LYMAN – Most firefighters do not have a fire station named after them, but most firefighters are not Larry Sanchez.

“He’s just been so good to the whole community and to the fire department,” Chief Mike Kindred of the Lyman Volun-teer Fire Department said Friday during a barbecue celebration hosted by the fire department in Sanchez’ honor.

On the outside of the fire station on Jeffers Avenue was a new, large, shiny red metal sign designating the main station as the “Larry Sanchez Fire Station #1” and displaying his dates of service, Sept. 11, 1972 to Sept. 11, 2020.

Kindred said there are a million rea-sons Sanchez is deserving of the honor. Forty-eight years of service to the depart-ment, responding to nearly every kind of emergency, only scratches the surface of Sanchez’s work and dedication to serving the people of Lyman, firefighters agree.

“He’s a great guy and we’re going to miss him,” Kindred said.

Sanchez, who also recently retired as the chairman of the Village board of trustees after 48 years of service, and his wife, Olivia “Oly” Sanchez, are moving to Laramie, Wyo., to be closer to family.

An estimated 200 people turned out for the event on Friday, filling the local fire hall where a potluck barbecue was served, friends and family greeted Sanchez and visited with each other, memorabilia was displayed, and music from the 1970s played in the background.

Assistant Fire Chief Robert French said

the barbecue was the local firefighters’ way of honoring and thanking Sanchez for his longtime service.

“We just wanted to do something spe-cial for Larry,” he said. “He’s always been there for the community and for all of us individually.”

After about an hour of celebrating, the big overhead door was raised and the crowd was invited outside onto Jeffers Avenue. On the front of the building, the sign naming the station in Sanchez’s honor was revealed, and the crowd applauded, saying words of congratulations.

“Each and every one of you, thank

you,” said an emotional Sanchez. Lifelong Lyman resident Scott Hort,

who serves as chairman pro tem on the Village board of trustees, and who is now filling Sanchez’ role conducting meetings through the end of the year, said Sanchez will be sorely missed, not only at the fire department, but also on the board.

“He has big shoes that are hard to fill,” Hort said.

Hort has served alongside Sanchez on the village board for 20 years, lived across the street from him, and has known San-chez his entire life. He recalled spending middle school lunch breaks at Larry’s

Conoco, the local service station Sanchez owned for many years.

“I’ve known Larry ever since I can remember,” Hort said. “Larry is a really easy going, you-can-talk-to-him-about-anything kind of guy.”

Another board member, Sonya Mata, whose family has been longtime close friends with Sanchez and his family, sang the nostalgic song “Volver Volver” in his honor near the end of the barbecue event.

Sanchez’s daughter Janell Hill of Lara-mie spoke to the crowd, offering words of thanks to the community where her parents have lived for so many years.

“I appreciate everything you’ve done for my parents,” she said. “I think it’s time for them to retire and just relax and enjoy the rest of their lives,” she said.

Hill presented Village Clerk Kim Robb with a bouquet of flowers and thanked her for her dedication to Sanchez. Robb has worked closely with Sanchez for 22 years as Village clerk and has described him as being “like a dad.”

Sanchez plans to be in town for a little while longer as family members help him and Oly with the move to Laramie.

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Photos by Dawn Bowen, Special to The Voice NewsLarry Sanchez, who retired Friday from the Lyman Volunteer Fire Department after 48 years of service, hugs Village Clerk Kim Robb, as he gets his first look at the newly installed sign designating the main station on Jeffers Avenue as the Larry Sanchez Fire Station #1.

Morrill town hall meeting to be held Sept. 23

MORRILL – Village leaders in Mor-rill are inviting the public to a town hall meeting to discuss the future of a local youth sports league and options for the community’s baseball fields.

The meeting is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Morrill American Legion.

Village trustees will be on hand to discuss and receive public feedback on the future of the Morrill Athletic Club’s baseball, t-ball, and softball in the community. A discussion centering on alternative uses for Brown’s Legion Field will also take place, including the possibility of utilizing the property for agriculture projects related to Future Farmers of America (FFA).

During a public meeting in August, Morrill Public Schools Superintendent Joe Sherwood told the village council that the school district would be very interested in re-purposing the Brown’s Legion Field property at the corner of East Charles Street and Liberty Oil Road into a multi-faceted agriculture property that would benefit area youth who participate in 4-H, FFA, and other agriculture classes and programs.

Sherwood said the possibility was discussed at a recent school board meet-ing, after school officials heard that the future of Brown’s Field had come up in Village discussions.

“We talked about this idea just slightly at a board meeting because there was a hint from somebody that this might be coming down in your budget discussions,” he said, adding that he is not opposed to baseball in any way, but is interested in developing a site that would benefit a large number of students now and in the future.

Sherwood said he and other school representatives took a look at the prop-erty and determined that it would be immediately usable for projects related to the Mitchell-Morrill FFA and agricul-ture classes at the school.

“I think it has a lot of prospect and potential. It’s really a beautiful field property and I think you could really do something special for Morrill Public Schools that would impact ag education in this region,” he said. “Our board is interested if it’s something that we could come to terms on how to make it happen.”

Village Chairman Tony Schuler said a town hall meeting is essential, to give the public an opportunity for input on any decisions related to the baseball fields.

“The benefit I do see is that we water that area and maintain it, and there’s a month and a half of little league and sports that go on out there, and that is a benefit to the kids I agree, but FFA is all year round,” Schuler said. “I don’t want anybody to think I’m against baseball or I’m against FFA, but it’s about what’s best, long term, for both entities and how does this all work out.”

The Village board again discussed

MITCHELL – A downtown building that has for decades been the meeting place of the American Legion Post 124 is experiencing a dramatic transformation.

The American at 1345 Center Ave. has been undergoing a complete remodel for months, and is set to open its doors in a couple of weeks, offering a large com-munity gathering place, events venue, commercial kitchen, and a comfortable bar.

One other amenity The American is offering – a meeting place for the American Legion Post 124 and its auxiliary.

New owners Paul and Jenny Murrell have preserved the Legion’s office and meeting room, complete with photographs and memorabilia dating back decades and representing the long history of the Legion and its presence in Mitchell. The Murrells have given keys to Legion members so they will continue to have access to the building where they have met for years.

The couple became interested in pur-chasing the building in May, after they heard the Legion was struggling financially and considering selling it.

Paul, an Army veteran who has been a Legion member for more than 30 years, said the idea of the Legion being faced with renting another meeting place didn’t set right with him.

“We decided, instead of having to go somewhere else, they can just stay here,” he said.

The Murrells said they also didn’t want to see the building be purchased, boarded up, and used for storage, as has happened to other storefront buildings on Mitchell’s Center Avenue.

“We wanted it to be a viable business,” Paul said, adding that opening a business that will work cooperatively with other local businesses is part of the vision.

“We’re not here to take away business from other people. In a town like Mitchell, for a business to survive you basically have to work with other businesses. We’re here to help the other businesses grow,” Paul said.

For example, Paul said, when events are planned at The American, those events could include catering by other local restaurants. Or, he said, The American can participate in others’ events by serv-ing alcohol under the terms of its Class C liquor license, or food under the terms of its food license.

Jenny said the commercial kitchen will be made available for canning or preparation of other foods that can be sold by entrepreneurs who have food licenses.

A great deal of work has gone into remodeling the 6,500-square-foot building that can hold 260 people according to the fire marshal. Paul, who owns another local business “The Handyman,” has done all of the work himself.

“This is a great building. It just needed to be updated,” Jenny said.

Outside, the storefront has been re-paired, signs have been removed and new signs have been hung, new windows have been installed, and the entire face of the building has a fresh coat of gray stucco.

Inside on the bar side of the building, a

new bar top has been built, new televisions are hung, rustic tin and wood wainscoting has been installed, some flooring has been replaced, and bar tables have been coated with a speckled epoxy finish.

Nostalgic and patriotic decorative pieces including American flags and a black and white photo of Mitchell’s sugar factory now hang in the bar alongside some of the American Legion decor, like framed military medals and stripes that belonged to Legion members.

The American will offer a full bar, and KENO equipment will be installed in the coming days.

Inside the large meeting hall, dark wood paneling has been replaced with freshly painted white walls.

The Murrells said they wanted the atmosphere in the large hall to be wel-coming to everyone for any kind of event, including wedding receptions, Christmas parties, class reunions, dinners, club meet-ings, family dinners, baby showers, and anything that requires a sizable meeting place. Jenny said they already have several events booked through the end of the year.

“We did this for the community,” Paul said. If there’s big things that happen in the community, people can meet here. Basically that’s what this is for. A lot of small towns don’t have this kind of place. This is going to be community driven.”

Paul and Jenny both have deep roots in Mitchell. He was born and raised in the community and she moved to Mitchell as a child. Jenny has worked as a nurse at the Mitchell Care Center for 23 years.

Both say they can remember when

downtown Mitchell was thriving, with businesses filling all of the storefronts.

“I can remember when this whole main street was all businesses,” Paul said. “Now you can just drive down the main street here and see there’s not much. And that’s what drives your community. You have to have businesses for tax dollars.”

Paul, who served on the Mitchell City Council for eight years, says he has never lost his concern for the local economy and local businesses. His name will be on the ballot in November as he seeks to return to a council seat.

His campaign slogan, “Gain and Retain Business,” represents his commitment to bringing new businesses to Mitchell, he said. Currently he is working with busi-

ness owners in Colorado to bring a small market to the community, something he says would encourage other businesses to locate in the city.

“Eventually I’d like to see all these stores full of something,” he said, “and that’s what I’m going to work on if I get on the council, starting with the grocery store.”

The Murrells said they hope the com-munity will support The American and other businesses in Mitchell.

“Support the local businesses to keep them alive,” Paul said.

The Murrells plan to open the doors of The American before the end of September. Exact dates and hours of operation are yet to be determined.

Murrells reinvent The AmericanMitchell Legion Post 124 meeting spot undergoes dramatic transformation

Photos by Dawn Bowen, Special to The Voice NewsPaul and Jenny Murrell, owners of The American, stand proudly in front and inside their new establishment in Mitchell.

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the property at its Sept. 8 meeting, and scheduled the upcoming town hall meeting. Notices of the meet-ing have been published in The Voice News, on social media, and posted in public places in Morrill.

In other business at the Sept. 8 meeting, the village board:

– Approved a request for KENO funds in the amount of $3,300 for a shade covering over playground equipment at the Morrill Tri-Com-munity Preschool and Pride Cub Care. School officials have agreed that the playground will remain unlocked and open to the public after hours.

– Heard a report from Pete Caw-iezel saying that the annual Yard of the Week designations are finished for the year. He said every person who won an award for their yard this year had not been a winner in the past.

– Heard an update from Sher-

wood regarding in-person classes are under way at the Morrill Public Schools. He said no students from Morrill, Henry, or Lyman had test-ed positive for COVID-19.

– Designated a parking space on the east side of Center Avenue near the Flower Den as a handicap parking space.

– Approved the village budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

– Adopted a one- and six-year roads plan.

– Approved an application for an Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Community Development Block Grant from the Nebraska Depart-ment of Economic Development.

– Approved the Region 22 emergency management local emergency operations plan, and adopted a companion resolution.

– Set the next regular meeting for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Morrill American Legion.

MITCHELL – Discovery Chan-nel’s “Street Outlaws” television series is looking to film in Mitchell in the near future.

Racing stars of the docu-reality series and representatives of Pilgrim Media Group have been in the area since last month, filming the popu-lar show at locations in and around Gering and Scottsbluff.

On Tuesday, Sept. 8, Kyle Leon-ard, a production manager with Pilgrim Media Group, addressed the Mitchell City Council in order to “open the conversation” about the possibility of filming in Mitchell.

“There’s a road we found here in Mitchell that we are interested in pursuing,” he said. “We just wanted to bring it up now and give everybody a heads up.”

While he didn’t identify the ex-act location, Leonard said the group would be asking to be on the agenda for the next city council meeting to discuss the matter further and seek permission from city leaders.

“We just found this road a couple of days ago, so we’re doing our research now,” he said. “We are still filming in Gering for another couple of weeks.”

If approved at the city, county, and state levels, filming in Mitch-ell would take place in the com-ing weeks, and possibly continue through late October.

Having the group film in Mitch-ell would likely extend the positive economic impact the project is hav-ing on the area, which Scottsbluff Economic Director Starr Lehl said is substantial. She said the media group’s presence in the Panhandle for the past month has provided a significant boost to the economy.

“I think the economic impact has really been huge, especially with the times we are in with COVID,” she said in a phone interview on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

Lehl said media group mem-bers and their staff have stayed in local hotels, visited restaurants, hair salons, and retail shops, and they have purchased fuel and other necessities. They have also hired caterers and local people to help with security and site cleanup, and the show’s drivers have utilized area RV parks where they have set up RVs and trailers.

“There’s all kinds of ameni-ties that they’ve needed that our communities have been able to provide,” she said.

She estimated the economic impact is easily in excess of $1 mil-lion, based on hotel stays and other factors, without including the impact of the drivers who stay in their own RVs and purchase fuel and other supplies, which is difficult to track.

Lehl said the Nebraska Film Office reached out to her earlier this year, seeking information about the area as a potential location for film-ing the series. She submitted drone footage and other information about several street locations, and the media group liked what they saw.

“That’s what kind of peaked their interest and let them know

what we have in western Nebraska,” she said.

While the group would typically be filming in Oklahoma City or other locations across the country, Lehl said they inquired about Ne-braska partly because of the state’s comparatively low number of cases and deaths related to the pandemic.

“One of the reasons that they’re here, obviously, is because of our low COVID numbers,” Lehl said.

She said that information, cou-pled with the warm reception the group has received, has helped to extend the production time and increase the economic impact.

“Originally they were only going to be here for a couple of weeks,” Lehl said, but they like it here and they received such a warm welcome from the people of western Nebraska that they decided to stay.”

While there have been some complaints related to noise and road closures during the past month, Lehl said overall the endeavor has been good for the area and has been well received.

Leonard told the Mitchell City Council the warm welcome they have received has encouraged his production team to spend more time in this location.

“Everyone has been treating us great and we want to stay here,” he said. “It would be great if we could use this road in Mitchell.”

He assured council members that the media group follows a strict safety protocol, hiring emergency medical personnel to be on standby while filming.

“It is a racing show, so accidents do happen, but we are very prepared for them,” he said, adding that a full safety team and stunt team are involved in the process, and streets are closed to help ensure safety around the filming locations.

Leonard invited the mayor and council members to be on site at one of the upcoming filming ses-sions in the Gering area, to see the production and safety precautions first-hand.

Mayor Dave Curtis thanked Leonard for speaking to the coun-cil and said the City would be in contact with him prior to the next meeting.

“We’re glad to have you here and glad it’s working out,” Curtis said. “It’s been exciting for our area to see some of this exposure.”

Street Outlaws premiered on Discovery Channel seven years ago and grew quickly in popularity, in-spiring video game versions across Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo platforms. The series is currently filming its 15th season, and has repeatedly claimed top spots in weekly ratings with millions of viewers tuning in.

Pilgrim Media Group is known for producing popular program-ming on many networks including Discovery, A&E, Lifetime, and the National Geographic Chan-nel. The group’s previous shows include Ghost Hunters, Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe and American Chopper.

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MITCHELLAssembly of God Church

1456 13th Ave.Mitchell, NE 69357

(308) 623-1559

Federated Church1451 Center St

Mitchell, NE 69357(308) 623-1933

Holy Apostles Episcopal Church1730 18th Street

Mitchell, NE 69357(308) 623-1969

Mitchell Berean Church50680 Cook Oil Road

Mitchell, NE 69357(308) 623-2320

Mitchell Evangelical Free Church150037 Experiment Farm Road

Mitchell, NE 69357(308) 623-1864

Mitchell United Methodist Church1845 Broadway

Mitchell, NE 69357(308) 672-8511

New Hope Assemby1460 13th Ave.

