wehrbein 12/14, Morris 10/11, Jasa 7/10, Withrow 4/4, Christen 4/4. Digs: Wehrbein 11, Jasa 6, Withrow 5, Morris 5, Cy. Howell 4, Christen 2, Ca. Howell 2.LHS vs. Southern - Serves: Cy.

Howell 8/9, 1 ace, 3 pts.; Wehrbein 6/6, 1 ace, 2 pts.; Morris 6/6, 1 pt.; Ca. Howell 3/4, Nouzovsky 3/4, Chris-ten 2/3, 1 pt.; Swisher 1/1. Kills: Ca. Howell 3, Morris 2, Wehrbein 2, Cy. Howell 1. Set Assists: Cy. Howell 6, Morris 1. Blocks: Morris 1, Cy. Howell 1. Serve Receive: Wehrbein 20/22, Morris 11/11, Wiles 7/8, Christen 6/6, Ca. Howell 6/6, Withrow 4/8, Swisher 2/2. Digs: Wehrbein 17, Morris 11, Ca. Howell 6, Cy. Howell 6, Christen 5, Wiles 5, Withrow 2, Nouzovsky 2, Barker 2, Swisher 1.

Lady Titans defeat Southern, lose to SterlingPAWNEE CITY - After defeating

the Southern Lady Raiders in the opening round of the 2013 Pioneer Conference Volleyball tourna-ment, the Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Lady Titans fell to both Sterling and Diller/Odell in tough losses last week.

The Lady Titans were seeded #8 coming into the tournament and took on #9 seeded Wymore South-ern in opening play on Monday, October 28th. HTRS won the game by a 25-20, 21-25, 25-19 count.

Ashton Nanninga scored 9 points in the game with 1 ace and had 10 kills and 2 ace blocks. Claire Svo-boda also scored 9 points with 3

kills and 16 digs while Kasey Kap-pel scored 8 points and had 26 set assists and 1 kill.

Carmen Alexander had 5 points with 1 ace from the serving line along with 23 digs. Bailey Kuhl-mann also scored 5 points and had 1 set assist while Courtney Allen had 3 points, 4 kills and 18 digs. Mollee Sharpe added 2 set assists and 10 kills and Jackalyn Fink had 4 kills and 1 ace block.

HTRS vs. SterlingWith the win, HTRS advanced to

their second game of the Pioneer Conference against the #1 seeded Sterling Lady Jets later that night, but didn't fare as well. They were

defeated in straight sets, 25-21, 25-21.

Svoboda scored 8 points iwht 2 aces and had 3 kills and 6 digs in the game while Allen scored 7 points with one ace and had 5 kills and 10 digs. Kappel added 5 points and led the team with 15 set assists.

Nanninga added 2 points with 2 aces and had 7 kills and 3 ace blocks at the net. Kuhlmann added 1 point with 6 digs; Fink had 1 kill with 2 ace blocks and Sharpe con-tributed 2 kills.

HTRS vs. Diller/OdellThe Lady Titans fell into conso-

lation play on Tuesday, October

29th where they lost a very scrap-py game to Diller/Odell in five sets, 24-26, 26-24, 17-25, 25-23, 11-15.

Svoboda scored 17 points with 5 aces and 2 kills; Kappel had 9 points with 35 set assists and 24 digs and Alexander scored 8 points with 1 ace and had 2 set assists with 19 digs.

Allen added 3 points with 1 ace and had 11 kills and 22 digs while Nanninga scored 5 points with 1 ace and put down 14 kills and 3 ace blocks. Kuhlmann added 3 points; Fink had 5 kills and 1 ace block and Sharpe put down 7 kills with 1 ace block.

CRETE - Doane College line-backer Garrett Borcher is this week's Great Plains Athletic Conference/Hauff Mid-America Sports Defensive Player-of-the-Week.

Borcher, a sophomore from Pawnee City, Nebraska helped lead the Doane defense last Sat-urday in an upset win at No. 16 Concordia. He posted 10 total tackles, including five solo tack-les on the afternoon with three tackles behind the line of scrim-mage. The Tigers held Concor-dia to 88 rushing yards, more than 100 yards below their sea-son average.

Garrett is the son of Terry and Suzanne Borcher of Pawnee City.

Borcher named player of the week

NOtiCeSNOtiCe

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF PAWNEE COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Estate of CAROLYN VAN HORNE, De-ceasedEstate No PR13-26

Notice is hereby given that on October 15, 2013, in the County Court of Pawnee County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal Probate of the Will of said Decedent and that Stir-ling Glenn whose address is 330 N 25th Street, Beatrice, NE 68310, and Stephen V. Glenn whose address is 71006 625 Avenue, Pawnee City, NE 68420, were informally appointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of the Estate.

