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Nalleli Zermeno Student’s School: Orchard Public School Parents Names: Felicia and Alonso Zermeno Siblings Names/Ages: Alona (19), Amor (13), Yazlin (12), Orasio (6) What activities did you participate in while in high school? Band (4 years), Choir (2 years), Art (1 year), Teammates (4 years), SkillsUSA(3 years), Wrestling Statition (4 years), Speech (4 years), One-Act (4 years), Dance (2 years), Journalism (2 years), Close-up (4 years), Writing “20 Below” (1 year) What is your favorite memory of high school? “What happens in the wrestling van stays in the wrestling van.” What advice can you offer underclassmen? Life is gonna fly by, get out of your comfort zone. If you don’t, you’ll never know what you want to do in the future. What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years? I plan on attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a double major in Marketing and American Sign Language along with a minor in Journalism. In five years I hope to have a successful job and degree secured.   Student’s Name: Derek Maxwell
Student’s School: Orchard Public High School Parents Names: Marjie and Larry Peed Siblings Names/Ages: Tyson 22, Tiffany 20, Tommie 18, Tessa 15, Grace 16, Isaak 12, Mya Shipps 16, Cyrus Beyer 5, Pam 20 What activities did you participate in while in high school? Wrestling, Powerlifting, and Skills What is your favorite memory of high school? My favorite memory would have to be the nights we spent in a hotel for Powerlifting and the Powerlifting meets in general. These are my favorites because we would spend time together as a team but enhance our lifting abilities as an individual during the meet. What advice can you offer underclassmen? Keep your grades up, but have some fun. Get active in your school. What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years? I want to go into construction or perhaps be a shop teacher. I hope that I have a great job.   Student’s Name:
Jo Cee Louise Johnston Student’s School: Orchard High School Parents Names: Jacqueline and La Rue Johnston Siblings Names/Ages: Jake Johnston - 27 What activities did you participate in while in high school? Volleyball-4 years Basketball-1year Track-3 years Band - 2 years Choir- 1 year Quizbowl-2 years National Honor Society-2years What is your favorite memory of high school? My favorite memory of highschool is my first trip to state track freshman year when the whole van was shaking with Juicy Wiggle. What advice can you offer underclassmen? Don’t sweat the little things and bring lots of snacks because the school days can get long. What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years? After I graduate I plan to go to Curtis and major in livestock industry management. Once I am done with college I plan to come back and work at a local feedlot and make money buying and selling cows on the family farm.   Student’s Name: Ryan Wilhelm
Student’s School: Orchard Parents Names: Steve & Jana Siblings Names/Ages: Audrey, 21 What activities did you participate in while in high school? Football-4 Basketball-4 Golf-4 Speech-1 Quiz Bowl-2 What is your favorite memory of high school? Playing sports with friends. What advice can you offer underclassmen? Just getter’ done. What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years? Study engineering at UNL. I hope to have a decent job after college.   Student’s Name: Anthony Marino
Student’s School: Orchard Public School Parents Names: Denise Ramirez and Rogelio Ramirez Siblings Names/Ages: Houston Marino - 16 / Lizett Marino - 15 What activities did you participate in while in high school? I participated in doing Wrestling, Powerlifting, Track & Field, One Act, Band, and Quiz Bowl during my time at Orchard. What is your favorite memory of high school? My favorite memory from high school was basically meeting the people who made me the person I am now and who have become the family that treats me like I am one of them as well. What advice can you offer underclassmen? If you have a dream and others deny the fact that you can’t do this type of thing, don’t listen to them and just keep on going forward on what you want to do in your life that's gonna make you happy. What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years? After I have completed high school, I’ll be continuing to further enhance my education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and major in Music Technology because music has always been something that I cherish that I know I can improve and develop upon for the years to come. In the next five years or more, I hope to be somebody who was able to accomplish the goals they so truly have desired to reach for so long and become somebody that people will look at and know how much work and dedication they put forth to get to the point where they are at.   Student’s Name: Blake Christopher Hoke
Student’s School: Orchard High school Parents Names: Aaron and Candice Hoke Siblings Names/Ages: Mason - 14, Preston - 11 What activities did you participate in while in high school? Football - 4 years, Basketball - 4 years, Golf - 4 years What is your favorite memory of high school? Stealing the box of cinnamon sticks with Austin (Poky), hiding from Mrs. Thiele, and eating about 20 each while the others decorated for prom...Then getting yelled at by Mrs. Thiele once we were caught. What advice can you offer underclassmen? Time goes by 1,000 times faster than you think, and everything happens for a reason. What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years? After high school, I will attend Northeast Community College for two years studying Agribusiness. After graduating from NCC I will attend Wayne State College and study Agribusiness and obtain my bachelor degree. In five years I hope to be back home working as an agronomist and helping my dad run the family farm.   Student’s Name: Erin Schwager
Student’s School: Orchard Public Schools Parents Names: Ken and Deb Schwager Siblings Names/Ages: Nate (35) and Nick (31) What activities did you participate in while in high school? One-Act (4 years), Speech (4 years), Golf (4 years), Band (4 years), Wrestling Statistician (3 years), Skills USA (3 years), National Honor Society (3 years), Student Council (2 years), Choir (2 years), Quiz Bowl (2 years) What is your favorite memory of high school? Running district golf freshman year with Cadrien and Ashley and driving Mr. Tabbert’s golf cart into the shed and knocking over all of the golf bags What advice can you offer underclassmen? Enjoy every moment given to you, whether it's good or bad. Everything happens for a reason. Senior year really does fly by, so don’t blink. What are your future plans (college with major if known or workforce) and where do you hope to be in five years? I am planning on attending Wayne State College for the next four years to be a school counselor. I plan on teaching for three years before I become a counselor. In five years, I hope to be started on my master’s degree and starting my teaching career.  Alumni women's volleyball and men's basketball will be played Saturday, March 23, at the Orchard gymnasium. Volleyball will begin at 7 p.m. with basketball following.
 Voters in Orchard approved a 1 1/2 percent increase in sales tax on Tuesday during a special election, which had a 50 percent voter turnout with 126 ballots cast.
Of the ballots, 85.71 percent were in favor of the sales tax with 14.29 percent against. There were 82.54 percent in favor of using the sales tax for economic development and 17.46 percent against. Results are unofficial until the Antelope County Canvassing Board meets Wednesday.  Ballots were mailed out to all registered voters within Orchard village limits March 1 in the special election for a proposed 1½ percent sales tax.
Ballots can be returned in person to the Antelope County Clerk’s office or mailed back, but they must be received by March 12. The ballot will have two separate questions, the first being about the 1½ percent sales tax, and the second regarding designating 50 percent of those funds to economic development within LB 840. If passed, Orchard would impose a 1½ percent sales tax with allocation and use of 50 percent of the tax revenue for any project or program providing direct or indirect financial assistance to qualifying businesses. Businesses seeking low-interest loans from the sales tax collected would go through a loan review process similar to that of a bank, along with other loan requirements. Orchard is just one of a handful of area communities not already collecting a sales tax for economic development. Neighboring communities of Clearwater and Neligh approved LB 840 plans several years ago and have already begun offering low-interest loans that have led to new businesses and job creation. Unlike property taxes, sales tax is collected from anyone who spends money inside village limits, regardless of whether they are a resident of Orchard. |
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