NORTH PLATTE – Eight students in North Platte Community College’s Dental Assisting program got some hands-on experience as well as providing an invaluable service to underprivileged individuals when they participated in Nebraska’s Tri-City Mission of Mercy in Grand Island on June 3-4.

NPCC Dental Assisting Instructor Lauri Rickley and lab assistant Lori Webster took students Katie Thompson of Curtis, Michelle King of Fleming, Colo., Mary Slack of Gothenburg, Whitney Brown, Tera Davis, Megan Fischer and Amanda Johnson, all of North Platte, and Alisha Lockard of Sutherland to the event.

“It was amazing!” Rickley said. “Such an awesome way to pay it forward!”

“The ladies were super and we got several compliments and positive comments from the dentists around the state. One even asked when the students were eligible for hire!” Rickley added.

Rickley said that Davis, Fischer, Johnson and King got a great deal of assisting time in, mostly in oral surgery.

“Even when I wasn’t assisting in surgery, it was important to me that I was smiling all the time. Even though I was exhausted, I wanted the people coming in to know how happy I was to help them and to be a part of MoM,” Fischer said. “It made me feel good to see that when people came in they were not smiling, but when they left they had huge smiles on their faces and were very happy. That’s the part that was the most rewarding for me.”

“Overall, this was one of the best experiences of my life and I plan to go again,” Fischer added. “I learned that I am lucky to have what I have no matter how big or how small – never take anything for granted!”

The objective of the Nebraska Mission of Mercy project is not only to provide free dental care and education to low-income residents, but also to develop a continuing project that will reach the underserved population for years to come and improve the overall dental health and general health of all Nebraskans.

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That’s what happened last week for the people of Grand Island, the site of the 2011 Nebraska Mission of Mercy. Dr. Tom Pratt of North Platte was one of the participating dentists. He talks about the program and the importance of oral hygiene.

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NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – In a Monday board meeting, the Central Nebraska Public Power District said high flows in the Platte River Basin will continue for the next several months and that peak flows are yet to come. The problems revolve around a large amount of snow in Wyoming that still needs to melt. The melting snows will runoff into the North Platte River. Currently there is about three times as much snow remaining than what’s normal for early June. There are no immediate plans to increase outflows from Lake McConaughy. However, the Laramie River’s flows are expected to increase. Flows from the Laramie River do contribute to the North Platte River, in addition to the snow melt from the Platte River Basin. Civil Engineer Cody Steinke says high flows into the Platte River Basin will continue into October or November.

 

Cathy Nutt, NPCC Business Instructor, and Marge Kouba, NPCC Nurse Educator, received their honors during NISOD’s International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence that took place in Austin, Texas, May 29-June 1.

Early each academic year, NISOD member presidents select individuals at their colleges who have defined the best in teaching and learning practices that encourage student achievement. These individuals are subsequently honored for their contributions at NISOD’s International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, held each year in Austin.

This year marks the 33rd annual NISOD International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, honoring over 1,200 dedicated community college educators for outstanding contributions to the field. More than 700 community colleges around the world are NISOD members, including almost every large community college district, the majority of urban and technical colleges in the United States and Canada, and more than 200 small, rural colleges around the world.