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News inOsmond 2014

January. . .Ron Fettig died at his home Dec.

28, 2013, after a two-year battle with cancer.

Shirley Schmit died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at Colonial Manor in Randolph.

Hilda Wecker died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at a Lincoln care center.

Security Bank has announced that on Jan. 1, 2014, Aaron Gutz

will become the Osmond branch manager. Aaron succeeds Doug Ketelsen who has retired.

Two members of the Osmond High School 2013 football squad were recently recognized for their efforts during the fall competition. Receiving all-district honorable mention recognition were Michael Simmons and Max Frank.

A large section of the country — from the Plains states to the East Coast — was caught up in a frigid blast of Arctic air. As Sunday morn-ing, Jan. 5, dawned, temperatures were in the low 20s. . . but it was all downhill from there. By noon, strong northwest winds buffeted the area and wind chills plummeted. By nightfall, temperatures were in

the lower single digits. Low temps depended on where the thermometer was located. The mercury on this one registered -16 Monday morn-ing. Wind chills at that time ranged from -25 to -30.

Two Osmond organizations recently were presented checks by

February. . .Gladys Lovell, 87, died on Friday,

Jan. 31, 2014, at Osmond General Hospital. Gladys attended elemen-

tary school at Osmond Public School and received a G.E.D. later in life. She served as an Emergency

Medical Technician for 10 years in Osmond.

Paulette Haley died suddenly in Omaha on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Paulette was raised in McLean and graduated from Osmond High School in 1961.

During the Osmond Care Center residents and families Valentine’s Day party, the afternoon started off with the crowning of Queen Clara Gutz and King Norbert Gubbels.

For the second year, the Lewis

March. . .The fi nal deadline to fi le for the

May Primary Election was Monday, March 3. There was a mild fl urry of fi lings in the last week, but only one for an Osmond offi ce. Newcomer Aaron von Rentzell joined incum-bents Ed Brummels and Cheryl Friedrich and newcomer Paul Koehler on the District 42R School Board ticket. Incumbent Kent Gan-sebom did not seek reelection.

Area residents were promised a return to “real” winter as Winter Storm Titan made its way across the country from the west coast. And they weren’t disappointed. Snow began falling on Friday; sometimes large fl akes in great numbers; some fi ner and then periods of no snow. When all settled, an estimated three to four inches accumulated with little wind to drift the snow. By Saturday night, the mercury plunged

to the mid teens below with wind chills of -30. Sunday “warmed” only to the plus low single digits with a return to an overnight temperature of 12 below.

At the March meeting of School District 42R, the board accepted the resignations of Jerrold and Erin Heide and Vanessa Steinkraus with deep regrets and wished them suc-cess in their future endeavors.

Lois Koeppe, 81, died Monday, March 3, 2014, at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation and Care Center in Norfolk. Lois attended District 49 rural Pierce County and Immanuel Lutheran School at Osmond and graduated from Osmond High School in 1951.

It was a step back in time — any-

May. . .The strains of “Pomp And Cir-

cumstance” on Saturday, May 10, at Osmond High School signaled a “turning of a page” in the lives of 14 OHS seniors.

A community meeting was held Thursday, May 8, to share infor-mation on a fi ve-school merger feasibility study. A merger among fi ve schools — Creighton, Osmond, Plainview, Bloomfi eld and Wausa

— had been designed for study. The 20th annual Northeast Ne-

braska Track Classic was held on Thursday, May 1, at Norfolk High School’s Johnny Carson fi eld. This was the third time Cameron Moes had competed in this meet. Cameron won the 3,200-meter race in a time of 10:16.37, just two seconds shy of his school record.

Patrons of School District 42R and adjacent areas had an opportu-nity on Thursday, May 8, to learn about a proposed fi ve-district merg-er. The schools involved besides Osmond are Creighton, Plainview, Bloomfi eld and Wausa.

Services for Helen A. Wubben-horst, 87, of Osmond were held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2014, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Osmond. Mrs. Wubbenhorst died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Os-mond General Hospital.

Two Osmond High School juniors were chosen to attend the 47th an-nual American Legion Junior Law Cadet Academy. Dominic Schmit and Hans Berg were chosen to spend the week of June 9-13 at the Nebraska State Patrol Training Academy in Grand Island.

April. . .Sharon Weeder, 55, of Osmond

died on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha.

Betty Brunckhorst, 87, of Os-mond died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Colonial Manor in Randolph.

Kids in the community had their annual opportunity to gather

Easter eggs in the hunt at Osmond city auditorium on Saturday, April 5. The $5 bill winners were Ryan Schmit, Logan Wieneke, Caydence Krienert, Korrine Moes, Addison Miller and Emmett Hoffman.

The fi rst of the three street im-provement projects in the city began on Friday, April 11. A & R Con-struction of Tilden has the contract for the work which includes State Street, Hill Street, a portion of Fifth Street and a section of Main Street.

The Osmond junior class hosted

“A Red Carpet Affair” prom. Blake Brummels and Paige Schultze were chosen the 2014 OHS prom king and queen.

Another letter of resignation was received by the Osmond school board, this one by Patti Ketelsen. The board accepted her resignation with regrets and thanked her for her 31 years of service to the students and staff of Osmond Community School.

Students from the Osmond High School music department, directed by Jere Heide, competed in the an-nual district music contest on Friday, April 25. The entries returned home

Farmers Pride to further their proj-ects. The program matches dollar-for-dollar cash donations made by member cooperatives to hometown

projects. The HOME Team received $1,400 to be applied toward the new Welcome to Osmond sign for which the organization is raising funds. Another check in the amount of $1,400 was presented to Osmond Fire Department. The funds will be used to purchase a portable genera-tor for the department.

