“The Clipper”The Clipper is published twice monthly during the school year,

once a month in June, July, & August by Malcolm Public Schools10004 NW 112th, Malcolm,NE 68402 402-796-2151,#1 High School,#2 Elementary,#3 Business/Superintendent

November 6, 2008 [Issue6, Volume 30]

Parent Winter SportsMeeting

The parent meeting for all High School WinterSports will be held on Monday, November10, 2008 at 6:30pm in the High School Gym.

All participation fees will be due. The general meetingwill be held and then parents will attend separate meetingsfor each winter sport. There will be an opportunity forparents to ask questions and learn more about what to ex-pect during the season.

There will be an opportunity to sign-up tohelp at various upcoming events hosted bythe Malcolm Boosters. We will host theannual Holiday Basketball TournamentJanuary 2-3 and the Malcolm WrestlingInvite on January 10. Please look for the booster table andhelp us as we support the kids!

Something new at MHS this year is theCareer Academies. The academies arean excellent opportunity for students toget some off campus experiences that wecan not provide here, as well as earnsome college credit. Junior and Senior

students interested in careers in the medical field and the edu-cation fields are eligible to join a career academy. The acad-emies are a joint effort with MHS, other Lancaster County highschools, and Southeast Community College. The academieswill provide an opportunity to explorefields that surveys have shown will bein great demand in the future. We arepresently taking applications for studentswho might be interested in joining oneof the academies for the 2nd semester. Ifyou are interested or would like moreinformation about the Career Academies, please contact Mr.Adams in the High School office.

Career AcademiesMr. Adams, High School Principal

Reading WorkshopPatti Puterbaugh, K-12 Reading Specialist

What is Reading Workshop?Reading Workshop is a program whichenables your child to become a morestrategic reader. It supplements class-room reading instruction and is designedto meet your child’s reading needs.

What are the objectives of the program?• Reading success for every child• Increase alphabetic knowledge• Increase phonemic awareness• Increase phonome segmentation and initial sound fluency• Increase knowledge of the alphabetic principle• Increase ability to decode in isolation and in context• Automatic recognition of sight words• Build fluency skills• Develop comprehension skills• Increase vocabulary knowledge

What curriculum is being used in this program?• Scholastic Guided Reading Fiction Texts• Reading A-Z program including high frequency word books, decodable texts and guided reading texts• Project READ• Systematic Sequential Phonics• Work Centers

What assessments are used to help us determine whowill need extra support in reading?

• By assessment of early reading skills• On the basis of the DIBELS assessment (Dynamic Indicators of Early Learning Skills)• Results from the Qualitative Reading Inventory (QRI)

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Reading Workshop (Cont.)

What is the DIBELS Assessment?The DIBELS Assessment is a standardized, individually ad-ministered test. The DIBELS Assessment measures early lit-eracy skills and provides data which indicates whether thestudent is at low risk, at some risk, or at risk for achievingearly literacy benchmark goals.

These measures include Letter Naming Fluency, Initial SoundFluency, Phoneme Segmentation Fluency, Nonsense WordFluency, or alphabetic principle (letter-sound correspondence),and Oral Reading Fluency.

What is the Qualitative Reading Inventory IV?The Qualitative Reading Inventory is an authentic readingassessment designed to assess the reading abilities of students.The assessment identifies emergent readers to advanced read-ers. It includes narrative and expository selections from pre-primer to high school. The expository selections are takenfrom the content areas of social studies and science and aresimilar to those found in basals and content area textbooks.

This informal reading inventory includes graded word lists,oral reading, silent reading and comprehension. Comprehen-sion is measured by retelling, explicit and implicit questionsand look backs which allow the reader to search in the text formissing or incorrect answers to questions.

Think alouds are also included which allow the assessor toanalyze student thoughts during reading.

This assessment is used to identify reading levels and to matchthe student with an appropriate text. It determines readerstrengths and needs and suggests direction for interventioninstruction. It can be used to chart growth across a schoolyear or after the completion of a special intervention pro-gram.

How will my child’s progress be assessed?Assessment using the QRI will begin at the end of the firstsemester of your child’s first grade year to determine yourchild’s strengths and needs. If reading intervention is needed,it will aid the teacher in planning for intervention instruction.

Assessments in grade 2-6 will be given at the beginning of theschool year, at the end of the first semester and at the end ofthe school year.

When will my child’s progressbe reported?Once your child becomes a par-ticipant of the reading workshopprogram, you will receive semes-ter reading cards detailing yourchild’s achievement. They will besent home with your child’s re-port card, but will be a separatedocument.

How can I get information about my child’s progress?At any time, feel free to contact Patti Puterbaugh, K-12 Read-ing Specialist, about your child’s strengths and needs.

