Keep Looking Up!

January 29, 2014 Leave a comment


By Gary Fugman
Kat Country Hub Contributor
 
“View the Great Nebula in Orion This Weekend!”
 
All are invited to Northeast Nebraska Astronomy Club (NENAC) this Friday, January 31 at 7pm at the Lyons Library and Saturday, February 1 at 7pm at the Decatur Sears Center.  Friday, after meeting at 7pm, we will go to the Hedges/Lyons Theater for our presentation. 
 
This weekend Bill Hedges will lead a discussion on the spectacular Orion Nebula.  First observed as an extended cloud of gas and dust in 1610, only a year after Galileo’s first use of the telescope on the planets Jupiter and Venus, the Orion Nebula is a star forming region.  Young by astronomical standards, about 30,000 years old, the Orion Nebula forms stars from dense, contracting clumps of gas.  We will view and discuss a short movie about the Hubble Space Telescope and it’s views of the Orion Nebula.  In the movie computer generated views will take you inside the nebula!
 
Then, weather permitting, Friday at the Hedges Observatory in Lyons, and Saturday at the Fugman Observatory in Decatur, you will see the Orion Nebula in all it’s glory close up and for real!  Other wonderful winter deep sky objects will also be observed through astronomical telescopes.  You are invited to bring your telescope or binoculars.  Please dress warmly as temperatures drop quickly after sunset.
 
For more information on this and future NENAC presentations, google “nenacstars” or call Pastor Gary Fugman at 349-1953, and Keep Looking Up!
 
Questions to Consider:
Go outside tonight and look south at the night sky.  Identify the bright “H shaped” constellation Orion.  Three belt stars support Orion’s sword.  What difference do you see among the sword stars?  Which one of the sword stars hosts the Orion Nebula?  (Hint: If you need help, use your binoculars!)        

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Burt County Fair Kickoff is Approaching

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100 Days of School Celebrated at LDNE

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Celebrating 100 days of school is Marlene Beacom’s class at Lyons-Decatur Northeast is Avery Bacon.

Avery Bacon. Photo courtesy of LDNE.

Avery Bacon. Photo courtesy of LDNE.

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The Way Things Used to Be (Partially)

January 29, 2014 Leave a comment


By Corey McCullock

Kat Country Hub Contributor

Corey McCullock

Corey McCullock

I remember when I was younger, riding with my parents down a gravel road and seeing boots on fence posts and asking my mom why people did that. She explained that the person who owned the fence line must have gotten a new pair of boots because they always hang their old worn out pair on the posts.

I don’t remember the last time I saw a pair of boots on a fence post. It’s not sad, it was just a kind of reality check, that things aren’t the way they used to be. My generation has lost a lot of “touch” with older generations. Not just the generation my parents are in, but the generation my grandparents are in too. I feel like today’s youth are lacking in many things that generations older than mine have to offer.

Technology has advanced the way we do things so much today. I wish parts of it were put on hold. My grandparents farmed the hard way, horse drawn equipment, back breaking work and many other physically tasking duties that we don’t have to worry about today.It worries me that the generation my kids grow up in won’t know what work is. They’ll have jobs and go to work, but that is not the type of work that got this nation where it is today.

I could say the same for my generation. We don’t know what work is compared to the generations before us. I feel this way not just with work ethic, but in other areas like respect, discipline, “street” knowledge in a way that you can cob anything together and make it work without even having the right part.

There are many other things I think my generation needs to learn from past generations. There are also many ideas from previous generations that I want to stay there. I do remember overhearing some people talk one day saying, “What’s wrong with the kids today?” and I just kind of sat there and thought to myself, what the heck are they talking about. Now I realize today what they were talking about. Think of how you wish the world would be today. Is there anything that the previous generations could give my generation to hopefully reach that?

Maybe things should be the way they used to be.

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Social Speaks: Heat Bills on the Rise

January 28, 2014 Leave a comment


I have been hearing people voice concerns over high heat bills this winter. Is your heating/electricity/gas bill higher than normal. Are there any of you that use propane? Is your bill high? I heard propane has gone up too.

