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SERVING LOGAN & McPHERSON COUNTIES THE STAPLETON FOR OVER 100 YEARS SinceLOGAN 1912 COUNTY, • creativeprintersonline.com STAPLETON NEBRASKA 69163 (USPS THURSDAY, 518780) FEBRUARY 4, THURSDAY, 2021 JANUARY 5, 2017 NO. NO. 1 5 Auditor makes fire district SPS board of recommendations The Nebraska Auditor of The auditor selected responder agencies. education reorganizes Public Accounts office has minutes from fire district The state auditor’s office Electing officers and ap- Rex Walz. was tabled until after the urged 83% of the state’s board meetings and reports that audit-waiver pointing committees Buildings & Grounds & building and grounds 414 rural fire districts to noted the boards had not letters were being issued were on the agenda of the Safety: Rich Burnside, committee meeting. correct one or more prob- actually voted to approve to help smaller boards January 18 regular board Kristy Opela, and Rex • The board approved lems with their fiscal spending items. protect taxpayers against of education meeting at Walz. Ameritas as the Bond Un- processes. Only one board member embezzlement. Stapleton Public Schools. Transportation: Frank derwriter for $2,900,000. Recommendations were signed checks in several Craig Kubicek, assistant Kristy Opela was elected Kramer, Steve Schaeffer, • The Nebraska Associa- included in letters sent to cases. State law requires deputy state auditor said president, Steve Schaef- and Rex Walz. tion of School Board’s 343 of the 397 Nebraska the board’s president and while an audit is still not fer, vice president, Kim Committee on American Code of Conduct will be fire districts that re- secretary-treasurer must required, the office is ask- Kramer, secretary, and Civics: Frank Kramer, used as best practice quested audit waivers for sign checks. ing that fire districts cor- Frank Kramer, treasurer. Kristy Opela, and Steve guidelines the 2019-20 fiscal year. Other issues included rect deficiencies before Committees for 2021 Schaeffer. • Community First Stapleton Rural Fire Dis- excessive per-meeting next year. None of the rec- were appointed as fol- Technology: Rich Burn- Bank, Stapleton, was des- trict was among the 54 payments to board mem- ommendations in the let- lows: side, Kristy Opela and ignated as the official de- districts that did not re- bers exceeding state law ters reflected criminal Negotiations: Frank Steve Schaeffer. pository of school district ceive recommendations and lack of documenta- wrongdoing or miscon- Kramer, Kim Kramer and School Improvement- funds, KSB Law Firm will for improvement with tion for payments to first- duct. Curriculum: Rich Burn- be the official legal coun- their audit waiver. side, Kim Kramer and sel for the district, and Steve Schaeffer. The Stapleton Enterprise Wellness Committee: was designated the offi- Locals Join Rally At Nation’s Capital Kristy Opela. cial news publication. PLC Committee: Frank • A contract for Princi- Kramer. pal Kris Walker for the Foundation Representa- 2021-22 school year was tive: Steve Schaeffer. extended. Coop Committee: Rich • The maintenance/cus- Burnside, Frank Kramer, todian position was and Kim Kramer. Rex tabled and further adver- Walz, alternate. tising approved. In other action at the • Emilee Wells was meeting: hired as the new guidance • The architect contract counselor. Fund-raiser proceeds to help with golf course improvement The Stapleton Golf Asso- urday, January 23, and of- ciation is holding a fund- ficers for 2021 are Skip raiser and gun raffle with Hecox, president; Chay- proceeds going towards ton Crow, secretary; and improvements at the Au- Scott Gaites, treasurer. gusta Winds Golf Course Jayce Doyle is the new STEVE SCHOLZ PHOTO south of Stapleton. board member joining Agriculturalists joined the rally at the nation’s capitol. Pictured in front of the Capitol on Jan. 6 are, left to right, The steak dinner will be Kaman Dailey, Eric Gar- Nathan Kramer, Dan Phelps, Rusty Kemp, Kyle Gifford, Casey Macken, Steve Scholz, Rob Ita, and Arlan Paxton. served Saturday, Febru- relts, Mike Needs, Travis ary 13, at 7:00 p.m. at the Hansen, and Tim Karn. In an article published tol, there was nothing tries. Their eyes are on Stapleton Community Memberships are due By Carrie Stadheim Jan. 6, and updated Jan. 8, they could have done America. They know if Center. Tickets are $20.00 April 1 and are $275.00 for Tri-State Livestock News The New York Times wrote, about it.” America falls, they all fall. each with the purchase of for a single person; “And when that day came, Another rally attendee, They expressed that.” a raffle ticket, or $25.00 at $350.00 for a family; and Jan. 6, 2021, Congress the president rallied thou- Dennis Miller, a 70-year- Miller said that he at- the door. There will be a $150.00/associates. convened to certify the vote sands of his supporters old eastern North Dakota tended an event the cash bar. Green fees are $15.00 for that elected Joe Biden pres- with an incendiary farmer, said he believes evening before the rally Members are raffling off nine holes or $20.00 for ident of the United States. speech. Then a large mob most who attended the where he and the crowd a .22 mag Henry rifle. all day. That day, President Trump of those supporters, many rally were protesting the heard at least 15 speakers Tickets are $10.00 each or Cart spaces are $75.00 stood before an audience of waving Trump flags and election results. including Gen. Michael 10 for $80.00. Second for gas carts and $100.00 thousands and incited his wearing Trump regalia, “The reason they were Flynn, a retired United place will be your choice for electric. supporters to violence and violently stormed the there was because this States Army lieutenant of a golf bag or one year A limited number of insurrection. Capitol to take over the election was stolen — no- general who was briefly family membership. You rental carts are available. That’s the official ac- halls of government and body’s talking about the national security ad- do not need to be present Contact Skip Hecox at count, according to main- send elected officials into that,” he said. viser to President Trump, to win. 308-529-1861 for more in- stream media and many hiding, fearing for their Scholz estimates that and Roger Stone, Trump’s The golf association held formation on the raffle or in Congress, who voted to safety.” over a million people — of political adviser, the pres- their annual meeting, Sat- steak dinner. impeach Trump days BEING HEARD every race, color, gender ident’s pastor and many later, based on his words Western Nebraska cattle and age — gathered to sup- developers of alternative New DHM measures as and the actions taken that feeder Steve Scholz said port President Trump media. day. he attended the rally be- and protest the certifica- “I did not hear one state moves to “green” Eyewitness accounts tion of former Vice Presi- speaker urge aggression cause, “I believe this is a Gov. Pete Ricketts an- ary 30. The new DHMs and the transcript of dent Joe Biden as the 46th or violence,” said Miller. turning point in America nounced that the state is change some of the re- Trump’s speech tell a president of the United “Speakers encouraged where we have to be there moving from the “blue” strictions put in place to somewhat different story. States. prayer. If I could shrink and make our voices to “green” phase of its help manage the coron- According to photos, “There were Chinese what I heard into one sen- heard to save this repub- coronavirus pandemic re- avirus pandemic. video and eyewitness ac- families with little kids tence the rally speakers lic.” sponse plan. As a result, Nebraska’s pandemic re- counts, an unknown holding flags, there were urged us to go home, reg- Scholz said he doesn’t new directed health meas- sponse plan links DHM number of rally partici- 80-year-old ladies with ister voters, convince our know who the bad actors ures went into effect at pants broke a window in walkers, clinging to their neighbors that conserva- were, and he was far 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Janu- See New DHM Page 12 the Capitol and entered enough back he couldn’t American flags. People tive values will be the the building, posing for see them very well, but all were singing patriotic only way to guarantee the photographs at the desk of the people he encoun- songs, people were quot- future of our country.” Croghan recognized of House Speaker Nancy tered were peaceful, as ing scripture, people were TRUMP’S SPEECH John Croghan of Staple- tered in Broken Bow, is Pelosi, D-Calif., and al- were the leaders and quoting the constitution, Trump’s speech in- ton has been recognized geographically the largest legedly stealing her lap- speakers. “You throw a there were people dressed cluded calling his sup- by Custer Public Power rural public power dis- top. cross section of a million in Revolutionary War porters to action, and District for 40 years of trict in Nebraska serving The rally ended with people, you are going to type costumes.” Scholz outlining what he said is service. Croghan is a lead over 8,000 square miles of several arrests, at least get a few whack jobs,” he said there were even a few proof of voter fraud, for lineman at the Stapleton territory. one rally-goer dead, and said. protesters horseback. 70 minutes. The final Service Center. He ap- Area service centers are some police officers in- “There were enough “I’ve never seen a crowd words of his speech were: prenticed under retired maintained in Sargent, jured, according to ABC people there that if we like that.