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Robotics team makes school history
Competing at the VEX Robotics Competition in Omaha Saturday were, front row from left: Chance Mues, Chris Brazee and Courtney Rathe-Hoffman. In back are Zack Chrastil, Ethan Schambach and Colby Ackley. (RN photo by N. Jackson)
For the first time ever, Ravenna High School has entered and placed in the VEX Robotics Competition in Omaha.
Not only did they compete, but Chance Mues and Chris Brazee’s robot took first place and qualified to compete at State and Nationals.
Ravenna was the only school outside of Omaha that competed in the event held January 28 at Nathan Hale Middle School in Omaha. All three Ravenna teams competed numerous times, with Mues and Brazee placing second out of all 52 schools in the preliminaries. They went on to place second in the qualifications rounds and can now compete at the State and National levels.
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Print Edition of The Ravenna News).
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Ravenna Chamber of Commerce holds Awards Banquet
Receiving the Public Service Award were the Santa Riders. Accepting the plaque are, from left: Doug True, Greg Russell, Russ Crowell, Butch Bonczynski, Gail Bogacki and Kellie Behrendt. (RN photo by N. Jackson)
Community leadership was recognized at the fourth annual Ravenna Chamber of Commerce Awards banquet Saturday night. The Club is closed, but owners Fred and Kim Matejka allowed the Chamber to use the facility because the Ravenna City Auditorium is not available while the floor is being replaced.
The evening started with a meal catered by Christie’s Catering. Ravenna’s R Bar served beverages.
Speaker Richard Kimbrough of the Nebraska Humanities Council left everyone laughing with his presentation on Why We Laugh. He said it takes a leader to get people laughing although the leader doesn’t laugh as much as the followers. People in love laugh at just about everything, he said. There are many reasons to laugh, the number one reason is being thankful or gratified. Then there’s surprise laughter and ignoble laughter at ridicule. “Laughter causes us to bond and become friends,”
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Print Edition of The Ravenna News).
Sports Bowl hosts Districts
 
Individuals qualifying for State Bowling are, right, Tara Dethlefs and Casey Peters. At th eleft are Shane Andrews, Riley Paitz and Sean McFadden. (Courtesy photos)
Pam and Don Hervert, owners of the Ravenna Sports Bowl, hosted District C-3 Bowling on Saturday, drawing many new people to visit the community.
Qualifying individually to compete at State Bowling were Tara Dethlefs, Casey Peters, Shane Andrews, Riley Paitz and Sean McFadden.
Dethlefs had a 478 series for first in the girls singles. Peters placed ninth with a 345.
Paitz was fifth with 421, McFadden seventh with 394 and Andrews eighth with a 388 series.
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City goes ahead with test well at VFW Park
The Ravenna City Council held a special meeting at 5:30 on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Present were Mayor Peg Dethlefs, Council members Jim Rasmussen, Kevin Lockhorn, Greg Fiddelke and Fred Matejka and City Clerk Kellie Crowell.
Well site
At the January regular meeting of the Council, two potential sites for a new well has been selected, one on the east side of Ravenna and one at the VFW Park. Public Works Director Richard Douglas reported that Nebraska Water Supply specialist Ralph N. Naber had denied both sites. However, by moving the proposed location at the VFW Park further east that site would be possible. Moving it to the southeast corner would put it 1,000+ feet from the school well and an irrigation well to the southwest. Three trees in the area would need to be removed and one piece of playground equipment relocated. One suggestion during the discussion of the well house was that possibly a cement pad could be poured at the same time and covered with an awning for a small picnic site at that location.
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Print Edition of The Ravenna News).
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