William “Bill” Frangenberg, 87 of Lyons, NE

July 12, 2014 Leave a comment


WILLIAM “BILL” FRANGENBERG, 87 years, of Lyons, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014, at Oakland Mercy Hospital in Oakland, Nebraska.

William Frederick Frangenberg was born November 8, 1926, on a farm west of Marcus, Iowa, to Frederick  “Fred” and Cecilia (Knittle) Frangenberg. His family moved to Lyons when he was 10 years of age. He received his education at the Lyons Public Schools.

Bill left school at the age of 15 years and started driving truck for Bud Meyers. He drove truck and was a heavy equipment operator during his adult life. He retired from Brehmer Manufacturing in 2011. He had worked for over 70 years.

Bill served in the U. S. Army during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1946. He was a member of the Harvey Lenig American Legion Post No. 83 and Robert Klase VFW Post No. 7998 for 70 years.

In December 1985, Bill and Fern Hayes were married at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lyons. Bill was a life-long member of St. Joseph’s, where he served as head usher for many years.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant brother; sisters, Mary and Agnes; wife, Fern; step children, Rosie Schulke and Paul Hayes Jr. “Bucky”.

Survivors include his sisters and brother, Dorothy, Rosanna and Catherine Frangenberg all of Omaha, NE, and Robert (Ingrid) Frangenberg of Oakland, CA, Helen (Frank) Stholl of Ft. Garland, CO; step children,  Helen (Lawrence) Drummond of Lyons, Tim (Gail) Hayes of Lincoln, NE; many step grandchildren and step great grandchildren and step great-great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews and a host of friends.

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL: Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lyons.

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

VISITATION: Monday 5 – 7 p.m. with the family receiving friends and 7:00 p.m. Wake Service all at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Visitation Tuesday will also be held at the church one hour prior to the service.

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.

pelan@pelanfuneralservices.com

William Frangenberg

William Frangenberg

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USDA Supply and Demand Balance Sheet

July 11, 2014 Leave a comment


The USDA issued their Supply and Demand balance sheet adjustments for July this morning. These are the adjustments that are made monthly to reflect changes in global supply and demand changes for principal crops.
 
Corn:
 
The USDA reduced old crop feed demand by 125 mbu to reflect lower usage as implied by the June 30th Stocks Report. Feed demand for the 3rd quarter was down 6% at that time, resulting in the USDA’s adjustment this morning. Ethanol demand was bumped 25 mbu to account for the heavy pace in that industry. The net result is an increase of 100 mbu to the old crop carryout, putting it at 1,246 mbu…slightly above trade estimates. New crop (14/15) carryout figures were adjusted higher to reflect the larger amount of corn carried over into next year. Additionally, feed demand was lowered 50 mbu to reflect expectations of higher sorghum feeding displacing corn in feed rations. Reductions in supply due to lower acreage numbers were outweighed by the feed and carryin revisions.
 
Market Reaction: Slightly Negative – negative trend continues
 
 
 
Soybeans:
 
Old crop soybean carryout increased by 15 mbu this morning. Crush and export numbers both increased, but were offset by negative residual adjustments. It’s likely that the size of the 13/14 crop will be pushed higher at the end of this marketing year (September report). New crop saw higher adjustments to both crush and exports, but it wasn’t enough to offset the massive acreage increase that was seen in the June 30th Planted Acreage report.
 
Market Reaction: Negative
 
 
 
At 11:33 am, corn is down 6-7. Old beans are down -46, new beans down -19.
For more information contact:

Greg Mockenhaupt

Risk Management Consultant

Central Valley Ag – ProEdge

1007 County Road O

Oakland, NE 68045

Office: 402-685-5613

Cell: 402-380-9855

 
 

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New Hours at Oakland’s Food Bank

July 11, 2014 Leave a comment


The Food Bank, located at the E. Free Church 821 E. Fulton has new hours: Tuesdays 1 – 3 pm and 3rd Saturday of the month 9 – 11 am. Contact Joyce Johnson @ 402-685-5812 for more information.

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Nancy Lee (Rickert) Wallerstedt, 78 of Oakland, NE

July 11, 2014 Leave a comment


NANCY LEE (RICKERT) WALLERSTEDT was born June 11, 1936, at home in Decatur, Nebraska, to Elmer and Mattie (Andersen) Rickert. She passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home in rural Oakland on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at the age of 78 years.

