Pope John Graduation Set for Sunday

The 46th graduating class of Pope John Central Catholic XXIII will receive their diplomas Sunday afternoon.
Arrangements have been finalized for the event which will be held Sunday afternoon, beginning at 1:30 p.m., at St. Boniface gymnasium.
Seniors scheduled to receive diplomas are Lee Bartak, Devon Baum, Jenny Beckman, Natalie Beckman, Shane Beckman, Christopher Bode, Tyler Childers, Beau Heithoff, Justine Heithoff, Marin Heithoff, Austin Heying, Trent Hoefer, Chesli Mescher, Jill Moser, Kix Payne, Maddie Schiltmeyer, Ross Schindler, Randi Schrage, Courtney Schumacher, Sydney Schumacher and Jennifer Tharnish.
Selected as class speakers this year are Jenny Beckman and Natalie Beckman.
For the event, special music will be performed by the junior high band, Karissa Dicke and Mrs. Rachel Becker, and the senior choir members.
The invocation will be given by Father John Broheimer. Conferring diplomas will be Keith Schumacher. Performing the benediction will be Father Ross Burkhalter.

Thirteen to Graduate Saturday at EPS

Twelve seniors will have diplomas conferred upon them during graduation ceremonies Saturday evening, May 11, at Elgin High School.
The ceremony, expected to last approximately one hour, will begin at 5 p.m. in the school gymnasium.
Seniors this year are Blake Anderson, Michael Braband, Andrew Heithoff, Nick Heithoff, Levi Kerkman, Zach Polk, Mykil Copeland, Ashlyn DeWald, Juliana Dunn, Alex Grosserode, Angela Richart, Garet Schindler, and Cordell Waterbury.
Valedictorian for the class will be Nick Heithoff. Salutatorian this year is Angela Richart.
Rev. Michael Davis of the Elgin United Methodist Church will give the ‘Charge to the Class.’
The class motto is “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” — Mother Teresa

Parents Awarded FFA Honorary Chapter Degree

During the 46th annual Elgin FFA Banquet many individuals and businesses were recognized for their help and support to the chapter over the past year.
The chapter also recognized parents of senior members that have been supportive and helpful to the chapter for many past years.
These parents were recognized that evening by receiving Honorary Chapter Degrees.
“What is special about these parents is that they have sent their sons and/or daughters through the FFA program and their final child is now graduating,” said FFA Advisor Julia Schwartz. “The chapter sincerely thanks these parents for their years of service and support!”
Parents recieving the Honorary Chapter FFA Degree were Ray & Pam Braband, Gary & Teresa Schindler, Bruce & Joanne Anderson, Joe & Lori Beckman, Linda Grosserode, Chris & Laurie Waterbury, and Tom & Bonnie Hoefer.

Elgin Review Earns Top Awards at NPA ‘Better Newspaper Contest’

The Elgin Review was recognized with four first-place awards Saturday night, the most of any newspaper in Antelope County, during the Saturday night banquet at the annual Nebraska Press Association Convention.
Competing in Class B (newspapers with circulations between 860 and 1,499), there were more than 1,000 entries.
The Elgin Review earned top honors in the following categories:
• Agricultural Advertisement — The ad, entitled ‘Flies Bugging You?’ was for Jerry’s Feed Service. The judge commented, “Well constructed small space ad with a simple message and strong benefit headlines and copy.”
• Ad Copywriting — The ad was generated for the Bank of Elgin and was entitled ‘Dime a Dozen.’ Michigan judges said “For all of us feeling squeezed by banks, this is nice.”
• Public Notice & Its Promotion — Encouraging subscribers to read and understand public notices, the newspaper earned a first place award. “Beware of Informed Readers is one of the best ads for public notices.”
• Sports Column — Written by Dennis Morgan, the sports column highlighted the start of the fall sports season and the Elgin Public-Pope John Wolfpack’s mission to repeat as state champs which they did three months later. “The columnist not only has a lot invested in his team, his solid and clear prose make us like the Wolfpack, too,” said the Michigan judges.
“It’s always nice to be recognized for doing good work,” Publisher Dennis Morgan said. “Our focus has always been, and will continue to be, to provide the highest quality community newspaper to our subscribers. Each issue we strive to be better than the last.”
More than 4,000 separate entries, representing 12 dailies and 79 weeklies, were judged by members of the Michigan Press Association. The award winners were announced Saturday night during banquet festivities at the Holiday Inn-Downtown in Lincoln where more than 150 journalists attended.
In other developments at the convention, Morgan was re-elected to a three-year term on the association’s board of directors.
Competing in different divisions, The Petersburg Press, The Neligh News and The Albion News also received awards at the convention.
The Nebraska Press Association membership includes 173 weekly and daily newspapers with a total paid circulation in excess of 541,000 persons. It was founded in 1873.
Elgin also had a connection with the highest honor bestowed upon members by the NPA. At Friday night’s banquet attended by more than 100 journalists from across the state, Ted Gill, who was a co-publisher of The Elgin Review for nearly two years when it was sold by Jim and Julie Dickerson, was awarded the ‘Master Editor-Publisher Award. Now, the paper is solely owned by Dennis and Lynell Morgan.

Four Positions Filled at School District #18

The District #18 Board of Education formally accepted three resignations and filled four positions during a meeting last week.
Meeting Wednesday night, the board accepted with “regret and appreciation” the resignations of two long-time instructors.
Retiring from Elgin Public Schools are music instructor Deb Jones and social studies teacher Doug Jones.
Mrs. Jones has taught music at the school for 22 years. Jones not only taught in the classroom, he also served as wrestling coach.
The other resignation came from Carlie Wells who announced last month he had accepted a position with Perkins County Schools. Superintendent Dan Polk said the search continues for Wells’ replacement and he hopes to hire a person in the near future.
Hired to fill the music position was Eric Heithoff, currently a music teacher at Sutton Public Schools. “He was the best candidate for the position,” Polk said about Heithoff who has one year of experience as a teacher at Sutton.
A new social studies instructor will have a familiar name and face. Wes Prater, an EPS graduate, was hired to fill the position. This will be Prater’s first teaching assignment.
Two other hires were announced at the meeting. As reported last week in The Elgin Review, Greg Wemhoff who currently is a teacher/coach/athletic director at Battle Creek Public Schools, was hired as K-12 principal.
Wemhoff will replace Adam Patrick who, after two years at EPS, has submitted his resignation and accepted a position as principal at Pierce Public Schools.
The last hiring approved by the board was Eric Mlinar of St. Paul to teach business. He will fill the position created by the resignation last month of Amy Selting.
All hirings were approved on 5-0 motions (board member Ryan Reestman was absent from the meeting).
Altogether this spring, Polk said he has conducted 28 teacher interviews and the process has yet to be completed. He later said current open coaching assignments will be filled at a later date.

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