Meet The New Teachers!by the Student Council

Sarah Ahrens -Sarah Ahrens is the newreading, speech-languagepathologist. She is teachinggrades K-12. Sarah Ahrensis not currently married.Some of her hobbies in-clude sports - volleyball

and tennis, listening to music, hanging out with friendsand family, and making jewelry. This is her first year ofteaching. She graduated from Oakland-Craig HighSchool. While at college at Wesleyan, she played vol-leyball. She also went to UNL. An extra curricular ac-tivity she is taking part in while at Malcolm is being theJunior High volleyball coach. The thing she likes mostabout Malcolm School is the size, location, and the goodstaff.

Dustin Tobey -Dustin Tobey is a new 9-10grade health teacher and K-7 PE teacher. He has a wifenamed Jennifer. He went toCentennial High School andattended Hastings Collegeand Peru State. He was onthe Dean’s List in college and has 15 hours on his master’sdegree in teaching. He is the coach of Junior High foot-ball and track, assistant football at the high school. Hewill be the JV Girl’s Basketball coach. He enjoys hunt-ing whitetail deer and sports - mostly baseball. He likesMalcolm schools because students and staff are friendly.

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Counselor’s CornerMrs. Faimon, Guidance Counselor

Washburn University Senior DaysWashburnUniversity inTopeka, KSw i l l h o s t

Ichabod Seniors Days on Fridays - November 21 andDecember 5. You can experience Washburn from 8:30am- 1:30pm each day with a tour of the Washburn campus,a visit with WU professors about classes to get the feelof what being an Ichabod is all about and the chance towin a WU Scholarsh ip or iPOD. RSVP a twww.washburn.edu/admissions (click on ICHABODSENIOR DAYS).

Garvey Scholarship recipients are selected each yearbased upon the results of the Garvey exam. Potentialcandidates must have a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA.The Garvey test will be held in Topeka on Saturday,November 22 at 9:00am and Wednesday, December 10at 6:00pm and in Hays, KS on Saturday, December 6 at9:00am. Registration deadline is November 12.

National Society of Colonial Dames of AmericaThe National Society of ColonialDames of America is sponsoring anessay contest for students in grades10-12. The prize will be a week inWashington, DC from June 20-26,2009 to attend a Congressional Semi-nar Workshop planned and coordinated by the Washing-ton Workshops Foundation. The seminar is a unique ex-perience in the study of American national governmentwith emphasis on the concerns and activities of the UnitedStates Congress. The scholarship will pay for the appli-cation fee, tuition, seminar materials, local transporta-tion (for seminar activities) plus college dorm room(double occupancy), bedding and two meals daily (break-fast and dinner) at a university campus in the DC areaand from the local Lincoln chapter, a sum for airfare.Please visit www.nscda.org for the essay title, contestrules, regulations, and more details on the 2009 Con-gressional Seminar. Applications must be signed by Mrs.Faimon and sent to the local Lincoln Chapter by January15, 2009.

2009 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage ContestIt takes courage to stand up for your be-liefs. Some elected officials risk theircareers to do right by their communityand Country. In “Profiles In Courage”,John F. Kennedy described eight USelected officials who demonstrated po-litical courage. Here’s your high school student’s chanceto write a new profile in courage.

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation invites US highschool students to write an original essay on the politicalcourage of a US elected official. For contest information,registration, and to submit your essay on-line, visit the Pro-files in Courage Award Program at www.jfklibrary.org.Seven scholarships will be awarded and one expense-paidtrip to Boston to attend the recognition ceremony. Dead-line for submission is January 10, 2009.

Senior Yearbook PicturesMrs. Martin, Yearbook Sponsor

This year our yearbook publisher and theSeward County Independent are requestingdigital portraits. This means that when yoursenior has their picture taken, they need toask the photographer to put the picture they

want in the yearbook on a CD or they may ask the photogra-pher to e-mail me their senior picture - amartin@esu6.org.

If this isn’t possible senior pictures may still be brought into me and we will scan them.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at -amartin@esu6.org or the High School 796-2151, ext. 477.

No Extra Riders -

Just a reminder that we have two bus routes that are full. Please donot plan on having extra riders accompany your children home oneither the Whisenhunt or Willet routes. We realize that not every-one may ride each route everyday, but we have no way of knowingthat in time to determine whether we can accomodate extra riders.We have to plan as if all regular riders will be on the route, so extrastudents may put us over capacity. We have seen an increase in busridership, so we would appreciate your help in this area.

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Fall Thank YouJack Tarr, CAA, AD

This is one big thank you from myself, thecoaching staff, athletes, and the school. With-out all the help from some of the finest parentsand patrons in the world, we would not beable to have such a great fall season of sports.All the time you put in for our kids is trulyamazing and wonderful. Football - chain gang,announcers, spotters, clock, stat keepers; Vol-leyball - book, clock, librero tracker, lines;Cross Country - chute, clock. scorer.