Nancy graduated from Oakland High School in 1953. In 1954, she married the love of her life, Norman Wallerstedt, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland, where she was also baptized and confirmed.

Nancy loved her Lord and loved serving her church. She was a member of First Lutheran’s women’s organization for 57 years, served on the Altar Committee many years and was a member of Koinonia Bible Study.  As a member of the Junior Women’s Club for 23 years, she served in all offices and was selected as Outstanding Club Woman of the Year in 1974. Nancy also worked on the Oakland Community Improvement Committee and Swedish Festival. She was a member of the Scandinavian Folk Dancers and promoted Oakland’s Swedish heritage at many events, including Governor Ben Nelson’s   inauguration. Her love of dancing also led to 20 years with the Swingaways Square Dance Club. Nancy was a 10-year member of the Burt County Extension Club, a member of Oakland Mercy Hospital Auxiliary, serving in various offices and served on the Bell Creek Township election board for many years.

Nancy loved her family dearly. She enjoyed birds, her pets, flowers and gardens and especially loved mowing her yard. Highest on her list, though, was working alongside Norman on the farm. Whether they were walking beans, tending gardens, decorating their home or putting up Christmas lights, everything was made more beautiful when Nancy touched it. Her family reaped the benefits of that care and creativity every time they were with her.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Denise Blair; infant sister, Betty and her parents.

Survivors include her husband, Norman of Oakland; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Terry of Oakland; sisters, Donna (Gerald) Larson of Uehling, NE; Deb (Jon) Radebaugh of Omaha, NE;  eight grandchildren:  Jeff Blair, Lauren Blair, Whitney (Joe) Julian, Josh (Sara) Wallerstedt, Kelsey (Josh) Gillman, Kiersten Wallerstedt, James Wallerstedt and  Jesse Wallerstedt;  six great grandchildren, River, Grace, Emma, Waverly, Lydia and Elliot.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 10:30 a.m., First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oakland

VISITATION: Friday 1 – 8 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6 – 8 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland. Visitation will also be held at the church Saturday one hour prior to the service.

BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery

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.

pelan@pelanfuneralservices.com

 

Nancy Wallerstedt

Nancy Wallerstedt

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Lynn Johnson, 66 of Walthill, NE

July 10, 2014 Leave a comment


Lynn Johnson, 66, of Walthill, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family in Walthill.

Memorial services are pending with Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Pender, NE.

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Arbonne International and The Arbonne Advantage

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Hassebrook Releases Plan on Prisons

July 10, 2014 Leave a comment


Nebraska is facing a prison overcrowding crisis that has been more than a decade in the making. At the same time, scores of violent offenders were released early through administrative failures. Four people were murdered by a prisoner released on good time, when he should and could have lost all good time under current statutes for attacking prison guards and other prisoners. These failures relieved prison overcrowding, but at the expense of human lives and public safety. Other steps need to be taken to both relieve overcrowding and provide long term solutions. Chuck Hassebrook has released his plan on how to deal with these ongoing issues and how to move our state forward:

 

“When I take office in January, the buck will stop at my desk to ensure that sentencing statutes are fully and faithfully implemented. The failures of recent years would not have happened under my watch and will not happen again under my watch.

“Upon taking office, I will propose and finalize regulations to take every day of automatically granted good time away from prisoners who repeatedly break prison rules, attack guards, or assault other prisoners. Although the Governor currently has that statutory authority, it has not been used. I will use it.

 

“The option of building or leasing new prison space must be on the table, but I will take every responsible step to avoid that expensive option while protecting Nebraskans from dangerous criminals. I will also take all necessary actions to avoid spending money on additional prison space. I will ask the Legislature to expand drug courts, veteran courts, young adult courts and mental health courts for nonviolent offenders. Such courts cost a small fraction of prison and have proven far more effective at correcting criminal behavior. While almost half of drug offenders who serve time reoffend after leaving prison, only one in seven graduates of drug court reoffend.

 

“I will search the nation for best practices that have proven successful in reducing both crime and the prison population. I will move parole eligible, nonviolent offenders out of prisons and into drug, veteran, young adult and mental health courts, if they would have been eligible when sentenced.

 

“I will expand job training and mental health treatment for inmates and provide supervision and job assistance to every inmate upon his or her release to reduce the rate of recidivism and future demands on the prison system.

