THE RIBBON CUTTING for the Elk Creek Fire Hall was held Friday, December 5 with a packed house in the Fire Hall and Community Center waiting for the NioCorp presentation on their Elk Creek Critical Minerals project. Those pictured are, from the left: Nancy Eggers, Elk Creek Foundation treasurer; Arlin Beethe, Rural Fire Board president and Village Clerk; Lynn Lyon, Johnson County Sheriff; Lavon Beethe of LBC Carpentry, the builder; Dennis Beethe, Rural Fire Board member; Joey Lohmann of AHRS, project manager; Eric Stallbaumer, AHRS owner/project manager; Jon Rother, Johnson County Central Public Schools superintendent; Dave Borrenpohl, Johnson County Commissioners board chairman; Mark Smith, NioCorp chairman, president and CEO; Megan Buckley, Pawnee and Johnson County Emergency Manager; Governor Jim Pillen, cutting the ribbon; State Senator Bob Hallstrom of the first district; Glenn Plager, member of Rural Fire Board and Village Board; Greg Bates, Village Board chairman and Elk Creek Foundation member; Nick Boone, member of Rural Fire Board and Elk Creek Foundation; Don Gottula, Rural Fire Board secretary/ treasurer; Kirk Bartels, Elk Creek Fire Chief and Village Board treasurer; Deb Pfister, Village Board secretary; Melissa Campbell, Village Board member; Linda Hanika, Elk Creek Foundation secretary; and Scott Honan, NioCorp Chief Operations Officer.