The athletes cannot thank you enough for help-ing to make this fall season so successful, notjust in wins and losses, but in putting on thequality program that we as a community do.Again, thank you very much.

Football Gives To The CommunityScott Amen, Head Football Coach

The Malcolm Clipper Football Team spent October 4 helping outpeople in the community. Instead of having practice, the Clippershit the lawns walking. They mowed a total of 10 lawns. Thoseplayers involved were: Landon Kester, Dane Sackett, DillonPetschke, Cody Densberger, Ryan Nelson, Jake Gieselman, CodySpilker, Brian Schell, Paul Ganow, Scott Schmalken, Nate Sindelar,Kyle Dougherty, Josh Johannson, Dylan Swagger, Austin Kester,Nick Roberts, Jake Tagart, Zach Smathers, Nate Michl, DustyBowder, Joe Marshall, Jake Krupicka, Adam Aschenbrenner, andEvan Carroll.

We would like to thank the community for all of their support. Wereally appreciated the large crowd at the games this season.

The Clippers would also like to thank Dan Lynch - owner of“Merle’s” in Emerald for providing the team with a carbohydratemeal.

Wall of Fame Pics

If you or your child has everbeen a First Team All-Statemember or State Champion,please send a picture (seniorpicture or picture of the stu-dent in the activity) to theschool for our “Wall of Fame”! The “Wall” willconsist of pictures of Malcolm students,coaches, and teams that represented Malcolmin NSAA sponsored activities. We will return allpictures, but if you can send a scanned, goodquality picture to us, that would be preferred.You may e-mail pictures to: jlostroh@esu6.org.Please call to see if we have your picture be-fore sending it. We do have a few on the wall.

The “Wall of Fame” is a student council projectand is located in the commons area of theHigh School.

“Keep your feet on the ground,but let your heart soar

as high as it will.Refuse to be average.. .”

Arthur HelpsBritish Historian

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...And The Rest Of The CC StoryBob Hoyer, Head Cross Country Coach

The last half of the Cross Country season always feelslike you’re a snowball rolling down a hill, picking upspeed. Each race seems to get bigger and bigger. Themost important thing about the last half is that, as a TEAM,we continued to get better each race and each week.This year’s TEAM definitely continued to improve allthe way through the State Meet in Kearney.

This season was one of the most injury prone seasons Ican remember and it required a TEAM of great depthand desire to overcome all those problems. Not onlywere we faced with the typical aches and pains, we alsohad a rash of overuse injuries that occur due to low sum-mer mileage along with a couple of stress fractures. Mostof these injuries took out some of our top 8 runners onboth the boys and girls squads. The bad news was thatmany of them could not complete the season, but the goodnews was we had runners step up and take over thosespots and give us their best performances.

At the Fillmore Central Invite, both our squads started toshow the promise we coaches believed they had withinthemselves. We had some outstanding performances andsome amazing finishes that brought the boys home with7th place and the girls with a runner-up plaque. How-ever, this was the beginning of injury problems that pum-meled us the remainder of the year.

The Championship season started with the ECNC meetat Brainard. This was the most difficult course I can everremember the kids running in the last 24 seasons! Ourkids did a great job and the boys added another Champi-onship, thanks to winning the tie breaker. The next chal-lenge was Districts at Branched Oak Lake. Breezy Dowdqualified as an individual and the team pushing to a 5th

place finish. The boys were led by individual qualifierSteve Krupicka as the team improved their positions dur-ing the second half of the race to finish 3rd and qualify asa TEAM for state.

The State Meet was a cool/cold overcast day that broughtthe “fire” out of all of our runners. You always try toposition your runners so they run their best at the end ofthe season and this year was a great accomplishment.Every one of our seven runners ran a PR on the state

meet course. Asc o a c h e s , w ecouldn’t have askedfor any more fromour runners. Theycompeted like thechampions they are.

As their coach, I want to thank all of our runners for alltheir hard work and dedication this season. We willgreatly miss the contributions of our seniors and it willbe important that our underclassmen step up to take onthose leadership roles. I hope that all of our runners havelearned about the importance of summer work and work-ing out 6 days per week so we can avoid some of thoseoveruse injuries that plagued us this year.

Cross Country parents, your continued support is amaz-ing and so greatly appreciated. Without you, we wouldnever be able to put on the meets we have and your will-ingness to take in this crowd of people for dinners hasbeen awesome. Thank you for all you have done and allthe positive support you have given to all our runners!

Coaches Pulec and Westover, you’ve given this TEAMyour heart and dedication! You have both provided somuch positive leadership throughout the season. Thankyou for providing those young legs that go so much fasterthan my old, beat-up pair.

