Throw Back Thursday!
January 30, 2014 Leave a comment
The Marr Grandkids: Derek, Amber, Justin who is holding baby Kaid, Drew, Whitney and Trent.
Photo Courtesy of Angela Graham.
Throw Back Thursday!
January 30, 2014 Leave a comment
Throw Back Thursday!! Cindy Stevens of Bancroft submitted this photo of her with her dad, John and her brother Bill.
If you have pictures you would like published her and on Kat Country Hub, please send them in!!!
Cindy Stevens with her dad, John and brother Bill. Photo courtesy of Cindy Stevens.
Arvid “Sonny” E. Samuelson, 83 of Wakefield, NE
January 30, 2014 Leave a comment
Arvid “Sonny” E. Samuelson, 83, of Wakefield, Nebraska died on Wednesday, January 29, 2013 at the Wakefield Health Care Center in Wakefield, Nebraska.
Funeral services for Sonny are pending with Bressler – Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Wakefield.
Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department Awarded $5,000
January 30, 2014 Leave a comment
Wisner, NE (January 30, 2014) Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department has been awarded $5,000 to support its progress in meeting the requirements of the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), the first and only voluntary national accreditation program for public health departments. ELVPHD is one of 29 local health departments from 19 states to receive this funding through the Accreditation Support Initiative (ASI). A total of 147 local health departments of all sizes and types, ranging from rural to urban applied for funding.
The ASI was created in 2011 to promote national accreditation readiness among a greater number of local health departments and support their varying needs to reach accreditation. Funding for the ASI is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CDC) and administered by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).
“Quality improvement is one of the most important investments a local health department can make – always seeking ways to do things better, more efficiently, with just the right amount of resources, and with a greater impact,” said NACCHO Executive Director Robert M. Pestronk. “As a participant in this initiative, the Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department is taking a big step to ensure better health for the people of Burt, Cuming, Stanton and Madison Counties in Nebraska.”
ELVPHD received funding under the general category of workforce development. The department will use the grant for assessing staff on the Core Competencies for Public Health, developing an agency-wide training schedule, developing individual staff training and development plans, and developing a Workforce Development Plan
Gina Uhing, Health Director for ELVPHD stated, “This funding was received at the perfect time for our department as we work to fulfill the PHAB standards. We intend to use the funds to assist us in creating staff development plans. Having such plans in place will help us to assure that all of our staff receives high quality training, which will in turn increase the quality of our services to the public as our ultimate goal. We truly appreciate the assistance from CDC and NACCHO in helping us achieve this goal.”
More information, including a full list of selected local health departments and descriptions of the work they have been funded to complete, can be found at www.naccho.org/asi.
*Disclaimer: Awards are pending execution of a contract with NACCHO and successful completion of project deliverables.
About Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department
Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department was created in 2002 to serve the citizens of Madison, Stanton, Burt and Cuming counties in Nebraska. Located in Wisner, with a satellite office in Norfolk, the focus of the department is healthy lifestyle management and disease prevention with approximately 25 programs initiated to maximize the wellness and safety of our constituents. Visit www.elvphd.org to learn more about the available programs.
About the National Association of County and City Health Officials
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) represents the nation’s 2,800 local governmental health departments. These city, county, metropolitan, district, and tribal departments work every day to protect and promote health and well-being for all people in their communities.
