The 2024 Commencement Ceremony was held at Plainview Public Schools last Saturday, May 11, announcing this year’s top academics and awarding the 23 eligible graduates. The 131st graduating class from PHS cross the stage, handed out flowers and heard of scholarships and awards won. fThis year’s Valedictorian was Abigail Kromarek, daughter of Cody and Elizabeth Kromarek, and this year’s Salutatorian was Katie Mauer, daughter of Kelly and Lisa Mauer.
Senior Kayci Daudt led the audience in the National Anthem, Superintendent Dr. Darron Arlt gave the school welcome, and senior Reagan Choat provided the class motto and a thank you from the class. The High School Choir, under the direction of Instructor Brittani Beegle, performed “I Am Still Your Dreamer,” with Weston Hoffman as accompanist. Hoffman also played the processional and recessional (as a correction from the program.)
Principal Kyle Schmidt presented the class honors, and scholarships were announced by Guidance Counselor Jeremy Peter. Board President Tim Rasmussen, with Schmidt and Arlt’s assistance, handed out the diplomas. Processional Leaders this year were Hannah Darnall and Karter Lingenfelter. Due to a delay in the graduation information for this year’s insert – the publication will accompany next week’s Plainview News.
The Plainview boys and girls track and field teams finished out their season with top five team performances at the 2024 NSAA Class D Track and Field Invite in Omaha on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18.
After a competitive season full of ups and downs, the Pirates came to play in Omaha. With three separate Pirate competitors qualifying in four separate events, along with numerous other qualifiers, the Pirates had a good shot of coming home with some hardware.
Leading the way for the Pirates boys team was senior Spencer Hille. Hille, who qualified for the State Invite in four separate events, ended his career as a Pirate as well as anyone would’ve hoped for...
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The National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inducted 10 members during its induction ceremony Thursday, May 9. The Plainview High School NTHS Chapter recognizes and honors students for outstanding achievement in their career and technical education programs...
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Honors Night May 9, seniors were recognized for completing programs of study in the Human Services and Education Career Field (Family and Consumer Sciences)! Read all about it in this week's news by subscribing with the link below: https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
Former Plainview resident Randy Grosse has joined the growing ranks of Plainview authors with the publishing and release of his book “600 Words… More or Less”.
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Demolition, tree removal and new construction...
A small house south of the Plainview Public Library was recently purchased by the City and demolished to allow for a larger parking area at the library. A new, wider sidewalk leading to the park shelter in Chilvers Park was repoured earlier this week. New landscaping was being worked on outside the Plainview Public Library last week as well. Prior to the rain, city crews were busy in the park removing dead trees to clear the way for new planting.
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Plainview High School Senior Teya Boyer, daughter of Dean and Christi Boyer, was honored with a number of athletic records broken during her senior year that had been previously unannounced until the records could be completed.
Boyer took the leadership board with three records: Kills in a Season with 322 (previous was Andrea Haase with 283). Career Kills with 767 (also previously Haase with 690.) Service Aces in a Career with 180 (previous was Carissa Wacker, 165).
Boyer’s post season will continue as she has been tapped for three All-Star games she’s been chosen to play in as well: The Northeast Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Light Team, North Central Nebraska All-Star Basketball Team, and the Northeast Nebraska All-Star Basketball Light Team.
THIS SATURDAY: Plainview High School will be holding its annual commencement services this weekend, starting at 2 p.m. Twenty-three students in the Class of 2024 will be eligible to cross the stage for their high school graduation diploma. Be sure to go and support Plainview's graduates, and if you'd like to read all about the event be sure to sign up to the Plainview News!
Kromarek signs at Concordia...
Plainview High School Senior, Abigail Kromarek, signed her letter of intent to play college-level basketball at Concordia University in Seward in the coming year last fall, but just recently took pictures with college staff and family and friends to commemorate the event. She is pictured here with her parents, Liz and Cody Kromarek (front row left and right); and Coaches Kelly Lingenfelter, Brittany White and Kim Miller.
The FFA banquet was held on April 18th at Plainview Public Schools. The night began with Regan, our former president, saying grace. After everyone ate their meals and had light conversation, the banquet was ready to begin...
