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Cydney Howell

Lewiston’s LCS club teaches students how to lead

By Ray KappelNews Editor

This is the fourth year Cydney Howell has been in the LCS club at Lewiston Consolidated School.

She is a senior and will be gradu-ating to go on to the Air National Guard, and then start working toward a medical degree.

LCS stands for Leadership, Char-acter, and Service. The club mem-bers do good works throughout the year, like run the three bloodmo-biles that come to the school.

They are run by their executive council, which is made up of stu-dents at the school. The executive council sits down at the start of the year and plans the whole year of doing good for others. They do that in a retreat at the start of the school year, and this year they held it at Famous Dave’s in Lincoln.

Howell is on the executive coun-cil as is Brianna Barker, Krystal Neumann, Kaitlin Arena, Tyler Keyes, and Cody Stewart. There are 26 students in the club this year.

Planned this year are: haunted hayrack ride for the kids; a food drive in November; Candy Cane Letters, where you give a card with a cane to anyone you want; Christmas caroling in Lewiston; three walks, including a Suicide Prevention walk next Saturday and an Alzheimer’s Walk on Sept. 21; a soup supper in December; LCS Week (a week of fun activi-ties); March of Dimes fundraiser in March; and a 5-K run/walk in April that is a fundraiser.

The run/walk coming up next year is dear to Howell’s heart. It is for her little brother, Dana, who is 4. He was diagnosed with a rare form of heart disease, called Kawasaki’s Disease. He went to the Children’s Hospital in Omaha

and took the only treatment for it, an IVIG of 2000 units of blood. That was in January of 2013. It apparently worked because he is free from the disease now, but must go have cardiograms for checkups. He is currently in the 4-year-old pre-school at Lewiston.

The run/walk raises funds for research for that disease.

Howell likes the club because it teaches “people who to be leaders and how to be volunteers in the community.”

All of the club members look forward to LCS week that happens next semester. Among the activi-ties is Share A Book, when older kids share a book with elementary kids, reading from a book to them.

The year ends when they club takes a trip. This year they are go-ing to a mini-golf course in Lincoln in May, it will be a reward for all the good deeds the kids did the past year.

Autism awareness raised by PC volleyball team at Thursday's game

By Ray KappelNews Editor

When her son quit talking at 18 months, Dani Niss knew she had to get help.

They did ultrasound,MRI, and bloodwork. After a year-long search for the reason, he was diagnosed autistic by the ESU 6 team in Milford.

“Despite availability of improved medical diagnostic tests over the past half century, a common causative factor for children affected with autistic behaviors still eludes physicians,” says a chapter in the book “Autism and its Medical Management.”

One in 68 children have been diagnosed with the disorder, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

At the volleyball triangular Thursday night in Pawnee City, the lady Indians wore Volley for Autism shirts during warmup and sales of the t-shirts went toward autism tools, like a sensory box to aid in learning. The school has its own fund set up for that reason. Niss is the volleyball coach for the Indians.

Kids with autism do best with routine, Niss said. So Weston’s day is structured. Weston loves to play with cars and watch John Deere Tractor movies.

Coach Niss said Thursday’s game helps raise the awareness of autism. Alex Farwell, who sang the na-tional anthem at the game, is diagnosed with autism.

They started Weston to school at Head Start in Table Rock and it did him wonders, Niss said. He received speech therapy and just this past summer used a six-word sentence.

“That made me cry. I didn’t think we’d ever get that from him,” Niss said.

He started pre-school at Pawnee City this year. He will be in special education and receive occupational therapy this year.

The family meets with a team at ESU 4 in Auburn. They talk about progress, what needs to happen next in his development.

It is not an easy path by any means.“Bryce and I have our patience tested daily,” she

said with a smile.

Dani and Bryce Niss have two children, Weston and Reid.

Sign up nowfor library cardEvery parent wants their child

to succeed, and one of the sim-plest ways you can ensure your child’s academic success is by making a quick trip to the library. September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when Pawnee City Public Library joins with the American Library to make sure every student has the most import school supply of all – a library card.

“Our library provides all types of students a welcoming atmo-sphere where they can explore, discover and create,” says Lola Seitz, director. “Students learn in a variety of ways. Thanks to the resources available at our library and access to online resources, we can meet the needs of all ages and types of learners. The library has something for everyone – all with a library card.”

In conjunction with Library Card Sign-up month, Pawnee City Library will be having am-nesty week. Overdue items can be returned during the week of Sept. 22-27 to have the fine for that item forgiven. Fines already on the account will remain.

Banned book week is also be-ing observed at the library Sept. 22-27. Examine the list of banned or challenged books and cel-ebrate your freedom to choose for yourself. Read a banned book.

After a summer hiatus, Handi-craft Club will meet the third Monday of each month at 6:30 pm. Come learn something new or share your talents with others. Crafters of all types meet at the library to share their projects, fun, ideas, and learn from each other. Book Club hosted at the library will had its first fall gathering Sept. 17. The book selection was “In the Land of Second Chances” by George Shaffner. Book club will meet the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. Persons interested in participating are invited to check out the monthly book selection at the library. Southeast Community College is again offering classes at the library. Technology classes in-clude Computer Basics, Apple iPad and Excel. Crafting classes are also being offered and include Canvas Cut Outs, Ornaments with Personality and Faux Tin Tiles. Stop in at the library for a class schedule or view the infor-mation at our website.

Week two of Scrabble is in the books but it is not too late to join the fun. Players of all ages are encouraged to come to the library and bring a friend for some fun and games. Scrabble is every Wednesday evening, 6:30 – 7:30.

The following winners @ Your Library have recently been an-nounced: MasterMind Monday Trivia winner is Becky Mawhin-ey; high scorer for the summer Wednesday Night Scrabble is Caroline Swanson; winner of the adult summer reading program drawing is Dudley Mauch; and winner of the drawing from the teen summer readers is Sam Gyhra. Winners come pick up your prizes

City water okThe water in Pawnee City has

been tested okay. A trace of coliform has been found in the water. Last week's sample came back fine. They will continue to chlorinate until Friday.

Hawkman charged

Kenneth J. Hawkman is being charged with three counts of 3rd Degree Sexual Assault, each a class I Misdemeanor. A class I Misdemeanor carries the possi-bility of up to a year in jail and/or up to a $1000 fine.

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•Rodeo pickup man

The Republican will print a day late for Labor Day week. Deadlines remain the same, except for legals. That deadline is Sept. 2.

Getting a new look

Ray Kappel/Republican

The United Methodist Church in Pawnee City is getting reshingled. Work began Monday and was to be done Wednesday. McCoy Contractors out of Dawson is doing the work.

Affordable Healthcare Act enters 2nd year, open enrollment almost hereHealth insurance open enrollmentis almost here. Since the imple-

mentation of the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA), things in the health insurance world have really changed. It has been a real wild ride over the last 10 months and this is where we stand today. Last year things started off with a bang… then a bust… then a limp. And somewhere in the process 8 million people across the country changed or signed up for health insurance through Healthcare.gov. A large portion of those people received a subsidy to help with their insurance premium. This article is to recap what we have learned over the last year and what we need to know next year about our health insurance.

First, if you are covered by a group plan through your employer there are very few changes because of the ACA. But as healthcare costs increase, employers have been forced to change their plans to keep their bottom line manageable.

Some of the changes are increased cost share of premiums passed on to the employee and increased deduct-ibles and out of pocket expenses. One of the ways employees can survive in this new environment of higher costs is to make full use of employer’s Flexible Spending Ac-counts (FSA), Health Reimburse-ment Accounts (HRA) , and Health Saving Accounts (HSA).

Another option is to purchase supplemental benefits to help with out of pocket and additional ex-penses due to medical issues. These are insurance policies purchased through your employer’s section 125 plan. They may include hos-pitalization, cancer, critical illness, accident and short-term disability plans.

If you have individual insurance that you purchase for yourself and your family, you will see the most changes. One of the biggest changes is that you now are required by the Federal Government to have

an ACA compliant health insurance policy or pay a tax penalty. For the current year (2014) the penalty is $95 per person or $45.50 per child. For 2015 the tax goes up to $325 per adult and $162.5 per child or a maximum of $975 per family. In 2016 it goes to $695 per person or $2085 per family. For most people who had non-compliant plans prior to January 1 of this year, they were allowed to keep them without pen-alty and that waiver has extended for 2 more years. But some indi-vidual insurance carriers may drop their non-compliant plans forcing policy holders to purchase from the Market place.

Other changes are you can no longer purchase or change your insurance plan whenever you want. You will only be able to make changes or purchase new insurance during open enrollment periods. For the year 2015, the open enroll-ment period is from November 15, 2014 through February 15, 2015. If

your situation changes during the year you may qualify for a special enrollment period (SEP). This SEP would allow you to purchase or change your current plan. Events that would trigger a SEP are mar-riage, divorce, child birth, death, and change of job or moving out of your current coverage area. If you think you might qualify for a SEP, contact your health insurance agent or the market place.

Certain groups also have been exempted from the provisions of the ACA. Among them the Amish. “If someone is a practitioner of a religious sect that has been in con-tinuous existence since 1950 and is ‘conscientiously opposed’ to ac-cepting benefits from any public or private insurance, they are exempt,” the law states.

Americans with incomes below the poverty line do not have to pay taxes and they don’t have to pur-chase health insurance. Members of Health Care Sharing Ministries

don’t have to purchase insurance either. “These are nonprofit orga-nizations where members share the same faith and similar lifestyles. HCSMs act as ‘clearinghouses’ for members who have medical expenses and those who wish to share the burden of those medi-cal expenses,” says a handout on coverage.

It is also important to remember that if you make less than $45,000 per year as an individual or $90,000 per family, you may qualify for a subsidy to help with the insurance premium. The subsidy for 2015 will be based on what you think you will make in the calendar year 2015. If you have received a sub-sidy for 2014 you may be among the 800,000 people nationwide who received notice that they needed to provide additional information to the marketplace or have their policies canceled. If you received one of these letters or emails you

Fankhauser guides middle school students at HTRS

By Ray KappelNews Editor

TABLE ROCK-It’s another year of guiding students for Trudy Fankhauser.

She is the HTRS middle school guidance counselor, and has been since 2002. She helps grades pre-K to 8th grade.

She describes her job this way, “top with academic, social, emo-tional behavior with students. I can do more individual or group with kids than teachers have time for.”

She gets to know the kids in pre-K, identifying student needs.

In kindergarten, they begin learn-ing social skills and talking about anti-bullying. They have a program called Second Step to deal with that issue. It is the same program

all the counselors in ESU 4 district use. The first grade uses Second Step again and the students also learn about Down’s syndrome. Three students in the district have Down’s syndrome. They are each given a booklet about the condition and they do things like put weights on their hands and feet to simulate what a Down’s syndrome person goes through. The teacher also has them talk with half a marshmal-low in their mouth to make them understand the speech problems a Down’s syndrome student has.

Second Step instruction contin-ues in second grade. They also learn how to read another person’s emotions by their body language.

Third graders get into more in-depth understanding of emotions,

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Not ready for cold weather or winter! The corn and beans are maturing.

Almost every day one can notice the maturation from field to field. As in other years, there are some fields far ahead of others.

Maybe it’s just the season, but does it seem to you that there are more small air craft about? Weather might have something to do with that.

* * *Jeepers! It’s been cold a few morn-

ings and evenings! When one checks the thermometer

on the wall and it reads lower 40’s and in some places upper 30’s de-grees and it’s during the first third of September, one gets a little antsy fearing that it’s going to be a doozey of a winter.

At least that’s one of my fears.On that cold morning, I toyed with

the thought of turning on the heat, but there are some things for which

there are unwritten rules. One is no turning on the heat in September I told myself.

I felt really virtuous about that decision when I learned of two other families who made the same declaration. No turning on the heat this soon.

After all, if we check the calendar, it is still officially summer. Ho. Ho.

The Southeast Nebraska Band played a concert Thursday evening of the Humboldt Fair. Often it is chilly when we have played, but this year the horns were cold, the fingers were cold. Most of us wore jackets, and some of the musicians wore gloves and hats. My fingers were a bit cold, and most of us were whining about the cold, but inside I thought, ‘this would be a great evening in January’.

That was Thursday. Then Satur-day evening we played an outside

2004-10 Years AgoOnce more, bugles will sound,

shots will be fired and the North will meet the South in battle.

History will come alive at the Pawnee City Historical Society, September 25 and 26, 2004 when the Civil War re-enactors group Nebraska Company A recreates the life and times of the Civil War.

Upgrades to the leg and dump pit at Southeast Nebraska Coop Co. in Burchard have the potential to increase the elevator’s capac-ity from 3200 bushels/hour to as much as 6000 bushel/hour. This means more truck traffic coming through as harvest gets started and all drivers need to pay attention to busier traffic patterns.

A town’s gathering places are vital to the community. This much has been shown in Burchard since the Burchard Tavern closed. The members of the community, which is not limited solely to the people who live within the village limits, who used to gather at the tavern for coffee and socialization found a new place to meet – The Bur-chard fire hall.

Nemaha natural Resources District Mange Bob Hilske an-nounced Friday, September 10 that preliminary observations prompted his closing of the beach at Kirkman’s Cove recreation area near Humboldt. Water tests were taken Monday, September 13 to confirm the algae concentrations.

The ABATE group and the VFW Auxiliary gathered some miscel-laneous supplies to send to our troops in Iraq. Those pictured with donated items were Jimmy Wray, Sandee Bellows, Deb Pepperl, Dora Wissler, Ed Raper, Harold Schlender and Greg Pepperl.