Mitchell, NE 69357(308) 623-1559

St. Theresa Catholic Church1715 17th St.

Mitchell, NE 69357(308) 623-2245

MORRILLFirst United Methodist Church

207 Franklin St.Morrill, NE 69358(308) 247-2216

Morrill Church of Christ30018 County Road 9

Morrill, NE 69357(308) 247-3347

Sovereign Grace Church313 Jirdon Ave

Morrill, NE 69358(308) 247-2741

Trinity Lutheran Church405 Jackson CourtMorrill, NE 69358(308) 247-2432

LYMANKiowa Community Church

60491 County Road MLyman, NE 69352

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Editors Note: Each week the staff of the Mitchell Public Library recommends books to readers.

John Shallman. – "Return from Siberia" – In the lead-up to the Bolshevik Revolution, one young revolutionary is condemned to exile in Siberia; a hundred years later, his ancestors discover his sto-ry and learn just how much history has repeated itself.

Hannah Dennison. "Death at High Tide." – For My Darling Wife: In the Event of My Death - If you are reading this letter, it means you are the proud owner of Tregarrick Rock Hotel. When Evie Mead’s husband, Robert, suddenly drops dead of a heart attack, a mysterious note is found among his possessions. It indicates that Evie may own the rights to a crumbling Art Deco hotel on Tregarrick Rock, one of the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall.

Viola Shipman. The Heir-loom Garden. In her inimitable style, Viola Shipman explores the unlikely relationship be-tween two very different women brought together by the pain of war, but bonded by hope, pur-pose...and flowers. Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to illness, and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades

behind the towering fence sur-rounding her home, Iris has built a new family...of flowers. Iris propagates her own daylilies and roses while tending to a garden filled with the heirloom starts that keep the memories of her loved ones alive.

Anne Frasier. "Fine Me" – A bone-chilling family history is unearthed in a heart-stopping thriller by New York Times bestselling author Anne Frasier. Convicted serial killer Benjamin Fisher has finally offered to lead San Bernardino detective Dan-iel Ellis to the isolated graves of his victims. One catch: he’ll only do it if FBI profiler Reni Fisher, his estranged daughter, accompanies them. As hard as it is to exhume her traumatic childhood, Reni can’t say no. She still feels complicit in her father’s crimes. Perfect to play a lost little girl, Reni was the bait to lure unsuspecting women to their deaths. It’s time for closure. For her. For the families. And for Daniel. He shares Reni’s obses-sion with the past. Ever since he was a boy, he’s been convinced that his mother was one of Fish-er’s victims. Thirty years of bad memories are flooding back. A master manipulator has gained their trust. For Reni and Daniel, this isn’t the end of a nightmare. It’s only the beginning.

Mitchell, Morrill, Lyman & HenrySenior Center Menu September 21- 25

Monday – BBQ chicken, steak fries, jello with fruit and cookies.

Tuesday – Swiss steak with tomatoes, oven browned pota-toes, mixed vegetables and peach slices.

Wednesday – Pork chop with

mushroom gravy, potato casse-role, broccoli and ice cream.

Thursday – Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and tropical fruit.

Friday – Tuna noodle casse-role, peas and mixed berries.

Dawn Bowen, Special to The Voice NewsLarry Sanchez is surrounded by members of the Lyman community as it was revealed at his farewell BBQ last week that the Lyman fire station was being named in his honor for his years of service to the department and town.

Don't Be Deceived[The devil] is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:44

This Week’s Scripture & Insight:Genesis 3:1–7

The spotted lanternfly is a pretty insect with speckled outer wings and a splotch of bright red on its inner wings that flashes when it flies. But its beauty is a bit deceptive. This insect, first seen in the US in 2014, is considered invasive to North America, which means it has the potential to harm the environment and economy. The lanternfly will “eat the innards of practically any woody plant,” which includes cherry and other fruit trees, and leaves a sticky goo that leads to mold—killing trees outright or leaving them with little energy to grow fruit.

In the story of Adam and Eve, we learn of a different kind of menace. The serpent, Satan, de-ceived the couple into disobeying God and eating the forbidden

fruit so they would “be like God” (Genesis 3:1–7). But why listen to a serpent? Did his words alone entice Eve, or was there also something attractive about him? Scripture hints at Satan being cre-ated beautiful (Ezekiel 28:12). Yet Satan fell by the same temptation he used to entice Eve: “I will make myself like [God]” (Isaiah 14:14; Ezekiel 28:9).

Any beauty Satan now has is used to deceive (Genesis 3:1; John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:14). Just as he fell, he seeks to pull others down—or keep them from growing. But we have someone far more powerful on our side! We can run to Jesus, our beautiful Savior.

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A Look Back In Time Through The Mitchell Index, Morrill Mail, Minatare Free PressCompiled by Ryan Hoffman, The Voice News

100 Years Ago – Mitchell Index September 1920

Births: a son and a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas R. Wil-liams; a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Tipton; a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Debus.

Obituary: Henry S. Ellsworth, 61, east of Mitchell.

Marriages: Mark K. Leonard to Miss Helen Miller, both of Mitchell; Byron Kyle to Miss Edna Bruen, both of Bayard; Edward M. Quinn to Miss Hazel M. Kemp, both of Redington; Carl David Lundberg, of Douglas, Wyoming, to Miss Izola Louise Gilfrey, of Ar-lington; George B. Herring to Miss Mora Hunton, both of Wheatland, Wyoming.

Dr. C. H. Blckburn returned Tuesday from Omaha where he went to purchase goods for the store of the Mitchell Drug Co.

The Mitchelle-McKeown Post No. 124 American Legion of Mitchell has contracted with the Community Service Entertainment company for series of musical and lecture numbers to be coming this winter.

In advance of the completion of the Mitchell sugar factory by the Great Western Sugar Company, it is, of course, impossible to state positively just when slicing will begin here but the management has set Oct. 1 as the probable date for beginning at the Mitchell factory.

Mrs. C. D. Towse returned Saturday from Colorado where she had been visiting.

Jerrod and Babe Shultz re-turned last Thursday night from California.

The course of the newly created Oregon Trail Highway up the south side of the river through Scotts Bluff county has been defined by the county board.

Paul Jacques, living three miles north of Mitchell, authorizes us to say that Sept. 19 will be Watermel-on Day at his place.

Miss Mary Harris is teaching school at Hagie, Wyoming.

F. B. Feather is back from the hospital at Rochester, Minnesota.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ellsworth re-turned Saturday from a visit at their old home town, Fairbury.

George Shultz with his son L. B. and wife and baby and daughters Fern and Dawn returned Saturday from David City.

Work has begun on the work of putting in a city front for the Mitchell Mercantile.

Val. B. Kirkham is now officiat-ing behind the counters of the First National Bank and will continue to do so most of the time until the county commission accepts his resignation.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bowen and Mrs. Bowen’s father, J. L. Bryan, left last Friday for El Centro, California, where they will spend the winter.

90 Years Ago – Mitchell Index September 1930

Birth: a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Robbins.

Obituary: Frederick George Ferguson, 17, Mitchell Valley.

Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Meredith have returned to Mitchell.

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shay and their daughter, former residents of Mitchell, have returned from East St. Louis where they have resided the past two years, to again make Mitchell their home.

The Mexican residents of this section observed the 120th anni-versary of Mexico’s independence Tuesday with a celebration at the Mitchell opera house.

Joe McKeown is home from Wheatland, Wyoming, this week.

Fay Morrison is returning this week to Laramie, Wyoming, where he will attend school again.

Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Baker had as guests last week Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burk of Bridgeport.

Mrs. J. P. Verner and daughter left Monday evening for Fort Mor-gan, Colorado, where they plan to make their home.

Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Quivey en-tertained the city school teachers at their home on the Bay State ranch Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Anderson entertained all the members of the Bowen family at a theater party Tuesday evening at the Delmar Theater in Morrill.

Rebekah Kensington will be entertained Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. E. V. Powell, Mrs. George Bowen and Mrs. Opal Stiver are assisting.

Mrs. Vesta Lankford and niece Virginia Graham have moved to Scottsbluff to be with Virginia’s grandfather, James Graham of Hemingford, who is under a phy-sician’s care.

Mrs. Frank Siemmons enter-tained the members of the Jolly Tyme bridge club at a 1 p.m. luncheon.

Mrs. Parker is at the home

of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Craig near Gering to care for the children while Mrs. Craig is in Denver with her husband, who was seriously injured in a runaway accident Tuesday.

Mrs. Alta Hardman and son Clyde Miller accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Myron Hendricks and family of Alliance to the Rollie H. Miller home southwest of Morrill Sunday where they spent the day.

A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bowen on Sunday.

Erwin Tipton was here last week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Tipton.

Miss Helen Lideen and cousin Agda Swanson, of Denver, are vis-iting at the home of Helen’s father, D. J. Lideen, and family.

Those from Mitchell attending the county convention of women’s clubs at Gering Monday were Mrs. Scriven, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Coglizer, Mrs. Mark, Mrs. Waldo, Mrs. C. H. Allen and Mrs. C. C. Parrish.

Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Cannon left Sunday for Colorado Springs where they will visit Mr. Cannon’s parents for a week.

Mrs. C. C. Parrish had as her luncheon guests last Friday Mrs. R. C. Stockfletch and Mrs. T. J. Vanderhoff of Scottsbluff and Mrs. A. M. Gaddis of Lincoln.

Noah Godbey and family moved this week to Morrill. Chas. Colter will occupy the W. A. Har-vey property on Roosevelt Avenue vacated by them.

Mrs. Barney Smith and daugh-ter Miss Mamie of LaGrange, Wy-oming, were visiting relatives here and attending the fair last week.

Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Farlow of Bridgeport were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bronson.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brock entertained two cousins of Mrs. Brock’s from Illinois last week.

Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Anderson of Henry were business callers in town yesterday.

W. A. Harvey and family of Scottsbluff were Sunday callers at the Claud Powell home.

Mrs. M. Hanley was hostess to the Altar Society at her home Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry McIntyre of Kiowa were Sunday visitors at the Ira Nagle home.

Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dorothy and Gladys returned Friday from a visit with relatives at North Bend.

80 Years Ago - Mitchell IndexSeptember 1940

Birth: a son born to Mr. and Mrs. (Vivian Plummer) Vincent Derieg of Denver.

Gus Glandt was elected pres-ident of the Mitchell Young Re-publicans club Tuesday night at a meeting at the Orchid room.

More than $10,000 was paid to 4-H club members Saturday as 165 head of cattle, hogs and sheep were sold at auction on the closing day of the golden anniversary fair.

Two brothers, Ed and Don Schlager, sons of Jake Schlager of the Mitchell Valley community, walked off with top honors in the baby beef division of the Scotts Bluff County fair district 4-H fairs by taking the grand and reserve champion ratings with their Her-efords.

A new type electric computing pump has been installed at the Glandt service station.

Jane Richard, high school se-nior, was selected by the jour-nalism group as editor in chief of the Hi Life, Mitchell high school paper.

Although handicapped by lack of water, farms in Mitchell valley came through to win the champi-onship place at the county fair in agriculture hall.

Mrs. George Turner of Kearney was a weekend guest at the Don Hansen home.

Mrs. J. G. Ayars and daughter Mrs. William Bishop visited in the Black Hills this week.

Mrs. Paul Elder was a guest last Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Zern Swanz at Morrill.

Mrs. N. A. Herring returned Monday from Boone, Iowa, where she was called by the death of her sister.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Speer and family of Lakeside were guests Friday at the Dan Thompson and L. Kahler homes.

Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Naylor were in Sidney Tuesday where they attended funeral services of a relative.

C. E. Scriven spent Monday and Tuesday at Crawford on business.

Mrs. Lena Russell and her son Clem Russell are visiting in Riv-erton, Wyoming, with two of her sons, John and Lester.

Mrs. Clinton Chirrick and chil-dren of Rock Springs, Wyoming, are visiting at the G. E. Winger and Elmer Chirrick homes.

Mannie Steinmark has gone to California to seek employment.

Mrs. Harry Davis and two daughters are leaving today for a visit with relatives in St. Louis.

Bud Allen has been employed at the N-C market replacing Man-nie Steinmark, who recently left the city.

Chris Glandt was a Cheyenne business visitor Monday.

The H. N. Chapman family is enjoying a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Severns who were neighbors of theirs in New Mexico.

Lawrence Tate and family moved this week into the De-Noyelles house on River Avenue.

Dan Watson and family and Mrs. Watson’s mother of Alliance were here for the fair Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Marquis Hugh-son and Alfred Hughson returned Thursday from a trip to Ridgeway, Colorado.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Rohrig of Grand Island were weekend guests at the Kenneth Mitchell home.

Mrs. Anna Sperry was a guest Sunday at the E. A. Keimig home in Torrington.

Mrs. J. G. Ayars and daughter, Mrs. William Bishop, returned Tuesday from a visit to the Black Hills and left Wednesday for Wil-sonville to visit at the C. A. Burt home.

70 Years Ago – Mitchell IndexSeptember 1950

Births: twin boys born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Arclaga of Mitchell; a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frey; a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thornton Jr.

T. L. Bogle and Ken Richards both of Kimball, have purchased the stock and equipment at Ron-nie’s Texaco Service on Broadway and will take over the business Monday.

Thirty young men from Scotts Bluff County will make up the first draft contingent during the current emergency.

Serving aboard the flagship of Capt. B. L. Austin, USN, com-mander of a service squadron in the Far East in Clarence L. Farber, fireman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Farber of Route 1 in Mitchell.

Several Mitchell men who are members of the inactive Army reserve are being called into active duty, including Dean Stufft, Arthur Lamberson, Glen Thornton Jr. and several others.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ottjes and Joyce returned this week from a vacation trip through eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.

Police Chief Charley Kenyon says he has received a number of complaints of local concerns sell-ing cigarettes to minors.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Derby, former residents of this communi-ty, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in Chi-cago Sept. 5.

Jack Blehschmidt, who was called into Omaha for examination and test preparation to being called up as an Army reservist, received instruction yesterday to report on Monday.

W. W. Hickman returned home last week after attending a meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, of district supervisors for the Farmer’s Mutu-al Automobile Insurance Company.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Knaus, who have been living at Fort Col-lins, Colorado, have been moved to Torrington, where he will be employed at the Chevrolet Garage.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Summerville and children were Sunday evening supper guests at the George Morton home.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Peters and children of Ipswich, South Dakota, were Thursday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Elder.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Burrows and children of Sidney were guests Sunday of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Burrows.

Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Aderhold returned last Wednesday from a trip to Yellowstone National Park.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Parker and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Garlow were dinner guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Elder.

Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Bowman and daughter spent the weekend in the Black Hills.

Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Mahan and children were guests Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mahan of Bridgeport.

Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Turpen re-turned last Wednesday from a trip to the Black Hills.

Mrs. Robert Schwindt is a pa-tient at the Methodist Hospital in Scottsbluff.

Dr. W. F. Mahan returned last Wednesday from a business trip to Denver.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bruce and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fitzekam were weekend guests in the home

of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fitzekam and family.

Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Silverman were supper guests Tuesday eve-ning at the Lloyd Bowen home.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pottorf re-turned Sunday from a trip to Denver.

Mrs. Emma Stroops and son Eugene and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis were supper guests on Friday evening of Mrs. J. A. Lane and Miss Lucille Schaad.

Mr. and Mrs. Modie Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lee and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Lee, returned Tuesday from a trip to the Black Hills.

60 Years Ago – Mitchell IndexSeptember 1960

O. W. Moore of Gering will be one of six Nebraskans honored by Ak-Sar-Ben for distinguished ser-vice to agriculture in Nebraska and will receive a beautiful walnut and bronze plaque at a special dinner Sept. 26.

Petitions have been filed with the city clerk asking that the resi-dents of Mitchell again be given an opportunity to express their wishes concerning the dog and cat leash proposal.

