Erna M. Bottger
February 18, 2016 Leave a comment
Erna M. Bottger, 90, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Providence Medical Center in Wayne, NE.
Funeral services are pending with Munderloh Funeral Services.
Wind Advisory
February 18, 2016 Leave a comment
STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA OVERNIGHT AS A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AFTER PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. GUSTS MAY REACH UP TO AROUND 50 MPH. BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK... STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS... DECATUR...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...DAVID CITY...WAHOO... ASHLAND...YUTAN...SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...CRETE...WILBER... FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 925 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY INCREASE FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
Reminder: Oakland Heights Waffle Supper
February 18, 2016 Leave a comment
Oakland Heights will be having their monthly waffle supper tonight at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Happenings at Oakland Heights
February 18, 2016 Leave a comment
Oakland Heights News by Nancy Silvey
There are a couple of events this week I would like to mention on Thursday February 18th is our monthly Waffle Supper night at 5:30 pm. Then on Saturday February 20th the Rusty Buckets will be here to perform at 2:30 pm. We also have a special Birthday this week Wilma Neitzke turns 103 on February 20th. Next week on Tuesday February 23rd we will be serving root beer floats to the residents at 2:30 pm. Then on Thursday February 25th is the monthly General store for the residents from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm.
Church Service for Sunday February 21st at 2:30 pm will be given by the United Methodist Church with a luncheon served afterwards. On Tuesday February 23rd at 9:30 am is Catholic mass given by Father Paul.
Activities for the week of February 22nd to February 27th are as follows, Reading with Marilyn, Manicures, Reminiscing group, Sing a Long, Bingo the w/Staff, Bible Fellowship, Let’s Play Ball, Crafty Cooking, Friday Bingo, Saturday morning video, and Lawrence Walk.
Volunteers signing in last week were; Judy Nelson, Betty Hanna, Dani Moseman, Mary Donovan, Donna Baldwin, Patty Miller, Anne Anderson, Di Ruwe, Bonnie Fleischman, Nadine Anderson, Pat Anderson, Lola Bridgefort, Sly Rouse, and Seth Anderson.
Guest signing in last week was Karen Rosenboom to see Dolores Anderson.
Cougars Enter Last Week of Season With 14-7 Record
February 18, 2016 Leave a comment
By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor
The Cougars are going into the final week of the regular season with a 14-7 record. With one non-conference opponent to go their EHC showing is 8 wins and 6 losses. A road game at (8-12) Emerson-Hubbard is their final contest before sub-districts.
The Cougars have earned the number one seed in D-1 Sub-district #3. They will play the winner of Omaha Christian Academy versus Omaha Nation on February 23 at Fremont Middle School.
The final game for Cougar basketball on the Lyons court was a memorable one. Northeast had to overcome feisty group from Wisner-Pilger and the loss of their leading scorer before claiming a 47-42 win.
Wisner-Pilger had the Cougar’s number in the first quarter. Combining some sharp out side shooting with a high-low attack in the paint the Gator claimed a 17-10 first quarter lead. They buried three bombs and caught a confused zone defense napping for three lay-ins.
Alec Anderson had scored the last two baskets for LDNE when he took a feed at the elbow and headed to basket with 18 seconds left in the quarter. Northeast’s leading scorer took a finger to the eye and collapsed to the floor. He would not return to the game.
Northeast needed someone to step up to replace Anderson and his 20 points average. In the second quarter Tyler Hardeman quietly scored four times. His ten points in the game was four times his 2.5 average.
Hunter Ferguson also gave the team a boost. His trey at the 6:40 mark of the second period tied the score at 17. With less than three minutes left another trey gave Northeast a 24-23 lead.
The Cougars had figured the high-low attack and took a 27-23 half time lead.
Wisner-Pilger had a strong start in the third quarter. The opened with six unanswered points. With 4:55 LDNE got its first score as Cole Christoffersen banged in a bucket to tie the score at 29. Scores by Christoffersen and Hardeman were all Northeast could add to their total but they led 33-32 with eight minutes to play.
Northeast got some breathing room as Marcus Hegy got four points and Hunter Ferguson got his third trey of the night. With 5:10 to play Northeast held a 40-32 lead.
