4th of July Festival in Lyons NE
June 30, 2015 1 Comment
4th of July in Lyons
Oakland’s July 3rd Party in the Park
June 30, 2015 1 Comment
Food, Fun and Fireworks at…Oakland’s Party in the Park!! Friday July 3rd, starting at 5 pm, join us for Food, Kid’s activities and Bouncy House, Adult’s Beer Garden, Ball Tournament, and more.
Firework display will conclude the festivities! Sponsored by the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.
Kats’ Korner: Freedom Isn’t Free
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”——President Ronald Reagan.
Living in the United States of America is a privilege, so are our freedoms.
Freedom isn’t free. It has had a huge price tag since 1776. 1.4 million soldiers have died protecting our country and our freedom.
Thanking them never seems like enough. Their loyalty to their country is priceless. I wish war never had to happen. I above all wish lives didn’t have to be sacrificed to protect what is ours. Unfortunately, wishing will not protect our home. We have to fight, which the United States has done, and will continue to do. We never shy away from a battle. We stand tall and proud, willing to do whatever it takes to keep our rights, not letting anyone take them away.
As it says in the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
There are many celebrations this weekend in honor of the 4th of July. Oakland has the July 3rd Party in the Park beginning at 5:00 p.m. Lyons has a 4th of July celebration beginning July 3rd and continuing through Sunday, July 5th. Check Kat Country Hub for times of events.
Take time this weekend to honor those that have fought the fight, won the battle, giving their all so you can live in the land of the free because of the brave.
God Bless the USA!
Supreme Court Preserves Health Insurance Marketplaces
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By John Crabtree, johnc@cfra.org, Center for Rural Affairs
The Supreme Court recently announced their decision upholding tax subsidies to help people purchase individual health insurance plans through a federal health insurance marketplace.
The Supreme Court made the right decision, preserving provisions of the Affordable Care Act that have been so crucial in providing access to more affordable health care coverage to millions of Americans. The court focused on interpreting the intent of Congress to create a health insurance marketplace for every eligible American, either through state exchanges or a federal exchange. Incentives for low- and moderate-income families to help make their insurance coverage more affordable was part of that intent.
The decision protects the progress we have made as a nation in providing affordable health insurance coverage for the millions of Americans who were uninsured prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act – 6.5 million Americans received tax credits to make their health coverage more affordable as of this year.
Clearly the ACA’s health insurance marketplaces are working, making health insurance more affordable for families that use the marketplace. Those individuals would have seen their premiums increase by nearly 500% in the federal exchange states if the Supreme Court decision had gone the other way.
Now it’s time to get on with providing affordable healthcare coverage for everyone and finishing the job of expanding Medicaid for the nearly 4 million low-income uninsured adults who fall into the “coverage gap” resulting from state decisions not to expand Medicaid.
Market Report
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At market close
Sept Corn – ½ @3.92
Sept Beans -3 ¼ @ 9.94 ½
Morning markets opened strong and remained strong for most of the morning, but finishes in negative territory. This afternoon we saw Crop Ratings Good to Excellent fall 3% in corn and fall 2% in beans, which was in line with expectations.
Likely to see some positioning or a two sided trade as we approach tomorrow morning ‘s 11 AM USDA Crop Report. More info to come via email tomorrow post report.
The trade continues to focus on weather as the primary story.
