norfolk anniversary edition

125 Years and Still Going Strong It was on May 1, 1887, that the Norfolk Daily News was first published. Its goal then – as is true s till today – was to provide Norfolk and area residents with comprehensive, accurate and timely information they could rely on. In 1888, “W. Huse and Son” purchased the Daily News,

providing readers and advertisers with local family ownership that continues today. Through world wa rs, natural disasters, political upheaval, triumphs and tragedies, the Norfolk Daily News has continued to be of service to Northeast and North Central Nebraska.

Delve into the pages of this special section and reminisce with us...

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What you’ll find inside

Never-ending news cycleTechnology has turned the Daily

News into more than just a newspaper. See pages 3-A and 23-A

More than 100 yearsThe longtime publisher and editor re-

flect on a half-century with the paper. See page 4-A

History of the Daily NewsIn 1887, William Huse started pub-

lishing the Daily News, and the paper has remained in his family ever since.

See pages 6-A and 7-A

Famous front pagesThroughout this section, find reprints

of famous front pages from the past 125 years.

Starting on page 8-A

Community serviceDaily News employees have made

their mark on the community. See page 9-A

Longtime employeesLongtime Daily News employees talk

about the changes they saw over the years.

See pages 13-A, 31-A and 35-A

Delivering the paperDistribution remains the No. 1 prior-

ity for the circulation department.See page 15-A

Paper carriers’ memoriesPast newspaper carriers were invited

to share their memories of delivering the Daily News.

See page 16-A

The wide world of sportsLook back on 125 years of sports in

Northeast and North Central Nebraska. See pages 19-A and 22-A

Printing the paperPrinting the paper has evolved from

the days of hot metal and Linotype. See page 25-A

Selling a quality productThe role of advertising remains the

same — to convey a message to the consumer.

See page 27-A

Loyal employeesNearly one-fourth of the Daily News’

employees have worked at the paper for 20 years or more.

See pages 32-A and 33-A

Many people believe the newspa-per industry is in decline.

In fact, the demise of newspaper publishing has been predicted, often with gleeful anticipation by compet-ing media outlets and critics, for nearly all of the Norfolk Daily News’ 125-year history.

I love to ask those predictors of this newspaper’s premature demise why, if we are in such a near-death state, is this newspaper publishing more pages of news than ever be-fore?

Why has this newspaper expand-ed, not decreased, the depth and breadth of coverage about the life and times in our hometowns? Why are we employing more people to collect and disseminate local news and features than ever before? And why, if we are near death, are we reaching a wider audience and more readers than ever before in this newspaper’s storied history?

To be sure, market conditions, technology and lifestyles are in con-stant flux. And those changes have dramatically affected how we and other media businesses collect and distribute information.

But what hasn’t changed is the fundamental need, no matter where we live in this democratic society, for fresh, accurate and dependable information on which we can base informed decisions on matters both deep and shallow.

We all need dependable informa-tion — from where to buy our bread and who to congratulate for the latest local sports achievement to where to place our “x” on the next ballot.

We can’t deny the fact that many newspapers in larger cities are in decline, have cut staffs and reduced services to their communities. Thou-sands of newspaper jobs have been lost. And readers in many localities are giving up the newspaper habit where they have seen a continual shrinkage of page counts and infor-mation services.

The media landscape in many cit-ies has been dominated by “big box” newspaper companies with corpo-rate structures that dictate unanim-ity of lock-step policies, universal content and centralized decision-making. That corporate structure usually results in more importance being placed on the financial good of the group and its investors rather than the informational and service

good of the community.In journalism school in the 1970s,

I heard from two differing academic philosophies about the future of newspapers. A couple professors advised us to chart our careers to-ward larger and corporate-oriented media companies. They advised we would be paid better and have more career advancement opportunities. They contended that community and family-owned newspapering was inherently resistive to change and unwilling to embrace new technolo-gies and theories.

Other professors counseled against careers in the corporate cul-ture that was then rapidly develop-ing in journalism. Communities and family-owned papers were where true independent journalistic think-ers could practice a more pure craft and better fulfill our constitutionally instilled purposes they said. They suggested a community service role would be more satisfying, more rewarding for society and more economically sustainable than the bottom-line focus of the group and chain world.

I was fortunate to have been given a foundation in both schools of thought. I have also been fortunate to now have nearly 40 years of expe-rience and further education in both the corporate and independent orga-nizational structures. I’ve observed, if not actually worked in, the best and the worst of both schools.

And therein lies my best response to those who say newspapers are de-clining. It may be true where there has been an inattention to the needs of the community; where there has been a regular turnover of staffs and ownership; where there has been a resistance to accepting new technologies and certainly where a demand for corporate profits far ex-ceed what is given back to the com-munity and employees.

There’s only one reason why things are different here: 125 years of Huse family ownership.

Newspapers in decline? Not at this family paper

Les MannGeneral Manager of the News

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All men must work on city streetsIn 1882, the city declares that all able-bodied men must

perform two days’ labor on city streets each year.

Village ‘lock-up’ costs $145In 1882, Norfolk’s first village “lock-up” cost $145, $3.30 of which was for a water pail and blankets.

Newspapers have always been a big part of my life.

Growing up in Plainview, where my father, Lee, published the Plain-view News, was the starting point for this journey. I remember setting type on the CompuGraphic for a whopping 70 cents an hour — and feeling privileged to do so.

Earning a journalism degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1982 nurtured the journey. So did the five years I spent immediately after college working for the Omaha World-Herald as a nightside copy editor, reporter and, finally, an edito-rial writer.

But no place has had more of an impact than the nearly 25 years I’ve spent with the Daily News.

My wife, Susan, and I moved to Norfolk in September 1987 — just a few months after the Daily News marked its centennial. I missed that milestone, so I’m particularly pleased to be around for this news-paper’s 125th anniversary.

Let me share why that is.Over the years I’ve been in Nor-

folk, I’ve seen publishers come and go at most other daily newspapers across Nebraska. I’ve seen the revolving door that is many news-rooms.

That isn’t the case here.It starts with the Huse family,

which next year will mark its 125th year of ownership of the Daily News.

The generations of family mem-bers who have led this newspaper see the Daily News as a community trust. It’s reflected in their commit-ment to provide the resources neces-sary to produce a quality newspaper for readers in Norfolk and area com-munities.

It continues with the men and women who work in the newsroom and other departments at the Daily News. They’re talented, dedicated and understand the importance of what they do for a living.

And they share a love for this corner of the state. In the newsroom, for example, there’s only one staff member who didn’t either grow up here, went to college in the area or married someone from Northeast Nebraska. They have strong ties to the Norfolk area.

And the one exception to that on the staff has worked here for more than 30 years. So I think he’s certainly qualified as a Northeast

Nebraskan, too.Perhaps most importantly, it in-

corporates this newspaper’s relation-ship with you, our readers.

Whether you’re a subscriber to the Daily News, someone who picks up a copy at a convenience store on the way home or gets caught up on the news via our website, you’re in-vested in the Daily News, too.

You’re not hesitant to let us know when we mess up. You’ll share your opinions through a letter to the edi-tor or an online story comment. You submit photos for publication. You suggest story ideas for staff mem-bers to pursue.

You participate in our contests, order reprints of our photographs and read the biggest and smallest stories alike.

Frankly, we couldn’t do what we do here at the Daily News without you.

We couldn’t write the captivating feature stories. We couldn’t cover the meetings of government enti-ties. We couldn’t shoot the photos or videos, write editorials or design attractive pages if not for your inter-est and support.

