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Roger D. Ross, 75, of Pender, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at the Pender Community Hospital in Pender, Nebraska.
Memorial services are pending with Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Pender, Nebraska.
December 16, 2014 Leave a comment
The senior center provides Information and Assistance to any individual who is looking for services for themselves or another person 60 years and older, the center manager and/or center participant can provide information to individuals on services available within the community. We link individuals to the services and opportunities that are available within or beyond the community itself. We will then establish adequate follow-up procedures to see that their needs were met. For more information call 402-648-3387.
*If you are 60 years and older and need information on programs designed to help keep you in your home longer or if you need legal help, contact Connie at 402-648-3387 or in the evening at 402-648-7648.
* We have the following medical equipment to loan out on an as need basis, wheel chair, bath seats, toilet seat riser and portable toilet chair, crutches or walkers. Call 402-648-3387 during office hours.
Meals on Wheels
Would you like to get Meals on Wheels? Anyone over the age of 60 years and lives within the city limits are eligible for these meals. You may sign up anytime for the Meals on Wheels program; you can get the meals delivered however many times you want them each week. You must call 402-687-2332 before 8:30 a.m. if you want a meal that day. The suggested donation for the meals is $4.00.
Weekly Activities:
Wed. Dec. 17: No chime practice today. Foot clinic is cancelled for today; there will be no foot clinic until February 2015.
Thurs. Dec. 18: Tai Chi Class at 9:30 and walking ex class at 10:30. Stop in and have coffee with us at 10:00. Sign up for the pinochle tournament at 1:30.
Fri. Dec. 19: Join us for the chair ex. at 10:00. Lori Lee, an attorney will be at the center at 1:15 to talk privately to you about any legal questions you may have. She will give a presentation at 1:30 before the birthday party starts at around 1:45.
Mon. Dec. 22: We will have a pitch tournament at 1:30. The senior center board meeting will be at 3:30 today.
Tues. Dec. 23: Tai Chi class at 9:30 and the walking ex. class at 10:30. Stop in for coffee at 10:00. We will have a golf tournament at 1:30.
Wed. Dec. 24: No chimes practice. Center will be open from 8:30 until noon. We will be closed in the afternoon.
Thurs. Dec. 25: Center is closed today. Happy Holidays to Everyone.
Fri. Dec. 26: Center will be open from 8:30 until noon. We will be closed in the afternoon.
December 16, 2014 Leave a comment
Bernard “Ben” Hagedorn, age 82, of West Point, Nebraska passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014, at the West Point Living Center in West Point. Funeral Mass will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in St. Charles with Fr. Gerald Gonderinger as celebrant. Burial with military honors at St. Anthony Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 17th, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Stokely Funeral Home and continuing at 5 p.m. at St Anthony’s. Wake service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at the church. Memorials may be made to St. Anthony Cemetery Fund. Stokely Funeral Home in West Point is in charge of arrangements.
Bernard Hagedorn
December 16, 2014 Leave a comment
Greg Mockenhaupt and Tammy Schinck were sworn in to the Oakland City Council last evening during the council’s regular monthly meeting. They replace Lorie Johnson and Tim Anderson who chose not to run for re-election. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub and also an Oakland City Council member.
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Janice R. Ray, age 56, of Fremont, Nebraska passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014, at the Fremont Area Medical Center in Fremont. Memorial services will be held Thursday, December 18, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Schuyler, Nebraska with Jerry L. Kracl, Speaker. Committal will be in the Schuyler Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday morning at the church, one hour prior to service time. Memorials may be directed towards families choice. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.revbluejeans.com. Kracl Funeral Chapel in David City is in charge of these arrangments.
Janice was born August 15, 1958 in Schuyler, Nebraska to Avlin and Phyllis (Grotelueschen) Hoy. She graduated from North Bend High School in 1976, and attended Metro Community College where she earned her associate degree in nursing home administration. She also attended Bellevue University and studied health care management. Janice had worked at the Parkview Nursing Home in Dodge for two years.
In February of 1977, Janice was united in marriage to Noel “Buddy” Ray, Jr. at the Methodist Church in North Bend. Janice lived in North Bend, Snyder and Howells, and had lived in Fremont the last 3 years. She was a former member of the Library board in Snyder and the Lions Club International.