Strategy: If you need to make a sale, reward the rally, in addition, make a high priced offer to cash in on potential report volatility. Example of a high price offer is $4.30 for Dec corn ($4.32 is limit up)
Invitation:
ProEdge Grain Marketing meetings are available post report, I will be discussing the current market info along with Russ and Dave at these events below. “Coffee with the ProEdge team”
East Hub July 1st 9am
West Point July 2nd 9am
Hooper Fire Hall July 7th 9am
Greg Mockenhaupt
ProEdge Risk Management Consultant
P: (402) 685-5613 | C: (402) 380-9855 | Greg.Mockenhaupt@cvacoop.com
1007 County Road O
Oakland, NE 68045
Nebraska Game and Parks
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Jerry Kane FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBoating Accident Claims One Life, Injury in AnotherLINCOLN – A boating accident on the morning of June 29 in the tailwaters below Gavins Point Dam in Cedar County claimed the life of a 68-year-old Creighton woman. Two boats collided at approximately 9:55 a.m. The victim was a passenger in one of the boats. She was transported to Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, S.D., where she was pronounced dead. Conservation officers with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nebraska State Patrol, Cedar County Sheriff’s Office and Cedar County Emergency Management, responded to the accident. The investigation is ongoing. Alcohol does not appear to be a contributing factor in the accident. The Cedar County Attorney has ordered an autopsy on the victim. Both boats have been impounded. A boating accident on the evening of June 28 at Whitney Lake in northwest Nebraska sent a woman to a hospital with serious arm and shoulder injuries. A 40-year-old Crawford man was operating a boat on the Dawes County lake approximately 9 miles south of Crawford. The boat apparently struck a wake while making a turn, throwing the woman overboard. She was struck by the boat’s propeller. The victim was transported to Chadron Community Hospital and then later flown to a hospital in Fort Collins. Colo. The accident is under investigation. -30- Meat Processors May Apply for Hunters Helping the HungryLINCOLN – Meat processors have until July 20 to apply for participation in the 2015 Hunters Helping the Hungry program, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. This program provides ground venison to Nebraskans in need. The application form and program guidelines are available at OutdoorNebraska.com/HHHunder Processors and Charitable Organizations. Game and Parks will accept applications for participation in any of the Nebraska 2015-2016 deer hunting seasons. Game and Parks will contact eligible applicants by Aug. 7, 2015. Contact Teresa Lombard at 402-471-5430 or teresa.lombard@nebraska.gov for more information. -30- Habitat Project Planned on Bassway Strip WMALINCOLN – A habitat project will begin sometime this summer on Bassway Strip Wildlife Management Area in Buffalo County to benefit bobwhite quail, wild turkey, white-tailed deer and many other species. The primary focus of the project will be to remove invasive cedar trees and smooth brome grass and to establish food plots and shrub thickets. This will provide nesting, brood-rearing and escape cover for quail and turkeys. Cedar tree and limited deciduous tree removal will open up heavily timbered areas, promoting the growth of early successional browse plants to benefit deer and other wildlife species. Some of these openings will also be interseeded with legumes and forbs to produce a greater diversity of habitat that benefit many huntable wildlife species. Biologists also will maintain some selected areas with heavy escape cover for deer that will not be affected. Bassway Strip is located along the Platte River just southeast of Kearney. -30- Commission to Consider Early Teal Season DatesLINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will consider 2015 early teal season dates at its meeting July 16 in Sidney. The commissioners will consider the following recommended season dates: Low Plains, Sept. 5-20; High Plains, Sept. 12-20. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. at the Hampton Inn, 635 Cabela’s Drive. Teal hunting season dates are set to coincide with the teal migration through Nebraska, and the opening day is typically the Saturday following Labor Day. This year, because Labor Day is Sept. 7, an earlier opening day in the Low Plains is recommended to accommodate a 16-day season while avoiding conflicts with possible youth and regular duck season openers later in September and October. Regular duck and goose season dates will be considered at the August 28 Commission meeting in Burwell. For the second year in a row, the teal season in the northern portion of Nebraska will be on an experimental basis. Continuation of the teal season each year will be dependent on hunters and their ability to distinguish teal from other duck species. During the early season experiment, Game and Parks will evaluate the rate at which nontarget species are shot at or taken. If the rate is considered unacceptable by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nebraska will lose its teal season, and most likely, never get it back. Those who take or attempt to take ducks other than teal also will be subject to prosecution. -30- Women’s Rifle Series Held on Wednesdays in JulyLINCOLN – Women interested in learning all aspects of rifle shooting are invited to attend a series of Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman classes in July at various locations across southeast Nebraska. The rifle series is held each Wednesday in July from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Each class is $5. Participants may attend as many classes as they desire. Equipment and ammunition can be provided. The class schedule: July 8 – Introduction to .22 Rifles, Firearm Safety and Range Rules, Platte River State Park, Louisville; July 15 – High-Powered Rifles and Shooting Techniques, Eastern Nebraska Gun Club, Louisville; July 22 – High-Powered Rifles and Shooting Techniques, Weeping Water Gun Club, Weeping Water; July 29 – High-Powered Rifles and Shooting Techniques, Izaak Walton League, Bennett. For more information, contact Christy Christiansen at 402-471-5547 or christy.christiansen@nebraska.gov. -30- |
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Gwen Kaup, 57, of West Point NE
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Memorial services for Gwen Kaup age 57 of West Point, NE will be on Thursday, July 2nd at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in West Point, NE. Interment will be at a later date. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. till 8:00 p.m., with the family present from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Minnick Funeral Home in West Point, NE.
