THE ARNOLD SENTINEL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2020 Page 2

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DECEMBER 10 - Rotary Club meeting, The Exchange, 6:30 p.m. DECEMBER 15 - Domestic Abuse Crisis Center Support Group, 2:30 p.m., 425 S 7th, Broken Bow.

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ObituariesLarry D. Blixt

1938-2020Larry D. Blixt was bornApril 26, 1938, in Arnold,Nebraska. He passedaway on November 27,2020. His parents, Man-fred and Ildie (Wheeler)Blixt had seven childrenof which Larry was theoldest. He attended HazelDell Grade School andgraduated from LoganCounty High School in1956. In 1958 he came toChapman, Kansas, towork on Interstate 70. Healso worked on the Mil-ford Dam Project and theAtlas Missile Bases. On March 25, 1960,Larry married Judy(Acker). Judy and Larryremained in the Chap-man area where theyraised their three daugh-ters. In the early 1960’s hewas a co-owner of theGary and Larry Weldingand Repair business withhis life-long friend GaryOesterhaus. However,Larry always had the am-bition to own his own ex-cavating and constructionbusiness. Larry beganpurchasing some equip-ment and did numerousterraces, ponds, and othersimilar projects withGary. This business laterevolved into Blixt Con-struction.In the early 1970’s Larryand his siblings (Leroy,

Lyle, Lennie and Lydia)developed the Indian HillAddition. He also workedon the Oak Hill and otherhousing additions in andaround the Chapmanarea. In the mid-1990’sLarry and his wife Judystarted the Constructionand Demolition (“C&D”)Landfill. In 2005, theybegan development of theIrish Acres subdivision. Larry is preceded indeath by his parents, andhis brother Leon Blixtand sister Lila Kitch. He issurvived by his wife of 60years, Judy, his threedaughters, Cynthia, Lisaand Tamra, his grandchil-dren, Claudia, Collin andJoey, his great-grandchil-dren Julia, Ivie and Brodyas well as four of his sib-lings, Leroy, Lyle, Lennieand Lydia Blixt.A memorial service willbe held at a later date tobe determined.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Here are25 EASY books that your little one will enjoy reading.Stop by and check out one or two. There are lots moreat the library.

********Ariel's Christmas Under The Sea by Sigman, PaulaArthur's Christmas by Brown, Marc TolonBah! Humbug? by Balian, LornaThe Bear Who Slept Through Christmas by Barrett,JohnThe Bears' Christmas by Berenstain, StanThe Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear by Beren-stain, StanThe Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree by Berenstain,StanThe Best Christmas Hunt Ever by Speirs, JohnThe Biggest Snowball Ever! by Rogan, JohnThe Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree byRosenberg, AmyeA Charlie Brown Christmas by Schulz, Charles MThe Christmas Bear by Stickland, HenriettaChristmas Carols by Candy Cane BooksChristmas Comes to Monster Mountain by Barrett,JohnThe Christmas Donkey by Taylor, T. WilliamChristmas Is-- by Hayes, Sue TurnerChristmas Kitten by French, VivianChristmas Mouse’s Big Adventure by Doherty, SallyThe Christmas Santa Almost Missed by Frances,MarianThe Christmas Story by Watson, Jane WernerThe Christmas Strangers by Thayer, MarjorieChristmas Surprise by Gordon, SharonThe Christmas Tree That Grew by Krasilovsky, Phyl-lisChristmas Trolls by Brett, JanClifford's Christmas by Bridwell, Norman