The world in which we live contin-ues to change. So does the newspa-per business.

There’s no question in my mind that the printed newspaper will continue for many years to come, complemented and supported by on-line efforts and the many other ways to disseminate information.

But what I hope doesn’t change is the relationship that the Daily News has with Norfolk and the other com-munities it serves in Northeast and North Central Nebraska. With the people, the schools, the businesses and the organizations.

That’s what has marked the first 125 years of the Daily News, and that’s what I hope will continue for the next 125 years.

Yes, it’s our birthday today, but it’s you, our readers, that deserve all of the accolades.

Daily News takes pride in serving its community

Kent WarnekeEditor of the News

We want to express our appreciation to all of our subscribers and advertisers who make it possible to publish the Norfolk Daily News.

The News really belongs to all who read it in print, online or use it for advertising purposes. Over the past 125 years, this newspaper has served as the leading advertising medium in the area because it reaches such a large audience of loyal subscribers who read the paper every day.

Because our advertisers know the Daily News is so well read, they have used thousands of pages of advertising over the past 125 years to sell everything in sight, stimulating the economy throughout the area.

Thank You To our readers and advertisers

We thank you, our readers and advertisers, for your loyalty and support, which makes the Daily News possible. We hope you’ll enjoy the paper for many years to come.

We at the Daily News look forward to the role this newspaper and its advertisers will continue to play in Northeast Nebraska’s economic development, which benefits everyone.

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TOM BEhMER, a sports writer at the Daily news, works on a laptop during the boys state basketball tournament. nowadays, reporters don’t wait for the print deadline. The news cycle is 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with people wanting the latest information now — not when the paper comes off the presses at about noon Monday through saturday. Of-tentimes, breaking news will hit the Daily news’ website first — multiple hours before a print deadline. all it takes to get the job done is the right equipment in the field.

By TRIShA [email protected]

It’s not enough for a reporter these days to just know how to write.

It goes beyond paper and a pen.

Sometimes reporters can be expected to take their own photos and videos, post them to the Daily News website, and post them to their Facebook and Twitter accounts all in a timely fashion.

Oh, yeah, there’s that story to write, too. Whew.

People buy the Daily News and access its website to find out what’s happening in their world, as well as where prod-ucts or services they need can be purchased.

How the school board voted, who won the election, what is-sues government is consider-ing, who was born, married or died are questions that editors and reporters seek to answer because they affect the lives of readers.

That goal will always remain the same. But how that informa-tion is disseminated has under-gone a complete transformation in recent years.

Nowadays, reporters don’t wait for the print deadline. The news cycle is 24 hours a day, seven days a week with people wanting the latest informa-tion now — not when the paper comes off the presses at about noon Monday through Satur-day.

Oftentimes, breaking news will hit the Daily News’ web-site first — hours before a print deadline. All it takes to get the job done is the right equipment in the field.

Back during the early days of

the Daily News, the telephone lacked the convenience of mod-ern touch-tone dialing. In 1888, there were 92 phones in town and it was quite the process to use the phone service.

It was explained this way: “To call central office, give one short turn of the crank. Take down your hand telephone, and when answered by the operator give your own number and the number you want. Then hang up the telephone and give two short rings. Do not wait to be rung back, but take down your telephone and listen.”

While the phone is still used regularly in conducting inter-views and hunting down story leads, reporters today (thank-fully) have the convenience of touch dialing. Oftentimes in the

field, reporters use their cell-phones to type and send text messages, access email and the Internet, take video and still photos all from their phone.

Long gone are the days of stories written on a typewriter, edited by pencil and then sent to the production shop to be turned into metal type on a Li-notype machine.

In comes the modern-day computer with high-speed In-ternet access at each reporter’s workstation. These days re-porters no longer have to use additional keystrokes to tell photo-typesetting equipment how to set the type to fit news columns and to put headlines over stories.

Photography equipment has also streamlined and gone en-tirely digital in gathering the day’s news as well. Negative film and the chemicals used to process those pictures from film are a thing of the past.

With sports reporting, in 1914, for example, coverage of a game may have been all of a sentence like this item printed Nov. 27, 1914: “The football sea-son closed in Norfolk Thursday afternoon when 800 fans saw the Norfolk High School team ramble through the lines of the Nebraska agricultural college team to the tune of 34 to 7.” And there was no sports section to find just sports news.

Now, of course, coverage has evolved to include the ac-complishments of high school, college and professional sports. And while technology has changed how the day’s news is gathered, the Daily News con-tinues to provide the informa-tion its readers want, when and how they want it.

Thanks to technology, news cycle never-ending

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ThE NEWSROOM of the norfolk Daily news looks a lot different these days, but the ele-ments remain the same — reporters and editors working together to gather information and share it with readers. Emil reutzel Jr., who serves as a contributing editor of the Daily news, can be seen facing the camera at far right.

ThE TOOLS uSED in the pro-cess of gathering the news have changed over the years. shown here are city editor Grace petersen (above) and longtime news employee Joan schulz (below).

Civil War veteran elected as first mayorin 1886, Herman Gerecke, a Civil war veteran, is elected

norfolk’s first mayor. He died on June 12, 1935.

Pacific hotel built on South Fifth Streetin 1886, John Koenigstein builds the pacific Hotel. Forty years later, the hotel was replaced by the Granada Theater.

From earmuffs to the character of Sherlock Holmes, some great ideas were created in 1887. We congratulate the Norfolk Daily News for withstanding the test of time and for 125 years of success!

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Double date with CarsonNot everyone can say that they once went

on a double date with Johnny Carson — and with a Hollywood starlet, to boot — but Jerry Huse can.

Huse’s friendship with Carson began when they both were growing up in Norfolk.

“We used to have programs at our Christ-mas parties at the Daily News. When he was about 15 years old, Johnny did one of his magic shows,” Huse said. “I asked him if he would show me some of his tricks. I ended up going to his house, and he would teach me.”

Huse, who said he still has a trunk full of magic tricks stored in his home, said he became quite adept at sleight-of-hand tricks with coins but never was as talented as Carson.

After Carson moved away and began his career in television, the two maintained their relationship. “When he was in town, he’d always come by the News,” Huse said.

A double date occurred once when Huse visited Carson in Los Angeles. “I was still a bachelor, and Johnny was in the process of getting divorced,” Huse said.

Actress Rita Moreno was Carson’s guest on “The Tonight Show,” and Huse ended up being her escort, along with George Dudley of Norfolk, after the show as Carson took them out on the town.

Moreno went on to become a famed Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the only Hispanic and one of just a few performers to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.

Huse said he enjoyed the evening with Carson and Moreno.

Before they knew it, it was 4 a.m. and Carson and Huse were dropping Moreno off where she lived.

“I took her to the door because that’s what Nebraskans do,” Huse said.

— By KENT [email protected]

Carson MorenoBy KENT WARNEKE

[email protected]

etween the two of them, they have more than 100 years of experi-ence, connection

with and dedication to the Norfolk Daily News.

* * *Jerry Huse, who became the publisher of the

Daily News at the age of 29 in 1956, and Emil Reutzel Jr., who marked his 50th year of associa-tion with the Daily News in 2011, have more than a little combined history to share when it comes to this newspaper.

Huse is the fourth generation of his family to serve as publisher of the Daily News, while Reutzel served as editor of the News beginning in 1961 and, after retiring and moving to San Diego, continues as a contributing editor.

