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Halvorsen, Velazco receive chamber awards
Laramie Werner
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FOOD PANTRY
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INSIDE:
The Chamber of Commerce
Recognition Reception was well
attended with 40-50 people coming out to recognize the Community Service Winner Cheryl
Halvorsen and Chamber Member
of the Year Erin Velazco.
Senator Dan Watermeier congratulated them on the awards
Halvorsen
and also
spoke to
those present about
current
happenings in the
State Legislature.
Velazco
gave a brief
synopsis of
the Chamber’s main events in
2014. They estimate around
3000 attended Germanfest and
there was a larger crowd at Tannenbaum. Also, the town garage
sales were up to 40.
In recognizing Velazco for her
service, new President Tiffany
Walters noted Velazco’s involvement in the Egg Hunt, Germanfest merchandise, Tannenbaum,
and accomplishments overall as
President.
Halvorsen was praised for her
innumerable accomplishments
and volunteer work in the community in the last 20 years. She
was recently highlighted in the
Syracuse Journal Democrat for
the many amazing things she has
done for the people of Syracuse.
Serving for 2015 will be: VelazSee AWARDS, 2
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■ Obituaries
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Nelsen
named
county
commission
chair
CMH
announces
2014 Quality
Champions
Commitment to improve
quality of patient care is
woven throughout the
fabric at Community Memorial Hospital (CMH).
Through performance
improvement objectives,
we are designing a quality culture and program
that is 1) producible, 2)
reliable, 3) performance
driven and 4) maintainable. The efforts include
creating a systematic
approach that minimizes
variation thus reducing
the chance for errors
while providing safe, high
quality care that is customized to each unique
individual patient and/or
specified diagnosis related group.
Understanding the variability of processes is a
key to improving quality.
The main source of quality defects is problems in
the process. Poor quality is costly. The modern
approach to quality is
thoroughly grounded in
scientific and statistical
thinking. Total employee
involvement is critical.
CMH is happy to announce and congratulate our Quality
Champions for 2014.
■ Melissa Kahle, Director
of Rehab Services & Fitness: Melissa is receiving this honor for being
well-respected as delivering best practice in her
professional arenas, believing in the principles
of quality as a business
& management strategy,
& actively participating,
& engaging her staff, in
quality activities.
■ Julie Werner, Director
of Compliance: Julie is
receiving this honor for
making a personal commitment to walk & talk
the quality path, is willing
to own the ethical, cultural, financial & human
resource implications of
a broad-based quality
strategy & is a positive
communicator of the
quality strategy & its outcomes.
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Nikki Carlson
[email protected]
Tim Nelsen was elected to be the
Otoe County Commission Chairman during the bi-monthly meeting Jan. 13.
Commissioner Rick Freshman
was also elected to be the commission's vice president. Commissioner Ron Hauptman was the
former commission vice president.
"Thank you very much and
thank you Ron for your work this
last year," Nelsen said. "It's very
much appreciated."
Commissioners also were given
appointments to committees during the meeting.
Nelsen will be serving on the
Southeast Nebraska Public Health
board. Hauptman will serve on the
Southeast Nebraska Development
District Board, with new commissioner Jerad Sornson being the
alternate. Freshman will serve on
The Treasure Trove held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting January 17 at the store located at
315 5th St.
The Treasure Trove holds grand
opening celebration in Syracuse
Laramie Werner
The Chesneys have collected a
wide variety of unique items for
sale. They include dishes, furniture, art, and much more.
Patti said, “They’re antiques
and collectibles that have various
uses. There are quite a few interesting items that we have
that are different. I’m always on
the lookout for new and different things.”
Some of her favorites are rare
Raggedy Ann dolls. There were
only four made in the series, and
they have two still in the boxes.
Another thing they found was a
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The Treasure Trove held a
grand opening and ribbon-cutting January 17 at the store located at 315 5th St. Patrons and
Chamber of Commerce supporters gathered outside the
store for the official opening.
Owner John Chesney opened
with a prayer that their business
bless the community and glorify God in all that they do. His
wife and co-owner Patti Chesney
cut the ribbon to make it official.
medicine bottle. The Chesneys
were interested in the history of
them and the “patent medicine.”
During that time, the makers
put opium in the bottle and encouraged people to take it at the
first sign of illness. This was, of
course, before opiums were illegal.
Patti’s sister, Cheri Free, assists
in selecting items for sale and
running the store. John will be
giving music lessons for electric
and acoustic guitar, bass guitar,
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City Council
approves
zoning
request
See TROVE, 9
Laramie Werner
Richardson is no accidental champion
Tecumseh’s Macy Richardson has done a lot, but she’s no
accidental champion.
Richardson recently won national honors for the 8-9 age
group of the NFL’s Punt, Pass
and Kick competition and attended an NFL Divisional
Round playoff game at Seattle
on Saturday, Jan. 10.
Getting there was a journey.
But it was all by design.
Before going out to her first
competition, Richardson and
her parents researched the NFL
Punt, Pass and Kick program
and developed goals.
She achieved those goals and
then some.
Richardson won the local
competition at Sterling in September, which qualified her to
compete in the sectional round
in Louisville in October.
In order to advance from
Louisville, Richardson needed
to not only win the competition,
but to finish as a top four competitor in a 13-section region.
The Richardson family re-
Macy Richardson holds up the trophy she received for participating in the NFL’s Punt, Pass and Kick. Pictured with Richardson are her brother, Andrew, and her parents Harold and
DeeAnn.
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ceived an e-mail after Macy
competed at Louisville inform-
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Larry and Peggy Neemann’s request to change zoning was again
discussed at the January City Council meeting. They requested that
their property on highway 50 south
of the railroad tracks be changed to
Old Town Commercial in order to
allow more uses.
The property was previously
owned by the State of Nebraska;
they used it for outside storage.
However, under the current zoning,
that would not be allowed. The
Neemanns have several things they
could store at the fenced location including a semi and trailer, lawnmower, and recreational boats and
a camper. Though they haven’t yet
decided their final purpose for the
lot, they felt they could not move forward without knowing if the usage
would be changed.
Neemann expressed his frustration that they were not being allowed to do this. He pointed out
several businesses and residences
across town that were already doing
the outside storage. He said, “I have
no problem with everybody else
doing what they’re doing… I don’t
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Thursday, Jan. 22–
Fried Chicken, Mashed
Potatoes w/Gravy, Carrots, Biscuit and Blueberry Cobbler.
Friday, Jan. 23–Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Corn,
Bread and Fruit.
Monday, Jan. 26–Beef
Fritter, Potato Triangle,
Baked Beans, Bread and
Fruit.
Tuesday, Jan. 27–
Hamburger, Tator Tot
Casserole, Green Beans,
Muffin and Fruit.
Wednesday, Jan. 28–
Ham and Bean Soup,
Corn Bread and Pudding
w/Topping.
Thursday, Jan. 29–
Fried Chicken, Mashed
Potatoes w/Gravy, Broccoli, Bread and Cherry
Crisp.
Friday, Jan. 30–Pasta
Bake, Tossed Salad, Garlic Breadstick and Fruit.
CMH donates to Food Pantry
Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) employees wore jeans on Fridays in December as a fundraiser for the local Food Pantry. Pictured is Laura Lea Fossenbarger, Director of Quality & Community
Outreach at CMH, presenting a check in the amount of $385 to
Cheryl Halvorsen of the Food Pantry.
urer, and Jenny Panko as Secretary.
Chamber of Commerce ExecuContinued from Page 1
tive Director Carolyn Gigstad said,
“It was a great turnout! We were
co as Past President, Walters as really glad that people showed
President, Dianna Epp as Vice up to honor Cheryl and to listen to
President, Doug Magill as Treas- Senator Dan Watermeier.”
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Suggested
contribution is $4 per
meal. Meals are served
Monday-Friday at 11:30
a.m.
All reservations and
cancellations MUST be
in by 9 a.m. the day of
the meal. Call 402269-2957. For the
Handi-Bus, call
402-269-5129.
the
Nebraska City Area Economic Development Board, with Nelsen being the alternate. Commissioner
Steven Lade will serve with the Region V Board, with Hauptman being the alternate. Sornson will
serve on the Five Rivers Resource
Conservation & Development
Board, with Lade being the alternate. Lade will also serve on the
Safety Committee.
The Nebraska City News Press
was approved to be the legal newspaper for Otoe County.
The following banks were approved as the county's designated
depositories:
■ American National Bank of
Nebraska City,
■ Bank of Talmage,
■ First Nebraska Bank of Nebraska City,
■ FirstBank of Nebraska of Syracuse,
■ Farmers Bank & Trust Co. of
Nebraska City,
■ Arbor Bank of Nebraska City,
■ Commercial State Bank of Nebraska City,
■ Countryside Bank of Unadilla,
■ And Farmers & Merchants
Bank of Palmyra.
Nelsen announced the retirement of Melvin Snyder of the Talmage Post from the Otoe County
Veterans Service Committee. Commissioners elected Brad Moyer of
Nebraska City to fill the vacancy
through 2016.
In other business, commissioners approved for the Otoe County
Roads department to seek out bids
for two new motor graders to replace one or two in the fleet. The
department will be seeking bids for
a six-wheel and an all-wheel-drive
motor grader.
Nelsen recognized that the roads
department was also in dire need
of a new bulldozer, but that purchase may have to wait until 2016.
"We'll look into replacing two
graders this year while interest
rates are low and look at getting a
bulldozer next year," he said.
Roads superintendent Jonathan
Brinkman and other department
employees agreed that motor
graders were needed more than a
bulldozer at this time.
