Eli Peterson’s First Visit With Santa Claus
December 10, 2015 Leave a comment
Eli Peterson, son of Brooke and Clint Peterson, is sharing his Christmas wishes with Santa Claus. Photo Credit/Brooke Peterson.
Village of Decatur Meeting Agenda
December 10, 2015 Leave a comment
VILLAGE OF DECATUR
REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA
December 10th, 2015
4:30 P.M. CITY HALL
NOTE: Everyone must use the microphones at the table. The audience must be quiet during the meeting. If you want to ask a question and you are not on the Agenda, you must raise your hand, get permission from the Chairman, and come to the microphone before speaking. If you are on the Agenda the same rule applies.
THE VILLAGE BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THE AGENDA AT THE PUBLIC MEETING WHEN CONVENED. MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. A COPY OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH WALL.
1) Meeting Called to Order by Chairman Kellogg
Roll Call: Bolln _____, Kellogg_____, Tolby _____
2) Agenda and minutes of the previous month’s meeting received:
Roll Call: Bolln _____, Kellogg_____, Tolby _____
3) Approval and/or correction and suspended reading of the previous month minutes.
Roll Call: Bolln _____, Kellogg____, Tolby _____
4) EXCUSE BOARD MEMBERS NOT ATTENDING THE MEETING:
Roll Call: Bolln _____, Kellogg____, Tolby _____
5) REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS AND OR COMMITTEES:
1) Police: Monthly Report
2) Lights: Monthly Report
3) Water & Sewer: Monthly Report
4) Parks: Monthly Report-
- A) Income of $538.56
5) Streets: Monthly Report -September’s city sales tax $4819.85.
6) Recycling Report:
- A) Income received of $217.12 from October’s cardboard hauled
6) OLD BUSINESS
5) Street repairs- Knife River sent an email stating that they would like to do the patching on our streets next spring.
7) REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
8) ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS
9) NEW BUSINESS
1) David Malloy- Question about taps on main line
2) Patty Plugge- Economic Development Corporation- To explain the Demo Grant available.
3) Special Election- For open board seat
4) Employee Christmas Gift- Loretta
5) Kay Kellogg- Relay for Life
6) Tim Slaughter- Streets
10) CORRESPONDENCE
11) ANNOUNCEMENTS
Robert Richards resigned as of 12-9-2015.
12) APPROPRIATIONS AND CONSIDERATION OF THE CLAIMS:
1) Claims preapproved by __________________ &__________________
2) Motion to Approve the Claims as Submitted
________________2nd_________________
Roll Call: Bolln _____, Kellogg _____, Tolby ________
Are there any questions from the audience?
13) MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING
_______________2nd________________
Adjournment Time:
LDNE’s Derek Lahm Awarded New Principal of the Year
December 10, 2015 Leave a comment
The Nebraska State Association of Secondary School Principals has selected Derek Lahm as the 2015 New Principal of the Year. This award is presented annually to a Principal who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in their school, their region, and at the state level. The winner will have demonstrated their enthusiasm for the Principalship by support from students, parents, teachers and peers.
Derek Lahm was selected as the NSASSP Outstanding New Principal for 2015. Mr. Lahm has been in education since 2008 and has been the Principal at Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools since 2014. Derek has been a member of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators (NCSA), the Nebraska State Association of Secondary School Principals (NSASSP), and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) for two years. He is also a member of the Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA), as well as a former member of Nebraska State Education Association (NSEA), and the National Education Association (NEA). Mr. Lahm also works with the local Booster Club and serves as a coordinator of Youth Boys’ Basketball known as “Cougar Cubs”.
During his brief tenure at Lyons-Decatur Northeast, Mr. Lahm has helped organize school-wide community service projects for the past two years and helped create a program known as “Empower Your Genius” which creates an enrichment/mentor program for students while offering professional development time for staff. Students are divided into groups of 10 to 12 and are paired with teachers and teacher assistants with the main goal of building positive relationships. Mr. Lahm also serves as the government teacher for the high school.
Fred Hansen, Superintendent of Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools, praised Mr. Lahm, noting, “Derek is an excellent role model for our students. He treats everyone in our building with respect. Everyone loves Mr. Lahm and speaks highly of him. He cares for our students and in the classroom, Derek dignifies each student by acceptance of any answer they give while at the same time holding them to high expectations. This character quality has been carried over to his job as principal.”
