Four Arrested for Multiple Charges

Following Search Warrant

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Basset Konetzki Shibley Stotler

Front row, left to right: Miranda Heidemann, Cayman DeBoer, Shavara Kroeker, Zach Holes, Macy Ohlde, Keyten Pfingsten,Britney Scheetz. Back row, left to right: Adam Wasserman, Delain-ey Stewart, Marshall York.

FHS Prom Court

The Fairbury Public Schools Board of Education met at 5p.m. on Wednesday, April 11.At the meeting the board approved

the hiring of Taylor Ruzicka as an el-ementary teacher for the 2018-2019 school year.The board made the motion to vote

for Suzanne Sapp as the NASB Leg-islative Committee Member #13. The motion was carried unanimously.The board was asked to consider

approving administrator pay increase

of 2.3 percent and increasing the pay of classified staff by 2.57 percent for the 2018-2019 school year. The mo-tions to approve both passed unani-mously.Also, the board was asked to con-

sider the use of the Depreciation Funds for several summer proj-ects that would come to a total of $60,345. These projects include refinishing the '89 gym floor, sanding and repainting competition lines and walls of the '87 gym, repair and re-

finishing the Jefferson Intermediate Blacktop, purchasing a John Deere brush implement, installing a sprin-kler system around the Armory, and the application of spray roofing cov-ering for the District Bus Barn. The board approved the motion to use the Depreciation Funds for the sum-mer projects with a unanimous vote.The next Board of Education Meet-

ing will be held in the '47 Building at 7p.m. on Monday, May 14.

FPS Summer Projects Discussed at School Board Meeting

On April 12, 2018, at approximately 6:28 a.m., officers with the Fairbury Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Depart-ment and Saline County Sheriff’s De-partment executed a search warrant at a residence in Fairbury, Nebraska located at 1015 4th Street. “We’re still pro-

cessing evidence and trying to talk with other people,” Fairbury Police Chief Chad Sprunk said Friday morn-ing. During the initial

investigation lead-ing up to the search warrant, officers with the Fairbury Police Department received informa-tion that several pieces of stolen property were in the residence along with controlled substanc-es and weapons. During the inves-tigation, officers were informed that several subjects in the residence were possibly armed.

With the informa-tion received, a search warrant was obtained and executed. During the execution of the search warrant, 4 subjects were ini-tially detained.After the residence

was secured, of-ficers conducted a search of the prop-erty. Officers located suspected metham-phetamine, equip-ment and packing used to distribute narcotics, marijua-na, drug parapher-nalia, stolen tools, stolen dirt bike, surveillance cam-eras, ammunition, numerous weapons which did not in-clude a firearm.Officers arrested

the following indi-viduals:Jeffery S. Stotler

age 26 of Fairbury for Alleged Posses-sion of Controlled Substance (4 Felo-ny), Possession ofDeadly Weapon by

a Prohibited Person (3 Felony), Posses-sion of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver

(2 Felony), Theft by Receiving Stolen Property (1 Misde-meanor), Possession of Marijuana Less Than anOunce (Infraction),

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (In-fraction).Dominic E. Ko-

netzki age 21 of Fairbury for Alleged Possession of Con-trolled Substance (4 Felony),Possession of Con-

trolled Substance with Intent to Deliv-er (2 Felony), Theft by Receiving Stolen Property (1Misdemeanor),

Possession of Mari-juana Less Than An Ounce (Infraction), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia(Infraction).Daniel L. Shibley

age 25 of Fairbury for Alleged Posses-sion of Controlled Substance (4 Felo-ny), Possession ofControlled Sub-

stance with Intent to Deliver (2 Felony), Theft by Receiving Stolen Property (1 Misdemeanor),Possession of Mari-

juana Less Than an Ounce (Infrac-tion), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

(Infraction) and out-standing warrants out of Gage and Jef-ferson County.Shianne E. Bas-

sett age 23 of Fairbury for Alleged Possession of Con-trolled Substance (4 Felony), Possession-of Controlled Sub-stance with Intent to Deliver (2 Felony), Theft by Receiving Stolen Property (1 Misdemeanor),Possession of Mari-

juana Less Than an Ounce (Infraction), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (In-fraction).No officers were

injured during the investigation. Stot-ler received medical treatment by Jeffer-son CountyAmbulance Per-

sonnel for a minor head injury that occurred during a brief altercation af-ter he tried to elude law enforcement when they made entry into the resi-dence.The incident re-

mains under inves-tigation. Officers are attempting to ob-taining arrest war-rants for additional subjects involved in the investigation.

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Steady play on the course aided the Southern golf team to earn a second place finish at Tuesday's Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer Invitational.Spearheaded by a pair of top 10 med-

alists, the Raiders shot a team score of 372.Johnson County Central won the 10-

team invite firing a score of 336.Senior Preston Acton brought home

the eighth place medal for Southern carding a score of 90.Junior Nick Nelson earned the 10th

place medal shooting an 18-hole total of 91.Completing the individual scores for

the Raiders were Josh Lundstedt with a 93, Will Stanosheck fired a 98, and Dalton Zimmerman turned in an 18-hole score of 100.“It was a consistent performance for

us based on scores we shot, but I like it better when we get a couple scores in the 80s,” Southern golf coach Beth Willet said.“Good enough, however to finish

runner-up and win two medals. I think we're paying the price for weather and lack of quality practice time that I'm hoping will improve as the spring con-tinues,” Willet remarked.

Southern at HTRS

Jeffs Drop DualIn a rescheduled golf dual, Beatrice

dominated Fairbury in nine-hole play Tuesday afternoon on the Beatrice Country Club golf course.The Orangemen were victorious in the

varsity dual by a score of 161-252.Sophomore Dalton Peterson led the

way for the Jeffs carding a score of 47.Rounding out the scoring for Fairbury

included Devin Wanamaker with a 67, Joe Melcher fired a 68, Aden Watson finished with a 70, and Owen Blocker had a score of 72.Graham Southwick paced Beatrice

with a 36, while teammate Andrew Paquette shot a 39.Additional scores for the Orange-

men were Eli Havelcost and Trenton Jurgens each with 43s, while Bryant Jurgens shot a 49.Beatrice fired a team score of 215 in

the junior varsity dual, while Fairbury did not have a team score with only three golfers competing.Junior Trevin Arnold topped the Jeffs'

junior varsity linksters with a score of 69, while John Kerwood carded a 71, and Keith Lee finished with an 86.

Wilber-Clatonia Tennis Picks Up Wins At Crete

Participating in just its second com-petition of the season due to cancella-tions from the wintry weather Wilber-Clatonia's girls tennis team came away with a pair of victories Tuesday in dual action against Crete.Wilber-Clatonia's Sage Thelen de-

feated Crete's Claire Eltze by a score of 8-1 in varsity singles action.In junior varsity doubles match the

Lady Wolverines' duo of Jill Hansen and Jackie Kalkwarf were victorious, 6-1 against the Lady Cardinals' pair of Lydia Wenz and Josephine Anderson.Crete's number one doubles varsity

team of Katie Schroder and Makenzie Crumbliss topped Wilber-Clatonia's number one doubles team of Sage Thelen and Mackenna Hoesche, 8-0.The Lady Cardinals won five of the

six varsity singles matches in the dual, and secured two wins in the junior varsity doubles matches.Wilber-Clatonia will compete on Mon-

day at the Lincoln North Star Invite.