After six straight missed shots the Gators got on a roll and scored seven points to pull to within three points, 42-39. Hunter Ferguson snuck behind their full court press to real a long pass and score a lay-in to keep Northeast up by five at the one minute warning.
A pair of misses on one-and-one opportunities kept Wisner-Pilger ‘s hopes alive when Logan Godbersen nailed a trifecta to make it a 44-42 game with 17seconds left. Montana Riecken closed out the game by converting on a one-and-one, making a timely rebound, and sinking the 47th point with 8 seconds left.
Two bench players would be the high scorers for Northeast. Tyler Hardeman had ten points. Hunter Ferguson had a team-high eleven points.
The Cougars shot a nifty 64% for the game. They made 16 of 24 two-pointers and were successful on 3 of 5 from behind the arc.
Wisner-Pilger 17 6 9 10 -42
LDNE 10 17 6 14 -47
2pt 3pt FT Rb F TP
Riecken 1 0 3/4 2 0 5
O’Connor 0 0 0 1 0 0
Christiansen 0 0 0 2 0 0
Hegy 3 0 3/4 2 1 9
Ferguson 1 3 0/1 1 1 11
Anderson 2 0 0 2 0 4
Hardeman 5 0 0 3 2 10
Christoffersen 3 0 2/3 8 2 8
LDNE 16/23 3/5 6/10 22 6 47
Wisner-Pilger 8/24 7/20 5/6 17 16 42
A road trip to Scribner put the Cougars up against the Logan View/Scribner-Snyder combined team. The Raiders had a turn-around year with 13-8 record.
A triangle-and-two defense was LV/SS’s plan to nullify Alec Anderson and point guard Montana Riecken. Riecken had a guard in his face at all times and LV/SS did not want Anderson to touch the ball. The plan worked well in the first quarter as the Raiders scored three times off of six turnovers and Anderson got only one shot. LV/SS led 15-3 after one quarter.
Anderson got his only points of the night with a make at the 6:05 mark of the second period. LDNE was down 13-7. Four Raider treys made for a 25-14 half time score.
A change of baskets did the Cougar good. They outscored LV/SS 14-6. Using Anderson a decoy gave Christoffersen and Hardeman open shots and Marcus Hegy came alive with 10 points. with two threes and a pair of drives past the taller Raiders. Northeast found themselves back in the game, 31-28.
Jon Christiansen’s basket brought Northeast to within one point of the lead before the Raiders ran off five straight points. Hegy maneuvered through the Raider zone for a deuce and Christiansen got a trey from the corner as LDNE had a 36-35 deficit. A pair of bombs by LV/SS were countered by a pair of baskets by Hegy. The second score was pure “Michael Jordanish” as he switched hands in midair and spun the ball off the glass on a reverse lay-up. Northeast found themselves down 42-39 with 2:05 to play.
After Cole Christoffersen made one of two free shots Northeast had ninety seconds left in a 42-40 game. Northeast had a couple of chances to tie the score before a free shot by the Raiders boosted the lead to three with 1:11 left. Hegy made one of two with 36 seconds left and the Raiders missed on a one-and-one at the 29.6 mark.
Northeast came out of a timeout with 9.6 left, but a trey by Hegy came up short. Christoffersen fouled with 1.2 second left. LV/SS missed the free shot, but Northeast could not get a shot off as the 43-41 lead held.
After the game Coach Lahm commented about closing minutes of the game. “We had a couple of chances to take the lead, but failed to take care of the ball and get the score. With tournament ball coming up we need to be aware of how important each possession is at the end of the game. With only one game next week this one of the things we are going to work at during practice.”
This was a career-high game for Marcus Hegy. He had 27 points with seventeen coming in the second half.
Northeast had four more two pointers than the Raiders. LV/SS had 9 three-pointers to LDNE’s 5. Northeast made only 6 of 12 free shots.
LDNE 5 9 14 13 -41
LV/SS 13 12 6 12 -43
2pt 3pt FT Rb F TP
Riecken 0 0 0 5 1 0
O’Connor 0 0 0 1 1 0
Christiansen 1 1 0 0 3 5
Hegy 5 4 5/10 6 3 27
Ferguson 0 0 0 1 2 0
Anderson 1 0 0 5 1 2
Hardeman 1 0 0 1 1 2
Christoffersen 2 0 1/2 3 5 5
LDNE 10/19 5/12 6/12 24 17 41
LV/SS 6/17 9/18 4/8 20 15 43
Jeri L. (Nielsen) Kallesen, 52, of Fremont NE
February 18, 2016 Leave a comment
Jeri L. (Nielsen) Kallesen age 52, of Fremont
Died Wednesday February 17, 2016 at her home.
