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Beatrice (Neb.) Daily Sun, Wednesday. August 7, 19 A-2 Weather. Adams students return to school Aug. 1 9 Beatrice area forecast 6unny. High in the mid BOs.

Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Back extremes lor Tuesday First day of school Aug. 19 Labor Day, no school Sept. 2 Staff In-service, no school Sept. 19 First quarter ends Oct.

18 Nebraska State Education Association Convention, no school Oct. 24-25 Thanksgiving vacation Nov. 28-29 Christmas vacation Dec. 23-Jan. 5 First semester ends Dec.

20 Staff In-service, no school Feb. 21 Tournament break, no school March 7 Third quarter ends March 13 Tournament break, no school March 14 Easter vacation March 28-31 Graduation May 17 Last day of school May 23 EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a series of articles reviewing Marling times, calendars and new faculty mid stuff ut Sunland urea schools. ADAMS The new kindergarten teacher at Adams this year will be a familiar face to most students. Marcy Marker, a teacher's aid ut Adams since August 1992, will teach kindergarten and serve as the school's media specialist. Marker will also supervise the Adams cheerleaders.

Jim Widdifield of Stuart will be teaching high school math and Spanish. He is a 1996 graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University. The first day of school for Adams students will be Wednesday, Aug. 19, and they will be dismissed early. Students will attend on Temperature Valentine 6445 Scottsbluff I 7946 I'll I North Platte i 9051 .84 DeWItt 94 65 .85 Adams 90 .65 Wednesday from 8:20 a.m.

to 1.42 p.m. Lunch ill be served and the buses will run. The first full day will be Thursday, Aug. 20, with regular hours from 8:20 a m. to 3:32 p.m.

The Adams administration is expecting an enrollment of 220 students in kindergarten through high school this year. Lunch prices for 1996-97 are Beatrice 9166 1 Old Home Days this Falrbury 84,66 83 oilier 84 68,, .95 Wymore. 9266 .80 Hanover, Kan. 4 96 66 1 85 Nebraska BARNES, Kan. The 12th annual Barnes Old Home Days and Threshing Bee will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug.

10 and 1 1, at the City Park in Barnes. The celebration ill begin ith the "Barnes Bullets Blastoff," a one mile, two mile, and 10 fun run for all ages and physical abilities. An opening flag ceremony ill begin at 9 a.m. on Gloria's Veranda ith a street parade follow ing at 1 1 p.m. dow ntow and ending in the park.

Entries for the Car Show can register between 8 a.m. and 1 1 a.m. on Saturday. They will be featured in the parade and ill be on display in the park until 4 p.m., hen the top prizes ill be announced. Gloria's Veranda ill again feature local entertainment with performances between 2 p.m.

and 4 p.m. on Saturday and between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. A Kid's Pedal Tractor Pull will be held Saturday at 4 p.m.

for children ages 4 to 9. The Linn Locker Plant ill cater a meal from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. to kick off the Saturday evening activities. Dinner tickets will be available at the souvenir shack throughout the day.

At 7:30 p.m. the gospel music group "Messenger Quartet" will perform in the Old Fellows Park Bandshcll in downtow Barnes. In case of rain, the concert ill be held inside. Following the concert, the Little Blue Saloon ill sponsor a beer garden and dance featuring "Small Town Sound." The Lion's Club will serve a pancake breakfast at the shelterhouse from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Sunday. An outdoor worship serv ice on Gloria's Verranda ill begin at 9:30 a.m. An antique and classic tractor pull ill begin at I p.m. with weigh-ins at the Barnes Co-op Elevator Association from 9 a.m. to noon.

There ill again be trolley rides through Barnes, featuring a local narrator telling the history of Barnes. The ride, with a new route this year, will be offered throughout the weekend. The Kansas Lottery promotional trailer ill be on the grounds both days and non-winning tickets will be eligible for prize drawings at 3 p.m. Sunday. Prizes include a "Barnes Weekend Package" valued at $100, a CD player, and $25 in lottery tickets.

Throughout the weekend there ill also be a quilt show in the gymnasium and a co-ed slow-pitch softball tournament. Daily attractions include a flea market, an arts and crafts show, wheat threshing, corn shelling, stationary bailing, a petting zoo, horse rides, antique tractor, machinery and engine displays, rope making, a cake walk and kid's games. Thursday. sunny. A slight chance ot thunderstorms southwest.

Highs in the 80s. Extended Friday through dry. Lows in the 60s each day with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Kansas extended forecast Friday through Sunday, very warm the upper 80s to mid-90s. Sunrisesunset Thursday Sunrise 6:29 a.m.

