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Qualifying for the Nebraska State Track & Field meet from Humphrey St. Francis are, front row, left to right, Lillie Beltz, Alexis Kuchar and Jayda Krings. Back row, Emerson Krings, Isabel Preister, Whitney Wegener and Kali Jarosz. Democrat photo

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The America Red Cross held a blood drive May 8 for the Espiritu and Coble families. Deco Espiritu and Riggs Coble, preschoolers at Platte Center Elementary School, have acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pictured are Carlos Espiritu, Karla Espiritu, Karina Espiritu, JenCarlos Espiritu, Joaquin Espiritu and Jessica Coble. In the front are Deco and Riggs. Democrat photos

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Election Results

The 1/2 percent sales tax for a new swimming pool in Humphrey has passed.
Unofficial results posted at 8:34 a.m. today, show 234 voted for the sales tax and 137 voted against it.
In other results, Humphrey Mayor Lonnie Weinder was re-elected as a write-in candidate.
Bob Preister was re-elected to the Humphrey City Council.
On the Humphrey Public School Board race, all four candidates were elected.
New board member Aaron Korth received the most votes with 823, followed by incumbents Mike Brandl, 793, and Tim Meyer, 777, and new board member Paul Schmek got 734 votes.
In Creston, Todd Groteluschen received 95 votes, and Jack Luedtke, 89.
In Cornlea, Kory Vering received 17 votes, and Shane Baumgart, 16.
In Lindsay, three were elected. David Arlt was re-elected with 104 votes, and new board members elected are Eugene Werner, 131 votes, and Fred Hoefer, 111 votes.
In Platte Center, Jessica Hake received 128 votes.
In Tarnov, Terrence Classen got 20 votes, and Kathy Krings, 16.

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