"We need both, but in my opinion we need a motor grader more,"
Brinkman said.
Freshman said the commission
wants to try to replace to graders
because the cost of purchasing two
would come close to what it would
be to buy a bulldozer.
"Replacing two is going to be, the
figures that I've heard rolling
around, is about the price of a
bulldozer," he said.
Commissioners also approved
for Otoe County Sheriff Jim Gress
to purchase two new vehicles to replace two vehicles currently in the
fleet.
Gress said the Otoe County Sheriff 's Office received a bid from
Larson Motors for two vehicles. A
2015 Chevy pickup truck for
$30,700 will replace the OCSO's
2009 Ford F150 pickup truck, and
a 2015 Ford Explorer police package unit for $32,600 will replace
the OCSO's 2008 Dodge Durango.
Larson Motors' bid also noted
trade-in prices. The trade-in bid for
the 2015 Chevy pickup would be
$18,700, while the trade-in bid
for the 2015 Ford Explorer would
be $25,700.
Commissioners didn't advise
Gress to trade the vehicles in because they thought perhaps the
roads department could utilize the
aged vehicles. Commissioners
asked roads department employees
to look at the vehicles to see if they
could be refurbished for their
needs.
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want anybody else to have to
change anything.” He felt that they
were being treated unfairly by not
being allowed the zoning.
After listening to their concerns
and asking some questions, the
City Council members responded
with their thoughts. Councilman
Britton, who was against the
change, gave some background
on why he objected. He was serving on City Council when the Old
Town Commercial Zoning was
created.
He explained that at that time,
there were many different businesses and residences in the original zone. The Old Town Commercial zoning was created specifically for the area down by the
tracks to include all the uses that
were already in place. Now, they
are receiving requests to use it other places, and the zone was not intended to be allowed elsewhere. It
allows building up to the property line, and there are residences in
the proposed area. Britton said, “I
think the looseness of Old Town
Commercial shouldn’t be allowed
in other places.”
However, after the hearing was
closed and all discussion was complete, City Council approved the request with a majority vote and
Councilman Britton’s dissenting
vote. The three readings were
waived.
Another zoning request was
heard at the meeting. Syracuse
Planning Commission recommended the change of zoning on
the Keim Property east of Cubby’s.
The change will allow a 150 foot
Verizon Wireless tower to be
placed on the west side of their
property. The setbacks are still being worked out to make sure they
are in compliance, but they needed to change zoning to industrial
in order to allow this use. The
property is adjacent to light industrial with Dollar General and
Cubby’s.
The purpose of the tower, from
Verizon’s perspective, is to help the
capacity and give better reception. After review of the proposal and discussion about the requirements according to the zoning, City Council approved the
change.
Kent Antes approached City
Council to express his continued
disapproval of last year’s annexation of his property. He felt that
since it was just farm-land, there
was no reason to annex. Antes
said, “I’m being double taxed on
the property. I’m getting the ag
swing and the residential swing.”
Councilman Britton, who wasn’t on City Council when the
change was made, responded with
why it was done. Once the land
was divided by Antes, though still
being used as farmland, he felt it
moved the purpose of that land
from farm to residential.
Mayor Ortiz agreed and said he
felt it was a part of development.
“I agree with everything Alan has
said. It was a split vote, and I voted for this…. That’s part of growing as a community. For the
greater good of the community, I
think it’s in the best interest to do
what we’ve done.”
Other items on the agenda included reports from the different
departments. The Sheriff’s report showed some hours down for
December. There were 59 calls,
and 26 of those were rescue calls.
Deputy Holland said the only other thing of note on the report was
a sexual assault. However, he
said this was from several years
ago, and it is not subject to a
statute of limitations.
Parks and Recreation Director
Shayna Murrell discussed fees for
parks and recreation activities and
the rate they pay to referees. There
have been 3 tumbling sessions, and
the final will be January 31 with a
recital. 84 kids are taking the classes this month.
The City of Syracuse with the
Parks and Recreation Department
are investigating the cost and benefit of a filter system on the wells
at the Sports Complex. The system
could be $25,000-$27,000. Currently, the water is destructive to
the sprinkler heads; 52 expensive
heads were replaced this year
alone. If the problem is isolated to
one well, after testing they could
decide just to filter that one well
(which would make the cost significantly cheaper).
Bids were received for a new
mower. Several were evaluated
from different dealers in town.
However, Todd Aksamit, who received the bids, was unaware that
these mowers were sold at Keim.
A bid will be requested from them
before a decision is made.
Tim Christians of Complete
Timing approached City Council
for permits on the scheduled 2015
street events. Over last year, $1348
was returned to the city in various
donations from 5K and 10K runs.
He discussed a new event for
2015.
A duathlon is planned for June
27; the event includes running
and biking. No other duathlons
are scheduled in Nebraska in June.
Christians predicted it would bring
in hundreds of people for the
event.
The route was reviewed and
discussed by City Council. A
change was suggested to the route
to ensure that participants do not
have to cross Highway 50. The
biking portion goes out J Road to
22 Rd on gravel. The entire event
begins and ends at the school.
Mayor Ortiz went over his regular concerns for these types of
events - trash, bathrooms, safety of
participants and others. He noted that Christians has always done
a good job of taking care of these
things. City Council gave conditional approval for all the events.
Christians needs to obtain approval from the State on the
duathlon.
James Bonneville from Municode reviewed the plans for updating and completing the city’s
code book. It will also be available
online. He went over pricing, the
process of providing copies for
review, and the city’s continued
support they will receive. After the
lengthy discussion on costs and
procedures, City Council approved
the $13,500 contract with Municode for this service.
A request has been made from
the City of Syracuse to the State of
Nebraska to review a road study on
decreasing the Highway 50 speed
limit. The current speed on Highway 50 does not slow until south
of Cubby’s. This creates a lot of
fast-moving traffic north of town
and coming into town. Trucks frequently pull in and out of Stutheits
and both veterinary offices. The
proposed limits would be 50 mph
north of Stutheits and dropping to
40 at Highway 2.
Future City Hall remodeling
was discussed, and it will include
updates to City Council chambers. City Utilities workers will do
a portion of the work, and the rest
will be subcontracted. Mayor Ortiz acquired a small recording device for meetings. It will not require a laptop or anything else other than microphones.
Other ongoing discussions included the Masonic Lodge above
City Hall (insurance, maintenance
of property, etc.). The Cargill
Hearing was continued again at
Cargill’s request. New Fire and
Rescue volunteers were approved.
The Employee Salary Step Program was discussed and will be reviewed in depth at the January 21
meeting. Due to possible litigation,
City Council held a closed session
to discuss a nuisance property.
50th Wedding
Anniversary
on and Ronda Sweat celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary
with family in Kansas City.
They were married January 30, 1965,
in Phillipsburg, KS.
D
The Syracuse VFW, VFW Auxiliary, American Legion, and American
Legion Auxiliary had a party January 18. There were 55 attendees from
the groups - all those who utilize the Post Home. Cub Scout Pack 337
assisted in serving the meal. Each Scout was responsible for a table.
VFW Post Commander Tim Christians said, “We are trying to do some
cross-generational work between the Cub Scout Pack and the Veterans Organization.” The VFW is now the official sponsor of the Syracuse Cub Scout Pack since the Lions Club is no longer in Syracuse.
Dinner was catered by Mama Prelle’s Catering out of Unadilla. After the meal, they had some fun playing Jeopardy.
Fire & Rescue
Phyllis M. Paap
County Sheriff's Office on
suspicion of driving under
suspension.
Jan. 19
83, of Nebraska City
Jan. 17
■ Nebraska City Fire &
Phyllis M. Paap, age 83
of Nebraska City, NE
passed away on Sunday,
January 18, 2015 at St.
Elizabeth’s Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, NE.
Phyllis Mary Gress was
born on February 6, 1931
in Nebraska City, NE to
Mike A. and Helen W.
(Zeiner) Gress. She attended country school near
Paul, NE and graduated
from St. Bernard’s Academy in Nebraska City with
the class of 1948.
Phyllis married Allen
Paap, Jr. on December 30,
1948 in Nebraska City at
St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
They recently celebrated
their 67th wedding anniversary.
As a busy homemaker
who raised seven children,
Phyllis also managed to
keep the books for Paap’s
Mobil and Paap’s Sport
Shop.
She was a member of
St. Mary’s Catholic Church,
St.
Mary’s
Altar
Society/Christian Mothers
and the Legion of Mary.
She lived her Catholic faith
by volunteering and helping others, and was very
proud of her family. Phyllis battled her IBM Muscle
Disease with courage and
great determination.
Phyllis is survived by her
husband Allen Paap, Jr. of
Nebr. City; children: Janet
Paap of Omaha, NE; Susan
Frederick of Papillion, NE;
Wanda White and husband Larry of Lincoln, NE;
Jim Paap and wife Susan
of Lincoln, NE; Nancy
Durr and husband Jeff of
Paxton, NE; Paula Aksamit
and husband Todd of Syracuse, NE and John Paap
and wife Allysyn of Dunbar, NE; 12 grandchildren:
Michelle Wescott, Mellissa
McSpadden, Jarod Steiner,
Tony Durr, P.J. Jackson,
Jake Paap, Tanner Paap,
Chance Paap, Shasta Paap,
Rayce Aksamit, Shayna
Murrell and Dylan Paap;
numerous great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law:
Rachel Ross and Jeanette
(Richard) Kastens and
many cousins, nieces,
nephews and friends.