Cheerleaders, students, faculty, and community members,thank you for being there for us, cheering us on when-ever possible. It means a lot to us to have you there aswe do our best to represent our school. We also want tothank the Malcolm Volunteer Fire Department for beingat our home meets and taking care of any and all runnerswho needed assistance.

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Cross Country Results - *MedalistThayer Central Invite - Boys 8th, Girls 6th

Girls Varsity - Paige Schneider-30, Jessi Maxson-37, VictoriaJohnson-40, Jordan Brunner-41, Shelli Robinette-43Boys Varsity - Kalub Streeter-37, Travis Robey-45, Jason Lynn-47, Ben Leach-48, Dillon Brunner-49, Jason Ries-50, CalebSchroeder-53, Scot Eaton-58, Mark Nickel-60, Kyle Bohling-61

UNK Invite - Girls 12th, Boys 8th

Boys Varsity - Steve Krupicka-5*, Jacob Bolte-26, Ryan Meyer-50, Ryan Larson-55, Caleb Rader-65, Tyler Guernsey-68, Lynn-101, Cameron French-102, Jon Ferguson-106Girls Varsity - Breezy Dowd-26, Scheidt-49, A. Schneider-56, Everett-60, Spieker - 71, Rivers-73

Raymond Central - Boys 7th , Girls 6th

Girls Varsity - J. Brunner-16, Parker - 17, Rivers-22, Johnson-31Boys Varsity - Streeter-23, Ferguson-28, Lynn-34, Robey-35,Leach-36, French-37JV Medalists - P.Schneider-3, Maxson-4, Robinette-7

ECNC - Girls 4th, Boys - ChampionsBoys Varsity - Krupicka-2*, Meyer-6*, Bolte-8*, Larson-16,Guernsey-17, Rader-23Girls Varsity - Dowd-17, Everett-20, J. Brunner-21, Lostroh-22, Parker-23, Rivers-24

Districts - Boys 3rd, Girls 5th

Girls Varsity - Dowd-9*, Lostroh-24, J. Brunner-32, Everett -36, Parker-37, Spieker-47Boys Varsity - Krupicka-2*, Meyer-16, Bolte-21, Larson-34,Rader-46, Streeter-49

State Meet - Boys 7th

Krupicka-4*, Meyer-35, Bolte-48, Larson-94, Guernsey-109,Rader-112

ClipperSchedule of Events

**Times and Schedule Subject to Change

Monday, November 103:45 PM 7-8 BBB Practice

9-12 Winter sports conditioning6:30 9-12 Drama Practice @ WF

Parent Winter Sports Meeting

Tuesday, November 1111:00 AM 9-12 ECNC Vocal Bus to Brainard1:00 PM 9-12 ECNC Vocal Clinic @ Brainard3:45 7-8 BBB Practice

9-12 Winter sports conditioning7:00 9-12 ECNC Vocal Clinic Concert @ Brainard

Wednesday, November 123:45 PM 7-8 BBB Practice

9-12 Winter sports conditioning

Thursday, November 13All Day State VB Tournament @ Lincoln2:00 - 6:00 PM Community Blood Bank Blood Drive @ HS3:45 PM 7-8 BBB Practice

9-12 Winter sports conditioning6:30 9-12 Drama Practice @ WF

Friday, November 14All Day State VB Tournament @ Lincoln12:24 PM K-12 EARLY DISMISSAL1:00 Teacher In-Service3:45 PM 7-8 BBB Practice

9-12 Winter sports conditioning

Sunday, November 166:30 PM 9-12 Drama Dress Rehearsal @ WF

Monday, November 176:30 AM 7-8 BBB Practice3:45 PM 9-12 BB/WR Practice7:00 Drama - Dessert Theatre @ WF

Board Meeting @ Board Room

Tuesday, November 186:30 AM 9-12 Drama Bus to Manley9:00 ECNC Drama Performance @ “The Loft”

Manley, NE3:45 PM 9-12 WR/BB Practice5:30 7-8 BBB vs. Louisville @ WF

Wednesday, November 196:30 AM 7-8 BBB Practice3:45 PM 9-12 BB/WR Practice

Thursday, November 206:30 AM 7-8 BBB Practice3:45 PM 9-12 WR/BB Practice6:30 9-12 Drama Practice @ WF

Friday, November 216:30 AM 7-8 BBB Practice3:45 PM 9-12 BB/WR Practice

Saturday, November 22TBA 7-8 BBB Bus to MeadTBA 7-8 BBB vs. Mead Tournament @ Mead HS

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PARENTS OF DISTRICT 148 STUDENTS

Dear Malcolm Public School Parents,

The safety of the students, faculty and staff at Malcolm Public School is one of our top priorities. For that reason, Idecided to stay with the Saf-T-Net ALERTNOW Emergency Notification Service. This service will allow us to senda message to ALL of our student’s parents on their contact numbers within minutes after an emergency or incidenthas occurred at the school. We are hopeful that this ability will give you, the parent, peace of mind knowing that if anemergency should happen, you will be informed immediately.

