Willeta O. Peterson, 91 of Fremont, NE

April 30, 2014 Leave a comment


Willeta Peterson

Willeta Peterson

WILLETA O. PETERSON, 91, of Fremont, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014, in Fremont.

Willeta was born July 25, 1922, in West Point, Nebraska, to Wilhelm E. and Olivia (Ludwig) Kuester. She was baptized into the Christian faith on August 27, 1922, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, rural Beemer by Rev. F. W. Daberkow and was confirmed at St. John’s on April 14, 1935, by Rev. E. L. Borgmeyer. Willeta attended school at District No. 48.

On February 1, 1942, Willeta and Myron E. Peterson were united in marriage at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in West Point by Rev. Ared Oelschlaeger. They farmed in the West Point, Beemer and Lyons areas before moving to Fremont in 1971. Myron passed away August 20, 1999.

Willeta was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Myron; sister, Leota Mahnke.

Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Darwin and Linda Peterson of West Point, Dean and Cathy Peterson of Papillion, NE; daughters and sons-in-law, Parnell and Dr. Michael Thoene of El Cajon, CA, Nerita and Ron Getzschman of Fremont; ten grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and very special friend, Colleen Sanny.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Friday, May 2, 2014, 2:00 p.m. at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland.

NO VISITATION

BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery

MEMORIALS: First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oakland

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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Cougar Track Teams Post Person Bests

April 29, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Tiger Invite was held during one of the best weather days of the spring season and the Cougar track teams took advantage of it to post several personal bests.  The boys and girls both placed seventh with 26 points by the girls and 30 by the boys.

 

After a disastrous Cougar Invite, Darcey Simonsen threw a career best at Tekamah.  At the home meet last week,  the junior had no measurable throws in the prelims with a foul and two out of bounds tosses.  Darcey was the class of the field last Tuesday with a winning toss of 118 feet 4 inches.  The mark is among the top distances in Class D.

 

Freshman Jon Christiansen was the winner in the boy’s triple jump.  He broke through the forty foot barrier at the meet.  He got a leap of 40 feet 8 inches in the early jumps.  In the finals he followed that with the winning distance of 41 feet even.

 

Taylor Fuston ran his first open 400 meter dash of the year.  Fuston picked up a second place with as time of 54.6.  The senior also placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet 9.25 inches.

 

Chevy Henneman earned two medals in the sprints.  He placed fourth in the 100 M in 11.6  and sixth in the 200 M in 24.6.

 

Joey O’Connor had an improvement of over twenty seconds in the 3200 M run.  The freshman took fifth in 12:07.5.  David Bishop added a sixth in the 800 M with a time of 2:19.4.

 

Libby Henneman followed up her big throw at the Cougar Invite with another solid effort.  She heaved the shot put 33feet 11.24 inches.  Libby placed third.

 

Kelly Wakeley added a fourth place in the girl’s triple jump.  She had a best jump of 31 feet 7 inches.

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Medicaid Expansion Life and Death Issue

April 29, 2014 Leave a comment


By Jon Bailey, jonb@cfra.org, Center for Rural Affairs
Charlene Dill was a 33 year old mother of three in Orlando, Florida. She worked three jobs to support her family. She had a treatable heart condition. Charlene also fell into the “coverage gap” – she made too much money (a whole $9,000 per year) to qualify for Medicaid in Florida, too little to qualify for a subsidy to purchase insurance on the new health insurance marketplaces, and none of her jobs provided health insurance. She was uninsured. Florida decided not to expand their Medicaid program as allowed under the Affordable Care Act to cover low-income working people like Ms. Dill. On March 21, while working one of her jobs, she collapsed and died on a stranger’s floor from the preventable condition for which she could not get treatment.

Let us pray there are no Charlene Dills that suffer the same fate in Nebraska. But there likely are. Research shows that there will be at least 500 preventable deaths in Nebraska due to the Legislature’s failure to expand Medicaid to our low-income working friends and neighbors.

State Senators Bloomfield, Brasch, Coash, Garrett, Janssen, Kintner, Larson, McCoy, Murante, Scheer, Schilz, Seiler, Smith and Watermeier opposed attempts in both the 2013 and 2014 Legislature to expand Medicaid to those in the “coverage gap.” They would not even allow a vote to provide health insurance coverage for these working adults. They may all be back serving in the Legislature in 2015. Let’s hope they can figure out this is a life and death issue, not a political game.

