COURT NOTICESNOTICE OF INFORMAL

APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN TESTACY

AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Estate No. PR19-1578

Estate of MAXINE LENHART,Deceased

Notice is hereby given that on October 9, 2019 in the County Court of Dodge County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal Probate in Testacy of said Decedent and that MICHELLE KLASSEN, 19829 Douglas Cir., Elkhorn, NE 68022, has been ap-pointed as personal representative of the Estate. Creditors of this Estate must file their claims with this Court on or before December 16, 2019 or be forever barred.

/s/ Carrol L. MillsRegistrar

DAN D. STOLLER - 1605520017 Elkhorn Ridge DriveElkhorn, NE 68022(402) 289-2236

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NOTICE

IN THE COUNTY COURT OFDOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Estate No. PR19-1607

ESTATE OFROBERT W. THOMPSON,

Deceased

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 16, 2019, in the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal Probate of the Will of said Deceased, and that Michelle L. Thompson, whose address is 18950 Ida Street, Bennington, NE 68007 has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate. Creditors of this Estate must file their claims with this Court on or before 23rd day of December, 2019 or be forever barred.

/s/ K. GoldenRegistrar

/s/ Jeff C. MillerJeff C. Miller, #17753YOUNG & WHITE LAW OFFICES8742 Frederick StreetP.O. Box 241358Omaha, NE 68124-5358(402) 393-5600Attorney for Personal Representative

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DENNIS E. KOLEY, ATTORNEYElkhorn, Nebraska

NOTICE

IN THE COUNTY COURT OFDOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Estate No. PR19-1628

Estate of Barbara Jean Baker,Deceased

Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of October, 2019, in the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the Regis-trar issued a written Statement of Informal Probate of the Will of said Decedent and Brenda Leigh Olson, whose address is 4757 South 194th Avenue, Omaha, Ne-braska 68135, was informally appointed by the Registrar as personal representative of the Estate.

Creditors of this Estate must file their claims with this Court on or before 30th day of December, 2019 or be forever barred.

/s/ Carrol MillsRegistrarDouglas County Courthouse

/s/ Dennis E. KoleyDennis E. KoleyAttorney for Petitioner2710 N. Main StreetElkhorn, NE 68022(402) 614-3936(402) 934-4107dennis@koleylaw.com

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SECRETARY OF STATE NOTICES

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF HILLSIDE BIBLE CHAPELA NEBRASKA RELIGIOUS

CORPORATION

Pursuant to the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Act, notice is hereby given that by consent of the Board of Directors and Membership, Articles of Dissolution of the above-referenced corporation have been filed with the office of the Secretary of State of Nebraska to the effect that:

1. The name of the corporation is Hillside Bible Chapel.

2. The names of the persons who are to wind up and liquidate the affairs of the Corporation are Myles Tickle-President, Todd Hemmingsen-Vice President, and Dale Gleason-Secretary/Treasurer.

3. All debts, obligations, and liabilities of the corporation have been paid and discharged or adequate provision has been made therefor.

4. There are no suits pending against the corporation in any Court.

5. All remaining property and assets of the corporation have been distributed pur-suant to a Plan of Dissoluton approved by the Board of Directors and Membership on the 24th day of August, 2019.

6.The Membership has approved and consented to the dissolution.

7. All claims against the Corporation will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after publication of this Notice. All claims shall be forwarded to Ross A. Luzum, 1218 L Street, PO Box 167, Au-rora, Nebraska 68818, and shall include the contact information of the claimant, amount claimed, nature of the goods, services, or otherwise was provided, and the date the claim incurred.

Myles Tickle, President

Ross A. LuzumPowell & LuzumAttorneys at Law1218 L Street, P.O. Box 167Aurora, Nebraska 68818

(402) 694-6907

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Anderson, Bressman, Hoffman& Jacobs, P.C., L.L.O.

11440 W. Center Rd., Suite AOmaha, NE 68144-4421

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATIONof

RMAN Distributing, LLC

Notice is hereby given that a Limited Liability Company has been formed under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The initial Registered Agent is:

Ryan M. Hoffman

The address of the initial Registered Office is:

Anderson, Bressman, Hoffman& Jacobs, P.C., L.L.O.11440 W. Center Rd., Suite AOmaha, NE 68144-4421

The Certificate of Organization was filed with the Secretary of State on Oc-tober 17, 2019.

The Company has perpetual exis-tence; the general nature of its business is all all lawful business authorized by Nebraska Law except banking and insurance. Company business will be conducted by its Manager as described in the Company’s Operating Agreement.

Ryan M. Hoffman, Authorized Representative

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REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAME

Trade Name: Elkhorn Futures

Name of Applicant: Elkhorn Athletic Association, Inc.

Address: 18081 Burt St., Suite 200, Elkhorn, NE 68022

Applicant is: Other - Non Profit Dom Corp

State under whose laws entity was formed: Nebraska

Date of first use of name in Nebras-ka: September 2017

General nature of business: A youth sports organization dedicated to providing young athletes in the Elkhorn community with an enjoyable and constructive youth sports experience.

/s/ David J. MyersSignature of Applicant or Legal

Representative

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TOWN NOTICESCITY OF BENNINGTON

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGAGENDA

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019;6:30 P.M.

CITY OFFICE,15505 WAREHOUSE STREET

BENNINGTON, NE402-238-2375

Call to Order - Roll Call – Open Meetings Act

Mayor Matt John called the regular monthly meeting to order on Monday, October 14, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. In atten-dance were City Council members Kaye Bridgeford, Zac Johns, and Shane Pekny. City Council member Jody Stier was ab-sent. City Clerk Mindi Laaker identified the location of the Open Meetings Act that is available to the public.