The message that you will receive may be used to alert parents and other emergency contacts about the situationoccurring at the school. Primarily, we hope to only have to use ALERTNOW to send important non-emergencymessages out to parents like early school closings due to weather, but parents should be aware that we will have thecapability to briefly notify them should a more serious situation arise.

The delivery success of the message is only as successful as the contact information we have for our students, soplease make certain that we have the most current and up to date contact information. For early morning schoolclosings, the school will select only one emergency number, that number will be the students home phone number.If parents do not have a home landline number, the school will select one of the parents cell phone numbers to call.If parents do not want to receive early morning school closing information, please notify Teresa Gregg at the HighSchool and she will remove your number.

In order for the message to be delivered successfully and in a timely manner we are asking that parents make sure theschool has the current emergency contact information. Should this information change throughout the year, pleaselet Teresa know immediately. All emergency numbers will be called in the event of an emergency at the school inwhich we feel it is imperative that you, the parent, get contacted as soon as possible. Examples: home, dad cell, momcell, mom work, etc.

Important:1. If you have caller ID. Your caller ID will display either 411 or the school phone number anytime a call iscoming through from the school. Caller ID will not display a name associated with the number.2. There is a slight two to three second pause once the phone has been answered. Please stay on the line. Thesystem needs to detect a couple seconds of silence to determine whether a live person has picked up thephone or an answering machine. Do not keep saying hello.3. The system will leave a message on your voicemail or answering machine. However, the system is set toring each line six (6) times. If your answering machine is set to pick up after the sixth ring a message will notbe delivered to your machine. We encourage you to set it at five (5) rings.4. If you have such things as Telemarketer Zapper or Privacy Director on your telephone lines you may notreceive the call. For example, with Privacy Director all incoming calls are rerouted and the callers mustidentify themselves for the call to go through. Because this system is automated it will not identify itself,thus the call will not get through to your number.

Sincerely,

Superintendent

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PARENTSPlease keep this calendar for your information on

early dismissals and days out of session!

MALCOLM PUBLIC SCHOOL’S 2008-2009 SCHOOL CALENDAR

August January 11,12, 13 - Teacher In-Service 6 - Teacher In-Service 14, K - 12 First Day of School 7 - School Resumes 23 - Early Student Dismissal 12:30 / Teacher In-Service

September February 1 - No School, Labor Day 11 - Early Student Dismissal 12:30 / Teacher In-Service 10 - Early Student Dismissal 12:30 / T In-Service 12 - No School K - 12, P/T Conf. - (Time - TBA) 24 - No School K - 12, P/ T Conf. (Time – TBA) 13 - No School, Recess 27 - Early Student Dismissal 12:30 / Teacher In-Service

October March 16 - Early Student Dismissal 12:30 / T In-Service 6 - No School, Recess End 1st Quarter, 44 Days 12 - Early Dismissal 12:30 / Teacher In-Service 17 - No School, Quarter Recess End of Third Quarter - 44 days 13 - No School, Quarter Recess 20 - No School, Elem. - Jr. Hi Music Contest

November April 14 - Early Dismissal 12:30 / T In-Service 10 - 13 - No School, Spring Break 26 - Early S/T Dismissal 11:30, No Lunch Service 27, 28 - No School, Thanksgiving Recess

December May 23 - Early S/T Dismissal 11:30, No Lunch Service 20 - Early Student Dismissal 11:30, No Lunch Service, 2nd Quarter - 45 Days Last Student Day/Teacher In-Service/ 4th Q-45 days 24 - Jan. 6 No School For Students, Winter Break 21, 22 - End of Year Data Analysis Work For Faculty

SPECIAL / IMPORTANT DATESMalcolm Public School10004 NW 112th

Malcolm, NE 68402

Phone: 402-796-2151Fax: 402-796-2178Email: mpschool@esu6.org

LEGEND

No School/Recess

No School/T - In-Service

Early Dismissal - 12:30

Dismiss 11:30 No Lunch Service (Nov. 26, Dec. 23,

May 20)

No School K-12 Parent/Teacher Conferences Days: Students 178 / Faculty 185

February 09S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 1415 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28

March 09S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 1415 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30 31

April 09S M T W T F S 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 14 15 16 17 1819 20 21 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 30

May 09S M T W T F S 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 3031

October 08S M T W T F S 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 14 15 16 17 1819 20 21 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 30 31

November 08S M T W T F S 12 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 11 12 13 14 1516 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 28 2930

December 08S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 1314 15 16 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30 31

January 09S M T W T F S 1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 2425 26 27 28 29 30 31

September 08S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 1314 15 16 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30

August 08S M T W T F S 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 3031

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Junior ParentAfter Prom

POGO CardsThe Junior Parents are selling POGOCards for $20. They are valid for 2½years! Please contact Theresa

Sampson for more information at 402-416-1143 or at402-796-2184. Your contribution will go toward help-ing assure our students have a safe, drug-free After Prom.