Area Golf Roundup Tri County & Diller-Odell Track Compete at Pawnee City

By Jim PhelpsTri CountyFacing a number of MUDECAS and Pioneer

Conference rivals, Tri County's girls and boys track and field teams came through with a number of solid marks and times at Tuesday's Lewiston Invite held on the Paw-nee City High School track.The Lady Trojans scored in 13 events high-

lighted by four first place finishes en route to winning the team title scoring 97 points.Gold medal winners for Tri County in-

cluded senior Kailey Weichel in the 800 at 2:35.04, freshman Andie Koch, 3200 with a time of 12:34.12, 3200-meter relay, 10:42.15, and the 400-meter relay at 54.80.Twenty-four team points were picked up

with second place finishes by Cheney Ensz, 100-meter high hurdles, 17.76, Madison Freese, shot put, 35-11, and Kelsey Man-chester with a throw of 101-07 in the dis-cus.Bringing home third place medals on

the day were Koch, 1600, 5:53.93, Anna Schmidt, pole vault, 8'0”, and the Lady Trojans' 1600-meter relay posting a time of 4:31.25.Completing the list of medalists were

Taylor Cammack, fourth, 800, 2:42.17, Schmidt, fourth, triple jump, 30-10, Ella Crawford, fifth, 200, 29.68, Ensz, fifth, 300-meter low hurdles, 54.93, Hannah Holtmeier, fifth, 1600, 5:59.11, and Cassidy Kowalski, sixth with a mark of 31-10.50 in the shot put.Sparked by four gold medal performances,

the Trojans earned fourth place out of 12 teams racking up 70 points.Freeman claimed the boys team champi-

onship notching 97 points with Falls City Sacred Heart runner-up tallying 93 points.Junior Creighton Niemeyer continued his

strong running in the middle and long dis-tance races grabbing first place in both the 800 and 1600-meter runs posting times of 2:05.12 and 4:51.91.Junior Evan Larson took top honors in the

pole vault with an effort of 11'0”.Ten points were chalked up by the Trojans'

3200-meter relay breaking the tape in a time of 9:06.12.Larson accounted for eight team points

with a second place showing in the high jump clearing the bar at 5'10”.Additional medalists included Riley Knust,

fourth, triple jump, 40-01.75, Logunn Bak-er, fourth, shot put, 40-10.50, Cole Siems, fourth, 110-meter high hurdles, 19.16,

1600-meter relay, fourth, 3:57.16, Coo-per Smith, fifth, 3200, 11:23.56, Brandon Beeson, sixth, pole vault, 9'0” Evan Larson, sixth, 1600, 5:11.24, Logan Larson, sixth, 3200, 11:26.60, and a time of 49.37 earned Tri County sixth in the 400-meter relay.Diller-OdellFor the Lady Griffins sophomore Emily

Swanson dominated in winning three indi-vidual events.Swanson set a new meet record in win-

ning the pole vault at 9'6”, she leaped 5'0” to claim top honors in the high jump, and chalked up a time of 50.83 in securing first place in the 300-meter low hurdles.Sophomore Haley Jones accounted for a

pair of second place finishes in the 800, 2;40.73, and the 3200 crossing the finish line in 12:50.36.Twenty-four additional points were picked

up with runner-up showings by Matti Barn-ts, long jump, 14-01, Skylar Pretzer, 200, 28.48, and the 400-meter relay in a time of 54.84.Manufacturing third-sixth place finishes

were Pretzer, third, 100, 13.44, Mackenzie Vitosh, third, discus, 100-11, Jones, fourth, 1600, 5:59.08, Matti Barnts, fifth, 100, 13.82, Pretzer, fifth, long jump, 13-10.75, Kyleigh Barnts, fifth, pole vault, 7'6”, Ma-haila Engleman, sixth, pole vault, 7'0”, and Vitosh with sixth place time of 19.15 in the 100-meter high hurdles.As a team, the Lady Griffins tied for second

with Lourdes Central Catholic, each with 94 points.On the boys side, the Griffins scored 23

points in the field events on their way to a sixth place finish with a score of 38 points.Freshman Austin Jurgens powered Diller-

Odell in the field events placing second in both the shot put and discus with marks of 41-8.50 and 128-02.Armando Jones leaped 10'6” in the pole

vault to earn six points with his third place finish.Matt Klecan grabbed the sixth place medal

in the discus with a throw of 115-09.Diller-Odell placed in a trio of running

events to notch 15 points.The Griffins' 400-meter relay secured a

second finish behind Falls City Sacred Heart in a time of 46.66.Junior William McLaughlin sprinted to a

third place finish in the 400 at 54.36, and junior Ryan Arnold placed sixth with a time of 19.29 in the 110-meter high hurdles.

Titans Shine At Smith CenterBy Nathan HeuerIt was a coming out party for Thayer

Central freshman Chloe Souerdyke at the Smith Center Redmen Relays on Monday in Smith Center, Kansas.Though the freshman was already on

the area track radar coming into the meet with the second highest clearance out of area schools (Fairbury, Wilber-Cla-tonia, Thayer Central, Meridian, Diller-Odell, Tri County) at 5 feet, Souerdyke threw her name into the hat of the best girl high jumpers in the state after Mon-day's meet.The underclassman set the school-

record by clearing 5 feet 4 inches, which was good enough to win the meet and put herself into first place in area, mov-ing ahead of Diller-Odell's Emily Swan-son who has cleared 5 feet 1 inch. The mark is the second best in Class C this season and the tied for the sixth best in the state.Souerdyke's medal was the lone first

place finish for the Lady Titans, but the team showed strength in numbers, plac-ing six additional individuals and all six relay team's in the top six. The 13 med-als tallied 75 points, which resulted in a fourth place finish for the Thayer Central girls at the 13-team meet.Emily Welch, Grace Souerdyke, and

Sydny Havel each contributed a team-best three medals apiece. Havel placed second in the 300 hurdles (50.97) and third in the 100 hurdles (17.61). Both times were the second best in the area so far this season. She added a third medal as a part 400 relay (Grace Souerdyke, McKenzie Johnson, Jena Cottam) that took fourth with an a time of 55.11 sec-onds.Welch garnered a bronze medal in the

discus (100-6), a fifth place finish as a part of the 400 weight relay (Mary Ruth Dodes, Kinzie Remmers, Brooklyn Mum-ford) with a time of 1:03.38 and a sixth place finish in the shot put (33-2 ¾).Grace Souerdyke added a fifth place

medal in the triple jump by leaping 31 feet 3 inches and a bronze medal in the 1,600 relay, which featured Kaizley Krupicka, Chloe Souerdyke, and Katelyn Richardson.Richardson recorded an additional eight

team points with a runner-up perfor-mance in the 800 (2:37.37) and Cottam leaped 14 feet 5 ½ inches in the long jump, good enough for fourth place.The Thayer Central girl's 3,200 relay

team rounded out the conventional relay groups with a third place finish, crossing the finish line in 10:53.

Unconventional relays to place for the Lady Titans included the 1,600 freshmen relay that featured Remmers, Mumford, Siraya Wiedel, and Audrey Landsman. The group took third place with a time of 5:57.96. The same group placed third in the 400 freshmen relay event (1:05.48).On the boy's team, Aubrey Fangmeier

dominated the 800-meter run once again this season, crossing the finish line first in 2:01.27 to take first place. Fangmeier won the race by over 5 seconds.The time was .08 seconds off his area-

best time this season.As a part of the 3,200 relay team

(Keegan Casey, Trey Fischer, Dylan Fischer), Fangmeier helped the Titans get a season-best time of 8:26.7. The time beat their previous best performance by more than three seconds and won them Monday's race by more than eight sec-onds. Thayer Central's 3,200 relay time is in the top 10 in the state and an area best.The 20 points accumulated by Fang-

meier's 800 and the Titans' 3,200 relay played a large part in Thayer Central's fourth place finish as a team. The Titans totaled 72 team points with a total of 11 medals.The Titan boy's second and final gold

medal came in the 1,600 freshman relay, who clocked a time of 3:54.06. Andrew Heinrichs, Luke Templin, Dominic Stew-art, and Trey Fischer were the memebers on the relay team.Long distance specialist Damian Stew-

art and standout hurdler Phillip Price each contributed a pair of medals in their strongest events. Stewart finished in second place in the 3,200 (10:44.25) and fifth in the 1,600 (5:03.01).Dylan Fischer added a medal in the

long distance department with a fourth place finish in the 3,200 with a time of 10:46.61.Price clocked a 16.97 in the 110 hur-

dles – the third fastest time in the area this season – which earned him a bronze medal on Monday. He added another third place finish in the 300 hurdles (44.48).Thayer Central earned medals in the re-

maining relay events which included the 1,600 relay (Fangmeier, Price, Casey, Isa-iah Keilwitz) that took fourth (3:41.71), the 400 freshman relay (Heinrichs, An-drew Landsmann, Trey Fischer, Dominic Stewart) that took second, and the 400 weight relay (Shevin Solomon, Keith Her-gott, Brandon Fangmeier, Andrew Engle) who took fourth.