Mrs. Bill Trout won the Necchi sewing machine in the promotion staged at the Good Will Market recently.

Miss Becky Andrews of Morrill was a guest of the Mitchell Kiwanis club on Tuesday and favored the group with two piano numbers.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Powell and children and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Todd and daughter were picnic guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Crews of Scottsbluff on Monday evening of last week.

Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Kennedy and daughter Bobbe drove to Lin-coln on Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy returned to Mitchell on Friday but their daughter remained to attend the university.

Mrs. Anna Sperry returned home Saturday after spending a weeks vacation in Colorado.

Representing Scotts Bluff County at the state fair this year was Ladora Dee Strey, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Strey of the Sunflower community who was the grand champion style revue winner last year.

Members of the Mitchell Proj-ect Club met Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. S. D. Faulkner with Mrs. C. E. Kenyon the assist-ing hostess.

Friends from McGrew, Gering, Scottsbluff and Mitchell called Sept. 11 during the open house at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bartz, who were observing their 25th wedding anniversary.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hall spent the Labor Day weekend in Sidney visiting with relatives.

Sunday evening supper guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. How-ard Fisher were Mr. and Mrs. Louie Newell of Lingle, Wyoming.

Mr. and Mrs. Art Jenkins enter-tained at a dinner at the bar-b-que pit in Scottsbluff Saturday evening for Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lukens of Wecoma Beach, Oregon, and Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Lukens.

House guests last Thursday and Friday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bronson were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Griggs of Alliance.

Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Flickinger entertained at a dinner Saturday for Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Carlson and their house guests, Mrs. Bell Eledge of Brighton, Colorado, and Mrs. Josephine Huls of Fleming, Colorado.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Crews of Scottsbluff were Saturday evening dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Todd and daughter Nancy.

50 Years Ago – Mitchell IndexSeptember 1970

Births: a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd K. Brown of Glenrock, Wyoming; a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lebruska.

Sgt. Marvin Spath, who is presently serving with the armed forces in Germany following his reenlistment, has notified his par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Spath, that he will attend computer machine school in New Jersey.

Sheriff Jim Miller reports that, although a few leads have come to light in the investigation of the break-in at the Mitchell Cemetery last week, nothing substantial has been learned.

Today is a milestone in the life of one of Mitchell’s earliest residents, Dan Young, who is cel-ebrating his 75th birthday.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pumphrey and daughter Lorna went to eastern Nebraska over the weekend where Mr. and Mrs. Pumphrey attended

the Nebraska National Guard Convention in Ashland, and Lorna visited her grandmother in Lincoln.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Scott and family drove to Denver, Colora-do, Saturday evening to visit their daughter, Lynda, and to attend a merchandise show.

Mr. and Mrs. Lem Webb visited over the recent holiday weekend at Winside with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Webb.

Mrs. Dick Thomson went to Paris, Texas, Labor Day weekend where she spent until Wednesday with her husband who was working on a project in that area.

Mr. and Mrs. Oreval Helling Sr. returned Monday after spending the weekend on a business trip to Denver where they also visited their son, Alan.

Mrs. James Casson is a new em-ployee at the Scott Gamble Store.

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Jones took their son Bruce to Lincoln Thursday where he enrolled in his freshman year at the University of Nebraska.

Recent guests in the home of pastor and Mrs. Harry Blakkolb were their son pastor and Mrs. Nolan Blakkolb and sons Monty, Brian and Renny of Lincoln.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown spent Saturday and Sunday at Hershey where they were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dymond.

Mrs. Kenneth Ohme attended the DAR convention at Alliance on Monday.

Mrs. W. H. Houser went to Torrington, Wyoming, last Tuesday to visit her aunt, Mrs. Mary Snow.

Boyd Jamison of Ashby was a weekend guest in the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Sandford Elliott spent Monday in Lincoln attending a five-state branding convention.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown of Mitchell Valley drove to Casper last Sunday to see their new grand-son, Karl William, who was born to their son and daughter-in-law.

Bud Wilson left Monday for Chadron where he is attending Chadron State College.

Gene Summerville accompa-nied Mr. and Mrs. Bill Strey to Lincoln Sunday where he will re-sume his studies at the University.

Callers on Thursday evening at the Bill Sommer home were Mr. and Mrs. John Haller of Gering.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fuss were Sunday callers at the John Maul home in Torrington.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bartz were Sunday afternoon callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vermeline in Scottsbluff.

Mrs. Arvid Gompert and Mrs. Jane Smith of Lingle visited last Wednesday in the L. L. Gentry home.

Paula Jean Knaus became the bride of Fred Aaron Mortensen during a ceremony Aug. 30 in the Central Church of Christ in Gering.

40 Years Ago – Mitchell Index September 1980

Births: a son, Eric Andrew, born to Dennis and Kay Cardiff; a daughter born to Lee and Jerri Car-penter of Morrill; a daughter, Misty Marie, born to Robert and Chris Fisher, former Mitchell residents.

Tex Craig of Mitchell attended the District Disabled American Veterans meeting in Valentine Sept. 7 where he was awarded the Na-tional Commanders membership team plaque for 1979-80.

Mrs. Gil James took her moth-er to Tryon last Tuesday to visit relatives while she drove to North Platte to attend funeral services for her son-in-law Russell Kent, who passed away suddenly.

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Deines drove to Cheyenne Sunday after-noon to visit in the Herman Deines home and returned home Monday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Murphy and family drove to Chadron Saturday.

Shea Phifer celebrated her fourth birthday recently at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Phifer and her grandparents.

Anna Schultz spent Friday in Torrington helping her daughters, Sandra Boden and Carol Summer-ville, get set up in their new shop.

In a double ring ceremony Bernadine Gama was united in marriage with Tom Kummer Aug. 19 in Othello, Washington.

Fred and Mayrene Gompert were honored guests for their September birthdays Sunday at a dinner at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Pietsch and family of Kimball.

The Mitchell Senior Citizens held their noon covered dish din-ner on Tuesday with 34 members and guests. Hostesses were Hester Hansen, Mae Dwigans and Dorothy Hartz.

MORRILL – Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Lewis were Friday evening visitors in the Marvin Smith home.

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith vis-ited Mrs. Howard Peterson Saturday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Landen were Tuesday dinner guests of Mrs. Emma Van Osdall.

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith visited Sunday in the Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rogers home at North Potter.

Scott and Susanna Neu spent the weekend with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrew.

30 Years Ago - Mitchell IndexSeptember 1990

Obituary: Jeanette Mae Ervin, 47, of Mitchell.

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet White of Ketchikan, Alaska, are visiting at the Henry Baum home and with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Henkel in Scottsbluff.

Elaine Lebruska recently drove to Omaha to visit her daughter Konni who is a Med Tech student at Bishop Clarkston Hospital.

Lydia Jackson, Rachel Mar-gheim and Rose Derr left on Wednesday to go to Montana to visit four brothers in the area and attended the Octoberfest in Laurel, Montana.

Tuesday Alvin and Helen Woodberry of Rawlins, Wyoming, stopped to see Jim and Louise Hay-craft and spent the night.

The Friendly Pinochle met at the home of Pauline Schmidt.

Leila Elder and Ruth Parker spent the weekend with the Kim Elder family at Paxton.

Lex and Erica Larsen stayed with their grandmother, Audrey Hamburger, on Saturday night while their parents Dallas and Patty Larsen attended the Firemen’s Ball to celebrate their anniversary.

Paul Pieper was home over Friday and Saturday visiting his par-ents, Harold and MaryAnn Pieper, before he left for his new job with ADM in Texhoma, Oklahoma.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stone attended their card club at Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kaman’s of Morrill on Saturday night.

Gladys Frey stopped by to see Thelma Blackburn on Sunday.

Francis Lebruska had cake and ice cream Sunday evening for her husband Joe and daughter-in-law Cindi Lebruska.

Shirley Gompert was hostess to the Dutch Flats birthday club at her home on Thursday.

MORRILL – Cale Margheim graduated on Aug. 18 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Ronald and Janice Stuckert of Morrill and David and Judy Ander-son of Harrisburg wish to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Becki Sue and Mark Douglas.

Dr. Robert Snyder will begin practicing family medicine in Ben-kelman, Nebraska, on or about Nov. 1.

20 Years Ago -Mitchell IndexSeptember 2000

Obituaries: Lucille McCoskey Lase, 87, of Morrill; Mollie Kux-hausen, 83 of Scottsbluff.

Mitchell Elementary has three new teachers: Jessica Snyder, Kris Keener and Jennifer Young.

The North Platte Valley Museum cordially invited you to an open house honoring Lillis Grassmick on her retirement as museum executive director.

Alvin G. Brungardt will be cele-brating his 80th birthday on Oct. 7.

The family of Eunice and Elmer Banta gathered recently to help them celebrate their 66th wedding anniversary.

10 Years Ago - Mitchell Index September 2010

Births: a daughter, Kyli Marie Klingsporn, born to Daniel and Tanya Klingsporn of Mitchell; a son, Braylon Matthew Stark, born to Matthew and Cassi Stark; a son, Hayden Kade Rodriguez, born to Bailey Kilpatrick and Juan Rodri-guez of Morrill.

Obituaries: Theresa Marie Dash-er, 89, of Gering; Dennis W. Schul-tz, 66, of Scottsbluff; Sherry Rose Rutter, 63.

Marian McClenahan celebrated her 90th birthday Aug. 3 with a small family gathering, which in-cluded two of her children, two of her grandchildren and two of her great grandchildren.

Dalton Wademan was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Julie Hendrickson Scholarship Foun-dation.

Torrington’s Logan Murphy placed fifth in calf roping with a time of 14.25 and was eighth in team roping with 16.5 in Saturday’s Wheatland High School Rodeo.

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Yesterday and TodayLook through the newspaper for five things that did not exist when your parents were children. Ask your parents if that is true? Then look though the newspaper with your parents to find other things that didn’t exist when they were children.

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The noun history means events of the past.

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Try to use the word history in a sentence today when talking with friends and

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The castle tour told of its ancient history.

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This week Kid Scoop focuses on the di�erence between needs and wants.

Our weekly newspaper feature teaches that needs are things we need to survive, such as food, water and shelter.

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A few of your favorite books and Kid Scoop pages

Crayons, pencils or marking pens and plenty of paper

Scissors and glue

Two favorite toys such as a doll or action �gure

One or two board games

A deck of cards

A puzzle (One with lots of pieces is good—it takes a long time to do!)

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What do you think? In which time period would a digital tablet be a need and in which time period would it be a want? Why would a digital tablet be a need in the time of coronavirus?

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Wants or Needs Through History

A NEED is something you must have in order to survive. For example, you need shelter,

clothing, food, water and sometimes medicines.

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live without. A music player, television and bike are wants

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Food is a human need. You can’t live without it!

Look at each of the periods of history below. Write a W next to the things that you think would have been a WANT in that time. Write an N next to those items that would have been needs. Cross out the items that didn’t exist at that point in history.

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HOROSCOPESARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, let yourself drift off into a cre-ative mode this week. Explore any artistic endeavor and dream as big as your mind allows. Don't limit this expressive outlet.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21This week you may be feeling es-

pecially loving and romantic, Taurus. Consider treating your special someone to a home-cooked meal or going for a stroll in the park.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, if things get a little confusing

over the next couple of days, don't feel the need to try to figure everything out. Take what you need to get your tasks done.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, it may seem like you are

juggling a hundred things at once. Take a step back to exhale and recharge your bat-teries. This will prove a welcome break.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, when faced with too many

choices, you may find it hard to make a decision. Instead, select two or more and sample which is best. Don't let in-decisiveness derail your plans.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Calming, relaxing activities are the

best way to fill up your week, Virgo. Spend time taking long walks with friends or hanging out without much advance planning.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, one minute you feel one thing

and another you've changed your mind. Sit down and think over the pros and cons of each direction before making a final decision.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, your social schedule fills up

quickly this week. You may enjoy getting out of the house or the office, but remem-ber to do it in a responsible and safe way.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21No one but you can start working

toward your goals, Sagittarius. Stop dragging your feet and put a good plan into action in the next few days.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, whether you realize it or

not, you have a great deal of freedom to do what you want. Be spontaneous and start pursuing some of your goals.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18People may not be receptive to your

usual brand of humor this week, Aquari-us. Do more listening than talking. Try to keep sarcasm to a minimum and lay low.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Don't be overly concerned with what

others think about you, Pisces. Even if you're feeling like a fish out of water, forge ahead with your unique ideas.

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MINATARE – Too many mistakes and not enough time to bounce back from them was the difference maker for Minatare in a 50-26 loss against Wallace.

Momentum started to swing in Mina-tare’s way in the second half, but the Wild-cats thwarted the comeback opportunity.

“The difference was mistakes,” Mina-tare’s head coach JJ Ozuna said. “We shot ourselves in the foot way too many times.”

Minatare (1-1) found itself down 30-8 at halftime, however Haydon Olds put points on the board on the opening drive to cut Wallace’s lead to 30-14.

The Indians got the ball back and on the next possession drove right down the field. Carlos Martinez hauled in a 33-yard pass to set up the next score. Olds found the end

zone from four yards out and closed the gap to 30-20. Minatare had another stout defensive stand and forced a turnover on downs. But, the offensive rhythm didn’t last long. Wallace’s Carson Glunz came up with a pick six with 44 seconds left in the third quarter. The Wildcats jumped back out to a 36-20 lead. Minatare’s fight never quit in the second half. Olds scored again to open the fourth quarter to cut into Wallace’s lead, 36-26. Glunz found paydirt with 3:19 left in the game, extending Wallace’s lead to 42-26. The game was nearly out of reach. With 1:49 to go, the Wildcats added another touchdown to take the 50-26 lead.

“The score doesn’t tell the whole tale of this game. Our guys played hard and we had some good plays,” Ozuna said. “I’m just proud of them for not self-destructing.”

Minatare hosts Creek Valley (2-1) on Friday, Sept. 18.

MORRILL – The Lions dominated on Thursday night as they cruised past Kimball 53-6. Morrill earned its first win of the fall.

The Lions had the game in hand by halftime with a 28-0 lead. Morrill put up four rushing scores in the first half.

Junior Michael Morgan rushed for the first three touchdowns of the game. Kolten McMackin picked up the fourth touchdown before the half ended.

Morgan had eight carries for 81 yards and McMackin ran 21 times for 167 yards to pace the Lions.

In the second half, Isaiah Guerue got Morrill on the scoreboard with a safety. The Lions turned the safety into another touchdown and two-point conversion, this time from Mark Bartlett.

Kimball finally found the end zone with 6:45 left in the third quarter. Christian Allen-Van Pelt ran 60 yards down the field for a Longhorn touchdown, cutting the lead to 38-6.

McMackin put Morrill ahead 44-6 with 1:37 left in the third quarter, scoring

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GORDON – The Tigers raced out to another big lead, this time against Gordon-Rushville on Friday night and Mitchell picked up a 56-0 win on the road to improve to 3-0.

“I felt that our guys played a really good game,” Mitchell head coach Nick Kuxhausen said. “As a whole, our unit played well having its second shutout in two weeks.”

Mitchell dominated on the offensive side of the ball for the third-straight week. The Tigers are now averaging just over 46 points per game.

In the first quarter, Mitchell put up 21 points and followed with 28 points in the second quarter to take a 49-0 lead into the break.

“Offensively, we were clicking as a unit at every position,” Kuxhausen said. “Our line is continuing to improve week in and week out and we are finding more weapons each week on our offense. We ran the ball very effectively, which in turn opened up the pass game.”

Mitchell scored just seven points in the second half, but the defense held up its end of the bargain. The Tigers have only allowed 14 points this fall, all coming from Alliance.

“Defensively, we played very ag-gressive and created a lot of turnovers,” Kuxhausen said. “We got to play a lot of young guys in the second half and they stepped up moving the ball and keeping the defensive shutout.”