She was preceded in
death by her parents Mike
and Helen (Zeiner) Gress;
mother and father-in-law
Allen Sr. and Hannah
Paap; sister Elsie (Cloyd)
Clement; brothers: Emil
(Arlene) Gress and
Bernard (Lois) Gress and
brother-in-law Arlen Ross.
A Funeral Mass will be
held at 11:00 a.m. on
Thursday, January 22,
2015 at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in Nebr. City with
Fr. Michael McCabe officiating.
Burial will take place at
2:00 p.m. at the Otoe
Cemetery in Otoe, NE.
The family will greet
friends on Wednesday
(1/21) evening at the
church from 6:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. A Prayer Service/Rosary will be at 7:00
p.m.
Remembrances may be
left at
w w w. g u d e f u n e r a l homes.com.
Gude Mortuary in Nebr.
City is in charge of arrangements.
Carolyn I. DeVries
Rescue responded to a fire
call at 10:22 p.m. at a 402
3rd Ave. residence, belonging to Steve Housh. Fire &
Rescue extinguished the
grass fire along the street's
right-of-way. The fire is still
under investigation. There
were no injuries.
Jan. 17
■ Nebraska City Fire &
Rescue provided mutual
aid at a fire at 2089 185th
Avenue in Percival at 2:26
p.m. Corn stubble and wild
land areas were burned or
damaged in the fire. Fire &
Rescue helped extinguish
the fire and provided water
for firefighters. There were
no injuries and the estimated amount of damages
is unknown. The fire is still
under investigation.
Jan. 15
Jan. 16
■ Mikayla Edie, 24, of
Council Bluffs, was arrested at 12:15 a.m. by the
Nebraska City Police Department on suspicion of
carrying a concealed
weapon.
■ Jolie Hoefling, 40, of
Odessa, Mo., turned herself into law enforcement
at 10:50 a.m. for two Otoe
County warrants.
Jan. 15
■ Nebraska City Fire &
Rescue responded to a
one-vehicle rollover accident at County Road 44
and Highway 2 at 2:49 p.m.
There were no injuries and
transport to a medical facility wasn't needed.
■ Ana Carlisle, 42, of Syra-
cuse was arrested at 2
p.m. by the Otoe County
Sheriff's Office for one
Douglas County warrant.
Jan. 14
■ Alicia Humphrey, 47, of
Nebraska City was arrested at 7:30 a.m. by the
Otoe County Sheriff's Office on suspicion of possession of a controlled
substance.
■ Jay Pace, 65, of Nebraska City was arrested at
7:30 a.m. by the OCSO on
suspicion of possession of
a controlled substance.
■ Tonya McCall, 30, of Nebraska City was arrested at
7:30 a.m. by the OCSO for
three Otoe County warrants.
Jan. 14
79, of Douglas, NE
Carolyn I. DeVries, 79 of
Douglas, NE passed away
on January 17, 2015 at the
Syracuse Good Samaritan
Society. She was born on
September 20, 1935 to
Donald D. & Ruth E. (Scott)
Smith in Douglas, NE.
Carolyn graduated from
Douglas high school and
started working at Roberts
Dairy. She married Richard
D. DeVries on October 5,
1957 at St. Leo’s in Palmyra.
She then became a CoOwner of R-F-D Sales Cabinet Shop. She was a very
active member of St. Mar-
■ Lisa Curtis, 26, of Lincoln
was arrested at 1:13 p.m.
by the Nebraska State Patrol for one Lancaster
County warrant.
■ Barbara Anne Aldana,
36, of Nebraska City was
arrested at 12:23 p.m. by
the Nebraska City Police
Department for two Otoe
County warrants.
■ Nebraska City Fire &
Rescue responded to a fire
at the Arbor Village Apartment Complex at 611 4th
Corso at 11:27 p.m. Fire &
Rescue investigated the
fire, which was caused by a
cigarette butt that started
a rug on fire.
(Dale) Hinrichsen, Grandchildren: Vincent (Jessica)
Hinrichsen, Ashley (Ryan)
Beach, Jacob Hinrichsen,
Allison Hinrichsen, Adam
DeVries, Grant DeVries,
Sydney DeVries, Gabrielle
DeVries, Daniel DeVries,
Alexis DeVries, 5 Great
Grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her Parents, Son:
Donnie DeVries, Brother:
tin’s Church and Alter So- Darrel Smith.
ciety.
A Funeral Mass was held
She is survived by her on Wednesday January 21
Husband: Richard D. De- at 10:30 A.M. at St. Martin’s
Vries, Son: Dr. Frank (Tina) Catholic Church in DouDeVries, Daughter: Patricia
glas, NE. Burial will be at
St. Martin’s Catholic Cemetery in Douglas.
Rosary was held on Monday January 19 at 7 P.M. at
St. Martin’s Catholic
Church.
The family suggests memorials to: St. Martin’s
Catholic Church
Arrangements By: Fusselman Allen Harvey Funeral
Home, Syracuse, NE 402269-2441
Condolences
to
www.fusselmanallenharvey.com
1942 in Seattle, WA. She
worked as an English school
teacher and also received a
master’s degree in counseling. She loved writing poetry and had a poetry book
published. She also was an
avid quilter making over
200 quilts. She also enjoyed square dancing, cross-
stitch and loved to play
cards.
She is survived by her
husband of 73 years
Howard of Syracuse,
Daughters: Alaena Diamon
of Cincinnati, OH, Dianne
Steil of Syracuse, Doreen
(Marvin) Steffen of Oklahoma City, OK, SherriLyn
Diamon & husband Mark
Ristuben of Onalaska, WI,
9 grandchildren, 14 great
grandchildren, Sister:
Lailah Nikulla of Seattle,
WA. She was preceded in
death by her Parents, 2 Sisters & 1 Brother.
Private family services
will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the
donor’s choice.
Arrangements By: Fusselman Allen Harvey Funeral
Home, Syracuse, NE 402269-2441
Condolences
to
www.fusselmanallenharvey.com
member of the VFW Auxiliary since 1954 and was voted Woman of the Year in
Syracuse one year.
Iris was known for her
smile and her optimistic
disposition, trying to meet
and make friends with as
many people as possible.
Visitation will be on
Thursday, January 22, 2015
from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm
with family greeting friends
from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm,
at Fusselman-Allen-Harvey
Funeral Home in Syracuse.
Funeral services will be
held at 10:00 am, on Friday,
January 23, 2015 at Saint
John’s United Church of
Christ, 511 7th Street in
Syracuse with Pastor Gary
Ganger officiating.
Interment immediately
following the service will
be at Park Hill Cemetery in
Syracuse. The family sug-
gests memorials to the Syracuse United Methodist
Church Building Fund or to
the Donor’s choice.
Arrangements: Fusselman-Allen-Harvey Funeral
Home, Syracuse, NE. Condolences to www.fusselmanallenharvey.com
Arrests
Jan. 19
■ Garrett Valenta, 18, of
Nebraska City was arrested at 4:40 p.m. by the
Nebraska City Police Department for one Otoe
County warrant.
■ Deavante Thompson, 20,
of Lincoln was arrested at
3:30 p.m. by the Otoe
Marriages
Jan. 15
■ Michael Ray Van and
Sara Beth Hershey, both of
Nebraska City, filed for a
marriage license.
Violet A. Diamon
93, of Syracuse
Violet A. Diamon, 93 of
Syracuse, passed away on
January 10, 2015 at
Gramercy Hill in Lincoln,
Nebraska. She was born to
William & Alina (Lehto)
Lauri on May 18, 1921 in
Iron River, Wisconsin.
Violet married Howard
Diamon on January 17,
Iris Elaine (Todd) Hill
85, formerly of Syracuse,
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through church, school and
their sports. She was a Cub
Scout den mother and, most
often, could be found having
as much fun as the boys. She
cherished time spent with
grandchildren! She loved
working on craft projects
with them and always ensured there was time to
make and eat sugar cookies
together! Iris also enjoyed
traveling, gardening, sewing,
baking and her “coffee
times” with friends.
Iris was a bookkeeper
and clerk at Hill Pharmacy
and she also assisted with
bookkeeping at the Syracuse Medical Center for several years. Iris was devoted
to the Methodist Church
for sixty years where she
taught and participated in
Sunday school, sang in the
Church choir, was active in
United Methodist Women,
representing them in state
council meetings, and participated in many other
Church activities and Bible
studies. She was a “get
things done” person and
was involved in many community affairs. Iris was a
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Iris Elaine (Todd) Hill,
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together. She is survived by
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Chuck (Marcy) Hill of Maitland, FL; Daughter: Teresa
(Mike Helfrich) Hasken of
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and Jamie Hill, Charity
(Grey) Leonard, Hannah,
Audrey, and Collin Hasken;
Great- Grandchildren:
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FROM THE GOVERNOR
We can grow
Nebraska
am humbled and honored to serve you as
the 40th Governor of
the great State of Nebraska.
Now is a time of new beginning for our state. As I
look into the future, I’m optimistic about the road that
lies ahead. We have a great
state, filled with tremendous opportunity.
Our rich history is deeply
rooted in freedom, opportunity, liberty, and the hope
for a better life for future
generations.
Today, we continue to welcome those who value freedom and are in search of a
better life. We welcome people from all over the world,
who study at our great Universities or work at our businesses, farms and ranches.
And as our forefathers did a
century and a half ago, we
honor the veterans–the men
and women who sacrificed
and served our country.
We have a beautiful state
filled with tremendous opportunity from the Missouri
River to the Sandhills to
the Pine Ridge. The strength
of our state lies in our people. Nebraskans are engaged
in their communities, their
schools, and their churches.