Approval of Consent AgendaA. September 9, 2019 City Council

Meeting MinutesB. September 2019 Bills PaidC. Keno Receipts: Sept 8.75%:

$3,909.77BILLS PAID IN SEPTEMBERCITYEDWARD JONES 964.00U.S. DEPT OF TREASURY

2,153.26MINDI LAAKER 1,367.69JENNIFER RAUSCHER 328.44NEBRASKA DEPT OF REVENUE

650.12AMAZON CREDIT PLAN 66.50INFINISOURCE, INC. 140.00LEAGUE OF NEBRASKA MUNIC-

IPALITIES 4,927.00MUD 61.95YOUNG & WHITE LAW OFFIC-

ES 4,495.45COX BUSINESS 164.12DOUGLAS COUNTY POST GA-

ZETTE 254.70FILTER SHOP 3.63JEO CONSULTING, INC.

10,193.75GREAT AMERICA FINANCIAL

SERVICE 75.35OFFICE DEPOT 60.93EDWARD JONES 1,009.08U.S. DEPT OF TREASURY 43.24U.S. DEPT OF TREASURY

2,038.42MINDI LAAKER 1,367.68JENNIFER RAUSCHER 307.90O L D R E P U B L I C S U R E T Y

GROUP 100.00BANK OF BENNINGTON

48,386.47BERGANKDV 5,568.00AMAZON CREDIT PLAN 66.50NEBRASKA MUNICIPAL CLERKS

ASSOC. 35.00OPPD 351.03UHS PREMIUM BILLING 967.04USPS 110.00INSPRO INC. 90.00PLIC -SBD GRAND ISLAND

39.81RELIANCE STANDARD 116.64MICHAEL TODD & COMPANY

500.00U.S. DEPT OF TREASURY

2,629.1ROKES INVESTMENTS 2,261.00HYVEE 54.95CITY TOTAL 91,948.77

SEWERONE CALL CONCEPTS 52.68CITY OF OMAHA CASHIER

18,284.69CITY OF OMAHA CASHIER

19,527.41

PEOPLE SERVICE 1,175.00SEWER TOTAL 39,039.78

LIBRARYDALENE CLARK 453.73LISA FLAXBEARD 1,277.09JOANNE MANCUSO 482.15CASSANDRA OZBIRN 448.62JOANNE MANCUSO 62.00MUD 144.55OFFICE DEPOT 85.98JESSICA ROWE-DESILVA 140.00SAM’S CLUB 160.92WORLD BOOK SCHOOL AND

LIBRARY 189.00

BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS 286.89

COX BUSINESS 180.00FILTER SHOP 18.07LIBRARY IDEAS 689.10SAM’S CLUB 12.00DALENE CLARK 418.26LISA FLAXBEARD 1,277.10JOANNE MANCUSO 454.95CASSANDRA OZBIRN 458.83AMAZON CREDIT PLAN 892.93DEMCO 188.46INGRAM 529.10NEBRASKA LIBRARY COMMIS-

SION 500.00OPPD 138.60UHS PREMIUM BILLING 917.18BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS

399.88INGRAM 756.35MULHALLS 85.00PRESTO-X 520.00PLIC -SBD GRAND ISLAND

39.81RELIANCE STANDARD 103.70JESSICA ROWE-DESILVA 220.00LIBRARY TOTAL 12,530.25SUN 2 SHADE - LIBRARY EXPAN-

SION ACT 1,000.00

POLICEDONALD MCGUIRE 138.31COX BUSINESS SERVICES

137.90CENTER FOR EDUCATION &

EMPLOYMENT LAW 124.95MUD 273.55VERIZON 250.81CULLIGAN OF OMAHA 10.00DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF

15,600.00FILTER SHOP 3.25ANDREW HILSCHER 662.61BENNINGTON AUTO 2,397.14COAST TO COAST SOLUTIONS

159.03GREAT PLAINS UNIFORMS

LLC. 591.50JUSTICE DATA SOLUTIONS IN-

CORPORATED 3,500.00MAX D 86.14

OPPD 323.12UHS PREMIUM BILLING

3,120.71KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL

21,100.00ANDREW HILSCHER 62.95OFFICE DEPOT 998.12MENDARDS 24.72PLIC -SBD GRAND ISLAND

266.10RELIANCE STANDARD 118.06JONES AUTOMOTIVE 4,061.20POLICE TOTAL 54,010.17

PARKSJOHN BOHRER 1,009.10STEVEN BOULTON 967.15JACOB HYTREK 201.22NATHON JOHNSON 524.64BRAYDEN OBORNY 160.06JOHN BOHRER 47.94HOME DEPOT CREDIT SER-

VICES 75.14KUBOTO OF OMAHA 10.94MULHALLS 85.00UNIVERSITY OF NEBRAS-

KA-LINCOLN 45.00MUD 145.95VERIZON 21.79STRATEGIC ELECTRIC GROUP,

LLC. 632.50CLASSIC VIBURNUMS 189.50CUBBY’S 91.63CULLIGAN OF OMAHA 5.00JOHN BOHRER 990.54STEVEN BOULTON 140.36STEVEN BOULTON 782.07STUART ELLISON 87.64NATHAN JOHNSON 427.46OPPD 459.53UHS PREMIUM BILLING 589.84KUBOTO OF OMAHA 5,583.28MENARDS 110.92PORT A JOHNS INC. 100.00PLIC -SBD GRAND ISLAND

39.81RELIANCE STANDARD 210.08PLAINS EQUIPMENT GROUP

4,237.50PARKS TOTAL 17,971.59

STREETSHOME DEPOT CREDIT SER-

VICES 175.33KUBOTO OF OMAHA 2.74MUD 84.00MICHAEL TODD 677.52VERIZON 21.79CUBBY’S 35.38CULLIGAN OF OMAHA 5.00JEO CONSULTING, INC. 2,018.50H & R CONSTRUCTION

28,500.00OPPD 4,795.34

UHS PREMIUM BILLING 589.84KUBOTO OF OMAHA 1,395.82MENARDS 110.91MICHAEL TODD 823.96PLAINS EQUIPMENT GROUP

4,237.50STREETS TOTAL 43,473.63

TOTAL OF ALL BILLS 258,974.19

Motion by Pekny, second by Johns to approve the consent agenda. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

State Project STPC-3805(5) North 156th Street in Bennington

John opened a public hearing for the authorization of the acquisition of inter-ests in real estate by Eminent Domain for State Project STPC-3805(5) North 156th Street in Bennington and there were no comments.