Silent AuctionJunior Parents are planning a silent auction during thehome basketball game on Saturday, January 17 to raisefunds for the post prom event. Please consider donatingnew items to help the kids enjoy a safe, drug/alcohol-free prom night. Don’t re-gift those unused Christmaspresents - donate them instead!

The next meeting of the Junior Parent After PromCommittee will be Sunday, November 16 at 7:00pmat St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Malcolm.

MYSA News...

MYSA Meeting -The next MYSA meeting will be held at the School Ad-ministration Building on Tuesday, November 18 at8:00pm. Visit the MYSA website for further informationat: www.malcolmsports.com

MYSA Wrestling Club Sign-UpAaron Glause, Club CoachMYSA Malcolm Wrestling Clubsign-up for K-8 will take place atWestfall Elementary. If your childhas an interest in wrestling this year, please attend! Ifthis date and time does not work for you or you wouldlike more information concerning club wrestling, pleasecall Aaron Glause at 796-2003 or e-mail ataglause@fmne.com.

Tuesday, November 117:00pm - 8:00pm

Westfall Elementary

MPTO Information

Campbell’s Labels For EducationMaryann Schmidt, MPTO

Our school is collecting Campbell’sLabels For Education. We collect theUPC codes from Campbell’s products.

For their juices, we need to collect the cap. Ourgoal for the 2008-2009 school year is to collect5,000 labels. Our school will use these labels toreceive free merchandise through Campbell’s.Please leave these labels at one of our collectionsites - Westfall Elementary, Post Office, and North-west Community Church. Thank you for your help.

Clipper Merchandise -Jeanne Schroeder, MPTO Clothing

Last chance to place orders for thisgreat Clipper Merchandise throughMPTO. Order forms and paymentd u e N O L A T E R t h a n t h e10th...Monday. To see the items,call Jeanne at 796-2648. Thanksto those who have placed their orders already.These items WILL be back for the holidays if youare wanting gifts. Take advantage of spreadingyour Clipper pride with these great items.

Don’t forget to collect:

Boxtops For EducationTyson A+ Labels

Campbell’s Labels

Bus Changes - Call By 2:30pm

If you have a change in your child’s afternoon trans-portation plans, please call the business officebefore 2:30pm. The end of the day can be hec-tic for the school offices and if we can get the buschanges on the bus attendance rosters before thedrivers leave the bus barn.

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CLIPPERCLASSIFIEDS

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PINNACLE BANK IS LOCATED INSIDE THE IGAMARKETPLACE at 4646 West Huntington Avenue. We feature alobby setting and convenient drive-thru, both open seven days a week:Monday-Friday, 9:00am - 7:00pm; Saturday, 9:00am - 5:00pm; andSunday, 12:00pm - 4:00pm. Come discover the difference a family-run bank can make. Pinnacle Bank. The way banking should be.Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.

1974 FORD F-350 DUALLY. NEW CHEVY 350 MOTOR.MECHANICALLY new top to bottom. Hydraulic Dump Box 203yarder. Excellent Farm Truck $2,000.00 Firm. 796-2157 or 217-5878

CAPITOL MITSUBISHI WOULD LIKE TO WELCOM E YOUTO our new location! 6401 N. 28th. The dealership with the WATER-FALL!! Bring this Clipper in for additional discounts on parts, sales,and services. Stop in to see us or call 476-2400.

THANKS MALCOLM FOR MAKING OUR HALLOWEENFOOD Drive a success. You provided us with three carloads of foodfor the People’s City Mission! Thanks for being a generous commu-nity. Malcolm Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

NEXT REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING - THENEXT regular meeting of the Board will be held on Monday,November 17, 2008 at 7:00PM at the District AdministrationBuilding. Said meeting is open to the public. An agenda, keptcontinually current, is available for review at the office of theSuperintendent during normal business hours. It will be modifiedas need dictates.

COME IN TO SEE DAN KESTER AT BIG RED TIRE,FORMERLY Nebraska Tire at 49th & Old Cheney. Let themknow you are a Clipper Fan and get 25% off labor! Whether it’stire repairs, replacement, brakes, or oil change, we’ll help! Call420-6100 or stop by. If it’s easier to drop your car off at Dan’shouse at 126th & West Wendy Lane, just let him know!

