Kenny and Paige Albin of Plainview are parents to a new son, Myles Kenneth, who was born to them on March 18.
He was born at 7:48 a.m., and he weighed 8 lbs., 15 oz., and he was welcomed home by big sisters, Hazel and Ellison.
Grandparents Kreg and Renee’ Mitteis of Orchard and Terri Albin of Plainview.
Great grandparents are Arvid and Renita Erb of Orchard, Bill Mitteis of Royal and Marge May of O’Neill.
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The Nebraska School Activities Association recently released the Winter 2021-2022 NCPA Academic All-State Award listings for the local school.
Since 2006, this NSAA Award has been presented to recognize students who meet criteria in the academically and in the activity for their school. Each year the NSAA and the NCPA recognize students during Fall, Winter, and Spring Seasons who are nominated by their schools for their individual academic excellence, leadership, and significant contributions in their NSAA activity
At Plainview Public Schools, this year’s list included:
Boys Basketball:
Leighton Medina
Brendan Weber
Girls Basketball:
Brittani Gutz
Heather Pendergast
Girls Bowling:
Marlena Curtiss
Speech:
Brittani Gutz
Heather Pendergast
Wrestling:
Scout Ashburn
Tanner Frahm
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The Plainview Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department hosted its annual Junior Fire Patrol on Tuesday nights during March for all Plainview fifth-graders. The group spent time in classes learning about types of fires, fire protection devices, dangers of smoke and a host of other instructional classes, and, on the final night, March 29, the group completed its “test” and named the Chief and Assistant Chief for the year. This year’s Chief was Gracelynn Lingenfelter, and this year’s Assistant Chief was Katelynn Mosel. For more news and information, pick up your copy of the Plainview News, or sign up for our e-edition!
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The FCCLA Plainview Community Easter Egg Hunt has been set for Saturday, April 2nd at 10:30 a.m. at the Plainview Elementary School Playground. For more information about the event, get your copy of the Plainview News or sign up for our e-edition!
The Plainview Arts Council will be hosting a performance by “The String Beans” – a musical group with family-friendly songs for all ages – on Thursday, April 7 in the Plainview High School Auditorium.
The performance will begin at 2 p.m., and the event is free and open to the public.
The String Beans provide music of pop, country, rap and rock’n’roll for a wide variety of audiences with a wide variety of family-friendly songs about “all the things kids love” – animals, cartoons, food, science, sports and more.
From the band’s information “Each show is hilarious, inclusive and spontaneous, and each catchy tune is designed to get every audience dancing and singing along.”
The event will be sponsored by the Plainview Arts Council with support of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
The school will be conducting a safety drill on March 30th at the end of the school day (and more specific instruction will also be provided to students on the day of the test). Elementary students will all need to be picked up by their parent/guardian or another designated adult at their evacuation site between the hours of 3:15 and 3:45. Highschool students will head west to Locust and drive up to City Office bldg. where spotters will then call for your kids and get them out to you as quickly as possible and then continue West on Locust St. or head North on King St. toward Hwy. 20. For more information, pick up your copy of the Plainview News, or sign up for our e-edition!
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Plainview Junior high boys basketball team play in two extra post-season tourneys, placing second with 2-1 record.
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Eight wrestlers in Plainview Public Schools’ junior wrestling program will be attending the NEUSA State wrestling tournament this weekend in Grand Island. Those traveling to represent their team are, back row (l to r): Beau Johnson, Adryck Stewart, Tate Frahm, Cinch Fobes and Ashlynn Forbes; and front row (l to r): Guy Wortman, Colson Forbes and Zane Kromarek. The event will be held at the Heartland Event Center in Grand Island at 700 E Stolley Park Road. Wrestlers from Pre-K to 8th grade will be competing against teams from at least 218 other communities and teams spread across the state. Brackets and results can be found on Trackwrestling.com under NEUSA State 2022 Pk-8.
Congratulations to the Young Lady Pirates basketball team for taking first at Plainview Ballbacker event!
The Plainview Board of Education held it's latest meeting last Monday. Don't forget to take a look at what happened on the Plainview News YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjWeh-lr-Fo
Young Pirates wrap up basket ball season, after playing in Elkhorn Valley league and participating in tournaments in Stanton,
Osmond, and Plainview.
The Plainview Pirate speech team hosted an open house on Tuesday, March 15 in preparation for the State Invite to be held this weekend, March 17 at Kearney High School in Kearney.
The one-day C2 competition begins at 7:30 a.m. with extemporaneous draws and first round of competition at 8:30 a.m. Finals will be held at 3:30 p.m., and results will be announced following.
Those competing for the Pirates will be:
Brittani Gutz in informative speaking,
Reagan Choat in extemporaneous speaking,
Leighton Medina in humorous prose,
Emma King in persuasive speaking.
Heather Pendergast in persuasive speaking
Lauren Jelinek in informative speaking.
Brett Norris in entertainment speaking,
Marque Albin in poetry
OID team of Brett Norris, Brittani Gutz, Leighton Medina, Heather Pendergast, and Derek Rix.
Room assignments for the day can be found on NSAAhome.org under the State Speech championships page.