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Area Boys Track & Field Leaders

Field LeadersShot Put1. Hunter Cerveny, Wilber-Clatonia - 47-112. Trent Grizzle, Fairbury - 47-0 ¼3. Tyler Hooper, Wilber-Clatonia - 42-4

Discus1. Tyler Hooper, Wilber-Clatonia - 139-92. Keith Hergott, Thayer Central - 124-33. Austin Jurgens, Diller-Odell - 121-9

High Jump1. Cayman DeBoer, Fairbury - 6-0T2. Dylan Starr, Fairbury - 5-8T2. Bret Cole, Fairbury - 5-8T2. Evan Larson, Tri County - 5-8

Pole VaultT1. Adam Wasserman, Fairbury - 12-6T1. Riley Wehrer, Wilber-Clatonia - 12-6T1. Michael Pulliam, Wilber-Clatonia - 12-6

Long Jump1. Cayman DeBoer, Fairbury - 19-4 ¼2. Isaac Robertson, Fairbury - 19-2 ¼3. Coltin Rezabek, Wilber-Clatonia - 18-8 ¼

Triple Jump1. Isaac Robertson, Fairbury - 39-9 ½2. Riley Knust, Tri County - 39-53. Jack Holsing, Tri County - 38-3 ½

Relay Leaders400 meter relay1. Diller-Odell - 47.002. Wilber-Clatonia - 47.523. Fairbury - 48.96

1,600 meter relay1. Thayer Central - 3:37.492. Diller-Odell - 3:40.903.Wilber-Clatonia -3:48.09

3,200 meter relay1.Thayer Central - 8:29.752. Wilber-Clatonia - 8:56.503. Tri County - 9:00.23

Marks of Note:*Aubrey Fangmeier’s 800 time earns a Top 10 All-Class mark*Thayer Central’s 3200 Relay also places in the Top 10 All-Class & is the top mark in Class C*Fangmeier is Top 10 Class C in both the 400 & 800*Damian Stewart’s 3200 time is Top 10 Class C*Hunter Cerveny & Tyler Hooper earn Top 10 spots in the Shot Put & Discus respectively*Creighton Niemeyer’s 800 & 1600 times earn Top 10 Class D spots*Diller-Odell’s 1600 Re-lay and Tri County’s 3200 Relays land in the Class D Top 10

Performance Highlight:Thayer Central’s Aubrey Fangmei-er continues to improve his times in the 400 & 800 in his pursuit of State Gold. Fangmeier also runs on the Titans 3200 Relay which is All-Class Top 10.

Track Leaders100 meters1. William McLaughlin, Diller-Odell - 11.432. Hunter Cerveny, Wilber-Clatonia - 11.743. Tyson Landenberger, Diller-Odell - 11.80

200 meters1. William McLaughlin, Diller-Odell - 23.602. Tyson Landenberger, Diller-Odell - 23.903. Hunter Cerveny, Wilber-Clatonia - 24.69

400 meters1. Aubrey Fangmeier, Thayer Central - 52.062. Zach Koss, Thayer Central - 53.593. Drey Heller, Wilber-Clatonia - 56.76

800 meters1. Aubrey Fangmeier, Thayer Central - 2:01.192. Creighton Niemeyer, Tri County - 2:03.643. Zach Koss, Thayer Central - 2:05.50

1,600 meters1. Creighton Niemeyer, Tri County - 4:55.602. Damian Stewart, Thayer Central - 4:58.993. Riley Wehrer, Wilber-Clatonia - 4:59.80

3,200 meters1. Damian Stewart, Thayer Central - 10:36.792. Riley Wehrer, Wilber-Clatonia - 10:37.423. Tommy Lokken, Wilber-Clatonia - 10:49.46

110 meter hurdles1. Dillon Weichel, Fairbury - 15.952. Mason Zimmerman, Wilber-Clatonia - 17.073. Coltin Rezabek, Wilber-Clatonia - 17.17

300 meter hurdles1. William McLaughlin, Diller-Odell - 43.002. Phillip Price, Thayer Central - 43.563. Mason Zimmerman, Wilber-Clatonia - 44.50

Area Girls Track & Field Leaders

Track Leaders100 meters1. Matti Barnts, Diller-Odell - 13.702. Jena Cottam, Thayer Central - 13.883. Cora DeBoer, Fairbury - 13.96

200 meters1. Aleen Souvannavong, Wilber-Clatonia - 28.822. Jena Cottam, Thayer Central - 28.873. Cora DeBoer, Fairbury - 29.04

400 meters1. Sara Huss, Fairbury - 1:03.722. Katelyn Richardson, Thayer Central - 1:05.363. Cora DeBoer, Fairbury - 1:05.74

800 meters1. Kailey Weichel, Tri County - 2:31.972. Katelyn Richardson, Thayer Central - 2:34.193. Mikwena Lierman, Fairbury - 2:37.66

1,600 meters1. Andie Koch, Tri County - 5:43.832. Josephine Blatny, Fairbury - 6:07.233. Hannah Holtmeier, Tri County - 6:08.95

3,200 meters1. Haley Jones, Diller-Odell - 13:00.892. Andie Koch, Tri County - 13:03.883. Josephine Blatny - 13:14.06

100 meter hurdles1. Janessa Swanda, Fairbury - 17.492. Sydny Havel, Thayer Central - 17.593. Cheney Ensz, Tri County - 17.65

300 meter hurdles1. Emily Swanson, Diller-Odell - 51.102. Sydny Havel, Thayer Central - 51.293. Cheney Ensz, Tri County - 53.10

Field LeadersShot Put1. Katie VanLaningham, Wilber-Clatonia - 38-5 ¼2. Madison Freese, Tri County - 38-2 ¾3. Emily Welch, Thayer Central - 37-3 ¼

Discus1. Jessa Eden, Fairbury - 133-32. Sara Huss, Fairbury - 122-33. Kelsey Manchester, Tri County - 116

High Jump1. Emily Swanson, Diller-Odell - 5-12. Chloe Souerdyke, Thayer Central - 5-0T3. Jaelle Johnson, Fairbury - 4-8T3. Rylee Pieper, Meridian - 4-8T3. Brianna Connelly, Tri County - 4-8

Pole Vault1. Emily Swanson, Diller-Odell - 9-6T2. Shaylee Bloom, Wilber-Clatonia - 8-6T2. Andi Kort, Meridian - 8-6T2. Mahalia Engleman, Diller-Odell - 8-6T2. Madalyn Crouse, Thayer Central - 8-6

Long Jump1. Aleen Souvannavong, Wilber-Clatonia - 15-6T2. Grace Souerdyke, Thayer Central - 15-5T2. Jena Cottam, Thayer Central - 15-5

Triple Jump1. Aleen Souvannavong, Wilber-Clatonia - 34-2 ¾2. Leah Mach, Fairbury - 32-53. Mikwena Lierman, Fairbury - 31-9 ½

Relay Leaders400 meter relay1. Diller-Odell - 55.202. Thayer Central - 55.863. Wilber-Clatonia - 55.90

1,600 meter relay1. Fairbury - 4:24.772. Thayer Central - 4:27.613. Diller-Odell - 4:36.50

3,200 meter relay1. Tri County - 10:22.002. Thayer Central - 10:43.993. Fairbury - 10:53.77

Marks of Note:*Jessa Eden’s throw of 133’3” is the second best in the State regardless of class.*Katelyn Richardson’s 800 time puts her in the Top 10 in Class C*Thayer Central’s 3200 Relay is in the Top 10 in Class C*Both Katie VanLaningham & Emily Welch’s Shot Put marks are in the Top 10 of Class C*Aleen Souvannawong’s Triple Jump best puts her in the Class C Top 10*Kailey Weichel’s 800 time earns her a Class D Top 10 spot*Andie Koch has a Top 10 1600 time in Class D*Both Koch and Haley Jones crack the Top 10 in the 3200 in Class D*Tri County’s 3200 Relay owns the top mark in Class D. While the 1600 Relay is in the Top 10.*Madison Freese owns the top Shot Put mark in Class D*Emily Swanson earns a Class D Top 10 spot in the High Jump

Performance Highlight:Diller-Odell’s Emily Swanson was dominant at the Mustang Invite, bring-ing home 3 individual medals. Swanson won the Pole Vault and was 2nd in both the 300M Hurdles and the High Jump.