Engineers and a bonding agent met with Osmond City Council at its regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 13, to review status of street and water projects. In both instances the council voted to proceed with improvements.

Lewis and Clark Conference freshman-sophomore and junior-senior honor bands met at Wayne State College on Saturday, Jan. 18. Approximately 150 participants from 15 schools were involved. Participating from Osmond were: First chair medalists — Hannah Gutz, oboe; Cierra Pfanstiel, tenor sax; Karli Ferry, horn in F; Kaitlyn Miller, Clarinet 2; Blake Brum-mels, baritone saxophone; Chelsea Wiese, euphonium, and Jason Stech, timpani. Second chair medalists were Michael Simmons, tuba, and Maggie Kruse, mallet percussion.

Joshua Gansebom, a sixth grader at Osmond Community School, has achieved the highest honor in the Accelerated Reader (AR) progam. Joshua became on Honor Reader on Friday, Jan. 31.

and Clark Conference schools had the opportunity to nominate a person from their community to be recognized for their contributions and their volunteerism to their

school. The conference has named this award the “Jim Winch Service Award.” Among those honored were Dennis Haselhorst and Richard and Sharen Luhr. Osmond High School selected Dennis for his years of service to OHS in installation and maintenance of scoreboards and public address systems. Richard and Sharen spent many years as the band and chorus directors at Osmond, and worked tirelessly for the music programs in the conference.

where from a few years to several decades — when guests gathered for the St. Paddy’s Day Adult Throw-back Prom on Saturday, March 15. Reigning as king and queen of the

prom were Dr. Dave Johnson and Luella Hodson. They were chosen from a fi eld of seven men and seven women with votes coming by way of $1 contributions to the event. Another highlight of the evening was the Not-So-Newlywed Game. Five couples took the stage to share what they did (or didn’t) know about their spouse. Taking the title were Jared and Jenny Wingert.

Commander Dan Gansebom of

Osmond American Legion Post 326 presented lifelong Post 326 member Norbert Gubbels a reprint of his “War Is Hell” battle story along with pictures of his part of World War II that had appeared on the front page of the “Omaha World-Herald.” The presentation was made at Osmond General Care Center on Wednesday,

March 12. A copy was also made to display in the post home so Norbert’s story will not be forgotten.

Zachary Alderson, a sixth grader at Osmond Community School, became the school’s eighth Honor Reader in the Accelerated Reader program. Zachary earned 150 points of fi ction and nonfi ction in a mere 14 weeks.

Six Osmond students were select-ed for Class D All-State Band held in Kearney on March 22. Students selected for the wind ensemble, directed by Dr. Jay Gilbert, were Chelsea Wiese, Cierra Pfanstiel and Maggie Kruse. Wiese and Pfanstiel were also selected as the fi rst chair medalists for the wind ensemble.

Karli Ferry, Hannah Gutz and Michael Simmons were selected for the symphonic band under the direction of Jim Kucera.

Sixty years after the fact, a hero’s welcome greeted some 450 veter-ans of the Korean War when they arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 26. Four Osmond veterans were among this fi nal Korean War Honor Flight. Wayne Blunck, Gene Hixson, Wes Kumm and Glenn Sazama, all now in their 80s, took that step back in time to recall events of that far-away war. Also on the fl ight from this area were Dale “Curley” Herbolsheimer of Pierce and Leonald “Lee” Warneke of Plainview.

with 12 superiors for band entries and seven superiors and fi ve excel-lents for the vocal entries.

An organizational meeting to establish a TeamMates program in Osmond was scheduled for Thursday, March 27, at Osmond Community School, but because of a snowstorm, was rescheduled for April 29.

Osmond Family Practice opened

in its permanent location – the former Dr. David Johnson Clinic.

Osmond High School repre-sentative to 2014 Boys’ State has been announced by the sponsoring organization. Chosen to represent American Legion Post 326 was Cameron Moes, son of Mark and Amy Moes.

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Osmond PharmacyPrescription and Gifts — 748-3708 — 1-800-713-1956

Huwaldt TruckingOsmond — 748-3656 — 1-800-869-6910

Town & Country AgencyOsmond — 748-3251

Altwine Electric Motors, Inc.From Foster, 2 miles northwest on Hwy. 13, ½ west — 582-3770

Osmond Livestock, Inc.Osmond — 337-0521 or (402) 360-3785Stonacek Memorial ChapelOsmond-Pierce-Norfolk — 748-3998Manzer Equipment, Inc.

Sales and Service — Osmond — 748-3357Security BankOsmond — 748-3321

Tiger Town Food CenterOsmond — 748-3422

Lind-Gubbels, Inc.Osmond — 748-3356

Community Food Pantryis maintained at United Methodist Church

Call 748-3302 to arrange an appointment

Trinity LutheranFoster

Rev. Jerome Leckband,Pastor

Wednesday, Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve Service, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 1 — Bulletin deadline, 4 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4 — Divine Worship Service with The Lord’s Supper, 9:30 a.m. Sun-day School and Youth Class, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 7 — Junior High Table Talk, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 8 — Bulletin deadline, 4 p.m.

United Methodist Rev. Rodgers Chishiba, Pastor

Sunday, Jan. 4 — Worship Service, 8:30 a.m. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 8 — Women’s Bible Study, 9:30 a.m.