Motion by Johns, second by Bridg-eford to approve the authorization as presented. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Motion by Johns, second by Pekny to approve HDR Supplemental Agreement 3 – Redesign for Negotiations and Con-demnation Services totaling $16,706.08. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Ordinance No. 481 Amending Munic-ipal Code Section 1-102 regarding City Council Members and Redesignating City Council Election Wards

Laaker read the Ordinance by title. Motion by Pekny, second by Bridgeford to approve the second reading and waive the third reading of Ordinance No. 481 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1-102 OF ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER I OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BENNINGTON AS EN-ACTED IN CITY OF BENNINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 456 REGARDING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REDISIGNATING CITY COUNCIL ELECTION WARDS. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Motion by Pekny, second by Bridge-ford to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 481. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Ordinance No. 482 Confirming the City of Bennington Corporate Limits as shown in the Official Corporate Limits Map dated September 9, 2019

Laaker read the Ordinance by title. Motion by Pekny, second by Johns to approve the second reading and waive the third reading of Ordinance No. 482 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF

BENNINGTON CONFIRMING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BENNINGTON AS SHOWN AND DEPICTED ON THE CITY OF BEN-NINGTON OFFICIAL CORPORATE LIMITS MAP DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2019. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Motion by Pekny, second by Johns to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 482. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Ordinance No. 483 Sewer Rates 2020 Laaker read the Ordinance by title.

Motion by Bridgeford, second by Pekny to introduce and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 483 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-202 OF THE CITY OF BENNINGTON’S MUNIC-IPAL CODE AS ENACTED IN CITY OF BENNINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 464 REGARDING SANITARY SEWER USE RATES AND COLLECTIONS. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Rates will be effective January 2020.

Resolution 2019-07 Approval of the Governing Body to the Mayor to Autho-rize and Sign the Annual Certification of Program Compliance to Nebraska Board of Public Roads

Classifications and Standards 2019Motion by Johns, second by Pekny to

approve Resolution 2019-07. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

2019 Bennington Road Microsurfac-ing – Bid Approval

Motion by Johns, second by Bridge-ford to approve the bid of Monarch Oil to microsurface

Bennington Road for $52,513.40. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

2019 Logemann Park Parking Lot Improvements:

A. Husker Grading Change Order #2 in the amount of $3,783.03

B. Husker Grading Pay Application #1 in the amount of $90,411.53

Motion by Johns, second by Pekny to approve Items A and B listed above. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Prairie Hollow UpdateMark Westergard with E & A Con-

sulting Group explained the status of the development. With weather as a concern, paving will be next.

Citizens raised concerns regarding the undermining of back yards along Prairie Hollow boundaries, weeds and paving prior to winter weather.

Unsafe and Dangerous Building 121 North Stark Street

Motion by Johns, second by Bridge-ford to approve Resolution No. 2019-08 finding and determining that the building at 121 North Stark Street, Bennington NE is unsafe, dangerous, unfit for human occupancy and a public nuisance due to violations of the City’s Unsafe and Dan-gerous Building Code and authorizing City Officials and Agents to implement actions authorized by State Law and City Code. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Bennington General EngineeringMotion by Johns, second by Pekny

to approve Invoice No. 111950 to JEO Consulting Group for $12,850.00. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Bennington 156th Street ProjectMotion by Bridgeford, second by

Johns to approve Invoice No. 111949 to JEO Consulting Group for $1,730.00. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

City Engineer Tyler Hevlin described the need for an Interlocal Agreement with MUD.

Keeping the Project on schedule is a high priority. MUD is delayed in work and has requested the utility relocates be redesigned at their cost to save time delays. Additional design costs totaling $18,000 will be added to Supplemental Agreement 3 and paid by MUD.

Motion by Pekny, second by Johns to approve an Interlocal Agreement with MUD and the additional design costs. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Library ReportA. Quote #1KS6ZQR to Window

Innovations for $5,074.68B. Bid Proposal to Strategic Electric

Group for $3,400.00C. Bid Proposal to Strategic Electric

Group for $800.00D. Quote to Midwest Storage Solu-

tions for $2,298.07

Motion by Johns, second by Pekny to approve Items A-D listed above. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Library, Office, Police, Public Works, and Project Tracker Reports

All monthly reports are on file in the City Office.

Police ReportMotion by Johns, second by Pekny to

approve the Police Chief Memorandum of Understanding. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Pay rates will be amended in the Salary Ordinance for Police Sergeant to $26-32 per hour and for Police Officer – full time to $17-23 per hour.

Public Works ReportMotion by Johns, second by Pekny to

approve staff hires and pay discussions as described by Public Works Director John Bohrer. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

Public CommentsIt was suggested that a Public Address

System be considered for improved hearing by those attending City Council meetings.

Executive Session for purposes of strategy session with respect to Contracts and Negotiations

John explained that Agenda Item Number 20 was an Executive Session for purposes of a strategy session with respect to Contracts and Negotiations.

Motion by Johns, second by Bridg-eford to go into Executive Session for purposes of a strategy session with respect Contracts and Negotiations. All voted in favor and the motion carried.

John stated that the record should show that at 7:54 p.m., the City Council went into Executive Session and the limitation of the subject matter was a strategy session with respect to Contracts and Negotiations.

Motion by Bridgeford, second by Pekny to reconvene in open session at 8:05 p.m.

All voted in favor and the motion carried.

AdjournMotion by Bridgeford, second by

Pekny to adjourn the meeting at 8:05 p.m.

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CITY OF BENNINGTONCITY COUNCIL

MEETING NOTICEMONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019;

6:30 P.M. CITY OFFICE;

15505 WAREHOUSE ST.BENNINGTON, NE.

402-238-2375

Notice is hereby given that on Mon-day, November 11, 2019, a meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Bennington, Nebraska, will be held at the City Office at 15505 Warehouse Street. The agenda, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk during normal business hours.

