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June 3, 2015
RANDOLPH — St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church here and St. Mary of the Seven Dolors, Osmond, will soon be saying goodbye to Fr. Michael Swanton as he begins a new assignment at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, Columbus.
Fr. Mike came to these two parishes in March 2011 from St. Wenceslaus in Omaha. Since being ordained in the Archdiocese of Omaha June 4, 2005, he has enjoyed using his talents to benefit several parishes.
Fr. Mike will miss the people the most.
The relationships I have built here will be hard to leave, but I won’t be moving far,” he said.
He will also miss the slower pace of life, dinners at parishioners’ homes, and taking part in wedding festivities.
When asked what he would miss least, he quickly said, “The drive between Randolph and Osmond.”
Often seen as an extrovert in Mass with his jokes and bright smile, Fr. Mike actually calls himself an introvert who enjoys his alone time, praying and reading, golfing, playing guitar and riding bike.
His new assignment in Columbus will be a big one. St. Bonaventure has 1,600 families.
Fr. Mike will also be heading an elementary school with around 250 students. This school is a feeder school into Columbus Scotus Junior/ Senior High School.
Swanton is most excited to use his 10 years of experience as a priest to guide him in new challenges and adventures in Columbus. He is always excited to learn, so he hopes all of these things will help him with bigger challenges in a larger parish.
June 3, 2015
RANDOLPH — BoBo’s Express is celebrating 25 years in business.
Dwayne”BoBo” Schutt, who owns and operates BoBo’s Express, opened a local and over-the-road trucking business June 1, 1990.
BoBo’s Express was located in Sholes at first.
Schutt moved his business to Randolph in 1996 after he purchased the lumber yard property and did some remodeling.
“I had been trucking for four years prior to having my own business,” Schutt said. “I actually started trucking in 1974 but I took a break for a few years.”
BoBo’s Express has six trucks on the road.
The company hauls livestock and has some refrigerated units that are used to haul meat and produce.
BoBo’s Express does a lot of crosscountry trucking.
When the truck drivers head out of town they are usually gone about five days.
“We do a lot of trucking in the Midwest and out to the West Coast and back. I go to California quite often,” Schutt said. “We have been to the East Coast, but we don’t do it very often.”
BoBo’s Express has six employees — five truck drivers and an office manager.
June 3, 2015
RANDOLPH — Craig Flaming grew up on a small Nebraska farm near Elsie where innovation and business savvy were a must for survival.
He is bringing those traits to his classroom at Randolph High School.
Recently, the school gave him the green light to purchase a plasma metal cutter to see what he could do in bringing his students to the next level of classroom engagement.
Citing, in part, the FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Program, Flaming is launching students into a program of manufacturing and production management.
It has become a burgeoning handson business in the classroom for students to learn career skills otherwise not available to them.
“One of our early successful business ventures was to design and build handles for beverage taps in a Broken Bow brewery,” said Flaming. “They liked our work well enough to have us build more of their signage in the establishment.”
Flaming calls their new venture, Cardinal CAM Industries.
CAM is short for “Computer Aided Machining.” Of course, the Randolph Cardinal is the company logo.
Flaming is using the equipment to bring students back to something once unique to the Midwest ethic — work.
“Students used to work on the family farm before and after school,” said Flaming, a six-year veteran teacher here.