East Husker Conference Basketball Standings
January 29, 2014 Leave a comment
ELKHORN DIVISION – BOYS
Howells-Dodge 15-0 10-0
Bancroft-Rosalie 14-1 5-0
Oakland-Craig 8-8 7-1
Clarkson/Leigh 9-7 4-5
Lyons-Decatur 7-7 3-5
Scribner-Snyder 6-7 3-5
Humphrey/LHF 9-8 2-6
Pender 1-16 1-8
ELKHORN DIVISION – GIRLS
Pender 16-1 9-0
Humphrey/LHF 16-1 8-1
Howells-Dodge 10-6 7-3
Oakland-Craig 9-8 6-5
Bancroft-Rosalie 10-5 4-3
Scribner-Snyder 8-7 4-5
Clarkson/Leigh 6-11 2-7
Lyons-Decatur 5-11 0-8
PLATTE DIVISION – BOYS
West Point-Beemer 13-4 7-2
Twin Rivers 13-3 4-2
Stanton 12-5 8-3
Wisner-Pilger 10-5 6-3
Madison 7-9 2-6
North Bend Central 3-11 2-6
Tekamah-Herman 3-12 2-7
Logan View 0-15 0-8
PLATTE DIVISION – GIRLS
Twin Rivers 10-7 5-1
Tekamah-Herman 11-6 7-3
Stanton 12-5 6-5
West Point-Beemer 6-11 4-5
Wisner-Pilger 6-11 4-7
North Bend Central 7-7 3-5
Madison 5-12 1-7
Logan View 0-15 0-7
Oakland-Craig Second Quarter and First Semester Honor Roll
January 29, 2014 Leave a comment
Oakland-Craig Junior-Senior High School
Honor roll –2nd Quarter
2013-2014
7th GRADE 8TH GRADE 9TH GRADE
Cole Bures Kaitlyn Gard Will Andersen
Abbie Carmichael Jonathan Malec Spencer Anderson
Jacob Deemer Danielle Meyer Kiley Denton
Jena Gardeman Elizabeth Moseman Aaron Malec
Tyson Harney Kendra Riedy Emily Miller
Alyssa Johnson Kortney Schultz Carter Thiele
Raymond Loftis Ben Ward
Robby Mayberry
Natalia McNeill
Grace Monson
Grace Pille
Julie Potts
Wyatt Uhing
John Werner
10th GRADE 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE
Chase Dutton Nick Arlt Andrew Brudigam
Travis Gard Michael Fischer Karly Cull
Robert Gatewood Tyler Groth Brock Denton
Joshua Mulder Joel Johnson Jacob Dixon
Tommy Nelson Cameron Kiner Faith Gatewood
Brianne Peterson Joshua King Shelby Hinman
Heather Riedy Matthew Kuhlman
Angela Weisbrook Mitchell Lindstrom
Caleb Peterson
Elizabeth Reinert
Courtnie Rokusek
Jordan Snader
Chris Weisbrook
Sylvia Wilson
Oakland-Craig Junior-Senior High School
HIGH Honor roll –2nd Quarter
2013-2014
7th GRADE 8TH GRADE 9TH GRADE
Jared Mulder Garrett Seagren Jenna Bromm
Dacey Nelson Jacob Unwin Hannah Brudigam
Ellie Weitzenkamp Megan Fischer
Mequel Wilson Zakk Lierman
Grace Maline
Melanie Snader
10TH GRADE 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE
Olivia Bures Ashleigh Carr Korey Brooks
Bailey Charling Ted Maline Mitchell Nissen
Brynn Charling Bryce Uhing Kameron Shelley
Cole Mitchell Heath Stromquist
James Moseman Emily Weitzenkamp
Conner Thiele
Jesse Wallerstedt
Oakland-Craig Junior-Senior High School
Honor roll –1st Semester
2013-2014
7th GRADE 8TH GRADE 9TH GRADE
Cole Bures Kaitlyn Gard Zachary Ahrens
Abbie Carmichael Jonathan Malec Will Andersen
Jacob Deemer Danielle Meyer Spencer Anderson
Jena Gardeman Elizabeth Moseman Kiley Denton
Tyson Harney Kendra Riedy Aaron Malec
Alyssa Johnson Kortney Schultz Emily Miller
Raymond Loftis Derrik Runge
Natalia McNeill Carter Thiele
Katie Miller
Julie Potts
John Werner
10TH GRADE 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE
Chase Dutton Nick Arlt Mollie Blanc
Travis Gard Michael Fischer Andrew Brudigam
Robert Gatewood Tyler Groth Karly Cull
Craig Kaasch Joel Johnson Brock Denton
Cody Mace Cameron Kiner Jacob Dixon
Joshua Mulder Joshua King Madisen Durre
Tommy Nelson Angela Weisbrook Shelby Hinman
Brianne Peterson Matthew Kuhlman
Mitchell Lindstrom
Caleb Peterson
Elizabeth Reinert
Courtnie Rokusek
Samantha Smith
Jordan Snader
Chris Weisbrook
Sylvia Wilson
Oakland-Craig Junior-Senior High School
HIGH Honor roll – 1st Semester
2013-2014
7th GRADE 8TH GRADE 9TH GRADE
Robby Mayberry Garrett Seagren Jenna Bromm
Jared Mulder Jacob Unwin Hannah Brudigam
Dacey Nelson Megan Fischer
Wyatt Uhing Zakk Lierman
Ellie Weitzenkamp Grace Maline
Mequel Wilson Melanie Snader
Ben Ward
10TH GRADE 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE
Olivia Bures Ashleigh Carr Korey Brooks
Bailey Charling Ted Maline Faith Gatewood
Brynn Charling Heather Riedy Mitchell Nissen
Cole Mitchell Bryce Uhing Kameron Shelley
James Moseman Heath Stromquist
Conner Thiele Emily Weitzenkamp
Jesse Wallerstedt
Keep Looking Up!
