Lady Cougars End Season Tying School Win Record

February 26, 2015 Leave a comment


Northeast went into the sub-districts with a number two seed and a tough team to take out in round one.  Bancroft-Rosalie despite their 10-13 record were going to be a tough draw.  The game went into overtime with Northeast on top 51-48.

 

The Lady Cougars started the game in a rare attempt of zone defense  to combat the double post offense of the Panthers.  “We did a good job of stopping their offense with the zone,” said Coach Rex Haskell.  “We did not do a good job of rebounding though. The ball kept going to them as they had a 33 to 8 led at half time.  The second half we went back to man and out rebounded them by three rebounds.”

 

After a tie at 10 in the first period, the Panthers gained a 22-17 lead at half.
The third period was a defensive period with Northeast gaining back one point.  Northeast took the lead in the fourth quarter and looked to have game won before misfortune hit in the closing seconds.

 

“Our full court press got us back into the game and we had a three point lead with seconds to play. B-R was in a forced to foul situation, but the foul was not called,” stated Coach Haskell.  The Panthers got as steal and a three and the game went into over time.

 

“It was a game of free throws,” commented the coach.  We made ours in the overtime and they didn’t.  Lexie and Abby came through with some big shots.  We needed them because Brianne and Darcey had fouled out.”

 

During the game LDNE shot 39 free shots and made 23 for 59% accuracy.  The Panthers had 22 tries and converted just 9 for 41%.

 

The Cougar had three in double figures. Darcey Simonsen topped the team with 14 point,; Lexie Bacon had 12, and Brianne Haskell had 11. Vicki Gatzemeyer had a game-high 26 points for B-R.

 

LDNE              10        7          6          22        6          -51

B-R                  10        12        5          18        3          -48

 

2p        3pt       FT        RB       F          TP

Simonsen          4          0          6/11     8          –           14

Wakeley           0          0          3/6       3          –           3

Haskell 4                     0          3/6       3          –           11

Collins              0          0          00/       1          –           0

Bacon              0          2          6/8       8          –           12

Jessen              2          0          0/0       6          –           4

Peterson           1          0          5/8       4          –           7

Totals               11-33   2-11     23-39   32        –           51

B-R                  9-41     7-23     9-22     54        29        48

 

 

 

Perennial basketball power Wynot took on the Cougars in the sub-districts finals.  The (18-5) Blue Devils have been the State D-2 Champions for the last four years after taking runner-up in 2010.

 

“They pressed us the whole game full court.   It  took us a while to adapt to it and we did get some easy points.  You had to attack their press because if you ever picked the ball up they would trap you,” stated Coach Haskell.

 

Wynot jumped to a 17-8 first quarter lead.  Northeast cut the lead to five in the second quarter, but scores in the late period gave the Blue Devils a double digit lead at half.  Wynot came out with an 8-0 to start the second half and it was now a twenty point game,  Northeast was not able to mount any comeback until Wynot subbed out.   LDNE lost 65-49.

 

The Lady Cougars end their season with a school record tying fifteen wins.  They  lost nine times.

 

 

 

Wynot              17        20        14        14        -65

LDNE              8          16        9          16        -49

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        RB       TP

Simonsen          5          0          0/0       4          10

Wakeley           0          0          0/0       7          0

Haskell 3          1          3/5       3          12

Collins              0          0          0/0       0          0

Bacon              3          3          2/2       3

Henneman     00          0/0       0          0

Jessen              1          0          0/0       13        2

Peterson           3          0          2/3       4          8

Totals               15        4          7/10     33        49

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Sunday Afternoon at the Museum at Neihardt State Historic Site

February 26, 2015 Leave a comment


The Neihardt State Historic Site is offering two “Sunday Afternoon at the Museum” programs in March.  On March 8, 2015, Nebraska author and historian Melissa Amateis Marsh will discuss her research and publication Nebraska POW Camps:  A History of World War II Prisoners in the Heartland.  Ingeniously weaving fact and narrative, Marsh’s book tells the story of several camps in Nebraska—at Camp Atlanta, Fort Robinson, and Camp Scottsbluff—where Axis prisoners were held during World War II.  Reviewed in the latest volume of Nebraska History, the Nebraska State Historical Society quarterly, Sheryl Shmeckpeper of Norfolk Daily News writes, “Marsh’s book is a direct and easily readable account of a subject that has been long neglected.  It provides a glimpse into the camps—both the main camps and the satellite camps-scattered around the state.  It analyzes the reason for their existence, the daily life of the prisoners they held, and the impact of the camps and the prisoners on the area economy.  It also shares stories of the relationships forged between some of the prisoners and the Nebraskans they encountered.”