And when we have problems, we find ways to work
together despite our differences. Nebraska is what
America is supposed to be.
The future of our state
continues to depend on our
ability to pull together, to
solve problems, and to grow
Nebraska. I am excited to
I
GOV. PETE
RICKETTS
work together in a spirit of
collaboration to move our
great state forward, and as
we work together, you will
have ideas on how to reach
our goals. You may have
other concerns you are hearing in your community.
I promise I will listen
closely and with an open
mind.
Nebraskans want government to work. We hold
our elected officials to high
standards. I will work hard
each and every day to meet
those standards and safeguard the public’s trust. I
urge Nebraskans everywhere to stay engaged: You
are the second house. Hold
us accountable for what we
achieve and help us Grow
Nebraska
In the words of Virginia
Smith, “There is no excellence without great labor.”
On behalf of my wife Susanne and our entire family, we look forward to working with you and hearing
from you in the years to
come.
THE FORT
No place like
Nebraska
f you have ever visited
New York City, you
have probably felt the
excitement and energy of
the dense urban setting.
If you have ever visited
Los Angeles, you have probably enjoyed the fascinating
palm trees and the balmy
seaside weather. Our Capitol, too, is a great and historic American city, one with
its own particular rhythms
of work and life that are
different than elsewhere on
the coasts. All three cities
are centers of influence.
But the strengths of each
are made possible by the
deeper unifying strength of
the rest of America—a
strength of commitment to
one another that begins in
families and small communities.
This strength does not
come from a concentration
of political power in Washington, economic power in
Wall Street, or cultural power in Hollywood. It rises instead from the renewed
dedication of Americans in
each generation to do the
best they can with their talents and take responsibility
not only for themselves and
their families, but for their
local neighborhoods.
When more and more resources gather in fewer
places, ideals of strong families and communities begin
to lose force to sustain the
greater nation.
Government bureaucracy
and regulation that homogenizes everything from
safety nets to education
should never replace more
effective local solutions and
can never substitute for a robust civil society.
An economy where the
transnational corporation
crowds out smaller players
harms a genuine free market that supports social cohesion.
We need a space for widespread opportunity and
I
SEPTEMBER JOURNEY
Changing My Mind
h, how I hate to
admit it when I
have changed my
mind on a subject that
has caused me to be
quite vocal (and just a bit
nasty)!
The current subject fitting that description is the
squirrels that live outside
my window.
I have battled them for
two years and quite frankly
– they are the clear winners.
Right now, I have everything put away for winter
and there isn’t anything
they can do to annoy me.
Never in my entire life
have I witnessed any creature quite as clever as the
brown furry tailed rodents
that drove me positively
“squirrely” this summer.
I really don’t need to
watch the weather forecasters to know if the
weather is going to get
colder. I just need to watch
“my” squirrels.
O
PHYLLIS BUELL
Remember that warm,
warm Saturday a few
weeks ago? The next day
was a bitterly cold day.
What did the squirrels
do on that Saturday?
They made hundreds
and hundreds of trips up
and down the tree carrying
one big leaf with each trip.
How did they know the
weather was going to
change so drastically? How
did they instinctively know
how to insulate their nest
and stay warm? I admire
their wisdom and survival
skills.
Now I do hope I can remember those thoughts
next summer when it is
without a doubt sparring
time to see if I can keep
them from destroying my
potted plants.
Every so often I find myself changing my mind
about humans, too.
Right now, one of our
dear friends here at
Gramercy Hill is experiencing some severe memory problems.
As I watch her struggles I think to myself that
old saying “There, but for
the grace of God, go I.”
I try to help her in every
way I can. Sometimes she
doesn’t remember me and
is reluctant to accept my
help.
Then in a few hours, she
is her old self once more
and reminds me “Now,
you’ve got to help me out
when I need it.” And I assure her I will.
What I can’t accept is the
way some residents find
humor in her trials. None
of us know what is in store
for us – especially in the
later years of our life.
“Time waits for no man”,
it is said.
We have experienced the
loss of two of our dear
friends in the past few
days. I am happy our last
words with them were
kind.
In one instance, we
thought there was more
time to enjoy our friendship.
There wasn’t.
I have a couple of ears of
corn Mark brought from
the farm last fall. If the
weather turns bitterly cold
again I just may take them
outside for “my” squirrels.
Maybe that will help me
forge a truce with them
and they will remember
NOT to bother my flowers
next summer.
Yeah – I know. But I
still like to hope!
DIGGING UP ROOTS
The Itinerant Priest
U.S. REP. JEFF
FORTENBERRY
ownership where small
businesses can multiply and
thrive and where risk and
reward generate a personal
and inclusive entrepreneurialism.
Commercialized cultural
trends, often manufactured
in boardrooms and exported by marketing professionals, are no antidote for
the isolation and loneliness
that many Americans feel.
NYC alone cannot cure
what ails our economy. Los
Angeles cannot create a true
and lasting cultural solidarity. Politicians are good at
pointing out problems, but
Washington cannot provide
all of the solutions.
Answers come from
places like the Lincoln Haymarket.
On summer Saturday
mornings, the farmer’s market creates the space for a diverse array of local products.
Farmers and craftsmen
exchange goods and conversation with families looking for that homemade feel.
Behind the revitalized old
brick storefronts, technology startups are thriving with
new ideas that challenge
well worn corporate models.
Our version of a “silicon
prairie” provides a fresh and
organic market dynamism.
For things to get better in
America, moving away from
a government-controlled
society to a renewed focus
on what makes a healthy
economy is the best pathway
to financial independence
where everyone counts.
e don’t often
consider how
churches helped
to settle the west, but religious services were an
important part of the
westward movement.
Frontier settlers needed
spiritual guidance and dedicated missionaries suffered
many hardships in order to
bring that comfort to them.
Recently in browsing
through some old clippings,
I found the story of one
such priest who served Nebraska City, Plattsmouth,
Auburn, Bellevue, Salt
Creek, (now Havelock) Forrest City, (now Gretna),
Rulo, and Brownville. He
visited each place at regular intervals, celebrating
mass, baptizing babies, and
bringing God’s word to
those who longed to hear it.
Since the railroad had not
yet arrived in the area, he
made these trips on horseback through all the seasons and in all kinds of
weather.
The Reverend Emmanuel Harteg, O.S.B., was
born in Germany in the
1830’s, but when he was 25
he came to America. He
was ordained at the Benedictine Monastery in Atchison, Kansas. In 1861 He
was stationed in Nebraska
City as pastor of St. Benedict’s church and oversaw
the completion of that
church building, but he
was responsible for the care
of all Catholics south of
the Platte River. As other
settlements like Auburn
and Tecumseh sprang up in
the area, he added them to
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tell them what they want- Almost in a panic he
ed to know and after a crawled out, stood and
short delay he was again re- whistled for the horse, released to go on his way.
ceiving a whinny in reply. It
On one winter trip seems the wind had shiftthrough parts of Iowa, it be- ed in the night and the
gan to snow and he was horse had simply moved to
some distance from any the other side of the hay
settlement. As darkness stack.
was coming on and the
The newspaper item did
snow was increasing to bliz- not tell how long he was
zard proportions with no stationed here or if he was
shelter in sight, he spotted sent to another area when
a haystack in a field. Bur- he was older, but while he
rowing
into it, he spent the was here, he served SouthSHIRLEY GILFERT
night, leaving his horse east Nebraska with such
standing out of the wind devotion that all who knew
his itinerary.
near the haystack. When him, no matter what their
He had several adven- daylight came, he peered church affiliation was, retures as he faithfully cov- out. The snow had stopped membered him with adered his territory. On one but his horse was gone. miration and love.
occasion he was surrounded by a war party of Indians
who appeared to want to
Submit your
add to their scalp collection.
He quickly reached into
his saddlebags and pulled
out his breviary, a liturgical
book of prayers, songs, etc.
used in Catholic cereto
monies. They evidently
had seen such a book bejbrock
fore and immediately rec@ncnewspress.
ognized him as a “Black
Gown” and gathered
com
around to shake his hand.
The warriors then accompanied him on his trip in
order to protect him from
other hostile tribes in the
area.
During the Civil War he
was captured by a group of
Federal Soldiers who
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Ongoing Events
Syracuse
Friday, Jan. 23
■ Live Entertainment –
Houston Solution with
coffee time at 2:30 p.m.,
Jan. 23 at Good Samaritan Nursing/Rehabilitation Center
■ The FFA Soup Supper
will be held Jan. 23 at the
JV/Varsity basketball
games.
Saturday, Jan.
24
■ “Coffee Chat” @ 10:30
a.m. (Visiting & Refreshments), Saturday, Jan. 24
at Good Samaritan Nursing/Rehabilitation Center
Monday, Jan.
26
■ The next Otoe County
Extension Board meeting
will be January 26, 7:30
p.m. at the Otoe County
Extension Office, 180
Chestnut Street, Syracuse. Agenda will be
posted after Jan. 19 at the
Otoe County Extension
Office in Syracuse and
County Clerk’s office in
the Otoe County Courthouse, Nebraska City.
Tuesday, Jan.
27
■ Show & Tell @ 2:00 p.m.
with Coffee Time at 2:30
p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 27 at
Good Samaritan Nursing/Rehabilitation Center
■ Community Coffee from
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. and
Bingo @ 2 p.m. with coffee
time to follow at Good
Samaritan – Linden View
Assisted Living.