She is survived by her daughters: Jill (Dennis) Metz of Oakland, NE, Jennifer (Cody) Stracke of Fremont, Janelle (Tim) Boyd of Gainesville, Georgia. Brothers Jim (Lou) Hoy of Ashburn, Virginia, Gary Hoy of Toelle, Utah. Sisters: Debra (Gerald) Shannon of Schuyler, Diane (Brent) Johnson of Grand Island. Grandchildren: Haylee (14), Riley (3) and Alivia (2) Metz, Jaiden Ray (7), Raycen Stracke (4 mo.), Addison (8) and Blakely(6) Boyd. Four Nieces and one Nephew. Family Friend and caregiver Teresa Wilcox of Fremont.
She was preceded in death by her parents and infant brother, Dennis Alvin.
Janice Ray
December 15, 2014 Leave a comment
Douglas S. McQuistan, a resident at Kansas Christian Home, went home to his Lord on Saturday December 13, 2014. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton, KS.
Graveside services and interment will be on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., at the Wakefield Cemetery in Wakefield, Nebraska.
A memorial celebration of Doug’s life will be held in Newton, KS at the Kansas Christian Home Living room on December 26, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
Arrangements are under the direction of Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton, KS and Bressler – Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Wakefield, NE.
Doug was born on March 9, 1924 to Roland and Winifred (Bressler) McQuistan in Pender, Nebraska. He was raised on a farm near Pender. He attended high school in Wakefield Nebraska where he met his bride, Bonnie (Heydon) McQuistan. They were married August 8, 1943. The couple graduated from San Jose Bible College (Hope University) in San Jose, California. They were married 61 years.
Doug is survived by a daughter Mavis (McQuistan) and Sherman Sack of Newton, and a son Lonnie and Carol McQuistan of Las Vegas Nevada. Douglas had 11 grandchildren: Jim and Yvonne (Sack) Wickenkamp of Oronogo, Missouri, Garth and Aimee (Sack) Mock of Newton, Joe and Charisa (Sack) Thiessen of Newton, Christopher and Desiree (Sack) Skibbe of Newton. Tammie McQuistan, Tonya (McQuistan) Nichols, Tracie (McQuistan) Davenport, Douglas E. McQuistan, David McQuistan, Pat McQuistan, Paul McQuistan and a host of great-grandchildren and friends.
December 15, 2014 Leave a comment
Village Board of Decatur
Regular Meeting
December 11, 2014
4:30 P.M.
The Board of the Village of Decatur met in regular session at the City Hall on December 11, 2014. Bob Richards arrived late due to unforeseen circumstances so the meeting did not start until his arrival. Visitors signing in were Mike Evano, Dan Elder, Dale Wolf, and Curt Hineline. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Robert Richards.
Roll Call: Walt Bolln-here, Robert Richards-here, Margaret Tolby-here.
2) Agenda and minutes of the previous month’s meeting were received:
Roll Call: Walt Bolln-yes, Bob Richards-yes, Margaret Tolby-yes.
3) Approval and/or corrections and suspended reading of the previous months minutes.
Roll Call: Walt Bolln-yes, Bob Richards-yes, Margaret Tolby-yes.
4) EXCUSE BOARD MEMBERS NOT ATTENDING MEETING:
All present
5) REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND OR COMMITTEES
1) Police-Monthly Report- Nothing
2) Lights- Monthly Report- Bolln had nothing to report.
3) Water & Sewer- Monthly Report- Richards had nothing to report.
4) Parks- Monthly Report- Tolby had nothing to report.
5) Streets- Monthly Report- Nothing
6) Recycling- Monthly Report- Richards reported that there is a lot of recycling to haul. Also, a big gas heater which was free of charge is being installed at the recycling building by the maintenance guys. Richards stated that we are lucky to have the people that we do have, to come and recycle. Some of these people are not the youngest and the little electric heaters down there don’t do the job. With the new heater it should warm it up.
6) OLD BUSINESS
1) Resolution #139 authorizing a check signer.