Gwen passed away on Friday, June 26, 2015 at her home.
Gwen Faye Kaup was born July 27, 1957 at Pender, NE to Harry and Lola (Peterson) Persson. She attended Cuming Co. Rural School District #22 and graduated from West Point High School in 1975. On June 2, 1979, she was united in marriage to Jeff Kaup at St. Paul Lutheran Church in West Point. Gwen worked for various businesses in West Point and for the last 20 years has been employed at CharterWest National Bank.
Gwen was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, helping with the Cuming Co. Relay for Life, and was a member of the West Point Optimist Club. She loved spending time with her family, attending everyone’s activities, camping, and helping her family with fundraisers at Christmas time. Gwen could always be seen with a smile and her laughter filled the room.
Survivors include-
Husband- Jeff Kaup of West Point, NE
Son-Dustin and Jamie Kaup of West Point, NE and children-Allie and Riley
Daughter-Megan Kaup of Omaha, NE
Parents- Harry and Lola Persson of West Point, NE
Siblings and their families- Nadine and Robert Hagedorn of West Point, NE
Dudley and Diane Persson of Oakland, NE
Shellie and Randy Wietfeld of West Point, NE
Ilene and Brian Evert of Omaha, NE
Kellee and Monte Pflueger of Norfolk, NE
Kevin and Lori Persson of Bancroft, NE
Kyle and Judy Persson of West Point, NE
Lisa and Pat Yosten of West Point, NE
Deb and Bob Yosten of West Point, NE
Donna and Ryan Voelker of Newcastle, WY
Penny Grovijohn of Wisner, NE
Paula and Brian Christianson of Elkhorn, NE
Jennifer and Jamie Bumgardner of Gretna, NE
Gwen was preceded in death by her grandparents.
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Gwen Kaup
William “Bill” Lester Bowden, 92, of Lincoln NE
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William “Bill” Lester Bowden was born to Clarence Miles and Hazel Charlotte (Lester) Bowden April 5, 1923 on a farm two miles west of Tekamah, Nebraska. He passed away June 27, 2015 at The Legacy Retirement Community in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 92 years.
He was four years old when his mother passed away, and was raised by his grandparents, Eli and Lenora Bowden. He attended kindergarten through high school in Tekamah, graduating with the class of 1941.
During his freshman year in high school, he met Betty Lou Hart of Herman, Nebraska. They were married June 25, 1944 in Shiloh, North Carolina, while Bill was stationed in Elizabeth City, North Carolina at the US Coast Guard Air Station. He worked for Consumers Public Power (now NPPD) for 34 years, retiring in 1981. After retirement they moved to a farm near Adams, Nebraska to watch their grandchildren grow up.
Bill served in the United States Coast Guard from September 5, 1941 to October 27, 1945 – four years, one month and 22 days, as he liked to say. After his discharge, he attended radio/TV technology school in Washington, DC, and returned to Tekamah in the spring of 1947. He was a member of the Tekamah American Legion Post #15, VFW Post #3304, and was a 60+ year member of the Masonic Lodge in Tekamah.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents and parents.
He is survived by his wife, Betty; two daughters, Janice Bowden of Tekamah, Sharon (Bill) Hitzeman of Lincoln; two sisters, Joan Stenson and Carol (Larry) Moyer of Colme, SD; grandchildren, Ryon (Maggie) Hitzeman of Salina, KS, Annie (Shawn) Othmer of Tecumseh, NE; great grandchildren, Austin and Olivia Hitzeman, Emma, Sydnie and Shawna Othmer; numerous nieces and nephews.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: Thursday, July 2, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Tekamah. MASONIC SERVICE by Tekamah Masonic Lodge #31 A.F. & A.M. following the memorial service at the church.