Wednesday,
Jan. 28
■ Bingo @ 2 p.m., Coffee
Time @ 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 28 at
Good Samaritan Nursing/Rehabilitation Center
Monday, Feb. 2
Syracuse Chamber of
Commerce meeting, Monday, February 2 at noon at
the Syracuse Library. For
more information please
contact Carolyn Gigstad
@
[email protected].
Tuesday, Feb. 17
■ There will be a 4-H Open
House and Online Enrollment Party from 4:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,Tuesday,
February 17th from 4:30
p.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Nebraska Extension Office in
Otoe County, 180 Chestnut Street, Syracuse at
which time 4-H families
and future 4-Her's can
check out 4-H Project
ideas, receive help to enroll online, and answer any
4-H questions. For more
information call 402-2692301.
Nebraska
City
BIG TOOL
of age. An adult Vaccine for those 19
years of age and
older who are Uninsured or Underinsured is also
■ Southeast District available. We ask for
Health Department a $15 administration
fee per child or adult.
holds Vaccine for
Children Immuniza- Visit our Website at
tion Clinics for ages www.sedhd.org or
2 month to 19 years call us toll free at 1■ The Syracuse City
Council meets the
second Wednesday
of the month at City
Hall.
■ The Optimist Club of
Nebraska City is currently
hosting an essay contest
for children 19 years and
younger. The essay contest deadline is Jan. 26.
Essays must be between
700 to 800 words and the
theme is “Optimism
Should Be A Priority.” The
winner will receive a
$2,500 scholarship. Contact Katie Mocnik at (402)
873-7065 or email [email protected]
om for more information.
Thursday, Jan.
22
■ Eat Well Live Well will be
held at CHI St. Mary's on
Jan. 22 beginning at 5
p.m. in the hospital dining
center. Guest speaker
Jenny Kearney will speak
on health and fitness. For
more information, contact
Pam Frana at 402- 8733388.
■ On Thursday, Jan. 22,
from 7:30-9:00 a.m., Morton Place Senior Living
will host this informative
“Happier New Year” event.
When someone you love is
in need of more supportive care, don’t wait. Attend
our discussion on how to
recognize the warning
signs of decline while
learning practical ways to
start a conversation about
care. Come get the information you need and
enjoy coffee and cinnamon rolls as well!
For more information
about the event and Morton Place, contact Amy
Mincer at 402-873-5551
or e-mail at [email protected].
Friday, Jan. 23
■ Missouri River Basin
Lewis & Clark Visitors
Center is hosting a Brown
Bagging with the Birds
event from noon to 1 p.m.
at 100 Valmont Dr. People
are encouraged to bring a
sack lunch and binoculars. Contact Doug Friedli
at (402) 873-2215 or at
[email protected]
for more information.
877-777-0424. We
are in Syracuse at the
OPPD Community
Room (935 11th St.)
the 2nd Wednesday
of each month from
9:00 to 1:30pm.
27
■ Movie Night at the Missouri River Basin Lewis &
Clark Center, 100 Valmont
Dr., will begin at 7 p.m.
The Nebraska City Museum Association is hosting the special event. “The
Far Horizons” is the movie
that will be shown and
stars Fred McMurray as
“Meriwether Lewis,”
Donna Reed as “Sacajawea” and Charlton Heston as “William Clark.” The
1955 film is a rendition of
the story of Lewis, Clark,
Sacajawea and the exploration of the West. It’s
known for it’s historical inaccuracy. The event is
free and the public is invited to attend.
■ The Otoe County Commissioners will meet at
8:45 a.m. in the County
Courtroom at the Otoe
County Courthouse, located at 1021 Central Ave.
■ The deadline for Opti-
mist Club of Nebraska
City’s essay contest for
children 19 years and
younger is today. Essays
must be between 700 to
800 words and the theme
is “Optimism Should Be A
Priority.” The winner will
receive a $2,500 scholarship. Contact Katie Mocnik at (402) 873-7065 or
email [email protected] for more
information.
■ Morton Place, 1500 14th
Ave., will offer Tai Chi at 1
p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
■ The Nebraska City Historical Society is hosting a
joint program with the Nebraska City Main Street
Historians at the Fox Center. “Historic” refreshments will be served from
6-6:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 6:30
p.m. The Main Street Historians will present on its
latest progress and show
images that have been
collected.
■ Morton Place, 1500 14th
Ave., will offer Tai Chi at 1
p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
■ The next Otoe County
Extension Board meeting
will be January 26, 7:30
p.m. at the Otoe County
Extension Office, 180
Chestnut Street, Syracuse. Agenda will be
posted after Jan. 19 at the
Otoe County Extension
Office in Syracuse and
County Clerk’s office in
the Otoe County Courthouse, Nebraska City.
Saturday, Jan.
Tuesday, Jan.
p.m. at City Hall.
■ The Auxiliary of
Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post #5547
hosts Bingo Night
every first Thursday
of the month at the
■ Planning ComPost Home on Fifth
mission Meetings are Street in Syracuse at
held monthly on the 7 p.m.
third Tuesday at 7
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Monday, Jan.
26
■ The Nebraska City City
Council will meet at 6 p.m.
at City Hall, 1409 Central
Ave. The public is welcome to attend.
will be presenting a relevant health-related topic.
The public is welcome to
attend.
■ Morton Place, 1500 14th
Ave., will offer Tai Chi at 1
p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
■ Morton Place, 1500 14th
Ave., will offer Bingo at 2
p.m. The public is invited
to attend.
Thursday, Jan.
29
■ The Heritage Needle-
■ Morton Place, 1500 14th
work Guild will meet at
6:30 p.m. in the basement
of the First Evangelical
Lutheran Church, located
at 3rd Corso and 16th
Street. A basement rummage sale will be the highlight of the meeting.
Members need to bring
pre-priced sewing-related
items for the sale. The
proceeds from the rummage sale will go toward
supporting the guild. The
HNG
isn’t just about quilting.
All forms of needlework
are welcome and appreciated. The public is welcome to attend the
meeting. For more information, contact publicity
chairperson Leslie Reed at
home at (402) 488-3996,
on her cell phone at (402)
677-0853 or email her at
[email protected].
Ave., will offer Bingo at 2
p.m. The public is invited
to attend.
■ You are welcome to at-
tend a free workshop on
business succession and
estate planning for farm
and ranch owners, families and beginners. The
workshops will be held in
Nebraska City, (January
27, 2015) at the Kimmel
Education and Research
Center and Tecumseh,
(January 28, 2015) at the
Tecumseh Community
Building. The workshops
run from 9:30 A.M. to
2:30 P.M. There is no
charge for the workshop.
To register (and for questions) call the Rural Response Hotline at
1-800-464-0258 or Otoe
& Johnson County Extension Offices.
Wednesday,
Jan. 28
■ The Optimist Club of
Nebraska City will meet
from 7-8 p.m. in the American National Bank Community Room, 920 Central
Ave. The public is welcome to attend.
Friday, Jan. 30
■ Missouri River Basin
Lewis & Clark Visitors
Center is hosting a Brown
Bagging with the Birds
event from noon to 1 p.m.
at 100 Valmont Dr. People
are encouraged to bring a
sack lunch and binoculars. Contact Doug Friedli
at (402) 873-2215 or at
[email protected]
for more information.
■ Morton Place, 1500 14th
Ave., will offer Tai Chi at 1
p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
Saturday, Jan.
31
■ A grand opening ceremony will take place at
the River City Center,
1220 Central Ave., from 69 p.m. There will be a
freewill donation
spaghetti feed. RCC is a
new free youth center for
youths in grades six
through 12 that provides
them with a safe environment to participate in fun
activities. The public is
welcome to attend the
free grand opening event.
Sunday, Feb. 1
■ Morton Place, 1500 14th
Ave., will be hosting a
monthly Parkinson’s support group meeting at
10:30 a.m. The guest
speaker is from Angels
Care Home Health and
■ A Super Bowl Soup
Luncheon will take place
from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the
Nebraska City Museum of
Firefighting, 1320 Central
Ave.
Monday, Feb. 2
Tuesday, Feb. 3
■ The Optimist Club will
host an Etiquette Class
for third and fourth
graders will be from 6:307:30 p.m. at the River City
Center, 1220 Central Ave.
Call (402) 297-4993 or
email [email protected] for more
information.
■ There will be a 4-H Open
House and Online Enrollment Party from 4:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 3 at the
Kimmel Education & Research Center, 5985 G
Rd., Nebraska City, at
which time 4-H families
and future 4-Her's can
check out 4-H Project
ideas, receive help to enroll online, and answer any
4-H questions. For more
information call 402-2692301.
Thursday, Feb.
5
■ The Optimist Club will
host an Etiquette Class
for third and fourth
graders will be from 6:307:30 p.m. at the River City
Center, 1220 Central Ave.
Call (402) 297-4993 or
email [email protected] for more
information.
■ The Optimist Club of
Nebraska City will meet
from 7-8 p.m. in the American National Bank Community Room, 920 Central
Ave. There will be a guest
speaker. The public is welcome to attend.
Friday, Feb. 6
■ Missouri River Basin
Lewis & Clark Visitors
Center is hosting a Brown
Bagging with the Birds
event from noon to 1 p.m.
at 100 Valmont Dr. People
are encouraged to bring a
sack lunch and binoculars. Contact Doug Friedli
at (402) 873-2215 or at
[email protected]
for more information.
Sunday, Feb. 8
■ The 51st annual Nebraska City Coin Club
Coin Show will take place
at the Eagles Club, 600
1st Corso, from 9 a.m.-4
p.m. Dealers from a fourstate region will be attending to buy, sell and
trade coins, currency, tokens and medals. The Nebraska City Family, Career
and Community Leaders
of America will serve refreshments, homemade
soups and pies. Admission is free and the public
is invited to attend.