Austin Thyne finished the night 4-for-6 passing with 96 yards and two touch-downs. Thyne also had six carries for 54

yards and two scores.Rylan Aguallo led the Tigers’ rushing

attack with 17 carries for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Kadin Perez chipped in three carries for 96 yards and a touch-down.

Defensively, Mitchell forced four fumbles with three recoveries. The de-fense also came up with an interception.

Mitchell (3-0) has a big week ahead as Chase County (0-3) comes to town on Sept. 18. The Tigers will look to stay undefeated.

Photos by Amanda Bosse, Special to The Voice NewsAbove: Quarterback Cody Johnson tries to escape a Kimball tackler. Below: Josh Guerue (61) pressures the Kimball quarterback.

Courtesy photosAbove: Cael Peters (21) and Jaden Schumacher (4) make a tackle against Gordon-Rushville. Top: Brock Knutson (74) and Garrett Hessler (44) pose for a photo before the game.

Tigers take big lead earlyto win 56-0 over Mustangs

Lions earn lopsided win

Minatare struggles with mistakes falling 50-26 in season’s first loss

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Morgan and McMackin carry the load in 53-6 blowoutColton StoneThe Voice News

his second touchdown of the night. The Lions then added another safety to extend the lead to 46-6.

One last touchdown for the Lions came

from Nick Arroyo and gave Morrill the 53-6 lead and win.

Morrill (1-2) will next be in action at Hemingford (2-1) on Friday, Sept. 18.

Courtesy photosAbove: The Minatare football team includes: (front row, left to right) Dario Rodriguez, Carlos Martinez, Haydon Olds, Kevin Torres, (back row) Justin Vanwinkle, Miguel Calihua, Joe Gomez, Federico Torres, Kale Gibbons, Jackson Schwartz, Brody Schultz. Above left: Minatare carries out the flag before the Wallace game last week.

MINATARE – The Minatare volleyball team went 0-3 last week

The Lady Indians (4-3) fell 25-20, 25-23 to Paxton and 25-19, 25-18 to Garden County at a triangular on Sept. 10.

Last Friday, Minatare was de-feated 25-17, 25-10, 25-21 by

A6 • Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 The Voice News • www.voicenewsnebraska.comInside SportsTigers go 5-1 on the week to move to 8-2 on the season

MITCHELL – The Tigers fin-ished an impressive 5-1 last week in their six matches. Mitchell im-proved to 8-2 on the season.

Mitchell swept Kimball, Pot-ter-Dix twice, Hyannis and had a three-set battle with Bridgeport. The lone loss was a sweep against Sidney.

“The girls had a great week of play,” Mitchell head coach Kait-lin Broussard said. “We went to Bridgeport and played with lots of energy and communicated well. We had a lot of hitters going up and swinging on Saturday which was nice to see them all attacking. The girls are really playing together well.”

Sidney 3, Mitchell 0The Red Raiders took down the

Tigers in straight sets, winning 25-12, 25-18, 25-17. Karly Sylvester led Sidney with 15 kills and Logan Holly had 10 kills.

Josie Jenkins had six kills and seven digs to lead Mitchell. Avery Hobbs racked up nine digs of her own and Marjie Schmitt had eight set assists.

Mitchell 2, Kimball 0Mitchell got back on track with

a sweep of the Longhorns 25-21, 25-14. Jenkins had six kills in the

match and the Tigers had five ace serves as a team.

Addison Lashley had three blocks, while Caani Banks totaled two blocks for Mitchell. Hobbs added 14 digs to pace the team.

Jenkins also ended the match with 12 assists.

Mitchell 2, Potter-Dix 0Mitchell kept up the winning

ways with a sweep of the Coyotes 25-11, 25-10. Schmitt led the Ti-

gers with four aces, 17 assists and had eight digs.

Jenkins picked up eight kills in the match and Banks added four kills. Trinity Penn picked up two aces for the Tigers as well.

Angelica Gutierrez had a team-high nine digs and Hobbs tallied seven digs.

Mitchell 2, Potter-Dix 0Round two ended just like the

first as the Tigers swept the Coy-

otes 25-16, 25-12. Jenkins put up 10 kills and six digs in the match.

Schmitt made some noise with 15 assists, one ace and three kills. Gutierrez had three aces and seven digs, while Hobbs came up with nine digs.

Mitchell 2, Hyannis 0The Tigers made it four sweeps

in a row, defeating the Longhorns 25-10, 25-5. Jenkins had six kills and Banks tallied five kills for

Mitchell.Penn had two aces and three

kills, while Schmitt racked up 13 assists and Jenkins added eight digs.

Lashley finished with five digs as Mitchell had 19 digs as a team.

Mitchell 2, Bridgeport 1The Tigers fell behind for the

first time in four matches, but bounced back to defeat the Bull-dogs 21-25, 25-19, 25-14. Jenkins

racked up 12 kills and 24 digs to lead Mitchell.

Schmitt and Gutierrez each had two aces, while Penn tallied four blocks. Hobbs added 13 digs as the Tigers finished with 69 digs as a team. Jayden Kanno had nine digs of her own and Schmitt totaled 23 assists in the match.

Next up for Mitchell is a match with Southeast on the road on Sept. 17.

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Two Tigers finish in the top 10 at home invitationalMITCHELL – The Lady Tigers

hosted their home golf invitational on Thursday, Sept. 10 at Scenic Knolls Golf Course.

Alliance took home the team title with a score of 390 and had two golfers in the top 10 finishers.

Mitchell placed third behind conference foe Kimball, with a team score of 409.

Individually, Peyton Wise from

Kimball won the medal with a score of 81. Olivia Taylor from Scottsbluff’s JV team shot an 85 for second place.

Jacque Bowles paced the Tigers with a third-place finish at the invite. Bowles fired an 88 in the

18-hole round.Lexi Schledewitz shot a 98,

Mitchell’s second-best score of the afternoon.

McKinnley Knotts posted a score of 104, Marissa Cardona shot a 119 and Martina Cardona finished

with a score of 123 to round out

Mitchell’s golfers.

The Tigers competed at the

Gering Invitational on Tuesday,

Sept. 15.

Lions volleyball splits matchesat triangular

CHAPPELL – The Lions took a trip to Creek Valley for a triangular last week, splitting matches. Morrill finished the week 1-1 and is 2-1 as of press time for the fall. Morrill went head-to-head with Arthur Coun-ty and Creek Valley.

Morrill 2, Creek Valley 0The Lions blew past the

Storm in match one with a two-set sweep 26-24, 25-16. Kyndall Sprague had six ace serves and Mya Canseco tallied five aces to lead Morrill.

Jaiden Steiner had five kills and Libbie Schaefer added four kills to pace the Lions. Steiner also racked up four aces of her own. Canseco had eight set assists and Ilycia Guerue had four digs.Arthur County 2, Morrill 1

The Wolves downed the Li-ons in a three-set battle, winning 16-25, 25-21, 26-24. Guerue had eight kills to lead Morrill’s attack.

Canseco had four aces and Guerue chipped in three more aces. Schaefer and Sprague each had seven kills, while Steiner had 13 digs.

“I was really impressed with how we came out and played set one,” Morrill head coach Sarah Walker said. “We were aggressive and had fun. I’m disappointed in our ability to close out set three, but I know the girls will learn from it. Hopefully, next time we are in that situation, we will come out with the win.

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Cross country runners keep busy

Minatare drops three volleyball matches

All Masked Up

KIMBALL/CHADRON – The Mitchell cross country team compet-ed twice last week and came out with a handful of impressive finishes. The Tigers ran in the Kimball Invitational and the Chadron Invitational at Chad-ron State College.

In Kimball, the Mitchell boys had three finishers in the race. Brody Blome led the way with a 12th-place finish in a time of 21 minutes and 57 seconds. Alfred Gonzales placed 19th with a time of 23:57 and Brandon Buckley was 29th in 26:11.

Makayla Suttles was the lone finisher in the girls race for the Tigers. She finished 23rd in a time of 30:57.

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Courtesy photoThe Mitchell Junior High girls volleyball team takes a break from action at the Gering Tournament to pose for a photograph. Pictured are: (front row, left to right) Maliah Redbear, Macie Vallejo, Kira Schwartzkopf, Alex Galloway, Jolee Schwery, Emma Hayward, (back row) Addy Bowlin, Peyton Hopkins, Elly Paetow, Laney Bohl, Kaidyn Patterson and Kate Pieper.

Courtesy photoMorrill cross country picked up some hardware at the Kimball Invite, including Luke Ott in fourth, Paityn Homan in second, Camryn Chapman in second, Taylor Homan in third, Autumn Edwards in second and Cecilia Barron in seventh.

Courtesy photoThe Mitchell golf team includes: (back row, left to right) McKinley Knotts, Jacque Bowles, Lexi Schledewitz, Marissa Cardona, (front row) Katie Newton, Lilly Crane, Brooklyn Briggs and Martina Cardona.

Courtesy photoLeft: Jayden Kanno prepares to serve for the Lady Tigers during the matches at Bridgeport last week. Mitchell players return a serve during a match last week.

In Chadron, the Mitchell boys found themselves in the top three teams. The Tigers placed third with 56 points, behind Gering and Sidney.

Ashtyn Martin led the Tigers with a second-place finish with a time of 18:32. Caden Knudson was close behind as he finished fifth in 19:04.

Easton Anderson was 11th in a time of 19:29 and rounding out Mitch-ell’s scoring runners was Carmelo Ayala in 39th with a time of 22:08.

In the girls race, Mitchell finished seventh with a team score of 114. Grace Martin led the Tigers with a 25th-place finish and a time of 25:56.

Mariana Panduro finished 36th in 27:49 and Janay Wurdeman was 38th in a time of 27:59. Lilly Gordon was Mitchell’s last scoring runner in 39th

place with a time of 28:26.Next up, Mitchell travels to

Laing Lake for the Alliance In-vitational on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Morrill also competed at the Kimball Invite.

Luke Ott led the boys varsity with a fourth place time in 20:13.

On the girls side, Paityn Ho-man came in second in the varsity girls race in 22:43 and Jessica Wilkinson was 13th in 25:24.

The Morrill junior high boys finished third with a score of 35. Individually, Camryn Chapman was second, Taylor Homan was fourth. The Lady Lions also came in third. Autumn Edwards placed second and Cecilia Barron was seventh.

Wallace.Against Garden County, Ra-

schelle Magdaleno led with nine kills followed by Cheyanne Taylor with three and Katlin VanWinkle with two.

Jazmin Calihua served up two aces and Magdaleno and Jackie Sanchez each had one. Defen-sively, Calihua led with 15 digs followed by Sanchez and VanWin-

kle with 10 each, Magdaleno with nine and Corina Meyers with three. Meyers dished out 11 set assists.

Against Paxton, Taylor and Magdaleno each had five kills, VanWinkle tallied four and San-chez added three. Magdaleno also served up five aces and Meyers added two.

Sanchez led with 16 digs while Calihua added 14.

The Voice News • www.voicenewswest.com Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 • A7Inside SportsMorrill youth football teams begin their fall seasons against Chadron, Gordon-Rushville

Courtesy photosThe Morrill Lion Youth football team played in Gordon-Rushville this weekend. Coach Lofink and Coach Rodriguez share wisdom with the fifth and sixth grade team. Left: Boehdi Long and Wyatt Williams play for the Morrill third and fourth grade team that faced Chadron in its opener.

Courtesy photosPictured are the top three teams from the Panhandle Senior Women’s Golf Association. First place (top picture) went to Pat Rogers, Sharon Nuss, Jane Faber and Terry Grosz. Second place (middle picture) went to Norma Perkins, Tami Pierce, Terria Hampton and Connie Booth. Third place (bottom picture) went to Debra Fuss, Londa Maron, Sandy Huckfeldt and Chris Lapaseotes

SCOTTSBLUFF – The Pan-handle Senior Women’s Golf As-sociation saw nine teams compete at the Scottsbluff Country Club on Sept. 14.

In a very close contest, three places were paid out as follows:

There was a tie for first place. The team of Jane Faber, Terry Grosz, Sharon Nuss and Pat Rogers shot a score of 74 gross / 62.2 net.

The team of Terria Hampton,

Connie Booth, Tami Pierce and Norma Perkins shot a score of 75 gross / 62.2 net.

Right behind in third place was the team of Sandy Huckfeldt, Debra Fuss, Londa Maron and Chris Lapaseotes with a score of 75 gross / 62.6 net.

Flag prizes were awarded as follows: Longest Drive “A” Player – Sandy Huckfeldt, Longest Drive “B” Player – Terri Luttrell, Longest

Drive “C” Player – Claudia Benda, Longest Drive “D” Player – Kris DeVries. Londa Maron and Rose Pancost won Longest Putt flags. Peggy Wagner and Terry Grosz won Closest in one flag. Gina Briggs and Grace Brisby won Closest in two flags.

The final outing will be next week, Sept. 21 at Skyview Golf Course in Alliance. Please call the Pro Shop at 762-1446 to register.

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Photos by Carey Johnson & Josh Guerue, Special to The Voice News

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Cross Country 9-19 @ Alliance Invite 9 am9-24 @ Gordon-Rushville 4 pm9-28 @ UNK Invite 1 pm 10-1 @ Bayard Invite 2:30 pm10-3 @ Western Conference 9 am10-9 @ WTC at Bridgeport 11 am

Football (1-2)9-18 @ Hemingford9-25 @ Leyton10-2 Mullen10-8 @ Garden County10-16 Hyannis

Volleyball 9-19 Hemingford 9:00 AM9-22 TRI @Morrill 5:00 PM9-24 Garden County 6:00 PM9-26 Potter-Dix Tourney 8:00 AM9-29 Crawford 6:00 PM10-1 WTC @ Kimball 10:00 AM10-3 Morrill Invite 9:00 AM10-6 Mitchell 6:00 PM10-8 Kimball 6:00 PM10-13 TRI @Hay Springs 4:00 PM10-17 PAC @Crawford 9:00 AM10-20 Gordon-Rushville 5:00 PM10-26-27 Subdistricts10-31 Districts11-5-7 State Volleyball

Cross Country 9-19 Alliance 9:00 AM9-24 Gordon-Rushville 4:00 PM10-9 @ WTC at Bridgeport 11 am

Football (1-1)9-18 Creek Valley 9-25 @ Hay Springs10-2 Sioux County10-9 Cody-Kilgore10-15 @ Paxton10-23 @ Crawford

Volleyball 9-18 Creek Valley9-24 @ Bayard/South Platte9-25 @ Hay Springs10-2 Sioux County10-9 Cody-Kilgore10-15 @ Paxton10-23 @ Crawford

Golfers compete at Panhandle Tournament

A8 • Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 The Voice News • www.voicenewsnebraska.comPublic Notices

SECRETARY OF STATE NOTICES

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATIONOF

FITNESS INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING TOGETHER LLC

Notice is hereby given that Fitness Instructional Training Together LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The name and office address of the registered agent for service of process is Isabel Moreno, 1850 19th Street, Gering, NE 69341. The designated office address is 1850 19th Street, Gering, NE 69341. The company shall be member managed. The general nature of business of the company is to conduct any and all lawful business for which limited liability companies can be organized pursuant to Nebraska statute. The purpose of the company is to provide group fitness and personal training.

Sept. 2, 9 & 16 - 22 lns

REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAME

Trade Name: Ugly Little Soap Company

Name of Applicant: Misty Wilson

Address: 210074 Wildcat Drive, Gering, NE 69341

Applicant is: Individual

State under whose laws entity was formed:

Date of first use of name in Nebras-ka: 08/12/2020

General nature of business: Man-ufacturing hygiene items - IE soaps, scrubs, ect.

