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Baylor Scheierman, flanked by his parents, Shannon and Scott, watch the CHI video board as it plays a tribute to the Creighton senior March 1 after the Jays defeated Georgetown, 99-59. -
Angela Adams, who served Hamilton County as the planning and zoning administrator since last May, made a strong impact and impression during her nine months on the job. -
Hamilton County Corngrowers Association members walk across the catwalk between a bulk building and one of the two conditioning towers at the Syngenta Plant outside of Phillips on Thursday. Local growers got to tour the plant seeing the process from truck to warehouse. -
Anna Pierson, daughter of the late Anna Rapp
Scheierman shines on Senior Night
Baylor Scheierman is an emotional guy. That’s clear with the fun he has on and off the basketball floor.
The former Husky doesn’t consider himself to be emotional in the way of crying, though. There may have been a small exception last week.
Flanked by his parents, Scheierman watched one of the video boards from halfcourt of the CHI Health Center as each one of his family members popped on screen, beaming with pride while sharing congratulations with their son and brother.
It was all part of an emotional and raucous senior day for Scheierman, the only one on the Bluejay roster, with a moment in the spotlight after a rout of Georgetown, 99-59.
County reflects on life, legacy of Angela Adams
Aside from family and friends, Angela Adams left behind a courthouse full of Hamilton County employees who cherished her friendship and presence.
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners chairman Rich Nelson noted that Adams meant a lot to those around her.
“Angela actually came to Hamilton County in March of 2022 as our planning and zoning administrator and she came highly recommended,” he said. “She had done a great job up in Marquette as the city clerk and we knew from the interview process that she would be very good at the position of planning and zoning administrator.”
Adams was quick to take to the position.
Growers tour plant at Syngenta
The Hamilton County Corngrowers Association toured the Syngenta Plant outside of Phillips Thursday, learning about not only the broad facts of the company but the interior operations from green corn processing to the warehouse.
Farmers from around Hamilton County got to see where their corn goes after delivering approximately 700,000 bushels to the plant during harvest.
“With us growing for Syngenta and then trucking for Syngenta, it’s always good to kind of see the whole process,” said Mitch Oswald, local farmer and Hamilton County Corngrowers Association vice president. “When we bring the corn in, going from an ear of corn to corn bags, (seeing) how it goes out to be planted the next year.”
Looking back: Long-time resident’s life celebrated in 1923
Long-time and long-living Hamilton County residents are keystones in the community.
This has been the case since the county’s incorporation and is evident thanks to historical records kept by the Plainsman Museum in Aurora.
“If Mrs. Anna Rapp is not already the oldest living person in America, the chances that she will attain that distinction are said to be exceedingly good,” reads the May 16, 1923 edition of the Aurora Republican. “She will celebrate her 102nd birthday on Saturday, May 19 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Pierson, east of the square on M Street, and those who have been with her for the past few years say that she is not aging rapidly and although she is now confined to her bed, it is predicted that she will live to an even more advanced age.”
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