When Reutzel visited Norfolk last year, it served as an opportunity for the two of them to reminisce and share their thoughts as the Daily News prepared to mark its 125th year of exis-tence on May 1, 2012. And in the coming year, the Huse family will mark its 125th year of own-ership of the newspaper.

Huse said his long association with the Daily News, in some respects, is “pure luck in having been born into a family of newspaper publish-ers.”

‘Chicago of the West’His great-grandfather, William Huse, came

to Nebraska in a covered wagon and started the first newspaper in northern Nebraska, in Ponca. “He thought it was going to be the Chicago of the west,” Huse said.

But after several years of challenges in Ponca, he bought the Daily News in 1888.

“We are blessed with a heritage, and from that

it has trickled down to subsequent generations,” Huse said.

Not surprisingly, most of his memories of his early days of newspapering stem from his father, Gene.

Huse said that after he returned to Norfolk upon finishing college, he took on the task of re-designing the Daily News.

“We ended up winning a national award for that redesign. After that, my father said he wasn’t going to worry about me anymore,” Huse said. “It was an interesting time with lots of chal-lenges.”

‘It was time to pass the reins’When Jerry Huse was named publisher in

1956, it was because his father was dying after years of smoking cigarettes.

“He was a very sick man and realized it was time to pass the reins. I always had great respect for him,” Huse said, adding that the experience of watching his father die a painful death con-tributed mightily to his lifelong emphasis on a healthy lifestyle and opposition to smoking, both for himself and for Daily News employees.

From the beginning, Huse had a strong inter-

est in the presses used to publish a newspaper, in the typography and design of a newspaper and in newspaper plants themselves.

Years later, still learningIn the Daily News’ former location on North

Fourth Street, “we had a three-deck, 24-page press that could print a 14-page paper — an un-usual challenge,” he said. “I spent a lot of time in the shop. I loved the press. I got to the point that I was a pretty good pressman.”

That skill paid off on more than one occasion, including a time when a labor union attempted to recruit Daily News pressmen into joining a union.

On one particular weekend, Huse said he went into the Daily News and ran the press by himself and purposely left copies of the paper and plates in the pressroom for workers to find when they returned to work on Monday.

Also in his early years with the Daily News, Huse at one point owned and published the week-ly newspaper in Madison.

“I was still a bachelor and was young and

Longtime publisher, editor reflect on Daily News’ 125th

EMIL REuTZEL JR. (left) and Jerry Huse shared their recollections and thoughts on their de-cades with the Norfolk Daily News in a recent interview that was video-taped.

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Land donated for city parkIn July 1891, the Queen City Company offers to donate 50 acres of land on the west bank of the North Fork River for a city park.

Land offered for opera houseIn 1891, developer Rome Miller offers to sell 100 lots for $12,000 and will invest the proceeds in an opera house.

By KENT [email protected]

If Omaha billionaire investor Warren Buffett has managed to avoid back pain during much of his life, perhaps he has Jerry Huse to thank.

Huse, the publisher of the Daily News, recalls a meeting he had with Buffett after the Omahan had purchased the Omaha Sun newspa-pers, which were being printed in Norfolk at the Daily News.

“Before they would continue their business re-lationship with me, I had to go to his office for a meet-ing,” Huse said.

While visiting, Buffett shared with Huse the fact that he had been experiencing some back pain and was having a difficult time getting comfortable in his office chair.

“I knew of some exercises that I thought could help, so the two of us got down on the floor in his office and I showed them to him,” Huse said. “He told me later that they really helped.”

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Buffett finds help for pain

By KENT [email protected]

Younger staff members at the Daily News may have a hard time imagining that Jerry Huse — the longtime and successful publisher of the Daily News — ever made what might be described as a “youthful mistake.”

Actually, in one case, he made two of them.

Huse tells the story of when he was growing up and found himself alone in his parents’ house while they were traveling.

As a golf enthusiast at that age, Huse found himself with a club in their dining room, where a large mirror was located.

“I thought I could practice my swing in front of the mirror and see what I could do to improve it,” he said.

The problem was that the swing Huse attempted ended up knocking a piece of wood from the leg of an ornate dining room table in the Huse home.

More than a little worried about what his parents would think if they found out, he took the leg to a master craftsman in Norfolk, who was able to repair it to look like new.

But that’s not the end of the story.Once repaired, Huse said he pulled the

table farther away from the mirror and proceeded to practice his golf swing again in front of it.

Crack! The same table leg was damaged.Huse said he took the leg to the same

craftsman, who proceeded to lecture him. “I’ll fix this one more time but not again,” Huse said he was told.

So the table was repaired, again to per-fection, and now is in the home of Huse’s daughter, Mary Beth.

And did he ever tell his parents about the incidents?

“Oh, no. I wasn’t that stupid,” Huse said with a smile.

Golf swing strikes twice inside home

dumb and the Madison paper came up for sale. But it was a good thing to do because I learned great lessons,” he said. “Then I decided this was kind of crazy — I needed to spend more time with the Daily News.

“But I learned a lot from that,” he said. “And I’m still learning, by the way.”

‘Newspaper was in great hands’Huse said that one of the biggest blessings

associated with being associated with the Daily News has been the good fortune of attracting quality people to work there. One such person is Reutzel, who cut his teeth in the field right after World War II by owning and operating one of

two weekly newspa-pers in Neligh.

“I was young and dumb, too, because there were two news-papers there and I didn’t know what com-petition would be like in a two-newspaper town,” he said.

Reutzel later spent time working in Washington, D.C., serving as an assistant to the then-Civil Defense Administra-tor Val Peterson, who was a former governor of Nebraska, and in other federal government ca-pacities. All the while, he still owned the Neligh newspaper and several other weekly newspapers in the area.

Then a fortuitous thing happened.“I worked on the Nixon campaign in 1960. If

he had won, the opportunity to come to Norfolk wouldn’t have happened, which is just the best thing that could have happened to me and our family,” he said.

Reutzel recalled that he was supposed to begin work at the Daily News on July 1, 1961, but Huse called him and told him that he didn’t need to come in until after the holiday, on July 5.

“So I had a paid vacation before I even came to work,” Reutzel said with a smile.

Reutzel said he benefited from working with quality journalists, including learning from his predecessor, Sterling McCaw, who, like Reutzel, are both members of the Nebraska Newspaper Hall of Fame, as is Huse.

“I enjoyed the work and still do,” he said.Reutzel led the Daily News in covering many

major news stories over the years, ranging from

the flood of 1962 to the Jill Cutshall kidnapping in 1987.

“Emil was so fantastic over the years. The newspaper was in great hands,” Huse said.

Both Reutzel and Huse agreed that the oppor-tunity to work with many talented and dedicated people over the years is a highlight.

“We have such great people. It’s such a plea-sure to come to work. They’re such a pleasure to be around. They inspire me,” Huse said.

Advocates of NorfolkBoth men also have been extensively involved

in civic affairs in Norfolk throughout their ca-reers, something that doesn’t necessarily take place when a newspaper isn’t independent and family owned.

“I’ve always been a great advocate of Norfolk. You just naturally want to help it grow,” Huse said.

Reutzel said that a newspaper is unique in that it’s a business, as well as a public service. “You have to be able to handle both, handle it equitably and not be unfair to anyone,” he said.

Huse said his family continues to view the Daily News as a community trust.

“It goes with our philosophy of love for your community,” he said.