St. John’s LutheranRandolph

Rev. Derrick Fallon, PastorSaturday, Jan. 3 — Worship

Service with Holy Communion, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4 — Worship Service with Holy Communion, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 6 — Cluster meeting at Randolph, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 7 — Morn-ing Prayer and Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. Confi rmation Class, 4:15 p.m. Eve Group meets, 7 p.m.

Immanuel LutheranRev. Gary Trowbridge, Pastor

Vicar Glen EmeryWednesday, Dec. 31 — New

Year’s Eve Worship Service with Holy Communion, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4 — Divine Wor-ship Service with Holy Commu-nion, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes, 10:30 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 5 — Quilt ty-ing, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 6 — Bible Study, 9 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 7 — Mid-week Confi rmation Class, 3:45 p.m. Administrative board meet-ings, 7:30 p.m. Church Council meeting, 8:30 p.m.

Immanuel’s web site: www.immanuelosmond.com

St. Mary’s CatholicFather Mike Swanton, Pastor

Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Mass, 8:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. No PREP classes.

Friday, Jan. 2 — Mass at St. Mary’s, 8:15 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 3 — Mass at St. Jane Frances, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4 — Mass at St. Mary’s, 8:15 a.m.; at St. Jane Frances, 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 7 — K-12 PREP classes, 7 p.m.

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We hope everyone had a nice Christmas. The Osmond General Hospital staff and Care Center resi-dents would like to wish everyone a very blessed New Year.

Monday afternoon of last week, the residents viewed the video, “Miracle on 34th Street.” This movie is a must every year.

Tuesday was spent visiting by the residents.

Friday morning, Barb Kaup led rosary and distributed com-munion. Thank you, Barb. Later, the residents viewed the Immanuel Lutheran Sunday Service video. Thank you, Pastor Trowbridge and Pastor Emery, for sharing the Christmas message with us, and Delores Kumm, for delivering the video.

Thought for the DayNew Year’s happiness and bless-

ings to you. May you feel the peace of God in everything you do. Happy New Year.

Bit of HumorYou may not know when you are

well off, but the Internal Revenue Service does.

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Church DirectoryRejoice . . . that His everlasting faith in each of us will inspire one and all during this holy time. Let this time awaken your thoughts to the wonders of life . . . and open your hearts to the joys of living.

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Notice toCity Residents

Discarded Christmas trees will be picked up at no charge by the city sanitation crew. Trees must be placed at the curb by Friday, Janu-ary 9, for the “no charge” pickup.

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Beginning Tuesday, January 6– All participants must be pre-registered to order books and journals.– Class size not limited.– For more information or to register, please call Deb Schmit, RN or Deb Jacobi, LPN at Osmond General Hospital, (402) 748-3393

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BYGONE YEARS IN OSMOND . . .110 Years Ago. . .

(From “News of 20 Years Ago”)Taken from the Republican Files

of Dec. 8, 1904:Chas. Rohrberg, one of the

Republican’s esteemed readers from south of town, was building a new residence on his farm 16x24 and 16x20 and two stories high.

Will Moore had a runaway that proved quite serious to himself and Mrs. Moore. His horses began kicking and loosened some part of the gearing, the wagon upset, throwing Billy and wife out and injuring Mrs. Moore quite badly.

Barney, the 14-year-old son of Geo. Lubbers, living north of the village, had a record as a corn husker. He had picked and cribbed his 60 bushels of corn every day since husking began. This was a pretty good record for the boy.90 Years Ago. . .

Before the biggest crowd in its history, the Osmond city hall packed with standing room at a premium, Bethoven’s music class of St. Mary’s School put on another of their big musical treats, their annual musical recital. One of the most beautiful things ever seen anywhere was the Venetian fl ower drill, with the girls dressed in pink, blue and yellow.

The Presbyterian bazaar and lun-cheon was held in the council room. It featured booths with aprons, fancy work, candy, a market, M & K products and 5c and 10c shelves. Also, the following cafeteria lunch was served: chicken sandwiches, 5c; potato salad, 5c; baked beans, 5c; cake and pie, 5c; coffee, 5c.75 Years Ago. . .

Darrell, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Theisen, felt a bullet whiz between his fi ngers, grazing the skin and severing a nerve, and saw an owl — which he had just grabbed as it fl ew from a hole in a tree — fall dead to the ground, struck by the same bullet, while he was out hunting with two

companions. The young hunters had spied the owl in a hole in a tree, Darrell climbing in pursuit. The owl fl ew, Darrell grabbed the bird and a companion shot simultaneously with the above results.

Wholesalers paid tribute to the new B. L. Schmitz hardware and undertaking establishment in this paper by publishing more than a page of congratulatory advertis-ing. Two hundred extra copies of a 12-page paper were printed and that many extra sample copies distributed over the entire territory.50 Years Ago. . .

Perhaps best (but sadly) known for the abnormal number of acci-dents that took place there, the No. 20-81 intersection nine miles east of Osmond yielded two criminals. Two men from Wisconsin wanted for burglary in South Dakota were apprehended there. In their car were found four bags containing money, two rifl es and one pistol. They were taken by Troopers Michael Sheehan of Plainview and James Odell of Norfolk.

Christmas trees for 1964 had just arrived at A-Mart. “Get yours while there is a wide selection to choose from.” They also had a holiday gift of a free insulated tumbler with a $10 purchase.

Announcement was made that the former Mobil Service Station in uptown Osmond would be reopened under the name of Gib’s Uptown Mobil Service. The new lessee was Gilbert Burlingame, who for some years had operated an Osmond salvage service.25 Years Ago. . .

