THE WAYNE HERALD-* WAY"E, "Ebraska 118787, Tilutlllllav, Jaflua"V 20
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NErlR. STAT!!: HISTORICAli S 1500'i STREET -·LI~r.!r. NEBR, 6850B .. Si.th-grader. close gene!atlon gap Allen Eagles finally soar to victory >8 . Wakefield's sixth-graders close the generation gap with " Allen's Eagle~ finally soared to victory witH a Saturday thought!; about senior citizens -see page 4a ni.9ht "'1.'n over Bancroft-RQsalie -see'pi:lge6a THE WAYNE HERALD-* WAY"e, "eBRASKA 118787, TIlutlllllAV, JAflUA"V 20. 1985 THIS ISSUE - TWO SECTIOftS, 20 PAGES "UMBeR T"IRTY 'Continuing budget squeeze stalls expansion Sc-heolBoardagain deiays entry proiects fjtl>-w..y<'l1>-Garro!/- Sch",.), boant-'" ----schaot---gymnaslum. allowing seating space lowered tt-e total cost of the project to Wayne Public School system of about education has once again tabled any action 'or students waiting for the bus, $27,400, Rlsor's deductions totaled $11.200. $296,254 for the 1981·82 year 10 enclose the west and north entrances to The west vestibule would be'enclosed by In Nove~r, the board' voted to file a the high schoo.1. an aluminum frame with laminated glass. AFTER HEARING the r~vised bids, claim with the county In the amount of Wayne school children harassed During a meeting last month. board board member Jim Hummel said he was ';296,000. The vote came upon the no'Com members.delayed action after bids submit· AT A M,E ETING Monday afternoon, concerned thut construction of the mendatlon of school attorney Ken Olds A number QI Wayne school children are being harassed on their way home from ted by five area contractors came In well board l"'flembers were presented revised vestibules would greatly reduce t.he school. over the $33,500 board members anticipated bids from the two lowest bidders - Riser district's sinking fund, "I HATE TO procrastinate, but I wish we Reports indicate that the harassment ranges from assault to car,-pedestrian hit· to ~pendlnlrlo,Iho'proletl. Cons"'liC'fiOn and Ottc ,Construction. "I fcel the vocational shop addition is a had some way 0' putting a handle on thiS and-run Incidents Submitting the towest bid last month was Revised bids called 'or eliminating wood crlttcolltem," said Hummel, adding.'.',! hate, .. dollar situ.rtto-n," said Hummel On Monday, police investigated an incident that iiwolved a youngster being run Riser Construction of Wisner, $38,600. Otte benches in the west enclosure, with the fa use money that we could put to lise toward We've been put in a relll dilemma with down by a motor vehicle in the 20-0 Block of Sixth Street west. Construction of Wayne submithnJ the next possibility of high, school vocational shop construction of the shop." the IOS5 of tax revenue and the delay of free According to police reports, the child was walking home from school when he was IoweSlbid of ~9;916; students constructing 'he-benthes as a class Plans to proceed ~lth the .expansion of high tuition," Hummel added. knocked to the street by a passing vehicle. proiect; substituting hollow metal-framed vocational education facilities at the high Hummel quesfloned whether the board The youngster told police that when the "ehiele passed him on the street, THOSE 8.DS included plans to enclose doors In place 0' wood-framed doors in both school came t~ a standstlll_ in. -Sep1embe.c could expect 5,ome savlngslf it incorporated passengers opened the door....on the car•. T.he .d..oor.struck tbe._..c.hiIiL-knockino_him ------0... 1-- the-north entrancE: to the school. aadm!J fWD cnctosures;- and '.subsfifUlmg a pre·finlshed ".ihen the board d-eadlock~(ron "a motion to the shop addition aM vestibules Into one down, as the car continued e-ast along Six.h Street and disappeared over a hill. doors 10 make a vestibule on the inside of the sheet meta.l roof in place 0' a glass roof over accept the low base bid f-or the expansion. project under the supervision of one con In addition, several parents in the Middle School-Elementary School vidnity exlsllng double docrs. the wesl enclosure. The decision not to proceed with In!.; ex tractor report intervening in assaults on kindergartene.rs and first-graders enroute home The bIds also Included plans to @nclose the Revised bids submitted at Monday's pansion at that flme stemmed 'rom. among ArchUecl Lynn Jones of the firm DavIs, from school. wC5t entrance to tho- schoo! by ~F:~ndlngthe board'meetlng by Otte Construction other things, a clerical error made-in tha Fenton, Stange and Darling of Lincoln. who -~ Several homes along the traditional walk routes have become shelters for entrance approximately 4' feet west of the amounted to a deduction of $10.516, lowering Wayne County Assessors oUlce. was prese~t <It the meetIng, tolq Hummel youngsters being threatened and assaulted on their way home from.school b'y older exIsting doors. and enclosing Ill.... dour that Jhe total cost of the prolect to $29,400. Board members in August learned that classmates. IcadsJnto.the r.or:U"','\....E!st locker 1";'1Yffi of the Revised bids by R Isor Construction the error may result In lost revenues to the See BOARD, page 9A City reiects reSClndlnf. ..