Bolln: I would like to introduce the following Resolution #139-Authorizing a Check Signer.
Richards: Clerk would you read Resolution #139-Authorizing a Check Signer.
Clerk: Read Resolution #139-Authorizing a Check Signer.
Tolby: I move that said Resolution #139-Authorizing a Check signer.
Bolln: I second the motion.
Richards: Shall Resolution #139 Authorizing a Check Signer.
Roll Call: Richards-yes, Tolby-yes, Bolln-yes.
Richards: Motion Carried.
RESOLUTION # 139
WHEREAS: The Village of Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, has appointed a Village Clerk. And WHEREAS: It is required that all Village checks be signed by the Board Chairman and one non-Board Member; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska by majority vote that Stephanie Warren is hereby authorized to sign all checks as may be required in the processing and payment of the Village’s payroll and other liabilities.
Date: _12-11-2014____
Robert Richards
Chairman
ATTEST: Stephanie Warren
Village Clerk
7) NEW BUSINESS
1) Oath of Office for New Board Members
Alta Wolf and Loretta Kellogg both read and signed their Oath of Office. Richards welcomed them to the Board.
2) Reorganization of the Board
Richards adjourned the meeting to reorganize. He turned the meeting over to the clerk to appoint a temporary Chairman.
The clerk asked for a nomination for a temporary Chairman.
Bolln made a motion to nominate Bob as temporary chairman.
Tolby seconded the motion.
Roll Call: Richards-yes, Wolf-yes, Kellogg-yes, Bolln-yes, Tolby-yes.
Richards asked for a nomination for Chairman for the following year.
Bolln made a motion to nominate Walt Bolln for Chairman. Roll Call: Richards-yes, Tolby-no, Bolln-yes, Wolf-no, Kellogg-no.
Tolby nominated Loretta Kellogg for Chairman.
Roll Call: Richards-no, Tolby-yes, Bolln-no, Wolf-yes, Kellogg-yes
Kellogg nominated Alta for Vice Chairman. Roll Call: Richards-yes, Tolby-yes, Bolln-no, Kellogg-yes, Wolf-yes.
Richards left the meeting.
3) Annual Reappointments
Chairman: Loretta Kellogg
Vice Chairman: Alta Wolf
Head of Employees: All Board Members
Head of Police: Chairman
Parks and Recreation: Kellogg Appointed Margaret Tolby
Light Commissioner: Kellogg appointed Alta Wolf after Walt Bolln declined the position.
Street Commissioner: Kellogg appointed Walt Bolln
Sewer and Water Commissioner: Kellogg appointed Robert Richards
Community Center and Buildings: Chairman and Board
Police Chief- None at this time.
Stephanie Warren -Village Clerk.
Larry McCullock – Utilities supervisor.
Street Superintendent: Peggy Smith street superintendent.
Village Attorney(s): Matt Munderloh and Dan Smith.
Village Engineering Firm(s); JEO and Buell, Winter, Mousel and Associates. The Village received a letter asking that they retain them as their engineering firm.
Zoning Inspector: Tom Farrens
Civil Defense Directors: Jim Maryott and Dan Magill
Flood Plain Administrator: Dan Magill
Safety Committee: Department Heads, Chairman and Vice Chairman
Wolf made a motion to retain all of these service personal. Tolby seconded the motion. Roll Call: Kellogg-yes, Bolln-yes, Tolby-yes, Wolf-yes.
Tree Board: (3 year term)
Dennis Klatt
Charlotte Mulinix
John Mussack
Tom Farrens
Park Board: (1 year term)
Larry Kellogg
Peggy Haeffner
Harold Dean Hayes
Charlotte Mulinix
Kay Kellogg,
Darien Haeffner
John Maryott
Health Board: (1 year term)
Chief of Police
Chairman
Joyce Cromwell
Planning Commission: (3 year term)
Don Frese
Peggy Smith
Don Warren
Gwen Menard-Tippery
Mary Jane Hayes
Jack Quinn
Joyce McCullock
Therese Magill
Board of Adjustments/Variance Board: Village Board
ADHOC Committee: (2 year term)
Carol Kellogg
Jackie Anderson
Joan Hightree
Betty Tyndall
Bob Richards
Janice Larsen
Fran Tramp
Matt Connealy
Judy Connealy
Wolf made a motion to retain Boards as they are today. Kellogg seconded the motion. Roll Call: Tolby-yes, Bolln-yes, Wolf-yes, Kellogg-yes.