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Arnold, NE - DonaldDale Dailey, age 87, ofArnold died December 1,2020, at the Great PlainsHealth Hospital in NorthPlatte.Donald Dale Dailey wasborn on March 2, 1933, toClayton L. and Mabel P.(Lewis) Dailey at hisGrandpa and GrandmaLewis’s home south ofArnold in Lincoln County.Don attended school atLoyal Table and PowellCanyon. He then gradu-ated from Arnold HighSchool in 1951. Donserved in the US Army1953-1955. He was mar-ried to Beverly JeanKramer on August 20,1953, at Fort Riley,Kansas, where Don wasserving in the Army.They were married 64years, before Beverlypassed away in 2018. The family lived onranches until 1976 whenthey moved east of Gandyon the Kramer Farmwhere Beverly was raised.They semi-retired in 1996and moved to Arnold in2002. Don and Beverlyenjoyed camping withfamily and many trips tovisit extended family.Don’s hobbies were doingjigsaw puzzles, fishing,wood working and help-ing his sons with theirbusinesses. In later yearshe was well known formaking freezer jam andsharing it with family andfriends. Don always en-joyed a game of cribbageand didn’t like to lose.Don is survived by histhree sons: Daniel (Jo) ofLong Pine, NE, Clifford(Pat) of Hyannis, andLemoyne (Rhonda) ofThedford and a daughter-in-law Becky Dailey of

Donald Dale Dailey1933-2020

Arnold. He is also is sur-vived by 14 grandchil-dren, 31 and a halfgreat-grandchildren; abrother, Earl Dailey ofArnold; a sister, EsterWebster of North Platte;and many nieces,nephews, and cousins.Don was preceded indeath by his wife Beverly,a son Alan, a brother Ken-neth, a sister Kathryn,brothers-in-law ClarkArmstrong and Earl Web-ster, and sister-in-law IlaDailey. Graveside Funeral Serv-ices, along with MilitaryHonors were held on Sat-urday, December 5, 2020,at 10:30 a.m., at the LoupValley Cemetery west ofStapleton with Pastor IrvJennings officiating. Avisitation was held on Fri-day, December 4, at theArnold Baptist Church,5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Memorials are sug-gested to the Arnold Com-munity Foundation,Arnold Fire Department,or the Arnold BaptistChurch. Govier BrothersMortuary/Arnold FuneralHome is in charge of thearrangements. Words ofencouragement and re-membrance can be left atwww.govierbrothers.com

basement and used by theschool for basketballgames. On ThanksgivingDay 1922, the church wasready for dedication, andtwo basketball gameswere played in the newchurch. ~Prior to that,basketball games wereplayed in the Rex The-ater.~ Through the years,this stucco church hasseen several changes: theoutside roofline was al-tered, the entire churchwas stuccoed, the “upperroom” was finished by asenior high Sundayschool class, variouschanges were made onwall locations in therooms, the stage and base-ment was remodeled,kitchen was updated, anelevator was added, stor-age rooms were trans-formed to classrooms,and the basement stair-way was made more ac-cessible. With all thesechanges, the congregationbegan to consider erect-ing a new church. Abuilding committee wasformed on May 26, 2002and the decision wasmade to build a newchurch. After finding anew location, south ofRiverview apartments,construction began in De-cember 2005. With lots ofvolunteer labor, the Bap-tists resolved to stay debtfree. Finally the first wor-ship service was held onEaster Sunday, April 6,2010. At that time thebuilding was finished ex-cept for the kitchenwhich was completed byNovember of the sameyear. Pastors who haveserved the church faith-fully include: BenjaminBrisbane 4/1889–11/1889, A.W. Lanning-ham 11/1889-11/1990,A.A. Buzzell 2/1891-2/1892, A.J. Skinner3/1892-3/1893, L.F. Sallee5/1894-9/1895, D.J. Briggs1/1896-2/1897, James Jud-kins 3/1898-9/1898, J.J.Clifton 11/1898-11/1899,George A. Smith 4/1990-1/1901, James Judkins(ordained) 5/1901-1/1903,F.F. DeLong 2/1904-??/1905, G.F. Jewel3/1906-3/1908, A.C. Eaton4/1908-1/1909, G.A.Barker 11/1909-6/1910,W.W. Hoge 7/1910-9/1911,L.L. Smith 10/1911-9/1912, H.O. King10/1912-10/1915, R.R.Richards 11/1915-7-1917,W.A. Farrell 9/1917-5/1920, Perry O. Silvera1/1921-5/1923, F.W. Ben-jamin 9/1923-5/1924,