~ • It , -.......... , ... --=--~=--=- The City of Wayn~ h~$ I'eie&ted on at· tornpt by B municipal employee to rescind his own reslgn~tltm, Dan KOhls, tormgr $uperlnte.~-dentof clec· trlcal dl!itrlbulion at fhe municipal power plant. has ~ In-for..~ by jha city, through city allorney Kern Swarts, 1hilt his resignation standi, as accepted, Kohls, 31, resigned only days after a Dec. 22 o)(ccullvc session held by 'he City Council to discuss his employment, THE UNEMPLOYED journeyman lineman 'old The Wayne. Herald ·tha' he drafted a lefter, with the help of ~ Norfolk attorney, rescinding his "fcrced reslgna" lion" and submilled 1110 the city ool",e the Jan. 11 CQuncll meotlng. IfApparently It I,-/as turned over t.o 1he city attorney." Kohl! SDld, "I got a letter from Kem Swarts saying thoy (the city) would not consider rescln, ding my resignation," Kohls added. Kohls' r••lgnatlon was, sought by Phil Kloster. cUy odmlnlsirator, who brought tho matter to 'he attenflon of the.Council during the fate December executive session, THE COUNCIL has taken no public vote on Ihe matter and no public mention of Kohls' resignation rescinding lettcr was madt>"llhe Jon. 1J.meellng, Kohls. who was In charge of a 'our·man crew anlgned 10 the city's power plant, resigned In Kloster's office and was given severance pay, "If was either Ihat or gel fired," Kohls told The Wayne Herald In early January, Just holding the line . Kohls contends tho maHer Involves a per· BRACED AGAINST the,pralrie wind and silhoUe"~dagainst the northeast sonallty conflict. Nebraska sunset, these powerful poles hold tile long lines of energy that Tho city has v.et to Issue an official reason 'or seeking the Harllr..;11M native's resigna· keep the heartland of America hard at work, ihe scene is just south of tlon. Wayne Where the lines ~ross Highwav 1S, Case'oPReoledtostate'shighestcourt Wayne_~Qn_pursues .. estateclaim The State Supreme Court may declde Judge Wlirren heard ttre Dlsfrlct Court Tlodtkc, who received IntcreM-tree pcr whether a Wayne businessman 1$ entitled to ca,se, Which was on .appeal from Wayne sonal loans from Thun, also flied 'arm $45.000 beyond .. 515.000 bequesl In his County COIIrl. where Tledtke Wa5 awarded management 'em> ~9alnst t-h~ estate. , landlord's will, ' 536,lea,27 - SOme 59.000 sh_orl 01 his claim, The 'arm l't1anagement fees Includo'$1,24S Wa-yrw oo<ilnassman Russell W. liedtke, Tledtke, who was' named personal for 1917, $1,943 for 1978, $l.860 for 1979, 52,583 "Iready n"med".. beneUciary by Ihelata representotlve for .hees'ate or his deceased lor 1980, and $&\1 f.or 198), AUll</i1 F, Tn"n, who died March 20. 1981, landlord, lIIed his original clal", lor 545,)12 , 11<>. ._Iod the Wityne County Nlnlh for services rendered, . ~ THE THUN ostate, which was flied for Dllirlcl COIIrl decision denying him tho The: 'Wayne busineSsman claims '$6,000 In probate In Wayne County Caur. on ~rch ' S4~L~U.c'e"!\. .__ _ ...mU.age.. lAO.OOQ. mU". "LIS c",,'. per-mlle} .30. 1981 ... -hilii-' an ~Hm!!!tm- tot." "V~due of Ninth Dlsfrlct Court JUdqe MerrlllC, due for Ir"vertrom April 5, 1975to March 20, more th~n$650,OOO,lnt::;IUdlng real ~state - 2 Warrlfl nol only denied Tledlke's claim 1981 - the da'" of Thun's dealh, quarlers. of fanqland, plus another 80 Acres btiyond lhe beque." but In December over· " ANOTHER PORTION 01 Ihe Tlealke -,appraised at more than $500,000, rU~ed"~ Weyne buslne$S:mlJn~s,motlm:- for a c.!.al.m '!st_l.. ,'.'per~ryat, attentlon" ,to his The Wayne· HospllalFoundallon, Ihe Christmb$J2 r given away , i ::',,1 new trial, I"ndlord from April of 1~7S .unlll Thun's Nebraska Heart A$5oti~lion" and ,the dealh lor a lolal of $30,800 (SAOC! per monlh), American Cancer Sod_fy 'Wf!'re: n,amed lev H'TCHCOCK ~ ... o~ii1er of Ernest and CIirJstmu c....I¥ftW.V for .. lIliiIiUiIi,~-j..?- TIIOTKI of Kugter Eleclrlc CQ,. way~e. In "ddltlon. Tledlke's cl"lm sl"tes the re,ldUillry devIU,t!!$ {reaJ 'e:sJale homemllklnvon bee. a, ttIe nltMJ fl';l..,.i, c"",_, .1~"OII.h his. ""orneV Charle. "persona.· attention" Involved ""f;'-lps: 'for be~ellClarlesl'In Thun'. Will, .. Viola Juncki'Citl'FOU, .. 4,thlkevs-toa-new Mer C".key 01 St"nlon.lI1,,1 the 0151rlcl COIIrl medical care and other miscellaneous needs curv Lvnx from Sfan Ha .' a salesl11an at Arnie's the .ss,SOOtrd.u", 'Che~t .t tIIlt<:tfyAuillto«kHtt..'-'I' '""u....