 

The following week, and just in time to kick off St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, Irish poet Desmond Egan will return to entertain us with poetry and story.   Egan lives in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland and visits the United States annually for a tour of readings and workshops. He appeared at the Neihardt Site in 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2014, and will be here once more on March 15 to share some of his new works. Egan is recognized as one of Ireland’s most distinguished poets, teaching literature and serving as poet-in-residence at University College in Dublin and creative director of the annual Gerard Manley Hopkins International Summer School.  He certainly has universal appeal, with over twenty collections of poetry and prose translated into a more than a dozen languages; one example is an anti-apartheid poem which graces Desmond Tutu’s bedroom wall. His most recent publication September Dandelion is a dual-language (English/Chinese) collection of poems published in China this past March.  His work has been the subject of two documentary films, he holds an honorary doctorate from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and he continues to garner awards, such as the 2004 Macedonian Poetry Award.  His poetry is often humorous but more likely to be observations on the painful realities of poverty and war, such as his poem “Peace.”  Greatly influenced by American Jazz music, in the 1970s he used to come to New York to “starve about the place,” while absorbing the rhythms and nuances which color many of his works. Of his lighter pieces, among the most popular is his set of “Hokums,” an Irish blarney parody of Japanese Haiku poetry, a style he greatly admires for its simplicity and deep feeling.

 

Each presentation will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Neihardt State Historic Site.  General programs are free and open to the public with a reception following.  The John G. Neihardt State Historic site is located at 306 W. Elm Street in Bancroft, Nebraska. For information call 1-888-777-4667 or 402/648-3388 or e-mail at neihardt@gpcom.net.  Visit our website at www.neihardtcenter.org and Like us on Facebook.

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Wind Chill Advisory

February 25, 2015 Leave a comment


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Center Urges Support for Medicaid Redesign Act

February 25, 2015 Leave a comment


*Jon Bailey will be at the Unicameral today, testifying in support of LB 472 and specifically discussing details of the new Center for Rural Affairs report entitled, LB 472 and Leveraging Federal Dollars to Reform Corrections. His written testimony is available here: http://www.cfra.org/sites/www.cfra.org/files/LB472testimony.pdf
Lincoln, Nebraska – Today at the Unicameral, the Health and Human Services Committee is hearing public testimony on LB 472 – a legislative proposal that would help redesign Nebraska’s Medicaid program and close the existing health care coverage gap for low-income, working Nebraskans.
“The Center for Rural Affairs supports LB 472, the Medicaid Redesign Act, for all of the supportive reasons you are hearing today and the for the reasons we supported LB 887 in 2014 and LB 577 in 2013,” said Jon Bailey, Director of Rural Policy at the Center for Rural Affairs. “We support providing health insurance to thousands of low-income working Nebraskans who are unable to obtain traditional Medicaid coverage, who do not have access to employer-sponsored private insurance, and who are unable to afford insurance plans in the health insurance marketplace, and thus fall into a coverage gap not of their making.”
Nebraska is losing over $930,000 every day by failing to provide health coverage to its low-income, working citizens and the federal funding that will provide it. Since January 1, 2014, Nebraska has lost a total of over $391 million in available federal Medicaid funds, Bailey added.
For an up to the minute figure on Medicaid dollars lost to Nebraska, see the Center for Rural Affairs Medicaid Gap Counter at: http://www.cfra.org/news/141103/medicaid-expansion-bring-our-tax-dollars-home
“Today we come in support of LB 472 for another reason,” Bailey testified. “Today, in conjunction with Nebraska Appleseed, we released a report,  LB 472 and Leveraging Federal Dollars to Reform Corrections, showing the benefits of a redesigned Medicaid program to our corrections program, our corrections population and the state’s taxpayers.”
“Nebraska clearly has issues in its corrections programs that affect the state’s taxpayers and public safety. Just as clear is the connection between mental health and substance abuse treatment and criminal offenses and recidivism. Examples from initiatives in other states and long-term research show that this connection can be addressed through mental health and substance abuse treatment to low-income people where needed and to offenders released from the corrections population or on parole or probation.”
Jon Bailey, Center for Rural Affairs
Bailey provided a copy of the Center’s report to the Committee and it can also be viewed or downloaded here:http://www.cfra.org/LB472-Reform-Corrections
Bailey further explained to the Committee, based upon Nebraska corrections data, findings from other states, and findings from research on the connections between Medicaid and health insurance coverage, necessary treatments, and criminal justice system outcomes, that:
  • A lack of mental health services and substance abuse treatment is a primary cause of re-offending, recidivism and a return to jail or prison.
  • A redesigned Nebraska Medicaid program such as proposed in LB 472 would help keep nearly 400 people from returning to prison in one year.
  • A redesigned Nebraska Medicaid program such as proposed in LB 472 would result in gross savings to the state’s correctional budget of nearly $11 million in one year.
  • A redesigned Nebraska Medicaid program could save additional state and county dollars that have already been invested or will be invested in corrections reform.
“Research clearly shows recidivism can come from a lack of health coverage,” continued Bailey. “There is a consensus among national and Nebraska research and analysis that mental health and substance abuse treatment are what many in the corrections population need. Examples from national research and from other states clearly show linking people to coverage and necessary treatments work in reducing criminal offenses and recidivism.”
Since traditional Medicaid is unavailable to most of the correctional population and private health insurance is unattainable, Nebraska needs LB 472 to make these necessary connections. The Nebraska taxpayer and public safety, as well as those in the corrections population, will all be beneficiaries, Bailey concluded.