Sunset 8:35 p.m. Friday Sunrise 6:30 a.m. Sunset 8:33 p.m. Saturday Sunrise 6:31 a.m. Sunset 8:32 p.m.

Laber appointed to Blue Springs Council to School 3 I 3 $1.25 for kindergarten through third grade, $1.35 for fourth through sixth grade and $1.65 for seventh through 12th grades. Registration for new students Aug. 12 Staff In-service Aug. 1 5 First day of fall sports practice Aug. 19 weekend matter with Postmaster Ardycc Phillippi and the owner of the property, Mel Thomas.

In other business: Budget Approved a 1 percent increase in the general operating budget of the city, which is about $200 more from the last fiscal year's budget. Plumbing permit Approved a plumbing permit for Mike Izer. Trailer permit Approved trailer permit for Charlie Mayhew for Lot 8, Block 1 of Casebecr Addition in Blue Springs. ny was necessary in the trial that began May 9. The court is expected to hear closing statements by the defense and prosecutors at the next two sessions of the trial, scheduled for Aug.

14-15. The verdict is expected on Aug. 22. Lauck, 43, was arrested when he attended a convention of neo-Nazis in Denmark in March 1995. In September, he was extradited to Germany.

He was indicted Feb. 7. and the choices students make about their future. "We're rediscovering that we need to take the curriculum and apply it toward something," Barricklow said. "There's the real hook.

"I think it's going to change the way we think. Sometimes we think math is math. But how is that part of the whole, and how will kids use it after school." School-to-work, Kirkwood said, will provide students with work portfolios to establish weaknesses and strengths and help that student make a choice toward which path they want to take. A path that may not mean a four-year college, but instead a vocational training facility or a community college. "The reality is, why would they go to college if they don't want to and don't need to," Kirkwood said.

Recent studies suggest students make more money after they attend a vocationaltechnical school or community college than a four-year college or university. But no matter the direction, sup a to Norfolk 9266 Omiha 9264 .35 k-" iv. win iu g367 68 Tecumseh 91(6 .38 Pawnee City 95 69 .10 Marysville, Kan. 95 67 .63 extended forecast and dry. Lows in the 60s.

Highs in 91 Weather stats High and low temperatures and precipitation in Beatrice as of 7 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1996: Hi, low 93 66 Hi, low year ago 87 66 Precipitation 1 .00 Prccip. this month 2.67 Precip. this year 22.02 Prccip.

to dale last year 28.6 1 -T. ill mm 1 1 THE NEWSPAPER BY TAKING IN THE INTEREST OF OUR READERS term which expires in January of 1999. Laber is employed in Beatrice at Wheeler's Transport. The council also decided to table the citywidc cleanup discussion until Laber can take a seat on the council at the next meeting which is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 20.

In other business, the council also discussed the need for a handicapped-accessible ramp and sidewalk at the Blue Springs Post Office. The council agreed to discuss the leather work day May ll Accessory building issue dropped By Stephanie Geery-Zink Daily Sun staff writer A councilman has dropped his request to have the Beatrice Planning and Zoning Commission reconsider size requirements for accessory buildings. Councilman Wayne Bitting told the commission Tuesday night that he was hoping the City Council would hold off on approving the change in the zoning regulations that it ended up passing Monday night until the commission was able to meet and make another recommendation. The change the council passed takes into account the square footage of the first two floors of a house in figuring out how large the accessory building can be, up to 1,200 square feet. The regulations also state that the accessory building can be no taller than 16 feet or the height of the house, whichever is smaller.

Bitting would like to allow accessory buildings to be taller and larger. "Why are we going to discuss it if they're (the council) happy with asked Commissioner Scott Knispcl. The original recommendation of the commission, made in December hen the issue first came before the City Council, was to allow an building no higher than 20 feet. Bitting said he has had some constituents who have told him that they cannot get a recreational vehicle into a 16-foot-taIl accessory building. Bitting said he doesn't have the support at the City Council to change the regulations again, so there was no point in continuing with the issue.

In other business: Parking Voted to recommend to the City Council a change in the zoning ordinance which would require a special use permit if businesses have parking off the business' lot to fulfill the city's parking stall requirement. The parking would still need to be within 300 feet of the business' property. This would apply to all zoning districts. port has to be given to students and to employees. Kirkwood said recognizing that every employee is a professional and giving him or her their just rewards is important and a valuable influence on students.

Renshaw agrees. "We've got to do more to renew our respect for professionals," he said. Renshaw said students in Gage County need to know that the truck driver is just as professional and important as the banker or the lawyer, and that these are the careers that should be glamorized, not pro athletes and such. But it's the athlete which often times is part of a team. Renshaw said school-to-work is team of people dedicated toward one goal: produce successful, productive citizens.