Creditors of this Estate must file their claims with this Court on or before De-cember 24, 2013, or be forever barred.

/s/ LaRita K. WeberClerk of the County Court

P.O. Box 471Pawnee City, NE 68420

L. Joe Stehlik (Bar ID #14011) Stehlik Law Office PO Box 187 Pawnee City, Nebraska 68420 (402) 852-2973 October 24,31,November 7 znez

NOtiCeIN THE COUNTY COURT OF PAWNEE

COUNTY, NEBRASKAESTATE OF JOHN A. MEYER, DE-CEASED ESTATE NO. PR 13-25

NOTICE is hereby given that on Octo-ber 31, 2013, in the County Court of Paw-nee County, Nebraska, Jeanna Hansel, whose address is P.O. Box 156, Fairbury, Nebraska, 68352, was appointed by the court as Personal Representative of the estate.

Creditors of this estate must file their claims with this court on or before Janu-ary 7, 2014, or be forever barred.

/s/LaRita K. WeberClerk Magistrate

Pawnee County Court P. O. Box 471

Pawnee City, NE 68420 Michael J. Donahue, III, #19449DONAHUE & FAESSER, P.C.,L.L.O.637 “G” Street, P.O. Box 73 Pawnee City, Nebraska 68420Tel: (402) 852-2577 November 7,14,21 znez

NOtiCe OF iNteNt tO ReQUeSt ReLeASe OF FUNDS

Grantee: City of Pawnee City, Nebras-ka

Pawnee City Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Project

Address: PO Box 206, Pawnee City, NE 68420

Contact: Tamela Stephens, City Clerk (402) 852-2781

Grant # 13-HO-6061

To All Interested Agencies, Groups and Persons:

On or about November 15, 2013, the above-named entity will submit a request to the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) for the release of Community Development Block Grant program funds for the purpose of financ-ing the following: Project Name: Pawnee City Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilita-tion Project. Project Purpose: City-wide Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program. Project Location: City-wide within the city limits of Pawnee City, Paw-nee County, NE. Estimated Project Cost: $310,000.

The activities proposed are categori-cally excluded under HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 from National Envi-ronmental Policy Act requirements. An Environmental Review Record (ERR), that documents the environmental deter-minations for this project is on file at the above address and is available for review and may be examined or copied, upon re-quest during regular business hours.

Public CommentsAny individual, group, or agency may

submit written comments on the ERR to the above contact person. All writ-ten comments received by November 14, 2013 will be considered by the City of Pawnee City prior to submission of a request for release of funds.

Release of FundsThe City of Pawnee City also certifies

to DED that Duane Westing, serving in the capacity of Mayor of the City of Paw-nee City, consents to accept the juris-diction of the Federal court in relation to environmental reviews, decision-making and action; and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The legal effect of this certification is that upon its approval, the City may use CDBG funds and DED will have satisfied its responsibilities un-der the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related laws and authorities.

Objections to Release of FundsThe Nebraska Department of Econom-

ic Development will accept objections to its approval of the release of funds and the City of Pawnee City certification for a period of 15 days following the anticipat-ed submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later), only if it is on one of the following basis: (a) the certification was not executed by the Cer-tifying Officer of the City of Pawnee City; (b) the City of Pawnee City has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or find-ing required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; or c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development pro-cess have committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by DED; or (d) another Federal agency act-ing pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the proj-ect is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance

with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58, Section 58.76). Such written com-ments should be addressed to: Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Community and Rural Development Division, P.O. Box 94666, Lincoln, NE 68509-4666

Duane Westing, Mayor, City of Pawnee City

Environmental Certifying OfficerNovember 7 znez

MeetiNg MiNUteSHUMBOLDt tABLe ROCK

SteiNAUeR PUBLiC SCHOOLS A regular meeting of the Humboldt Ta-

ble Rock Steinauer Public Schools Board of Education, District #70 was held on Oc-tober 14, 2013 at 7:00 PM in the Humboldt Board Conference Room. Notices of the meeting were advertised in the Humboldt Standard, The Falls City Journal and the Pawnee Republican. A copy of the agen-da was kept in the Superintendent’s office prior to the meeting.