■ The film “Lewis and
Clark; The Great Voyage
West” will play at the Missouri River Basin Lewis &
Clark Visitors Center, 100
Valmont Dr., at 1:30 p.m.
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1-23 Books & Brew and the Groundhog Falcon;
Book Club 9:00 a.m.
the old elevator with a grain
1-29 Groundhog Kings car loading beside it; His& Queens Reception 5:00 toric Main Street buildp.m.
ings; Fire Dept., Dan’s Tire,
Rod’s Conoco, Christian
lease note the
Church, old brick schoolBooks & Brew Book house with gym, and more!
Club has been
Sharon, a very talented
changed to Friday, Januartist who works in many
ary 23rd, 9:00 a.m.
mediums, will have a disIt’s time to start voting play in the library. You may
for the Groundhog Royal also purchase Groundhog
couple. King candidates books, cookie cutters, and
are: Jack Stilwell, Kevin pins at the Library’s
Randall, Steve Schutz, and fundraising table along
Todd Zahn. Queen candi- with many duplicate books.
dates are: Michele Capps,
A quilt show coordinatJordan Lechner, Lori ed by Christie Brehm will
Starzec, and Tammy be set up in the room next
Bayliss. There will be a to the Village Office and
Groundhog Kings & will feature a number of
Queens Reception at 5:00 vintage quilts. If you have a
p.m on January 29th at quilt you would like to disThe Bar. Any “true believ- play, please call Peggy
er” is welcome! The Leefers at 402-828-5725.
Unadilla Area Fund will You may also call her about
sponsor Unadilla Bill’s vendor spaces.
Breakfast at the Duncan
The Christian Church
Building on Monday morn- women’s circle will serve
ing, February 2nd at 7:00 lunch at the gym from 11 –
a.m. Bill will make his pre- 12:30, menu to follow next
diction at precisely 7:32 week.
a.m. Free will offering.
New books at the LiThe Unadilla library will brary include “American
host a special exhibit on Sniper”, “Unforgiven”,
Groundhog Day that will “Gone Girl” and several
feature the Village of Kristen Hannah books.
Unadilla in miniature,
Sunday evening, January
complete with Lionel 18, the American Legion
trains. Each building has Post #100 and the VFW
been reproduced from his- Post #5547 and their auxtorical information and iliaries held their annual
photos by Corey Schulze holiday dinner at the Syraand Sharon Demaree. It cuse Country Club. Those
includes a parade on Main attending from Unadilla:
Street complete with floats Ron and Lois Johnson,
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Chuck and Bev Bjork, Gordon Hopp, Shari Timm,
Larry Larson, Gerri Eisenhauer, and Bob Wilhelm. A
great meal was served by
Prelle Catering.
Perry Stoner invites you
to turn to NET on February
3 to watch the premiere of
“The Big Burn: American
Experience (WGBH)”. In
the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged
across the Northern Rockies. By the time it was all
over, more than three million acres had burned and
at least 78 firefighters were
dead. Ignited during the
United States Forest Service’s infancy, the largest fire
in American history had
profound consequences. It
reinforced for American
the value of land protected
for the common good and
assured the future of the
Forestry Service, but it had
profoundly tragic ramifications as well. For more
information before air time
go
to
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americanexperience/films/
burn/
Friday, 1-22-1915, The
Otoe Union: Miss Catherine
Butt resigned as postmistress
due to ill health. She had received her commission on 228-1896. A daughter was
born to Ora Baker’s and a son
to Otto Cook’s. There was a
3 day vaudeville show at the
Town Hall. Curtis Massie
rented the Ed Wallen farm; Ed
moved to Palmyra.
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RED CROSS
times of the year, or sugBLOODMOBILE NEWS gest ways of celebrating
The next bloodmobile familiar festivals.
in Avoca will be February
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l6, 20l4 from l:00 to 7:00 by most mothers, but parp.m.
ticularly by those whose
whildren are resistant to
AVOCA LIBRARY
the nice healthy walk.
NEWS
Margaret Hutchings once
"What Shall I Do This more manifests her unMonth?", by Margaret failing freshness of vision
Hutchings, is now available and her skill at giving
in The Avoca Library. This scope to the creative cabook offers a collection of pacity that is surely latent
ideas for keeping children in every child.
happy and amused at little
Find out more in the
or no expense, written in Avoca Library, on Tueslanguage that quite young days, from 4 PM - 5 PM.
children can read for The Avoca Library is now
themselves.
accepting donations of
As the title suggests, the lightly read books that are
ideas are linked with the suitable for children.
calendar and make use of
Donations can be
things available at different brought to the Avoca Li-
The Avoca News is a fundraising project for the Avoca
Library. Moneys earned
through this project will be
used to stimulate the love of
reading in our community. To
submit news, or to request a
correction or addition for
birthday and anniversary announcements, write to PO
Box 671, Avoca, NE, 68307,
or call Debby at 275-3221
(leave a message on the machine, please),or e-mail [email protected]
by Thursday night.
The Nebraska Society of Colonial Dames 17th century William White Chapter recently installed the following officers: President Ann Masters-Reinert, Recording
Secretary Marilyn Pollard-Uhe, Treasurer Linda Staack-Parde, Chaplain Verla
Rainforth-Roelle, and Registrar Judy Masters-Moore.
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JACKIE THOMSON-BREMER 402-432-1410
Congratulations to the
PHS Boys Basketball team
for the MUDECAS Championship! Congratulations
PHS Wrestlers for bringing
home 3 medals, everyone
wrestled great!
Good Luck to the sport
teams and hope for no
more injuries.
The Rev. Don Steiner
was pulpit supply for the
Palmyra Presbyterian
Church. As a reminder,
there will not be Sunday
School on January 25. The
annual congregational
meeting and potluck will be
Sunday, January 25, after
worship.
brary during regular hours
(Tuesdays from 4 PM - 5
PM).
For more information,
contact [email protected], or call
275-3221.
James Bremer, Daniel and
Nate Harder, Trevor Cox,
Michael Rempel, and Elliott Boldt, as well as, Leaders Todd Haussler, Chris
Wendt, Greg Boldt, and
Duane Bremer participated in the daily activities.
Some of the stations included: throwing tomahawks, golfing into a bucket, bowling, horseshoes,
basketball without a backboard, field goal kick, putting ping pong balls into
bowls, mini golf, fishing
for rubber duckies, and following one person pushing
a lawn mower with the rest
pushing the sled. The
group ate lunch before returning home.
100th Birthday
scrapbooking, or just visit.
Panama Quilt Guild
By Jackie ThomsonBremer
The Panama Quilt Guild
will be meeting on Tuesday,
January 27, at 7 p.m., at the
Holland Reformed Church.
The program will be Denni doing a bag demonstration. Bring your Show-nTell! See you there.
Palmyra Better Halves
By Patty Ostrander
Patty Ostrander hosted
the meeting at the Palmyra
Senior Center. Seven members were present. Roll
call, ‘Have you noticed if
your clothing size has
Organizations
changed?’ The ladies will
Palmyra Boy Scout
Palmyra Country
be donating a book in
Troop 334
Needlework
memory of Wilma Clem
By James Bremer
By Jackie Thomsonto the Palmyra Memorial
Saturday, January 18, the
Bremer
Library. Glenda Ostrander
Palmyra Boy Scout Troop
The Palmyra Country brought her pine cone col334 went to Camp Corn- Needlework will meet at lection to show the ladies.
husker, outside of Hum- the Palmyra Presbyterian
December meeting was
boldt, for the annual Church at 6:30 p.m. on held at the Palmyra Pub.
Klondike event. Logan January 29. Come on over
Wendt, Clayton Lewis, and sew, do handwork,
Palmyra Memorial Library hosts
History Program
The Palmyra Memorial Library invites the public to attend a viewing of the DVD – “The History of Palmyra” that
will be shown on Sunday, January 25th at 2:00 P.M. at the
Palmyra Activities Center.
A panel of area residents will be available after the showing to answer questions. Panel members are Gera Stilwell,
Winnie Dowding, Gloria Hall, Pam (Fey) Eisenhauer, Joy
Schroeder and Wilma Halverson, Books and other artifacts
will be on display.
lberta C. Kuehn
will be celebrating
her 100th birthday
on Sunday, Jan. 25.
Her grandson, Arthur
Martin, is hosting a card
shower for her. Please send
cards to: Alberta Kuehn,
Good Samaritan Center,
P.O. Box F-1, Syracuse, NE
68446.
Alberta C. Riensche was
born Jan. 25, 1914, near
Cook, the daughter of
Arthur J. and Margarete
(Juilfs) Riensche.
She attended country
schools before entering
Cook High School where
she graduated on May 19,
1932.
She moved to Omaha
and worked as a nanny
for the Carnaby family following graduation.
She and Arthur H.
Kuehn began dating in
August of 1934, became
engaged on Nov. 28, 1934,
and
were married on June
4, 1935.
They made their home
A
on a farm two miles west
of Lorton and resided
there until they built a
new home in Nebraska
City, which they moved
into in September of 1974.
Alberta and Art worked
side by side on the farm
and Art continued farming
after they semi-retired to
Nebraska City.
They were members of
the St. John’s United
Church
of
Christ
(McWilliams) for many
years and then became
members of the Bethel
United Church of Christ in
Nebraska City in 1974.
Alberta kept a daily
journal beginning in 1933
and continuing until May
2004, when her husband,
Arthur, died.