Although it's a cliche, Kirkwood, Renshaw, Roschewski and Barricklow know it's the truth when it comes to the school-to-work program "It takes a village raise a child." "You know in Odell, people are always taking care of one another's kids," Renshaw, who lives in Odell, said. "And that exactly the concept it takes a village that's it in a nutshell." By Darlene March Daily Sun special contributor BLUE SPRINGS The Blue Springs City Council approved the appointment of Fred Laber as a member of the City Council Tuesday night. The recommendation was made by Mayor Lynn Morris, Laber will replace Neil Van Boening who resigned his 2nd Ward position on the council last month. He will serve out Van Boening's American Neo HAMBURG, Germany (AP)-The chief judge at the trial of American extremist Gary Lauck on Wednesday dropped charges of distribution of neo-Nazi propaganda videos, citing the statute of limitations. The six charges were connected with the video "Der ewige Jude" (The eternal Jew), which was distributed by the organization Lauck heads, the National Socialist German Workers' Party-Overseas Organization.

Germany banned the Nazi skirts charges on videos Crop water use Crop water use is based on emergence date and crop maturity. The following is an estimate of how many inches of water the crop needs on a daily basis: Crop 86 future week Turf 29 .28 Alfalfa 29 .28 Corn 32 .31 Soybeans 32 .31 Sorghum 34 .33 This information is provided by the Gage County Cooperative Extension Service, courtesy of the Plymouth Weather Station. In Brief Belvedere project having problems The Belvedere bridge project has been plagued with problems. City Engineer Rex Behrends said the bridge should be completed by Oct. 1 at the latest, but he is hoping workers will beat that date by two weeks.

Diamond Engineering of Grand Island, hich is building the new bridge on Belvedere Avenue west of the Belvedere Addition, has had trouble getting supplies and has been some weather problems. Behrends said the men can't work in the mud. Add to that there was probably not enough forces on the job early on, and the supervisor had a heart attack last weekend meaning a new supervisor will have to get familiar with the project, Behrends said. The project was originally slated for completion in August. group in 1974.

Prosecutors say Lauck of Lincoln, peddled the videos in the early 1990s. But Hamburg state law has a 6-month statute of limitations for such propaganda offenses. Chief Judge Guenter Bertram denied other requests by Lauck's attorney, Hans-Otto Sicg, to subpoena one of the American's colleagues, Opal Soltau, and hear testimony from each person to whom Lauck is accused of sending neo-Nazi material. Bertram said no further testimo sxx. School-to-work For more information about the Gage County School-To-Work Partnership, contact Kirkwood or community liaisons Kathy Villafane or Dana Hydo at 228-4447.

UTjjiirr.iiwua SAVE THE ENTIRE COST OF ADVANTAGE OFTHSNEY-SAVING OFFERI From Page A-1 impacts 'my Roschewski said while basic and other skills have always been taught and stressed, essential skills and school-to-work show students why these skills are important after high school. "This is an ideal concept," she said. "Gage County could be a model." Jamie Renshaw, president of the Gage County Economic Development, said the idea of a school-to-work program was not new to the county, but that now was certainly the time get the ball rolling. He said in the early 1980s when the idea was first discussed, there were plenty of applicants for a variety of jobs. "But when you don't have a lot of applicants per job, employers start to take notice," he said.

"We wanted to roll up our sleeves and become part of the solution." In the late '80s, Gage County business leaders began meeting twice a month to talk about what path Gage County should take in getting students to become productive employees and citizens, Renshaw said. In February, GCED officials and business leaders heard about'the chance to receive grant monies from the federal government. Mike Barricklow, director of special programs and curriculum at Beatrice Public Schools, wrote a grant asking for funds to start a program in the district. "As I listened to what was being discussed, I realized that this was not just at our level, but it was a national issue," Renshaw said. The grant was approved, and Kirkwooo" was hired as the program coordinator.

Barricklow said the GCED members were at first apprehensive. "They were thinking, 'Why is an educator trying to communicate that to he said. But Barricklow said the GCED, business leaders, community leaders, parents and educators all wanted the same thing and working together only made more and more sense. Educators, Barricklow and Roschewski said, are realizing again the importance of curriculum Buy i Medium Single Topping I Pizza Get 2nd I Medium tvttz I at 12 PRICE I l8iifinoS I I YOU'LL LIKE WHAT WE DO. uenyerya laice Uut Unly (MtjiQi No expirationj AD SPACE DONATED BY THE DAILY SUN.