1) Board President Steve Schaardt called the meeting to order at 7:01 PM. Board members in attendance by roll call were: Neal Kanel, Scott Ogle, Sandy Stalder, Rock Herr and Mike Bredemeier. Also in attendance were Superintendent Clinton Kimbrough, Principals Lisa Oth-mer and Kari Cover and Board Recorder Kellie Workman.

2) President Schaardt welcomed guests to the meeting.

3) Motion by Kanel, seconded by Ogle to approve the agenda. Motion carried 6-0.

4) Motion by Bredemeier, seconded by Kanel to approve the minutes of the previ-ous regular meeting, tax request hearing and budget hearing held on September 10, 2013. Motion carried 6-0.

5) Motion by Ogle, seconded by Schaardt to approve the bills for payment in the amount of $625,146.52 for general and payroll funds; $350.84 for unem-ployment fund; $214.73 for bond fund; $10,359.74 for building fund. Motion car-ried 6-0.Dietze Music House......................117.80ESU Coordinating Council ........ 1,645.00Eggers Bros Inc ............................. 55.26Elk Creek Weld. & Steel Pro., Inc. 615.38Energy Pro 2020 Inc. .............. 56,732.34Engaging Technologies ............ 1,278.00Esu #4 .................................... 40,015.28Esu #6 ......................................... 280.78Falls City Mercantile Co............... 148.88Falls City Sanitation ..................... 326.70Farm & City Supply...................... 139.09Follett Educational Services .......... 29.00Fremont Industries, Inc. ............... 409.50General Office Checking Acct... 1,807.88Glass Doctor .................................. 55.00Global Equipment ........................ 733.55HTRS Activity Fund ..................... 505.46HTRS Cheerleaders .................... 480.00HTRS Unemployment Fund ........ 350.84Harding & Shultz, PC, LLO .......... 441.50

Harris Computer Systems ........... 168.04Heathwood Oil Co., Inc............. 1,008.15Houghton Mifflin Co .................. 3,763.74Humboldt Auto, Inc. ..................... 530.48Humboldt Lumber ........................ 165.77Humboldt Standard...................... 364.00J W Pepper & Son Inc ................. 152.99Joy Wilcock ............................... 2,104.59Konica Minolta .......................... 1,145.10LEGO education ....................... 9,862.20Larry Chilese Architects Inc .... 18,575.00Leech Insurance Agency .......... 3,085.00Lewis Implement Company ..........110.00Mark’s Plumbing Parts ..................850.11Marvin Blecha .............................. 130.66Mary Malcolm ........................... 2,288.50Mary’s Appliance ......................... 157.35Matheson-Linweld ......................... 38.05Maxim Healthcare Services ...... 1,436.16Michael Frederick .......................... 70.00NPPD........................................ 1,449.33NRCSA ........................................ 700.00Nicholson & Associates ............... 197.50Nicholson & Ass. Random Dept. ... 40.00Noha Vice ................................. 1,854.00Northwest Evaluation Ass. ........ 5,587.50OMAHA TRUCK CENTER .......... 106.30Okeefe Elevator Co., Inc. ............ 252.97Omaha World Herald ................... 540.16One Source ................................. 150.00PRTS, LLC ............................... 1,230.60Pawnee Co Rural Health ..............117.00Pawnee True Value ..................... 794.45Phillips Plumbing, Hardware........ 487.83Pioneer Publishing Co ................. 148.47Positive Promotions ..................... 414.38Quill ............................................. 371.06R & D Grocery ............................... 82.01Read Naturally ............................. 998.33Richardson County Treasurer... 3,729.39Ricoh USA, Inc ......................... 3,914.40S Systems, LLC ........................... 774.88Schendel Pest Control ................. 216.39Schmitt Music .............................. 640.39Scholastic Inc ................................ 75.08School Specialty Inc ...................... 46.32Schwarz Paper Company ......... 2,573.77Security Services ...................... 3,136.14Simplex Grinnell LP ..................... 417.41Sitzman Repair ............................ 318.36Softchoice Corp. ....................... 3,263.60State of Nebraska ........................ 100.00Sunrise Publications .................... 396.12The Mcgraw-Hill School Edu. ...... 343.94Time Warner Cable ........................ 75.41UNL Extension, Rich. County ... 1,400.34Unite Private Networks, LLC .... 3,636.30Wayne Trantham ......................... 672.00Windstream Nebraska ................. 150.12Youngs ......................................... 264.34

6) Motion by Kanel, seconded by Ogle to approve the treasurer, lunch and activ-ity fund reports. Motion carried 6-0.