Mindi LaakerCity Clerk

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PUBLIC NOTICEDOUGLAS COUNTY PLANNING

COMMISSION MEETING

You are hereby notified that public hearings will be held before the Doug-las County Planning Commission on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 15335 W. Maple Road (the former Fitzgerald Veterans Home), Douglas Conference Room, First Floor, Omaha, 68116 at 6:00 p.m. concerning recommendations to the County Commissioners on the following matters:

1. A special use permit request for a Landfill B (Putrescible and Non-Putres-cible Solid Waste Disposal), specifically tree and wood waste reutilization – Deaver Bauermeister c/o Ron Bauermeis-ter, Larry Deaver and Jean Bauermeister – applicants. The site is approximately 50 acres in the NE1/4, N1/4 SE1/4, and va-cated 216th Street adjacent to the NE1/4; all in Section 2-Township 16 North-Range 10 East of the Sixth P.M. Address: 14320 N 216th Street (parcel # 0111370004)

2. Adoption of the 2012 International Mechanical Code – Douglas County En-vironmental Services – applicant

This is a public meeting and all are welcome to attend. Documentation on these items and the full agenda is available at the Douglas County Environmental Services webpage at www.dceservices.org.

Douglas E. Cook, Douglas County Planning and Zoning Coordinator

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NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Nebraska Department of En-vironment and Energy has received an application for a variance from Title 129, Nebraska Air Quality Regulations, submitted by Merck Animal Health, re-questing to allow construction of a new production and warehouse building at their existing facility in Elkhorn, Douglas County, Nebraska. A copy of the applica-tion for variance may be viewed or a copy obtained by contacting: NDEE Records Management, 1200 “N” Street, Suite 400, The Atrium, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68509. The Department’s telephone number for records is (402) 471-3557. Please refer to NDEQ facility #57979, Legal Case No. 3508. This notice is published in ac-cordance with Nebraska Revised Statute 81-1513 (Reissue 2014).

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NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Nebraska Department of En-vironment and Energy has received an application for a variance from Title 129, Nebraska Air Quality Regulations, submitted by Merck Animal Health, re-questing to allow construction of a new natural-gas fired emergency generator at their existing facility in Elkhorn, Douglas County, Nebraska. A copy of the applica-tion for variance may be viewed or a copy obtained by contacting: NDEE Records Management, 1200 “N” Street, Suite 400, The Atrium, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68509. The Department’s telephone number for records is (402) 471-3557. Please refer to NDEQ facility #57979, Legal Case No. 3509. This notice is published in ac-cordance with Nebraska Revised Statute 81-1513 (Reissue 2014).

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NOTICE OF MEETINGCITY OF VALLEY

The governing body of the City of Valley, Nebraska, will meet on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at Valley City Hall. An agenda kept continually current shall be available for public in-spection at the principal office of this governing body.

Joan Suhr, City Clerk

Public Hearing will be held on Tues-day, November 12, 2019 at 7 p.m. at Valley City Hall to consider the following: Country Aire Section 2 final Platt.

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SCHOOL NOTICESBENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 59

BOARD OF EDUCATIONREGULAR MEETING

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019,7:00 P.M.

BENNINGTON DISTRICT BOARD ROOM

Attendance Taken at 6:53 PM. Mark Byars: Present, Valerie Calderon: Present, Heather Goertz: Absent, Kara Neuverth: Present, Brad Renter: Present, Darren Siekman: Present.

I. Public Forum- No one from the general public was present to speak

II. Call meeting to Order- Board Presi-dent Darren Siekman called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. noting the meeting was governed by the Open Meetings Act, a copy of the Open Meetings Act Handbook was located on the Board table.

III. Consent Agenda- (Note: Items on the consent agenda are considered routine and will be enacted under one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items at the meeting unless a Board Member requests an item removed from the agenda for separate action.)

MOTION PASSED: Approval of agenda, minutes of the Monday, Sep-tember 9, 2019, Special Public Hearing on the 2019-2020 School Year Budget,

the minutes of the Monday, September 9, 2019, Special Public Hearing to set the Final Tax Request for the 2019-2020 School Year, September 9, 2019, Regular Meeting minutes, and October claims for payment, passed with a motion by Mark Byars and a second by Brad Renter. Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea

IV. Items Removed From the Consent Agenda for Separate Action- No items were removed from the Consent Agenda.

V. Reports- Elementary reported successful Fun Runs and advised the Board that all elementary schools partic-ipated in building and bus evacuations, severe weather drill, lockout/lockdown and fire drills. Middle School reported students participated in Constitution Day on September 17th. The PTO dance had approximately 400 students in attendance. Middle School has also performed bus evacuation drills. Students have been working on their portfolios for student-led conferences. High School reported Doug-las County Deputy Chad Miller spoke to students and their parents about safety when walking in the dark, unfamiliar areas, engaging with strangers and hu-man trafficking. Homeroom lessons have included info graphs, Gallup surveys, ac-countability and organization skills, crit-ical thinking and note taking skills. The homecoming game was October 11th, the Band Festival was held on October 12th and the Homecoming Dance was held in the auxiliary gym with over 700 students in attendance. Student Services reported HAL has been diving into novels, learning binary, ternary, octal and hexadecimal number systems. Second graders have been learning about circuits. Third graders are beginning to design Rube Goldberg machines. Fourth graders are using new iPads to create videos. Fifth graders are working on their first HAL STEM Fair this winter. Middle School are working on videos of all Bennington buildings and stock market portfolios. Curriculum and Assessment reported all staff members are completing the Safe Schools training. Teachers will participate in professional training on October 17th. Bennington High School and Heritage Elementary received the AQuESTT rating of “Great” and Middle, Elementary and Pine Creek were rated “Excellent”. NSCAS testing showed Bennington Schools meets or exceeds standards in Math, Science and ELA. The Superintendent reported the dedication ceremony for Anchor Pointe Elementary will be on October 20th. Stu-dent growth and enrollment projections were discussed. All Star Kids Program has approximately 380 students enrolled this year. Construction: Mike Berg from DLR Group was present to review various construction and remodeling projects throughout the district. Anchor Pointe: the building punch list is being completed by the general contractor. High School: the renovation of the administration area punch list is being competed. The new addition footings have been installed. The second phase of the north parking lot has been turned over to the school and the third phase is waiting for the weather to dry. District Administration Office: footings have been installed for the new building. Final footings and exterior walls should be poured next week. Coordinator Report- Jeremy Edens was present to dis-cuss the state of the facilities throughout the District. Warehouse, snow removal and grounds were discussed as well. Spotlight- Elementary PST (Problem Solving Teams) presented the Board with information regarding the identification process, referral procedures, PST goals and student participation numbers. Strate-gic Planning- The Goal #1 team presented the Board with information regarding 21st Century Skills, K-8 Rubrics, homeroom and staff evaluations.