/s/ Misty WilsonSignature of Applicant or Legal

Representative

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TOWN NOTICESCITY OF MITCHELL

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGMINUTES

September 8, 2020

The Mitchell City Council met in a meeting on September 8, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Room in City Hall, 1280 Center Avenue. A notice of the meeting was published on August 26, 2020 was in The Voice News a newspaper published and of general circulation. The notice stated the date, hour, and placed that, agenda of the meeting, kept contin-uously current, was available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall; provided, the City Council could modify the agenda at the meeting if it determined that such an emergency so required. A copy of the agenda was delivered to each Council member and was faxed to the Star-Herald, KNEB, and NBC Nebraska on September 4, 2020. The agenda, kept continuously current, was available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk at all times from publication of the notice to the time of the meeting. Mayor Curtis called the meeting to order and City Clerk Hrasky recorded the proceedings. The following Council members were present for roll call: Tim Schneider, Angie Preston, Sean Hopkins and Don Stall; Absent: None: also pres-ent: Sergeant Murphy and Acting City Attorney John Selzer.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present.

It was moved by Councilmember Preston, seconded by Councilmember Schneider to approve the agenda for September 8, 2020: ROLLCALL: AYES: Schneider, Preston; Stall, Hopkins; NAYS: NONE: Motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

It was moved by Councilmember Schneider, seconded by Councilmember Stall to approve the minutes of August 11, 2020; ROLL CALL: AYES: Schneider, Preston, Stall, Hopkins; NAYS: None. Motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Open for Public comments: Kyle Leonard works for media company PIL-GRAM MEDIA GROUP: Kyle stated that currently in Gering filming Street Outlaws the racing show, Kyle wanted to open a conversation that there is a road here in Mitchell that they are interested in to drag race on. They do want to get on the agenda for the next meeting, just wanted to let the Mayor and Council know ahead of time what they would like to do. The framing that they are leaning towards to do this is late September or early October, do not the exact dates yet., they are doing their research now.

Councilmember Schneider moved to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented; seconded by Councilmember Stall. ROLL CALL: AYES: Schneider, Preston Stall, Hopkins; NAYS: None. Motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Councilmember Schneider moved to approve the claims as presented: second-ed by Councilmember Preston. ROLL CALL: AYES: Preston, Schneider and Hopkins, Stall; NAYS: None. Motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Councilmember Hopkins moved to approve application for a Class CK Liquor License for Michael Roberts dba Redz Bar & Grill; seconded by Councilmember Schneider: ROLLCALL: AYES: Stall, Schneider, Stall and Preston: NAYS: NONE: Motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Councilmember Hopkins moved to approve new contract with Rick Ayala for management of Scenic Knolls Club House for 2020/2021; seconded by Councilmember Preston; ROLLCALL: Stall, Schneider, Hopkins and Preston: NAYS: NONE: Motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

A motion was made by Councilmem-

ber Schneider to approve the Resolution #2020-04 for the Nebraska Board of Classification & Standards annual Cer-tification of Program Compliance form 2020; seconded by Councilmember Pres-ton: ROLLCALL: Ayes; Hopkins, Stall, Preston and Schneider: NAYS: NONE: Motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

RESOLUTION No. 2020-04

SIGNING OF THE MUNICIPAL ANNUAL CERTI-

FICATION OF PROGRAM COM-PLAIANCE FORM 2020

Whereas: State of Nebraska Statutes, sections 39-2115, 39-2119,39-2120, 399-2121, and 39-2520 (2)

Requires an annual certification of program compliance to the Nebraska Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards: and

Whereas: State of Nebraska Stature, section 39-2120 also requires that the an-nual certification of program compliance by each municipality shall be signed by the Mayor or Village Board Chairperson and shall include a copy of a resolution of the governing body of the municipality authorizing the signing of the certification form.

Be it resolved that the Mayor of City of Mitchell is hereby authorized to sign the attached Municipal Annual Certifica-tion of Program Compliance form.

The August 2020 police report was presented by Sergeant Murphy. There were no questions from the Council. A motion was made to approve the August Police report by Councilmember Preston; seconded by Councilmember Schneider; ROLLCALL: Schneider, Preston, Stall, Hopkins; NAYES: NONE: Motion de-clared carried by Mayor Curtis.

A motion was made by Councilmem-ber Preston, seconded by Councilmember Schneider to approve Nursing Home July 2020 financials; ROLLCALL: Schneider, Preston, Stall and Hopkins: NAYES: NONE: A motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

A motion was made by Councilmem-ber Preston to approve the August 2020 Bills list for the Nursing Home; seconded by Councilmember Schneider; ROLL-CALL: Schneider, Preston, Stall and Hopkins; A motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

A motion was made by Councilmem-ber Hopkins to approve purchasing 2 defibrillators for $20,000.00: seconded by Councilmember Preston: ROLLCALL: AYES: Stall, Schneider, Hopkins and Preston: NAYES: NONE: A motion de-clared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Mayor Curtis opened a public hearing at 6:55 p.m. regarding the2020-2021 Budget; no comments from the public; hearing closed at 6:56 p.m.

A motion was made by Councilman Schneider to approve the 2020/2021 Bud-get; seconded by Councilman Preston; ROLLCALL: Hopkins, Preston, Stall, and Schneider: NAYS: NONE: A motion was declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Mayor Curtis opened a public hearing at 6:57 p.m. regarding the 2020/2021 Property Tax request; comment Mayor Curtis explained to the public that taxes are not going up 1%, it means by State Statue by vote of the Council you can raise your budget by 1%. – closed public hearing at 6:58 p.m.

A motion was made by Councilman Schneider to approve Property Tax request of $286,857.00 for 2020-2021 Fiscal year; seconded by Councilman Preston; ROLLCALL: Hopkins, Preston, Stall and Schneider; NAYS: NONE: A motion was declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

A motion was made by Councilman Preston to approve increasing Restricted Fund Authority by 1% for 2020-2021 Fiscal year; seconded by Councilman Schneider; ROLLCALL: Preston, Stall, Hopkins and Schneider; A motion was declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

A motion was made by Councilman Schneider to approve the Resolution 2020-05 regarding Property Tax and Increasing Restricted Fund Authority; second by Councilman Preston; ROLL-CALL: Preston, Hopkins, Stall and Schneider; NAYS: NONE. A motion was declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

RESOLUTION NO. 2020-05

WHEREAS, NEB. Rev. Stat. 77-1601.02, provides that the Governing Body of the City of Mitchell, Ne passes by a majority vote a resolution or ordinance setting the tax request; and

WHEREAS: a special public hearing was held as required by law to hear and consider comments concerning the prop-erty tax request;

NOW, THEREFORE, the governing body of the City of Mitchell, NE resolves that:

1. The 2020-2021 property tax request be set at $286,857

2. The total assessed value of property differs from last year’s total assessed value by 0%.

3. The tax rate which would levy the same amount of property taxes as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of property, would be $0.474857 per $100 of assessed value.

4. The City of Mitchell, Ne proposed to adopt a property tax request that will cause its tax rate to be $.0.474480 per $100 of assessed value.

5. Based on the proposed property tax request and changes in other revenue, the total operating budget of City of Mitchell will decrease from last years by 23%.

6. A copy of this resolution to be cer-tified and forwarded to the County Clerk on or before October 13, 2020.

This Resolution shall become effec-tive upon its passage and approval.

Passed and Approved on September 8, 2020.

Councilmember Hopkins introduced Ordinance #793 and moved that the statutory rules requiring reading of the title on three different days be suspended; seconded by Councilmember Schneider. ROLL CALL: AYES: Preston, Schneider, Hopkins and, Stall. NAYS: None. Mayor

Curtis declared the motion adopted by three-fourths of the Council, and the requirements suspended for Ordinance #793. The Ordinance was then read by Clerk Hrasky:

AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET STATEMENT TO BE TERMED THE ANNUAL APPROPRIA-TION BILL; TO APPROPRIATE SUMS FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES; TO PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIBE DATE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAY-OR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MITCHELL, NEBRASKA:

That after complying with all proce-dures required by law, the budget present-ed and set forth in the budget statement is approved as the Annual Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. All sums of money contained in the budget statement are appropriated for the neces-sary expenses and liabilities of the City of Mitchell.

1. The Council determine that it is necessary to exceed the allowable growth for restricted funds for the next fiscal year by an additional one percent as permitted under ’13-519 of the Nebraska statutes, and as approved by at least 75% of the Council.

2. A copy of the budget document shall be forwarded as provided by law to the Auditor of Public Accounts, State Capitol, and Lincoln, Nebraska and to the County Clerk Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, for use by the levying authority.

3. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.

PASSED AND APPROVED on Sep-tember 8, 2020.

Councilmember Hopkins moved for final passage of Ordinance #793; seconded by Councilmember Schneider. ROLL CALL: AYES: Preston, Schnei-der, Hopkins and Stall. NAYS: None. Mayor Curtis stated that because the passage and adoption of Ordinance #793 has been concurred by a majority of all members elected to the Council, I declare it passed, adopted and order it published in pamphlet form.

Councilmember Preston moved to approving Tree Doc with circuits 5 and 2 for total for this year is $115,700.00; seconded by Councilmember Schneider: ROLLCALL: AYES: Stall, Schneider, Hopkins and Preston: NAYS: NONE: A motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Councilmember Schneider moved to approve $39,546.91 in electrical funds to provide power to Crossroads Coop-erative: seconded by Councilmember Preston; ROLLCALL: AYES: Stall, Schneider, Hopkins and Preston; NAYS: NONE: A motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Councilmember Preston moved to approve purchasing the playground equipment from Crouch Recreation for $ 42,793.13 for Ziegler Park; seconded by Councilmember Hopkins, ROLLCALL: AYES: Stall, Schneider, Hopkins and Preston. A motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Councilmember Preston moved to approve Pay App #2 for the amount of $75,498.40 (Johnson Service Company): seconded by Councilmember Hopkins; ROLLCALL: AYES: Stall, Schneider, Hopkins, and Preston; NAYS: NONE: A motion declared carried by Mayor Curtis.

Administrator Mader presented his report stating Golf Course Revenues are over $120,000.00, and Zeigler Park bathrooms are finished and the remainder of the playground equipment will go in this week. In Street department curbs are being painted and new signs going up soon. McClanahan property to be demol-ished on Thursday the 10th of September 2020. Water department painted the fire hydrants, there will be an LB840 follow up meeting Thursday night at the City Hall. Dog Park coming along fine, Mayor would like to have the Councilmembers drive by if they have a chance.

NPPD: Jeff Raymond tested Mitchell transformer for PCB contaminants, 32 tests were completed and 3 items were returned testing PCB positive, 2 regu-lators and 1 transformer. The City has disposed of these 3 transformers. Doug Jeben NPPD engineer requested and received metering data from NMPP to construct a working model of the Mitchell Distribution system.

Next regular meeting of the Mitchell City Council will be October 6, 2020

A motion to adjourn was moved by Councilmember Preston; seconded by Councilmember Schneider; ROLL CALL: AYES: Schneider, Preston, Stall and Hopkins; NAYS: None. Mayor Curtis declared the meeting adjourned at 9:02 p.m.

MayorATTEST:

City Clerk

I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Mitchell, Nebraska, hereby certify that said minutes of the Council of the City of Mitchell from which the fore-going proceedings have been extracted were in written form available for public inspection within ten (10) working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said public body.

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MITCHELL UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

PROCEEDINGS

The Board of Public Works met in regular session, Wednesday September 9, 2020. Board members present for roll call: Chairman Don Ewing, Secretary Todd Karpen, Will Hettinger, Travis Preston and Joel Lashley. Also, present

was City Administrator Perry Mader and Kim Blome.

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Ewing at 7:00 p.m.

Chairman Ewing presented the Ne-braska Open Meetings Act information, so advising the public that a copy of the act is posted at all times on the south wall of the Board of Public Works meeting room and on the east wall of the City Council chambers.

The minutes of the last regular meet-ings of August 10, 2020 was motioned to be approved by Preston, and was second by Hettinger to approve minutes of the August 9, 2020 meetings. AYES: all. NAYS: none. Motion passed.

Discussed the Final Budget, it was approved and passed by Council. No big expenditures in the next fiscal year 2020-2021 for the Street and Water Department.

Discussed NPPD on Sugar Factory, Crossroads and the Tree Bids. Noting to report on the Sugar Factory. Crossroads, NPPD gave a bid to get the power out to them was just under $40,000. Was thinking about doing an agreement to have Crossroads put down $20,000. Decided that it would be in best interest for business not to have an agreement. It is approved and passed by Council to move forward on getting started to get the power out to Crossroads. Tree Bids, there were two bids turned in. Went with the lower bid of $290,000 from Tree Doc out of Chadron. There are 5 circuits that need to be done. We will get 2 of the 5 circuits this 2020-2021 and get the remaining 3 circuits the following fiscal year 2021-2022.

Mclenahan property was scheduled to be demolished tomorrow morning, September 10, 2020. Reisig isn’t able to get to it until Monday September 14th due to not having the equipment he needs until then. The City will back fill the hole after Reisig is done. The City will also put a lien on the property to cover the cost of the demolition.

Discussed the Street projects on 22nd, Center and 13th St by Kelley Bean. On 22nd and 13th St looking at possible putting a 12-inch concrete instead of 8-inch due to all of the heavy trucks using those streets. Center Street we are looking at doing an overlay. Will re visit this discussion at a later date.

Administrator Report: Decided on the playground equipment for Zigler Park.

Hydrants are painted, Kevin did a great job on painting them. Streets are doing a great job on painting curbs and cross walks. Will be getting new stop signs and other signs that are wore out to help spruce up our town.

Going to get some new banners to swap out the ones we have now. Not going to get rid of the ones we have now. Want to get some input on the design.

Putting out a second Christmas tree and possible a third. The season will be here soon, so need to get the plans going on it.

Having issues with K L Woods work. Found that the guys that put in meters did not put in the new gaskets or put in the new gaskets in with the old gaskets. Going to have a meeting with Ken Woods to visit about the work ethics of his crew.

The next Board of Public Works meet-

ing will be October 5, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.Motion made by Karpen to adjourn.

Second by Hettinger. AYES: all. NAYS: none. Motion passed.

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.