1989-25 Years AgoBloodmobile donor amounts;

Adolph Mencl, over 10 gallons, Byford Metzger, 11 gallon; Lowell Packett, 5 gal; Kendall Binder, Glee Cline, Doris Farwell, Charles Bausch , three gallons; Jeffery Spaulding, Susan Awe, 2 gallons; Wendelin Karas, Susan Bowen, one gallon.

The Pawnee County Jaycees are sponsoring a Fishing Contest to be Saturday, September 23, 8:00 to 4:00 at the Pawnee City Pond. Free hats for the first 100 entrants.

The Youth Group will begin again Sunday evening, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Action Center. It is for teens 7-12 grade. If there is enough interest we will divide the group as to age. Teens, we talk about whatever you want to, and keep it confidential. If you are interested and can’t come Sunday, or have any questions, call Laura Turnbull.

Registration will be held Sept 26, 1989 (Tuesday) at 7:30 at the school lunch room for cub scouts. If you are interested in joining (grades 1 thru 5) plan to attend this meeting As usual, leaders are needed also!

Monday Sept 25 an oil painting class will begin at the Pawnee City Schools Art Room. This class, taught by Mary Barker, will run for 4 weeks. Charge of $20.00. Senior citizens half price.

1964-50 Years AgoEd Kloke, owner of the new

Pawnee City bowling alley, has announced that the Pawnee Lanes will be ready for open bowling next week.

Pictured on the front page were

J. Bryan “Boone ‘Roberts receiv-ing $10 in Jackpot dollars from Mike Donahue as the first winner of the six special drawings held Saturday during the Pawnee City merchants’ Sidewalk Jamboree, and A. B Edee preparing a table of bargains for the Sidewalk Jam-boree.

Don Shroyer, one of Pawnee City’s ardent fishermen, experi-enced one of this greatest fishing thrills late Friday afternoon when he landed a six-pound large mouth bass while fishing in a farm pond near hear. The 22-inch bass was the largest one he had ever caught in this part of the country.

Indians drop season’s opener to Auburn, 6-0. Names in the story: Coach Volz, Duane Bowman, Mike Graham, Spence Madden, Mike Dusenbery, Dave Kunkel, .Nemec, Kenney Bowman, Ga-len Wenzl, Butch Wiegert, Bob Mawhiney. Injuries and sickness kept Steve Droge, Wally John-son, Ron Puls, Dick Perdew, Jack Colwell, and Sam Martin out of the game.

The Pawnee City Indians won the Southeast Conference in 1926, the first year the loop was formed. Pictured are: Ivan Rees, Darrell Turner, Clifford Brown, Sput. Thomann, Vernuss Mick, Robert Wilson, Vance Eckman, Clifford Bosley, J. Bryan Roberts, Charles Vogt, Elmo Mathews, Robert Stone, William Wylie, Max Corn, George Fletcher, John Hurd, Scott Wilson, Gilmore North, Donald Barclay, Doc Frakes, and Lowell Barr, coach.

1914-100 Years AgoArnold martin took 43 firsts,

38 seconds, and first on county exhibit, at the fair last week.

County superintendent Wolford won first premium on her county school exhibit at the state fair last week.

John Bennett and wife left Wednesday for Lincoln where they will make their home for the coming year. Both will enter the state university. Mr. Bennett will take the course in dentistry while is wife will take work in domestic science and in the arts and science college.

Paul Flory left the first of the week for Omaha to resume his studies in the medical college of the Nebraska state university.

Frank Brown’s house on the Kansas line was damaged by lightning Sunday night. None of the family were injured.

Exchange: The schoolma’am is the guiding star of the repub-lic. She takes the little bantling fresh from the home nest, full of his pouts, his pets and passions, ungovernable in many cases, a rampant, riotous little wretch whose own mother often admits she sends him to school to get rid of him. The schoolma’am takes a whole car load of these little an-archists, half of whom singly and alone cannot be handled by their own mothers, and she puts them in the way of becoming useful citizens.

PLEASANT PRAIRIE: Clar-ence and John Williamson at-tended the state fair last week.

During the severe electrical storm Monday, Mr. Chittick’s double corn crib was struck by lightning, and while some uprights were splintered the building was not consumed. Some of the boys were in the driveway at the time, but escaped unhurt.

concert in Auburn, and there was more of a breeze and my fingers got COLD.

None the less, the concerts were good, and the jocularity that some-times emerges from the personali-ties in the band makes for a pleasant experience, even though it was cold. (Notice I didn’t use the word ‘chilly’. I had progressed to ‘cold’).

Both concerts are traditions for our band, and even though it was cold, there were those people who could have stayed home and watched TV, who came to the fair, or who came to the concerts. It makes it all worth being a bit uncomfortable.

And several of the band members could recount high school or college concerts on football fields where the horns froze. I remember the first time it happened to my horn, I was upset. How could I play?

That’s when we get a bit miffed with nature.

As far as g a r d e n s , a f r e e z e would kill the toma-toes, and some peo-ple would not be up-s e t w i t h that.

One year w e h a d a serious f r o s t o f September 18.

B u t I don’t have my plants ready to bring in If I procrastinate and don’t get them in, I am going to be upset with me!

I’M NOT READY FOR COLD WEATHER!

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This week's lunch menu is sponsored by:

Nebraska's oldest continuously published weekly newspaper.

Table Rock Senior CenterSept. 22 - Sept. 26

SENCA Community Action CenterSept. 22 - Sept. 26

Menu subject to change. Please make reservations by 9:00 a.m.

Monday, Sept. 22-Ham balls, baked potatoes, mixed veggies, fruit cocktail cake. Rotary

Tuesday, Sept. 23-Goulash, green beans, pudding. Cards.

Wednesday, Sept. 24-BBQ chicken wings, tator tots, baked beans, fruit.

Thursday, Sept. 25-Pork loin roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, brownies. Bridge Club.

Friday, Sept. 26-Brats, fried potatoes, sauerkraut, fruit. Friday night cards.

Suggested meal prices - Meals on Wheels: 60 and over $3.50, 59 & under $4.25. Congregate meals: 60 & over $3, 59 and under $4.

The Handi-bus is available Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Please call at least 24 hours in advance for Handi-bus services, 852-2208.

Monday, Sept. 22-Pork tenderloin/bun, macaroni & cheese, broccoli salad, fruit. Coffee break, sort cards, word search.

Tuesday, Sept. 23-French dip, French fries, broccoli salad, ice cream. Coffee break, sort cards.

Wednesday, Sept. 24-Chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, creamed corn, bread & dessert. Coffee break, sort cards, word search, farmer's market.

Thursday, Sept. 25-Smothered steak, boiled potatoes, green beans, kolache,

bread. Coffee break, sort cards, Foot Clinic.

Friday, Sept. 26-Chicken & noodles, mashed potatoes, garden salad, fruit, bread. Coffee break, sort cards, word search.

Meal prices are $4 for 60 and older and $6 for under 60. Please call 839-2060 by 9 a.m. the day you wish to eat at the Center.

Table Rock Library hours: Tuesday and Thursday 1-5 p.m. and Saturday

School MenusSept. 22 - Sept. 26

All menus are subject to change.

Pawnee CityBreakfast

Monday-Friday- Choice of 2 cereals, whole wheat toast, jelly, margarine, fruit

selection, milk.Monday-Long john, carrot sticks, fruit

selection, milk.Tuesday-WG French toast sticks,

syrup, celery sticks, fruit juice, milk.Wednesday-Sunrise stacker, tri tator,

fruit selection, milk.Thursday-Breakfast burrito, salsa,

fruit juice selection, milk.Friday-Oatmeal w/spiced apples,

tomatoes, fruit selection, milk.Lunch

Monday-Friday-Vegetables, fresh fruit, canned fruit

Monday-WG waffle sticks, syrup, tri tator, omelet or cheeseburger/WG bun, tri tator.

Tuesday-Rotini w/meat sauce, garilic toast or grilled cheese.

Wednesday-Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, roll or chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, gravy, roll.

Thursday-Beefy nachos w/home-made cheese sauce or western quesadilla.

Friday-BBQ riblet/WG bun.

HTRSBreakfast

Monday-Cold cereal, donut or long john, juice, milk.

Tuesday-French toast, canadian ba-con, strawberries, milk.

Wednesday-Oatmeal, toast, juice, milk.

Thursday-Cereal, yogurt, juice, milk.Friday-Bagel w/cream cheese, string

cheese, oranges, milk.Lunch

Monday-Jot dog/bun, carrot sticks, green beans, fruit, milk.

Tuesday-BBQ rib, baked potato, saur cream, dinner roll, pineapple, milk.

Wednesday-Sub sandwich, romaine lettuce salad, celery stick, pears, choco-late chip oatmeal bar, milk.

Thursday-Ham & beans, cornbread, green beans, tomato juice, sliced peach-es, milk.

Friday-Goulash, peanut butter sand-wich, buttered carrots, apple, milk.

LewistonBreakfast

Monday-Friday-Choice of Cereals, juices, yogurt, fruit, and hot breakfast item.

LunchMonday-Chicken mandarin, PK-5

chicken nuggets, rice, vegetable/fruit.Tuesday-Chicken alfredo w/twist, salad

mix, vegetables/fruit.Wednesday-Meatloaf, potatoes/gravy,

bread & butter, vegetables/fruit.Thursday-Chili boat, salad mix, cin-

namon roll, vegetables/fruit.Friday-Chicken strips, baked fries, no

baked cookie, vegetables/fruit.

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Sept. 20 - Sept. 28

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Saturday, Sept. 20Fly-in at Pawnee City airport.Sunday, Sept. 211-3 p.m. Table Rock museums

open house.Monday, Sept. 227 p.m.-Pawnee City City

Council.Wednesday, Sept. 247 p.m.-Celebrate Jesus at Paw-

nee Manor.Friday, Sept. 269:30 a.m. to noon and 1-4

p.m.-Driver's License Examin-ers at Pawnee County Court-

house.Saturday, Sept. 2710 a.m. to 5 p.m.-Memories of

Days Gone By at Pawnee City Historical Site.

Monday, Sept. 28Deadline for anyone to be

added to the map for City wide Garage Sales to be held Oct. 4. Drop off list of items and $5 to Marlyn Karas, 600 4th, Pawnee St.

Saturday, Oct. 4City Wide Garage Sales.

PUBLIC NOTICE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER

In accordance with the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, the City of Pawnee City, NE311330S, public water supply system in PAWNEE County, is hereby making public notice of the violation of drinking water microbio-logical standards. The violation consists of three (3) total coliform samples testing positive during the month of August 2014. The standard is that no more than one (l) sample per month may be positive for total coliforms for systems that collect fewer than 40 samples per month.

What should I do?You do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions.

However, if you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor. People with severely compromised immune systems, infants and some elderly

may be at increased risk. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available from EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

What does this mean?This is not an emergency. If it had been, you would have been notified

immediately. Coliform bacteria are generally not harmful themselves. Coliforms are bacteria which are naturally present in the environment and are used as an indicator that other potentially-harmful bacteria may be present. Coliforms were found in more samples than allowed and this was a warning of potential prob-lems.

What happened? What is being done?Usually, coliforms are a sign that there could be a problem with our treatment

or distribution system pipes. Whenever we detect coliform bacteria in any sample, we do follow-up testing to see if other bacteria of greater concern, such as fecal coliform or E.coli are present. We did not find fecal coliform or E.coli present.

The City of Pawnee City public water supply system is continuing to test and is working with the Drinking Water Program to identify the source of the problem and to return the water supply system to compliance. For additional information regarding this notice interested persons may contact:

Clinton E JohnsonPhone # 402-852-2781 Cell # 402-852-6390Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water,

especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

FLU SHOTS

monday, october 13th

Lewiston School ~ 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

burchard community center ~ 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Pawnee County Rural Health ClinicFlu Shots are provided by:

Pawnee city, nebraska

thurSday, october 2nd

Pawnee city School ~ 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Pawnee Village ~ 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

dubois Village office ~ 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

monday, october 6th

htrS humboldt School ~ 7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

htrS table rock School ~ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

thurSday, october 9th

Steinauer Fire hall ~ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

table rock Senior center ~ 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Please bring:Insurance Card - Medicare Card or $20 payment

•Health Careneed to contact the marketplace or your agent immediately.

Also impacting our health in-surance decisions this year is that Nebraska’s biggest carrier, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, has terminated their contract with the Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives. This includes about 1400 physicians in the Omaha area and Alegent Creighton Health hos-pitals in Omaha, Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln, and St. Mary’s Community Hospital in Nebraska City. People using these doctors or facilities will incur out of network costs if they are BCBSNE custom-ers. This change will have no effect on BCBSNE Medicare customers. Your Medicare supplement will

pay the same at every facility that accepts Medicare, which includes all CHI providers.

And finally what is always our biggest concern, “what is my insur-ance going to cost me next year?” The bad news is that there will be a cost increase and we don’t know what that will be. Since the market place will not open for 2015 plans until November 15, we may not get to see what the new rates will be till then. Hopefully carriers will begin to release their 2015 rates and plan changes prior to open enrollment to give people the time to make one of the most important financial deci-sions they have to make.

This article was compiled by How-ard Blecha of Community Insurance Group with a small addition by Ray Kappel.

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Notice of GeNeral electioNNotice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 4th of November, 2014 at the five voting precincts: Pawnee 1, Pawnee Village; Pawnee 2, Union Bank

Basement; Burchard, Burchard Community Building; Steinauer, Old Steinauer Fire Hall; Table Rock Community Building; in Pawnee County, Nebraska a General Election will be held.

