NE state Hlstol'lcal SOcIety THE WAYNE HI Lincoln NE 68508 WAYNE. NE &8787 MONDAY. OCT. 7. 1991 - ll&TH YEAR - NO. Z THIS ISSUE - 1 SECTiON, 10 PAGES LOCAL DELIVERY Z5<>-- NEWSSTANDo45<> Ata Glance 'Ducks' banquet Burglary suspect WAYNE - The Wayne Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its sixth annual ban· pleads not guilty quet and auction Monday, Oct. 7 at the National Guard Armory in Wayne. Cocktails A suspect in nine burglaries in Wayne and five iri West Point was ar­ will be served at 5:30 p.m., raigned Wednesday in the Wayne County District Court. with dinner following at 6:30 Edmond Ricardo Arruza, 44, pled not guilty to allegations that he bur· p.m. glarized nine homes in Wayne Aug. 17. Following his plea, District judge For more information or to Richard P. Garden set Feb. 10, 1992 as the trial date. purchase tickets, contact Arruza, who is charged with a Class III felony, is entitled to a jury trial Wayne Wessel at 375-1124 unless he waives that right. or Randy Pedersen at 375­ Along with the Wayne and West Point burglaries, Arruza is a suspect in 1804. others in South Dakota and Minnesota. He was arrested Aug. 19 in Hooper. Reading meeting . P'ROSECUTING the case for the state is Verlyn Luebbe of Pierce. WAYNE • The Northeast Luebbe is handling the prosecution since former Wayne County Attorney Nebraska Reading Council Bob Ensz was one of the victims of the burglaries in Wayne. Ensz was will hold their fall meeting on sworn in as a judge for the ninth judicial district Tuesday, Oct. 1. Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Defending Arruza is Wayne attorney Duane Schroeder. at the Wayne Elementary Arruza is in the custody of the Wayne County Sheriff's office. He is be- School. ing held in the Thursto" County jail in Pender. ' Dr. Monica Bartels will be If convicted, Arruza could face a maximum of on'e to 20 years in prison the featured speaker. She is or a fine of up to $25,000 or both. a language arts instructor at Webster University in St. Louis. She, also, is a regionaf Teachers find students consultant for the Houghton­ Mifflin Company. Her topic, will' be 'Literature Based In­ struction." up on changes in USSR Administrators, teathers and others interested in ele­ By Mark Crist said the main concern his students mentary education are in­ Managing Editor seem to have is a concern that vited. democracy in the Soviet Union Wayne High School teachers won't last. Ron Carnes and John Murtaugh are "We think it's going to be Aptitude testing finding that their students are well democratic but we don't know for WAYNE - The National informed about the changes taking sure," he said. "My students have Engineering Aptitude Search shape in the Soviet Union. been surprised; maybe not to the (NEAS) test will be given 'at Carnes, who teaches the year­ degree that us who are older have Wayne State College on Sat­ long World Studies class to seniors, been because we've grown up urday, Nov. 16. The regis­ '!iaid his students have amazed him knowing the Soviet Union is a tration deadline is Friday, on occasion with their perception dictatorship that never respected Oct. 11. of the changes in the Soviet Union human rights. The test is for students in and how those changes could af­ "I think it's surprising to the stu­ grades nine through 12, and fect the United States. dents but even more surprising to has a registration fee of $1 S. 'I asked them for the solution to people like me." Registration forms may be what they think should be done obtained from high school with our food surplus," Carnes said. IN BOTH teachers' classes, stu­ guidance counselors or by 'Some said we should give them dents are curious about the calling the Math/Science Di­ our surplus. Others said 'now wait a changes in the Soviet Union. Mur­ vision at Wayne State at 375­ minute, wetve got OUf own prob~ taugh said he thinks it will be im­ 7329. lems. We should take care of our portant for what has been known No walk-ins will be own people first. Through that, the as the U.S.S.R. to hold onto the permitted. students agreed that a little of Baltic States since they're more in­ both should be done. dustrialized and modernizec than Phot~~~ph~_ .,. Crill "What they suggested was to much of the rest of the nation. JOHNNY APPLESEED, AS PLAYED BY Ron Sebade, hands out apples to Jenna Beckman and sell our surplus to the Soviet Union Carnes said the change, in the ~esslca Jammer, seated on Susan Beckman's lap. Sebade recently visited the ABC Pre· Candy