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Hurdlers, Distance Runners Pace Wolverines At MilfordBy Jim PhelpsA 1-2-3 finish in the 110-meter high

hurdles along with a 1-2-4 finish in the 3200 powered Wilber-Clatonia to the team title at Tuesday's Milford Booster Club Meet.Coltin Rezabek, Mason Zimmerman,

and Cooper Bates racked up 24 points by securing the top three spots in the 110-meter high hurdles with times of 16.73, 17.16, and 17.18.Twenty-two points were accumulated

in the 3200 for the Wolverines with first place earned by Riley Wehrer at 10:57.86, Tommy Lokken, second in 11:29.73, and Dawson Hooper grabbed fourth posting a time of 11:33.20.Besides Rezabek and Wehrer earning

first place finishes, Wehrer won the 1600 in 4:43.79, and Bates chalked up first in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at 44.76.As a team, Wilber-Clatonia scored in

all 17 events on its way to rolling up a first place team score of 154.50 points.Silver medalists in the meet were

Wehrer, pole vault, 13'0”, Tyler Hoop-er, discus, 130'6', Hunter Cerveny, shot put, 46-3.50, 3200-meter relay, 9:04.12, 400-meter relay, 47.02, and

the 1600-meter relay at 3;48.60.Turning in third place performances

included Layne Evans, 400, 56.60, Zimmerman, 300-meter intermediate hurdles, 45.47, and Dawson Hoover with a time of 5:17.77 in the 1600.Rounding out the parade of medalists

were Tyler Hooper, fourth, shot put, 45-02, Zimmerman, fourth, high jump, 5'6”, Michael Pulliam, fifth, pole vault, 12'0”, Luke Sykes, fifth, triple jump, 36-09.75, Tad Moldenhauer, fifth, 200, 24.90, Lokken, fifth, 800, 2:22.79, Resabek, tie for fifth in the long jump, 19'2”, Cerveny, sixth in both the 100 and 200 at 12.8 and 24.90, Drey Heller, sixth, 400, 57.42, Sykes, sixth, 800, 2:23.73, and Seth Vlasak sixth with a time of 5;20.06 for the 1600.Not to be outdone, the Wilber-Clato-

nia Lady Wolverines battled to a third place finish out of seven teams record-ing a score of 63 points.Centennial cruised to the team cham-

pionship racking up 189 points, while Milford was a distant second scoring 132.50 points.Senior Katie VanLaningham earned

the lone gold medal for the Lady Wol-verines winning the shot put with a

mark of 38-04.50.A put of 91-02 by VanLaningham gar-

nered her fifth place in the discus at 91'2”.Additional multiple individual medal-

ists included Shaylee Bloom, second in both the pole vault, 8'6”, and the 200 at 28.85, Topanga Rosentreader, third in the 3200 in 14:32.27, and she was fourth in the 1600 with a time of 6:42.51, Aleen Souvannavong, fourth, triple jump, 33-09, and she finished fifth in the long jump with a mark of 15-03.50, and Nevaeh Honea turned in fifth place finishes in the 100-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter low hurdles with times of 18.88 and 53.37.Rylee Sand notched one team point

bringing home the sixth place medal in the pole vault with an effort of 7'6”.Fourteen team points were collected

by the Lady Wolverines relays in their various races.Both the 400 and 1600-meter re-

lays sagged third place registering times of 56/02 and 4:35.42, while the 3200-meter relay finished fifth at 13:02.72.

Titans, Mustangs Run Wild At Del Wicks

See the Wednesday,

April 18th edi-tion for more from the Del

Wicks Invite!Photos by

Jim Phelps

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Whilst perusing the Journal ar-chives, I discovered something interest-ing. The Fairbury Journal-News used to publish an ad-vice column. It was called “Ask Amy.” It was probably syn-dicated. I'm sure it wasn't written lo-cally. “Amy” wasn't listed anywhere on the masthead and the head shot and logo were not in the typical Journal style of the time. There is another reason to think the column wasn't written lo-cally, which I'll get to in a bit.Advice columns

have been a staple of newspapers for decades. The most famous advice columns are “Dear Abby” (Abigail Van Buren) and “Ask Ann Landers.” They were sisters (twins in fact!) and bitter rivals. Their nasty feud makes me think these were not the best people to be asking advice from. They were sort of the Betty Davis and Joan Crawford of the newspaper syndi-cates.Most professional

advice givers try to be stern but sympa-thetic. Some lean a little heavier on the stern than others. You may remember

Dr. Laura Schless-inger, not a news-paper columnist but a radio shrink. Her advice usually boils down to, “Stop whining and read the Bible.”If you wonder

how anyone gets a gig giving advice to strangers, there doesn't seem to be a standard career path. Amy Alkon, for example, and a couple of friends set up folding chairs and a hand-made sign offering “Free Advice” from the “Advice Ladies,” and set up shop on a Manhattan street corner. This seems like a good way to get mugged, not start a career. Nev-ertheless, Ms. Alkon turned it into an actual job that pays actual money.She is another one

of those more stern than sympathetic advice givers. Her advice usually boils down to, “Stop whin-ing and lose some weight.”Like a lot of people

who read advice col-umns, I thought to myself, I could give better advice than these schmucks. The difference be-tween me and a lot of people is I work for a newspaper. Why couldn't I be the Journal's new

advice columnist? I couldn't call it “Ask Gordon,” obviously. There seems to be an unwritten rule that advice colum-nists have to be la-dies, so I would need to come up with a pseudonym. “Ask Geraldine,” perhaps? Maybe not. The name, Geraldine, im-mediately makes me think of Flip Wilson. If you are under 50, ask your grandpar-ents who Flip Wilson was.Anyway, it couldn't

be a hard job. I wouldn't even have to write a whole column every week. I could just make up a checklist of stock answers and use the one that fits best. I'm sure a list of, say, half a dozen would cover pretty much any possible scenario.1. He/She isn't

leaving his/her wife/husband. You might as well just accept it.2. Apologize and

pay for the damages.3. Wait till after

you give the toast to start drinking.4. You should prob-

ably have a doctor look at that.5. Change your

name and appear-ance and move to another state (or country if a class two felony or above).6. Stop whining

and read the Bible/lose some weight.Of course, I won't

ever be an advice columnist, not for this paper, anyway. Letters to newspa-per advice columns are suppose to be anonymous. That's why they are always signed with names like, Confused in California, Puzzled in Poughkeepsie and Out of My Depth in Ottumwa. You can't be anonymous in a town this size. If a letter begins, “So I know this one guy who lives in a house...,” immedi-ately, three dozen locals have already figured out who it is. You just can't have an small town advice column written by a local.So you want ad-

vice? Ask your mom. You don't call her enough anyway.

Nebraskans’ Economic SecurityBy U.S. Senator Deb FischerOver the recent state work period, I was

able to travel our great state of Nebraska for two weeks. From Holdrege to Scotts-bluff and Ainsworth to Norfolk, it was a busy and productive time spent with Nebraskans at meetings, roundtables, and businesses. During our many discussions, a common theme was Nebraska’s econom-ic security.During my time in The Good Life, I

traveled to North Platte and visited the Walmart Distribution Center. I was im-pressed to learn that this facility ships to 92 stores nationwide, right from North Platte, Nebraska. I was pleased to wel-come my friend and Senate Commerce Chairman, Senator John Thune of South Dakota to Nebraska. We stopped by Love Signs in Norfolk and talked to local and business officials at the Chamber of Com-merce.At these visits and discussions, we heard

excitement about the benefits of the tax reform bill. Nebraskans are keeping more of their hard earned money in their pock-ets and businesses are investing. For example, Cox Communications will pro-vide bonuses up to $2,000 to employees who have worked there for at least a year. When I visited Pitney Bowes’ Omaha facil-ity in March, I learned their company is investing more than $18 million to raise wages for the majority of their U.S. hourly employees.When it comes to Nebraska’s economy,

agriculture is a major driver. That’s why I am very concerned about China’s pro-posed list of retaliatory tariffs, which tar-gets soybeans, corn, sorghum, beef, and pork. After hearing this troubling news, I immediately reached out to the adminis-tration. I spoke directly to Secretary of Ag-riculture Sonny Perdue and White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short to emphasize the significant market loss Ne-braska producers would face should these tariffs be finalized. Such action would not only hurt ag producers; it would hit our entire state because agriculture is the eco-nomic engine of Nebraska.I also hosted USDA Under Secretary

for Trade Ted McKinney and Nebraska agribusiness leaders for a roundtable at Greater Omaha Packing. We had a pro-ductive discussion. The tariffs have not gone into effect yet, and I believe there’s still time to negotiate a positive outcome for our producers. When I return to Wash-ington, I plan to meet with President Trump to discuss Nebraska’s perspective on trade and the Chinese retaliation.Another item that frequently came up

while on the road was the upcoming farm bill. In McCook, I hosted an ag roundtable with local producers to talk priorities for the upcoming legislation. I hold a number of these roundtables and it is always good to hear straight from producers about the issues they face. Among the topics dis-cussed was the need to ensure a strong safety net, including crop insurance and commodity programs that help produc-ers manage risk. Additionally, trade pro-motion programs like the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Develop-ment Program were also discussed. These are important tools that enable ag produc-ers to leverage dollars to access new mar-kets, and I strongly support them. They are especially important programs given the current state of the farm economy. I’m energized and encouraged by my

conversations with the people of our state. Nebraskans are engaged and informed about the issues that matter to them. Working together, we have accomplished a lot for our state and its people. But there’s more work to do. I look forward to taking the insight I heard back to Washington where I will continue to be a strong voice for you and achieve positive results for Nebraska.Thank you for participating in the demo-

cratic process. I look forward to visiting with you again next week.