Historical MarkerContinued from page 1. W.G. Hooper 3/1925-

11/1927, Cary Thomas6/1928-12/1929, A.W.Judd 1/1930-8/1932, LenaJudd 8/1932-12/1932, J.Fountain 6/1933-4/1935,Ruth Clement 4/1935-9/1935, Harold Jack6/1935-4/1940, LesterHunt 7/1940-11/1941,A.O. Broyles 3/1942-3/1947, Roy Walker3/1947-7/1949, FloydSmith 10/1949-12/1951,James Mullins 4/1952-1/1955, Don Griffith3/1955-2/1958, ForestWoodman 8/1958-10/1962, Jerry Beltz1/1963-8/1963, OrvilleFalk 9/1963-5/1966, Dar-rell Burch 8/1966-8/1970,Harry Jennings 9/1970-9/1972 (father of PastorIrving Jennings – presentpastor), Tom Willard10/1972-6/1973, CarlMalmgren 7/1973-8/1977,Percy Bruns 9/1977-12/1977, August Kubish1/1978-2/1981, Jerry Beltz5/1981-9/1981, VictorKarg 10/1981-12/1999,James Ferguson 3/2000-7/2001, Irving Jennings8/2001-present time (18years and 11 months) . InAugust of 2020, Irvingwill have served 19 yearsfor the First BaptistChurch. His wife Melodyhas been the pianist andorganist for many yearsand works alongside Irvin many other capacities.Victor Karg served 18years and 2 months.These two men are thelongest serving pastors inthe First Baptist Churchhistory serving a total of37 plus years, almost athird of the time thechurch has been in exis-tence. See the 1926stucco church at the cor-ner of Walnut and Jeffer-son. (Some information forthe markers was takenfrom the book “One Hun-dred Years on the SouthLoup” by Norene HallMills and from materialloaned to me by IrvingJennings, the present pas-tor. Written and preparedby Berni Crow 6/24/2020)

Lincoln – The NebraskaDepartment of Healthand Human Services(DHHS) today issued up-dated directions for Ne-braskans on COVID-19quarantine standards.The Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention(CDC) released new rec-ommendations Wednes-day following research tobetter understand whenCOVID-19 transmission ismost likely to occur. Thenew recommendationsshorten the window forquarantine.For those with a closecontact exposure to some-one with COVID-19 oranyone experiencingCOVID-19 symptoms,quarantine is recom-mended to limit opportu-nities for virustransmission to others.Effective December 3,quarantine can end afterseven (7) days since aCOVID-19 close contactonly if all of the followingconditions have beenmet:• The person seeks aCOVID-19 test on day five(5) following their expo-sure to another persontesting positive and theirtest is negative.• The person is not expe-riencing symptoms.• The person continuesto self-monitor forCOVID-19 symptoms andwears a mask throughday 14.For those who’ve had aclose contact exposure toCOVID-19 but don’t take a

Nebraska Updates COVID-19 Quarantine Directionsto Match Latest CDCRecommendations

test, quarantine can endwhen all of the followingconditions have beenmet:• At least 10 days havepassed since close contactexposure.• No COVID-19 symp-toms have developed.• The person continuesto self-monitor for symp-toms, and wears a facialcovering through day 14.Anyone testing positivefor COVID-19 must isolatefor at least 10 days fromthe date of their test. Iso-lation can end when thefollowing conditions havebeen met:The person is fever-freewithout the use of feverreducing medicine for 24hours.Any COVID-19 symp-toms are improving,though some symptomsmay linger.The current DirectedHealth Measures (DHM)will be updated to reflectthese changes and take ef-fect today, Thursday, Dec.3 at 5 p.m. CT. More onthe new guidance is avail-able athttp://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/COV ID - 1 9 -D i r e c t e d -Health-Measures.aspx

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Chamber held its firstholiday drawing on De-cember 4. Winning$20.00 in Chamber Buckswere: Diana Coleman,Connie Weinman, JulieButler, Lois Cotton, andIsaak Cole. The nextdrawing will be held onDecember 11.

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