Said election will be for electing candidates to various offices. Some races will not appear on the your General Election Ballot as the candidates are elected by specific subdivisions, districts or wards. At such election voters may accept or reject statewide constitutional amendments or referendums and Judges for the various courts.

I, Carol J. Young, Pawnee County Clerk do hereby certify that the persons whose names are printed in the certification have made personal filings and each has fulfilled all requirements of law and each is entitled to have their names printed upon the official ballot as a candidate for public office, as designated in the certification. Not all races may appear on every ballot.

Carol J. Young, Pawnee County ClerkDated: September 12, 2014

SENATORIAL TICKETFOR UNITEd STATES SENATOR

6 Year TermBen Sasse RepublicanDave Domina DemocraticJim Jenkins By PetitionTodd F. Watson By Petition

CONGRESSIONAL TICKETFor Representative in Congressdistrict 3 2 Year Term

Adrian Smith RepublicanMark Sullivan Democrat

STATE TICKETFor Governor and Lt. Governor

Pete Ricketts/Mike Foley RepublicanChuck Hassebrook/Jane Raybould DemocraticMark G. Elworth Jr./Scott Zimmerman Libertarian

For Secretary of StateJohn A. Gale Republican Ben Backus Libertarian

For State TreasurerDon Stenberg RepublicanMichael J. O'Hara DemocraticMichael Knebel Libertarian

For Attorney GeneralDoug Peterson RepublicanJanet Stewart Democratic

For Auditor of Public AccountsCharlie Janssen RepublicanAmanda McGill Democratic

COUNTY TICKETFor County Assessor

Jonathan Bailey RepublicanFor County Attorney

Jennifer Stehlik Ladman DemocraticFor County Clerk

Candi Tuxhorn RepublicanFor County Sheriff

Jayme Reed DemocraticFor County Treasurer

Cheryl Dahlgren RepublicanFor County Commissioner district 2

Kay Laun RepublicanFor County Commissioner district 3

Jan Lang Republican

NONPARTISAN TICKETFor Member of the

State Board of Education, district 5Patricia TimmChristine Lade

For Member of the Board of RegentsUniversity of Nebraska, district 5

Rob SchaferSteve Glenn

Southeast Community CollegeFor Board of Governors, district 2

Milan TomekDonald Reiman

Lower Big Blue Natural Resourcesdistrict, For Board of directors

Subdistrict 1Delferd Schlake

NONPARTISAN TICKETLower Big Blue Natural Resources

district, For Board of directorsAt Large

Jason D. PohlmannBrent Katz

Nemaha Natural Resources districtFor Board of directors

Subdistrict 8Don Siske

Nemaha Natural Resources district For Board of directors

At LargeCharles BauschRussel Moss

Norris Public Power districtSubdivision 8 6 Year Term

John D. NovotnyMarvin Nelson

Educational Service Unit No. 4district 3

Jeff BaconJudge of the district Court

district 1 6 Year TermShall Judge Daniel E. Bryan, Jr.be retained in office?

Judge of the district Courtdistrict 1 6 Year Term

Shall Judge Paul W. Korslundbe retained in office?

Judge of the County Courtdistrict 1 6 Year Term

Shall Judge Steven B. Timmbe retained in office?

Judge of the County Courtdistrict 1 6 Year Term

Shall Judge Curtis L. Maschmanbe retained in office?

SCHOOL TICKETPawnee School district 1

Vote for up to FourTerry L. BorcherBrian S. RottinghausLisa HunzekerAnna Bodie Ferguson

Lewiston School district No. 69School Board Member

Vote for up to ThreeAaron RuleLarry HusaJeffrey E. BaconDylan LittleDennis Schuster

HTRS School district 70RSchool Board Member Vote for up to Three

Neal A. KanelScott OgleSteven SchaardtTodd BinderJohnson County Central School dist. 50J

School Board Member Vote for up to Three

Susan G. BorcherGreg A. HunzekerVernon KettelhakeAndrea EgglestonKim Wellensiek

SCHOOL TICKETSouthern School district 1

School Board MemberVote for up to Three

David A. ZimmermanBranson HusaBobbie HrochLisa K. Munstermann

diller-Odell School dist 100School Board Member

Vote for up to ThreeToni LandenbergerDean R. EngelmanChad LottmanDaniel Rash II

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Deborah KleinPawnee City Council Member

Vote for up to TwoGale NutterCharlie HatfieldJohn WisslerMark Sunneberg Jr.

Pawnee City Airport Authority6 Year Term Vote for up to TwoJoe W. DavisW. E. Miller

Pawnee City Airport Authority4 Year Term Vote for One

Tamela S. StephensPawnee City Airport Authority

2 Year Term Vote for up to TwoBrandon WilleyJim Schultheiss

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Board MemberVote for up to Three

Matthew J. McHenryJessie Everett

Village of duBoisBoard Member

Vote for up to ThreeJeanie K. CrossleyRick RexrothRon Kaster

Village of LewistonBoard Member

Vote for up to ThreeEric BurgettJim Kinghorn

Village of SteinauerBoard Member

Vote for up to ThreeRobert J. SteinauerTom LutcavishByford Schmit

Village of Table RockBoard Member

Vote for up to ThreeMelissa A. FreemanWayne SchulenbergJohn Kostecka Jr.Charles T. Binder

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Five generations met to celebrate the 92nd birthdayof Nola Rinne. The family gathered at her rural Pawnee City home on Aug. 24. Nola Heuppelseuser and the late Everett Rinne married on Feb 7, 1942. They were blessed with a large family including two children Larry and Diana, five grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. The day was spent taking photos, reminiscing, and having a picnic lunch.

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County willamend budgetBy Ray KappelNews Editor

Pawnee County will be amended its budget for the next fiscal year.

A mistake of putting the gift from the Hauner Estate in revenue twice last year, threw off this year’s budget. They will be amending the budget $47,506.43. That will change the $50,000 budgeted for this year’s inheritance fund to $97,506.43, Deputy County Clerk Candi Tuxhorn told the Commis-sioners in their Tuesday meeting.

The amendment will come at the next Commissioners meeting in two weeks.

The commissioners in other busi-ness instructed County Clerk Carol Young to contact County Judge Cur-tis Maschman and District Judge Daniel Bryan about their wishes for security. A new state mandate calls for panic buttons to be behind the benches and the benches are to be bulletproof. Maschman had a button put in a few years ago but on a recent testing found that it didn’t work.

Nanette Hatfield of the Chamber of Commerce was at the meeting to ask permission for Harvest Bash to set up a tent on the courthouse lawn. She was told to check with custodian Byford Schmit about the details.

Robert Tichy’s contract as the new county surveyor was approved. He won the bid with $9,950. He is from Humboldt.

Dee Kuhlmann was at the meeting about engine braking in Table Rock. Residents there voted in an ordi-nance prohibiting engine braking. The village needed the Commis-sioners’ approval because the state requires it. The state will maintain the signs for no engine braking if the county approves.

how to care and use tolerance. They also learn to appreciate the differences in people.

Fourth graders are told quite a bit about social things, and emotions and the awareness that perception is different with each individual.

In fifth grade, they go through a book called “On Your Way to Great Grades.” They also learn how to use a planner. A planner is what a kid uses to record assignments, note tests coming up, and do daily work.

Sixth graders go over various studies. One of those is how to make smart choices and how to deal with peer pressure. They are taught the value of respect for yourself and others. They also start the D.A.R.E. program that teaches them about drug and alcohol abuse.

In the seventh and eighth grader, leadership is the key theme. They learn how to be good leaders and

are taking part in two fund drives. One is a sale of Pastry Puffins toward the purchase of new round metal picnic tables so they can sit outside. They are also raising money for an outdoor volleyball net to give the girls something to do. The boys keep themselves oc-cupied with football.

They also take part in the mentor-ing program for Head Start in Table Rock. Nineteen head start kids have 38 mentors this year. Half serve during even months and others during odd months. They do craft projects with the kids, story time activities, and physical activities like meeting with them on the playground or in the gym.

In a follow up email, Fankhouser added, “Additional information that I neglected to mention con-cerns my 7th/8th grade Leadership group. The kids plan two social activities during the school year. One of the activities is their Red

Ribbon Dance to culminate the Red Ribbon Week activities, which the Middle School Leadership students help to implement. The other social activity may be bowling or roller skating in the Spring.

Upcoming 7th and 8th grade students, also, have the opportu-nity to participate in June Jam, an anti-bullying/drug-free Leadership conference held around the first full week in June on the Milford Campus and sponsored by Region V Systems out of Lincoln. Region V brings in a special speaker for 7th-12th grade students to hear and interact with from the time we arrive on campus on Sunday after-noon until we leave to come home around 2:00 P.M. on the following Tuesday. It's 2 days of kids learn-ing to be positive leaders in their schools and leading by example by their positive lifestyle choices. I can only take 15 students and I usually have my quota.

The 7th/8th grade Leadership stu-dents have helped deliver Meals on Wheels to area shut-ins sometime in December before Christmas Break. This was started as an activity that is done along with our Middle School music teacher, Sarah Volker. during the 2012-13 school year Leadership kids helped with the Meals on Wheels deliveries in Humboldt. During the 2013-14 school year it was ex-panded to include meal deliveries in both Humboldt and Table Rock. The students love doing it and it's a great community service project. We are planning on continuing this activity as an annual event.”

The eighth graders also take field trips to colleges. Last year they went to SCC and this year they are going to visit Peru St. Fankhauser works with Kathie Hall, career teacher in starting to talk about careers, as they get ready to enter high school.

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Expanding Attorney General’s office makes sense

A suggestion by outgoing Attorney General Jon Bruning to add attorneys to his staff to handle matters at the De-partment of Corrections just makes sense.

His suggestion came the day after a special Legislative Committee hearing on the early release of inmates. During that 12-hour hearing, the top attorney at the Department of Corrections told lawmakers that he didn’t bother to read a state Supreme Court ruling on sentencing until an Omaha World-Herald investiga-tion revealed that mistakes were made.

Several attorneys in the Department were allowed to resign instead of being fired and other staff were disciplined after the newspaper reported that several hundred inmates were released early because their release dates were miscalculated. The legislative committee, already formed to look at other issues – lack of mental health treatment for an inmate who murdered several people within a month of his release and a work-release inmate whose negligent driving in a state van killed a woman – also tackled the early release issue.

Aside from the blatant disregard of the high court’s opinion, testimony revealed that the recommendation of one of Bruning’s staff attorneys (who has since retired) was also ignored. But the jaw-dropping tes-timony from the Department of Corrections former chief lawyer who said he didn’t read the opinion was apparently the last straw for Bruning who leaves office at the end of the year.

The idea of putting the prison system’s legal staff in the Attorney General’s office makes it more account-able and places the legal responsibility squarely in the Judicial Branch of Government. Said attorneys would answer to an elected official, not an appoin-tee. The voters have an opportunity to hold elected officials accountable. That accountability is essential

in an agency that deals directly with the lives of so many Ne-braskans. Remember, it’s not only the lives of those behind bars who are impacted by a sentence, but the families of the inmates as well.

Perhaps the Bruning idea on correction’s attorneys could be used as a model to look at legal staff in other state agencies. Especially those that deal directly with people’s lives and well being. One could speculate that bringing the staff attorneys from the Department of Health and Human Services into the fold might make them more accountable and help them in their understanding of the missed opportunities for available federal dollars that would make opportunities available for needy Nebraskans.

“Time and time again, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has squandered millions in State and Federal dollars,” auditor Mike Foley said earlier this year. There has been some speculation that the state may actually owe the feds more than $20 million for botching an attempt to privatize child welfare. Even though the agency director says things have been worked out in that regard, wouldn’t it be better if the whole thing had been avoided in the first place? Accountability of the legal staff would be a step in the right direction.

Obviously there are a number of attorneys in other state agencies who handle very routine matters that don’t make headlines, but they should all be account-able. I’m not advocating for a Judicial Branch that is any stronger than the Executive or Legislative branch-es, but it appears that the Legislative Branch is the only one whose members are doing their homework.

Hats off to Bruning, who has nothing to gain from his suggestion at this point, for the idea. Here’s hop-ing that the next governor and the new Legislature will follow-through.

Rural Ramblings

By Carol Sisco

Capitol ViewBy J.L. Schmidt

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Blooms on the roses

My rose bushes are still bloom-ing. I find myself wondering how long that will last with the change in weather. Actually, I am surpr i sed t h e y a r e still bloom-ing because they have been in my c a r e f o r about two m o n t h s now. They m u s t b e pretty har-dy.

I don’t re-ally know much about caring for flowers. If you water them too little, they die. If you water them too much, they die. I must be a person of extremes because I never seem to find that happy medium. I assume there is one because I know people who have wonderful luck with flowers.

Anyway, I wanted flowering plants of some kind near the house. I had planted a couple bushes when we first moved in but they lost the battle with some weed killer. A couple years later, I transplanted some flowering plants from my dad’s place, but they were transplanted in a very dry year and only one of the plants survived. That one keeps coming up, but it has only put on one bud in all that time and the bud dried up before it could open. I still don’t know which color of flower it will put on.

So now, I’m trying rose bushes. I didn’t go into the store with the idea of buying plants. I got them from a department store and I was lured into the area by those four magic letters: S-A-L -E. The flowering plants looked healthy and each had several blooms. I looked through them and decided what color I wanted. I tried to pick the healthiest looking plants, because I need to have every posi-tive variable I can get if the plants are going to survive. I know my weaknesses.