Community member Caryn Anderson commented, “Under Mr. Lahm’s direction, students are learning how to take an idea from conception to completion and do so for the benefit of others. I can’t think of a better way to prepare these students for life beyond high school whether that means college or work. Wherever these students go, these lessons will follow and their communities will benefit. Lyons-Decatur Northeast is lucky to have Mr. Lahm as our principal. His management skills have allowed the students to have a safe and effective learning environment. Mr. Lahm promotes the success of our staff through his efficient use of in-service time and is adept at dealing with problems when they do arise.”
Patrice Sharp, a Teacher at Lyons-Decatur Northeast, states, “Mr. Lahm is young, but yet possesses a sense of professionalism that allows him to effectively work with all staff and students. It does not matter if you have been teaching for 20 years or for two, he makes you feel important and that your ideas merit listening to and the job you are doing for students is the most important job anyone can have. The mission statement for the students and staff of Lyons-Decatur is simply “Empower All Students to Achieve.” Mr. Lahm exemplifies that mission with his vision for the future of our students and of our school. He is very deserving of this honor.”
Derek is a 2003 graduate of Lutheran High Northeast in Norfolk. He received his Bachelor of Science in Education from Missouri Southern State University in 2008, and his Master of Art in Education from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 2013.
Congratulations to Derek Lahm for his outstanding start as a Secondary School Principal. We appreciate his early contributions to our profession and are proud to name him New Principal of the Year.
LDNE’s Derek Lahm is New Principal of the Year.
(Press release courtesy of NSASSP)
Annual Holiday Bazaar Held at Oakland Heights
December 9, 2015 Leave a comment
Oakland Heights held their annual Holiday Bazaar offering a variety of gift giving selections to choose from for every shopper. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.
Today’s Market Report
December 7, 2015 Leave a comment
Markets 12/7/15 @ 10:47am
Dow -167.58
S&P -20.92
Nasdaq -42.96
Oil prices dropped to near seven-year lows today as investors continued to digest the decision to continue pumping crude at near-record levels into an already oversupplied market. OPEC said at a meeting Friday that it will maintain its current production levels, which exceed the group’s output target of 30 million barrels a day.
The US Dollar posted its worst day in six years on Thursday last week dropping more than 2%, seems to bring more interest into commodities.
Grain Markets 12/7/15 @ 10:46am
Mar Corn -7’0 @ $3.74’4
Jan Beans -10’4 @ $8.95’4
Corn gets a bit of a boost last week from the drop in the U.S. Dollar, but still only by a few cents. Corn continues to chop staying in the 3.50-4.00 range since January with the exception of the short lived bounce resulting from the USDA Report in June. So it’s not surprising we sit in the $3.75 area for March Corn. The funds remain short corn just under 150,000 contracts. That weather headline I continue to hope for may give us an opportunity. I also want to again bring up the importance of the U.S Dollar and Crude prices. At their current levels they seem to directly influence commodities.
Beans broke through the $9.00 resistance level last week setting the stage for resistance at the $9.15 area possibly up to $9.34. The bean market has continued to head up for 2 straight weeks after the key reversal on Monday November 23rd. Though the markets seems to rally for technical reasons, there are other uncertainties that may be a factor. A newly elected president in Argentina, Brazil looking to impeach the current president, and of course weather. Over the last two weeks we have added .65 to the price of beans. It may be time to reward the rally. Unless we get some additional bullish news, it’s likely we will see the upward momentum will fizzle out.
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Village of Decatur Special Meeting Minutes
December 7, 2015 Leave a comment
Village Board of Decatur Special Meeting
November 30th, 2015 4:00P.M.
The Board of the Village of Decatur met in a special meeting at 4:00 P.M. at the City Hall on November 30th, 2015. Visitors signing in Alta Wolf, Dale Wolf, Bob Kellogg, LeeAnn Warren, Debbie Krutilek, Gary Huffman, Nina Mussack, Steve Kellogg, Karma K Farrens, not signing in Lance Anderson and Mark Siecke
1) The meeting was called to order by Chairman Loretta Kellogg.