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The Plainview Pirate boys golf team fought hard at three separate invites this past week, ending with the Lewis and Clark Conference Invite on April 29. After a tough week, the Pirates will continue their regular season on Friday, May 3 at the Stanton Invitational. This will be the only invite on the Pirate’s schedule in the upcoming week...
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Eight north central and northeast Nebraska schools have made final transition to a new conference – creating the 8-team “Greater Northeast Activities Conference” or GNAC. The Charter eight schools have announced the formation of the Greater Northeast Activities Conference (GNAC).
The participating schools include Elkhorn Valley, Hartington-Newcastle, Laurel-Concord- Coleridge, Lutheran High Northeast, Neligh-Oakdale, Plainview, Summerland, and West Holt for the 2024-2025 school year...
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The TeamMates of Plainview chapter celebrated its 20th anniversary of membership on Saturday evening at a local restaurant with approximately 50 former and present mentors and board members in attendance. The evening began with a social hour followed by a complimentary meal for those in attendance and concluded with a short program... Get more details by signing up to the Plainview News!
The Plainview Pirates boys golf season is officially in full swing this past week, with the squad competing in three invites over the course of five days, beginning on Wednesday, April 10 at the Clarkson-Leigh Invite.
In their most recent competition on Monday, April 15, the Pirates faced off against the Norfolk Catholic Knights in a dual on the Knights home course...
Instrumental and Vocal musicians from Plainview Public Schools traveled to Osmond this past Friday for the District Music contest, and had some great success. Results are determined by on-site judges from other towns and schools, and are reported on a 1- 3 scale, with 1 being the highest mark...
The Plainview Pirates girls and boys track teams travelled to O’Neill for the St. Mary’s Invite on April 17 for their only invite of the week, and the Pirates will wrap up their upcoming week of competition on Saturday, April 27 with the Lewis and Clark Conference Invite, held in Ponca...
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Brett Claussen and Jamie Stark, both Plainview High alumni (Class of 2008), have released an energy drink, CraniYum, into the mass retail market, including some Plainview and area locations. CraniYum was developed over about a year, researching and sampling, with Jamie Stark’s wife, Holly, supplying the name.
From their website, www.drinkcraniyum.com:
Claussen and Stark have nearly a decade of experience in retail nutrition, “and as a result, we not only drink energy drinks basically every day - we have spent a ton of time talking to everyday people who also drink energy drinks frequently. What we realized is that most energy drinks on the market currently really don’t have a lot to them - just carbonation, caffeine, and flavoring (which many times are way too sweet) - and there is a huge opportunity to build a new type of drink that actually benefits the user’s mental clarity and also tastes great.”
It was released on January 29 of this year, when their first shipment arrived at their Fremont warehouse.
Locally, the drinks are available in Plainview at Mitch’s and at Speedee Mart; they can also be found in Osmond at their Mini Mart. Currently the drink is available in two flavors; grapefruit soda and Dr. Yum. Both flavors are carbonated.
According to their website, the pair have placed CraniYum in at least 40 stores nationwide, mainly at nutrition outlets, in addition to the local placement. Stark and Claussen both seek to bring glory to Jesus in their business ventures, and have placed “John 3:16” at the bottom of each can.
The Crofton baseball Park cleanup day was held Sunday, April 14. Baseball players, parents and supporters from Crofton Ponies, American Legion, and Bluejays ball clubs participated, repairing the field, cleaning up leaves and branches and getting the pitcher's mound ready for the upcoming season.
The Burlington-Northern Santa Fe rail crossing on south 9th Street in Plainview will be closed for two weeks, starting Monday, April 22 as the railroad intends to repair the crossing. Cement spacers have been placed at the side of the tracks for about a week, and the City of Plainview has been notified that repairs to remove the rough crossing will begin next Monday.
The Highway 13 crossing, and entrance to the community will not be worked on at this time. Residents can still access the community on 9th, by traveling down Line Street west before the railroad crossing to 4th Street, and then north to Highway 20.
Shayla Jacobsen earned her fourth qualifying trip to the FCCLA National STAR Competition last week while attending the FCCLA State Leadership Conference.
Jacobsen received a gold medal and was announced Runner-Up in Job Interview at the STAR Awards Ceremony on Tuesday. She will compete at nationals which will be held in Seattle, Washington June 28-July 3...
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