PRAIRIE CATS CRAFTS, GIFTS & COLLECTIBLES!2131 NW 140th, Raymond - 1¾ miles north of Raymond Rd. &140th. Open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays until November22. Holiday Open House November 6-8 and 13-15. For moreinfo, call 430-2233 or go to the web: www.prairiecats.typepad.com.

COME ENJOY LIFE AND THE WORD OF GOD AT OURWORSHIP Service every Sunday at 9:00am, Sunday School at9:30am. Women of Faith Quilting Group - Mondays at 1:00pm.Malcolm United Methodist Church

ELCA LUTHERAN WORSHIP SERVICES JUST SOUTHOF Malcolm. Check out Zion Lutheran Church, near Pawnee, at2244 NW 126th St.. Worship services will be held at 8:00am and10:30am and Sunday School classes from 9:15am - 10:15am.Come refresh yourself in the Spirit and make some new friends!All are welcome!

BENEFIT SPAGHETTI DINNER FOR DEREK RUTH -SATURDAY, December 6th from 5:00pm - 8:00pm at the NorthAmerican Martyrs Parish Hall, 1101 Isaac Dr., Lincoln (High-lands). A Freewill Offering will be taken.

Informational MeetingTuesday, November 18, 2008

7:00pmMalcolm Village Hall

Please come and share your ideas and listen toDan Johnston from Nebraska Methodist Collegespeak on Rural Health and Safety.

Create A Healthier/SaferMalcolm - You Interested???Dorothy Rippe, Health Ministry Coordinator

A committee of concerned citizensis working with Rural Health Minis-try to get matching grants to helpmake Malcolm a healthier andsafer place. Bike paths, health fairs,nature trails, and/or safer cross-walks are some of the ideas. You

may contact Dorothy Rippe at 796-2183, 580-0937,or e-mail at: drippe@stez.org, if you have any ques-tions.

RURAL HIGH SPEED INTERNET - GET RID OF YOURDIAL up Internet. Affordable Internet Solutions provides high speedInternet to Rural Malcolm, Garland, and Raymond area starting at$29.00 per month. No phone line needed. www.ais-ne.com or 402-525-8696

OWN YOUR OWN 10 ACRES. NW 121st AND WEST BLUFFRD. Build your dream home on one of these fine walk-out lots. CallMerle Jahde Home Real Estate for details. 402-432-0443 - Hurryonly 2 lots left!

THE MEMBERS OF ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH AT375 S. LINCOLN in Malcolm warmly invite you to worship with usSundays at 10:00am. You and your children are also invited to join usat Sunday School and Adult Bible classes which begin at 8:45am. Ifyou have questions about our ministries, please contact Pastor Whitsonat 430-1721.

COUNTRY GROOMING TLC-20+YR.EXP. MONDAY - FRI-DAY days, evenings, and weekend appointments available. Call foran appointment at 796-2421 or 432-6436 cell

SMALL SQUARE STRAW BALES FOR SALE. $3.50 PERBALE. Volume discounts. Chan Kramer 416-1713 or 470-3114.

GET THOSE FALL JOBS DONE BEFORE WINTER! WEPAINT, so you don’t have to! Nearly anything! Paints, stains, seal-ers, lacquers, enamels. We prep, repair, and more! 20+ years experi-ence. Locally owned. Free estimates. Call Todd Willet at 432-1066.

REAL ESTATE - BUYING & SELLING - OVER 60COMBINED yearsexperience in residential homes;acreages;farms;and acreage development. Free Market Analysis. Call us to developyour land. Merle and Carolyn Jahde-Malcolm area residents - 3700NW 126th Street, 796-2500, or at Home Real Estate call 432-0443or 432-3700.

SAATHOFF LAW OFFICE, PC., 205 S. EXETER INMALCOLM, provides legal services at reasonable rates, as well asfree notary service, and b/w copies, faxes and scanned images at 25¢per page/image plus long distance. We also offer color copies/imagesat $1.50 per page. Call Denise L. Saathoff at 796-2086.

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MALCOLM GENERAL STORE HAS NEW ITEMS IN STOCK!COME in and check us out! New canned soups, stews, new UncleBen’s Rice Dinners and a whole lot more! Join the Pepsi Refill Club andget your 6th refill FREE! Pepsi Refill Club is good at MGS & SundaeS!Winter package deals are starting to arrive-so get yours today! Check ourbulletin board for in-store deals, auctions, sale ads, flyers, and MHSfundraisers. Help support your Clippers by getting your Play tickets atMGS! It’s always great to see you! Call today at 796-2555.