MEMORIAL VISITATION: one hour prior to services at the church.
BURIAL: Tekamah Cemetery with MILITARY HONORS by VFW Bataan Post #3304 and American Legion LaFrenz Post #15
MEMORIALS: VFW Bataan Post #3304, American Legion LaFrenz Post #15, or donor’s choice.
Please feel free to send your condolences to the family.
Each condolence will be printed and given to the family after the service.
William Bowden
Raymond “Pete” Seymour, 83, of Decatur NE
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Raymond “Pete” Seymour was born in Decatur, Nebraska on January 14, 1932 to Ray and Lucielle (Ball) Seymour. He got the nickname from his dad. He was the only boy in a family of four sisters; Marquetta, Mary, Joan and Patsy. Pete transitioned to Heaven on Saturday, June 27, 2015, following 83 well-lived years.
After Pete graduated from Decatur High School, he began working in Walthill, Nebraska at
McGregor Lumber Company. He married his first wife, Roylene (Burkhart), and joined the Air Force as a Sgt. Air Policeman, serving from 1951-1958.
Pete and Royal had their first daughter, Theresa, while being stationed in Fort Benning, Georgia. Five more children were born to this union, a son, Timothy and daughters, Tamara “Angie”, Rita, Rhonda and Jacklyn.
Pete became an entrepreneur in the real estate business in Sioux City, Iowa, owning several homes and duplexes that he remodeled and rented out. He was in the fix it, flip it, and rent it business before it became popular on HGTV.
Pete also worked for IMT Insurance Company from 1974-1991. He started out as a Claims
Adjuster, and ended his career as the Regional Claims Manager for Sioux City, Sioux
Falls, South Dakota and Omaha, Nebraska.
For those in the area that love watching stock car races, they may also remember Pete as the
Announcer at Interstate Speedway in Jefferson, South Dakota. Those traveling through Decatur remember Pete wearing his Cornhusker baseball hat while collecting money for the toll bridge that unites Iowa and Nebraska. Pete was also a member of the Iowa Air National Guard 185th unit in Sioux City, where he served as a reservist for 12 years in the military police.
In his 50s, Pete met and married his current wife, Janey (Kellogg) Seymour, and they shared 25 years together. Three more daughters became a part of his life, Lana, Becky and
Jennifer.
Pete and Janey were introduced by Janey’s mother at the Eagles Club, and they fell in love
dancing together. They spent many years square dancing, and traveling throughout the country
to visit family and friends. They retired to Decatur, and bought a second home in Texas, that they
enjoyed while escaping Iowa and Nebraska winters.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Lucielle; sister, Patsy Glassmeyer; step-son Daryl French; grandson, Trey Wheeler.
He is survived by his wife, Janey; children, Theresa (Smail) Setka, Tim Seymour, Angie (Dean) Weaver, Rita Seymour, Rhonda (Sherwood) Gross, Jackie Mahaney; step-daughters, Becky (Ryan) Wheeler, Lana (Tom) Lambert, Jennifer (Justin) VanHorn; sisters, Mary, Joan, Marquetta; 17 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 1:00 p.m. at Decatur City Hall in Decatur, Nebraska.
VISITATION: Tuesday 6-8 p.m., with family receiving friends, at Pelan Funeral Services Tekamah in Tekamah, NE, and one hour prior to service time at Decatur City Hall.
BURIAL with MILITARY HONORS: Hillcrest Cemetery in Decatur.
MEMORIALS: To the family for designation at a later time.
Please feel free to send your condolences to the family.
Each condolence will be printed and given to the family after the service.
pelan@pelanfuneralservices.com
Raymond Seymour
John J. Brasch, 57, of Rosalie NE
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John J. Brasch, 57, of Rosalie, Nebraska passed away Monday, June 29, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.
Funeral services for John are pending with Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Bancroft, Nebraska.
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