I continued my shopping after choosing two rose bushes about eight or ten inches tall, set in buckets a lot bigger than I thought they would have needed. I stopped to look at something on a shelf and a woman who was browsing nearby commented on the lovely colors of the roses. I told her I was going to try to grow them near my house, but I wasn’t very good with plants. She asked me if anyone had told me how to prune the blooms after they have started to wilt. Of course, I was clueless so she showed me how it was done.

Pruning has always seemed strange to me. You want a plant to live, but then you go out and cut pieces off of it. Often, these pieces are healthy; although I sup-pose you could say that a wilted bloom isn’t healthy any longer even though the stem seems just fine. After I transplanted the rose bushes, I was happy to see that the blooms stayed healthy and the little buds actually opened fully. When they wilted, I went out and cut them back just like the woman had shown me.

I paid attention for a couple days, but then I got busy and let the bushes take care of them-selves. When I got a chance to slow down, I remembered the rose bushes and looked out at them. They were blooming again!

They have bloomed ever since I got them and I just hope the winter is kind to them. I have enjoyed be-ing able to keep them alive and I look forward to the bushes getting taller and even more beautiful. Perhaps this one success was what I needed to get motivated for other plants. I guess we’ll see.

Even though I know it has to come, I really don’t want winter to blow in here and take the blooms off my roses. But I have learned that sacrificing the old blooms eventually leads to beautiful new blooms. I am going to enjoy see-ing them grow again next year.

Raw politics--- Nebraskans expect moreNebraskans understand that our

nation faces serious issues. Just recently we heard the president outline plans for military action against terrorists in Iraq and Syria known as ISIL. Nebraskans appre-ciate the threat posed by ISIL – I heard this concern time after time during my listening sessions and meetings across the state.

Recently, the nation again marked the anniversary of 9/11 and the second anniversary of the terrorist attack on our consulate in Beng-hazi. The passage of 13 years has not lessened our pain or diminished our resolve. Images of destruction in our cities and a quiet Pennsylva-nia field are seared into our national memory. As the United States now faces a resurgent global terror threat, we must once again recom-mit ourselves to eliminating those who wish to destroy our way of life and the freedoms we hold so dear.

I also heard another message: Congress needs to start getting things done. Nebraskans want Congress to focus on turning the economy around. They want Con-gress to deal with overregulation, control the costs of healthcare, and help businesses create jobs.

Prevailing concern with the econ-omy and weak job growth exists all across this country. According to several leading economists, 225,000 jobs were supposed to be created last month. Instead, the number of jobs created was just 142,000. The real unemployment rate – those unemployed and under-employed – remains unacceptably high at nearly 12 percent. That

translates to 19 million Americans out of work or who want to work more hours.

I believe it’s a disgrace that the United States Senate is not debating policies to help them.

Instead, the Senate recently debat-ed a resolution to limit free speech. Why? Because in Washington, those in power are more concerned with winning elections to stay in power than with actually governing and making the tough decisions that will protect our country and help our families. It’s no wonder that the American people have such a poor opinion of Congress.

The resolution offered by my colleague from New Mexico is a clear attack on the First Amend-ment and a series of recent Supreme Court rulings. The measure grants unlimited authority to Congress and state legislatures to criminalize speech on any platform, including the Internet. This proposal guts the First Amendment and the principles of free speech that have endured since the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.

It further empowers incumbent politicians to make decisions with less accountability and it muffles the voices of private citizens.

In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the American Civil Liberties Union wrote that the pro-posed amendment, “would severely limit the First Amendment, lead directly to government censorship of political speech and result in a host of unintended consequences that would undermine the goals the amendment has been introduced

to advance – namely encouraging vigorous political dissent and pro-viding voice to the voiceless, which we, of course, support.”

The ACLU’s l e t t e r shows there’s broad concern over t h i s p o o r l y crafted resolu-tion.

Instead of ad-dressing the se-rious issues we face, the Sen-ate returned to session simply to focus on raw poli t ics . Ne-braskans expect more – and they deserve it. They expect us to do our jobs. That means working to-gether, offering solutions, debating, amending bills, and actually voting on tough issues.

There are many proposals I would love to vote on. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but the Senate should at least start to have meaningful debate and take some real votes. That’s the only way to do our jobs and the only way to be held accountable by our constituents.

As students, we studied the seri-ous, and many times heated debates that happened in the Senate. As senators, we may not always agree on the best policy, but we must start doing our jobs and return to debating real policy solutions that addresses the very real needs of the American people.

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer

Governor Dave Heineman

Nebraska’s Economic Relationship with JapanEvery day, we are working to

make Nebraska an even better place to create jobs and en-courage business growth. My administration has focused on economic growth, and we have made it a top priority to lower taxes, increase exports and ex-pand foreign direct investment.

This means Nebraska must foster positive relationships with potential trading partners. For Nebraska, Japan is a key trade and investment partner.

Recently, the Midwest U.S.-Japan Association held its annual conference in Des Moines. For more than four decades, business leaders and elected officials from the Midwest have met with busi-ness leaders from Japan to dis-cuss the growth and progress of economic relations between us.

These relationships, opened since 1967, have had an impor-tant and historic impact on both of our countries. We’ve learned from each other, and that has made us stronger.

One way we have invested in our relationship with Japan was by opening the Nebraska Center Japan in 2006. The Nebraska Center, led by Mr. Koji Naga-saka, has been instrumental in identifying business partners and opportunities for Nebraska and Japanese companies.

We benefit from companies like Kawasaki Motor Manufacturing, which is celebrating 40 years of manufacturing in Nebraska, this year.

Kawasaki’s rail car division in Lincoln was recently awarded contracts to build rail cars for both New York City and Wash-ington D.C. that are valued at over $4 billion.

The company chose the Ne-braska plant to build the rail cars based on the productivity of their more than 2,000 employees in Lincoln.

Thanks to Kawasaki’s growth, we’ve seen 5 parts supply compa-nies locate in our state. The latest

such company is Morio Denki. They opened their main op-erations and U.S. headquarters in Nebraska early this year.

Many other J a p a n e s e -owned com-panies doing b u s i n e s s i n Nebraska, in-clude:

*Marubeni , one of the larg-es t and old-est Japanese trading hous-es , acquired Gav i lon , an Omaha company specializing in food commodities. They are constructing a new headquarters and expanding their employment in Omaha.

*QP Corporation, producing mayonnaise and egg products, relocated their corporate offices from New York to Nebraska.

*Itochu Corporation, along with Flint Hills Resources and Bene-fuel Inc., have invested in a next generation biodiesel fuel project located in Nebraska.

* Agrex, Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, has constructed a new shuttle loading facility at Laurel, Nebraska.

Our secret to success is our dedicated, hard-working and well-educated work force, out-standing rail and truck resources, low utility costs, and our high quality of life.

Nebraska is ranked the third most business friendly state in the nation, and Nebraska won Site Selection Magazine’s top economic development award – The Governor’s Cup.

Nebraska is a special state and we are very pleased that Japanese businesses have been very active in our state. We deeply appreci-ate our special relationship with Japan and we want to continue to expand and enhance that re-lationship.

"The Salvation of the State is Watchfulness in the Citizen."

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BAHA’I FAITHBurchard, NE Thursday, 8:00 p.m. Prayers and informal discussions. Scott Bodie residence. Phone 402-865-4335. Visitors welcome. 1-800- 22-UNITE. www.bahai.usST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC CHURCHSteinauer, NE, Father Scott Courtney Saturday Mass, 5:30 p.m. Sunday Mass, 10:00 a.m.SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCHBurchard, NE, Father Scott Courtney Sunday Mass, 8:00 a.m.MISSION CREEKUNITED PRESBYTERIANRural Liberty, NE Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend Duane Westing Joint Worship, 10:00 a.m.UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHSummerfi eld, KSReverend Herb Schrader Sunday School, 8:30 a.m. Worship, 9:30 a.m.FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH LC-MSSummerfi eld, KSReverend Robert Schembeck Worship Service, 8:15 a.m.SAINT PETER’SLUTHERAN CHURCHRural Elk Creek, NEReverend Robert Schermbeck Sunday School/Bible Classes, 9:00 a.m. Worship Service, 10:00 a.m.ZION LUTHERAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEPastor Matthew Mortenson Sunday Worship, 8:30 Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.FRIEDENS UNITEDCHURCH OF CHRISTRural Bern, KSReverend Ken Tubbesing Sunday School, 9:00 a.m. Worship, 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st Sunday of month Birthday Cake served last Sunday

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHBurchard, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, 8:00 a.m. Fellowship Time Following.UNITED METHODIST CHURCHDuBois, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, 9:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday School during Worship.UNITED METHODIST CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, 11:00 a.m. No Sunday School during summer. Fellowship Time on 4th Sunday Un. Meth. Women, 1st Wed., 7:00 p.m. TABLE ROCK UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCHPastor Michael L. McKee Worship Service, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m., except on 4th Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Bible Study, 9:00 a.m., Tuesday mornings at the Senior Center.SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTRural Steinauer, NE Morning Worship, 10:15 a.m. Church School, 9:15 a.m.ST. PAUL'S (MAPLE GROVE) UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTRural Tecumseh, NE Worship Service, 8:45 a.m. Child's Sunday School during worship.TABLE ROCK CHURCH OF CHRISTMarvin Jamison, Minister Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. Bible Fellowship, Sunday, 6:30 p.m.FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend Duane Westing Joint Worship, 10:00 a.m. HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCHSummerfi eld, KSFather Al Hauser Sunday Mass, 8:15 a.m.FAITH BAPTIST CHURCHPawnee City, NE Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. AWANA Clubs, Wednesdays, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

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Paradise, in the here and nowBy Duane WestingBears, sea otters, salmon, halibut,

moose, wild blueberries, gla-ciers, mountain goats, waterfalls, streams and lakes, islands in the ocean, and a variety of birds are just some of the wonderful things I recently experienced during my visit to Cordova, Alaska, which is on Prince William Sound. Cor-dova is tucked in between steep mountain ranges, on two sides, the Pacific Ocean on the third side, and a beautiful clear blue lake on the fourth side.

I often tell my son and his wife that they live in Paradise. Actu-ally, anytime I am outside, enjoy-ing God’s creation, regardless of the location, I think it is Paradise. When I stepped out of my van, after arriving back in Pawnee City, I quickly noticed and enjoyed the sound of the locust. Then I looked at our wonderful Maple trees, the beautiful night sky, the sound of coyotes in the distance, and the familiar smells of a summer night in Pawnee, and knew I was still in Paradise. Being so close to nature is truly wonderful. My biggest motivator to walk every day is not the exercise but the contact I have with nature, the sunsets, the sounds, the smells, the stars and moon, and the beauty of the changing seasons.

One of the books I read in route was “Last Child in the Woods” by Richard Louv. The book points out the essential role of nature in our lives, especially in the lives of our children. As more and more people are crowded into cities and spend their time indoors with TV, computers, etc. research shows an escalation in emotional and

physical problems. “I like to play indoors better cause that’s were all the electrical outlets are” reports a 4th grader. “Rouv says “Never be-fore in history have children been so plugged-in and so out of touch with the natural world. The rate at which doctors prescribe antide-pressants to children has doubled in the last five years and studies show that many other health prob-lems can be prevented by regular contact with God’s creation.”

“Based on previous studies, we can definitely say that the best predictor of preschool children’s physical activity is simply being outdoors, and that an indoor, sed-entary childhood is linked to men-tal health problems.” James Sallis, Robert Wood Johnson Research Foundation When was the last time you took a child for a walk, fishing, bird watching, camping, for a picnic or just doing various kinds of projects or work outside? Nature is a powerful healer.

Have you noticed how easy it is for children to play by themselves in nature? I love to take our after school group out to the city pond. They can spend hours watching minnows, catching frogs and snails, looking at insects, inspect-ing trees and plants. Recently,

I asked them to think of sounds in nature that they cannot hear. They listed a spider crawling, birds flying, an owl winking, fish swimming, trees and grass grow-ing, and the sun, moon, and stars shining.

“Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives.” Thomas Berry

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” Rachel Carson

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in tune once more.” John Bur-roughs

“The voice of nature is always encouraging.” Henry David Tho-reau

“We cannot care for God if we do not care for his creation. The extent that we separate our chil-dren from creation is the extent to which we separate them from the creator, from God.” Paul Gorman

“We shouldn’t be worshipping nature as God, but nature is the way that God communicates to us most forcefully. God commu-nicates to us through each other and through organized religion, through wise people and the great books, through music and art, but nowhere with such texture and forcefulness in detail and grace and joy, as through creation.” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Please read Psalm 104 and re-member that Jesus taught so many times outside and used illustra-tions from

Duane Westing is the pastor of the Christian and Presbyterian Churches in Pawnee City.

Friendly NeighhborsThe Friendly Neighbors Pinochle

Club met Sept. 9 at Reflections with hostess Cheryl Clement. Guest players were Doris Aylor, Judy Aylor, and Karen Gilbert. High

score went to Delores Penkeva, second high went to Cheryl Clem-ent. The next meeting will be Sept. 23 with the hostess Dorothy Fritch.

State Line ClubThe club met at the Action Center

at noon on the 10th with Marjorie Smith as our hostess. All seven members enjoyed catching up and the delicious dinner of Fried Chicken.

After lunch, President Verna Mae opened the meeting with Roll Call which was; What you like about

fall. One does not like it at all. Lots of different answers. Minutes were read and approved along with the Treasures report. Gail received a gift. We enjoyed Marge's treat it was delish!