Reutzel said a newspaper’s involvement with its community is beneficial in many ways. “If you’re not personally interested in that kind of thing, your community suffers. It’s important for people to be involved — not to try to control things that you shouldn’t control but influence them for the better as you see it,” he said.

Huse said, “As an independent newspaper, you can do things in your community. We love our community. That’s why I think those communi-ties that do not have home ownership suffer. You can see the difference it makes in Norfolk.”

Both said they continue to see a vital future role for the Daily News.

“I think entities like the Daily News will sur-vive and do well but not without adjusting, and there’s been a marvelous job of that. It seems to me that radio and TV are kind of being advo-cates too much, expounding more than inform-ing,” Reutzel said.

Huse said a key strength of a newspaper like the Daily News is its local reporting. “Where else are you going to get this? If someone wants to be reasonably well informed in Norfolk, they certainly should be subscribing to the newspa-per,” he said.

“We have such great people. It’s such a plea-sure to come to work.”

JeRRy Huse

Continued from Page 4-A—Looking back

Resolution honors Daily News

Nebraska’s state senators passed on April 4 a legislative resolution pay-ing tribute to the Norfolk Daily News as it marks its 125th year of exis-tence.

The resolution was introduced by state sen. Mike Flood of Norfolk.

The resolution provides a brief his-tory of the Daily News and concludes this way:

“Now, therefore be it resolved by the Members of the 102nd Legislature of Nebraska, second session:

“That the Legislature congratulates the Norfolk Daily News on the celebra-tion of 125 years in business.”

By SHERYL [email protected]

M embers of the Huse family have had ink stains on their fingers since 1871 when William Huse

rolled into Ponca in a wagon bearing the handpress he used to print the Northern Nebraska Journal.

Huse was born in Chautauqua County, N.Y., in 1857. He earned a law degree be-fore moving to Missouri and then Janes-ville, Wis., where a friend encouraged him to go to Nebraska.

So Huse and his family, including his wife and their 13-year-old son, William N. (W.N.), moved to Ponca — a former Indi-an Agency town situated on the Missouri River just west of Sioux City, Iowa.

There, the elder Huse published the first newspaper in northern Nebraska.

And it was there that the younger Huse learned the trade that he would practice the rest of his life.

On Dec. 3, 1888, “W. Huse and Son” bought the Elkhorn Valley News in Nor-folk from the partnership of Norton, Spre-cher and Bell, which had converted the weekly into a daily on May 1, 1887.

The younger Huse and his wife, Mary, moved to Norfolk to operate the paper.

In one of his first editorials, W.N. Huse praised Norfolk’s prospects:

“. . . Norfolk, strong in its location and advantages, will, like a healthy, good-feel-ing, generous and honorable young giant, grow and prosper and will in time domi-nate in a great measure with its friendly and enterprising influence and business a country west of it larger than several of the New England states combined.”

By then, Norfolk was 22 years old, hav-ing been settled in 1866 by Germans who immigrated from Wisconsin.

In those 22 years, the town evolved from a trading point for pioneer farmers to a center of commerce and industry.

In fact, by then Norfolk had a lively downtown, two brick factories, a drain tile manufacturing plant, planing mill, the “best flouring mill” in northern Ne-braska, two cigar factories, two steam bottling works, a foundry, a creamery, steam laundry and 4,000 citizens, making it the third-largest town in the state.

Those citizens enjoyed the benefits of a modern fire department, a “mule-pro-pelled” railway system that transported people around town, electric lights and a waterworks system.

Huse operated his newspaper out of the front room of a former laundry building on South Fourth Street. A dozen people were employed to publish the daily that was delivered to 400 subscribers.

The partnership of W. Huse and Son remained in place until 1892, when W.N. became the sole owner.

Despite the nationwide economic reces-sion of the early 1890s, W.N. bought prop-erty on North Fourth Street and, in 1894, constructed the building where the News would spend the next 69 years.

Through the years, Huse continually upgraded equipment and enlarged the News’ offerings. For instance, he sub-scribed to a telegraph service to gather and transmit news, installed the first typesetting and Linotype machines and a press that could print and fold 6,000 pages an hour.

Mary Huse, his wife, also worked at the paper in the business office and as a “gatherer of local news.”

The Huse family and the News always supported local projects meant to en-hance citizens’ quality of life. One exam-ple is the Norfolk Auditorium, which was built in 1899 on North Fourth Street, next to the Daily News building.

Huse contributed money to the project, and when it ran into financial difficulties, Huse Publishing bought it and organized the Norfolk Auditorium Company.

Huse Publishing was — and still is — a family affair. While W.N. ran the busi-ness, his sons Norris and Gene worked in every department of the paper, including as paper carriers, typesetters and press-men.

Mary Huse became president of the company after her husband’s death in 1913 at the age of 56. The sons took over management of the paper, with Gene overseeing the mechanical and manu-facturing side while Norris managed the editorial side.

Huse Publishing continued to flourish under their leadership. Improvements included the addition of more Linotype machines, more sophisticated presses and a “stereotyping department,” where plates were made, and a photo engraving department. The building was enlarged three times to accommodate the growing enterprise.

Norfolk flourished along with the News.

By 1914, five railroads transported people and goods in and out of the city, which by then had a population of 8,000. The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad machine shop alone employed 600 men.

Hotels, retail businesses and a library lined the main streets; churches and schools sprang up around them. For 25 cents, citizens could travel to almost any point in town in one of the 15 taxicabs that circulated around town.

More than 350 people belonged to the Commercial Club, whose purpose was to promote Norfolk’s businesses, including the Daily News, which had come to be known as the “world’s greatest country daily.”

‘A YOUNG GIANT’ DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO

THE PRINTING PRESS, whether in years past or those in use today, remains a mechanical marvel for what it can accomplish — with, of course, proper fine-tuning and maintenance. Here Wayne Zobel does maintenance on the machine.

William Huse W. N. Huse

Gene Huse Jerry Huse

Upon arriving in 1888, Huse saw Norfolk’s potentialFour generations of publishers

When it all beganIn 1887, the Norfolk Daily News

begins publication.

125th anniversaryOn May 1, 2012, the Norfolk Daily News celebrates its 125th anniversary.

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In the early 1900s, the News hired two journalists who would write their names in journalism history books.

One was Sterling McCaw who, in 1901, was the first editor of the Daily Nebraskan, the University of Nebraska’s student newspaper. He worked as a reporter for the Omaha Bee before landing a job on the copy desk of the Boston Herald, where he was working in 1912, when the Titanic sank.

In 1913, when the Daily News needed a managing editor, Norris Huse sought out his former UNL fraternity brother, who was working as a copy reader at the Chicago Examiner. McCaw said yes when Huse asked him to go to work for the Daily News.

During a 1961 interview, McCaw recalled several “high spots” of his career, including Nov. 11, 1918, the day World War I ended.

“AP called me out of bed at about 1:30 and told me the Armistice had been signed. I went to Gene Huse’s home and tried to wake him but couldn’t get the job done. So I called the Linotype operator and a pressman, got the details over the phone from AP and we put out an extra by 4 a.m. The songs and whistles finally woke Gene, who called and want-ed to know what all of the excitement was about.”

The flood of 1944 provided more challenges:It put the News out of production for one day, McCaw said.“The second day of the flood, staff members — mostly

women in those wartime days — were carried across ankle- deep water to help publish a four-page paper, mostly flood pictures.”

IN THAT 1961 interview, McCaw said he and Karl Stefan made up the Daily News’ editorial staff at that time — “al-though Norris Huse helped out when needed.”