SundaeS-N-FundaeS NEW SUNDAY LUNCH SPECIALS ARE AHUGE HIT! Different special every Sunday from Fried Chicken, HomeStyle Roast Beef with homemade mashed potatoes, BBQ ribs with Mac-N-Cheese and much more! New Fall Hours are daily from 9:00am -6:00pm. Call ahead for your Take-N-Bake Pizza for a quick supper onthe run. Try the new BBQ Pork Pizza - it is fantastic! Give us a shot atmaking a meal for the entire family - great food at reasonable prices. Wecan make it happen for YOU! 796-2112

FOR PEST OR RODENT PROBLEMS - PLEASE CALL JLSPEST Control. Residential or Commercial. Free quotes. GuaranteedResults! Ask for Buddy: Office 477-1334 or Cell Phone 890-4986.

ADEPT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC - 580-1783:WOULD you like to see the kids’ pictures but can’t quite get that e-mailthing down? Call Scott to walk you through cyber-steps. Let AdepTechmake computing fun for you!

JACOBSEN ROCK & GRAVEL - WE DELIVER ROCK,GRAVEL, Ag-Lime, Dirt, or Sand for any project you might have. Wecarry River Rock and all sizes of Ornamental Rock. A local company, callfor an estimate today. Gary Jacobsen, Rt. #1, Garland, NE 402-783-2447 or cell phone 643-5171.

RAYMOND CONTRACTING INC. - BACKHOE AND TRENCH-ING Services. Septics, Lagoons, and Waterlines both new and repair -includes system design and percolation testing. We also do propertytransfer inspections for your septic/lagoon. Certified & Insured. CallLloyd Jakoubek at 783-2663 or 890-6009.

Malcolm Public Schools “The Clipper” November 6, 2008

Deadline InfoDEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF “THE CLIP-PER” WILL BE NOVEMBER 14st. PLEASE CALL JULIEA T 7 9 6 - 2 1 5 1 , E X T . 5 0 1 O R E - M A I L A T :jlostroh@esu6.org. AD PRICES ARE: $1.50 for 1-3 lines,$3.00 4-8 lines.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY AD.ADS MUST BE PAID FOR BEFORE PRINT DATE!

Bus Info -

Please remind your children that when theyunload from the buses they need to walk be-hind the bus to the sidewalk. We do not wantstudents walking between or in front of the school buses duringunloading and loading.

THE CLIPPERMALCOLM PUBLIC SCHOOLS10004 NW 112 th S t r ee tMALCOLM NE 68402

REQUESTED DELIVERY DATE - November 7, 2008

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Give The Gift Of Blood!

The Malcolm Student Council willhost the Community Blood Bankfor a blood drive. The Commu-nity Blood Bank contributes to ourscholarship fund for every pint of blood donated - so yourgift of a donation can not only save a life...but, also con-tribute to the higher education of Malcolm students! Pleasecall the high school office for more information at 796-2151, #1.

Thursday, November 13, 20082:00pm - 6:00pm

Malcolm High School

To donate you must: be at least 17 years old, weigh 115pounds or more, be in good health, and bring a photo ID.For more info visit: www.don8bld.org. We now have 15appointments open from 4:30pm - 6:00pm.

Play Production Presents...Lori Haun, Head Drama Coach

Join us in amodern daystory of “TheProdigal Son”.Sonja (TiffanyB o l i s h a n dLaurel Jordan)

left home in search of fame, fortune, and the fast life.After a two year downward spiral, she now stands on herfront porch, contemplating her decision to walk throughthe door again. Her best friend (Allyson Porath) attemptsto dissuade her from returning by reminding her why sheleft in the first place. Meanwhile, inside the house, herparents (Ben Nabity and MacKenzie Carroll) and older sis-ter (Kate Burianek) are preparing Thanksgiving dinner andthe audience learns, through flashbacks, the struggles theyhave had before Sonya left as well as the time since she’sbeen gone.

Monday, November 17, 20087:00 pm

Westfall GymDessert Will Follow The Performance

Tickets$5.00 for adults

$4.00 for students (K-12)Available from cast members and at the door

School Websitewww.malcolmschools.org

by Steven Orth

Bus Notes For Parents...

Students need to be at their stop before the ex-pected time in case the bus is running early. Wereceive many calls in the morning of students notriding that particular day. This often results in thebus being to your home earlier than expected.

We try to keep the buses running as close as possible to schedule,but times can vary by as much as 5-7 minutes either way. Pleasebe at the end of your driveway ready to board. If there is morethan one student, please don’t send students out one at a time,taking several minutes at the stop. We are having to wait onstudents just starting down the driveway. This causes concernbecause of the amount of traffic on the roads we travel. If youhave any questions, please call Julie at the business office, 796-2151, #3.