VI. Unfinished Business

VI.A. Discuss and Consider Construc-tion Change Order- There were no new change orders.

VII. New Business

VII.A. Approve Nebraska Department of Transportation Land Purchase Agree-ment for 156th Street Improvements- The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) has been in discussion with the administration regarding the purchase of land for temporary and permanent easements to improve the corner of 156th Street and Bennington Road for the past few months. The NDOT has offered $12,960.00 for two small parcels of land adjacent to this road construction project. The administration is ready to recommend the District enter into an agreement for the sale of land on the corner of 156th Street and Bennington Road.

MOTION PASSED: Motion that the Bennington Public Schools’ Board of Education authorize the Superintendent of Schools to execute the necessary actions for the sale of school district property to the Nebraska Department of Transporta-tion for the reconstruction/improvement of 156th and Bennington Road in the amount of $12,960.00, passed with a motion by Mark Byars.

Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea

VII.B. Consider Hardship Requests- Three Bennington families have requested option enrollment through Hardship Requests.

MOTION PASSED: Motion to ap-prove the option enrollment application for three Bennington families as present-ed, passed with a motion by Brad Renter and a second by Valerie Calderon. Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea

VII.C. Multicultural Report- Pol-icy #604.04 under Instruction entitled Multicultural Education, states that “the education program shall be free of dis-crimination and provide equal opportunity for the students. The education program shall foster knowledge of and respect and appreciation for the culture, history and contributions of diverse cultural groups including, but not limited to, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans.” Policy states that the superintendent will report the status of the program to the Board on an annual basis. Building principals have outlined their efforts toward multicultural education in an annual report. Each spoke about upcoming events that will alter the report in the future.

VII.D. Annual Report Discussion- The administration outlined all informa-tion to be included in an annual report that will be distributed to all box holders in the District according to District Policy # 1002. This mailing is one of four that is mailed to all box holders in the District. Elementary and secondary newsletters have been distributed to parents of students only. This is done weekly by elementary and monthly by the Middle School and High School. No motion is

u See NOTICES on 7A

6A • Douglas County Post-Gazette PUBLIC NOTICES www.dcpostgazette.com • Oct. 30, 2019

needed. Policy states that the report is to be distributed to “members of the Board of Education, the local news media, and to parents of the District during the fall semester.”

VII.E. Accept BEA Negotiating Let-ter for the 2020-2021 School Year- The District has received a letter from Denise Klaus requesting that the BEA represent certified staff in the 2020-21 negotiations. This year’s BEA negotiation team will be led by Julie Puck, 3rd grade teacher at Pine Creek Elementary.

MOTION PASSED: Motion to accept the Bennington Education Association (BEA) as the representative for certified staff in 2020-2021 negotiations, passed with a motion by Mark Byars and a second by Brad Renter. Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea

VII.F. Personnel

VII.F.1. Resignations- There is one support staff resignation. Sara Forman submitted a letter of resignation last month. Mrs. Forman started with Ben-nington in 2016.

MOTION PASSED: Motion to accept the resignation of Sara Forman from her assignment with (regrets and) thanks for the years of service to the District, passed with a motion by Darren Siekman and a second by Kara Neuverth. Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea

VII.F.2. Hiring- Mrs. Fagan, Mrs. Kay and building administrators have been interviewing replacement candidates for the open positions we have in the district over the past month.

MOTION PASSED: Motion to accept the recommendation of the administration and approve the hiring of support staff personnel for the 2019-20 school year pending background checks as presented: Cynthia Engle - Life Skills Para - BHS, Cheyenne Williams - Resource Para - BHS, Karen Hursh - Library Para - BE, Pam Werner - four-hour Food Service – BMS, passed with a motion by Valerie Calderon and a second by Brad Renter. Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea

Mrs. Fagan has submitted a proposal to increase the contract time for our English Language Learners program. In brief, we have experienced an increase of 35% in the number of students needing ELL services this school year.

MOTION PASSED: Motion to accept the recommendation of the administration and approve modification of the contract for Mrs. Lisa Schonhoff to 0.6 FTE for the 2019/20 school term, passed with a motion by Darren Siekman and a second by Brad Renter. Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea

VII.G. Consider Time and Date for Board Administrator Workshop

MOTION PASSED: Motion to set the date for our annual Board/Adminis-trator Workshop on November 18, 2019, starting at 5:00 PM (may change time) to discuss Bennington Public Schools’ future growth, passed with a motion by Darren Siekman and a second by Brad Renter. Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea

VII.H. Executive Session for Discus-sion of a Personnel Matter and Potential Land Acquisition

MOTION PASSED: Motion to have the Board go into executive (closed) ses-sion at 8:02 p.m. for the purpose of a strat-egy session with respect to a personnel matter and potential land acquisition as an executive session is clearly necessary for the protection of the public interest, passed with a motion by Darren Siekman. Mark Byars: Yea, Valerie Calderon: Yea, Kara Neuverth: Yea, Brad Renter: Yea, Darren Siekman: Yea. The Board Pres-ident called the Board back into open session at 8:38 p.m.

