Monday, May 12, 2008

News Briefs: DHS Sending Two To State Track & Field Meet

  • DHS' Lawver, Inderlied Headed To State: DHS sophomore Karmen Lawver remains among the Class D leaders in her specialty track & field events. As of last Thursday, Lawver held the state's No. 5 mark in the shot put event, with a top throw of 38-9. She holds the No. 3 spot in the discus, with a top toss of 120-9. At the D-2 District competition in Auburn last week, Lawver won the gold in both events, earning her a trip to the Nebraska State Track & Field Meet. We also congratulate DHS junior Jordan Inderlied who qualified for state in the 110 m hurdles with a second place finish at districts with a time of 16.10. The state track meet will be held this Friday and Saturday at Omaha's Burke High School.

  • DHS Places Sixth In State Journalism Contest: On May 5, the Nebraska School Activities Association, the Nebraska Press Association and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln held the 2008 State Journalism Championship in Andersen Hall on the UNL campus in Lincoln. The budding journalists of Dorchester finished in the sixth-place spot among Class D schools.
  • Eret Inducted Into UNL Biological Systems Engineering Department Hall of Fame: Longtime Dorchester resident and farmer Don Eret has been inducted into the UNL Biological Systems Engineering Department's Hall of Fame, according to the Grand Island Independent. A former state senator, Eret is a co-founder of the Supporters of the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory, which addresses attempts to reduce or even eliminate the mission of the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory. Eret helped to organized a petition drive that collected more than 1,800 signatures of people at Husker Harvest Days to support the NTTL. Biological Systems Engineering Department officials said there is little doubt that without Eret's sustained efforts, the NTTL would not be the thriving and the internationally recognized laboratory that it is today.
  • ICE Coming To Crete?: A reader today sent us the link to a story about an immigration raid conducted by federal agents in Postville, Iowa, at the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant. The ICE agents conducted a criminal search warrant for evidence relating to aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers and other crimes, while also executing a civil search warrant for people illegally in the United States. Immigration officials expected 600 to 700 arrests in the plant that employs about 1,000. In her e-mail, the reader asked: "Can we expect a similar incident in Crete?" Our response: "We would not bet against it."

8 comments:

  1. DC Husker....

    Congratulations to Don Eret, a friend of my father and longtime Farmer's Union member. Also, good job to the future journalists at DHS. Maybe they’ll uncover the next Watergate!

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  2. Great news ........... the last thing the world needs is more journalists ..............

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  3. Good job to Karmen and Jordan going to State Track in Omaha Friday and Saturday. You two are champions.

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  4. Ha! You must like journalists because you read this blog. Go muckrakers!

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  5. I would pay ICE to come to Crete. Better yet, I hope $6 corn turns into $7 corn. There are so few hog farmers around any more, Farmland will have to consolidate. Then the illegals will self deport ... to another meat packing town.

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  6. I am in Arizona now.This article about the raid was in our paper.The people here say they are picking on the mexicans.Our paper pointed out they were not all from Mexico.Our law passed in january would close down this place.I hope something happens in Crete.I'm afraid to come back there.

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  7. Roseville, CA says....

    I always laugh when Nebraskans get on their high moral dungeon about the immigration issue. I constantly hear, it's not about the immigrants, it's the legality issue. In other words, we don't want lawbreakers. Isn't adultery illegal or at least against the moral code of most Nebraskans? When I moved back to NE, I was bombarded by men old enough to be my father who wanted to be my "friend." Yes, they were all married. Instead of outrage, there appeared to be an unspoken code that such behavior was acceptable.

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