Shortly after the recent Facebook stories appeared telling how the company had shared semi-intimate (and sometimes really intimate) user revelations with other busi-nesses and perhaps other countries, the Buzzards and the Koffee Klatchers met in joint session in Goat and Gloria’s to decide what their response should be to having their innermost secrets revealed. Although most of the members of the two groups were a bit long in the tooth to be enamored with Facebook, a surprising number were on the site.Adrian Morgan who believed all of life to be

a series of conspiracies said he had ini-tially believed the young Zuckerberg to be a genius, but now he was sure that the boy was merely the naïve tool of three evil genies headed by V. Putin. He added that the ge-nies were also responsible for China putting tariffs on soybeans, pork, and a clothing line headed by an advisor close to our President. Adrian, who liked big words nearly as much as his conspiracy theories, claimed the three genies to be “thaumaturguses,” (literally miracle workers). While the Buzzards and Koffee Klatchers

ignored Adrian’s rants they did agree that Facebook must be punished. Then, be-fore they decided upon the punishment, a strange thing happened. They began to tell the group the innermost secrets they had revealed on Facebook.Hoppy Hanlon confessed to his high school

girlfriend he had once stolen a Snickers bar from Jim and Bertha’s Grocery to give her in exchange for a kiss, but she had not been in school that day so he had eaten it himself and shut up about his theft…until he put it on Facebook.Hillman Yates said he revealed

to Facebook that he had sent his father’s secret chili recipe to a college friend in Idaho who then went on to have it published in a cookbook which in turn led to his father coming upon the cookbook and wondering “how in the doggone dickens did those thieves get my precious recipe?” Hillman said he had never confessed his awful deed to his father.Louise Mott had revealed in Face-

book that she had voted for herself for Miss Queen of the May as a high school senior, thereby beating Jenny Hawkins by one vote.And, horror of horrors, Gertie

Sanders had told Facebook that in

college she had once “lusted in my heart” for the team’s fullback. Nothing had come of her lust inasmuch as the fullback had no idea that she even existed.After discussing the how to punish mat-

ter for some time, the Buzzards and Koffee Klatchers decided all they could do was to delete Facebook from their servers. That was not a decision easily reached. Various other remedies were examined. Several of the group wanted to send an email to Sena-tor Sasse demanding he confront Zucker-berg during the Congressional hearing. But confront him how? Ask that he be put in stocks on the Capitol grounds for a week?Write a one-thousand dollar check to any-

one who had ever used Facebook? Wrestle on TV mano a mano with Senator Sasse. Eventually, sadly, the Condon Springs

folks decided all they could do was to delete their Facebook accounts, deprive the com-pany of future ill-gotten gains. And, suggest-ed Pat Hutton, while they were about it, per-haps they should just cancel their accounts with Google and Instagram and Twitter and Amazon, too, because surely they were be-ing jacked around by those folks, too.No, the majority agreed, they would not act

on Pat’s suggestion, but they would shop local more like at the local hardware, at Jimmy and Bertha’s Grocery, and certainty they would eat more often at Goat and Glo-ria’s Café.A fine and noble decision.-Richard KimbroughAll proceeds from the book, “NEIGHBORS”

will be given for cancer research. The book is available on Amazon.

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It was an evening of song and melodies at the Meridian Public School on April 10 as their Spring Concert filled the halls with the sound of music. The junior high band opened the night with sweet notes of flight and the show choir closed the evening with swinging tunes to make you boogie.

Meridian Spring Concert

Brianna Barton will be rep-resenting Alexandria Auxiliary Post #194 at Girls State this summer. She is the daughter of Ross and Joy Barton of Al-exandria. Brianna is an active member in numerous extra-curricular activities including; volleyball, cheer, dance, track, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), National Honor Society (NHS), student council, enrichment, speech, show choir, choir, drama, wrestling student manager, and quiz bowl. She is also a current 4-H member for Thayer County. Brianna’s cur-rent hobbies include painting, drawing, spending time with animals, and spending time with her family and friends. Brittany Boyce of rural Tobias

is the alternate representative of Tobias Auxiliary #311 for Girls State. Brittany is the daughter of Ryan and Stacy Boyce. Brit-tany is involved in cheerleading, dance, show choir and choir, basketball, track, FBLA, One Acts, drama, speech, and quiz bowl. Outside interests are 4-H, running outside, riding horses, hunting, and hanging out with family and friends.

Jacqueline Dimas of Ohiowa will be representing the Ohiowa Legion Auxiliary #193 at Girls State this summer. Her parents are Guadalupe and Gabriela Dimas. In the past three years she has been involved in student council, FBLA, NHS, one-act, show choir, drama, speech, vol-leyball, and basketball. She was a participant at State Speech the past two years in Poetry. Jackie loves reading and writing stories in her spare time.Sophia Ellis of Western will be

attending Girls State this sum-mer representing Western Auxil-iary # 255. She is the daughter of Rebecca Ellis and a junior at Meridian High School. Sophia is involved in volleyball, basket-ball, drama, speech, choir, show choir, band, quiz bowl, and FBLA. In her free time she likes to play sports, hang out with friends, and travel.Garrett Klipp of rural Tobias

will be representing the Daykin Legion Post #198 at Boys State this summer. He is the son of Andy and Mandy Klipp. During his high school career he has been involved in many sports in which he has lettered all three

years including varsity foot-ball, basketball and track. He is also involved in summer Legion Baseball. Sports have taught him many new skills, such as, leadership, dedication and how to be a team player. Garrett has also participated in One Acts, Stu Co and FBLA, which has also taught him new skills that he uses in everyday life. Gar-rett feels being involved in high school sports and activities is very important and recommends all students to get involved. Andrea Kort, a Junior at Me-

ridian Public Schools, will be representing Daykin Auxiliary Post #198 this summer at Girls State. She is the daughter of Randy and JeNae Kort of rural Fairbury. Andrea is involved in Volleyball, Basketball, Track, Speech, Drama, One-Act, School Play, Band, Choir, Show Choir, Enrichment, Quiz Bowl, Student Council, Future Business Lead-ers of America, and National Honor Society. Andrea has been instrumental in the digitalizing of the Meridian graduate pic-tures, yearbooks, and annuals. In her free time, Andi enjoys watching Netflix and spending

time with her family.Sara Most is a junior at Merid-

ian Public Schools and is repre-senting Tobias Legion #311 at Girls State this summer. Sara is the daughter of Scott and Kristi Most of rural Tobias. She is involved in Basketball, Soft-ball, FBLA, Show Choir, Choir, Band, One-Act, Drama and just recently inducted into National Honor Society. Sara is involved in dance at CHCC in Crete. Sara enjoys playing pep band and hanging out with friends and having a good time.Micah Noel of Tobias will be

attending American Legion Junior Law Cadet this summer (June 18-21st) representing the Tobias Legion Post #311. He is the son of Patrick and Elizabeth Noel. This Meridian High School Junior participates in Football, Wrestling, Track and summer baseball. He was a participant at State wrestling the year. He is involved in One Acts, Drama and just recently inducted into National Honor Society. Micah’s other interests involve Boys Scout, Church, and hanging out with friends.