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Helpful Tips

April 29, 2014 4 Comments


Has anyone else noticed how buggy it is already? And wasps seem to be in abundance! We usually don’t have a problem with those little gnats until we are bringing in garden veggies, but we have them now! Found a trick to get rid of them I thought I would share. Fill a jar with apple cider vinegar, put the lid on, poke holes in the lid and place the jar, or jars, in the room where they are. I have a jar in the kitchen and bathroom and I have several dead ones already and I just placed the jars late yesterday afternoon. Better than bug spray, and safer!

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Dorla A. Swanson, 84 of Fremont, formerly of Walthill, NE

April 29, 2014 Leave a comment


Dorla A. Swanson, 84, of Fremont, NE formerly of Walthill, NE passed away Monday, April 28, 2014 at Arbor Manor in Fremont, NE.  

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

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Willeta O. Peterson, 91 of Fremont, NE

April 29, 2014 Leave a comment


WILLETA O. PETERSON, 91 years of Fremont, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014, at Arbor Manor in Fremont.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Friday, May 2, 2014, 2:00 p.m. at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland.

NO VISITATION

BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery

MEMORIALS: First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oakland

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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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

April 28, 2014 Leave a comment


The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 1:00 p.m. for the following areas:

Northwestern Monona County in west central Iowa, north central Burt County in Nebraska and southeastern Thurston county also in Nebraska. Nickel size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include Emerson, Walthill, Winnebago, Decatur, Macy and Lewis and Clark State Park.

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4-H/FFA Livestock Quality Assurance

April 28, 2014 Leave a comment


Mary Loftis

Mary Loftis

In order to show at the Burt County Fair and beyond 4-H and FFA members must

go on-line this year to complete their Livestock Quality Assurance Training.

Step by step instructions are available in the Extension Office or you may go to

http://4h.unl.edu/qualityassurance and view a video on how to register. Each

member must complete and pass 3 modules in their appropriate age category.

Call UNL Extension at 40-2374-2929 for more information. Completion deadline is

June 10.

 

Mary Loftis,

Extension Assistant
UNL Extension – Burt County
111 North 13th Street, Suite 6
Tekamah, NE 68061
Phone: (402) 374-2929

Fax: (402) 374-2930

Internet: mloftis2@unl.edu

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Burt County Board of Supervisors Meeting

April 28, 2014 Leave a comment


The Burt County Board of Supervisors will meet tomorrow, Tues., April 29th at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Burt County Courthouse in Tekamah at 9:00 a.m. The meeting is open to the public.

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Bancroft Senior Center News

April 28, 2014 Leave a comment


Bancroft Senior Center News

* 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

The Meals on Wheels program started in Bancroft February 10th. 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 8:45 if you want a meal that day. The suggested donation for the meals is $4.00.

 

Refurbished Memorial Flowers are on sale at the senior center. We have a wonderful array of memorial wreaths, crosses and sprigs of flowers. Everyone is welcome to stop in to look and buy.

 

 

Weekly Activities:

Wed. April 30: Melody chimes practice at 9:00. Join us for coffee anytime during the day. Sign up for the pitch tournament at 1:30.

Thurs.: May 1: Tai Chi class at 9:30 and the walking ex. class at 10:30. Stop in for coffee at 10:00. Sign up to play hand and foot at 1:30. You are welcome to come at any time to work on the jigsaw puzzle.

Fri. May 2: We will start doing chair exercises (FROG) at 10:00. There will be a pinochle tournament at 1:30. The afternoon lunch will be furnished by St Joseph Retirement Community at 3:30.

Sat. May 3: The music jam is tonight at 7:00, bring a snack for lunch and bring your friends for an evening of enjoyment.

Mon. May 5: Bring a covered dish and join your friends for the noon meal. Cards will be played after the dishes are done.

Tues. May 6: Tai Chi class at 9:30 and the walking ex. class at 10:30. Stop in for coffee at 10:00. Sign up for the pitch tournament at 1:30.

Wed. May 7: Melody chimes practice at 9:00. There will be a 5-handed pinochle tournament at 1:30.

 

 

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