There is a vacancy on the ADHOC Committee. Kellogg appointed Alta Wolf and will come sit in sometimes. Roll Call: Tolby yes, Bolln-yes, Kellogg-yes, Wolf-yes.
Housing Rehabilitation Board: (3 year term)
Raymond Seymour
Jeania McCulloch
Renee Stammer
Beth Phelps
Therese Magill
Persons authorized to sign all checks from the Village of Decatur’s Checking and Savings Accts:
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Village Clerk
Village Banking Institution: First Nebraska Bank
Commercial Insurance Agent: Continental Western
Employee Insurance Agent: Blue Cross Blue Shield –Jaime Bacon (Burt County Insurance Agency)
Village Power Supplier: Burt County Public Power
Legal Newspaper: Lyons Mirror Sun. Curt Hineline and his son were present. Curt was here to represent the Lyons Mirror-Sun. He told the Board that he appreciated having the paper as the cities legal paper. Curt asked that the Village consider the Lyons Mirror-Sun as their legal paper for the next year.
Approval of the following Checking, Savings, Money Market, and CD accounts.
Checking and Savings
General: .05%
Utility: .05%
Payroll: 0%
Rehabilitation: .05%
Utility Money Market Account: .05%
Reserve Money Market: .05%
City Hall Savings: .08%
CD’s
Sewer Savings-12 month 0.35%
Water Savings-12 months 0.25%
Light Savings-12 month 0.35%
Emergency Fund-15 month 0.30%
(4 Tri State High Adventure Base Development & Proposed Use of Beck Memorial Park.
The Tri-State High Adventure Base (T-SHAB), being developed by the Mid-America Council will be based at Little Sioux Scout Ranch, Iowa. They plan to deploy four twelve-person crews, each with six canoes, on four different weeks during the summer of 2015. The treks will start as far north as Vermillion, South Dakota, and end as far south as Omaha, Nebraska. They hope to have each crew camp at Beck Memorial Park for one night each of these four weeks. Sunday, June 14th, through Saturday, June 20th, 2015: Sunday, June 21st, through Saturday, June 27th, 2015: Sunday, July 12th, through Saturday, July18th, 2015: Sunday, July 19th, through Saturday, July 25th, 2015. Each crew of twelve will consist of a T-SHAB Staff Trek Guide, and eleven Scouting participants. The participants will include at least two adult Scout leaders and as many as nine Scouting youth. All members of the crew will be registered members of Boy Scouts of America. While there, the crews may be met by a T-SHAB ground support crew if needed for logistical or support purposes. As always, they strive to employ Leave No Trace practices. The crews will be good stewards of Beck Memorial Park. Wolf made a motion that as long as they tent out of the area there is no charge, but if they need camping space then we reconsider and ad charge. Tolby seconded the motion. There was some discussion. Roll Call: Kellogg-yes, Tolby-yes, Bolln-yes, Wolf-yes.
(5 Employee and Board member appreciation supper-tentative date Friday Jan. 9, 2015.
There was discussion on whether this would be feasible or not. The employees and Board members had just been given a ham and turkey for Thanksgiving. Warren pointed out that Walt Bolln had received a special deal on them. The cost was less than if just the turkeys alone would have been purchased. Walt Bolln made a motion to do the appreciation supper. Motion died for lack of a second. Bolln left the meeting. During further discussion the clerk informed the Board that there had not always been an appreciation supper. There was a time when the employees were each given a $25.00 bonus for Christmas. Alta Wolf made a motion to give all the employees a $25.00 bonus for Christmas. There are seven employees. Kellogg seconded the motion. Roll Call: Tolby-yes, Wolf-yes, Kellogg-yes.