Dora will host in October Roll call will be; Name something nice that happened to you in 2014.

AARPOn September 12th, the Pawnee

Chapter of AARP met at the Action Center. After enjoying a delicious meal at noon we opened our meet-ing at one o'clock with a delightful presentation on Barns by Jeanette Ulmer. Her slide presentation was on barns for various places. She also told what they are made of, the style of barn and many the age of the structure. Jeanette, we thank you for your interesting program.

After the program we opened our meeting with President John Wissler leading the pledge to the flag. Roll Call was a barn you re-member, many different ones with memories attached were given.

Dora Wissler gave the meeting de-votions. A courtesy report was given as well. Marge Smith presented the month's health tip. Karen Harlow gave the Treasurers report and a leg-islative up date. We will meet at the Action Center on October 10th and hope to have a representative of the hospital to answer questions about health care and insurance in Pawnee County. Everyone is welcome to attend Roll call will be a question for the hospital staff. Meeting starts at 12:30. We were so glad to have most of our members present and happy to have six guests. We hope they will join us next month.

Clubs & Organizations

Hanon-DearduffVickie Hanon of San Mateo, CA and Duane Dearduff of DuBois will

marry April 11 of 2015. The bride’s parents are Jean Younge of Boston, MA and the late Gerald Younge of Mendocino, CA. The groom’s parents are Melva J. (Andrews) Jelinek and grandson of the late Paul and Viola Andrews of DuBois. The groom graduated Pawnee City High School in 1983. The wedding will take place in Pacific Beach, CA and they will honeymoon in Kauai, HI.

Engagement

Lewiston FFA students attend state ag show

Ten Lewiston High School stu-dents enrolled in agriculture educa-tion classes attended the 37th Husk-er Harvest Days on September 9th Education Instructor, Dave Barnard. The working irrigated farm show is located west of Grand Island.

The students observed cattle han-dling demonstrations, field tillage operations, haying equipment oper-ations, cattle sorting competitions, toured agri-business booths, and explored new career opportunities.

Lewiston students attending were Megan Wehrbein, Brooke Wehr-bein, Karen Keyes, Tyler Keyes, Ryan Husa, Richard Kendall, Trev-or Husa, Cari Howell, Dalton An-derson and Miah Fulton. The next Ag Education Dept. activity is the National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week observance Sept. 22-26th.

June Foster celebrates

94th birthdayThe family of June Foster is help-

ing her celebrate her 94th birthday with a family gathering on Septem-ber 21 in Lincoln.

June was born September 19, 1920 in Belvidere, Neb. and was a long-time resident of Pawnee County and Pawnee City. She was married to the late Norris Foster for 63 years before his passing in 2002. June moved to Lincoln into an assisted living facility where she lived until suffering a fall in 2012 and is now at the Tabitha Health Center.

June's family includes two sons, Norm (Sharon) and Lee who both live in Lincoln, three granddaugh-ters, one grandson, and seven great grandchildren. Extended family includes one brother, two sisters and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Her family would like to continue the celebration with a card shower. Please send your birthday wishes to June Foster, Tabitha Health Center, 4720 Randolph St, Room 330-1N, Lincoln, NE 68510.

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Pawnee County 4 Hers State Fair resultsThese are the state fair results for

Pawnee County's 4-Hers.Melissa Bausch -Breeding Sheep,

Ewe Lamb – Purple; Breeding Sheep, Yearling – Purple; Senior Sheep Showmanship – Blue; Mar-ket Sheep, Natural Color Lamb – Blue; Market Sheep, Crossbred Lamb – Red ; Woodworking – Purple; Pastries – Purple

Madison Branek-Outdoor Living Accessory – Red

Dana Christen-Outdoor Living Accessory – Red; Floral Design – White

Skylar Clark-Breeding Rabbit, Flemish Giant – Purple; Poultry, American– Blue

Poultry, American– Blue; Breed-ing Rabbit, Flemish Giant – Blue; Breeding Rabbit, Flemish Giant – Blue; Market Rabbit, Roaster – Red; Breeding Rabbit, Flemish Giant – Red

Kody Daily-Recycled Home Ac-cessory – Blue; Glass Home Acces-sory – Participation; Wood Home Accessory – Participation

Kolby Daily-Recycled Home Ac-cessory – Red; Glass Home Acces-sory – Participation; Wood Home Accessory – Participation

Bethany Dean- Clay Sculpture – Blue; Recycled Home Accessory – Red

Alex Farwel-Recycled Furniture – White

Garrett Ferguson-Hollyhock – White

Hannah Henneger-Wood Home

Accessory – Red Eliza Hunzeker-Intermediate

Sheep Showmanship – Blue; Mar-ket Sheep, Natural Color Lamb – Blue; Photography – Purple; Photography – Purple

Carly Hunzeker-Senior Sheep Showmanship – Purple; Market Sheep, Crossbred Lamb – Blue; Photography – Blue

Sydney Hunzeker-Senior Sheep Showmanship – Blue; Market Sheep, Crossbred Lamb – Red

Karen Keyes-Felted Wool – Red Tyler Keyes-Drawing – White; Ink

Drawing – WhiteRichard Keyes-Ink Drawing – RedTrevor Kuhlmann-Furniture –

BlueTaylor McClellan-Jelly – Red;

Veterinary Science Display – RedGavin McHenry-Healthy Snack –

Purple; Wildlife Knowledge Check – Blue;

Furniture – Blue; 3D Textile – Blue; Bell Peppers – Red; Sweet Corn – White; Cantaloupe – White

Cody Nightingale-Breeding Rab-bit, Flemish Giant – Purple; Poultry, American – Purple; Poultry, English – Purple; Poultry, English – Purple; Poultry, American – Blue; Poultry, Goose – Blue; Breeding Rabbit, Flemish Giant – Blue; Breeding Rabbit, Flemish Giant – Blue; Mar-ket Rabbit, Roaster – Blue; Breed-ing Rabbit, Flemish Giant – Red

James Robison-Wildlife Diorama – Purple; Coffee Cake – Purple; Babysitting Kit – Blue

Taegan Rottman-Recycled Home Accessory – Red

Mollee Sharpe-Market Beef, Crossbred Steers – Red;Quilt – White

Joslyn Sharpe-Breeding Rabbits, Tan – Purple; Breeding Rabbits, Cinnamon – Purple; Breeding Rab-bits, Tan – Blue

Sarah Smyth-Photography – Pur-ple

Shelbey Snyder-Breeding Rab-bits, Netherland Dwarf – Purple; Breeding Rabbits, Netherland Dwarf – Blue; Breeding Rabbits, Rex – Blue; Breeding Rabbits, Netherland Dwarf – Red; Poultry, Game Bantam – Red; Poultry, Game Bantam – Red; Poultry, Game Bantam – Red; Poultry, Rose Comb Clean Legged – Red

Megan Wenzl-Recycled Home Accessory – Red

Sara Wiemers-2-D Textile – Red Shelby Wilcox-Breeding Rab-

bit, Silver Fox – Purple; Breeding Rabbits, Tan – Purple; Breeding Rabbits, Californian – Purple; Poul-try, Turkey – Blue;Poultry, Feather Legged Class – Blue; Breeding Rabbits, Tan – Blue; Breeding Rabbits, Netherland Dwarf – Red; Poultry, Feather Legged Class – Red; Poultry, Feather Legged Class – Red; Poultry, All Other Comb Clean Legged – Red

Kala Zwiefel-Pencil Drawing – Blue

UNL center to research obesity problemBy Ray KappelNews Editor

UNL recently got a $11.3 mil-lion grant to fund research into the obesity problem in the U.S. This is an interview with Janos Zemplini director of the Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases Through Dietary Molecules. His center is recipient of the grant.

Q: How will the grant help the U.S. obesity problem.

A: The grant will provide financial support ($11.3 million) for creating an obesity research center at UNL, and will also support research ac-tivities at UNMC. The research in the center will be used to discover how nutrients affect obesity risk. The objective is that, based on these discoveries, the center will devise consumer-friendly strategies for de-creasing obesity and obesity-related diseases (see below).

Q: What is nutrient signaling reasearch?

A: The function of human cells and tissues depends on thousands of regulatory networks. For example, some networks activate genes

whereas other networks de-activate genes. "Nutrient signaling" refers to how these regulatory processes are affected by nutrients. In our center we intend to discover effects of nutrients that can be leveraged to improve human health, either by enhancing a beneficial signal or decreasing an adverse signal.

Q: What other types of research are you doing?

A: Examples: One project looks at how substituting "good" fat for "bad" fat in the diet prevents liver disease. Another project looks at how substituting "good" fat for "bad" fat in the diet changes white fat to brown fat in the body. Brown fat has the unique ability to burn calories, thereby causing body fat loss. Yet another project looks at how a novel class of nutrients that was discovered at UNL (named "microRNAs") regulate genes that play roles in obesity.

Q: What is the theory of how we get fat and how we lose it?

A: Obviously, the answer would be that you gain weight by eating too much and exercising too little. However, consumers are very re-

sistant to adjusting their dietary and exercise patterns accordingly. Research in our center is seeking to identify nutrients that elicit a healthy outcome (see above) with-out requiring a major change in consumer behavior. We acknowl-edge that there is no magical bullet that will fix the obesity problem overnight.

Q: Explain your mentoring of early career scientists.

A: The center will financially support cohorts of five gifted junior professors ("project leaders") for up to three years. They will be matched with veteran scientists (mentors) with the goal of mentoring the project leaders to success. Success is defined as the project leaders securing their own independent funding. In addition to financial support and mentoring, project leaders will have access to state of the art core facilities in the center, seminar series, research symposia, and a visiting professors program that will allow for travel to other research sites in the USA.

SportsRepublicanThe Pawnee Thursday, September 18, 2014

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Pawnee City defeats Sterling at home

Volleyball

Irish break it open on Indians in 2nd quarter

Game NightFootball

Sept. 19 - Pawnee City vs. Axtell, Ks.; HTRS @ Brownell-Talbot; Lewiston vs. Meridian; Johnson County Central vs. Fairbury (Homecoming); Sterling vs. Lourdes Central Catholic; Johnson-Brock vs. Exeter-Milligan. All game times are at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

VolleyballSept. 18 - Mudecas Tournament

(Pawnee City, HTRS, Lewiston, JCC, Johnson-Brock, Sterling).

Sept. 20 - J-V Invitational (Pawnee City, HTRS, Lewiston, JCC, Johnson-Brock, Sterling), 9:00 a.m.

Sept. 22 - HTRS Tri. vs. Pawnee City, JCC (J-V only), 5:30 p.m.; Johnson-Brock 9-10th Tournament (J-B, JCC), 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 23 - Pawnee City @ Wymore Southern, 6:00 p.m.; HTRS @ Auburn, 5:30 p.m.; Lewiston @ Johnson-Brock, 6:00 p.m.; JCC Tri. @ East Butler w/Elmwood-Murdock, 5:00 p.m.; Sterling @ Diller/Odell, 6:00 p.m.

Cross CountrySept. 18 - Hiawatha Invite,

(Pawnee City), 4:30 p.m.; Fillmore Central Invite @ Geneva (JCC), 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 23 - Malcolm Invite @ Branched Oak Lake, (Pawnee City, JCC), 4:30 p.m.

SoftballSept. 18 - Auburn/HTRS Tri. vs.

Plattsmouth, Falls City, 4:30 p.m.; JCC vs. Nebraska City, 5:00 p.m.

Sept. 20 - Auburn/HTRS @ Plattsmouth, 9:00 a.m.

Sept. 23 - JCC vs. Friend, 5:00 p.m.

Girls GolfSept. 18 - Johnson County

Central Invitational @ Tecumseh Country Club (JCC, HTRS), 9:00 a.m.

Sept. 22 - HTRS Invitational @ Kirkman's Lakeview Golf Course (HTRS, JCC), 9:00 a.m.

FootballLast Week's Scores

Axtell, Ks. 92, Lewiston 20Falls City SH 54, Pawnee City 6Malcolm 59, HTRS 7Wilber-Clatonia 49, JCC 14Exeter-Milligan 52, Sterling 14Mead 24, Johnson-Brock 12

Point Leaders By DistrictsClass C-1, District 2

All District PointsFalls City (2-1) (0-0) 41.3333Syracuse (1-2) (0-0) 37.6667Conestoga (1-2) (0-0) 35.6667Auburn (1-2) (0-0) 35.3333JCC (0-3) (0-0) 35.0000Louisville (0-3) (0-0) 33.0000

Class C-2, District 2 All District PointsSouthern (3-0) (0-0) 43.6667Freeman (2-1) (0-0) 41.3333Palmyra (2-1) (0-0) 38.3333Elm.-Murd. (1-2) (0-0) 36.6667HTRS (0-3) (0-0) 34.0000Weep. Water (0-3) (0-0) 32.6667

Class D-1, District 4 All District PointsBDS (3-0) (0-0) 41.6667Friend (2-0) (0-0) 40.0000Diller-Odell (2-0) (0-0) 40.0000Pawnee City (1-1) (0-0) 39.0000McCool Jun. (0-2) (0-0) 35.5000

Class D-2, District 2 All District PointsFCSH (2-1) (0-0) 44.0000John.-Brock (1-1) (0-0) 37.5000Sterling (0-2) (0-0) 36.5000Lewiston (0-2) (0-0) 34.0000Parkview (0-2) (0-0) 28.0000

VolleyballLast Week's Scores

JCC 2, Wilber-Clatonia 0Johnson-Brock 3, Pawnee City 2Freeman 3, Sterling 0Lourdes CC 3, HTRS 1Syracuse 2, JCC 1Diller/Odell 2, Lewiston 1Johnson-Brock 3, Auburn 0Palmyra 3, JCC 0Falls City 2, Pawnee City 0Falls City 2, Sterling 0Pawnee City 2, Sterling 1

HTRS InvitationalPawnee City 2, Harvard 0Johnson-Brock 2, Harvard 0Johnson-Brock 2, Pawnee City 0HTRS 2, Lewiston 0HTRS 2, FCSH 0FCSH 2, Lewiston 0Lewiston 2, Harvard 0FCSH 2, Pawnee City 0Johnson-Brock 2, HTRS 1, (1st)

SoftballLast Week's Scores

Cass County 10, JCC 9Auburn/HTRS 8, Cass County 2Falls City 8, JCC 3JCC 7, Fairbury 3Southern 7, Auburn/HTRS 1Auburn/HTRS 8, Falls City 4Auburn/HTRS 9, Cass County 2

HTRS Lady Titans place 2nd at own Invitational

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By Ray KappelNews Editor

Falls City Sacred Heart domi-nated Pawnee City 54-6 in Friday night football action. The Indians are 1-1.