  • Kathy Peterson I don’t but mom just put in a new propane furnace and yes propane has gone up over a $ a gallon in the last month
  • Jo West I do not have propane…but my bill was $250. last month and this month $350…I have never paid more than $200 a month in twenty years & I know it can not be that colder in Herman…lol
  •  Kathy Peterson I would seriously encourage everyone to invest in infrared heaters as a supplement…my gas bill was down 40% over last year… and I just got my electric bills …..they are about the same as they were last year…but it has been so much colder this year than it was last year that I am ecstatic……..since doing that investment I actually LOOK FORWARD to opening my bills to see where they are…..
  •  Debby Boyle-Redding propane is over 5.00 a gal now. the min you can have put in is 250 gals. we have heard that the contracts are not going to be honored that some people have . yes we do have propane
  •  Kathy Peterson They honored Mom’s …just filled it a few weeks ago…
  •  Julie Eager Is it true that drying corn has become more important than people?
  •  Cherry Hanak We started the corn stove way cheaper then propane
  •  Debby Boyle-Redding that was before the price went up
  •  Kristi Dahlgren Propane has gone up. But we locked our price back in the fall so wr’ll be okay. Whew!
  •  Angie Maxwell Don’t have propane any longer, but one of the girls I wrk with does. As of tomorrow it’s supposed to go up to $6.00 a gallon she said and they weren’t allowed to lock in prices this fall.

     

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Oaklander Jessica Dol is Z92 On Air Personality

January 28, 2014 Leave a comment


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Jessica Dol, Z92 On-Air Personality. Photo Courtesy of Jessica Dol.

Jessica Dol, Z92 On-Air Personality. Photo Courtesy of Jessica Dol.

Working of Z92 is really rewarding. I get I get to play music for my job and I can make someone’s day just by playing something they want to hear,” said Jessica Dol.

Jessica has worked for Z92 in Omaha since October of 2001 as a mid-day on air personality from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. and is also a music director. She helps with the music on the station, talking to record representatives to see what new songs we want to add to our format.  “I do live broadcasts, produce commercials that run on our stations and update our on-air staff about the events we are doing and what we are giving away so they can talk about it on the air,” Jessica stated.

She was born in Eau Claire, WI but her family moved to Minneapolis, MN shortly after she was born.

She attended Concordia College in St. Paul, MN with a major in

Communications/Theater. “I only went for 1 year because a small Lutheran College just didn’t fit my personality.  After that I went to Brown Institute in Minneapolis, MN and got my Associates Degree in Radio/TV Broadcasting,” Jessica said.

The job at Z92 brought her to Omaha. “I did interview for a different radio station in Omaha back in 1994.  I don’t remember what station, but their studio was in Downtown Omaha and the On-air staff could be seen thru a big picture window on the street. It was hilarious,” Jessica stated.

Jessica married Donnie Dodge in May of 2011. Donnie had previously resided in Oakland, moved away, coming back with Jessica in May of 2013. “I had never been married and didn’t have any children.  I have 3 stepchildren, Lily, D.J. & Garrison. Donnie is very well known in Oakland and as the former Producer of the Todd-N-Tyler Show, now an Omaha Firefighter,” Jessica said.

They moved to Oakland to be closer to Donnie’s youngest son, Garrison. “The commute from Logan, IA to Oakland was just getting to be too much,” Jessica stated.

Jessica finds her job at Z92 very rewarding. “I get to interact with listeners and clients in a  fun way.  Radio is not all fun and games.  It’s actually a lot more work than I ever thought it would be,” Jessica said. “I may not have gotten into the industry if I knew I was going to have to work over 8 hours a day.  Who thinks that Radio would be a “real” job?”

Jessica stated that she has grown up a lot since her move to Omaha. “I came to Nebraska as a single 30-year-old just looking to find a place to call home.  I had been with a few radio stations (Rochester, MN, Milwaukee, WI & Cedar Rapids, IA) before Omaha and never felt completely comfortable with my personal life until I bought my home in Logan, IA and was lucky enough to reconnect with Donnie Dodge,” Jessica stated.