January 29, 2014 Leave a comment
By Gary Fugman
Kat Country Hub Contributor
“View the Great Nebula in Orion This Weekend!”
All are invited to Northeast Nebraska Astronomy Club (NENAC) this Friday, January 31 at 7pm at the Lyons Library and Saturday, February 1 at 7pm at the Decatur Sears Center. Friday, after meeting at 7pm, we will go to the Hedges/Lyons Theater for our presentation.
This weekend Bill Hedges will lead a discussion on the spectacular Orion Nebula. First observed as an extended cloud of gas and dust in 1610, only a year after Galileo’s first use of the telescope on the planets Jupiter and Venus, the Orion Nebula is a star forming region. Young by astronomical standards, about 30,000 years old, the Orion Nebula forms stars from dense, contracting clumps of gas. We will view and discuss a short movie about the Hubble Space Telescope and it’s views of the Orion Nebula. In the movie computer generated views will take you inside the nebula!
Then, weather permitting, Friday at the Hedges Observatory in Lyons, and Saturday at the Fugman Observatory in Decatur, you will see the Orion Nebula in all it’s glory close up and for real! Other wonderful winter deep sky objects will also be observed through astronomical telescopes. You are invited to bring your telescope or binoculars. Please dress warmly as temperatures drop quickly after sunset.
For more information on this and future NENAC presentations, google “nenacstars” or call Pastor Gary Fugman at 349-1953, and Keep Looking Up!
Questions to Consider:
Go outside tonight and look south at the night sky. Identify the bright “H shaped” constellation Orion. Three belt stars support Orion’s sword. What difference do you see among the sword stars? Which one of the sword stars hosts the Orion Nebula? (Hint: If you need help, use your binoculars!)
100 Days of School Celebrated at LDNE
January 29, 2014 Leave a comment
Celebrating 100 days of school is Marlene Beacom’s class at Lyons-Decatur Northeast is Avery Bacon.
Avery Bacon. Photo courtesy of LDNE.
The Way Things Used to Be (Partially)
January 29, 2014 Leave a comment
By Corey McCullock
Kat Country Hub Contributor
Corey McCullock
I remember when I was younger, riding with my parents down a gravel road and seeing boots on fence posts and asking my mom why people did that. She explained that the person who owned the fence line must have gotten a new pair of boots because they always hang their old worn out pair on the posts.
I don’t remember the last time I saw a pair of boots on a fence post. It’s not sad, it was just a kind of reality check, that things aren’t the way they used to be. My generation has lost a lot of “touch” with older generations. Not just the generation my parents are in, but the generation my grandparents are in too. I feel like today’s youth are lacking in many things that generations older than mine have to offer.
Technology has advanced the way we do things so much today. I wish parts of it were put on hold. My grandparents farmed the hard way, horse drawn equipment, back breaking work and many other physically tasking duties that we don’t have to worry about today.It worries me that the generation my kids grow up in won’t know what work is. They’ll have jobs and go to work, but that is not the type of work that got this nation where it is today.
I could say the same for my generation. We don’t know what work is compared to the generations before us. I feel this way not just with work ethic, but in other areas like respect, discipline, “street” knowledge in a way that you can cob anything together and make it work without even having the right part.
There are many other things I think my generation needs to learn from past generations. There are also many ideas from previous generations that I want to stay there. I do remember overhearing some people talk one day saying, “What’s wrong with the kids today?” and I just kind of sat there and thought to myself, what the heck are they talking about. Now I realize today what they were talking about. Think of how you wish the world would be today. Is there anything that the previous generations could give my generation to hopefully reach that?
Maybe things should be the way they used to be.
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