The cast and crew of the senior one-act play, “Crush!”, traveled to Northeast Community College to participate in the district play con-test. The play received a “superior” rating at the contest, which earned it a third-place ranking. Earning superior ratings for their acting were Pat Reikofski and Melissa Petersen.

The Northeast Nebraska Singles

met Dec. 16 at the United Methodist church in Osmond. The program featured a potluck supper with a $3 gift exchange. There was also sing-ing by the gospel group, “Charity.”

The GEMS Club met in the hos-pital meeting room with nine mem-bers weighing in. Two members lost 2½ lbs., two members gained 1¼ lbs., and there were fi ve GIMS in Good Standing. A net loss of 1¼ lbs. was recorded for the week, and members walked a total of 34 miles throughout the week.10 Years Ago. . .

Junior Pfanstiel earned his Eagle Scout Award with his project of painting parking lot lines for St. Frances Catholic Church and St. John’s Lutheran Church in Ran-dolph. He also led volunteers in trimming shrubs and refi nishing an outdoor bench at St. John’s.

Another 12-week LEARN pro-gram for weight management was completed at Osmond General Hospital. The program focuses on Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude, Relationships and Nutrition, and emphasizes a permanent lifestyle change. Fifteen participants com-pleted the program. They lost a total of 208¼ pounds and a total of 116 inches.

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Food pantry is stocked for winter

The Osmond Community Food Pantry is now fully stocked, thanks to the generosity of many persons and businesses in the community. That is the word from United Methodist Church where the food pantry is maintained.

Individuals knowing of anyone in the area who is in need of assistance during the Christmas season and on through the winter months is asked to tell them about the pantry. Those interested in assis-tance should call (402) 748-3302.

IT IS WINTER! Just as predicted, a blast of arctic air swept across the Great Plains Monday, sending mercury in ther-mometers plummeting. This thermometer says it was eight degrees below zero Monday night. There was little warming Tuesday with temps below zero again that night. Readings are to moderate somewhat with highs in the 20s late in the week.

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The American Red Cross blood-mobile will be in Osmond on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at the city auditorium. Coordinators for the event are Marcia Gansebom, Sandy Jones, Betti Moritz and Candy Fritz. For an appointment, donors may call Candy at (402) 748-3860 days or (402) 329-4590 evenings.

Bloodmobile to be here January 6As always, walk-ins are wel-

come. The goal for the day is 64 presenting with 59 productive. This mobile will be dedicated to the memory of Joan Gansebom, a long-time helper at the mobiles. Joan worked at the mobile last January and died a short time later.

Almost everyone during their lifetime will know someone who

needs a blood transfusion. They may be car accident or trauma vic-tims, cancer or transplant patients, or people with sickle cell disease or other blood disorders. There is no substitute, and still only one source of blood for transfusion exists – volunteer blood donors.

The need for blood is constant. The Red Cross needs to collect 17,000 blood donations every day to meet the needs of patients at approximately 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country. Among those hospitals are Osmond General and Norfolk’s Faith Regional. Coordinators said they realize that everyone’s time is valuable, but the short time one gives to donate blood can save up to three lives.

Potential donors are reminded that before giving blood, they should get at least eight hours of sleep the night before. Other rec-ommendations are to eat a healthy breakfast and-or lunch and drink plenty of fl uids in the days before and after. Sixteen-year-olds are eligible to donate with a signed pa-rental consent form and two forms of ID. To obtain a parental consent form, go online or call Candy at the numbers listed earlier.

Double red cell collections will again be available at this mobile. Since blood types O+, O-, A- and B- are always in high demand and at the risk for shortages, donors with these blood types are urged to consider giving double red when-ever possible, the coordinators said.

Board wraps up 2014 business(By Sharon Broekemeier, Courthouse Reporter)

The Pierce County Board of Commissioners met Monday, Dec. 22, for its last regular meeting of 2014.

Board Chairman Jim Maas will complete his term of offi ce with the Jan. 5 meeting. The District 2 commissioner has served 12 years, but did not seek reelection in 2014. His successor, Brad Albers of Randolph, will be sworn in with all other county offi cials on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 9 a.m.

The agenda for the meeting was short as the result of a late cancel-lation by Roger Wiese of the North Central District Health Department. Wiese was rescheduled for the next meeting on Jan. 5.

As a result, three very short action items remained.The commissioners met as a Board of Equalization and approved

Tax List Corrections 2563 and 2564 as submitted by County Assessor Peggy Wragge.

In other business, the board:– approved an underground crossing for Elkhorn Public Power

District for an electrical line in sections 5-25-4 and 6-25-4.– approved the Deborah J. Cattell Lot Split in Part of the N½NW¼

10-27-4.– approved the Allen Lot Split in Part of the NW¼NW¼ 28-28-4

Graduation ceremonies for those completing basic combat training were held at the U.S. Army Train-ing Ceremony at Fort Sill, OK, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Among the graduates was SPC Paige Reikofski, daughter of Dan and Michelle Reikofski of Stromsburg, formerly of Osmond.

A member of the National Guard, Paige completed 12 weeks of basic training. She was named Distinguished Honor Graduate who is the soldier who, through performance and evaluation by the drill sergeants, was rated as the best in the class. She also graduated in the top 10% of the class and was a member of the “Night Stalkers” Third Platoon.

A 2009 graduate of Osmond High School, Paige attended the Univer-sity of Nebraska-Lincoln where she earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing. She then worked for a year before joining the National Guard. At present, she is waiting for her next assignment.

