Wayne Brown
The selection of Wayne Brown to the Nebraska City school board was a good choice. Wayne served several years on the board and for the few months left in Dr. Koerber's term, he will fill the shoes admirably.
He is the owner of Gambles store and prior to serving on the board he worked with volunteer groups to improve educational programs in the schools.
Stolen
A little baby stork was very upset because his mother was gone all night. He asked his father about it. "Your mother has been making people very happy," the father stork replied. The next night the father stork was gone and the baby stork asked his mother where he was. "Your father is out making people very happy." The next night the baby stork was gone till wee hours. When he came in, the mother stork and father stork asked where he had been. "Scaring the hell out of the college kids," he replied.
Bandmaster leaves
The resignation of Dale Duensing, bandmaster at the Syracuse - Dunbar Avoca schools, will leave the Rockets with a whole new instrumental program next fall.
Mr. Duensing has been working for years with B. A. Johnson but B. A. isn't there any more because he's retired. When the new director is named, you can be sure he will be well acquainted with the high caliber of music to which the community is used.
Skelly
Thanks to Skelly Wier and his kitchen crew for serving those delicious steaks all those years. Skelly has retired now, but the quality of food he prepared stays and the good dining name of the Legion continues.
Skelly was the chef at the Legion club for 32 years. He plans now to do some fishing.
The power plant
Work at the OPPD plant is nearing an end and the time of the start of the coal burning power plant is rapidly approaching. The plant is to be fired up the first of next year.
In the future, there's a good chance of construction beginning soon after the No. 1 plant is put into operation. No definite directives have been issued on that, but a lot of study has been done on the subject.
So long, Mom
The second grader, obviously worried, came into the school office and asked to use the telephone to call home.
"Is there anything I can do?" the principal asked him.
"Well," sighed the boy, "I left my jacket at school yesterday and my mother told me not to come home today without it. I can't find it and I just wanted to ask her where she wants me to go."
The welfare case
The story the other day about the woman who collected $240,000 in welfare payments, points to the ridiculous level in which we are in.
Welfare served a purpose at one time, but now it seems to be a full-time job policing instead of serving.
Father's Day
The Rev. David Troxler is featured by Mrs. Duffey as the News-Press Father of the Year. He is pastor of the First Christian church.
Congratulations to Dave and especially to all the dads he represents. Happy Father's Day.