Prior to joining the News staff, Stefan studied telegraphy and practiced his skills while serving at the Philippine Con-stabulary during the Philippine insurrection, which took place during the early 1900s. He worked for the Manila Times and Omaha World-Herald before joining the News staff as telegraph editor.

Stefan became a radio celebrity before being elected to the U.S. Congress in 1934, where he served until his death in 1951.

While McCaw and Stefan reigned over the News’ editorial department, Fritz Asmus ran its business department.

Back then, the News covered a territory as far west as Chadron and as far north as Winner, S.D., with papers deliv-ered by train.

“The government had just opened up the Rosebud Terri-tory in South Dakota, and the only way to get there on a train was through Norfolk,” Asmus said during an early 1962 in-terview. “We were able to beat the Omaha papers by several hours, so naturally the folks up there took our paper.”

IN 1917, Norris Huse moved to New York City, where he eventually worked for The Associated Press. Gene bought out his brother’s interest and became the News’ sole owner.

During Gene Huse’s watch, the News established its first engraving department, which later became part of the News Printing Company. He also established Radio Station WJAG, for which he built the first transmitter. The station went on the air in the summer of 1922.

By 1939, the News had 60 employees — five of whom were former carriers.

Through the years, Huse Publishing has printed a number of papers and periodicals, including the Nebraska Workman, the Nebraska State Medical Journal and Carlson’s Review, a periodical devoted to horsebreeding and animal husbandry edited by G.L. Carlson of Norfolk. In addition, Huse Publish-ing printed city directories for the Keiter Directory Com-pany and directories for the Polk company.

The publication with the broadest reach may have been the Livestock Market Digest — a trade journal of competi-tive livestock marketing that Huse Publishing printed for more than 25 years.

At one time, 50 separate editions were distributed to 90,000 subscribers living around the country. Warren Cook, a former Norfolk mayor, was president of the Digest and had his office in the News’ building.

Huse Publishing also operated a book bindery business.While Gene Huse operated the Daily News, his son, Jerry,

learned the mechanics of the business as a boy by operating a print shop of his own at the family’s home. During sum-mer breaks from college at the University of Minnesota, he learned the ropes of operating a real newspaper by doing what his father and uncle had done — working in the organi-zation’s different departments.

That experience served the younger Huse well when he was promoted from assistant publisher to publisher in 1956. Jerry Huse was just 29 years old at the time. Gene remained president of the company until his death in 1961.

In 1963, the Norfolk Daily News moved into its current facilities at 525 Norfolk Ave.

Since then, only two managing editors have worked in that role. Emil Reutzel, a World War II veteran, was publisher and editor of the Neligh News from 1946 to 1954 before mov-ing to Washington, D.C., to work for the federal government. He became editor of the News in 1961 and is still a contribut-ing editor.

Kent Warneke, a Plainview native and graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has served as editor for the past 25 years.

During the past 56 years, Jerry Huse has directed ongo-ing improvements to the building and the equipment, includ-ing the conversion to offset printing from letterpress.

Like his father and grandfather, Jerry Huse developed a number of special interests dealing with the newspaper. Two of them are design and typography. During his tenure, he has redesigned the paper a number of times and continually “tweaks” the typestyle to find the most pleasing and read-able form.

Through the years, the technology used to gather news, as-semble and print the paper has continually evolved.

Today, computers and the Internet are used to acquire some news and photos, and the paper is designed on com-puters using special software. News is disseminated to the public not only through the written paper but also through several electronic methods.

Now 85 years old, Jerry Huse continues to serve as pub-lisher of the paper that serves the people living in 22 coun-ties in Northeast and North Central Nebraska.

Daily News once delivered by train

Significant events in the first 125 years of the Norfolk Daily News include:

May 1, 1887 — Norfolk Daily News first printed by firm of Norton, Sprecher and Bell.

Dec. 3, 1888 — William Huse and son W.N. Huse of Ponca purchase the Daily News and weekly Elkhorn Valley News.

1892 — William Huse and Son partnership dissolved; W.N. Huse becomes sole owner.

1894 — W.N. Huse builds first section of building at 120 N. Fourth St. — home of the Daily News, WJAG and the News Printing Company for many years.

January, 1913 — Upon death of W.N. Huse, sons Gene and Norris operate Daily News. Norris, later an Associated Press

executive, left after several years and Gene purchased his interest.

1922 — WJAG begins broadcasting as service of the News.1950 — Jerry Huse, fourth generation, joins paper as assis-

tant publisher to Gene Huse.1955 — News Printing Service moves to remodeled quar-

ters, established as separate firm. It was sold in 1971.1956 — Jerry Huse becomes publisher. Gene remains as

president.1956 — WJAG occupies new building.1961 — Gene Huse dies. Jerry Huse becomes publisher

and president.1963 — Six-year of planning for new Daily News building

comes to end with construction of Sixth Street and Norfolk Avenue plant. Occupied in November 1963. Formally opened May 1964.

1972 — News converts to offset process and installs new press.

1989 — An addition is built on the west side of the Daily News building.

1997 — Digital photography replaces film; the darkroom is converted to a library.

2001 — The Daily News’ website — norfolkdailynews.com — is introduced.

2012 — The Daily News celebrates its 125th anniversary.

Massive 1944 flood presented challenges, but paper was printed

DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO

JERRY HuSE was, at one time, the youngest publisher of a daily newspaper in Nebraska and today is the lon-gest-serving publisher. Here, he shows his daughter, Mary Beth, the new printing presses at the Daily News plant in the early 1960s.

Significant dates in Daily News history

BEFORE THE intro-duction of typewrit-ers, pho-tographic type-setting and comput-ers, news-papers were printed with “hot type” as metal slugs were used in the production process.

LARGE ROLLS of newsprint continue

to be a key compo-

nent of the newspaper

printing process.

THE DAILY NEWS building (far right) was one of many impacted by the flood of 1944. How-ever, high water didn’t keep the staff from publishing a paper. In fact, on the second day of the flood, staff members — mostly women in those wartime days — were carried across ankle-deep water to help publish a four-page paper.

PHOTO COUrTESY KEN KUBE

Plans for new high schoolOn May 1, 1891, plans for Norfolk’s new high school

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Leadership and community serviceOf the many attributes that can be used to describe the

Daily News in its 125-year history, perhaps two stand out: leadership and community service.

“When I first joined the Daily News in 1987, one of the things I kept hearing about was about the paper’s commit-ment of service — both to its community and the newspaper industry — and providing leadership where appropriate,” said Kent Warneke, editor of the News. “It isn’t just talk.”

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Daily News have been selected for membership in the Nebraska Newspa-per Hall of Fame for their contributions to the industry.

Jerry Huse, the publisher of the Daily News, was inducted in 2004. His father, Gene Huse, was inducted in 1975. Three editors of the newspaper also are members — Emil Reutzel Jr. was inducted in 1998; his predeces-sor, Sterling McCaw, was inducted in 2003; and current editor Kent War-neke will be inducted later this year.

Jerry Huse also was honored by the Nebraska Press Association with its highest honor in 1997 — that of the Master Editor-Publisher Award.

NEWSPAPER AWARDSThe newspaper industry — like many others — has its fair share of

awards programs. Over the years, the Daily News has been a consistent winner in contests sponsored by the Nebraska Press Association, Inland Daily Press Association, The Associated Press and others.

But the ones that are perhaps most cherished are the Community Service awards presented to the Daily News by the Nebraska Press Asso-ciation in conjunction with the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, ConAgra and, most recently, the Omaha World-Herald.