Paige is the granddaughter of Joe and Delores Reikofski of Foster and Bob and Pauline Dillaplain of Osmond.

Reikofski graduates from basic training

Services for Keith F. Kenny, 87, Norfolk, were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Norfolk with Rev. Gregory Carl offi ciat-ing. Congregational hymns were “Amazing Grace,” “Be Not Afraid” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” Pallbear-ers were Jason Koch, Karissa Koch, Jessica Redstone, Kylie Tejkl, Riley Knight, Sarah Knight, Alex Kenny, Jack Kenny and Maggie Kenny. Visitation was from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk with a rosary at 7 p.m. following visitation. Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Norfolk.

Osmond native buried at Bancroft

Services for Ella J. Rodick, 93, of Bancroft were held on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bancroft. Pastor Philip Hale offi ciated. Visita-tion was Sunday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home in Bancroft. Burial was in the Bancroft Cemetery.

Mrs. Rodick died on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at West Point Living Center in West Point.

Ella was born April 5, 1921, in Osmond, the daughter of Ernest and Anna (Lindwurm) Schultz. She was baptized Aug. 28, 1921, at Eden Val-ley Lutheran Church near Osmond and confi rmed on April 14, 1935, at Grace Lutheran Church in West Point. On Sep. 27, 1940, Ella was united in marriage with John Rodick at Grace Lutheran Church. To this union two sons were born: Arlan and Melvin. The couple farmed in the Bancroft area. She was an ac-tive member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bancroft, serving on the Altar Guild and in the chime and bell choir. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, reading, dancing and baking.

Survivors include her sons: Arlan (Pat) Rodick of Shasta Lake, CA, and Melvin (Barb) Rodick of Castle Rock, CO; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her parents; a sister, Alice Klintworth, and a brother, Ervin Schultz.

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Keith was born Aug. 18, 1927, at Sholes, the son of Lenis and Es-ther (Glasser) Kenny. He attended Sholes Public Schools. He served in the U.S. Army from Aug. 20, 1946, until April 14, 1947. He mar-ried LaVern Gansebom on Aug. 8, 1951, at Yankton. After they were married, they lived in Randolph. Keith worked at a funeral home in the Randolph and Carroll area. They moved to Norfolk in 1961. Keith worked at the Norfolk Hatchery and then at Berle’s Men’s Shop for 38 years. He then worked part time at Herberger’s until he retired. Keith enjoyed gardening, lawn work and canning. LaVern died on April 15, 1998. Keith was a member of Sacred Heart-St. Mary’s Catholic Parish in Norfolk were he was an usher at the church many years and was a member of the Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include daughters Karla Knight and Kristi and hus-band Jay Kortje, all of Norfolk; sons Kevin and wife Rosie Kenny and Kelly Kenny of Norfolk and Kory and wife Lameice Kenny of Findley, OH; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren and two sisters, Audrey Bowling of Osmond and Norma and husband Kenneth Nier-man of The Dells, OR.

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opportunity to tour the recently-re-modeled Osmond Family Practice clinic and meet the staff members. An open house was held at the clinic at 418 North State Street on Wednesday, June 4,

Joan Gansebom died Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Osmond General Hospital. She graduated from Os-mond High School in 1954. After 43 years of teaching, Joan will be remembered by many as an out-standing, caring teacher.

As winter drew to a close in Os-mond this year, residents observed light poles being dropped off at Osmond Ball Park. Weather condi-tions prevented getting started as planned. Finally on Monday, June 2, the new lights were turned on.

After last Tuesday’s hail and wind storms, Mother Nature was still not fi nished “visiting” the area. About midafternoon, the most violent of the storms developed. Twin fun-nel clouds descended on the rural Stanton area and community of Pilger east of Norfolk. Early reports varied with some indicating the storm appeared to follow the main street, damaging and destroying businesses and homes.

Norma Bilau died peacefully on June 13, 2014, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair. She and husband Arthur farmed near Osmond for a number of years.

Rev. Kevin Burkhardt will con-duct his last services at his churches in Osmond and Pierce on Sunday, June 22. The United Methodist Churches in Pierce and Osmond held farewell receptions for the pastor and his family. The one in Osmond took place on Saturday, June 21.

Phillip Bowling Jr. died Saturday, June 21, 2014, at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk. He at-tended Foster and Osmond public schools. Phillip worked for Theisen Brothers Construction of Osmond one year and farmed for eight years in the Wausa area. He and his wife moved to Foster in 1972.

Gerald “Jerry” Albers died Sat-urday, June 14, 2014, at Osmond General Hospital. He graduated from Osmond High School in 1952.Jerry worked as a farm hand for Magdanz farms near Pierce for two years, moved to Randolph where he worked at the Hilltop and moved to Osmond where he worked for Theisen Construction for a year. The family returned to Randolph in 1969 when Jerry became owner and operator of Jerry’s Hilltop.

Mr. Bilau died Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at his home in McLean, surrounded by family.

Placed just off Highway 20 on the west edge of town, a new sign proclaims that one is entering Os-mond. The sign was a project of HOME Team, a group dedication to improving Osmond.

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is poured, covering the drainage ditch along Osmond Community School in the Safe Routes to School project. And many say “fi nally!” It was in 2007 that the fi rst meeting with state offi cials was held after the proposal of closing the ditch with tile and placing a sidewalk on top of it was accepted. A number of delays took place as changes in governing agencies took place.

Lyle Wacker died on Monday, July 14, 2014, at Plainview Manor. He and his wife resided on the fam-ily farm near Foster.