VIII. Time and Date of Next Regular Meeting- Time and Date of Next Regular Meeting will be November 11, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the Bennington District Office. Special Meeting: Board/Admin-istrator Workshop will be November 18, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. at the Bennington District Office (Tentative).

IX. Adjournment- Motion to adjourn meeting at 8:39 p.m. made by Valerie Calderon. All in favor.

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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

28-0015, a/k/a, DOUGLAS COUNTY WEST COMMUNITY SCHOOL

DISTRICTMonday, October 14, 2019

The regular meeting of the Board of Education, District #15, in the County of Douglas, in the State of Nebraska, was convened in open and public session on Monday, October 14, 2019 at the Central Office Board Room, 401 South Pine Street Valley, NE 68064-0378.

Following public notification pro-cedures approved by the Board of Edu-cation, February 14, 2011, in adherence to 84-1411, notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by posting such Notice on the exterior front door of the high school, elementary school, middle school, Valley City Hall, First Nebraska Bank, Waterloo Post Office, and Foun-dation First Bank. Notice of the meeting was simultaneously given to all members of the Board of Education. Availability of the agenda was communicated in advance notice and in the notice to the Board of Education of the meeting. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to

the attendance of the public.

Jeff Clauson: PresentKelly Hinrichs: AbsentLuke Janke: PresentJamie Jorgensen: PresentElizabeth Mayer: AbsentPatrick McCarville: Present

Elizabeth Mayer: Present Liz Mayer arrive at 7:09 p.m.

1. Call to Order

The agenda, listing items for con-sideration by the Board, is on file in the Superintendent’s office. Other matters may come before the Board and the Board has the right to modify the agenda before the meeting.

Vice-President Luke Janke called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Janke noted the Open Meetings Act was posted on the front wall of the Board Room for public review.

2. Public Communications and Cor-respondence

Board Member, Pat McCarville, talked about the DC West Foundation’s objectives of providing student schol-arships, assisting with student needs, special district projects and being a con-duit for charitable giving to the district. Dr. McCarville will update the Board as necessary on the Foundation’s activities.

3. Approval of Agenda

Motion to approve agenda as present-ed passed with a motion by Jeff Clauson and a second by Jamie Jorgensen.

Jeff Clauson: Yea, Luke Janke: Yea, Jamie Jorgensen: Yea, Patrick McCarville: Yea Yea: 4, Nay: 0

4. Administrative Reports

4.1. Superintendent’s Report

4.2. Financial Report

5. Consent Agenda

Motion to approve Consent Agenda Passed with a motion by Patrick McCar-ville and a second by Luke Janke.

Jeff Clauson: Yea, Luke Janke: Yea, Jamie Jorgensen: Yea, Patrick McCarville: Yea Yea: 4, Nay: 0

5.1. Approve Minutes

Regular Meeting Date: November 11, 2019

5.2. Approve Claims for Payment

5.3. Approve Financial Report

5.4. Approve Classified Staff

6. Old Business

6.1. Building and Grounds Update

Alex Henery from Tetrad updated the Board on the final punch list and budget for DC West Elementary. Superintendent Poloncic went over the progress of the Elementary Demolition project and the status of the WDCT (Trail).

7. New Business

7.1. Curriculum and Assessment Presentation

Dr. Dawn Marten, Director of Learn-ing, presented the DC West Achievement and Accountability results from 2019 as well as curriculum adjustments being implemented with new laws in reading and civics education.

7.2. Approve HVAC System Replace-ment in Portable Classroom Building

Through conversation with prospec-tive bidders who reviewed the existing heat pumps in the portable classroom building, both bidding companies felt that the use of heat pumps, as they existed, were too problematic considering the climate conditions and capacity needs.

Motion to approve the Portable Build-ing HVAC System replacement with air handling units and ground mounted con-densers from Sol Lewis in the amount of $70,483 paid for with reimbursed funds from FEMA and insurance passed with a motion by Patrick McCarville and a second by Jeff Clauson.

Jeff Clauson: Yea, Luke Janke: Yea, Jamie Jorgensen: Yea, Elizabeth Mayer: Yea, Patrick McCarville: Yea

Yea: 5, Nay: 0

7.3. Recognize DCWEA (Douglas County West Education Association) as Bargaining Agent for 2021-2022

The Board received a request from DCWEA to be recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for said employees for the 2021-2022 school year.

Motion to recognize the DCWEA as the exclusive bargaining agent for the 2021-2022 school year passed with a motion by Jeff Clauson and a second by Jamie Jorgensen.

Jeff Clauson: Yea, Luke Janke: Yea, Jamie Jorgensen: Yea, Elizabeth Mayer: Yea, Patrick McCarville: Yea

Yea: 5, Nay: 0

7.4. Approve the Replacement of Multiple Scoreboards

As discussed at September’s Board Meeting, DC West has received bids for the replacement of outdoor field boards and north gym scoreboards. Those replacements include two video boards located in the north gym for educational and activity use. The summary of bids for the Daktronics and Fairplay scoreboards and video boards were provided.

Motion to approve bids from Daktron-ics in the total amount of $215,869 for the replacement of the scoreboards at the

football/track field, softball fields (2), and two video boards in the north gymnasium passed with a motion by Jeff Clauson and a second by Luke Janke.

Jeff Clauson: Yea, Luke Janke: Yea, Jamie Jorgensen: Yea, Elizabeth Mayer: Yea, Patrick McCarville: Yea

Yea: 5, Nay: 0

8. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn meeting at 7:57 pm passed with a motion by Jeff Clauson and a second by Elizabeth Mayer.