COMMuNITY ENDEAvORSOver the years, there rarely has been a major community endeavor

that hasn’t been supported by the Daily News, whether it be through an editorial endorsement, financial support or involvement by newspaper representatives.

In 2010, for example, the Daily News helped with the effort to pass an LB840 economic development program in Norfolk and also financing for much-needed recreation improvements in the city.

The Daily News also was heavily involved in the efforts to successfully merge the former Our Lady of Lourdes and Lutheran Community hospitals into Faith Regional Health Services. A few years later, it helped lead the cause to keep the hospital under local ownership rather than have it be sold to and controlled by outside interests.

The newspaper has for years organized the annual Norfolk Area Good Neighbors fund drive at Christmas to raise money for the less fortunate.

The Daily News also played a key role in promoting a regional approach to economic development through the formation of the Elkhorn Valley Economic Development Council and in the formation of implementation of the annual Great American Comedy Festival, designed to honor the legacy of the late Johnny Carson.

The construction of the current Norfolk Family YMCA building, support for the Norfolk Arts Center and the Elkhorn Valley Historical Museum and Research Center, the founding of the Greater Norfolk Economic Develop-ment Foundation and many other significant projects have been aided in a variety of ways by the Daily News.

“This is what this newspaper, its employees and the Huse family are all about. There’s a genuine interest in and commitment to helping to make Norfolk and the area a better place to live, to work and to raise a family,” Warneke said.

by JERRY [email protected]

For many employees of the Norfolk Daily News, even when they’re not working, they’re working.

They belong to a range of organizations where they volunteer their time.

The list includes churches and schools and related groups, civic organizations, philanthropic groups and, of course, news-paper associations.

They make a difference.They currently are or have served as of-

ficers in many of the organizations. Some of the organizations only require monetary donations.

Others require a large time commitment, such as teaching Sunday school each week, coaching youth sports, helping to raise hun-dreds of thousands of dollars for a building or cause, or driving to Omaha or Lincoln each month to serve on a statewide board that helps Northeast Nebraska.

Carrie Pitzer is an example of some-one heavily involved in her community.

She serves as the chairwoman for the Norfolk Area Relay for Life, is secretary for the Neligh-Oakdale school board, be-longs to the Neligh-Oakdale TeamMates where she also is an officer, and is a youth basketball coach.

“Relay for Life is my favorite organiza-tion because I’m doing something that ben-efits everyone I know and millions of those I don’t,” Pitzer said. “My family is blessed to have rarely been touched by cancer, but — like everyone — I know many people who have had cancer.”

Pitzer said she became involved in Relay for Life after a serious accident in which she broke her neck.

“I literally walked away from an accident that could have killed me,” she said. “After a long rehab, I wanted to give my time to something worthwhile that benefits every-one. That’s when I found Relay.”

Others find a way to combine their in-terests, like Sheryl Schmeckpeper, who is on the Nebraska State Historical Society

board of trustees and a member of the Elk-horn Valley Historical Society, where she also has been an officer.

Her favorite organization is the state his-torical society board of trustees.

“I’ve always loved history and ran for election to the Nebraska State Historical Society,” Schmeckpeper said. “We can’t figure out where we’re going until we know where we’ve been, so it is important to pre-serve our history.”

Others shOw a diversity of interests, such as Kent Warneke, editor of the News.

His service includes being the founder and chairman of the Great American Com-edy Festival, serving on his church council, along with the Action Council of the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce and the Uni-versity of Nebraska Medical Center Board of Counselors.

He also was a member of the Lutheran Community Hospital board for 19 years and the Faith Regional Health Services board for 11 years.

“One of the things that I appreciate is that Norfolk and the area expect the Daily News to be heavily involved in civic activi-ties and community services. That’s part of our role, and it’s gratifying to see so many Daily News employees gladly fulfilling it,” Warneke said.

Mary Pat Hoag’s favorite organizations are related to newspapers, including the Nebraska Press Women/National Federa-tion of Press Women.

“Two Daily News reporters, Vicki Mill-er and Marilyn Zeorlin, encouraged me to join,” Hoag said. “It’s proven a great deci-sion personally and professionally. I’ve met fantastic journalists from across the coun-

try, traveled to a number of states for na-tional conferences, and gained knowledge on numerous topics through workshops and networking.”

Chris sChaeCher works with the Norfolk Area Good Neighbors, which gives assistance all year to the needy but is most known for its help before Christmas.

“A friend of mine got me involved in the Good Neighbors organization,” Schaecher said. “I serve on the board to oversee funds and activities that involve our organization. I also help do things at the Norfolk Food Pantry like stocking and sorting food.”

Other Daily News employees volunteer their time on church choirs; altar societ-ies; district church synod boards; rosary crusades; school boards; boards of lay min-isters; mission leadership council; YMCA; TeamMates; TeamMates Mentoring Board; Norfolk Area Relay for Life; youth sports coaches; Elkhorn Valley Historical Society; Nebraska State Historical Society Board of Trustees; Norfolk Veterans Home Founda-tion; Great American Comedy Festival; Ac-tion Council of the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce; the University of Nebraska Medical Center Board of Counselors; school music and athletic boosters, Go Red for Women, Planned Approach To Community Health.

Also, the Northeast Community College Agricultural Advisory Committee; Agri-cultural Builders of Nebraska; Sierra Club; Fraternal Order of the Eagles; Nebraska Leadership Education/Action Development alumni; VFW Post 1644; VFW Post 1644 Auxiliary; American Legion Post 16; Amer-ican Legion Riders Post 16; Good Neighbors Advisory Board; Norfolk Area United Way;

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Being personally interviewed for a story is a rarity for Dorothy Fryer.

Perhaps only twice in her life has she been on the other side of the table after in-terviewing several thousand people during her 58-year newspaper career.

The first occasion was in 1998 when Fryer retired from the Daily News after nearly 32 years as its city editor; the second is for the Daily News’ 125th anniversary.

Fryer grew up in Nor-folk and remembers read-ing the Daily News as a youth.

“My parents were good readers,” she said. “I was always quite interested in journalism.”

While yet in high school, Fryer landed her first “big” journalism assignment. She was one of two students chosen to in-terview 1940 U.S. presidential candidate Wendell Willkie, who was campaigning in Norfolk.

While Fryer said details of the interview are now a bit hazy — “That was years ago. Heavens!” — she remembers the interview was conducted at the Hotel Madison.

After graduating from Norfolk High School in 1942, Fryer headed to Northeast College (now Northeast Community Col-lege) and then to Grinnell (Iowa) College where she majored in English with a minor in French.

“One summer when I was in college, I worked at the Daily News, then on North Fourth Street,” under editor Sterling McCaw, Fryer said.

“I wasn’t very good then probably, but I was interested in journalism,” she said. While Grinnell had no journalism pro-gram, Fryer said she probably took jour-nalism classes for a semester.

Nearing graduation, Fryer said, “I dis-patched a lot of letters — about 25 — with my résumé. A week later, I went to the Fort

Dodge Messenger. They hired me, just like that,” she said almost incredulously.

Fryer assisted the society editor for a year and then became the regional editor for what would be the remainder of her 20-year career at the Messenger. “Once a week I would go out in the company car to do stories and take photos with an old Speed Graphic,” she said.

It’s been said it’s not what you know, but who you know. That’s how Fryer happened to begin her longtime career at the Daily News.