Named Outstanding Fair Indi-vidual were the County Fire Depart-ments, which included Osmond, Randolph, Plainview, Pierce and Hadar.

It had been a long time coming, but on Thursday, July 24, 2014, Norbert Gubbels received a well-deserved medal he earned almost

August. . .The HOME Team’s 2014 Fun

Run was held Saturday, Aug. 2, at 8 a.m., beginning at the city hall. There were two divisions in which runners could participate — the 5K, which took participants on a course mainly through the western section of town, and the obstacle course in the eastern part of town.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s department investigated a crash involving a semitrailer and a motor-cycle. The mishap occurred about 8 a.m. Aug. 11 on Highway 121 about three-quarters of a mile south of Osmond. According to County Sheriff Rick Eberhardt, 36-year-old Anthony L. Higgs of Plainview died when his motorcycle struck a southbound semitrailer driven by 61-year-old Daniel Hoffman, also of Plainview.

Della Stanosheck died peacefully at Autumn Winds Assisted Living in Yankton on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, her 89th birthday. Della helped hus-band Percy with their businesses,

Osmond athletes competed in the state track meet in Omaha on Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24. Junior Cameron Moes took the track for the 3,200 meters and fi nished in sixth place in nearly his fastest time of 10:19.04.

Richard Schmit, 87, died Friday, May 30, 2014, at Creighton Care Center. Richard was born in Os-mond. He graduated from Atkinson High School in 1944, but in 1952, he entered into a partnership with his brother, Raymond, to buy the Osmond Café and Bar. Richard later worked at Osmond Seed & Feed and Osmond Co-op.

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YEAR IN REVIEWwere centered around the theme of “Laughter . . . Osmond’s Best Medi-cine” for Summerfest 2014. The evening’s entertainment brought Norfolk attorney Dennis Collins to the stage. He presented his tongue-in-cheek “take” on activities of Osmond through the years. Billed as a surprise celebrity roast, a This Is Your Life saga recalled the events in the days of Dr. Dave Johnson, an Osmond physician who retired after 46 years of service to the com-munity. Winding up the entertain-ment was a show by Sam Adams. The Denver-based comedian had entertained at the Great American Comedy Festival in Norfolk several years ago.

Summerfest committee member Becky Kuhlman presented Missy as the 2014 Osmond Outstanding Citizen.

The 31st biennial Osmond High School reunion took place on Sat-urday, June 28, with 300 in atten-dance. Selected to the Osmond High School Athletic “Hall of Fame” this year was Doug Stratton of Osmond.

70 years ago. Staff Sergeant Jessie London and Specialist Jesse Pfeifer of the Norfolk unit of the Nebraska National Guard came to Osmond General Hospital activity center to present Norbert the Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge.

On Friday, July 26, at around 4 p.m., Osmond Rescue Units were called to the scene of a two-car accident approximately 3½ miles east of Osmond on Highway 20. A white pickup from Pierce County was on its top in the ditch and a Platte County Safelite Repair van was on the highway. Two people, a man and a woman, were removed from the pickup and one person in the Safelite truck received injuries. All were taken by ambulance to Osmond General Hospital.

The Monday, July 21, meeting of the 42R Board of Education included discussion of the latest fi ve-school feasibility committee meeting and questions raised about the meetings not being open to the public.

Stanosheck Hardware, Stanosheck Mortuary and their ambulance ser-vice. She also worked as a nurse’s aide for many years at Osmond General Hospital and especially loved caring for the newborns in the nursery.

Jo Sullivan of Randolph, Osmond Postmistress, and Tom Masat, Osmond rural route carrier, were among more than 150 bike riders in the Seven Cities Century Bike Ride held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9 and 10.

Norbert Gubbels died Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, at Osmond General Care Center, surrounded by his family. Norbert served as a private in the United States Army during World War II from 1943 to 1946. He fought in the Battle of the Huertgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge, earning the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Infantry Badge. After the war, Norbert returned to farming near Osmond.

Glen Kumm died Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk. He graduated from Osmond High School in 1942.

Helen Thomsen died peacefully on Aug. 23, 2014, at Colonial Manor in Randolph after a short illness. Af-ter graduation from Osmond High School in 1939, Helen attended Wayne State Teacher’s College. She taught for one year and then worked at Coleson-Holmquist Company for many years as their bookkeeper.

Sr. Lucretia Schmit died peace-fully at Sacred Heart Convent in Milwaukee on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. She was raised in Osmond, attending rural school District 49, St. Mary’s grade school and gradu-ating from Osmond High in 1940.

Shirley Brokaw died Wednes-day, Aug. 20, at Osmond General Hospital.

There were a number of new teachers and staff who joined the Osmond Community School personnel. They included Jessica Bayer, Clint Dennis, Scott Morri-son, Christy Koehler, Linda Gutz, Jessica Johnson and Jamie Schi. Two new teachers joined the staff at St. Mary’s Catholic School, Jenny Gubbels and Rebecca Geneski.

Evelyn Thayer died Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at home. In 1948, her family moved to a farm in the Osmond area where Evelyn re-mained on the farm to help.

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LOCATION: From “church road” on the east edge of Randolph, take

the “Sholes Road” southeast two miles then go south on 561st Ave two

and one half miles to the northeast corner of Tract 1. Tract 2 is 1/2 mile

south on the east side and Tract 3 is in the southwest quarter of the section

containing Tract 1.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Tract 1: The Northeast Quarter of Section Twenty-

one (21), Township Twenty-seven (27) North, Range One (1) East of the Sixth

Principal Meridian (6th P.M.), Wayne County, Nebraska, LESS 29.696 Acres,

more or less.