There were bright spots for Paw-nee City. The Indians had three rushers who contributed to the ground game. Cory Kettelhake got 21 yards on 8 carries and scored the lone Pawnee City touchdown. Voy Pearson had 30 yards on 6 carries and JP Schiffbauer had 22 yards on 10 carries.

A run by Kettelhake and a per-sonal foul penalty on the visitors got the ball to the Sacred Heart 21. After an imcomplete pass Voy Pearson ran four yards, Kettelhake three yards, and in a fourth and 3, Pearson passed to Kettelhake which got it to the 8 yard line.

Schiffbauer got the ball to the four and on third and goal, Pearson passed to Kettelhake for the touch-down at 8:10 of the second quarter. The run failed on the point after try.

The Indians were fired up through the second quarter, trailing only 14-6. But then Taylor Voight, a receiver, got injured when an op-ponent’s helmet struck his knee on a tackle. That seemed to take the life out of the team, as one bystander said.

That play was a fourth and 17 but

a personal foul penalty gave the Indians a first down. They were unable to move the ball and had to punt.

But the Indians were suddenly behind by two touchdowns when Henry Arnold of the Irish returned the punt for a touchdown with 1:58 to go in the half. They added the two pointer to lead 22-6.

On the next drive, the visitors intercepted Pearson and returned it to the 21 of the Indians. With a leaping catch, Bailey Witt caught the pass for a touchdown with 58 seconds to go. The two pointer was good and the visitors led 30-6 at halftime.

“I thought at the end of the sec-ond quarter we were finally able to break it open,” Sacred Heart Coach Doug Goltz said. “Pawnee City was hanging around and then we got that punt return and intercep-tion of for a touchdown.”

Sacred Heart led 46-6 after the third quarter and added eight points in the fourth.

Pearson was 9/20 in passing for 31 yards with the one TD, but had 3 interceptions. Ted Gyhra caught 2 passes for 15 yards while Voight had 1 catch for 6 yards and led the tackling squad with 12 stops.

Pearson had 11 tackles; Schiff-bauer, Kettelhake and Ted Gyhra each had 5 tackles and Eli Cline had 1 fumble recovery.

PAWNEE CITY - The Labor Day Golf Tournament at Fairview Golf Course was played again this year as the Ed Sunneberg Memorial on Monday, September 1st. Many members of the family were in attendance, and it was a great day for everyone involved.

There were 19 three-man teams and 57 golfers involved. Results of the tournament were:

Championship flight was won by Roy, Jeff and Austin Nider with a score of 58. Second was John Skuban and Dale and Amanda Buman with a 58. The Niders won in a playoff. Third was John DeFreece and Alex and Larry Habegger with a 60.

1st flight was a three way tie. Results were a 63 score. 1st place in the playoff went to Dan, Jon, and Mark Sunneberg. 2nd place went to Fred Kenton, James Lannigan, and Brandon Stake. 3rd place went to Todd White andTony and Tyler Burrovsky.

2nd flight was won by Joyce Binder, Rasty Stephens and Harlan Fenske with a score of 69. 2nd place went to the team of Frezee and Wiebe with a score of 70. 3rd with a score of 73 was the Holt team.

Pawnee City, Lewiston place 4th, 5th at HTRS Invite

HUMBOLDT - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Lady Titans took 2nd place in their host Tourna-ment held on Saturday, September 13th after wins over Lewiston and Falls City Sacred Heart and a tough loss to Johnson-Brock in the championship game.

HTRS vs. LewistonThe Lady Titans started the day

by taking on in-county rival Lew-iston in the first game of pool play.

HTRS won the first set at 25-6 but then had to battle the Lady Tigers hard to get a 25-18 second set win.

Bailey Kuhlmann served up 14/14 with 11 points and had 2 kills, 13 set assists and 8 digs for HTRS. Teammate Jena Fink had 9/9 serves with 6 points, 1 ace, 1 assist and 8 digs.

Jackalyn Fink went 8/8 in serving with 5 points and 1 ace and had 2 kills. Whitney Ramsey was 6/6 in serving with 1 ace and 6 points while Ashton Nanninga went 6/7 in serving with 4 points and had 4 kills and 1 ace block. Claire Svoboda added 4/4 serves with 2 points and had 1 assist and 3 kills. Kendall Werts added 7 kills with 1 ace block and 1 assist.

For Lewiston, Taylor Swisher went 7/7 in serving; Brooke Weh-rbein put down 7 kills and was 11/12 on serve receive with 9 digs. Cydney Howell led in set assists with 8 and had 1 block. Megan Wehrbein added 5 kills with one block and Lexi Jasa led on serve receive with 17/20 passes and had 8 digs.

HTRS vs. FCSHIn their second game of pool play,

HTRS took on Falls City Sacred Heart and won in two very close sets, 25-21, 26-24 to go 2-0 in the morning.

Svoboda led all server with 13/13 and had 9 points and 3 aces with

11 kills and 10 digs. Ramsey went 10/10 in serving with 1 ace and had 6 points and 10 digs. Nanninga had 8/8 serves with 3 points and added 9 kills with one ace block. Jackalyn Fink was 8/8 in serving with 1 ace and 4 points and had 1 kill.

Kuhlmann had 6/6 servers with 2 points, led in set assists with 24 and had 10 digs. Jena Fink contribued 4/4 serves, 2 assists, 2 kills and 12 digs while Werts had 5 kills and 4 ace blocks.

HTRS vs. Johnson-BrockAfter both teams went 2-0 in pool

play, the HTRS Lady Titans and the Johnson-Brock Lady Eagles played for the Championship in the afternoon.

The Lady Titans lost the first set 22-25, but came back to win the 2nd set by a 25-23 count. They lost momentum in the final set, however as they lost 13-25 to take home 2nd place honors.

Svoboda served up 14/15 with 2 aces and 8 points and had 7 kills in the game. Jena Fink was 12/12 in serving with 4 points and had 2 assists, 2 kills and 14 digs.

Nanninga was 12/14 in serving for 7 points with one ace and had 3 kills and 3 ace blocks. Kuhlmann had 17 set assists and went 9/9 in serving with 1 ace and 4 points. She also had 23 digs.

Ramsey added 6/6 serves with 10 digs; Jackalyn Fink had 5/5 serves with 7 kills and 9 digs and Werts had 4 ace blocks with 1 kill. LHS vs HTRS - Serves: Swisher 7/7, Nouzovsky 4/4, 1 ace, Ca. Howell 4/5, B. Werhbein 3/4, Cyd. Howell 2/2, Jasa 1/1, Barker 1/1. Kills: B. Wehrbein 7, M. Weh-rbein 5, Ca. Howell 2, Jasa 1, Nouzovsky 1. Set Assists: Cyd. Howell 8, Nouzovsky 2, Barker 2, M. Wehrbein 1, B. Wehrbein 1. Blocks: M. Wehrbein 1, Cyd. Howell 1. Serve Receive: Jasa 17/20, B. Wehrbein 11/12, M. Wehrbein 9/10, Ca. Howell 5/7 Digs: B. Wehrbein 9, Jasa 8, M. Wehr-bein 4, Ca. Howell 3, Nouzovsky 2, Cyd. Howell 1, Swisher 1, Barker 1.

TABLE ROCK, HUMBOLDT - The Pawnee City Lady Indians and the Lewiston Lady Tigers placed 4th and 5th, respectively at the HTRS Volleyball Invitational held on Saturday, September 13th.

P.C. vs. HarvardThe Lady Indians played the early

game of pool play in Table Rock against Harvard and won in straight sets, 25-11, 25-20.

Hannah Davis served up 19/20 in the match with 4 aces while Jenna Habegger manned the net with 12 kills. Abby Mathewson led in set assists with 10.

P.C. vs. Johnson-BrockIn their second game of pool play,

the Lady Indians faced eventual champions Johnson-Brock and lost in two hard-fought sets, 15-23, 23-25.

Davis led in serving once again with 9/9 while Habegger put down

12 kills on offense and Mathewson was the top setter with 9 set assists.

P.C. vs. Falls City SHThe Lady Indians.went up against

Falls City Sacred Heart in the 3rd-4th place match in the afternoon. They lost the first set 11-25, but rallied back in the 2nd set. Unfor-tunately they fell short in their rally by a 24-26 count and finished in 4th place.

Habegger and Davis each went 7/7 in serving while Habegger put down 10 kills in the match. Sabre Menninga led all setters with 4 assists.

Lewiston vs. Falls City SHAfter losing their first match to

their hosts HTRS, the Lewiston Lady Tigers took on the Falls City Sacred Heart Lady Irish in their second pool play game on Saturday. They came up short, however as they lost to the Irish by set scores

of 8-25, 14-25.Cari Howell went 5/6 in serving

with 1 ace while Megan Wehrbein led in kills and blocks with 4. Cyd-ney Howell was the top setter with 6 assists and Brooke Wehrbein led in serve receive with 10/10 passes.

LHS vs. HarvardAfter going 0-2 in pool play,

Lewiston faced Harvard in the 5th and 6th place match and won in two sets, 25-20, 25-23 to take home 5th place overall.

Karlea Nouzovsky went 11/13 in serving with 2 aces while Brooke Wehrbein and Cari Howell led the net attack with 6 kills each. Cydney Howell had 19 set assists. P.C. vs. Harvard - Serves: Davis 19/20, 4 aces, Mathewson 4/5, Habeg-ger 4/5, Snyder 3/3, Farwell 1/1, Hundley 1/2, Willey 1/3. Kills: Habegger 12, Wil-ley 3, Engelken 3, Farwell 2. Set Assists: Mathewson 10, Menninga 6, Hundley 1, Davis 1. P.C. vs. J-B - Serves: Davis 9/9,

Habegger 8/9, 2 aces, Snyder 8/9, 2 aces, Mathewson 3/3, Hundley 3/4. Kills: Habegger 12, Willey 1, Farwell 1, Engelken 1, Davis 1. Set Assists: Mathewson 9, Menninga 2, Davis 1. P.C. vs. FCSH - Serves: Habegger 7/7, Davis 7/7, Mathewson 6/6, Myers 6/6, Willey 5/5, Hundley 4/4. Kills: Habeg-ger 10, Willey 2, Engelken 2, Meyer 1. Set Assists: Menninga 4, Davis 1. LHS vs FCSH - Serves: Ca. Howell 5/6, 1 ace, Nouzovsky 4/4, M. Wehrbein 3/3, 1 ace, Cyd. Howell 3/3, 1 ace, Swish-er 3/3, 1 ace, B. Wehrbein 1/2, Jasa 1/2. Kills: M. Wehrbein 4, B. Wehrbein 3, Ca. Howell 1. Set Assists: Cyd. Howell 6, Ca. Howell 1, Nouzovsky 1. Blocks: M. Wehr-bein 4, Cyd. Howell 1. Serve Receive: B. Wehrbein 10/10, M. Wehrbein 10/11, Ca. Howell 10/13, Jasa 8/9, Nouzovsky 1/1 LHS vs Harvard - Serves: Nouzovsky 11/13, 2 aces, M. Wehrbein 9/10, 2 aces, B. Wehrbein 8/10, 3 aces, Cyd. Howell 6/7, Ca. Howell 4/4, Swisher 4/4, Jasa 1/1. Kills: B. Wehrbein 6, Ca. Howell 6, M. Wehrbein 5, Cyd. Howell 2, Swisher 1, Nouzovsky 1. Set Assists: Cyd. Howell 19, B. Wehrbein 1, Nouzovsky 1. Blocks: Cyd. Howell 1. Serve Receive: M. Wehr-bein 10/11, Jasa 9/11, B. Wehrbein 7/7, Ca. Howell 6/7, Wiles 1/2.

Paula Jasa/Republican HTRS' Claire Svoboda (#1, right) goes up for a spike against Lewiston's Megan Wehrbein (#4) in early pool play at the HTRS Invitational which was held on Saturday.

Ray Kappel/Pawnee RepublicanPawnee City's Voy Pearson gets off a pass for Pawnee City behind the blocking of Hayden Meyer (#27) in Friday night action against Sacred Heart.

Ann Wickett/Sunrise Publications P.C.'s Sabre Menninga (#6) sets up the Lady Indians' offense.

PAWNEE CITY - The Pawnee City volleyball team had a busy week at home as they played three opponents from Tuesday to Thursday, September 9th-11th.

