Easter Egg Coloring at Oakland Public Library

April 15, 2014 Leave a comment


Hilary Ray had a fabulous morning coloring Easter eggs at the Oakland Public Library. Rosa Schmidt, Library Director, had a unique way of coloring the eggs. She used shaving cream and food coloring, combining the two in a metal pan. Once the two were combined, Hilary rolled the eggs through the color then placed them on newspaper. After 15 or so minutes passed, she wiped the colored shaving cream off and revealed beautifully colored eggs.

Hilary is rolling the egg in colored shaving cram. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

Hilary is rolling the egg in colored shaving cram. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

Another color for Hilary to roll the egg in! Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

Another color for Hilary to roll the egg in! Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

Hilary with the eggs after wiping off the colored shaving cream. Her mom Nikki is helping her choose which ones to take home. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

Hilary with the eggs after wiping off the colored shaving cream. Her mom Nikki is helping her choose which ones to take home. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

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Logan Valley Clovers 4-H Meeting

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Brayden Anderson keeps track of the instructions as he logs into the on-line Livestock Quality Assurance website for training this year. All 4-H and FFA members will need to complete 3 modules in the correct age division by June 10 in order to be eligible to show livestock including poultry and rabbits at any fairs this year. Photo Credit/Mary Loftis.

Brayden Anderson keeps track of the instructions as he logs into the on-line Livestock Quality Assurance website for training this year. All 4-H and FFA members will need to complete 3 modules in the correct age division by June 10 in order to be eligible to show livestock including poultry and rabbits at any fairs this year. Photo Credit/Mary Loftis.

Michael Bracht gets on the Livestock Quality Assurance website as mom, Tricia keeps an eye on his progress. Photo Credit/Mary Loftis.

Michael Bracht gets on the Livestock Quality Assurance website as mom, Tricia keeps an eye on his progress.
Photo Credit/Mary Loftis.

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Joseph M. Pedro, 68 of Oakland, NE

April 15, 2014 1 Comment


Joseph M. Pedro, 68 years, of Oakland, Nebraska passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at his home. Joe was a very quiet, private, family man and he requested no public service. There will be a very small family gathering at a later date. Inurnment will be at Hawaii Memorial Park in Kaneohe, HI also at a later date. Memorials may be given to the Oakland Rescue and Fire Department and to the V.F.W. Post at Oakland. Access the online condolences may be left at http://www.mosermemorialchapels.com. Arrangements by Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont.

Joseph was born April 24, 1946 in Honolulu, Hawaii to John and Mary (Texeira) Pedro. He grew up on the Island of Oahu and lived in several places. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War from May 1964 until Nov. 1969. He moved to Volcano, HI in 1974. Joe married Jody Morse on January 23, 1980 in Hilo, HI. The couple moved to Oakland, NE in 1980. He was self employed in several endeavors from 1980-1992. Joe worked for the Oakland, NE Police Department from 1992-2000 and also was a reserve officer for the Lyons Police Department and the Burt County Sheriffs Department during that time. Joe worked security at the Fremont Area Medical Center in Fremont, NE until retiring in April of 2012.

Joseph was a member of the Ryan V.F.W. Post 5543 and American Legion Post 46 both of Oakland, NE Joe really enjoyed fishing.

He is survived by his wife, Jody Pedro of Oakland, NE; sons, Joseph Pedro of Oakland, NE and Joshua Pedro of Albion, NE; daughter, Malia Pedro of Oakland; and 5 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Carol Ann Price.

 

Joseph Pedro

Joseph Pedro

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Carlotta Lou Huckobey “Thunderhorse” Fox, 69 of Blair, NE

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Carlotta Fox

Carlotta Fox

Carlotta Lou Huckobey “Thunderhorse” Fox of Deer Lodge, Montana and Blair, Nebraska, daughter of Anna Lou Jackie (Fox) Larsen and Carl Robert Huckobey and step-father Arnold E. Larsen, passed away Thursday, April 10th 2014 at Golden Living Center in Tekamah, Nebraska.  She was 69 years old.

Carlotta was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma in the year 1944.  When she was young, she moved to California with her mother who then met and married Arnold E. Larsen.  Carlotta then had a step-sister Dottie (Larsen) Dutton.  While attending Azusa High School in Azusa, California, she met and married Robert Charles Tibbetts who was born in Denison, Iowa.  Together, they had three children, Robert Charles Jr., Tyrrie Lynn, and Angelina Noel.

After receiving her GED, Carlotta worked as a LPN until she was in an automobile accident and sustained a traumatic brain injury.  After awaking from a month-long coma, Carlotta devoted her life to her children and family.  She loved deeply which had a lasting, positive impression on how to love and be loved.  She had a couple of marriages after Robert Charles Tibbetts; she married Edward R. Lampe in 1973 and divorced him in 1977.  She worked at Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs, Montana until she attended the University of Montana in 1981 where she studied accounting and art.  She worked as an artist with her own business drawing portraits until she moved to Blair, Nebraska in 2004.

During her time in Blair, she was ecstatic to learn that she had a half-brother, Rickie Foreman, from Oklahoma City.  While in Blair, her time, mission, and gift to her family became genealogy work.  She continued that work, skyping with Brother Rickie, until her health prevented her.  Shortly thereafter, she met in heaven those who preceded her in death:  her mother, fathers, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

The survivors who miss her include son Robert Charles Jr. of Great Falls, MT; daughters Tyrrie Lynn Tibbetts Solheim of Blair, NE, and Angelina N. Fox of Fort Collins, CO; aunt Nellie (Fox) Combe of Shawnee, OK; half-brother Rickie C.  Foreman of Oklahoma City, OK; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren (with one more on the way).  She is loved dearly.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Tuesday, April 15th, 2014, 7 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in Blair, Nebraska.