Tract 2: The Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of Section Twenty-two (22),

Township Twenty-seven (27) North, Range One (1) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian (6th P.M.), Wayne County, Nebraska.

Tract 3: The North Half of the Southwest Quarter (N1/2SW1/4) of Section Twenty-one (21), Township Twenty-seven (27) North,

Range One (1) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian (6th P.M.), Wayne County, Nebraska.

TAXES: Tract 1: The Northeast Quarter of Section Twenty-one (21), Township Twenty-seven (27) North, Range One (1) East of the

Sixth Principal Meridian (6th P.M.), Wayne County, Nebraska, LESS 29.696 Acres, more or less.

Tract 2: The Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of Section Twenty-two (22), Township Twenty-seven (27) North, Range One (1) East of the

Sixth Principal Meridian (6th P.M.), Wayne County, Nebraska.

Tract 3: The North Half of the Southwest Quarter (N1/2SW1/4) of Section Twenty-one (21), Township Twenty-seven (27) North,

Range One (1) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian (6th P.M.), Wayne County, Nebraska.

FSA DATA: FSA data is available on WWW.LANDFLIP.COM

POSSESSION: Possession at closing.

Further detailed information concerning the farm land is available upon request. See listing on LANDFLIP.COM for photos and more information.TERMS OF SALE: Bids can be submitted on any of the three tracts individually

Purchaser will pay fifteen percent (15%) of the purchase price on date of sale and sign a sales contract agreeing to pay the balance at

closing on or about February 15, 2015. Title insurance showing merchantable title will be furnished. Seller shall pay the 2014 taxes

or credit buyer for the same at closing.

SEALED BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 5:00 P.M. January 19, 2015 with potential invitation to final round of bidding (see

attorney for additional details)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE LISTING ON LANDFLIP.COM;

SEARCH “NEBRASKA, WAYNE COUNTY”The above information is believed to be correct but no warranty is expressed or implied and potential buyers should make their own

independent investigation of the above facts.

WAYNE COUNTY FARMLAND

FOR SALE

Pierce County Commissioners

COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGSDecember 22, 2014

The Pierce County Board of Commis-sioners met pursuant to adjournment on Monday, December 22, 2014, at 9:10 a.m. with the following members present: Marvin Elwood, Jr., Jim Maas and Terry J. Wragge. Co. Clerk Shannon Wragge, News Reporter Sharon Broekemeier, and Steve MacGregor were present.

Notice of the meeting was given in advance as shown by the Certifi cate of Publication on fi le in the County Clerk’s offi ce. Availability of the agenda was

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION PROCEEDINGS

December 22, 2014The Pierce County Board of Equal-

ization met pursuant to adjournment on Monday, December 22, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. with the following members pres-ent: Marvin Elwood, Jr., Jim Maas and Terry J. Wragge. Co. Assessor Peggy Wragge, Co. Clerk Shannon Wragge, News Reporter Sharon Broekemeier and Steve MacGregor were present.

Notice of the meeting was given in advance as shown by the Certifi cate of Publication on fi le in the County Clerk’s offi ce. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice of the meeting. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the public. Chair-man Wragge called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m. and presided. Chairman Wragge stated that the Open Meetings Act is posted on the north wall of the board room with more copies available at the County Clerk’s offi ce.

Motion by Elwood, seconded by Maas, to approve the agenda and min-utes. Roll call vote: Aye: Elwood, Maas and Wragge. Nay: None. Motion carried.

The minutes of December 8, 2014, were approved as printed.

Motion by Maas, seconded by El-wood, to approve tax list corrections #2563 thru #2564 as submitted by the County Assessor. Roll call vote: Aye: Elwood, Maas and Wragge. Nay: None. Motion carried.

Discussion was held on 2015 valu-ations.

There being no further business, Chairman Wragge adjourned the meet-ing at 9:09 a.m. and will meet again at a regular meeting on Monday, January 5, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. as County Board of Equalization, said meeting is open to the public. An agenda for such meeting, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the offi ce of the County Clerk.

SHANNON WRAGGEPierce County Clerk

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communicated in the advance notice of the meeting. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the public. Chair-man Maas called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m. and presided. Chairman Maas stated that the Open Meetings Act is posted on the north wall of the board room with more copies available at the County Clerk’s offi ce.

Motion by Wragge, seconded by El-wood, to approve the agenda. Roll call vote: Aye: Elwood, Maas and Wragge. Nay: None. Motion carried.

The minutes of December 8, 2014, were approved as printed.

Discussion was held on applying for the Scrap Tire Grant Project for 2015 with NE DEQ.

Motion by Elwood, seconded by Wragge, to authorize the Clerk to apply for grant funds for the Scrap Tire Grant Project for 2015 with Nebraska Dept. of Environmental Quality Waste Manage-ment Division, with the project to be held at the Plainview Shop if granted. Roll call vote: Aye: Elwood, Maas and Wragge. Nay: None. Motion carried.

Motion by Elwood, seconded by Wragge, to approve the application for Elkhorn Public Power District for the application for the undercrossing of a county road with a 2” electrical line ap-proximately 168’ north of 851 Avenue and undercrossing 535 Avenue in pt of the SW¼ Section 6 and SE¼ Section 5, Township 25N, Range 4W in Pierce County, NE Roll call vote: Aye: Elwood, Maas and Wragge. Nay: None. Mo-tion carried

Zoning Adm. Heather McWhorter was present and discussion was held on the Deborah J. Cattell’s Lot Split in pt of the N½ NW ¼ 10-27-4 and on the Allen Lot Split in pt of the NW¼ NW¼ 28-28-4.