Fryer said Daily News publisher Jerry Huse — who had married Karla Schnoor, a Fort Dodge native — would sometimes stop at the Messenger to visit with the pub-lisher.

“Jerry had met me maybe twice while he was visiting Karla’s family,” Fryer said.

When the Daily News’ city editor posi-tion came open, she said Huse and then-

editor Emil Reutzel “thought I might be interested in working in my hometown. I thought it would be an opportunity, even though the Daily News was smaller than the Messenger.”

Fryer began her new position in July 1966.

She remains well-known for her weekly features on newcomers to Norfolk that ran for a decade. Fryer said she met “a lot of interesting people.”

Sometimes when attending a 50th- wedding anniversary celebration even years later, Fryer said she notices a clip-ping of them when they were newcomers. “That was nice,” she said.

While Fryer retired from full-time em-ployment in 1998, she continued as a Daily News correspondent until 2004, writing more than 250 city-related stories.

Fryer said she enjoyed her time at the Daily News.

“Everybody on the staff is very conge-nial,” she said. “I really liked it — very much. I don’t remember ever being bored. It’s very unroutine. There’s something new all of the time.

“The Daily News is very good. It’s won-derful that the Daily News is owned by a local family. You lose that personal interest when it’s owned by a chain.”

Continuing, Fryer said, “I really think (editor) Kent (Warneke) especially looks for interesting ideas for (city and area) features. I think that’s what people are in-terested in reading.

“A person can get their state and na-tional news from the Internet and TV and other ways, but you can’t really get local news (that way), it’s not as good unless it’s very startling, like a murder or a terrible accident.

“I miss the people (on the staff) and the people you meet while working on a news-paper that you might not otherwise meet.”

Fryer, who has homes in both Norfolk and Davenport, Iowa, said she reads three daily newspapers: Quad City Times, Des Moines Register “and, of course, the Nor-folk Daily News.”

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FryerDAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO

THESE THREE individuals were long-time newsroom staff members — the late Frank Wiedenbach (from left), chief photographer; the late Denny Fuehrer, sports editor; and Dorothy Fryer, city editor.


STERLING McCAW (left) served as editor of the Daily News before being succeed in the 1960s by Emil Reutzel Jr. (right). Both have been inducted into the Nebraska News-paper Hall of Fame.


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The circulation department at the Nor-folk Daily News may be made up of only nine employees, but they manage the distribution of thousands of newspapers daily.

And that’s to say nothing of the cus-tomer service, Newspapers in Education program, sales and the promotions the department is responsible for.

Missy Rech, circulation manager, said distribution remains the No. 1 priority for her department.

“Our main function is to make sure that the paper gets to the subscriber, whether it be to the subscriber’s home, whether driving it, walking it or putting it into a machine so they can buy it. . . . Our job back here is to make sure we have the people in place to deliver the papers, however they may be received,” Rech said.

This monumental task is accomplished with the help of 14 bundle haulers, nine motor route drivers and 317 newspaper carriers. Rech said a hauler drops off bundles at carriers’ homes, fills single-copy machines and takes papers to stores where they are sold.

Motor route drivers deliver papers to outlying areas, with the majority going to rural Northeast Nebraska areas. Car-riers deliver to 56 communities, often walking their paper routes.

“With our carrier force, we’re primar-ily youth, which is really rare for news-papers in general. So we have a lot of fun with that. . . . I would say 90-95 percent of our carriers are youth. We’re an after-noon paper, so the timing of our delivery doesn’t necessarily prohibit them,” Rech said.

Day doesn’t end with deliveryThe day doesn’t end for the circula-

tion department once the newspapers are delivered. The employees also field customer service calls, make sales calls, take subscription orders and deal with the payment portion of the business.

And then there are the promotions.Arranging summer contests for the

carriers, manning a booth at the annual Norfolk Home and Garden Show, build-ing parade floats and direct marketing are just a few of the extra jobs that the circulation department takes on. Rech said the circulation department “has al-ways got things cooking up back here.”

“We really focus on promotion — gain-ing new subscribers or acquisition and retention are probably our biggest focus,” Rech said.

It’s important to the entire company. Newspaper circulation numbers have been declining across the United States for decades, and the Daily News is no exception.

“As far as trying to get those new subscribers, the problem is that the infil-tration of all the media sources that you have and the ability to get your news is much higher. There’s also the apathy of our generation not caring necessarily that our newspaper is a watchdog and presents material that all of us should know as citizens,” she said.

‘Living textbook’Showing youths how the newspaper is

a “living textbook” is one way to foster interest in the medium, as well as to pro-

vide a rich educational experience. The Newspapers in Education (NIE) program is another circulation department project and is a “more or less nonprofit channel” Rech said.

“Our Newspapers in Education pro-gram basically is offering our educators in Northeast Nebraska the opportunity to use the newspaper as a teaching tool — we call it a live textbook; it’s history in the making. They have that opportunity at no cost to them. And then we have gen-erous sponsors that we go out and solicit that cover the cost of distributing those newspapers,” Rech said.

The Daily News sends 400 newspapers to 81 area classrooms each Thursday, she said. The editorial department makes an effort to include kid-friendly content on Thursdays, and the USA Weekend sup-plement is added as an insert as well.

NIE classrooms also have the oppor-tunity to see the newspaper every other day of the week by logging on to the Daily News ePaper — an online edition of the Norfolk Daily News. One thou-sand of these electronic newspapers are viewed by students daily, Rech said.

“We send them a password, a code to get in and they log in every day. They get everything that’s in the paper. . . . Our ePaper is a great product, too. A lot of newspapers that have an electronic version do it in PDF, which means that they have to download the files onto their computer in order to bring them back up and read them, where ours is html-based,” Rech said.

This means both NIE students and ePaper subscribers get their online news-paper much more quickly in an easy-to-navigate medium, she said.

“Right now we have about 200 ePaper (subscribers) a day, which is a very small percentage of our circulation, but it’s a nice, solid number without having any real marketing with it. . . . We don’t want to take away from print (newspapers), but we want to add the benefit to those who are seeking the news in electronic form.”

News’ circulation department keeps changing with the times

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ZACh BABL, a bundle hauler and motor route driver, picks up a bundle of papers off the dock at the Norfolk Daily News.

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Taking on a paper delivery route is a lot of responsibility, but it’s small potatoes compared to what a Stanton couple do each day.

Since 1995, Dan and Judy Bates have been involved in about every delivery position available at the Norfolk Daily News.

In the past, the couple have driven motor routes to deliver pa-pers to outlying areas, as well as everything they’re involved in today.

“I fill the (paper) racks and the machines and drop off (papers) to the convenience stores. And I deliver the bundles to the carri-ers all north of Norfolk Avenue . . . and I’ve got a couple of smaller

routes here myself,” Dan Bates said.

Judy Bates gets some help from Dan on her Stanton paper routes, but she also delivers in Norfolk.

“It’s mostly singles. I have the businesses around town and the outlying businesses, and then I have a couple of single routes up here (in Norfolk), and then we also have about four routes in Stanton that we do, too,” Judy Bates said.

She said her 11-year-old son, Samuel, also helps out with the delivery business.

“He’s been doing it ever since he was small. He’d take (papers) into places or to people, and they would see him coming. And he

found out he’d get treats when he’d help deliver,” Judy Bates said.The couple said their work with the Daily News runs from

about noon to 5:30 p.m. each day. They were first introduced to de-livery about 17 years ago when their son Jamie, then 5 years old, asked for a paper route.