Boys and Girls State

Things could move quickly for Diller-Odell Public Schools as far as adding a new gymnasium, however, school board members are still looking at all angles.The board met Mon-

day night for the April monthly meeting and a timeline was updat-ed on the progression of the project.Diller-Odell Superin-

tendent Mike Meyerle noted that on March

26 13 companies visited the site and showed interest in working with the dis-trict on the gymnasi-um project. A commit-tee has been formed and will cut the candi-dates down to three by April 30.All three companies

will be interviewed and give a presentation on the project, possibly by the May 14 school board meeting.“If we’re not ready by

May and if you don’t want to wait until June, you could have a special meeting,”

Diller-Odell School Board member Chad Lottman said.Also at the meeting

it was noted that new lights have been in-stalled in the elemen-tary parking lot in Diller to improve light-ing issues.“We had some grand-

parents talk to me about it that as they leave a program, it is very hard to see,” Meyerle said. “So, now there are more lights

and it is much better.”In discussing secu-

rity issues after at-tending a conference, Meyerle noted one option is to have every classroom fitted with a pepper spray security device that would alert law enforcement if ac-tivated. A presentation will be given at the ESU soon and Meyerle noted he would report back to the board on the subject.

New Gym For Diller-Odell Enters Another Phase

“If we’re not ready by May and if you don’t want to wait until June, you could have a special meeting,” Chad Lottman, Diller-Odell Board

Barton Boyce Dimas Ellis

Klipp Kort Most Noel

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Wes CammackBy Jim Phelps

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You could say that Tri County graduate Wes Cammack has made his own way to the top through hard work and tenacity.The 2005 graduate

of Tri County High School always had a dream of playing col-lege football, espe-cially for his favorite team, the Nebraska Cornhuskers.Following a stellar

high school career in three sports, football, basketball, and track and field, earning 12 letters, Cammack received a four-year Regent's scholarship to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.In 2005, Wes's

dream to become a Husker took shape when he became a walk-on for Nebraska.Most of the athletes

on the Nebraska football squad were recruited or scholar-ship players, while Wes was a genuine walk-on, who earned his spot on the team through a tryout.Having a once-in-a-

lifetime opportunity to compete for Ne-braska, Cammack jumped at the chance to play football at the college level.Cammack performed

well enough for the coaches in the fall of 2005 that the staff of-fered him the oppor-tunity to walk-on.As a freshman, Wes

red shirted, but was allowed to suit up for Husker home games.Cammack stepped

on the field for his first college game action in 2006, as a member of the kickoff team versus Missouri.For Cammack it was

a special honor to walk out of the tunnel onto Tom Osborne Field as a player.“It was quite the

thrill to walk out the tunnel with your teammates on Satur-day to a full house at Memorial Stadium for the very first time,” Cammack remarked.After playing at the

running back posi-tion for the Trojans in high school, Wes made the switch to wide receiver for the Huskers.Beginning his fifth

year for Nebraska in 2009, Cammack was preparing to pay his way to go the college and continue to play football.Prior to the start of

the season, Nebraska head football coach Bo Pelini granted a scholarship to walk-on players, and Cam-mack was one of six student-athletes to be named to receive a football scholarship.An outstanding

student in the class-room, Cammack

was a Three-Time First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection in 2007, 2008, and 2009.Another prestigious

honor included be-ing a Five-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll from 2005-2009 in both the fall and spring.During his senior

campaign for the Huskers in 2009, Wes played in nine games.It was a big step up

for Cammack going from Class C-2 Tri County to the Univer-sity of Nebraska.“It was definitely

a big change. The caliber of athletes was something to behold, as I was just trying to fit in and maybe hopefully play some-day. I was fortunate to get to play on a fair amount of special teams. At a division one school like Ne-braska the athletes are bigger and faster than compared to Class C-2 athletes,” Cammack replied.“Playing football at

Nebraska is a totally different mindset. It is a full-time job, essen-tially year round. You may get a few breaks here and there, but you have spring ball, then meetings before fall practice. It can be quite a grind,” Cam-mack stated.During his college

football career at Nebraska, Cammack played for a pair of head coaches, Bill Callahan and Bo Pelini.“I played for coach

Callahan for three years, and coach Pelini was my head coach for my junior and senior seasons.“As player, I re-

spected both coaches during my time on the Husker football team,” Cammack noted.Besides having a

superb career on the gridiron in high school, Wes was a tremendous distance runner on the Tri County track team.In his high school

career, Wes earned 12 medals at the Nebraska State Track and Field Champion-ships, including four gold medals.Cammack's gold

medals were won in the 3200-meter run as a freshman and a sophomore, and the 800 and 1600-meter runs as a senior.Wes holds several

track records at Tri County includ-ing 3200-meter, 9:42.838, 1600-meter run, 4:28.44, and he teamed with Matthew Shipp, Michael Parde, and Dustin Mammen in the 3200-meter re-lay to set a record of 8:07.541 at the state track and field meet.As a sophomore,

Wes was a member of the Trojans' track and field team that won the Class C state title by half a point, 42.50-42 over Fill-more Central in 2003.Wes had a tough

choice after graduat-ing from high school

whether to play foot-ball or run track at the college level.“I had to choose

between football and track and that was a hard decision. A number of smaller in-state colleges such as Doane and Mid-land approached me about running track, but I had already earned a four-year Regent's scholarship at UNL, so that was hard to pass up. I really love football a little bit more than track. So I wanted to give football a shot in college,” Cammack said.“I have no regrets on

the path that I chose. For me I made the right decision,” Cam-mack commented.On the football field

for Tri County, Cam-mack rushed for nearly 1,900 yards in his career, includ-ing 1,245 yards as a senior, while scoring 21 touchdowns.On defense for his

career, Wes inter-cepted 13 passes and was in on 104 solo tackles.His play as a senior

on defense earned him Class C-2 first-team all-state honors by the Omaha World-Herald along with be-ing tabbed all-district his sophomore-senior seasons.Following gradua-

tion, Wes played in the 2005 Shrine Bowl Game in Lincoln.On the hardwood,

Cammack averaged over 20 points per game as a senior, and was named all-state in Class C-1.As a three-sport

athlete, Cammack's favorite sport was football.“I truly loved play-

ing football. Our team didn't have some great years when I played, but I got the opportunity to play on both sides of the ball which was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed being out on the field on both sides of the ball with my team-mates,” Cammack acknowledged.Competing in athlet-

ics was fun according to Cammack.“I enjoyed the com-

petition. You set a goal at the start of the season and hope to achieve that goal. Sometimes it worked out other times you may come up short. My goal in football was to help the team get to the state foot-ball playoffs. In bas-ketball it was to get through districts and qualify for state. My year was as a sopho-more, as the team just came up short in the district final to GICC,” Cammack remarked.“My highlight in

track was winning the Class C state cham-pionship my sopho-more year. It was our school's first state track championship for the boys,” Cam-mack noted.Wes got introduced

to sports at a young age taking part in T-Ball.

“I began playing T-Ball when I was five or six and then got into playing basket-ball in the third grade playing in a league at Barneston, Ne. We didn't have pee-wee football when I was a youngster. I began playing football when I got into junior high and that carried over to high school,” Cam-mack said.As a young athlete,

Wes feels his parents inspired him in all the sports that he com-peted in.“My parents were

big supporters as I began playing sports. Both my dad, Troy, and my mom, Mary, were good three-sport athletes at Tri County. They never pushed me to hard in any of the sports I participated in. My mom entered me in the Cornhusker State Games in the 800, as an elementary stu-dent and that was my first true taste of competition,” Cam-mack declared.Wes credits his

coaches and teach-ers in high school in helping him earn the success he has received in sports and academics.“The classroom

translates to the field, and vice versa. If you want to excel in one you more than likely want to exhale in the other. You have to do well in academics in high school and college if you want to participate. You don't make or keep your grades up you won't get to play,” Cam-mack stated.According to Wes

several words best describe him.“I would say I'm

hard working, honest, trustworthy, and I feel I have perseverance. Being perseverate can take you a long ways in your life,” Cam-mack replied.Wes felt compet-

ing in sports and maintaining excellent grades taught him a lot about building success for future endeavors.“As a student-ath-

lete you need to be organized and use your time wisely. Being in athletics it makes the person be accountable, be a good teammate, and eventually after col-lege you will be work-ing with other people and it is important how you coexist and work together to maximise everyone's best efforts,” Cam-mack noted.A sports hero of

Cammack's was long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine who ran track at the Univer-sity of Oregon, and competed in the 1972 Olympics.In his career in ath-

letics at Tri County, Cammack remarked his favorite coach was Dan Tesar.“He coached me all

four years in both football and track, and he coached my dad in the same sports at Tri County.