Motion by Elwood, seconded by Wragge, to approve the Deborah J. Cattell’s Lot Split in pt of the N½NW¼ of Section 10, Township 27 North, Range 4 West of the 6th P.M. in Pierce County, NE. Roll call vote: Aye Elwood, Maas and Wragge. Nay: None. Mo-tion Carried.

Motion by Elwood, seconded by Wragge, to approve the Allen Lot Split in pt of the NW¼NW¼ of Section 28, Township 28 North, Range 4 West of the 6th P.M. in Pierce County, NE. Roll call vote: Aye Elwood, Maas and Wragge. Nay: None. Motion Carried

Discussion was held on whether or not Pierce County was offi cially desig-nated as a “Livestock Friendly” county. Zoning Adm. Heather McWhorter found on a website that Pierce County is only self-declared “Livestock Friendly” and to become offi cial through the NE Dept. of Agriculture a resolution would need to be passed, which has not been done.

Motion by Wragge, seconded by Elwood, to audit and allow the follow-ing claims presented for payment and instructed the County Clerk to issue checks for payment of same on the various funds. Roll call vote: Aye: El-wood, Maas and Wragge. Nay: None. Motion carried.

GENERAL FUND: Ameritas Life Ins Co Dental, co. share, $1,184.00; Auto-mated Systems Inc, battery, $176.55; Rita Bachman, prior service, $60.00; Donald Blecha, prior service, $45.00; Bob Barker, supplies, $476.29; Cable One, service, $155.70; Car Shop, re-pairs, $38.00; Colonial Research, chemicals, $230.00; CoOpportunity Health, county share, $19,706.83; Rob-ert Craft, prior service, $54.00; Des Moines Stamp, stamps, $73.00; Eakes Offi ce Solutions, offi ce supplies, $56.37; Ed Roehr Safety Products, supplies, $218.62; Sophie Eldhart, prior service, $48.00; Elite Offi ce Products, maint. Agreements, $54.34; Esri, GIS upgrade & maint., $400.00; Floor Maint. & Paper Supply, supplies, $310.97; Hilton, lodg-ing, $1,032.00; Kate M. Jorgensen, public defender, $1,666.67; Genevieve Kumpost, prior service, $45.00; Madi-son County Sheriff, inmate housing, $450.00; Marcia L. Mahon, deposi-tion, $92.50; Midwest Bank, co share, $2,898.17; Morland, Eastland, Lohrberg PC, public defender, $1,666.67; NE Public Health Environmental Lab, blood test, $105.00; Nebraska HHS, Novem-ber 2014, $663.00; NE Sheriffs Asso-ciation, dues, $180.00; NE NE News Company, ads, $251.75; Norfolk Daily News, ads, $228.28; One Stop Fuels, gas, $227.29; Osmond Mini Mart, gas, $142.63; Pierce Automotive Supply, sup-plies, $6.29; Pierce County Leader, ads, $173.41; Plainview News, ads, $270.08; Prime Stop North, gas, $69.93; Prince Auto Repair Inc, repairs, $57.99; Quill, supplies, $706.93; Retirement Plans Division of Ameritas Life Ins. Corp, co. share, $2,691.42; Donna Riedel, prior service, $72.00; Robert Seegebarth, prior service, $33.00; Smecks Services, supplies, $199.90; State of NE/IMS, service, $100.60; Toms Service LLC, gas & repairs, $1,458.55; Western Oil Inc dba Roadrunner, gas, $40.36; Shan-non Wragge, mileage, $150.08; Payroll, $39,319.76.

COUNTY HIGHWAY FUND: Ap-peara, uniform service, $85.64; Backus Sand & Gravel, gravel, $8,733.12; Ba-zile Creek Power Sports, repair parts, $478.58; CenturyLink, service, $57.42; Colonial Research, chemicals, $143.31; Gerhold Concrete Co Inc, crushed rock, $623.04; JEO Consulting Group Inc, engineering, $15,255.00; K. Porter Construction Inc, crushed concrete, $907.59; Kayton Intl Inc, repairs, $58.80; Kimball Midwest, repair parts, $93.69; Midwest Bank, NA, co share, $1,694.75; Nebraska Machinery Co, repairs & 2 2015 Cat 12M3 AWD Motor Graders, $443,220.92; Norfolk Auto Center, re-pair parts, $108.38; Osmond Mini Mart, gas, $278.60; Osmond City, quarterly garbage fee, $63.52; Pierce Automo-tive Supply, repair parts, $942.99; Retirement Plans Division of Ameritas Life Ins. Corp, co. share, $1,532.98; Safety Kleen, repairs, $241.93; Source Gas, gas, $658.85; Steinkraus Service, diesel, $3,166.23; Stern Oil Co Inc, oil, $3,808.03; Toms Service LLC, gas & repairs, $1,190.06; Verizon, service, $60.07; Weldon Parts, repair parts, $2.38; Western Oil Inc dba Roadrun-ner, gas, $735.73; Payroll, $22,710.60.

There being no further business, Chairman Maas adjourned the meeting at 9:36 a.m. and will meet again at a regular meeting on Monday, January 5, 2015, at 9:10 a.m. as County Board of Commissioners, said meeting is open to the public. An agenda for such meeting, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the offi ce of the County Clerk.

SHANNON WRAGGEPierce County Clerk

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