P4OC Elects Board and Officers  

2011 -  2012 Partners for Otoe County Board of Directors: Back Row: Clay Radke, Dave LeGrand, Jonathan Spearman, Christy Merryman, Tim Noerrlinger and Lynn Lyon.  Front Row: Kay Keichel-White, Rebecca Turner, Brooke Chaney, Tracy Reuter and Sarah Purcell.  Not Pictured:  Brian Hoover, Kay Oestmann, Steve Lade and Tammi Thompson

Partners for Otoe County (P4OC) elected officers and directors at its annual meeting on Tuesday, September 27th.   Tim Noerrlinger was re-elected to serve as Chairman for the next year. Dave LeGrand was elected Vice-Chair.  Sarah Purcell will serve another year as Secretary/Treasurer.   

Three people were elected to serve new 3-year terms on the P4OC Board:   

• Jonathan Spearman, Plant Manger for Cargill Meat Solutions
• Rebecca Turner, Executive Director of Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce
• Councilman Lynn Lyon, Syracuse City Council

Current directors re-elected to serve another 3-year term are:

• Commissioner Steve Lade, Otoe County Board of Commissioners
• Kay Oestmann, Director of Southeast District Health Department
• Kay Kiechel White, Director of Nursing for ST. Mary's Community Hospital  

Tim Noerrlinger and Grace Johnson

Outgoing board members Grace Johnson, Nebraska City News-Press, and Rev. Paul Coen, Luther Memorial Church were recognized for their service.  

Back Row: Mari Jackson (CASA Coordinator), Christy Merryman, Dave Goswick, Lonnie Neeman.  Front Row: Brooke Chaney, Sallie Agena, Gwen Hurst-Anderson (CASA Executive Director).  Not pictured:  Colin Albers and Rena Holben

The Otoe County CASA Adviso
ry Committee elected board members and officers at their meeting on September 27th.  Brooke Chaney, Southeast District Health Department, was re-elected as Chair; Christy Merryman, Palmyra High School, was re-elected Vice-Chair; and Mari Jackson was elected Secretary.

The following people were elected to serve 3-year terms on the board:

• Colin Albers, Waddell & Reed
• Sallie Agena, Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools  
• Dave Goswick, Nebraska City High School
• Cpt. Lonnie Neeman, Nebraska City Police Department  

Bill Davis was recognized for his service as an outgoing board member.

Bill Davis and Mari Jackson

Gwen Hurst- Anderson, Executive Director of the Nebraska CASA Association, conducted board orientation immediately following the meeting.

The mission of Otoe County CASA is to provide volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children, so that all Otoe County Children can live in safe, permanent homes a quickly as possible.  The Advisory Committee assists with the development of the human and financial resources necessary for the growth and sustainability of the program in Otoe County. 

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