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Pool prep continues, splashing to resume May 25...
GACC seniors earn diplomas at Sunday's ceremony
WP-B bids farewell to seniors
27 area kids off to Burke
Pool prep continues, splashing to resume May 25... West Point City employees Jim Peatrowsky and Dennis Wordekemper (not pictured) were finishing up some crack caulking around the swimming pool this morning (Wednesday). The pool was filled Monday and Tuesday. From now through Friday, May 24, lifeguards will be vacuuming dirt that settles at the bottom of the pool and making sure the water’s pH balance is correct.
GACC seniors earn diplomas at Sunday's ceremony Guardian Angels Central Catholic senior Nick Goeden gives his approval about earning his diploma following the GACC graduation ceremony held Sunday afternoon. Goeden was one of 23 GACC graduates.
WP-B bids farewell to seniors West Point-Beemer’s Mackenzie Berg turns a little red while principal DJ Weddle shares a story about Mackenzie during Sunday’s graduation ceremony. It was a special day for Berg. Not only did she receive her high school diploma, it was also Berg’s birthday. WP-B had 62 graduates.
27 area kids off to Burke A total of 27 area track athletes qualified for the 2013 State Track & Field meet this Friday and Saturday at Omaha Burke.
Qualifiers from each area school include: West Point-Beemer (3), Central Catholic (19), Scribner-Snyder (4) and Bancroft-Rosalie (1).

Doris Paulsen - April 11, 2012

Funeral services for Doris (Lorenzen) Paulsen, age 93, of West Point, were Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at Grace Lutheran Church in West Point. Interment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery in West Point.
Doris passed away on Friday, March 30, 2012, at her daughter’s home in Elkhorn.
Doris Lucille Schrader was born Sept. 28, 1918, in Lyons, Burt County, to Louis and Myrtle (Kauffman) Schrader. She was baptized at Oakland, attended Sunday school at Grace Lutheran Church in West Point and was confirmed there on April 14, 1935, by Pastor W.A. Klink.
Survivors include daughter, Yvonne Annette and husband Shelton (Skip) Haskett of Elkhorn, and family; granddaughter, Annette Marie and husband Curtis Williams of Omaha, granddaughter, Tonia Lynn and husband David Kehr of Elkhorn; great-grandchildren, Anthony Michael Haskett, Joseph Shelton Haskett, Elizabeth Kaitlynn Kehr, Rebekah Elyse Lucille Kehr, and Jacqueline Krystine Rose Kehr; grandson, Michael Crist and wife Staci Haskett of Elkhorn; great-grandchildren, Abigayle Lyn Haskett and Kaylene Mya Haskett; son, Harry Krafft and wife, Ruth Lorenzen of Norfolk.

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