 

“I will also invest in long term solutions, like early childhood education, and will work with schools and community colleges to make job training available beginning the junior year of high school. Successful students are far less likely to fall prey to gangs and crime. These actions will reduce future prison and public assistance costs.”

Chuck Hassebrook

Chuck Hassebrook

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Oakland Mercy Hospital to Have Open House

July 9, 2014 Leave a comment


Oakland Mercy Hospital invites everyone to attend an open house tomorrow (Thurs.) from 5:00-6:30 p.m. The hospital has undergone several renovations and is offering a tour to all in attendance.

“The tour will feature the new mammography and dexa scan room, the expansion of the emergency room and the renovated treatment rooms,” said Mona Tanksley, Director of Health Information Management at Oakland Mercy Hospital.

Come with an appetite! “Grilled hot dogs, chips and drinks will be served to those attending,” Mona stated.

The hospital staff is excited to show off their renovations to the public. “We hope to see everyone at our open house,” said John Werner, Oakland Mercy Hospital Administrator.

One of the remodeled rooms at Oakland Mercy Hospital. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

One of the remodeled rooms at Oakland Mercy Hospital. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

The waiting room has been moved down the hall and also has a coffee bar. Photo Credit for both/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

The waiting room has been moved down the hall and also has a coffee bar. Photo Credit for both/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

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This is an extension to the emergency room, that also has sliding glass doors to close it off from the rest of the emergency room. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

This is an extension to the emergency room, that also has sliding glass doors to close it off from the rest of the emergency room. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

This is the mammogram room, located in the old waiting room. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

This is the mammogram room, located in the old waiting room. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

This stained glass picture was made by Rita Going, a nurse at Oakland Mercy Hospital. It is in the mammogram room. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

This stained glass picture was made by Rita Going, a nurse at Oakland Mercy Hospital. It is in the mammogram room. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

These paintings are on display, and for sale, at the hospital. The Logan Valley Artists, based out of Creative Connection in Oakland, paint them. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

These paintings are on display, and for sale, at the hospital. The Logan Valley Artists, based out of Creative Connection in Oakland, paint them. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

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Nancy Wallerstedt, 78 of Oakland, NE

July 9, 2014 Leave a comment


NANCY WALLERSTEDT 78 years, of Oakalnd, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at her home in rural Oakland.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 10:30 a.m., First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oakland

VISITATION: Friday 1 – 8 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6 – 8 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland. Visitation will also be held at the church Saturday one hour prior to the service.

BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery

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.

pelan@pelanfuneralservices.com

 

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New Access Point on Logan Creek

July 9, 2014 Leave a comment


Looking for something fun to do this summer?  Through the collaborative efforts of several groups, the newest access point on the Logan Creek for canoe/kayak travel is now finished. For several years, a number of groups have been working to provide a series of canoe access points to Logan Creek. The newest site in this series to be completed is at Bancroft.  Bancroft is 46 miles South of Sioux City, Iowa on Hyway 77 and 45 miles East of Norfolk on Hyway 275 & Hyway 16. The site is 1/4 mile North of Hyway 16 on Cuming County Road 24, directly North of Ru-de’s Mini Mart. The site provides parking and access to Logan Creek.  Nebraska Loess Hills RC&D Council board member, John Ross brought the idea to the Cuming County Supervisors.  Work on the Bancroft site began in 2011 through John’s efforts.

 

Jeff troupe, of Oakland, has been paddling the Logan for 10 years. “Early morning or late evening is the best time to see the most wildlife”, Jeff says. “It takes about 2 hours to paddle from Pender to Bancroft; from Bancroft to Lyons; or from Lyons to Oakland.  Canadian Geese, Blue Heron, horned owls, beaver, muskrats, deer, miscellaneous birds and an occasional bald eagle are examples of some of the wildlife that can be seen while leisurely floating down the Logan Creek.

 

A map of the Logan Creek access points is available at outdoornebraska.ne.gov. To view the map, visit the water trails page. “Canoe and kayak rentals will be available by late summer at Ru-De’s Mini Mart in Bancroft”, says Rob Smith, owner.

 

This project has been made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Nebraska Loess Hills RC&D Council, Lower Elkhorn NRD, Cuming County, Cuming County Visitor’s Bureau, the Elkhorn Valley Chapter of Pheasants Forever, and The Nebraska Games and Parks.

 

 

 

Jean Schultz

Program Assistant

Nebraska Loess Hills RC & D Council

P O Box 24

Oakland, NE    68045

402-685-4020

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