She is very happy with where her life is. “I could ask for nothing more and I am very lucky that I didn’t have to settle for anything less,” Jessica said.

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Valentine’s Day Trivia

January 28, 2014 Leave a comment


Valentine”s Day Trivia: Who was the first television couple to share a bed on air (instead of twin beds)?

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Basketball Tournament Brackets Announced

January 28, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The East Husker Conference announced their brackets for the 2014 Basketball Tournament.  The girls’ play starts on Friday, January 31 with the boys action beginning the next night.

 

With an even number of 16 teams in the EHC this year, there will be four sites during the first round.  The top four seeds get home court advantage on the opening night.  The second  round and semi finals will be hosted by the highest remaining seed in the bracket.  Finals and consolation finals will be held at Central Community College in Columbus.

 

The seeding was set by a poll of the coaches..  The girls bracket is topped by Pender and Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family.  Howells-Dodge and Stanton get the third and fourth seeds.  Howells-Dodge is the number on seed on the boys’ side, followed by Bancroft-Rosalie, West Point Beemer, and Wisner-Pilger.

 

The Cougars were placed in the twelve seed for the boys.  They will play at Wisner.  They are pitted against Twin River, the number five seed, on Saturday February 1. A win would place them against the Wisner-Pilger/Tekamah-Herman winner.  A loss means playing the loser between Stanton and Scribner-Snyder on Friday

 

The girls drew Howells-Dodge for their first game on January 31.  The game is at Dodge.  The winner is bracketed with the Twin River-West Point -Beemer winner.  The loser plays against the Stanton vs. Clarkson/Leigh loser on Thursday.

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Harold G. Kellner, 88 of Oakland, NE

January 28, 2014 Leave a comment


Harold G. Kellner, son of George and Pearl (Smith) Kellner was born on April 11, 1925, in Sioux City, Iowa.  He passed away

Harold Kellner

Harold Kellner

Saturday, January 25, 2014, at the Oakland Mercy Hospital, in Oakland, Nebraska, at the age of 88 years.

Harold graduated from Walthill High School in 1943.

In 1945, Harold enlisted in the Army and was discharged November 1, 1946.

He was united in marriage to LaVerne Schademan on December 3, 1946.

Harold farmed a number of years before moving to town and worked several jobs including janitorial work at Walthill High School, retiring in 1986.

He loved doing crosswords, going to the movies and especially chocolate, having company and spending time with the family.

Harold was a member of the American Legion Post 89 for 45 years and served as their Chaplin.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Harold is survived by his wife, LaVerne of Oakland; daughters, Arla (Denny) Ogden of Oakland, and LaDonna (Dow) Bartling of Rapid City, SD; six grandchildren, Troy (Coleen) Denton, Holly Throener, Tracy (Paula) Denton, Sara (Chris) Woods, Gary (Gretchen) Ogden, and Justin Bartling Martinez; fourteen great-grandchildren; and one great great grand-daughter.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 10:30 am from the Faith United Presbyterian Church in Walthill, NE

BURIAL WITH MILITARY HONORS: Evergreen Cemetery, Walthill, NE, by American Legion Lester E Stewart Post  #89

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.

pelan@pelanfuneralservices.com

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Shyanne French Featured Music Student at LDNE

January 27, 2014 Leave a comment


Shyanne French. Photo Courtesy of LDNE.

Shyanne French. Photo Courtesy of LDNE.

By Shyanne French

Music technology is quite a fun class. I enjoy it for many reasons. A couple are my friends, the teacher, and the things we do.

My friends make it enjoyable and much easier for me because they know notes better than I do. I have made better friends with some of the students that are in music tech. Before music tech, I hardly talked to the majority of the people in class.

My teacher, Mr. Mayo, teaches very well. He breaks things down enough for me to understand since I don’t have much knowledge in music. He broke down reading notes and music.

I have never played the piano or drums before and now I have a better idea of how to. Thanks to him I am getting better at music. Mr.Mayo is also a very funny teacher and keeps us entertained but also knows how to get things done. I enjoy the things we do because we play songs on the i-pads using the app garageband.

 

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