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CITY OF MITCHELL AUGUST 2020 BILLS

GENERAL/STREET: Payro l l 45,661.43; Street Payroll 12,092.65; UTILITIES: Century Link 533.53; Char-ter 213.30; Verizon 292.49; Black Hills 1,047.80; Roosevelt Public Power 115.57; SUPPLIES: GT Mart 1,601.18; Bluffs Facility Solutions 936.67; Community Pharmacy 168.61; Emergency Medical Products 349.91; Jirdon Agri 212.35; Kwik Stop 1,022.31; Matheson Tri-Gas 290.21; MoneyWise 305.52; Spic and Span 1,410.00; BOOKS: Amazon 87.43; Baker & Taylor 311.31; Center Point 144.55; Gardner Media LLC 168.10; Publishers Weekly 259.99; The Library Store 178.54; REPAIRS: Mitchell Mo-tor 384.50; Action Communications 238.45; Door Closer Service 132.36; Johnson Control 2,653.82; Lighthouse Electric 80.00; Palmer’s Panhandle Monument 170.00; Randy’s Auto 38.83; Sandberg Implement 1,768.67; Power Plan 432.00; PT Hose and Bearing 174.34; EQUIPMENT: Morrill Hardware 26.15; PROFESSIONAL: ScottsBluff County Register of Deads 35.08; Air Med Care Network 487.50; Light Fund 10,711.55; Pinnancle Bank CC 199.99; Gardner Road Kustoms 2,500.00; EMC National Life 324.80; Hrasky 41.25; Thompson 125.00; Light Fund 702.06; Carlisle 123.75; Nebraska Notary Asso-ciation 95.73; Scottsbluff County B & Z 200.00; Simmons Olsen Law 1,235.08; Star Herald 133.69; Valley Ambulance Service 32.00; MISC OP EX: Scot-tie’s Potties 100.00; Century Business Products 286.41; Dollar General 53.85; MAINTENANCE: Murrell 550.00; Home Depot CC 873.51; Benzel 185.00; Frank Parts Company 48.04; Grease n Go 139.25; Horse Creek Tire 201.27; Ideal Linen 9.42; Slafter Oil 92.00; ADVERTISING: Voice News 16.41; RE-IMBURSEMENTS: Eberspecher 87.72; UNIFORMS: Logoz 92.00; Marketing Consultants 992.00

GOLF FUNDS: Payroll 7,706.90; UTILITIES: City of Gering 121.60;

Panhandle Cooperative 596.99; Verizon Wireless 31.42; Century Link 85.98; Roosevelt 3,109.44; REPAIRS/MAIN-TENANCE: John Deere 3,166.22; Jirdon Agri 637.85; MISC. OP EX: Scottie’s Pot-ties 200.00; Air Med 162.50; Light Fund 5,388.93; Culligan 85.00; Ayala 2,065.51; The Fairway 2,011.00; ADVERTISING: The Trail 400.00; Voice News 6.73

NURSING HOME: UTILITIES: As-centium Capital 198.60; Black Hills Ener-gy 675.02; Century Link 377.46; Munic-ipal Utilities 8,272.41; Vistabeam 68.95; Century Link 53.27; PROFESSIONAL: ADP Screening & Selection 355.00; Ban-Koe 406.50; Brown 500.00; City of Mitchell 200.00; Go Bond 5,000.00; HHS Solutions 1,395.65Rural Health Development 11,139.00; Simmons Olsen Law 410.50; Zimmerman 157.00; Car-laris & Associates 972.13; Health Care Information Systems 84.00; Point Click Care Technology 1,138.10; Stat Staffing 720.16; INSURANCE: Ameritas Life 593.60; HealthCap RRG 3,006.33; Phil-adelphia Insurance Co. 1,334.42; Transa-merica Employee Benefits 2,242.68; UHS Premium Billing 9,346.62; Benchmark Insurance Company 4,396.00; MISC. OP EXPENSE: Capital Business Systems 537.57; Culligan 127.00; GRP & Associ-ates 140.00; USPS 110.00; SUPPLIES: Cash-Wa 9,532.89; DL Foods 150.42; GT Mart 242.52; Hiland Dairy 820.63; Kwik Stop 51.79; Pegler Sysco 4,323.89; Pinnacle Bank CC 328.41; Providers Plus 438.40; Simply Clean 458.70; Staples 855.30; Walmart 100.12; MEDICAL SUPPLIES: Direct Supply 2,792.00; HD Supply Facilities Maintenance 213.96; Lifecare Associates 49.48; McKesson Medical-Surgical 5,817.85; Rosie Con-nectivity Solutions 364.00; Sonny’s Pharmacy 7,237.16; ADVERTISING: Voice News 155.00; MAINTENANCE: Bluff’s Facility Solutions 1,304.66; Frank Parts Company 36.98; Home Depot CCd 256.19; Menards 871.37; Monument Car Wash 17.02; Nebraska Air Filter, Inc 411.60; Sandberg Implement 15.99; Spec-trum Voip 4,232.48; REPAIRS: Budge-it Drain 310.00; REIMBURSEMENT: Kahl 32.20; Lane 108.68; Rae 34.16

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MITCHELL UTILITIES AUGUST BILLS LIST

August Bill’s List: Adams Electric, building maintenance $1456.83; Airgas, misc. operating expense $51.10; Air Med Care Network, Air Med $325.00; American Public Power Dist., education $218.00; Baker & Associates, lagoon project, $1140.00; Barco Municipal Products, system maintenance $1172.72; Black Hills Energy, utilities $160.39; Border States Industries, system main-tenance $843.84; Centurylink, telephone $410.62; Charter Communications, utilities $109.98; City Library Fund, franchise fees $27,000.00; City of Gering, garbage service $15,554.80; City Parks Fund, franchise fees $12,000.00; City Payroll Fund, payroll $27,462.40; City Police Fund, franchise fees $31,480.00; Century Business Products, office sup-plies $11.75; Dutton Lainson Company, system improvements $866.70; Enviro Service, professional lab service $40.00; GT Mart, gas/oil $229.50; Horse Creek Tires, equipment repair/maintenance $22.00; Ideal Linen, building mainte-nance $18.68; Johnson Controls, building maintenance $216.58; K L Woods, system improvements $466.52; Kwik Stop, gas/oil $258.93; League NE Municipalities, membership fees $1097.00; Light Fund, utilities $2298.95; MBKEM Enterprise, building maintenance $98.00; McKi-ney MFG & Sales, equipment repair/maintenance $500.00; Money Wise, office supplies $81.32; Municipal Ener-gy Agency of NE, energy $56,339.23; Municipal Supply Inc of NE, system improvements $1667.00; NE Department of Revenue, payable taxes $13,627.81; NE Public Power District, system main-tenance $13,862.74; Nebraskaland Tire, equipment repair/maintenance $1454.90; One Call Concepts, professional service $70.65; Pinnacle Bank CC, machinery/equipment $666.43; Petty Cash, postage $24.30; Plummer Insurance, insurance $10,302.00; Power Plan, machinery & equipment $432.00; Railroad Manage-ment Company, misc. operating expense $950.08; Simmons Olsen Law Firm, professional service $300.00; Spic and Span Cleaners, system maintenance $249.75; Strauch Electric, building maintenance $641.19; U S Post Office, postage $220.30; Verizon Wireless, cell phone $31.42.

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VILLAGE OF MORRILL NOTICE OF TOWN HALL

The Village of Morrill would like to invite you to a town hall meeting to be held on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. at the Morrill American Legion.

The Village of Morrill Board of Trustees would like to discuss options for Brown Legion Field and the future of Morrill Athletic Club Baseball. This meeting is intended to provide infor-mation to the community and to collect feedback from the citizens.

Village of MorrillBoard of Trustees

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NOTICE OF MEETINGROOSEVELT PUBLIC

POWER DISTRICTNotice is hereby given that a regular

meeting of the Board of Directors of Roosevelt Public Power District will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. in the Board room at the District office located at 190038 Yale Avenue, Scottsbluff, NE.

The meeting is open to the public. An agenda of the meeting is kept continually current and available for inspection at the District office.

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SCHOOL NOTICESMORRILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Education Regular Meeting

September 8, 2020 6:30 PM

District Office508 Jefferson Ave.Morrill, NE 69358

Morrill Public School District is com-

mitted to empowering students to become confident, knowledgeable, productive and responsible citizens of a diverse, ever-changing world”

Mr. Dick Burford: Absent Jim Hessler: Present Lisa Kaufman: Present Dave Sherrod: Present Art Steiner: Present Billy Watson: Present

I. CALL TO ORDER FOR REGU-LAR MEETING

Dave Sherrod called the meeting to order at 6:34 p.m.

I.1. Pledge to the FlagI.2. Roll CallMotion to excuse Dick Burford. Passed with a motion by Billy Watson

and a second by Art Steiner.Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 1I.3. Notification of Open Meetings

Law PostingI.4. Recognition of RecordingNo one recorded the meeting. II. CONSIDER CONSENT AGEN-

DAApproval for Consent Agenda as

presented. Passed with a motion by Jim Hessler

and a second by Art Steiner.Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 1II.1. Approval of Agenda for Septem-

ber 8, 2020II.2. 1.Approval of minutes of August 17,

2020 Adding to wording about transfer from General Fund 01 2190 720 0 000 for Track Site Improvements; Correcting Budget Workshop Date from September 27 to August 27

II.3. Claims Payable III. PUBLIC HEARINGSFor the purpose of hearing support,

opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations of taxpayers relating to the proposed 2020-2021 Budgets and Final Tax Request and to consider amendments relative thereto.

Motion to open the Public Hearing

made by Jim Hessler at 6:35 p.m. Passed with a motion by Jim Hessler

and a second by Billy Watson.Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 1No public comment.

Motion to close the Public Hearing made by Lisa Kaufman at 6:36 p.m. Passed with a motion by Lisa Kaufman and a second by Art Steiner.

Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 1III.1. 1.Budget Summary for 2020-2021

school year III.2. 1.Hearing to set the Final Tax Request

for the 2020-2021 school year Motion to open the final hearing

for the final tax request for the 2020-21 school year at 6:36 p.m. Passed with a motion by Jim Hessler and a second by Lisa Kaufman.

Yea: 5, Nay: 0No public comment.Motion to close the hearing made by

Bill Watson at 6:37 p.m. Passed with a motion by Billy Watson

and a second by Art Steiner.Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 1IV. NEW BUSINESSIV.1. 1.Consider/possibly approve em-

ployment agreements with staff holding special certificates

Motion to accept the agreements for Laura Fortney, Becky Jo Wylie, and Thomas Milstead. Passed with a motion by Art Steiner and a second by Lisa Kaufman.

Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 1V. Next Regular Meeting DateRegular Meeting September 14, 2020

at 7:30 pm

VI. ADJOURNMENTMeeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.

Except for an emergency, this agenda shall not be altered later than twenty-four hours before scheduled commencement of the meeting. The Board will attempt to adhere to the sequence of the published agenda, but reserves the right to adjust the order of items if necessary and may elect to take action on any of the items listed. The agenda is kept continuously current and can be viewed in the district office.

Executive Session {84-1410}: These are the reasons for an executive session: strategy sessions for collective bargain-ing, real estate purchases, pending litiga-tion, deployment of security personnel or devices, investigative proceedings regard-ing allegations of criminal misconduct and evaluation of the job performance of a personnel when necessary to prevent needless injury to the reputation of a per-son and if such person has not requested a public body. The motion must state the specific reason listed above and include the phrase “and will be limited to the discussion of ________.”

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The Voice News • www.voicenewswest.com Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 • A9Community News

MORRILL – The Morrill Tri-Community Preschool & Pride Cub Care is off to a good start to the 2020-21 school year.

Infant Room:Tiffany Geary is the Lead

Teacher in our Infant room, with 21years of educational experience with duties including, substitute teaching, paraprofessional, teacher and an administrators wife. These various roles have helped Tiffany appreciate each role and the impor-tance of making a school a great environment.

Tiffany has four children, two boys and two girls ranging in age from 18-25, her youngest is a Senior in High School. Tiffany’s favorite holiday is Christmas as she “loves the lights on the trees and houses. It really is a magical time of year.” Tiffany grew up on a ranch in southern Sioux County with her parents and two younger sisters, living the country life and participating in 4H. This year at Pride Cub Care Tiffany’s goals are to establish strong relationships with children and their parents. She also hopes to become proficient with our documentation program as well as positive specific feed-back with the children. Tiffany brings a great deal of wisdom to our building and her caring heart is appreciated by all!

Kendra Morehead is assisting Tiffany in the Infant room. Kend-ra has been working in education for 5 years and on the Pride Cub Care team for 5 months. Kendra has been married for 3 years and is the proud mom of 6 furbabies. When Kendra is not at work she enjoys reading. Of all the holidays, Kendra says that Halloween is her favorite. Kendra’s favorite quote is “Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.” The goal Kendra has for this school year is “to help babies learn and grow, preparing them for the rest of their lives.” Kendra is always willing to jump in and help wherever she is needed and we all appreciate the kindness she extends to everyone!

Toddler Room and Early Childhood Special Education

Becky Jo Wylie has been in the educational field for 25 years, working mainly in Early Child-hood. Becky has seven children who range in age from 21 to 5, they love baking together and be-ing outdoors hiking and they are planning to begin many camping adventures next summer. Becky is finishing her K-12 Special Educa-tion and Early Childhood Inclusive endorsements this year and will graduate from Chadron State Col-lege in the Spring of 2021. Becky’s favorite holiday is Christmas, as she loves the music and the snow. She spends time decorating and making treats and crafts during this magical time of year. Becky Jo

is always smiling and welcoming everyone into the building and we appreciate the warmth she extends to all families.

Toddler Room:Elisha Barron works in our

Toddler room and shares the Lead Teacher position as well as filling the Paraprofessional role when it is needed. Elisha has been in ed-ucation for 6 years as an educator and served as a parent volunteer in the Lyman preschool for 3 years. Elisha enjoys spending time with her family especially when they are making pinatas, crafting or painting. Elisha mentions that Christmas is her favorite holiday. The goal Elisha has set for this school year is to obtain her Early Childhood Associates Degree and to have a great school year with her students. A quote that Elisha appreciates is “Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning.” - Mr. Rodgers Elisha is always smiling and keeps the building laughing and enjoying each other, we appreciate her up-beat attitude and her ability to make each of us smile.

Patricia Andersen is leading our Toddler II classroom and brings 16+ years of educational experience to the Pride Cub Care team. Pat is a wife, mother of 7, grandmother of 23 and great grandmother of 4 with one due in November. Pat enjoys reading and gardening when she is not in the classroom teaching. Pat’s favorite holiday is Christmas and a quote that she likes is “Learn to live each day as if it were your last. Someday it will be.”-Billy Graham Pat wants to provide quality care for these precious little ones while she is teaching at Pride Cub Care. Pat is a very kind and caring person and each child that she spends time with loves her instantly!

Alyssa Nowling is a parapro-fessional in our Toddler classroom and joined the team right before the beginning of this school year. This is her first year in the education field, and she is enjoying her time with some of our youngest learners. Alyssa has family in the teaching field and her husband is in the mil-itary. Alyssa also loves Christmas time because of the time she gets to spend with family. Her goal is to develop bonds with the children and teach them to excel in life and learning. A quote that Alyssa likes is “you don’t fail unless you stop trying.” Alyssa always has a smile on her face and is willing to jump on any task that is asked.

Building Floating ParaMeet Cara Edington, this will be

her first year at The Tri-Community Preschool as a Para.

Cara grew up in Gering, Ne-braska and moved to Morrill with her husband, Wyatt, and two dogs in January of 2020.

She has many hobbies, but her

favorites are reading, crocheting and woodworking.

Cara’s favorite holiday is Christmas because of the memo-ries and laughter made with her family. A para is normally someone that goes into a room and just helps the head teacher. By the end of the year, Cara wants to be able to get to know each room’s schedule, kids and each individual child as a whole.

A fun fact about Cara: she loves cows! Cara may be new to our building, but her smile and gentle nature are appreciated by everyone in the building!

We want to welcome Cassidy Hill to our team! Cassidy joined the team on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2020 and we are so excited that she is here! This is her first year in the educational field, and she is ready to learn all about our Positive Specific Behavioral Supports for Early Childhood. When Cassidy is not at work she enjoys hiking, traveling and going to the lake. Her favorite holiday is Christmas because of the time that she gets to spend with family. Her goal is to learn more about caring and educating children and herself. A quote that Cassidy likes is “Be so happy that when others look at you, they become happy too.” Cassidy is a great addition to our team, her kind nature and warm smile puts everyone at ease when she enters a room.

3 and 4 Year Old Preschool:

Kelsey Southard is the Lead Preschool teacher for our 3 and 4 year old Preschoolers. This will be Kelsey’s second year teaching at Tri-Community Preschool. Last year Kelsey taught in the 4 and 5 year old Preschool classroom. Outside of teaching she enjoys spending time with her 5 year old son and her family. They love being outside on the trampoline or going on bike rides. Kesey’s favorite hol-iday is Thanksgiving when the en-tire family is together. This year at Tri-Community Preschool Kelsey hopes to grow as an educator by working towards her Master’s de-gree in Early Childhood Education. A favorite quote for Kelsey is “The goal of Early Childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn.” Maria Montessori Kelsey brings a great deal of enthusiasm and profession-alism to our building and she keeps the environment light and we all appreciate that!

