A Cardinal Academies Open House was held on Wednesday, March 27 at the Welcome Center for business partners in the Crete community. The informal gathering provided business leaders with an overview of Crete High School’s Academies.
One of the major components of the academy program is community engagement. As students move through the four year academy program of the pathway they have identified to explore, they will be partnered with local employers, the community and colleges. These professionals will bring resources from outside the high school to give students a unique opportunity to better understand a career they are considering prior to leaving high school.
Each graduating student will do a cross curricular capstone project their senior year that includes an experience with a business, which may include an internship. Crete High School is seeking businesses to be guest speakers, offer tours and for local colleges to offer college visits as part of the partnership.
The two-time Grammy award-winning polka band, Brave Combo, is coming to Sokol Hall for the first time on April 5 from 7-10 p.m.
In addition to its two Grammy wins for polka music, the band has been nominated for its work seven times. Its music has been featured in films such as “The Personals'' and “David Bryne’s True Stories'' and shows including “Ugly Betty” and “Bakersfield P.D.'' They contributed original music to the Big Ten network and ESPN and appeared at Oktoberfest in an episode of “The Simpsons.”
The Crete Public Library will host a drop-in Solar Eclipse Program on April 8 from 12-3 p.m.
The Saline County Board of Commissioners will meet April 2 at 9:30 a.m. for a regular meeting. Meetings are recorded and live streamed on Facebook on the Saline County Nebraska page: https://www.facebook.com/salinecountyne?mibextid=LQQJ4d.
The Crete City Council will meet at 6 p.m. tonight, April 2 for a regular meeting. The agenda for tonight's meeting may be found at https://meeting.sparqdata.com/Public/Agenda/77?meeting=629100.
The 17th annual Beers of Nebraska will be held at the Milligan Auditorium on Saturday, April 13 from 5-9 p.m. Tickets include tastings, roasted pork and dumplings, and discounted draws. For information go to the Milligan Community on Facebook. Tickets are $30 in advance and available through April 10. Tickets at the door are $35.
The Crete Welcoming Circle has been updated to the Community in Motion Networking Group. The mission to positively impact the lives of community members, business owners, and professionals by cultivating a strong sense of community and aligns with Crete being recognized as a Welcoming City. The group meets monthly on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in the Crete Carrier Community Room at the Crete Public Library and is open to the public. Participation is also available virtually by zoom.
Sgt. Ron Koch will retire on April 6 after 33 years, 8 months and 17 days with the Crete Police Department. Koch held various positions until 2003 when he became a patrol sergeant, a position he has held for 21 years. Koch described being on the department as a lifestyle due to the fact of the schedule involving nights, weekends and holidays. Sargent Koch is leaving the department with the distinguished service medal, life saving award and honorable service award. Koch will celebrate 28 years of marriage with Angie Koch in April. Together they have two daughters: Jerica Koch of Lincoln and Kristin Engebretson of Crete. He expressed sincere gratitude to them for their support and sacrifices at home over the duration of his career.
The Crete-Milford baseball team was at Wahoo April 1 to play Wahoo/Bishop Neumann and came home on the short end of an 8-2 score. CM tied the score at 2-2 in the third, but WBN scored three in the fourth and three in the sixth to get the win. Crete-Milford is scheduled to host Beatrice today at 4:30p at Tuxedo Park in Crete.
Friend's Richard Nation was inducted into the National Community Action Foundation's Hall of Fame last month. This was the Hall of Fame's first year, and just nine other people were chosen for the honor. Read the article about Nation in this week's edition of the Friend Sentinel to learn more about the plethora of work he did serving low income people in several counties, including Saline.
The seventh ranked Crete boys’ soccer team will host third ranked Schuyler tonight, April 2, at Doane starting at 7 p.m.
