As right as rain: Nebraska boy gets special gift of mini center pivot

Ruth Nicolaus
Dec 23, 2021
Dec 23, 2021 Updated Jan 3, 2022

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Blaize DeGroff waves as he stands with his mini center pivot. The Ord, Neb. boy was diagnosed with Williams Syndrome and loves watching center pivots.

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Blaize DeGroff stands next to his very own mini center pivot. The Ord, Neb. boy has been diagnosed with Williams Syndrome and loves pivots.

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Blaize DeGroff is all smiles as he runs up to his new gift, a mini center pivot.

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Blaize high-fives Al Loschen, the creator of Blaize’s gift, a one-fifth scale mini center pivot.

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Everyone is all smiles as Blaize DeGroff inspects his new mini center pivot.

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Ruth Nicolaus

It’s not every kid that can claim to have his very own personalized center pivot.

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Mini-pivot (2).jpg — The DeGroff family: parents Michael and Jessica, and children Paxton, Blaize, Savy and Malone, stand with Blaize’s gift, a mini center pivot. Oldest daughter Adelynne is a student at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
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Mini-pivot (1).JPG — Blaize DeGroff stands with his new miniature center pivot, a gift from Reinke Manufacturing, with Chris Roth, president of Reinke, Holdrege Irrigation vice president Tim Schmidt, and Al Loschen, Holdrege Irrigation service and technical technician who built the mini pivot.
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Mini-pivot (7).jpg — Even the plaque on his new pivot sports Blaize’s name.
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Freelance writer Ruth Nicolaus loves (nearly) everything about the Great Plains, but mostly its people. She lives in eastern Nebraska. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.