7) Patron comment: Mark Novak.8) Action Items: Powerpoint presen-

tation by Architect Larry Chilese on the Humboldt Site North Addition. Motion by Herr, seconded by Stalder to accept Larry Chilese’s proposal to continue as presented. Motion carried 6-0.

9) Motion by Kanel, seconded by Ogle to approve Jason Cover as a special edu-cation teacher. Motion carried 6-0.

10) Motion by Stalder, seconded by Bredemeier to recognize the HTRSEA as the bargaining unit for the purposes of ne-gotiations. Motion carried 6-0.

11) Motion by Ogle, seconded by Stalder to have Schaardt represent HTRS at the delegate assembly. Motion carried 6-0.

12) Motion by Ogle, seconded by Bredemeier to participate in an NASB program that targets childhood obesity. Motion carried 4-2: Bredememier, Ogle, Schaardt, Stalder, aye; Herr and Kanel, nay.

13) Motion by Kanel, seconded by Ogle to participate in DVLG. Motion carried 6-0.

14) First half of 3000 policy series will be reviewed at November meeting.

15) Administrator reports: Principal Othmer’s report mentioned the Sixpense grant with SENCA, a Randy Nadler pre-sentation on New Zealand, staff devel-opment dates and upcoming events. Principal Cover gave a special educa-tion update, Back Pack program, Par-ent-Teacher conferences attendance, MAPS testing update Superintendent Kimbrough mentioned that approximately 75 people were fed at the Parent/Teacher Conferences this fall, FFA discussions with Pawnee City on November 6th at 7 PM, Americanism committee met to re-view their duties and dates for the Fall Conference.

16) Motion by Kanel, seconded by Stalder to go into executive session at 8:45 PM to discuss purchase of property. Motion carried 6-0. Motion by Kanel, sec-onded by Stalder to come out of executive session at 8:52 PM. Motion carried 6-0.

17) Motion by Kanel, seconded by Stalder to adjourn at 8:52 PM. Motion carried 6-0.

The next regular meeting of the HTRS Board of Education will be Monday, No-vember 11, 2013 at 7:00 PM in the 2nd Floor Math Room at the Humboldt site.

Respectfully submitted,Kellie Workman, Board Recorder

November 7 znez

MeetiNg NOtiCePUBLiC NOtiCe

The Pawnee County Ag Society will meet Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at the golf clubhouse on the fairgrounds. To get on the agenda, con-tact Karla Taylor.November 7 znez

PUBLiC MeetiNg NOtiCeBOARD OF eDUCAtiON

DiStRiCt #70Notice is hereby given that a regular

board meeting of the Board of Education of the Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer School District #70 will be held at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in the 2nd Floor Math Room at the Hum-

boldt site, which meeting will be open to the public. The purpose of such meeting is to do regular business. A current agen-da is available at the Superintendent’s Office.

Steve Schaardt,Board President

November 7 znez

NNRDThe Nemaha Natural Resources Dis-

trict Board of Directors will hold their regular meeting at *7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 14, 2013, at the NRD head-quarters in Tecumseh, Nebraska. Indi-vidual committee meetings begin at *6:00 p.m. An agenda is being kept current at the office – 62161 Hwy 136, Tecumseh, NE 68450.November 7 znez

NOtiCe OF MeetiNgPAWNee CitY AiRPORt AUtHORitY

PAWNee CitY, PAWNee COUNtY, NeBRASKA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a meeting of the Pawnee City Airport Au-thority of Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Nebraska will be held at Pawnee City Municipal Airport, 62026 Hwy 8, Pawnee City, Nebraska, on November 14, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., which meeting will be open to the public.

An agenda for such meeting, kept con-tinuously current, is available for public inspection at the office of the attorney for the Pawnee City Airport Authority, 653 G Street, Pawnee City, Nebraska.

/ James Schultheiss /President, Pawnee City Airport

Authority, Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Nebraska

November 7 znez

NOtiCe OF MeetiNgSCHOOL DiStRiCt NO. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the regular meeting of the Board of Educa-tion of the Pawnee City Public Schools, District No. 1, will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 11, 2013 in the Library/Media Center of the Pawnee City High School, which meeting will be open to the public.

An agenda for such meeting, kept con-tinuously current, is available for public inspection at the office of the school su-perintendent.

Stephen L. GrizzleSuperintendent

November 7 znez

LeWiStON SCHOOLSThe Lewiston School District #69, Paw-

nee County, will hold its regular Novem-ber school board meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 18th, 2013, at the schoolhouse. A meeting agenda, kept continuously current, is available for re-view at the office of the Superintendent.November 7 znez

Public Notices