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Leroy Walter Viles, 71, of Lyons NE

February 25, 2015 Leave a comment


LEROY WALTER VILES was born to Walter and Frieda (Block) Viles on July 27, 1943 in Bancroft, Nebraska. He passed away on February 19, 2015 after a long illness, at Oakland Mercy Hospital in Oakland, Nebraska, at the age of 71 years.

Leroy graduated from Lyons High School in Lyons, Nebraska in 1961, and shortly after graduation, he joined the US Navy. His boot camp was in San Diego, California, where he met and married his lovely bride Sandra Brewer, on July 26, 1963.

While in the Navy, he toured all of Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. Around the United States, from California, Rhode Island, the Carolinas, Alaska and Hawaii, he enjoyed these duty stations with his family. He volunteered his services, of ministry and addiction counseling, to fellow sailors in the Navy. His honors include Transit of the Suez Canal and Ancient Order of the Shellbacks. He worked as a Radioman for 20 years in the Navy, and he retired after 20 years of service, to assist his parents on the farm. He was also a professional driver.

Leroy enjoyed traveling, fishing and camping with his wife and family.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Frieda Viles.

Survivors include his wife, Sandra Viles, of Lyons; daughters, Lesley Bush, of Bremerton, WA, Renee (Mark) Dietrich, of LeMars, IA, April (Tom) Owen, of Spearfish, SD; sisters, Ann Anderson, of Yelm, WA, Dorothy (John) Case, of Crofton, NE; six grandchildren; one great grandchild.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Saturday, February 28, 2015, at 10:30 am at the Memorial United Methodist Church in Lyons, Rev. Joel Rathbun, officiating.

BURIAL WITH MILITARY HONORS: Lyons Cemetery with Military Honors by Robert Klase VFW Post No. 7998 and Harvey Lenig American Legion Post No. 83 of Lyons.

NO VISITATION

MEMORIALS: To the family

Please feel free to send your condolences to the family.
Each condolence will be printed and given to the family after the service.

Leroy Viles

Leroy Viles

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Happenings at Oakland Heights

February 25, 2015 Leave a comment


Oakland Heights News

By Nancy Silvey Activity Director

         Starting a new month next week on Monday March 2nd we will be having the monthly Volunteer Executive Meeting at 2:30 pm, also on Monday at 3:00 pm there will cake served for Mildred Moseman Birthday her birthday is the following Day on March 3rd. We have another resident having a birthday next week Bertha Mellor celebrates hers on March 6th.

Church Service for Sunday March 1st at 2:30 pm will be given by the St. John Lutheran Church with a luncheon served afterwards. On Wednesday March 4th at 1:00 pm is Communion with Pastor Hoden.

Activities for the week of March 2nd to March 7th are as followed, Reading with Marilyn, Manicures, Sing a Long, Game Day, Crafts, Word Games, Bingo w/WOW, Bible Fellowship, Let’s Play Ball, Crafty Cooking, Friday Bingo, Saturday morning movie, and Lawrence Walk.

Volunteers signing in last week were; Judy Nelson, Nadine Anderson, Bonnie Fleischman, Di Ruwe, Mary Donavon, Anne Anderson, Dani Moseman, Lola Bridgeford, and Pat Anderson, and Sly Rouse.

Guest sign in last week were: Sam and Linda Harmes visiting

Activity Memorial Fund

A Memorial was given by Jim and Jo Johnson in memory of Tom Tibbels.

 

 

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News From Bancroft Senior Center

February 25, 2015 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. Feb. 25: Melody chimes practice today at 9:00. The meal for today is liver and onions or a hamburger patty. Blood pressure taken at 11:30. Nutrition speaker at 12:20. Cards and puzzles after lunch.

Thurs. Feb. 26: Tai Chi class at 9:30, and walking ex class at 10:30. Stop in for coffee at 10:00. Sign up to play in the pitch tournament at 1:30.

Fri. Feb. 27: Chair exercise at 10:00. Sign up to play in the pinochle tournament at 1:30.