Jeri was born July 15, 1963 to Larry and Joleen ‘Sorensen’ Nielsen in Fremont. She graduated from Fremont High School in 1981. She graduated from Dana College in Blair in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in accounting. On March 12, 1988 Jeri married Dan Kallesen in Fremont and they had one child Danielle. They moved to Arkansas and later divorced. Jeri moved back to Fremont, and pursued her career in technology focusing in EDI. She worked for Millard Refrigerated Services for 16 years as an EDI coordinator, living in Kansas City and Chicago before relocating to back to Fremont. In 2007 she worked for Pamida’s corporate office as an EDI coordinator for 6 years until leaving because of her illness.
Jeri was a member of First Lutheran Church. She was a volunteer for several groups at the church. She was an avid Husker fan; you could find her at a tailgate every Saturday morning. She also enjoyed all kinds of sports.
Jeri was preceded in death by her grandparents, 2 paternal aunts and cousin Nancy.
Survivors:
Daughter – Danielle ‘Dani’ of Fremont
Parents – Larry and Joleen Nielsen of Hooper
Brothers – Doug (wife Jhojana) Nielsen of Broken Bow
Noel (wife Kara) Nielsen of Lincoln, and their children Kris and Mia
Grandmother – Mary Loudon of Fremont
4 legged companion – Abbi
Jeri’s life will be celebrated at 10:30am Saturday at First Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Stephanie Tollefson officiating. A lunch will follow the service with the burial to follow in the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 3pm to 8pm with the family present from 6pm to 8pm at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont. Memorials are suggested to First Lutheran Church for youth programs.
Online guestbook at http://www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com
Jeri Kallesen
Philip W. McVeigh, 81, of Tekamah NE
February 18, 2016 Leave a comment
Philip W. McVeigh, 81 years, of Tekamah, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Community in Blair, NE.
Visitation will be held on Sun., Feb. 21st from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Services in Tekamah. Family will also be receiving friends during this time. Visitation will also be held at the church one hour prior to service.
The Funeral Service will be held Mon., Feb. 22nd at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Tekamah.
Burial, with military honors, is in the Tekamah Cemetery.
Memorials suggested to the family for designation at a later time.
Pelan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.
William N. Smith, 90, of Tekamah NE
February 18, 2016 Leave a comment
William N. Smith was born to Cecil and Bessie (Powers) Smith September 4, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He passed away February 15, 2015, at home, after a short illness.
Bill graduated from Omaha Technical High School in 1943.
On May 27, 1944 Bill was married to Bonnie Olson in Stuttgart, Arkansas. They lived most of their lives in Omaha, where he had a brake and clutch wholesale business. In 1996 they moved to Tekamah, Nebraska, where Bill lived until his death.
Bill served in World War II and was a member of the Omaha VFW and American Legion. He was also an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah until his failing health prevented his participation.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; seven sisters.
Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Bonnie; son, Bill (Carol) Smith of Sandy, OR; daughters, Barb (Bill) Patterson of Tekamah, Patti (Steve) Fitch of Elkhorn, NE; five grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren.
The Memorial Service will be held on Thurs., Feb. 18th at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah with military honors.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah or the Tekamah Fire and Rescue.
William Smith
Philip W. McVeigh, 81, of Tekamah NE
February 17, 2016 Leave a comment
Philip W. McVeigh, 81 years, of Tekamah, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Community in Blair, NE.
FUNERAL SERVICE is pending with Pelan Funeral Services
William N. Smith, 90 of Tekamah NE
February 17, 2016 Leave a comment
William N. Smith, 90 years, of Tekamah, NE, formerly of Omaha, NE, passed away February 15, 2016 at his home in Tekamah. William was a World War II Veteran.
A Memorial Service will be held on Thurs., Feb. 18th at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah or the Tekamah Fire and Rescue.
Pelan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.
Kat Country Hub 
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