P.C. vs. Johnson-BrockThe Lady Indians faced John-

son-Brock in a best three out of five sets on Tuesday night. Paw-nee City lost the first set 12-25, and then won 25-18 in the 2nd set. They lost the third, 16-25, and won the fourth at 25-16 to force a final set. Unfortunately, they lost by a close 14-16 score.

Jenna Habegger had a stellar game with 23/24 serves and 4 aces and also had 22 kills and 2 blocks. Abby Mathewson had 17 set assists in the match.

P.C. vs. Falls CityOn Thursday night, the Lady

Indians faced Falls City and Ster-ling in a home triangular. Against Falls City the Lady Indians dropped both sets, 16-25, 19-25.

Hannah Davis was the top server at 10/11 with 1 ace while Habegger put down 8 kills and both Mathewson and Sabre Men-ninga had 6 set assists.

P.C. vs. SterlingThe Lady Indians also hosted

Sterling in the triangular and won in three sets, 25-11, 20-25, 25-23.

Menninga was the top server with 14/17 and 1 ace while Habegger landed 18 kills . Mathewson led in set assists with 16. P.C. vs. J-B - Serves: Habegger 23/24, 4 aces, Davis 15/16, Men-ninga 15/17, 3 aces, Myers 13/16, 1 ace, Hundley 11/13, Mathewson 5/7. Kills: Habegger 22, Davis 6, Willey 4, Engelken 3, Mathewson 2, Snyder 1. Set Assists: Mathewson 17, Menninga 10, Habegger 2, Snyder 1, Davis 1. P.C. vs. Falls City - Serves: Davis 10/11, 1 ace, Menninga 6/7, Mathews-on 4/4, Hundley 4/5, Myers 4/6, 1 ace, Habegger 2/3. Kills: Habegger 8, Wil-ley 3, Engelken 1, Davis 1. Set Assists: Mathewson 6, Menninga 6, Davis 1. P.C. vs. Sterling - Serves: Men-ninga 14/17, 1 ace, Habegger 11/12, 1 ace, Davis 10/12, 3 aces, Myers 9/13, 2 aces, Hundley 8/10, 1 ace, Mathew-son 4/6. Kills: Habegger 18, Willey 5, Engelken 4, Mathewson 2, Davis 2, Schultheiss 1. Set Assists: Mathewson 16, Menninga 13.

Ed Sunneberg Memorial Tourney P.C. Cross Country runners at Fairbury

FAIRBURY - The Pawnee City Cross Country team ran at the Fairbury Invite on Thursday, September 11th and placed 7th overall. Beatrice won the team competition with a total time of 1:15:50.58.

Alex Menninga was the top individual finisher in 5th place with a time of 18:28.40 followed by Tyler Gyhra in 32nd place at 20:41.82.

Trevor Gyhra and Alex Gyhra placed 54th and 55th, respectively with their times of 22:20.97 and 22:25.34.

7 The Pawnee Republican, Thursday, September 18, 2014

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LHS gives Griffins tussle in 3rd setLEWISTON - The Lewiston Lady

Tigers hosted the Diller/Odell Lady Griffins on Thursday night, Septem-ber 11th, but lost in set scores of 11-25, 10-25, 21-25.

Cydney Howell led the team in serving with 9/9 and had 14 set as-sists. Brooke Wehrbein put down 8 kills in the match. Megan Wehrbein had 11/16 passes on serve receive with 11 digs.

LHS vs Diller/odell - Serves: Cyd. Howell 9/9, M. Wehrbein 8/9, 3 aces, B. Wehrbein 8/9, 2 aces, Jasa 5/5, Nou-zovsky 4/4, Ca. Howell 2/6, 1 ace, Barker 1/1. Kills: B. Wehrbein 8, Ca. Howell 3, Swisher 3, M. Wehrbein 1, Cyd. Howell 1, Nouzovsky 1. Set Assists: Cyd. Howell 14, Nouzovsky 1. Blocks: M. Wehrbein 1, Swisher 1. Serve Receive: M. Wehrbein 11/16, Ca. Howell 11/18, Jasa 10/15, B. Wehrbein 7/8, Wiles 3/3, Nouzovsky 1/1. Digs: M. Wehrbein 11, B. Wehrbein 8, Jasa 7, Cyd. Howell 6, Nouzovsky 3, Ca. Howell 2, Wiles 2, Swisher 1.

HTRS battles NCL in four tough setsHUMBOLDT - The Humboldt

Table Rock Steinauer Lady Titans hosted Nebraska City Lourdes Central on Tuesday, September 9th.

The Lady Titans battled NCL for four sets but lost 22-25, 18-25, 25-13, 23-25.

Jena Fink was 25/25 in serving with 1 ace and 15 points and had 28 digs and 1 assist. Ashton Nanninga went 14/15 with 7 points and had 16 kills and 3 ace blocks. Whitney

Ramsey went 14/15 in serving with 1 ace and had 8 points and 26 digs.

Bailey Kuhlmann was 12/12 in serving with 5 points and had 32 assists and 30 digs. Claire Svoboda went 12/14 in serving with 1 ace and 4 points and had 9 kills. Jackalyn Fink was 9/10 in serving with 3 points and had 7 kills while Kendall Werts added 1 kill and put down 4 ace blocks.

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Lone HTRS score comes in 4th periodMALCOLM - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Titans were held

off the scoreboard until the 4th quarter against a very talented Malcolm football squad on Friday night, September 12th.

Malcolm led 25-0 after one period of play and were ahead 39-0 at the halftime break. They tacked on 6 more points in the 3rd quarter and 14 in the final period.

HTRS' lone touchdown came on a 10 yard run by Logan Bredemeier with Ben Railsback kicking the PAT for a 7-59 final score.

Malcolm accumulated 358 total yards of rushing while holding HTRS to just 53 net yards.

Bredemeier led HTRS with 6 carries for 60 yards and Alex Flynn fol-lowed with 4 carries for 7 yards.

QB Schuyler Kuhlmann compelted 4/9 passes for 19 yards with one pick and Eli Herr caught 2 of those passes for 12 yards. Patrick Pineda had 1 catch for 4 yards and Will Drake had 1 grab for 3 yards.

Defensively, the Titans were led by Chase Hain and Railsback each with 7 tackles. Jesse Hickey added 6 tackles and Kaije Faulks and Kuhlmann each had 5 stops. Railsback also had one fumble recovery in the game.

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8 The Pawnee Republican, Thursday, September 18, 2014

Public NoticesNotices

NoticeIn the County Court of Pawnee County,

NebraskaEstate of Gayle Lee Ellison, DeceasedEstate No. PR-14-14

Notice is hereby given that on August 26, 2014 in the County Court of Pawnee County, Nebraska, Gail Ellison, whose address is 180 West Dublin Drive, #408, Madison, AL 35758 was informally ap-pointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of this estate. Creditors of this estate must file their claims with this Court on or before November 4, 2014 or be forever barred.

/s/ LaRita Kay WeberLaRita Kay Weber, Clerk Magistrate

P.O. Box 471Pawnee City, NE 68420

(402) 852-2388Michael E. Willet, #16688Willet & Carothers2205 North Sixth Street, Suite 10AP.O. Box 218Beatrice, Nebraska 68310-0218(402) 228-3424willetlaw@diodecom.netSeptember 4,11,18 znez

NoticeIN THE COUNTY COURT OF PAWNEE

COUNTY, NEBRASKAEstate of ROSS D. PETTINGER, De-ceasedEstate No . PR14-15

Notice is hereby given that on August 29, 2014, in the County Court of Pawnee County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal Probate of the Will of said Decedent and that Casey J. Pettinger, whose address is 103 Washington St., PO Box 117, Clifton, KS 66937, was informally appointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of the Estate.

Creditors of this Estate must file their claims with this Court on or before No-vember 11, 2014, or be forever barred.

/s/ LaRita K. WeberClerk of the County Court

PO Box 471Pawnee City, NE 68420

L. Joe Stehlik (Bar ID #14011)Stehlik Law Office653 G Street, PO Box 187Pawnee City, NE 68420(402) 852-2973September 11,18,25 znez

Notice IN THE COUNTY COURT OF PAWNEE

COUNTY, NEBRASKA Estate of OLIVE E. O’DONNELL, De-ceasedEstate No. PR13-6

Notice is hereby given that a final ac-count and report of administration and a Petition for complete settlement, probate of will, and determination of heirs have been filed and are set for hearing in the County Court of Pawnee County, Ne-braska, Pawnee City, Nebraska 68420, located in the Courthouse in Pawnee City, Nebraska, on October 1, 2014, at or after 11:45 o’clock a.m.

/s/ LaRita K. WeberClerk of the County Court

Pawnee City, NE 68420L. Joe Stehlik (Bar ID #14011) Stehlik Law Office PO Box 187 Pawnee City, Nebraska 68420 (402) 852-2973 September 11,18,25 znez

Notice oF FiLiNG oF ceRtiFicAte oF oRGANiZAtioN oF HiGHWAY 50

FeRtiLiZeR, LLc Notice is hereby given that a Certificate

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1. The name of the limited liability com-pany is: HIGHWAY 50 FERTILIZER, LLC

has been filed as follows:2. The address of the initial designated

office is: 70470 Highway 50, DuBois, NE 68345

3. The general nature of the business to be transacted is: Any lawful act con-cerning any and all lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska.

4. The time of commencement of the limited liability company is August 26, 2014, and the duration of existence of said company is perpetual.

5. The affairs of the limited liability company are to be conducted by the fol-lowing member:

Scott N. Farwell. HIGHWAY 50 FERTILIZER, LLC

By: /s/ Scott N. FarwellScott N. Farwell, Organizing Member

DONAHUE & FAESSER, P.C., L.L.C.637 “G” Street/P.O. Box 73 Pawnee City, NE 68420-0073 Tel: 402.852.2577 Fax: 402.852.2035September 18,25,October 2 znez

MeetiNG NoticesNotice oF MeetiNG

A meeting of the Pawnee County Drug Law Enforcement and Education Fund Board will be held September 25, 2014, at 3:00 P.M. at the office of the Pawnee County Attorney, 653 G Street, Pawnee City, Nebraska. An agenda for said meet-ing, kept continuously current, is available for inspection at the office of the Pawnee County Attorney during regular business hours.

Jennifer Stehlik LadmanPawnee County Attorney

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MeetiNG MiNutesesu #4

The Board of Educational Service Unit 4 held its regular meeting on Monday, September 8, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. at the Educational Service Unit 4 in Auburn, Ne-braska. The following claims were paid for the month of September:

General Fund -- $103,914.07 Payroll -- $365,840.81 NCECBVI -- $29,485.15 Federal Programs -- $26,317.73Prior to the regularly scheduled meet-

ing, a hearing was held to approve the general fund budget for the 2014-2015 school year and the property tax rate was set at 1.50 cents (0.015000) for the 2014-2015 year. The Board of Educational Ser-vice Unit 4 will meet in regular session on Monday, October 13, 2014, at 5:15 p.m. in the conference room at the office of Educational Service Unit 4, 919 16th Street, Auburn, Nebraska. The Region 4 Preschool Planning Team will meet on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. at the ESU 4 Learning Center, 1109

R Street, Auburn, Nebraska. Agendas for both meetings, kept current, are readily available for public inspection at the of-fice of the Administrator during normal business hours.September 18 znez

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septeMBeR 10, 2014A budget hearing meeting of the Lewis-

ton School Board District 69 was held on Wednesday, September 10, at 7:00 p.m. at the Lewiston Consolidated Schools Library. This meeting was open to the public and preceded in notice as required by law. The meeting was called to order by President Terry Howell. Roll call found the following members to be present: Anderson, Bacon, Howell, Woofter, and Rule. Absent: Husa. No visitors were present.

Moved by Woofter and seconded by Bacon “to approve the agenda as pre-sented.” Those voting in favor of said motion: Anderson, Bacon, Howell, Husa, Rule, and Woofter. Those opposed: none. Absent: Husa. Motion carried, 5-0.

Information regarding the 2014-2015 budget was shared and discussion.

There were no visitors or visitor com-ments.

Moved by Woofter and seconded by Rule “to adjourn at 7:17 p.m.” Those vot-ing in favor of said motion: Bacon, How-ell, Rule, Woofter, and Anderson. Those opposed: none. Absent: Husa. Motion carried, 5-0

Rick KentfieldBoard Secretary, Dist. #69

September 18 znez

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septeMBeR 10, 2014A budget hearing meeting of the Lewis-

ton School Board District 69 was held on Wednesday, September 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lewiston Consolidated Schools Library. This meeting was open to the public and preceded in notice as required by law. The meeting was called to order by President Terry Howell. Roll call found the following members to be present: Anderson, Bacon, Howell, Woofter, and Rule. Absent: Husa. No visitors were present.

Moved by Anderson and seconded by Bacon “to approve the agenda as pre-sented.” Those voting in favor of said motion: Anderson, Bacon, Howell, Husa, Rule, and Woofter. Those opposed: none. Absent: Husa. Motion carried, 5-0.

Information regarding the 2014-2015 tax levy was shared and discussion.

There were no visitors or visitor com-ments.

Moved by Rule and seconded by An-derson “to adjourn at 7:34 p.m.” Those voting in favor of said motion: Bacon, Howell, Rule, Woofter, and Anderson. Those opposed: none. Absent: Husa. Motion carried, 5-0

Rick KentfieldBoard Secretary, Dist. #69

September 18 znez

BidsNotice to BiddeRs

Sealed bids will be received by the Pawnee County Clerk until September 30, 2014 at 10:30 a.m., for the construc-tion of: (174) – twin 96” x 42’ corrugated metal pipes, and (218) – twin 84” x 44’-0” corrugated metal pipes, both with steel headwalls and wingwalls and other re-lated incidental work. The project sites are located: (174) – 609 Avenue between Roads 717 and 718, and (218) – 620 Av-enue between 709 Trail and 710 Road, both in Pawnee County, Nebraska. The bids will be opened on September 9, 2014 at 10:30 a.m.