Jeff Clauson: Yea, Luke Janke: Yea, Jamie Jorgensen: Yea, Elizabeth Mayer: Yea, Patrick McCarville: Yea

Yea: 5, Nay: 0

Sabina Safford, Board Secretary

Dr. Melissa Poloncic, Superintendent

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DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT 28-0015,

a/k/a, DOUGLAS COUNTY WESTCOMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

GENERAL FUNDAOI $191.53Abe’s Trash Service $435.00ACT Inc $966.00Airborne Athletics $4,320.00Amazon $3,287.98Apple Inc $158.00APR Computers Inc $3,812.16Arrow Stage Lines $9,282.00Austin, William $1,002.24Awards Unlimited $236.23Beringer Ciaccio Dennel Mabrey

$2,021.38Black Book Depot $152.75Blick Art Material $104.06Border States $886.20Bound to Stay Books $251.27BSN Sports $322.13Cengage Learning $921.25Centerpoint Energy $880.79Century Link $936.45Children’s Home Healthcare

$4,648.00City of Valley $4,533.38Dice Communication $15,160.33Dietze Music $163.20Douglas County Post Gazette

$1,307.85Educational Service Unit #3

$1,456.35Egan Supply $3,230.01Engineered Controls $16,355.00Environmental Services Inc

$372.53EPS Literacy $1,625.68Fireguard Inc $846.75First Book $178.14First Student $14,096.83Fremont Electric Inc $4,760.00Gopher Sports $1,653.09Hall, Devin $400.00Hawthorne Educational Service, Inc

$192.00Heartland Pest Control $225.00Hometown Leasing $2,887.37Hy-Vee $62.00Jelinek Hardware $38.30Just for Kids Therapy $1,840.00

Krusemark, Duane $69.22Lakeshore Learning $1,101.70Lied Lodge and Conference Center

$134.00Lou’s Sporting Goods $48.00Menards - Elkhorn $728.61Metro Basketball Coaches Assoc

$425.00Midwest Medivan Transport Compa-

ny $7,644.00Mind Vine Press $56.95Multi Health Systems $840.50Nebr Council of School Administra-

tors $1,155.00Omaha Public Power District

$20,705.82Omaha World Herald $515.00One Source $270.50Papilllion Sanitation $670.67Payflex Systems $144.82Perry, Guthery, Haase & Gessford

PC $2,190.00Prufrock Press Inc $175.67Robotics Educ and Comp Founda-

tion $650.00Sam’s Club $292.29Santa Fe Distributing, Inc $945.13Sarpy County Treasurer $1.94Scholastic Book $747.56School Health $12.88School Specialty $67.45Shape Nebraska $375.00Sherwin Williams $548.54Showbie $125.00Social Studies School Service

$69.69Softchoice $159.00Sol Lewis Engineering Co $981.00Sprint $16.66Staples Advantage $642.48Student Transportation Inc $437.21Suburban Schools Program for Deaf

$113.72Ty’s Outdoor Power & Service

$1,132.20U Fill It $358.00Unite Private Networks LLC

$554.00Virco Inc $854.20Visiting Nurse Health Services

$2,323.00Walmart Community $64.62Wards Science $340.37Water Engineering $148.37Wells Fargo Bank $3,571.59West O Chamber $200.00 $148,066.83

Food ServiceCash-Wa $9,471.47Chesterman $1,806.45Goodwin Tucker $500.98Hiland Dairy $2,782.83Marking Refrigeration $157.00Rotella’s Bakery $368.77Sysco $6,326.02US Foods $10,175.28 $31,588.80

Depreciation FundTerrracon Consultants Inc $3,440.00 Special Building FundBoyd Jones Construction Co

$94,232.82

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Public Notices

Douglas County Post-Gazette • 7A PUBLIC NOTICESOct. 30, 2019 • www.dcpostgazette.com

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ELKHORN – On Oct. 24, the Elkhorn Public Schools Foundation held its annual Hall of Fame reception and awards ceremony.

The EPS Foundation has honored several Elkhorn Public Schools employees, mentors, educators and alumni since the late 90s and the early 2000s. Over the years, the Foundation has created eight different awards to honor the members who have made a large impact within the Elkhorn Public School District.

For 2019, the eight award winners include Michelle Hultman, Shelby Uleman, Kim Baumert, Patty Bleich, Brad McArdle, Tiffany Meysenburg, Nebraska Realty (Andy Alloway) and Nikki Kirshenbaum.

Along with the eight Hall of Fame inductees, the Foundation also announced EPS’ Grant-A-Wish Program results. Reports show that this year, the Foundation is able to fund over $141,000, representing 71 grants that will impact students from preschool to 12th grade within the Elkhorn Public Schools District.Carl L. White Educator of the

Year: Michelle HultmanFrom the beginning it seemed

that Michelle Hultman was destined to be an educator. Whether it was lining up her stuffed animals and teaching them lessons, or actually sitting the neighborhood children down in the backyard and playing school, she had to be the teacher. After living in Bellevue and Millard, Hultman graduated from Millard South in 1989 and went on to be a first-generation college student, pursuing a degree in secondary education with an emphasis in social sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

After graduating from UNL in December of 1993, Hultman substitute taught for different Metro District schools through May of 1994. In the summer, she accepted an eighth grade American History teaching position at Morton Middle School in the OPS district. After four years there, Hultman applied for a middle school social studies position with Elkhorn Public School; she was hired in the summer of 1998 to teach eighth grade American History. In 2002, she graduated with a Master of Science Degree from the

University of Nebraska-Omaha. During two summers of 2008 and 2009, she joined an assessment cohort through UNL, earning an additional endorsement in assessment.

For the past 21 years, Hultman had taught eighth grade American History at Elkhorn Middle School; currently, she is teaching at Elkhorn Ridge Middle School. Besides classroom responsibilities, she has sponsored Student Council, the Society of American Military Engineers competition team and the Running Club. Hultman is also a member of the district’s Curriculum Council, serving as the secondary level social studies chairperson. Hultman is also the eighth grade social studies data coach for the EPS District. She has received the “Outstanding Teacher of American History” from the National Society of The Daughters of the American Revolution in 2008 and the “Elkhorn Education Association Teacher of the Year Award Building Winner” in 2011.

