Hastings Central
Community College
Field Trip
By Kiera Fulmer
Litchfield Sophomores ,Sydnee
Sweley, Kayden Lucas,
Rebecca Mostek, Derrick
Linden, Ethan Sohrweid, and
Seth Willenberg, took a tour of
Hastings Central Community
College on October 24 with
Guidance Counselor, Mrs.
Poland. They toured various
program areas of Auto-body,
Auto-Mechanics, Diesel Tech-
nology, Welding and Advanced
Manufacturing labs. They also
saw the dorms and what the
rooms looked like. All of the
students that attended said
that they liked going and
learning about the
College and what it had to
offer in the form of programs
of study and advanced
education.
RED Day
On October 23 rd , three students from Litchfield attended Rural
Education Day (RED) in Kearney sponsored by the University of
Nebraska – Lincoln. Those who attended were seniors
Christopher Paitz and John Zimmer, as well as junior Kaleb
Rosentreader. The students began the day by going to the
Harmon Park Activity Center where they were given a brief over-
view of the day, as well as a presentation from Miller and
Associates in Kearney about engineering as a profession. From
there, they proceeded to go to the Kearney City Wastewater
Treatment Plant. They were given a tour of the plant and were
able to see all of the processes that the city’s water has to go
through to clean it before it is released into the nearby river.
They were able to get a look at all the engineering that takes
place to make this process possible. Next, the students returned
to the Activity Center for lunch and a chance to talk to their
peers. After lunch, the students went to Eaton’s. While at
Eaton’s, the different schools were split up into smaller groups
and rotated through three different presentations.
The first presentation that the Litchfield students went to was by
the University where they learned about the different engineer-
ing programs offered by UNL. They discussed what engineering
really was and what it takes to become an engineer, as well as the
many possibilities that being an engineer brings to a person.
After the presentation by UNL, the students were able to take a
brief tour of the Eaton plant where they got to see first-hand how
some of the products produced by Eaton’s are made and the
engineering that is involved in the making of these products. The
last presentation for the day was given by Eaton’s and showed
some of the facts about Eaton’s size (growth), their production
numbers, and about how safety and the “Eaton family” were
important to the company.
When asked about the day, Christopher said that it was “very
interesting to see how so many machines work together so well”
and that “ safety is a very big priority at Eaton.” John Zimmer
replied by saying, “I thought it was very educational and I
learned a lot about the water waste management in Kearney.”
Kaleb Rosentreader made the comments “I learned that the
University of Nebraska is the only University that teaches all the
engineering programs,” and that “Eaton in Kearney only makes
valves and gears.”