NO VISITATION

BURIAL: At a later date, Hillcrest Cemetery, Deer Lodge, Montana

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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Phillip E. Cram, 70 of Bellevue, NE

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PHILLIP E. CRAM, 70 years, of Bellevue, Nebraska, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014, at Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 10:00 am, at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

NO VISITATION

BURIAL: Craig Cemetery, Craig, Nebraska

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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Sidney Glen Lindstrom, 60 of Oakland, NE

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Sid Lindstrom

Sid Lindstrom

SIDNEY GLEN LINDSTROM was born May 14, 1953, in Oakland, Nebraska, to Sidney R. and Helen (Nielsen) Lindstrom. He passed away peacefully, at the age of 60 years on Friday, April 11, 2014, at Logan Valley Manor in Lyons, Nebraska, surrounded by his loving family.

Sid attended District 64 and graduated from Oakland-Craig High School in 1971. He was baptized and confirmed in the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland. Sid belonged to   4-H, FFA, international order of Vikings and ABATE of Nebraska.

Sid married Julie Buell in 1976 at Fremont, Nebraska. To this union four daughters were born, Diane, Christina and twins, Sara and Anna.

Sid was engaged in farming southeast of Oakland on the family farm most of his life. Early in his farming career he also was a trucker for Holmquist Grain & Lumber, he feed cattle and hogs. Later he was a self-employed trucker hauling grain in the Oakland area.

Sid enjoyed spending time with family, visiting with his many friends, camping, fishing, playing his guitar and riding his motorcycle. What he loved most were his daughters.

He was preceded in death by his infant daughter, Anna; and parents.

Survivors include his daughters and sons-in-law, Diane (Dante) Manor of Gilbert, AZ, Christina (Adam) Morley of Lincoln, NE, Sara (Josh) Wallerstedt of Oakland; sister and brother-in-law, Mary (Richard) Strom of Oakland; brother, Harold (Carol) Lindstrom of Oakland; seven grandchildren, Leyten, Mia, Kade and Krew Morley, River, Grace and Emma Wallerstedt; many relatives and a host of friends.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Thursday, April 17, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland. The family would like to encourage family and friends to dress in Harley Davidson attire.

MEMORIAL GATHERING: The family will receive friends Wednesday, April 16th from 5 – 8 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland.

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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Daniel A. “Dan” Nelson, 65 of Oakland, NE

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DANIEL A. “DAN” NELSON, 65 years, of Oakland, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the West Point Living Center, in West Point, Nebraska.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Friday, April 18, 2014, 10:30 am, from the First Baptist Church in Oakland.

VISITATION: Thursday, 5-8 pm with family receiving friends at Pelan Funeral Home in Oakland. Visitation will also be held at the church one hour prior to services.

BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery

MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers memorials can be directed to the Oakland Rescue Squad.

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

Daniel Nelson

Daniel Nelson

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Easter Trivia

April 14, 2014 Leave a comment


Easter Trivia: What is the name of the dance that is commonly done at Easter time?
Post your answers here!!!

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A New Addition to Oakland Library

April 14, 2014 Leave a comment


Stop in the Oakland Public Library for National Library Week and be the first to enjoy the library’s new coffee service, given in memory of Dolores Colson.

Photo courtesy of Library Director Rosa Schmidt/Library Director.

Photo courtesy of Library Director Rosa Schmidt/Library Director.

 

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Getting a Right Start for the Next Generation of Farmers

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Lyons, Nebraska – Today, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the availability of $19 million in funding for the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) – a program that provides competitive grants to community organizations, farm and ranch groups, academic institutions, and extension, to provide education, outreach, training and technical assistance to beginning farmers, ranchers and foresters.

“USDA is committed to the next generation of America’s farmers and ranchers because they represent the future of agriculture and are the backbone of our rural economy. As the average age of farmers continues to rise, we have no time to lose in getting more new farmers and ranchers established,” said Secretary Vilsack. “Reauthorizing and expanding the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program is one of the many resources the 2014 Farm Bill gave us to build America’s agricultural future. Through this program, we can build a diverse next generation of farmers and ranchers.”

According to Traci Bruckner of the Center for Rural Affairs, the BFRDP grant program is administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which awards the grants through a competitive review process to organizations and institutions conducting programs to help beginning farmers, ranchers and foresters. Applications for the funding rounds announced today are due June 12, 2014.

“BFRDP has been a highly successful initiative, making the application and award process all the more competitive,” said Bruckner. “And perhaps more importantly the programs funded through this initiative have had a real impact across rural and small town America.”

The presence of the education, outreach, training and technical assistance programs funded by BFRDP is one of the reasons we saw an increase in young, beginning farmers and ranchers in Nebraska in the recent Census of Agriculture, Bruckner added. And this is the only federal program exclusively dedicated to training the next generation of farmers and ranchers.

Bruckner explained further that, in Nebraska, nearly 1,000 more farmers claim farming or ranching as their primary occupation than in the last census. For “years on present farm,” Nebraska grew in every category, from 2 years or less to 10 years or more. In particular, farmer and rancher numbers grew in lower age brackets. The under 25 years category grew by 18%; those aged 25 to 34 grew by 13% (up nationally as well), and farmers aged 35 to 44 grew by 10%.

“There are growing opportunities in farming and ranching across rural and small town America, and we see, first-hand, the increasing desire among a new generation of prospective farmers and ranchers to get their start,” Bruckner concluded. “The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program provides resources to initiatives on the ground that can help those beginners overcome the unique challenges they face and realize their full potential.”

For more information on eligibility of organizations and institutions, and how to apply, go to:
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/fo/beginningfarmersandranchers.cfm

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