Kyla Odermann is in her second year at Morrill Tri-Community Preschool working as a Paraprofes-sional in the 3 year old Preschool classroom. This is Kyla’s first job in education, she loves it so much that she has started classes at EWC to become an Early Childhood Education Teacher. Kyla is mar-ried and they have two beautiful daughters. Kyla loves going to the lake, hunting and doing hair, as she

is also a licensed hair stylist. Kyla says her favorite holiday would either be Easter or Thanksgiving, she enjoys them both very much and she couldn’t choose between them. Something that Kyla plans to do this year at Morrill Tri-Commu-nity Preschool is to be a successful student, and use what she is learn-ing in her courses. Her favorite quote is “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” Dr. Seuss Kyla brings a great attitude and work ethic to our building and she is always the first to make sure everyone feels special and appreciated!

4 and 5 Year Old Preschool:Celena Varga is new to our

staff this year, she joined the team this summer and is leading one of our 4 and 5 year old Preschool classrooms, this is her 11th year in education. Celena’s husband, Spencer is a chef in the kitchen for Morrill Public Schools and they have two cats and two dogs. Her hobbies include reading, bible study, and hanging out with her niece and nephews and following any activities they are in. Celena’s favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas. Celena hopes that with this year she can assist her young learners with becoming pre-pared for the next stage in their life. A quote that Celena likes is “Keep away from people who try to be-little your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Mark Twain Celena is new to the team, but you would never know it, as building solid working relationships is her strength and she always has a smile on her face!

Maribelle Rodriguez is in her first year with Morrill Tri-Com-munity Preschool she is serving as a Paraprofessional in one of our 4 and 5 year old classrooms. Maribelle has 4 boys who attend school in Morrill and are 10, 8, 4 and 1. Maribelle loves to bake and decorate cakes when she is not at work. Her favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because of the wonderful food and time to be with family. Her goal for this year is to provide assistance to her lead teacher and meet the needs of every one of her students. A quote that Maribelle likes is “Life is not about how you survive the storm, it’s about how you dance in the rain.” Maribelle is always helping out wherever she is needed and her quiet, sweet personality makes everyone feel welcome!

Sorcha Colerick has been ed-ucating young minds for Morrill Tri-Community Preschool for 5 years in October. She has been in education for 7 years. Sorcha is married and she has two dogs. Sorcha will be graduating from Chadron State College in the Spring of 2020 with her Early

Childhood degree. Her favorite holiday is Christmas and her hob-bies include serving on worship team at her church, crafting and cooking. Sorcha’s goal this year at Morrill Tri-Community Preschool is to help the children in her class-room develop a love for learning while having fun...always! Sorcha is the first one to offer assistance to everyone, and her kind heart is appreciated by everyone in the building!

Welcome McKenzie Sanchez to the team! Mckenzie joined our team in August and she is working alongside Sorcha in one of our 4 and 5 year old classrooms. While McKenzie is new to education, this is her first job in the field of Early Childhood education, she is enjoying being a bus para as well as an educational para. Some of her favorite pastimes include singing and reading. When it comes to hol-idays, she loves Thanksgiving and Christmas time the most. Her goal for this school year is to become close to the children she is working with. A quote that recently stood out to McKenzie is “What if I fail? Ah, but what if you don’t!” We are so glad that McKenzie joined our team. She brings amazing energy and zest to our team! McKenzie brings a youthful energy to our building, and her eagerness to learn new things creates a great positive vibe in our building.

Afterschool Lead TeacherJoann Hopkins leads the After-

school Program that is held in the Early Childhood building, this is her third year in leading the school program. Joann brings with her 7 years of Para experience from the Kindergarten classrooms she works in. Joann is married to Josh and they have three daughters, Brooke, Peyton and Allie. When Joann is not at work she enjoys baking, shopping and watching her children play sports. Of all the holidays, Joann likes Thanksgiving best. Joann’s goal for this year is to have an afterschool program that kids enjoy and look forward to everyday. A quote that Joann likes is “Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest-well that is a choice.”- Andy Andrews Joann is motivated and her pas-sion for working with children shows through everyday! We all appreciate Joann and her dedica-tion to serving all families in our community.

Assistant Building CoordinatorMichele Sherwood joined the

team this fall and she is assisting Brooklyn at the front desk. Mi-chele brings 13 years of education-al experience to our team. Her hob-bies include baking and reading. Christmas is her favorite holiday to enjoy with family. Michele and her husband Joe just became empty nesters as their youngest son just left embarking on his college

adventure. Michele’s goal this year is to help wherever she can and make Brooklyn’s job as easy as possible. Michele shares Phi-lippians 4:8-9 “Whatever is true; whatever is noble; what is just; what is pure; whatever is lovely; whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things...and the God of peace will be with you.” Michele is full of energy and always shares her wisdom and wonderful baking with all the building. We appreciate her positive attitude and genuine caring that she gifts us with daily.

Building CoordinatorBrooklyn Young joined our

team in May as the Building Coordinator. While she does not have experience working in the education field, she is a natural with all the children and families. Brooklyn moved to the area a year ago and she is part of her fiance’s family farm operation. Brooklyn enjoys reading and being outdoors she also says that Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday. The goal that Brooklyn has for this year is to contribute to the building’s positive atmosphere and continue to aid in making MTCP/PCC a wonderful safe place for children. A quote that Brooklyn would like to share is “Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.”- C.S. Lewis Brooklyn is a bright spot in the building. Her kindness and willingness to help everyone is greatly appreciated by everyone!

Early Childhood DirectorSunny Edwards joined the team

last August as the Infant Room Lead teacher and became the Director in December of 2019. Sunny has been working in the educational field for 13 years in various capacities. Sunny’s hobbies include working in her yard, fishing and spending time with her family working on the family ranch. There is not one holiday that Sunny likes best, as she enjoys all of them. This year Sunny hopes to accomplish so many things: implement best practices throughout the building, create strong relationships with all children and families and keep ev-eryone safe and healthy throughout the year. One of Sunny’s favorite quotes is from the Lorax by Dr. Suess “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to be better. It’s not.” Our building is so blessed to have Sunny as the Director. Her passion for children shines everyday! She holds us all accountable and helps guide us to be the best that we can be, for ourselves and the kids. Sun-ny goes above and beyond for this building. She is a true leader. There is not one thing that she wouldn’t do to help any teacher or child be successful.

Meet the Staff at the Tri-Community Preschool & Pride Cub Care

Tiffany Geary

Cara Edington

Sorcha Colerick

Kendra Morehead

Cassidy Hill

McKenzie Sanchez

Becky Jo Wylie

Kelsey Southard

Joann Hopkins

Elisha Barron

Kyla Odermann

Michele Sherwood

Patricia Anderson

Celena Varga

Brooklyn Young

Alyssa Nowling

Maribelle Rodriguez

Sunny Edwards

MITCHELL – The Allen boys of Mitchell had an incredible Scotts Bluff County Fair and State Fair.

“I couldn’t be more proud of my boys,” mother Jeana Linton said. “They work hard and show hard, and it paid off. They didn’t want to, but I got a picture of their county grand and reserve market animals and their prizes. What a memory to treasure. Our family have a great team behind them who is in our corner from the beginning, I wish they all could have been there to see it come together.”

Jayden Allen, a graduate of Scottsbluff High who will be attending WyoTech in Laramie, Wyo., earned Grand Champion 4-H Lightweight Market Goat, Grand Champion FFA Heavy-weight Market Goat and Supreme Grand Champion FFA Market Goat.

Awards won at the Scotts Bluff County Fair by Jayden included: Gold medal Senior 4-H Swine Showmanship; Reserve Overall 4-H Swine Showmanship; Re-serve FFA Market Swine; Re-serve 4-H Lightweight Crossbred Lamb; Grand FFA Market Lamb; Grand Overall County Market Lamb; Gold medal Senior 4-H Sheep Showmanship; Grand Overall 4-H Sheep Showmanship; Grand FFA Sheep Showmanship; Grand 4-H Heavyweight Market Goat; Grand Overall 4-H Market Goat; Grand FFA Market Goat; Grand Overall County Market Goat; Reserve Overall Coun-ty Market Goat; Grand Junior Breeding Market Doe; Grand

Overall County Breeding Market Doe; Gold medal Senior 4-H Goat Showmanship; Grand Overall 4-H Goat Showmanship; Grand FFA Goat Showmanship; Grand Overall Round Robin Showman.

Awards won by Jackson Allen, a sophomore at Mitchell High-School at the Scotts BluffCounty Fair, included:Grand Natural 4-H Market Lamb; Grand Overall 4-H Market Lamb; Reserve FFA Mar-ket Lamb; Reserve Overall Coun-ty Market Lamb; Silver medal 4-H Senior Sheep Showmanship; Reserve Overall 4-H Sheep Show-manship; Reserve FFA Sheep Showmanship; Bronze medal 4-H Senior Beef Showmanship, Grand Overall FFA Breeding Beef, Re-serve Overall County Breeding Beef; and Reserve Overall Round Robin Showman.

Jace, a seventh grader at Mitchell, earned the following awards: Grand Lightweight Market Goat; Silver medal 4-H Intermediate Goat Showmanship; Reserve Junior Breeding Market Doe; Reserve Overall County Breeding Market Doe; fourth place Intermediate .22 scope and silhouette.

Parents are Brad and Jeana Linton of Mitchell.

“There are many people to thank for fighting for our kids and ensuring they had the oppor-tunity to show this year,” Jeana Linton said. “But, without Lanna Hubbard and her dedication we would not have been able to spend a week with our show families doing what the kids love to do. Fair was a little different because of Covid, but thankfully this event didn’t get canceled like so many others.

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MITCHELL – We are fast approaching the end of the 1st quarter of the 20-21 school year. We will be holding Parent-Teacher Conferences on Tuesday, Oct 13 & Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm.

The end of the first quarter is Wednesday, Oct. 14. There will be no school on Thurs-day, Oct. 15 and Friday, October 16. Lifetouch will be at our school on Tuesday, Oct. 6 to take individual student pictures.

We have two more staff profiles from MES:

Mrs. Cortney Bellairs Kindergarten Teacher

Mrs. Bellairs describes being raised by a very loving family that she still sees daily. She goes on to explain that her parents and grand-

parents are the best anyone could ask for. She has two older brothers Nip and Tuck. They had a huge influence on her growing up. Mrs. Bellairs is married and has a daugh-

ter and a son. Her greatest role in life is being a mother. Mrs. Bellairs was raised in the Mitchell/Morrill area graduating from Mitchell High School in 2009. Her favorite subject in school was physical education and weightlifting. Volleyball, basket-ball, and track were the activities she par-

ticipated in during high school. Vol-leyball was definitely her favorite. She attended Chadron State College because it was close to home. Mrs. Bellairs states she had “many great teachers and coaches” that had a

positive influence. Mrs. Lackey, her kindergarten teacher, sticks out to her because she was a sweet person and very positive. Mrs. Peters also had a huge influence on her becom-ing a teacher. Mrs. Bellairs enjoys MES because “we have a strong sense of community and I feel at home here”. Her hobbies include indoor/sand volleyball, camping, being outside, and spending time with family. The most rewarding aspect of being a teacher is seeing students grow and become better little people. Mrs. Bellairs loves seeing how much students love seeing their teachers and being at school. Her favorite trips were those with her family. She would like to go to Hawaii someday. Mrs. Bellairs wanted to be a sand volleyball player when she was in elementary school. Her goals in life are to be the best mom, wife, per-son and teacher. If given a million

dollars, Mrs. Bellairs would pay off her cars and house, and would take her family on a vacation. She loves all kinds of music and says Taylor Swift was her favorite concert. Comedies, romantic comedies, and action movies are Mrs. Bellairs’ fa-vorite movies. Her two parents are her heroes. Mrs. Bellairs greatest

accomplishment in life is becoming a mother. She describes herself as “caring”. The one unique thing is she has only one kidney. Mrs. Bellairs is a great young teacher and a leader in the building. We are fortunate to have her at MES!

Ms. Sue CraigCafeteria Manager

Ms. Craig has been working at Mitchell Schools for 40 plus years. She has three grown chil-dren, eleven grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Her hometown is Kimball, Nebraska. Ms. Craig loved home economics in school and her favorite activity was tumbling. Her hobbies include collecting things and gardening. Her favorite trip was going to Deadwood and four-wheeling. If she were to be given a million dollars, she would share it with her family. Ms. Craig’s favorite music is country. Her favorite show is Wheel of Fortune. She considers raising her family as her greatest accomplishment. One word that Ms. Craig describes her best as “motivated”. We appreciate Ms. Craig’s great level of dedication and hard work to Mitchell Schools. Thank you Sue!

Tiger Tracks: A look at what’s happening at Mitchell Elementary

By Kirk Kuxhausen Mitchell Elementary Principal

Courtney Bellairs Sue Craig

Allen boys of Mitchell have Scotts Bluff County Fair, State Fair to remember

L-R Jeana Linton, Jackson Allen, Jace Allen, Jayden Allen, Brad Linton and Bruin Linton pose with their animals and awards at the Scotts Bluff County Fair.

Darren IvyThe Voice News

HENRY – Workers spent sever-al days last week cleaning, inspect-ing, and performing maintenance on the tower that supplies water to residents in and around the Village of Henry.

Residents reported a slight re-duction in water pressure on Friday as hydrants remained open in order to drain and flush the tank that is situated north of Highway 26 on N. Nichols Ave./S. 2 Road.

Maguire Iron, Inc., of Sioux Falls, S.D., performed the work under the terms of a contract ap-proved by the Village in July.

Work included draining the tank and inspecting the interior to assess the sanitary condition, and check the safety and security of the tower, structural integrity, and the condition of all coatings.

The interior of the tank was pressure washed to remove any loose sediment and rust-preventing magnesium cathodic protection anodes were replaced inside.

Cost of the project is estimated at $7,500 to be paid from water funds set aside by the village.

A detailed report of the project, along with photos, is expected in the coming days.

Henry Village trustees met

Thursday, Sept. 10, at the village office for their regular monthly meeting.

During the meeting, the trust-ees:

– Approved in a public hearing a one- and six-year roads plan presented by Dave Schaff of M.C. Schaff & Assoc. of Scottsbluff. The focus of the plan is routine main-tenance, Schaff said, to include a chip seal resurfacing project anticipated in the spring of 2021.

– Approved the Region 22 Emergency Management Local Emergency Operation Plan and a companion resolution.

– Approved a proposed service contract to be presented to Keaton Robb who has expressed interest in becoming the Village’s water operator, to replace Terry Derr who has resigned the position.

– Approved the Village’s mem-bership in the Panhandle Area Development District.

– Discussed Trustee David Derr’s request to purchase prop-erty owned by the Village on West Carroll Street, and agreed to refer the matter to Village attorney Mark Kovarik for further consideration.

– Set the next board meeting for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Village office.

Dawn BowenSpecial to The Voice News

Henry water tower inspection, maintenance gets completed

VOICE NEWS REGION – Morrill cafeteria workers are gear-ing up to provide free breakfast and lunch to all children in the district, regardless of economic status or school enrollment.

The meals, provided through the U.S. Department of Agri-culture’s (USDA) summer food service program, will include take-home meals for the weekends.

The free meal program is being implemented in Morrill, Mitchell, Minatare, and all the districts in the Panhandle, along with many public school districts all across the country, beginning Thursday, Sept. 17, and continuing through the end of the calendar year.

In Morrill, families who live in the district, but whose children are not enrolled in Morrill Public Schools, can receive two meals each day for children age 1 to 18 at the elementary school cafeteria door on the northeast side of the building, between 2 and 2:20 p.m., Monday through Friday. Parents are asked to park on Charles Street.

On Thursdays, weekend meals will be sent home with enrolled stu-dents and meals will be available for curbside pickup for non-en-rolled students.

Morrill Elementary Principal Keri Homan said she is very thank-ful for the program that allows the district to offer free breakfasts and lunches to children this year.