8) CORRESPONDENCE
1. Stephanie Warrens resignation as Board member. Wolf moved that we accept her resignation and officially make it a motion to hire her as City Clerk. Kellogg seconded the motion. Roll Call; Tolby-yes, Wolf-yes, Kellogg-yes. There was discussion concerning Bob and Walt leaving the meeting before it was over. Kellogg made a motion to go until next month to see what they intend to do. Tolby seconded the motion. Roll Call: Wolf-yes, Kellogg-yes, Tolby-yes.
9) APPROPRIATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS OF THE CLAIMS:
1) Claims preapproved by Tolby and Bolln.
2) Motion to Approve Claims as Submitted
Wolf 2nd Tolby
Roll Call: Kellogg-yes, Wolf-yes, Tolby-yes
Are there any questions from the audience? There were none.
10) MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING
Tolby 2nd Wolf
ADJOURNMENT TIME 6:54 P.M.
Loretta Kellogg, Chairman
Joyce McCullock, Assistant Village Clerk
December 15, 2014 Leave a comment
Markets at close 12/15/14
Mar Corn +1 @ 4.08 ½
Jan Beans -6 ¾ @ 10.39 ½
US Dollar is doing very well, up 10.9% in 2014, the stability of the US Dollar is inviting to investors to protect from uncertainty, or geopolitical risks in other countries. This strength is a concern for exports and manufacturing, and directly effects the value of grain for countries looking to export US Grains.
Weather: How does the weather this week look for Northeast Nebraska? Well moist and warm is how it looked for last week, which was a welcome break from the cold. But by end of day today the temperature is expected to drop and this rain becomes…….snow. High winds expected Tuesday with no moisture, and the temps to remain below freezing at least until Friday with our first shot at 37 degrees. Slight chances for Moisture Thursday and Friday.
Corn:
Crude falling to sub -$60 levels could play a factor in the margins for ethanol, as crude continues to tumble and the prices at the gas pumps continue to fall, (in fact gas prices have declined for 80 straight days), ethanol could become less profitable and the grind may slow down. However new buyers in the corn provide some strength, and as long as the funds continue to show interest in grain we may see the rally continue.
Funds adds 10K longs and liquidates 21K shorts. As of Tuesday the fund was long 172K, when the player sheet thought they were long 162K, Commercials add 2K longs and 53K shorts. This week the Index fund adds 4K longs and nothing to the shorts.
Beans:
NOPA crush numbers were released today
Crush: 161.2 million bushels, right near the low end of the trade estimate range, though up from 158.0 mbu last month, 160.1 mbu last year, andrecord number for Nov. Cumulative three-month crush stands at 419 mbu, down 7 mbu (-1.6%) from last year’s pace, with USDA looking for a 46 mbu (+2.6%) year-to-year crush increase.
SBO Stocks: 1005 million pounds, below even the lowest of trade estimates, though slightly above 966 mln lbs in Oct; Nov oil use at 1752 mln lbs right in line with LY. Massive drop in oil yield to 11.1 lbs/bu – worst since Mar ’10.
SBM Shipments: 835k short tons, up from 708k ST in October and 813k ST last November. Subsequent Nov domestic meal usage comes in at 2.96 mln ST, also right in line with last season.
Bias: trade doesn’t get quite the record (for any month) crush number it was looking for it was still the fourth biggest on record and the biggest for the month of November; negative immediate reaction save for bean oil, which jumps to high side on weak stocks and oil yield numbers.
As of Tuesday the funds were long 3K while the floor thought they long 7K. Funds added 7K longs and liquidated 21K shorts. Commercials liquidated 14K longs and added 21K shorts. Index fund adds 3K longs and adds 3K shorts.
Tidbit for the week:
After reading this my eyes were opened to just how quickly my children will grow up and be off to college. As a parent you hope to teach your children what it means to be a “good person”, respectable, ethical, responsible, religious, and of course spend as much time with them as you can. I didn’t realize from the day they are born till their 18th birthday I only have 936 weeks to do all of this in….
http://erynlynum.com/how-936-pennies-will-forever-change-how-you-parent/
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December 15, 2014 Leave a comment
The OC students held their annual Santa Lucia Festival at the Swedish Heritage Center. All photos credit of Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.
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