Roll Call: Bolln-here, Kellogg-here, Richards-here, Tolby-here
2) Agenda and minutes of the previous month’s meeting were received:
Roll Call: Bolln-yes, Kellogg-yes, Richards-yes, Tolby-yes
3) Approval and/or correction and suspended reading of the previous month minutes.
Roll Call: Bolln-yes, Kellogg-yes, Richards -yes, Tolby-yes
4) EXCUSE BOARD MEMBERS NOT ATTENDING MEETING:
All Present
5) NEW BUSINESS
1) Nominate Vacant Seat- Kellogg stated that we had 5 candidates to fill the vacant seat. Kellogg nominated Mark Siecke. The board members reviewed his application. Mark came to the table. He stated that the board and the town are kind of divided and he hopes that he can help in the healing that division. He stated that he would like to do what is in the best thing for the town. He said that he has 12 years experience of being on the school board, 8 of which was spent as President. He has knowledge of budgets. He hopes he can help the town.
Kellogg nominated Mark Siecke 2nd by Tolby Roll call- Richards-no, Bolln-no, Kellogg-yes, Tolby-yes.
An audience member raised his hand, Kellogg said Lance do you have a question? Lance voiced his concern, that we need to do what is best for Decatur, let’s put it to the vote of the people. Kellogg asked the board what their thoughts were for having a special election. Tolby stated she thought the we should put it before the tax payers. Richards stated that if it is right with the League of Municipalities it would be fine with him. Kellogg stated that we will get that checked out and if we need to call an emergency meeting we can do that also.
Kellogg thanked Mark for his interest.
2) Bids for Sale of Silver car. Kellogg stated that we had 2 bids for the silver car. Kellogg said that one is for $200 and the other one is for $800 from Justin Smith. Justin did work on the silver car totaling $502.00, and he would take that off of the payment. Richards made a motion to sell the silver car to Justin Smith 2nd by Tolby, Roll Call- Bolln-yes, Kellogg-yes, Richards-yes, Tolby-yes.
6) MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING
Bolln 2nd Tolby
Adjournment Time: 4:09
Loretta Kellogg/Chairperson
Ann Chytka /Village Clerk
Governor Ricketts Statement on Capital Punishment
December 7, 2015 Leave a comment
Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement regarding capital punishment:
“In November 2016, Nebraska voters will determine the future of capital punishment in our state at the ballot box. To give deference to the vote of the people, my administration will wait to carry out capital punishment sentences or make additional efforts to acquire drugs until the people of our state decide this issue.
“Over the last several weeks, I have stepped up conversations with the Attorney General and the Corrections Director regarding a comprehensive review of the capital punishment protocols used in other states. My administration will continue to review potential protocol changes.”
Santa Claus is Coming to Town and A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 4, 2015 1 Comment
Santa will be at the Vets Building in Oakland tomorrow, Sat., Dec. 5th. to visit with all of the girls and boys from 10:00-11:30 a.m.
All area children are invited to celebrate A Charlie Brown Christmas in honor of the 50th anniversary since it first aired on television, and will be shown during Santa’s visit Saturday for all to enjoy.
Also, each child will be given a copy of the book, A Charlie Brown Christmas.
This event is sponsored by the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.
Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of San Bernardino CA Victims
December 3, 2015 Leave a comment
Today, Governor Pete Ricketts, in accordance with a proclamation from President Barack Obama, announced that all U.S. and Nebraska flags are to be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the attack in San Bernardino, California.
The flags will also fly at half-staff in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, which will be observed on December 7, 2015.
Flags will be flown at half-staff until 12:00am between December 7 and December 8.
Nelson’s Food Pride 18th Wine and Cheese is Tonight
December 3, 2015 Leave a comment
Nelson’s Food Pride in Oakland is hosting their annual wine and cheese beginning at 4:30 p.m. today, concluding at 10:00 p.m. They began this tradition 18 years ago!
Julie Johnson, owner of Nelson’s Food Pride, shares what is on the menu today. “Dillon (Julie’s son) has awesome grilled spareribs. There will also be pulled pork or delicious fresh prime rib sliders, authentic Mexican bean and rice burritos are also on the menu for the night. Don’t forget all the awesome refreshments in the cooler. Chilling,” stated Julie. “Don’t miss our 18th year!”
Everyone is invited to attend and sample all the goodies on the menu.
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