“Kids learn best when their basic needs are met,” she said. “If we can feed the kids two meals a day while they are at school, that is one less thing for families to worry about.”

The Morrill district has always offered breakfast at school, but not all students have participated, Homan said.

“This year, we are eating break-fast in the classrooms, and now that it is free to all, I hope more kids will take advantage of the program,” she said.

Homan said the cafeteria work-ers in the Morrill district have been

going above and beyond to provide healthy meals that students enjoy.

“We are very lucky in Morrill because not only has the program made the meals free, our food ser-vice team has worked really hard to improve the quality of the food and to prepare foods that the kids really like,” she said.

In Mitchell, both breakfast and lunch will be served at the cafeteria site or distributed through the Ju-nior-Senior High School breakfast program.

In a letter to parents last week, Mitchell Superintendent Dr. Kath-erine Urbanek said the program went into effect on Sept. 1. She said students who had been charged for meals from Sept. 1-9 would receive

credits on their lunch accounts. “We will not be issuing cash

back to families, but credited lunch balances can be used when regular meal prices resume in January 2021,” Urbanek stated.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the free meal program last month as an ex-tension of the USDA’s program that provides meals to students through the summer months.

He said he believes the decision to continue offering free meals during the fall semester will help ensure that children have access to nutritious food as the nation copes with the COVID-19 pandemic.

“As our nation reopens and people return to work, it remains

critical our children continue to receive safe, healthy, and nutritious food,” he stated in a press release.

The extension of the summer food program is under way in public school districts all across the country and includes all students, even those in districts that are con-tinuing virtual or distant learning.

Beyond providing much needed nutritious meals to students in the Mitchell district, Urbanek says she hopes students and their families will be encouraged by the meals initiative.

“We hope this provides some much-needed positivity and re-lief for families during the fall months,” she stated in the letter to parents.

Dawn BowenSpecial to The Voice News

Students at Panhandle districts to receive free meals through December

Dawn Bowen, Special to The Voice NewsCafeteria workers at Morrill Elementary School prepare pizza for students on Monday. Pictured, from left, are Tara Clause, food service director, Mona Husted, and Spencer Varga. Beginning Thursday, all students in the district will receive free breakfasts and lunches seven days a week as the U.S. Department of Agriculture extends the summer food program through the end of the year.

MORRILL – A tri-community development group has elected three new directors to help con-tinue its efforts to promote eco-nomic development in Morrill, Lyman, and Henry.

The MLH Nonprofit Devel-opment Company (MLH) met Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Mor-rill Public Library. During the meeting, Pete Cawiezel, Cindy Larson, and Lorraine Avila were elected to serve three-year terms, replacing Gary Larsen, Steven Britthouer, and Teri Shaw, whose terms ended this month.

The MLH has been in opera-tion for 44 years, first organizing in October 1976. According to a press release, the purpose of the corporation is, “to promote, stimulate, develop, and advance the health, wellbeing, business prosperity and economic welfare of the communities of Morrill, Lyman, and Henry.”

The dental practice of Dr. Daniel Howard in Morrill is one success story that can be credited in part to the efforts of the devel-opment company. With the help of MLH, Howard established his dental office in June 1979. His practice has grown and evolved to include orthodontics, the treat-ment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome, and dental implants.

The development group is also responsible for re-establishing the Morrill Medical Clinic located at 302 Center Ave., where Dr. Aaron Cisar serves the community as a family medicine specialist.

During Tuesday’s meeting, MLH secretary Janet Ewald said the clinic is currently open on Wednesdays, but plans are being made to open the clinic two days a week. She said the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the number of patients being treated at the clinic, but that patient flow is beginning to increase.

“They should be getting back to normal, and as Dr. Cisar in-dicated, they wanted to expand services, but then COVID hit,” she said.

Recently, the MLH provided funding to replace the roof of the clinic building.

Several other businesses have been supported by MLH through the years, including DL Foods grocery store, a floral shop, a real estate business, and several restaurants in Morrill.

Kim Lessert of Morrill is the president of the development group, and Jon Calahan of Mor-rill is vice president. Additional board members include Debbie Gibson of Morrill and Mike Hort of Lyman. Also attending the meeting were Virgil Ritz, Karen Ritz, Skip Lessert, and Shirley Lessert.

MORRILL – Our Epic Read-ing Competition is set up and ready to really get kicked off for the 2020-2021 school year This year’s theme is Graphic Novels. All of the kids love to see which new graphic novels come in. They also love to read and reread the ones on the library shelves. I can never keep the graphic novel shelf looking full in the elemen-tary library!

Since this theme was brought to life, we realized there wasn’t something we could just buy to fit our needs. We had to get cre-ative! Amanda Smith spent loads of time making our graphics for the foyer.

We have had loads of help with laminating and cutting everything from pawns, to the graphics and game board space to make this idea come to life.

We use an Accelerated Reader (A.R.) to track where our kids move on the board. Kids earn prizes and tickets for moving on the game board to new spaces.

We have pencils, rings, sun-glasses, slime, stickers, punch balloons, necklaces, a plushie and button pins as prizes this year!

As we track and move on the A.R. board we want to make sure it is fair between all of the grades, so we make school wide goals. Once the school wide goal is met I meet with the student and I work out a personal goal just for them.

School wide goals: 1st and 2nd grade 20 points, 3rd and 4th grade 40 points, 5th and 6th grade 60 points. Last year we even had the teachers trying to reach a goal of 100 points! Kindergarten will join in after Christmas vacation and work for an A.R. goal of 10 points!

This is a great way to encour-age the kids to read at home, and in school. So bring on the reading of school year 20-21. Goals will be accomplished again and again this year. I can’t wait to celebrate with each kid as they do!

Submitted by Vanessa Chap-man of Morrill Elementary

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Morrill couple receives special award at car show Three new directors elected to MLH Board

Morrill Elementary offers Epic Reading competition

Dawn BowenSpecial to The Voice News

Dawn Bowen, Special to The Voice NewsMitchell Mayor Dave Curtis holds up renderings at the last Mitchell City Council meeting of what the new playground equipment for the City of Mitchell will look like. Left: The Mitchell City Council voted at its Sept. 8 meeting to approve the purchase of $42,793.13 of new playground equipment from Crouch Recreation for Zeigler Park.

Courtesy photosAbove: Dallas and Janet Ewald of Morrill pose with the Mahnken family at Colonel Cody’s Cruise Show & Shine in North Platte. The Ewalds received the Ron Mahnken Memorial Award. Below: The Ewalds are pictured beside their 1955 Chevrolet with the awards they won last weekend at the Colonel Cody’s Cruise, Show & Shine car show in North Platte.

Mitchell to begin electric infrastructure work near old sugar factory, approves park equipment

MITCHELL – City leaders have agreed to move forward with an electrical service project near the old sugar factory that will provide power for Crossroads Cooperative.

Work is expected to be complet-ed in October near the 1900 block of 22nd Avenue across from the sugar factory, where the grain cooperative has been pouring concrete slabs and doing other site work as a part of its planned expansion in Mitchell.

On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Mitchell City Council approved the electri-cal infrastructure work which will be performed by Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) at a cost of $39,546.91. The City and NPPD entered into a five-year electric system operation and maintenance agreement in February, and the work will be completed in accordance with the terms of that agreement.

The project is expected to include the installation of a new three-phase primary underground electric line and a pad-mounted transformer to handle the 1,000 amp 277/480 volt service requested by the cooperative.

City Administrator Perry Mader explained to the council that the power line and equipment installa-tion will be on City-owned property up to the edge of the property owned by Crossroads Cooperative. Then Crossroads will be responsible for the necessary electric work and connections on their property.

Mader said representatives of Crossroads have been good about communicating with him, the coun-cil, and electricians about their plans and their desire to have the electricity issues resolved. He said the cooperative has been using gen-erators to provide power at their site for some time.

“They have shown that they are making a commitment to this community, and I respect the fact that they’re doing that,” Mader said. “They have made a significant investment already, and they’re waiting for us.”

MORRILL – Dallas and Janet Ewald of Morrill came home from North Platte last weekend with an award they say is especially meaningful.

The Ron Mahnken Memorial Award was presented to them during the 26th annual Colonel Cody’s Cruise, Show & Shine at Memorial Park in North Platte on Saturday, Sept. 12. The award was given in honor of lifelong car and racing enthusiast Ron Mahnken of North Platte, who passed away unexpectedly in December.

The Ewalds knew Mahnken well and had developed a deep friendship with him in the 15 years or so that they have partic-ipated in the annual car show in North Platte.

“We feel very humbled and honored that we got the memorial award. Ron was a good friend,” Janet said.

“It was quite an honor to re-ceive that award,” Dallas added. “We were pretty humbled by it. Ron was a super guy.”

Colonel Cody’s Cruise, Show & Shine is a popular event among car enthusiasts in the region and beyond. It features street rods, rat rods, antique, modified, custom, and classic cars and trucks with models spanning decades. Typi-cally more than 300 vehicles are entered in the three-day event. This year, however, the event was reduced to one day with an esti-mated 125 to 140 vehicles partic-ipating, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ewalds are well known in Morrill. Dallas has a body shop in town, and they are members of the High Plains Auto Club. They are easily recognized driving by in their classic cars and participating in local and area car shows and events.

Their red and white 1955 Chevrolet also earned them a sec-ond award in the modified class last weekend. It features custom interior and wheels.

Other vehicles they currently own are a second 1955 Chevro-let, a 1932 Ford Victoria sedan, and a 1985 Chevrolet short box pickup truck.

“I’ve been into cars my whole life,” Dallas said, adding that he has been participating in car shows for about two decades.

He says what he finds most rewarding about the hobby is meeting new people and making friends like Mahnken, knowing them for years, and enjoying watching their children grow up along the way.

“That’s probably the best part,” he said.

Often, the Ewalds take one of their cars for a long road trip, winding up at places like Green

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Research was necessary to de-termine the ownership of existing electrical equipment, poles, lines, and transformers in the area near the sugar factory where decades of additions and upgrades, as well as the chain of ownership of the infrastructure, had become unclear. In July, Mader said after the owner-ship issue was sorted out and agreed upon, the City could consider the necessary upgrades for the cooper-ative’s planned expansion.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Mader recommended that the council ap-prove the project and authorize work to begin as soon as possible and be complete in October.

“I would like for us to be a community that thinks these things through, and we do our homework, but we also are welcoming to in-coming businesses,” he said. “My recommendation is to move forward

with this project.”Without discussion, the council

unanimously voted to approve the project upon a motion by council member Tim Schneider, seconded by council member Angie Preston.

In other business on Tuesday, the council:

– Approved the purchase of playground equipment for Zeigler Park from Crouch Recreation in the amount of $42,793.13. The large piece of equipment features two tube slides and multiple climbing levels with shade cover in one unified structure.

– Approved the annual City budget for fiscal year 2020-2021, and the City’s annual property tax request in the amount of $286,857.

– Heard Stephanie Hahn, admin-istrator of the Mitchell Care Center, give a financial report for July that reflected a loss of $19,000 due to less

Medicare business and additional expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. She said, however, that the center received approximately $175,000 in COVID relief funds in August that is helping to pay for sup-plies and infection control programs.

Hahn said the center is currently struggling with a shortage of sup-plies like gloves and disinfecting wipes.

“We haven’t been able to get gloves in for the staff, so we are having to search for gloves on the internet for the staff, and a box of gloves is two to three times as much now as what they used to be,” she said.

Staffing difficulties have also impacted the budget, Hahn said.

“We’re okay if people are not testing positive, but when people test positive and they can’t come to work, then that puts a strain on the

staff and causes overtime,” she said.– Approved an application for a

Class CK liquor license for Roberts Double Lazy R LLC doing business as Redz Bar & Grill.

New owner Michael Roberts has been remodeling the location at 1333 Center Ave. for several weeks. He told the council he hopes Redz will be a community gathering place that offers good food with friendly employees, in a location that is comfortable for everyone.

– Approved an annual contract with Rick Ayala for the management of the clubhouse at Scenic Knolls Golf Course.

The contract provides that 15 percent of green fees collected and 10 percent of cart rental fees will be paid to Ayala by the City each month, and the City will provide the golf course clubhouse facility and equipment to Ayala for the operation

of a restaurant and bar. – Approved the purchase of two

defibrillators for the Mitchell Fire Department to replace obsolete equipment. The cost will be divided between the City and Rural Fire, with the City paying approximately $21,000 for its part from the Special Fire fund.

– Approved a bid in the amount of $289,700 from Tree Doc for a tree trimming project that will clear tree branches away from power lines in the city over the next few years. Work is mapped out in five circuits, with two circuits being a top priority this year at a cost of $115,700.

– Approved paying Johnson Ser-vice Company $75,498.40 for work on the City sewer system.

– Set the next regular meeting for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Mitchell City Hall.

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Bay, Wis., for a photo opportuni-ty in the parking lot of Lambeau Field.

“We’ve traveled from Biloxi,

out to the California coast on Highway 1, to Spokane, Wash-ington, and Canada,” he said. “We take a long road trip every year.”

Next the Ewalds are heading to Columbus for a show that will likely be the last one for the season.

Now that our Fall Benchmark Testing is complete, we are working hard to make valuable use of all time! Teachers have worked in grade lev-el groups to orga-n i z e students i n t o s m a l l g r o u p s w h e r e they will r ece ive instruc-t i o n a t t h e i r level.

We will have both reading and math intervention groups. The reading groups will meet for ½ hour four days a week and the math groups will meet for a half an hour on Fridays.

The addition of the math inter-vention groups is something I hope to find very positive for our school this year.

I have had staff members bring up the idea of coming up with a fun name for the special small group times.

I hope to share the new name with you soon!

We are starting to set our AR goals and really push our students to read at home. Many studies have shown that kids who read and/or are read to will build better readers. I would love to see each

of our lions read 1,800,000 words this school year! Mrs. Lackey shared this with her 5th graders and I thought it was worth sharing with everyone!

Our Kindergarten Lions now have a Den to call their own. Last week we sorted the Kindergarten students. I think they really en-joyed popping their balloons. Each student will now earn a t-shirt to wear on Fridays when we celebrate We Are Family Friday!

Now that our kindergarteners have a Den, they can earn points for their good behaviors, academic accomplishments, and many other reasons that we can celebrate ac-complishments.

Last week, Fierte took the lead from Duma.

The competition is close and should prove to be fun to follow as the quarter progresses.

Last week the school was dec-orated from floor to ceiling with purple!

Zach Barnes, one of the custo-dians for our building was recently sorted into Superbia.

He worked hard to decorate and surprise students and staff when they returned the next day. Activities like this can really help students learn life skills such as cheering others on and being good sports.

I hope to see other Dens do things to show their pride and spirit as well.

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Courtesy of Morrill ElementaryClockwise from bottom: Mrs. Homan holds a balloon while Hunter Hill uses her magic wand to pop the balloon and reveal his new Den. Hannah Gompert is about to find out she is in Kiburi. After learning their new Dens, kindergarten students paraded through the halls. Ashley Morgheim leads Colton Haag, Nevaiah Ward and Hunter Hill as they are recognized by the rest of the students and staff. Kiburi students Brooklyn Green, Hannah Gompert, Wayne Gamel, Greysen Sinner and Liam Rodriquez wave their pom poms proudly. The newest Duma Bears are Max Mock, Yolanda Valles, Leonel Valles, Jozlynn Chavez, Hunter Hinman, Maverick Williams. The Fierte Phoenix really rose up last week and their newest members are Marshall Howell, Jaxon Zellhofer, Juanita Massie, Maddox Bowlin, Payton Sell and Terrance Mendoza. Showing off their “Purple Power” are the newest Superbia Dragons members – Kyle Westall, Hunter Hill, Neveah Ward, Colton Haag, Bentley Humphrey and Phoebe Jackson.