Alumni mailing headed out...
The Crofton Class of 1979 and other volunteer alumni, along with seniors at the Crofton Senior Center gathered last week to help stuff the 2024 Crofton Alumni Mailing to be mailed soon. This year’s Alumni Banquet will be held on July 6 this year. Alumni should watch their mail for the invitation.
Residents of the Crofton area that will be asked about a ballot question for Eastern Township on their mail-in ballots this election. Township Board member Dave Wortmann has been receiving calls about the ballot question and wanted to assure voters that the question will not be setting any tax levy for the township. The ballot question in “yes” or “no” format indicates that the Board wishes to proceed into the next four years without having to hold a townhall meeting. A “yes” vote means that the Board can proceed without the townhall meeting for the next four years with a 20-cent maximum levy (the State Maximum is 28 cents). A “no” vote means that the Board will have to have a townhall meeting every year. The Eastern Township Board typically has a levy around the 10-cent mark.
Wayne State College celebrated the graduating seniors in its inaugural Growing Together Career Scholars cohort on April 19 at the Midtown Event Center in Norfolk. The event marked the culmination of a four-year journey through the College’s unique cooperative education program. Learn all about it in this week's news!
Three of Crofton’s journalism students qualified for the NSAA State Championship, which took place at Northeast Community College on April 22. Eight total people qualified for each event from all Class C schools that sent entries in!
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The Crofton Bluejays are getting ready for a fresh start and a new season for 2024, with a planned season kickoff at home on Sunday, May 5 at 3 p.m. against Dimock-Emery from the Sunshine League... Learn more about the upcoming season by following the link below: https://www.croftonjournal.com/o/the-crofton-journal/page/subscriptions
Seventh grader Collyns Stout, daughter of Nick & Aliza Stout, earned first place with her Junior Individual Performance, “Grace Fryer: A Radium Girl.” Collyns will represent St. Rose School and Crofton as part of the Nebraska contingent at the National History Day Contest in June at the University of Maryland/College Park, near Washington, DC...
Street work begins...
Crofton’s City worker(s) were out starting repairs with a rented asphalt machine this past week. Filling potholes and repairing streets as shown here on Iowa Street and near the City offices. Drivers should be cautious while passing or driving in Crofton for the next few weeks, avoiding new material and steering clear of the road crew as they work.
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A Crofton alum will be opening up a nail salon soon in Uptown Style in downtown Crofton. Araya Nielsen has already set up “Nails by Ray” inside Uptown Style, and will be officially “open for business” as soon as her license arrives from the State.
Nielsen will offer a full-service nail salon, complete with manicures and pedicures, gel sets, acrylic full sets, acrylic fills and nail art. She is already taking time reservations on her schedule – anyone interested can call or text her at 402-649-1286.
Crofton attended the FCCLA state convention on Sunday, April 7 through Tuesday, April 9 and had four state medalists. The medalists were sophomores Alexa Suing, Lillie Earley, freshman Olivia Walter, and seventh grader Makenah Steffen... Get more news by signing up to the Crofton Journal!
The Lady Warriors took third in the Tom Martin Invite at Pierce on Thursday, April 18. They earned a total of 83 points in a competitive field of 13 teams! The Lady Warriors will go on to perform in the Ponce Invite on Tuesday, April 23 at 3p.m...
The Crofton Boys Track Team placed fifth as a team at the Trojan Invite on Tuesday, April 9. Ten individuals and three relays medaled. Starting off with the 100m dash, Jace Panning placed first (11.82), and Jace Foxhoven placed sixth(12.25). In the 200m dash, Edison Sudbeck placed fourth (24.97)...
The St. Rose School 8th graders took their annual Lincoln Citizenship Trip this past week, with stops at Memorial Stadium, the State Capitol and the Governor's Residence on their itinerary. This is the 55th year of this annual trip for St. Rose students...
Crofton residents and stakeholders are invited to attend a community dinner and visioning workshop scheduled for Tuesday, April 30 at 5 p.m. at the City Auditorium.
Residents planning to attend are asked RSVP ahead of the open house to assist with planning for the meal and meeting supplies.
Attendants can RSVP online at croftontogether.com or through this QR code!
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Sign up to the Journal to learn about Crofton's soon-to-graduate Seniors! This week's spotlight features: Caitlin Guenther, Jack Drotzmann, Luke Haberer, and Zac Tramp!
For decades, the Niobrara River with its nearly unlimited sand supply, has been the single, largest contributor of the sedimentation building up in the Lewis and Clark Lake delta.
A summer pilot project could provide evidence that installing bedload collectors on the river bottom would add years to the lake’s lifespan.
Watch for sediment to be captured from the Niobrara River for at least one week during a pilot project coordinated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – Omaha District and in collaboration with the Corps’ Engineering Development and Research Center (ERDC) and the Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition (MSAC). The $161,500 pilot project is made possible by the Corps’ Regional Sediment management (RSM) Program... Get the rest of the story to read more about this historic moment!
Mrs. Stephanie Mann received the Golden Owl Finalist Recognition and was nominated for Ag Educator of the Year at the 96th Nebraska State FFA Convention in Lincoln on April 3-5. Ninety teachers were nominated and only six were chosen. Mann was “honored to be nominated by community members, students, and Crofton High School staff members.”
The Crofton Journal has just posted a new city council video on their YouTube, and you don't want to miss it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UJ3onKtkhA&t=1s
Crofton, and greater Knox County, was recently involved in a University of Nebraska and Extension survey and study of the local community, its tourism possibility and help with a “placemaking plan” from funding via the USDA.
The project involved a number of “secret shopper”-style guests that first got an impression of the community by searching it out online, then by drawing up an itinerary and visiting in person, then writing an exit-report of their opinions and findings.
There were 25-plus members of the team that visited and toured Knox County, and five that visited and rated each community... Get more details by signing up with the link below: https://www.croftonjournal.com/o/the-crofton-journal/page/subscriptions
Hope Haven Industries of Rock Valley, Iowa, gathers and refurbishes wheelchairs from around the United States for distribution to countries where the government health care systems are susceptible to corruption. U.S. Rotarians, use their foreign contacts, bypassing the government, to arrange with faith based organizations to distribute these “gifts of mobility.”
Attend Class C All State...
Class C All State Band participants: Elizabeth Wortmann, Band Director Ashley Leader, Samantha Strunk, Ella LaCroix, Jenna Jackson, Ella Tramp, Emma Bilka, Cecelia Wortmann, Kaija Hess, Olivia Walter, Alexa Suing, Pamela Dennis, Brayton Mueller, Addyson Ostermeyer, Ella Reifenrath, Sophia Wortmann, Corbin Burnt, Brooklyn Guenther, Madelyn Bushkamp, Jazzmyn Weiseler, Kaylee Mauch, Brynn Hansen, Darin Babcock, Carter Steffen, Layne Schieffer, Tyson Jackson, Blake Connot, Jack Schieffer, Zac Arens, Grant Schieffer, Clair Marsh, and Rebecca Steffen, Seth Pinkleman, Luke DeRoos, Carter Guenther, Makenah Steffen, and Collyns Scout. Submitted by: Joshua Palensky, CCS Journalism.