Sun. March 1: Soup dinner from 11 – 1 p.m. Serving chili, chicken noodle and vegetable beef with cornbread and honey butter.

Mon. March 2: Join us for coffee at 9:30. Potluck dinner – we will finish up the soups and desserts from the fundraiser – bring a salad to go along with the meal. Krista Heinemann with NNCAP will be here in the afternoon to help people file their income tax and homestead exemption forms; call in and make your appointment. Cards and puzzles after lunch.

Tues. March 3: Tai Chi class at 9:30, and walking ex. class at 10:30. Stop in for coffee at 10:00. Sign up to play in the pitch tournament at 1:30.

Wed. March 4: Melody chimes practice at 9:00. Need volunteers to recycle cards at 1:30.

 

 

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Market Report

February 25, 2015 Leave a comment


Markets in general have been more supportive, 100 day moving average for both corn and beans remains supportive.  Though today has shown to be less supportive.

 

11:30am 2/23/15

Corn -6 ¼ @ 3.79

Beans-5 @ 9.94 ¼ 

 

Corn:  

Corn has been trading in an extremely narrow range of about 10 cents, when dropping down to support it  seems new buyers quickly come in keeping it supported.  When speaking to producers people are beginning to feel more optimistic and it seems people are looking for a reason to buy, “just give me a reason.”  It seems any weather fear or bullish headline could attract some short term buyers.  Demand remains strong in both exports and ethanol.  Moving forward “supply” may be very important.

 

Corn seemed to take a beating  so far this morning pushing below the 3.80 support line for the first time in a week.  Closing below definitely creates some concern, and gives a new trading range (much wider).

 

Beans:

As we head into a more historically bullish time period and the ag forums unexpectedly low ’15 planted acreage estimate of 83.5 Million, we have yet to see a major bullish response.  If demand remains high, and we receive any bullish news we may receive some opportunities.  Brazil there are talks of truckers protesting high diesel prices, and roadways in Mato Grosso have been experiencing delays/stand stills.

 

Interesting:


US TODAY “Deer Earning Dive on Ag Sag

Deere & Co. said its net income was $386.8 million, or $1.12 per share, for the quarter that ended Jan. 31., the equipment-maker’s first fiscal quarter of 2015.That was a drop of 43% from the year-earlier net income of $681.1 million, or $1.81 per share.  “Deere’s first-quarter performance reflected sluggish conditions in the global farm sector, which reduced demand for agricultural machinery, particularly larger models, and led to lower sales and income,” said CEO Samuel Allen.

Read it all here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/02/20/deere-quarterly-earnings/23726911/

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Kenneth W. Gilliland, 54, of Gibbon NE Formerly of Lyons NE

February 23, 2015 Leave a comment


Kenneth W. Gilliland, 54, of Gibbon, died Saturday, February 21, 2015, at the Kearney Regional Hospital. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 24th, at the Spirit of Life Church in Kearney with the Rev. Greg Mast officiating. Burial will follow at Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7:00 p.m. Monday at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Kenneth Wayne Gilliland was born September 12, 1960 in Blair, Nebraska to Elvin and Opal (Pitts) Gilliland. He attended country school at District #33 in Cumings County. Ken graduated from Lyons High School in 1978. He went on to earn a degree in Production Agriculture at the University Of Nebraska Technical School Of Agriculture in Curtis, NE. While there, Ken met the love of his life, Vicki Miller. The couple married July 7, 1979 in Kearney, Nebraska. Ken drove truck, farmed and ran a dairy for many years. Ken’s family was very important to him. He will be remembered for his ability to tell stories and for always being there to lend a helping hand.
Ken is survived by his wife, Vicki Gilliland; sons, Justin and Jesse Gilliland; daughters, Kendra and Kassy Gilliland all of Gibbon; grandsons, Kyson Gilliland of Shelton and Gabriel Gilliland of Gibbon; daughter-in-law, Patty Wiehn of Shelton; parents, Elvin and Opal Gilliland of Lyons, NE; brother, Jeff and wife, Denise Gilliland of Oakland; sisters-in-law, Vangie Head of Kearney and Jeanne and husband, Les Christensen of Houston, TX; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his son, Kyle Gilliland and his grandparents, Lillie and Lloyd Gilliland and Edna and Oliver Pitts.

Kenneth Gilliland

Kenneth Gilliland

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Kenneth W. Gilliland, 54, of Gibbon NE Formerly of Lyons NE

February 22, 2015 Leave a comment


Kenneth W. Gilliland, 54, of Gibbon NE formerly of Lyons NE passed away Sat., Feb. 21st at a hospital in Kearney.

His funeral will be held Tues., Feb. 24th at 10:30 a.m. at the Spirit of Life Church, 3148 Dove Hill Road.

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