sales at a real cheap price and take that WAYNE - The Wayne li­ Soviet Urion have pretty much "School'ln Wayne while performing his Johnny'Appleseed Imltatloll. He also visited money and designate it to the dominated his weekly current ons Club will be conducting Wayne County School District 15 and the Winside Public School first grade class. people in the United States who events sessions. their annual candy sales this need help. The only thing is that "Th~ students are expressing Modern day folk hero - Sunday and Monday after­ some said that would never hap­ concerns that this new change may noons and evenings. pen because the government not be successful," Carnes said. Local Lions members will would take the profits and spend "The students are saying that this be calling on Wayne resi­ them on other things. Sounds real­ change is great. They very much Sebade enjoys what he does dents door to door in the istic," he added. approve of it." residential areas. "The students want to know By Mark Crist the now-closed District 59 school. "Johnny Appleseed loved chil­ Proceeds from the candy MURTAUGH, who teaches what's happening," Murtaugh Managing Editor He continued with a performance dren and Ronls got five of his own," sales are designated for sight American government to seniors added. "They want to know how on the same date, the following Jager says. "Whenever you go over and hearing projects and for and world studies to freshmen and this is going to affect our relations Anyone who has seen Ron Se­ year, at Winside Elementary. to Ron and Rhonda's, YOU'll always community improvement sophomores, said his students, like with the Soviet Union. Right now, bade's routine as Johnny Apple­ This year, he performed at the see neighbor children there visit­ projects. Residents may also Carnes', study current event'~'",H':1 they think it's going to get better." seed might attest the fact he en­ Wayne County District 15 school, ing." donate used eye glasses and joys what he does. ABC Nursery in Wayne and for used hearing aids to calling But according to one admirer of Jager's first grade class in Winside. LIKE JOHNNY Appleseed, Se­ Lions. his imitation of the Idrger-than-Iife "I was talked into doing it the bade is an active member in his folk hero will say Johnny Appleseed first time," Sebade says. "It's fun to church, St. Paul's Lutheran of Win­ Escapees admit guilt and Sebade have much in com­ see the kids faces when I walk into side. Sebade also loves animals Annual meeting mon. the room. It makes the kids happy. and he cares about the environ­ WAYNE - The Wayne "A lot of his personality traits It's like playing Santa Claus." ment. He says it's often hard to get Community Theatre will hold under plea agreement parallel Johnny Appleseeds," says In his performance, Sebade away from the farm to do his its annual meeting Tuesday, dresses up with long, gray hair and Johnny Appleseed routine, since it Two youth who escaped from the Wayne County Juvenile Eileen Jager, a first grade teacher Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Black at Winside. "Johnny Appleseed a worn-out cowboy hat. He wears usually falls during harvest season. Knight Restaurant. The public Detention Center july 27 pled guilty to escape, a Class IV felony. old overalls and he comes into the "I plan to continue doing it Pleading guilty Were Bernard Paul Jackson and Darwin R. Baker. loved and enjoyed people and is invited to attend. classroom barefoot. Like Johnny when people ask me," he says. "I Both pleas were made under plea agreements. that's the way Ron is. He loves Appleseed, he carries his belong­ think what I do is good for the na­ Sentencing in both cases is scheduled for Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. talking to people." ings in a cloth sack: a coat and a ture and it's good for the kids be­ Boosters meet h~ ~hnny bible. Usually, he'll bring along his cause they learn something about JACKSON, 16, was apprehended in Kadoka, S.D. on an unknown SEBADE STARTED WAYNE - Wayne Elemen­ dog or a kitten from his farm, the environment. I just have a date. Baker, 16, who was involved in the same escape attempt, was Appleseed routine Sept. 28, 1983, tary boosters will hold their when he gave his performance at along with a wooden stick. good time doing it.' first meeting Monday, Oct. 7 apprehended by Winnebago authorities Aug. 3.·- at 7 p.m. The meeting will be A Class IV felony can bring up to five years in the state held in the school's library.