Hultman met her husband, Brandon, during her college years at UNL. They were married in 1994 and moved to Elkhorn in 2005. Brandon has been a high school and middle school English and reading teacher with Elkhorn Public Schools for the past 25 years. Both her daughters attended and graduated Elkhorn South High (Madison in 2013, Olivia in 2018).

This past fall, Hultman celebrated her 26th year as a middle school educator. Hultman said that teaching and making a difference in the lives of middle school children is her calling. Through her years of teaching, she has always followed a quote that her principal, Mr. Riggert, would always say: “Students will not care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Hultman is thankful and honored to have been given the opportunity to “teach in a district where students and student learning come first”.Golden Apple Educator of the

Year: Shelby UlemanShelby Uleman grew up

moving around the country with her father, mother, older brother, older sister and younger brother. She has lived in Michigan, Florida and two times in Pennsylvania. Although her father’s job took them around the map, Uleman thought that Omaha always felt

like home. In 2005, the Henderson family made their final move to Elkhorn. Uleman was excited to stay in Elkhorn, although she is thankful for everything she had experienced while moving around the country.

After graduating from Elkhorn High in 2011, she decided to attend the University of Nebraska-Omaha to pursue something education-related, due to her wonderful teachers she considered as role models back in middle and high school. Uleman would often visit her sister Molly’s first grade classroom, to hopefully find some clarity. She also shadowed her mother, Wendy, who was a teacher’s assistant who worked with students with special needs at Manchester Elementary. Afterwards, Uleman knew that she wanted to become a teacher at Manchester Elementary School. In the fall of 2015, Uleman received a student teaching position in first grade at Manchester. Although nervous about making a good impression due to her mother being beloved at the school, the nerves subsided as the staff embraced and supported Uleman right away. In April 2016, while she was hiking with her father in Arizona watching out for mountain lions, Don Pechous of EPS contacted her and told her that she would become a full-time Mountain Lion with Manchester, teaching kindergarten.

Uleman officially began her teaching career in August 2016. Even though she only taught one year of kindergarten, she realized that the quote, “Everything you need to know, you learn in kindergarten” applied to her as a teacher; she learned what it meant to be a teammate, the importance of flexibility, how to build relationships with students and their families and many other teaching strategies and practices. Uleman said her favorite memory was getting engaged to her now husband, Clay, right in front of her kindergarten class. After kindergarten, Uleman moved to first grade in 2017 and is currently in her fourth year of teaching.

Uleman said that she would not be the teacher she is today without the people that she is honored to work with. She is very grateful to call Elkhorn, Elkhorn High School and now Manchester Elementary her home, and she is very proud to be a Mountain Lion and honored to receive the Golden

Apple Educator of the Year.Former Educator of the Year:

Kim BaumertKim Baumert grew up in Blair

and spent his K-12 years as a Blair Bear. Although having his father as a principal in Blair and a mother has a math teacher in Omaha did not make his early years easy, Baumert gained the importance and value of education. With inspiration from his former shop teachers, Baumert decided to attend UNL for an education major.

However, following his freshman year, he was drafted and served in the military for two years, serving in non-combat in Germany during the latter stages of the Vietnam War. After service, Baumert returned to UNL and graduated. Without even having to apply for a teaching job, he was swiftly snatched up by Elkhorn. Baumert started out as an industrial arts teacher at the old high school (currently Elkhorn Middle School), for both junior high and high school students. When the new high school building opened, he made the switch to middle school and stayed for the rest of his career. Baumert spent 31 years in the exact same classroom while also coaching football, girls and boys

basketball and track and field. When he was not teaching in the summer, he worked as a painter.

Baumert served as a statistician for Steve Baker, voice of the Antlers, in the press box during Baumert’s entire career and “retired” when Baker retired. During his last 10 years, he served as the athletic director for his school. At times, Baumert knew his students only by their nicknames, like Slim, Smurf and ClayPot, which stuck with students for years. Baumert is reportedly the only teacher who has ever loved lunchroom duty, because he was able to spend time with his students and joke around. He would also visit the students in the special education room almost every day, and around the holidays, Baumert would come and give each of the students giant chocolate bars.

Baumert is currently married to his wife, Barb, whom he had met at Elkhorn Middle School. Although they kept their relationship private, they eventually confirmed their engagement, which also confirmed the student body’s rumors. Baumert and his wife have been married for 33 years and have three daughters, who all graduated from Elkhorn: Jamie, 31, Kellie, 28, and Maggie, 26. While Baumert retired in 2009,

he continued to work as part of the maintenance and paint crew for EPS. In fall 2010, Baumert fell from scaffolding at his home and suffered a spinal cord injury, resulting in paralysis. Despite this, Baumert continues to support both Elkhorn schools by attending their events and encouraging the students. Baumert is forever grateful for all that he has been able to experience through teaching, coaching and being involved with the community, and will forever cherish his time as an Elkhorn Public School teacher.Support Staff Member of the

Year: Patty BleichPatty Bleich was born and

raised in Omaha, with her high school class being one of the last graduating classes of the Omaha Technical High School, where she met her future husband, Rick. Together, Bleich and her husband have two children, Alison and Allan, who attended St. James and then Marion and Creighton Prep for high school. During those years, Bleich spent her time volunteering for various fundraising events, as she recognized the importance of community, service and dedication. When Bleich and her family are not busy, they all travel to Kona, Hawaii annually for

By Lance LawtonDouglas County Post-Gazette

Elkhorn Public Schools Foundation inducts eight into Hall of Fame

Lance Lawton, Douglas County Post-GazetteFrom left to right: Tiffany Meysenburg, Michelle Hultman, Nikki Kirshenbaum, Brad McArdle, Shelby Uleman, Kim Baumert (front), Patty Bleich and Andy Alloway are the eight inductees in the 2019 Elkhorn Public Schools Foundation’s Hall of Fame. The reception was held on Oct. 24 at the EPS Foundation Alumni Center.

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