The project is referred to as “Pawnee County 2014 Culverts, C-67(174) and C-67(218)” and shall include all labor, materials, transportation and equipment required to fabricate and construct: (174) – twin 96” x 42’-0” on a 15 degree (rhb) skew, and (218) – twin 84” x 43’-0” on a 0 degree skew, corrugated metal pipes with steel headwalls and wingwalls.

Copies of the Bid Documents and Specifications are open to public inspec-tion at the office of the Pawnee County Clerk, County Courthouse, Pawnee City, Nebraska 68420. A set of documents may be obtained from Mainelli Wagner & Associates, Inc. for a non-refundable fee of $20.00. (6920 Van Dorn, Suite “A” Lincoln, Nebraska 68506 PH: 402-421-1717). All Bid Proposals must be submit-ted on the forms furnished with the Bid Documents.

The sealed bids may be mailed or de-livered to the County Clerk of Pawnee County, County Courthouse Pawnee City, Nebraska 68420, and should be plainly marked as, “Construction Bid Pro-posal – Pawnee County 2014 Culverts, C-67(174) and C-67(218)”

Along with its Bid Proposal, each bid-der shall submit an unconditional Bid Bond or Certified Check made payable to the County Treasurer of Pawnee County, Nebraska, in an amount equal to five (5) percent of the Bid Proposal. Also, each bidder is to include an estimated comple-tion date for each site with their Bid Pro-posal. The desired completion date for both sites is November 30, 2014. No project can be started without the intent to complete that site without delay from the other sites, therefore, the Contractor will not be allowed to start the removals at a site unless they have committed a crew to complete the work at that site.

Within ten (10) days following the award of the Contract, the successful bid-der shall furnish a surety bond or bonds in an amount equal to or greater than the full amount of the contract. The surety and form of the bonds are subject to the ac-ceptance by the Pawnee County Board of Commissioners.

The Pawnee County Board of Com-missioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive any irregu-larities in bids received. Award of the Contract will be in accordance with the County Purchasing Act’s competitive bid-ding considerations as set forth in Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 23-3110 to 23-3114, and the Pawnee County Board of Commissioners will, at its discretion, award the contract on the basis of the lowest responsible bid received. Pawnee County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Courthouse Report

ObituariesEdna Mae (Hahn) De Jonge

September 17, 1936 ~ September 13, 2014Edna Mae (Hahn) De Jonge, 77,

of Humboldt, Nebraska was born to Ed F. & Gertrude (Boellstorff) Hahn on September 17, 1936 in rural Johnson, Nebraska. She grew up near Johnson and attended coun-try school through the 8th grade at Cherry Grove District #69. Edna later graduated from Brock High School with the class of 1954.

On June 10, 1956, Edna was united in marriage to Edward De Jonge at the Charter Oak Christian Church. To this union three chil-dren, Lynn, Arlon, Tim, and Christi were born. The couple lived and raised their family in the Humboldt area. Edna worked as a nurses aid for two years at the Humboldt Hos-pital and then for Dr. Heim and Dr. Stappenbeck for thirty-eight years. She was a member of The Faith Lutheran Church in Humboldt and in her spare time enjoyed gardening, playing cards with friends and fam-ily, and raising household flowers.

Edna passed away at the Ne-braska Heart Institute in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, September 13, 2014, having reached the age of 77 years, 11 months, and 27 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant son Arlon De Jonge, and brothers-in-law: Leonard Bray, George De Jonge, and Tom O’Brien.

Edna is survived by her loving husband Ed De Jonge of Humboldt, NE; sons: Lynn De Jonge of rural Humboldt, NE; Tim De Jonge of Humboldt, NE; a daughter Christi Krause of Lincoln, NE; 8 grandchil-dren; 5 great-grandchildren; 1 step great-grandchild; sisters: Norma Bray of Johnson, NE; Darlene O’Brien of Geneva, NE; brothers-in-law: Lammert De Jonge and his

wife Emma Lee of Humboldt, NE; Ommo De Jonge and his wife Mari-lyn of Humboldt, NE; sister-in-law Lucille De Jonge of rural Humboldt, NE; and many other relatives and friends.

Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 19, 2014, at The Faith Lutheran Church in Humboldt, Nebraska with Rever-end Robert Schermbeck officiating.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Thursday, September 18, 2014, at The Wherry Mortuary in Humboldt, Nebraska. Family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. at the mortuary.

Inurnment will be at the Humboldt Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to the American Diabetes Association or The Faith Lutheran Church.

Online messages of condolence can be left at www.wherrymortu-ary.com

Arrangements are entrusted to Wherry Mortuary-Humboldt, Ne-braska (402) 862-2915

David A. VrtiskaMarch 11, 1946 ~ August 30, 2014

David A. Vrtiska, 68 years of age, of Wymore passed away peacefully at the Wymore Good Samaritan Center surrounded by his fam-ily on Saturday night, August 30, 2014 after complications following surgery. David was born to Joseph and Glenda (Hays) Vrtiska on March 11, 1946 in Steinauer, NE. He grew up on the family farm near Steinauer, graduated from Steinauer High School, where he farmed and worked at the Table Rock Saw Mill. David married Judy Arterburn on June 19, 1992 and continued living on the family farm until moving to Wymore in 1999 to be closer to his brother. He then worked at mow-ing yards on doing yard clean-up. He was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wymore. Da-vid enjoyed mowing yards, garage sales, visiting and talking to people in the community, putting puzzles together with his wife, tinkering in his work shop, was a Nebraska Cornhuskers fan, and enjoyed fish-ing and hunting with his brother Marvin.

Survivors include his wife Judy; brother Marvin Vrtiska and wife Clara of Wymore; sister Arlene Craig and husband Sam of Min-nesota; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Glenda (Hays) Vrtiska; grandparents; and

brothers William and Richard Vr-tiska.

Memorial services were held at 11:00 AM Friday, September 5, 2014 at the Laughlin-Hoevet Fu-neral Home in Wymore with Fr. Ferdinand Boehme officiating. In-terment will be in the Blue Springs Cemetery. There will be no viewing or visitation. A memorial has been established to the family’s choice with the funeral home in charge. Sign David’s online guest book and view his video tribute when completed at www.ghchapel.com.

These services have been entrust-ed to the Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home in Wymore.

Real Estate TransfersDocumentary Stamp Tax = $2.25

per $1,000.Abbreviations: JT-joint tenancy

deed, WD-warranty deed, QC-quit claim deed, DD-deed of distribu-tion of estate, TD-trustee’s deed, SD-Sheriff’s deed, PRP-Personal rep deed, OVC-Other Valuable Consideration.

JTWD-David E. Flanagin, Gayle Flanagin, Katherin L. Mercure and Steven J. Mercure transferred to Michael W. Habegger and Juli L. Habegger all of blocks 13-14 in Hollinshead Addition to Pawne City for $10 and OVC. Documentary Stamp Tax: $51.75.

Sheriff ’s DepartmentThe Johnson County Sheriff’s

Department dispatched the follow-ing calls for the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office, September 8, 2013 through September 14, 2014:

Traffic stop, 1; Accident/no injury, 1; Traffic stop, 6; Driving under suspension, 1; Alarm/security, 1; Emergency call, 5; Emergency

hang-up, 1; 911 transfer, 1; Arrest, 1; Information for officer, 6; On duty officer call in, 15; Suspicious activity, 1; Theft motor vehicle, 1; Theft shoplifting, 1; VIN check by radio, 3; Welfare check, 1; Weather watch, 1.

Total number of calls dispatched for the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Department, 47.

BookingsMichael Joseph Marfice of Table

Rock was arrested on a warrant by the Pawnee County Sheriff’s De-partment as a fugitive from justice.

April Mae Holmes of Pawnee City was taken into custody on a warrant by the Pawnee County Sheriff’s De-partment as a fugitive from justice.

David Riley Roberts of Marion, Kans., was taken into custody on a court commitment by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department for refusal to submit to breath/chemi-cal test.

Kenny J. Hawkman II was arrested by the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Department for sexual assault.

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•Sept 23: 160 acresexcellent pasture w/pond, rural water & good fences; Johnson Co., NE; Josh & Tara Woltemath.

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•Commercial lots along Shawnee Ridge Addition; Tecumseh, NE 07-593

•Spacious office bld, storage units & large shop - purchase together or separate; 1179 Webster St & 1124 Cordelia St., Tecumseh, NE 01-665 SELLER FINANCING

•1-story office bld w/full bsmt; 252 Clay St. Tecumseh, NE 01-683 $20’s

•2 buildings on full city lot: 60x30 heated & cooled, 30x40 w/garage doors, both full cement; 1710 E St. Pawnee City, NE 01-694

LOTS•Residential lots in Johnson,

Tecumseh & Pawnee City, NE•4½ lots w/2 newer buildings; 218 12th St. Pawnee City, NE 01-680 $50’s

FOR RENT: • 3,000 sq.ft. Office Space; Tecumseh, NE

•NEW LISTING - 41 acres w/15 acres farmland, approx. 13 acres pasture & bal.in acreage w/nice 3 bd home; 72287 607 Ave. Crab Orchard, NE 01-710 MOTIVATED SELLER•NEW LISTING - 116 acres CRP & pasture, exc. hunting opportunities; RichardsonCO., NE 16-712•Nice 2+ bd home w/walkout bsmt on 43 acres Exc. deer & turkey hunting potential; 1020 Kansas St. Peru, NE 01-686 $200’s•NEW LISTING - 100’x60’ bld w/ office, 2 bathrooms, loading docks, all utilities; 2997 “F” Rd. Syracuse, NE 01-698

$70’s•Full city block w/2 nice blds; excellent place to build; 1710 E St. Pawnee City, NE 01-694

•Large 4 bd, 1¾ bath w/eat-in kitchen, fireplace & private patio; 978 N 3rd Tecumseh, NE 07-673 Owner Financing avail.

$80’s

New Listing - immaculate 2 bd w/1¾ baths, eat-in kitchen, lg. family room; 1008 S. Main St. Brock, NE; 01-711

New Listing - Well kept 3 bd,1 3/4 baths, w/ 3 season room, deck & patio; 958 3rd St. Tecumseh, NE 07-713

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•Nice 2+ bd home w/walkout bsmt on 43 acres Exc. deer & turkey hunting potential; 1020 Kansas St. Peru, NE 01-686 $100’s REDUCED

New Listing- 1.71 acres w wonderful 4 bd, 2 bath home, gourmet kitchen, lg family room & lots of updates; 62343 722 Rd. Elk Creek, NE 08-707

New Listing - nice 3 bd home on 41 acres w/farm ground & pasture; 72287 607Ave. Crab Orchard, NE 01-710 $100’s

SOLD

•Remodeled 4 bd w/new wiring, plumbing, walls, cabinetry, buyer can choose flooring, contact agent for more details; 139 N. 9th St., Tecumseh, NE 07-634

$60’s

•Spacious, well-kept 5 bd, 2½ bath duplex; 146 Clay St. Tecumseh, NE; 07-676

New Listing- 3bd bungalow w/detached garage, newer deck & bld w/concrete floors; 108 3rd St. Steinauer, NE 01-716

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SOLD

New Listing- Victorian brick w/5 bdrm, new furnace, C/A, roof & wiring; 1720 K St. Auburn, NE 01-702

New Listing - .83 Acres w/spacious 3 bd, 2 bath home, incl large master suite & heated garagew/kennel & living space; 72857 620 Ave. Tecumseh, NE 07-722

New Listing - move-in ready split-level w/3 bd, 2 bath & master suite; 814 3rd St. Circle Louisville, NE 08-704

New Listing - 3 bd w/3 baths incl. master, eat-in kitchen & central air; 999 Nemaha St. Humboldt, NE 01-709

•Updated 3 bd ranch home w/attached garage; 248 N 1st St. Tecumseh, NE 07-684

$50’s

New Listing - 3 BD, w/fireplace & spacious lot; 370 Washington St. Tecumseh, NE 14-708New Listing - nice 2 bd home w/par-tial bsmt, central air, & vinyl siding; 170 Clay St., Tecumseh, NE 01-703

SOLD

New Listing - charming 3 bd w/beautifully remodeled kitchen, screened-in porch, cov-ered deck, newer roof & more; 2003 Towle St., Falls City, NE 14717

$30’sNew Listing - nice 2+bd home w/1 full & 2 half baths, lots of updates; 403 Long Branch St. Humboldt, NE 07-700PRICED REDUCED!

SOLD

$40’s

New Listing - charming 3 bdrm w/lots of updates, close to school & downtown; 529 Central Ave., Humboldt, NE 04-723

Under $20’sNew Listing-nice 2 bd w/updated kitchen; 242 S 4th Tecumseh, NE 14-715SOLD

•2 bd w/eat-in kitchen, Craftsman detail & full bsmt; 771 N 3rd Tecumseh, NE 14-668 PRICED REDUCED!

$20’s

New Listing-spacious 2 bd w/eat-in kitchen & main floor laundry; 330 Washington St. Sterling, NE 14-714

New Listing - charming 3 bd w/full bsmt., 2-car attached garage & central air; 839 J St., Pawnee City, NE 01-721

SOLD

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