He had a lot of re-spect from a lot of people over the years. He was easy to get along with as a player. Coach Tesar would push his athletes, but he was fair and an honest coach,” Cammack replied.Wes's former high

school football and track and field coach Dan Tesar spoke on what made Cammack the athlete that he became.“Wes was very com-

petitive and he would not quit, as he was determined to win in everything that he did. Wes was a very intelligent athlete so he knew what was going on. Wes played aggressively and he had outstanding skills,” Tesar com-mented.A trait of Cammack's

according to coach Tesar was his com-petitiveness.“He was very com-

petitive, as he would not back down from a challenge whether in a game or on the track on in the class-room,” Tesar replied.As a stellar high

school athlete, Wes had a number of strengths which pro-pelled him through his career.“In track, Wes

wasn't a sprinter, but he had good speed, and he was willing to run the distance races. He would do anything to have success. He was so competitive he did not like to lose. He had a true desire to win,” Tesar stated.

Coach Tesar replied that he was pleased to have coached Wes for his entire football and track careers in high school at Tri County.“Wes made me a

good coach, “Tesar chuckled.” His per-sonality was A-Plus, his competitiveness was A-Plus, and his ability was A-Plus. I can't think anything bad about him. Wes is the type of student-athlete you hate to see graduate. He was fun to coach, and he was a top-notch ath-lete for Tri County,” Tesar noted.Cammack graduated

in 2010 from the Uni-versity of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in agriculture engi-neering.Following gradua-

tion, Wes's first job was in Menomonie, Wisconsin working at Conagra Brands.He later got a job

in Waterloo, Iowa at John Deere, as a test engineer and worked there for just under four years.Cammack moved

back to the Dewitt area where he is a farmer growing corn and soybeans.Wes and his wife,

Kim, live near DeWitt with their six-month daughter.“I have come full

circle in my life. This was a goal of mine to comeback to the De-Witt area for I missed farming. It was good to have had a couple of jobs out of state in the corporate world after graduating from UNL,” Cammack said.

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Page 12 The Fairbury Journal-News Agriculture Friday,April 13, 2018

Learn New Skills at Fort Kearny Outdoor Expo on May 12

LINCOLN - Get ready for summer by learning some new outdoor skills at the 12th annual Fort Kearny Outdoor Expo on May 12.

This free Expo, designed for family members of all ages and experience levels, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fort Kearny State Recreation Area, located just south of Kearney. A park entry permit is required of each vehicle entering the park.

The Expo offers oppor-tunities for participants to get hands-on experience

in a variety of skills, such as kayaking, fishing, bow fishing, archery, slingshots, throwing spears and toma-hawks, camping, climbing wall, Dutch oven cook-off, shooting ranges (shotgun, air rifle and Nerf gun), SNAG (Starting New at Golf) driving range, live snake pre-sentation, and kids’ turkey gobbling contest.

A new feature this year is a ropes course, which will challenge eager Expo visitors. Timber Tina’s World Cham-pion Lumberjills will put on

a demonstration of logging sports. Other demonstra-tions include fish filleting and cooking, a cowboy fast-draw show, blacksmithing, and a dog-training seminar.

There will be a Kids’ Discovery Zone, 6,000-gal-lon aquarium, aquatic touch tank, and a presentation about the tools and skills used by Old West pioneers.

The Fort Kearny Expo Advi-sory Board and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission host the Expo. Learn more at FortKearnyExpo.com.

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The Handy Bt Trait Table for U.S. corn production has been updated for 2018 and is worth a look. This single sheet publication includes information on all registered Bt corn hybrids commer-cially available and is an important resource for farmers and seed dealers. It summa-rizes which insects are controlled by which hybrids, which Bt and herbicide tolerance traits are expressed in different hybrids, and the Insect Resistance Management Refuge requirements associat-ed with these hybrids. You can find this table at: https://go.unl.edu/handybttraittable

I was reminded of the importance of using management strategies to delay the resistance of insects such as western corn rootworm in corn after corn fields to the BT corn trait last week at a crops in-service train-ing at UNL. A graduate student described how he had documented resistance in western corn rootworm popu-lations in Keith and Buffalo counties. Bt corn events have been on the market for 10 to 14 years and greater than expected injury is occurring in certain Nebraska corn fields where farmers have used the Cry3Bb1 and mCry3A events in their corn seed.

Farmers can man-age resistance to insects on their farms by using several different strategies.

Always follow the refuge require-ments. Another strategy is rotat-ing traits. It is im-portant to know which Bt traits are expressed by

different hybrids. Even if you change com-panies, you may still be using the same Bt traits. Repeated use of single-trait Bt hybrids has led to resistance in corn rootworms and other insects. Use of pyramided hybrids which express more than one Bt protein active against a par-ticular pest is a good resistance management practice.

Traited corn has been genetically modified to express one to five of the nine Bt proteins commercially available. The mode of action for Bt traits depends on the proteins matching up with receptors in the gut of the insect; this means that each type of protein will only affect a specific range of insect species.

What corn rootworm traits do you need? When it comes to buying corn seed, one way to save money is to ensure that you are not investing in insect protection traits that you do not need. In most of Nebraska, the western corn rootworm and northern corn rootworm are only pests in continuous corn or in continuous, conventional corn. For this reason, Bt traits targeting rootworms are not necessary when planting first-year (ro-tated) corn, as long as abundant, unmanaged volunteer corn popula-tions were not present

in the previous year.Some populations

of the northern corn rootworm in eastern Nebraska can have extended diapause in the egg stage, meaning that in a corn-soybean- corn rotation, the eggs will stay in the soil from the late summer of year 1 all the way until the spring of year 3, thereby skipping the year when a non-host is grown (such as soy-beans), and attacking the rotated corn grown in year 3. In rare cases, this can lead to north-ern corn rootworm economic injury in first-year corn.

However, this has not been shown to be a problem in the Gage, Jefferson and Saline county area.

Moreover, it tends to be north of I-80. In the majority of fields, root-worm Bt traits are not needed when growing corn that is following a non-host crop such as soybeans, sorghum, or wheat.

Results from the study out west in corn after corn fields verified you still need to throw Mother Nature a loop to slow the evolution of resistance by using a multi-tactic approach. For example,it’s crucial to rotate crops, rotate traits, use trait pyra-mids, scout fields and follow thresholds if you need to spray. We can’t expect seed technology to always have a new answer.

Handy Table for Corn Producers

One of my favorite holi-days is coming up, Arbor Day. As a tree enthusiast, I appreciate any holiday that urges people to plant trees. Arbor Day is always celebrated on the last Friday of April in Nebraska, this year that is April 27th. This holiday is not the same throughout the United States, it is moved around for other states to be in the best planting time for the year.

Deciding what tree to plant is very important and sometimes difficult. Diver-sity is key when choosing your tree. The general rule is to plant no more than 10% of a tree species, no more than 20% of a tree genus, and no more than 30% of a tree family in a respective urban area. Look around at what types of trees you have and what types of trees your neigh-bors have before deciding on a new tree, try to avoid everyone planting the same few trees throughout the neighborhood. Look for some unique, underuti-lized trees such as gingko, Kentucky coffeetree, Ohio buckeye, hornbeam, paw paw, sweetgum, or tulip tree for deciduous trees that do well in southeast Nebraska.

The most important factor to keep in mind when plant-ing trees is how to plant a tree correctly to ensure healthy growth. First of all, remove all of the burlap and any other materials from the root ball before plant-ing. Also remove any tags, twine, or wire from the tree. Remember to remove all the grass and weeds that are within the area you will be planting the tree. Dig a hole

that is 2-3 times wider and no deeper than the root ball and loosen up the sides of the hole. Plant the tree so that root flare is at the soil surface. Do not amend the soil that is in the hole, back-fill with the existing soil. Make sure that the entire root ball is covered with soil to avoid drying out.