Alberta continued to live
in her home in Nebraska
City independently for
many years until the past
several when she had the
help of home health caretakers. She broke a hip in
March of 2014, and has
since been a resident of the
Good Samaritan Care
Center in Syracuse.
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Rocket girls score
much needed win
Kirt Manion
[email protected]
Rachael Nordhues got
back into the line up for
the Rocket girls’ team after
missing time due to illness
and the Syracuse team
scored a much needed 4132 win during action
against Milford last week.
“We played with much
more intensity this game
and were able to pick up
another win, which we
desperately needed,” said
Coach Justin Royal.
The effort wasn’t perfect
for the Rockets, but Coach
Royal said he was encouraged by the way his team
kept its turnover number
down.
“We didn't shoot very well
from the field or the line,
and we had runs where we
struggled to rebound defensively, but I was very
pleased with our defensive
effort and the way that we
cut down on our turnovers,”
said Royal.
Sydney Paden was a
force inside for the Rockets
and Coach Royal said that
presence opened up
chances for other Rocket
players.
“It was nice to see everyone taking advantage of
scoring opportunities and
becoming more balanced,”
said Royal.
Payton Beckmann was
a force defensively at the
top of the Rockets’ zone
defense with seven steals.
And Kensie Slack operated as an offensive facilitator with solid ball
handling.
“Milford played very
hard,” said Royal. “I was
impressed how we responded.”
Scoring leaders for the
Rockets were Lintner, 12;
Slack, nine; Nordhues,
nine; Beckmann, seven;
and Mariah McWilliams,
four.
Arlington 57, Rockets 50
Syracuse didn’t get a win
on the road Friday against
Arlington, but the Rockets
left the contest feeling encouraged by the way they
competed and, in particular, by the way they started the contest.
The Rockets posted 22
points in the first quarter
of the contest and led by
eight going into the second
frame.
“The girls really played
hard, it has been great to
see things starting to click,”
said Royal.
The Rockets didn’t connect on as many shots in
the second quarter. Arlington surged and, after
a late half three-point shot,
led by one point at the
break.
Action remained tight
in the second half, but a
combination of Rocket
misses on easy chances
and some timely Arlington
three-point shots pushed
the Eagles to victory.
“We are competing now,
so I can't complain too
much,” said Royal. Everyone stepped up, but it was
real nice to see Rachael
start to get her legs under
her and contribute in a
big way.
“As many games as we
have let slip away this year,
I really feel like we are in
a good place right now
heading into the final portion of the season.”
Rocket scoring leaders
in the loss were Sydney
Lintner, 16; Rachael Nordhues,
14;
Mariah
McWilliams, five; Payton
Beckmann, five; Kensie
Slack, four; Sarah Damme,
four; and Jaysa Zoller, two.
Rocket boys fall
short at Arlington
Kirt Manion
[email protected]
A rough third quarter
proved too much to
overcome for the Rocket boys’ basketball team
in a 68-44 loss at Arlington on Friday.
The Rockets opened
the game with 16 points
in the first quarter and
added 12 in the second
quarter to trail 42-28
Rocket wrestlers rated
in the state
106
No. 3 Max Hughes
152
No. 2 Ty Snyder
182
No. 5 Will Neels
285
No. 1 Matt Clark
Season records
Prior to the Pin Tourney
Max Hughes, 24-1
Pierce Agena, 13-14
Lane Bridgmon, 8-9
Zane Weiler, 9-4
Luke Wilkinson, 11-6
Jeff Burr, 4-16
Cody Pester, 5-18
Ethan Wallman, 1-0
Keegan Pope, 15-4
Seth Bayliss, 19-9
Jordan Long, 4-7
Neil Damme, 12-6
Subscribe to the
at half.
Arlington won the
third quarter 16-2.
Tanner Harsin led
the Rockets in scoring
with 19 points.
Others scoring for
the team were Connor
Cameron, nine; Chris
Goble, four; Tim Stilmock, four; Monty
Roberts, three; Braxton
Beach, three; Ethan
Zastera, two.
Mitch McWilliams, 16-9
Justin Holthus, 14-12
Ty Snyder, 15-1
Austin Jensen, 11-4
Braiden Kendall, 4-14
Elias Husen, 6-9
Nate Snyder, 4-5
Kelson Driever, 3-2
Will Neels, 22-6
Caleb Lefferdink, 12-15
Colten Blacketer, 0-5
Matt Clark, 25-0
Stat leaders
Prior to Pin Tourney
Escapes
Seth Bayliss, 22
Reversals
Mitch McWilliams, 24
Near Falls-2
Will Neels, 13
Near Falls-3
Max Hughes, 11
Team Points
Matt Clark, 136
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Neil Damme of the Rocket wrestling team battles during the final round of the Syracuse pin tourney on Friday night. Damme was one of four gold medal winners for the Rockets.
PHOTO BY TAYLOR CAMERON
Wrestlers second at home
Clark advances pin streak:
Neels, Snyder pin three.
Kirt Manion
[email protected]
Nine medals, including
four golds, and a total of
33 team points pushed
the Rocket wrestling team
to a second place finish at
the Pin Tournament at
Syracuse last Friday.
Lane Bridgmon, a fresh-
man 113-pounder, made
the first final round of his
Rocket career and placed
second.
First place finishers
were Matt Clark, 285; Will
Neels, 182; Ty Snyder, 152;
and Neil Damme, 138.
Other medals were by
Max Hughes, second at
106; Cody Pester, fourth
at 120; Seth Bayliss, second at 132; Mitch
McWilliams, fourth at 145;
and Justin Holthus, fourth
at 160.
Damme avenged a loss
suffered earlier in the season in action against an
Ashland-Greenwood grappler who is rated No. 3 in
the state.
Snyder and Neels both
scored three pins for the
tourney and Clark extended his consecutive pin
streak with two victories
by pin fall.
Turning to the team
race, Ashland-Greenwood
finished first with 35
points.
Other team scores were
Syracuse, 33; Wahoo, 24.;
Norris, 20; Auburn, 18;
Oakland-Craig,
16;
Louisville, 11; Conestoga,
nine; Tri County, nine;
and Freeman, eight.
Ashland-Greenwood is
rated No. 7 as a team in
Class B. Freeman is rated
No. 9 in Class D.
Pin tourney had send off feeling
Kirt Manion
[email protected]
Syracuse hosts Nebraska
City for a dual on Thursday, so last Friday’s Pin
Tournament wasn’t the final send off for the Rocket
senior class.
It may have had the feel
of a send off.
Few schools have tournaments as unique and
intense as the Syracuse
Pin Tournament and Friday was the last chance
for the Syracuse seniors
to compete in such an environment in front of their
home fans.
“Pretty much the whole
Syracuse
community
comes and watches,” said
Ty Snyder. “It’s awesome
when you get a pin and
everybody goes wild.”
Snyder said he’s extra
motivated for the pin tourney since he gets a lot of
his wins by way of pin.
Matt Clark is the extreme example of what
Snyder is talking about.
Clark went into the pin
tourney with 100 career
pins and 57 consecutive
pins. The consecutive pins
mark is already a state
record, better than the 47
pin mark set by Mike
Shoff of Class D Cambridge back in 2012.
And Clark is chasing the
national record of 68.
It’s hard to see him not
getting it.
You would think that
having so many pins
would take the fun out of
it, but Clark doesn’t feel
that way.
“You’ve got to come out
here and get people on
their back,” said Clark.
“The crowd is excited.
Everyone is jumping in
the stands. It’s really exciting.”
Anytime that wrestling
is a topic of conversation,
the Rocket seniors get
worked up into a frenzy.
They want to win. They
want to compete.
And they long for a
chance on the mat.
Clark, who has spent his
decorated athletic career
dedicated to doing his best
at each sport in its given
Pictured are seniors on this year’s Rocket wrestling team. Front row, from left:
Jordan Long, Neil Damme, Elias Husen; second row: Ty Snyder , Matt Clark, Will
Neels, and Colten Blacketer.
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season, said it didn’t take
long for him to turn his
attention from football to
wrestling.
The football season didn’t end the way the Rockets had wanted to end.
Syracuse had been hoping
for a playoff run. The
Rockets missed the postseason.
A week after the football
season ended, Clark had
already turned his focus
to wrestling.
“The week after football.
I just couldn’t get it off
my mind,” Clark said of
wrestling. “I was thinking
about another state championship and a team
championship.”
Big goals go with the
territory for these Rocket
wrestlers.
Snyder got his 100th
win at the Flatwater Fracas in Grand Island. Neil
Damme hopes to get his
100th win at the upcoming conference tourney
and wants to score a state
gold medal. And Will
Neels figures to finish very
close to that 100 win
mark.
Colten Blacketer, the
Rockets’ 195 pounder,
might not have the gaudy
records of his fellow Rockets but his words speak
directly to the way these
wrestlers feel about the
sport.
“Wrestling puts you over
the limit. It makes you or
brakes you,” Blacketer explains.
As he goes onto that
mat this season, Blacketer
said he thinks about this
being his last chance. He
wants to leave it all out
on the mat and have no
regrets.
In order to achieve that
goal, wrestlers must push
past adversity. And these
Rockets have had that.
Snyder missed action
due to a football related
injury, returned to get his
100th win and then was
out again for two meets
with a skin infection.
Neels dropped weight
from football season in
order to get ready for
wrestling and, like Snyder,
had to deal with a skin
infection.
Every wrestler can give
their story of adversity.
Sharing those stories is
part of the wrestler bond.
And it’s probably why
an individual sport has
such a team feel to it.
Every wrestler knows what
the other guys are going
through.
As Damme chases the
100 win mark, he thinks
about the other wrestlers
that have achieved that
mark. He wants to join
that fraternity.
And at the same time,
Damme marvels at what
Clark has been able to
achieve. It’s a given that
100 wins is the gold standard for what defines a
great career.
To see Clark get 100
pins is something that
Damme definitely appreciates. He knows how hard
Clark has worked to
achieve that goal.
The Rockets work hard
in practice. They push
each other to get better.
Damme credits Snyder
for his wins. If it wasn’t
for Snyder working him
so hard in practice,
Damme might not be
where he is at now.
Teammates strengthen
one another by their support.
And, despite the fact
that Clark would stand
out as the star athlete on
any team, it doesn’t affect
the way he interacts with
his teammates.
Damme described Clark
as a goof ball who is always
keeping the mood light
and having fun in the
wrestling room.
“We’ll be friends for life.
It’s one of those things,”
Damme said.
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ing them that she had
qualified to compete at
the team championship
round, which was conducted at the Kansas City
Chiefs’ training facility on
Nov. 30. The Richardsons
also attended the Sunday
night game between the
Chiefs and Denver Broncos that day.
Just having that experience would have been
enough for most.
Richardson had another round left—nationals.
The top four competitors from the team championship round qualified
for nationals. Richardson
finished the team championship round as the top
performer of the four national qualifiers.
The
championship
round was held at Seattle
and the national winners
were honored at halftime
of the Seahawks’ playoff
game against Carolina.
According to the NFL
web site, Richardson’s national numbers had her
punting 67’ 8”; passing for
81’ 8”; and kicking for 55’
2”. All combined, that
gave Richardson a first
place distance of 204’ 6”.
Although Seattle’s CenturyLink Field has a reputation as being one of
the most intimidating stadiums for visiting fans,
Richardson probably felt
at home on that national
stage.
She’s been on it before.
In 2013, Richardson
navigated Major League
Baseball’s Pitch, Hit and
Run competition and ended up reaching the national stage there too.
Richardson won a local
competition in Auburn,
advanced to the sectional
round at Creighton, then
competed at a team round
at Denver with the Colorado Rockies and earned
her way to nationals which
were conducted as a part
of the MLB’s All Star festivities in New York. Macy
attended the Home Run
Derby and the All Star
Game.
She got to be on the
field for the Home Run
Derby and was out in the
outfield running down fly
balls.
Certainly, that’s the end
of her athletic story. Right?
It’s not.
At the age of five,
Richardson placed high
at the national and international levels for the pedal pulls, a competition
where competitors pedal a
tractor hauling a weighted
sled.
The story continues.
Richardson has shown
her athletic ability on the
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These can be arranged
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and the store may be open
some evening hours during the lessons in the future.
The Chesneys were extremely thankful for the
community support at
their opening Saturday.
“We were so pleased with
the turnout… We just love
the plaque that we got.
We were just really
thrilled!” said Patti. John
commented, “So many
people came out to support
us. That really meant a lot
to us.”
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softball field and at the
state gymnastics competition.
In three years, Richardson has competed in 15
gymnastics meet, three of
them being state meets,
and she’s undefeated having never finished worse
than first in the overall at
those events.
In softball, she’s already
excelled as a pitcher. She
began playing on a 10and-under team at the age
of seven and was installed
as the team’s starting
pitcher.
What’s the future for
Richardson?
She’s going to be getting into volleyball, track
and basketball soon.
One would have believed that she would have
competed in all three of
those sports already.
DeeAnn Richardson,
Macy’s mom, said the
Richardsons don’t let their
daughter compete in all
the sports. They don’t
want her to get burnt out
when it comes to athletic
pursuits.
DeeAnn and her husband Harold, both coaches, believe it’s best to work
on athletic fundamentals
and save some of the athletic pursuits for later.
It seems like a great philosophy as DeeAnn said
Macy is chomping at the
bit to compete in track,
volleyball and basketball.
She’ll no doubt get her
chance.
For the moment, however, it’s alright to take
some time to appreciate
what Macy has already accomplished.
“We have a scrapbook
and it’s amazing the things
she has accomplished,”
said DeeAnn. “It’s truly
an honor to do the things
that she has been able to
do.”
Macy and her family
won’t pause for too long on
those laurels.
She wants to get back to
work and back to pursuing
excellence.
“She’s very determined,”
said DeeAnn. “She’s a perfectionist and she’s very
attentive to detail.”
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If she needs any motivation to keep on pushing
hard, Macy will get that
push, from her brother,
Andrew, a fifth grader.
DeeAnn said Macy and
Andrew compete hard
against one another.
DeeAnn said that’s probably part of the reason
Macy does so well in big
competitions.
“She’s got to keep up
with her big brother,” said
DeeAnn.
Although
Andrew
would have loved to win
the Punt, Pass and Kick
competition too, DeeAnn
said he gave full support to
his sister and encouraged
her throughout the
process.
He’s got his own
achievements as well. Andrew got his first deer this
season and needed just
one shot to do it.
In athletics, Andrew
plays basketball and baseball.
And, in the classroom,
he scored perfectly on the
NeSa academic assessment test, a score that
beat out Macy.
Andrew is going to continue pushing Macy. And
she’s going to keep on
striving.
That could mean that
Macy will be going after
another national honor
soon.
It certainly wouldn’t be
a surprise to those who
know her.
And it certainly wouldn’t be an accident either.
Family
Macy’s parents are
DeeAnn and Harold
Richardson. DeeAnn is a
graduate of Tecumseh
High School and Peru
State College and is the
guidance counselor at
Johnson-Brock
High
School. Harold is a graduate of Pawnee City High
School and is a physical
education teacher at Sterling High School. Both
Macy
and
Andrew
Richardson attend school
in Sterling. Sue Bassinger,
an aunt to the Richardson
children, teaches fourth
grade in Syracuse.
Employees of the Year
Good Samaritan Society-Syracuse honored their Employee of the Year at their
Staff Christmas Party held Saturday, Dec. 6. These individuals were selected
from the employees that were honored on a monthly basis from the skilled nursing facility and on a quarterly basis from the Assisted Living. Pictured is skilled
nursing center Employee of the Year – Tony Curttright, Certified Nursing Assistant, Dianna Epp, Good Samaritan Society-Syracuse Administrator and Linden
View Assisted Living Employee of the Year – Roberta Rowley, Resident Assistant.
Masters wins Chili Cook-off
Laramie Werner
[email protected]
A selection of 11 different
pots of chili were sampled at
the Third Annual Chili
Cookoff at B & J’s January
18.
They varied from traditional to unique, superspicy, and one even had
shrimp!
The $322 raised at the
event will go towards restrooms at the soccer fields.
Event Organizer Patty
Vollertsen enjoys doing the
cook-off because it brings a
fun opportunity for the
community to enjoy something together while raising
money for a cause that will
improve Syracuse.
The volunteer judges
were Ben Kassera, Scott
Ruehling, Liza Masters,
Ryan Ross, Lori Brinkman, Dan Masters was first place winner, and he received
a $25 gift certificate to B & J’s.
and Melinda Ortiz.
Dan Masters was first
place winner, and he received a $25 gift certificate to B & J’s. Second place Anthony Hensley took
went to Lisa Kassera, and third.
Public Notices
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS
The annual meeting of the
members of the German Mutual Insurance Association of
Nebraska will be held at the
Arbor Manor, 1617 Central
Ave., Auburn, Nebraska, on
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at
one o’clock (1:00 p.m.) for the
purpose of election of tow Directors and review of the prior
year’s business. A light lunch
will be served prior to the
meeting beginning at 12:00
pm.
Clint Swanson
Secretary
Published in the Syracuse
Journal Democrat on January
22, 2015
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Top 10 Reasons To Choose Catholic Schools
1 Catholic tradition and academic excellence in a
community grounded in faith
2 Balanced curriculum that includes art, music and fitness
3 Emphasis on moral development, service to
others and leadership skills
4 A 99% graduation rate
5 Strong preparation for further education
6 Safe and disciplined environment
7 Exceptional faculty who help students reach
their highest potential
8 Individual attention in a caring community
9 Commitment to technology use to enhance education
10 Good stewardship of resources
“Let us keep the flame of faith alive through prayer and the
sacraments: let us make sure we do not forget God.”
–Pope Francis
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2014 Academic
Decathlon State Runner
Up Small School
Division, Mass is
celebrated in school
chapel, Senior Cheer
Squad, 2014 First
Communion class, 2014
Speech Team is State
Runner Up, 1:1 iPad pilot
program for all students
grades 6-12
ADMINISTRATION
Fr. Michael McCabe ...........................Superintendent
Fr. Mark Cyza .....................................K-12 Principal
Mr. Andy Fedoris ........................... Dean of Students
Mrs. Lisa Whitten ......................Guidance Counselor
Mr. Joe Tynon...............................Activities Director
NUMBERS TO REMEMBER
Main Office ..........................................402-873-6154
Primary.................................................402-873-3739
Pre-School............................................402-873-9336
SCHOOL BOARD
Cindy McGinnis, President
Bill Boyle, Vice-President
Lisa Whitten, Secretary
Fr. Michael McCabe
Fr. Mark Cyza
Fr. Michael Stec
Fr. Christopher
Miller
Fr. Loras Grell
Fr. Karl Millis
Laurie Stukenholtz
Sally DuBois
Andy Fedoris
Jeff Funke
Janelle Gress
Brad Kreifels
Emily Meyer
Joe Tynon
Please call 402-873-6154 to register for 2015-16 school year.