Keep newly planted trees well-watered. Always water newly planted trees, shrubs, or any other plant immedi-ately after planting. Trees should be watered every 10-14 days throughout the growing season and even some during the winter on warmer days. Each water-ing should give the tree 1-2 inches of water. The best way to determine if a tree needs to be watered is to insert a soil probe or 12-inch-long screwdriver into the ground around the tree. If it goes in easily there is no need to water, if it is difficult at any point then water is necessary for the tree.

A mulch ring should be established and maintained around every tree. Mulch helps to keep the roots cool in the summer and regulated to a uniform temperature through the winter. Mulch will also help keep weeds down and reduce competition from those weeds for water and nutrients. Mulch also re-duces damage to the trunk of trees from lawn mowers and trimmers. Finally, or-ganic mulch is a way to hold moisture for use later by the tree. Mulch rings should be only 2-3 inches deep and in a circle around the tree at least 2-3 feet out. Organic mulches are a better choice

than inorganic mulches. This mulch will need to be renewed every year to maintain an effective layer because it will break down over the growing season which will improve the soil.

Staking a tree is not a mandatory practice. If you do have to stake the tree due to high winds, make sure that the tree has plenty of movement to allow it to build stronger roots. Also be sure that the staking material is removed after the first year to avoid the tree being damaged by the staking materials.

If you have any further questions please contact Nicole Stoner at (402)223-1384, nstoner2@unl.edu, visit the Gage County Extension website at www.gage.unl.edu, or like my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Ni-coleStonerHorticulture and follow me on twitter @Nikki_Stoner

Horticultural Happenings

March has been dubbed “Fairbury Beef Month” at Fairbury Public Schools! Due to the generous beef donations from Rich & Kitty De-Boer and Mark & Lori DeBoer and the money donations from the Fairbury Chamber of Commerce and Sharon and Jerry Ebke to help cover the cost of processing, we are finally able to kick-off our Farm 2 School program!! On Tuesday, March 6, 2018 marked our first student lunch using 100%, locally raised beef! Students and staff enjoyed hamburgers and potato salad/

baked beans. We will be serving Fair-bury raised beef each Tuesday during the month of March. The menu items will be Hamburgers, Beef and Noodles, Tacos and Roast.

Our dream began over a year ago to be able to serve locally raised products in our lunch program. We held infor-mational meetings where local produc-ers came and learned how we can part-ner with them to serve their products to our students. Our goal would be to serve locally produced meats twice a week for each week of the school year!

Over the last 10 years, Omaha Fashion Week has grown to the nation's 5th largest fashion event. In addition to supporting more independent fash-ion designers than any other organization in the region, Omaha Fashion Week supports young designers by providing

mentoring, educational opportunities, and a professional platform to showcase work. Omaha Fashion Week's Spring 2018 Student Night was held on February 27. Over 600 guests attended the showcase to watch local youth display their art. The runway show was

kicked off by a colorful, fashion-forward collec-tion of work by Nebraska 4-H youth. Each garment was modeled by the 4-H member who designed and constructed it. 4-H members were praised for their advanced construc-tion techniques and finishing details.

Nebraska 4-H Represents at Omaha Fashion Week

Entertainment8

Monday, April 16, 20187:30 p.m. Burkley Fine Arts

CenterScarborough Fair

A Simon and Garfunkel Experience-performed with startling authenticity in an acoustic style through song,

trivia & humor

All concerts for the 2017-2018 Fairbury Concert Association are admissible by season membership only.

For season tickets call Eunice Starck at 729-5848

Upcoming 2018 Concerts: May 4

Page 13 The Fairbury Journal-News Entertainment Friday, April 13, 2018

Page 14 The Fairbury Journal-News Recipe Friday, April 13, 2018

Great Food with Help from Ray’s

Apple Market

Creamy Tuscan ChickenIngredients:YIELDS: 4

SERVINGS1 tbsp. extra-

virgin olive oil4 boneless skin-

less chicken breastsKosher saltFreshly ground

black pepper1 tsp. dried

oregano3 tbsp. unsalted

butter3 cloves garlic,

minced1 1/2 c. cherry

tomatoes2 c. baby spin-

ach1/2 c. heavy

cream1/4 c. freshly

grated ParmesanLemon wedges,

for serving

Directions:In a skillet over

medium heat, heat olive oil. Add chicken and season with salt, pepper, and oregano. Cook until golden and

no longer pink, 8 minutes per side. Remove from skil-let and set aside.

In the same skil-let over medium heat, melt but-ter. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add cher-ry tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Cook until tomatoes are beginning to burst then add spinach and cook until spinach is begin-

ning to wilt.

Stir in heavy cream and par-mesan and bring mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer until sauce is slightly reduced, about 3 minutes. Return chicken to skil-let and cook until heated through, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat, squeeze with lemon and serve.

Bistro Box

IngredientsYIELDS: 412 slices bacon1/2 c. Greek yogurt2 tsp. lemon juice2 tbsp. chopped

chives, plus more for garnishkosher saltFreshly ground

black pepper2 c. halved cherry

tomatoes1 head of romaine

lettuce, chopped1 avocado, chopped

DirectionsPreheat oven to

400°. Invert a muffin

BLT Cupstin upside down onto a large rimmed bak-ing sheet.

Cut 8 slices of bacon in half cross-wise. Lay two of the halved strips onto an inverted muffin tin cup in the shape of a cross. Weave two more half pieces on both sides to create a mini weave. Wrap the entire cup with a whole slice of ba-con. Repeat to make three more cups. Bake until crispy, about 20 minutes.

Let cool for at least 15 minutes.

Make dressing: In a medium bowl, whisk together Greek yogurt, lemon juice and chives and season with salt and pepper. Add toma-toes and lettuce and toss to coat.

Remove bacon cups from muffin tin and fill with dressed let-tuce and tomatoes. Garnish with more chives and serve.

IngredientsYIELDS: 121 box red velvet

cake mix2 large eggs1/2 c. (1 stick)

butter1 tsp. pure vanilla

extract

Red Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

1/4 tsp. kosher salt1 gal. vanilla ice

cream, softened

DirectionsPreheat oven

to 350° and line a large rimmed

baking sheet with parchment paper.In a large bowl,

combine cake mix, eggs, butter, va-nilla, and salt. Mix until evenly com-bined. (The mixture will be very thick.)Spread the batter

into the prepared baking sheet and bake until set, 18 to 20 minutes.Let cool in pan

completely, then cut the sheet cake in half crosswise to make two large rectangles.Spread vanilla

ice cream onto one half, then place the second half on top to form one large ice cream sand-wich.Freeze until the

ice cream is firm, about 2 hours, then slice into squares. Serve immediately.

IngredientsYIELDS: 62 large avocados,

peeled and pitted, plus more for gar-nish2 tsp. lemon juice1/2 c. unsalted

butter1/2 c. all-purpose

flour

Avocado Macaroni and Cheese

2 c. whole milkkosher saltFreshly ground

black pepper3 1/2 c. shredded

white Cheddar1/2 c. freshly

grated Parmesan2/3 lb. Fusilli

pasta, boiled

DirectionsPlace avocados in

a medium bowl and add lemon juice to prevent browning. Mash until smooth.In a large pot or

saucepan, melt but-ter. Sprinkle over flour and cook until slightly golden, 2-3 minutes. Pour in milk and whisk until combined. Season with salt and pep-per. Let simmer until it starts to thicken, about 5 minutes.Turn off heat and

add mashed avo-cado and cheeses to pot. Whisk until smooth. Add pasta and stir until fully coated in cheese sauce. Season again with salt and pepper if needed. Top with chopped avocado and serve.

Ingredients:YIELDS: 11/4 c. almonds1/3 c. carrots1 c. Grapes1/4 c. pickle chips1 tbsp. mustard1 whole wheat tortilla1 slice ham1 slice cheddar1/2 c. spinach

Directions:Place almonds, car-

rots, grapes and pickle chips in your contain-er.

Spread mustard onto your tortilla. Top with ham, cheese, and spin-ach. Roll into a pin-wheel and slice into rounds. Place in con-tainer.

Ingredients:YIELDS: 2 SERVINGS¾ cup fresh blueberries¾ cup fresh blackberries5.3 ounce package plain

Greek yogurt1 cup vanilla soy milk1 whole banana

DirectionsAdd all of the ingredients

to a blender.

Pulse for 30 seconds, stir and pulse for an additional 30 seconds.

Pour into two glasses and serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve

Berry Yogurt Smoothie