“I was helping him with it, and he decided he didn’t want to do it anymore,” Dan Bates said. “So after about a week or so, I picked it up. Then (the circulation department) couldn’t find a sub for an-other carrier, and I picked that up. It just grew from there.”

Both Dan and Judy said the best part of delivering papers for the Norfolk Daily News is the interaction with customers.

“I like talking to different customers and people, especially on the business end of it. It’s also nice being on our own, working our own schedules,” Dan Bates said.

“I enjoy the people, too, and making new friends. Especially the older people, they like to talk and visit. And it’s nice being outside when the weather’s good,” Judy Bates said.

Other than bad weather or late papers, they said they have no complaints. And they shared some tips for would-be carriers.

“Deliver early and keep a regular time when you make your deliveries each day. Keep the papers out of the weather, and put it where (the customer) wants it,” he said.

Judy Bates added: “Keep a pleasant attitude and be friendly.”

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Brett Meyer, Wisner, carrier in the early 1980s

“I have so many memories, but I’ll name two that stand out. I started when I was 7 and only had about 12 houses on my route. If it snowed and there were drifts, my route time would go from 15 minutes to a couple of hours as I had to take full advantage of every snowdrift I en-countered. Of course this resulted in angry customers, and wet news-papers with tiny snowballs wedged between the pages. My second memory comes from delivering the paper as a second-grader on Janu-ary 28, 1986. I vividly remember walking the paper door to door and not really comprehending the signifi-cance of the smoke plume on the front of the paper when, in fact, it was the aftermath of the Challenger shuttle explosion.”

He is now a researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

* * *Bob Bamsey, Norfolk,

carrier 1989-1996“If you ask my family, it was their

paper route as much as it was

mine. And they are probably right.”He is now a tax analyst for Target

Corporation in Minneapolis.* * *

Kelly Calder, Randolph, carrier for two years

“I took over the paper route from my oldest brother. It was my first job. I remember getting a basket put on the back of my pink-and-blue banana seat bike and thought it was actually kind of neat. It was nice to get to ride around town in the spring and summer, but winters were dreadful! But it taught me the value of hard work our father instilled and he started our savings accounts from that. He would give us so much to spend each month and the rest went to savings. I also always loved reading the newspaper and did get a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Overall, I’d say it was a good experience.”

She is now with the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Riley, Kan.

* * *Joshua Loberg, Randolph,

carrier 1993-1997“I had great customers! They

were all so good to me. Plus I’ll never forget being named Carrier of the Year and being treated to a Nebraska football game by the Daily News.”He now works for Hansen Hog West at Coleridge as farrowing manager.

* * *Mike Larabee, Neligh,

carrier 1971-1975“I have many fond memories

of delivering the Norfolk Daily News. I learned a great deal about being responsible to my custom-ers, being on time, safeguarding my collections and paying for the newspapers. All were an extension of working at my parents’ Coast to Coast Hardware Store in Neligh. My parents were very supportive of my paper responsibilities, helping me with checks, deposits and de-livery at times. I remember several subscribers, particularly the former principal of the Neligh High School, who was always nice and took an active interest in me. While I cannot remember the specifics, we adopt-ed TV show names for each other,

Delivering newspapers & memories

When a newspaper has been around for 125 years — as the Norfolk Daily News has been — the number of boys and girls, as well as adults, who have delivered the newspaper over the years is staggering.

As part of the Daily News’ 125th anniversary celebration, past carriers were invited to share a few thoughts about their time as newspaper carriers. Here are their stories:

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City’s first mayor diesOn June 12, 1935, Herman Gerecke, Norfolk’s first mayor,

dies. In 1881, he helped incorporate Norfolk as a village.

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and he was always ready at the door to say ‘hi’ with my stage name (I wished I remembered the name; it was special to me).

“I also remember my last stop was the bowling alley, where I usually bought a Bing candy bar, talked to Boyd and played a pinball game or two before heading home for supper. Being a solid Cornhusker fan since the 1971 Oklahoma 35-31 game, I often stuffed a radio in my paper bag to listen to the game while delivering papers. Thank goodness that my route was mostly along an east/west street, allowing me the best reception on my radio. I have sometimes wondered if the business aspect of the paper route or working in my parents’ hardware store were the foundations for my love of small communities and my business career as a bank examiner. Thanks for the oppor-tunity and what I learned delivering papers.”He lives in Eau Claire, Wis., and is a national bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury, in the

Minneapolis Field Office.* * *

Mark Kratochvil, Clarkson, carrier in mid-1980s“I loved riding my bike around delivering news-

papers after school. I would pretend it was a Har-ley and all the girls wanted to date me.”

He is a salesman at Motion Industries in Sioux City.

* * *Ronald Rakowski, Southbury, Conn., carrier 1950-1954“Outstanding paper

boy of the year in or around 1953. Received many boxes of choco-late-covered cherries as Christmas gifts from customers.”

He is now retired as vice president of

human resources for a paper manufacturer

headquartered in Norwalk, Conn.

* * *Kristin (Kopetzky) Brichacek, Waterloo,

carrier 1977-1980“I carried right around 100 papers each after-

noon for the Daily News. My route was pretty easy . . . several apartment buildings and condos off of County Club Road and Hespe Drive. I remember having to collect money for the paper . . . it was $3.10 per month when I carried! I’m guessing you don’t have the carriers collect anymore.

“I also remember having some of the best cus-tomers. If there was a snowstorm during my route, several of the kind elderly ladies would invite me in for some hot chocolate and a break from the weather. I really enjoyed being a carrier! It taught me how to handle and be responsible with money . . . I had my own checking account as a fifth-grader! It also promoted my interest in journalism. I was the editor of our high school newspaper, and even today I edit our neighborhood newsletter! I really enjoyed my time as a Norfolk Daily News carrier. Thanks for this little trip down memory lane!”She is a registered dental hygienist practicing with

Dr. Bob Roesch in Fremont and teaches fitness classes at the Twin Rivers YMCA in Valley.

* * *Boe Searight, Norfolk, carrier 1988-1992

“My first car was paid for with my paper route and lawn mowing money by age 11. Twenty-two years later, I still have it. If it wasn’t for the candy selection at Gordy’s Conoco next to my paper route, it would have been paid for sooner!”

He is now a helicopter pilot with the Nebraska Army National Guard in Grand Island.

Sean Andersen, Norfolk, carrier 1986-1987“I never forgot how cold it was during the winter,

and how hard it seemed to be to collect money for the paper. I remember tearing off those tiny pieces of paper when you gave it to the customer after they paid. I also remember getting bitten by a dog and was offered $2 for compensation.”

He is now with the U.S. Army throughout Europe and Southwest Asia with five combat tours in

Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.* * *

Jade Hetzler, Stanton, carrier in 2007“I loved seeing the elders every day waiting ea-

gerly for their newspaper. Really made me feel like my job mattered.”

Jade is a cashier at Hy-Vee.* * *

Randy C. Van Slyke, Randolph, carrier 1965-1970

“Delivering papers on my bicycle during the win-ters was a challenge. I was too small to carry the canvas bag with the papers, so I had to push my bike through the deep snow with the bag attached to the ‘nobbies’ on the handle bars.”

He is a business owner of a small industrial construction company located in Rifle, Colo.

* * *Emily Strong, Newman Grove,

carrier 2002-2007“I loved meeting people and made some very

close contacts that I truly miss today. They were like extra grandparents, and we shared a lot of great talks. Mom would always have to come look for me when I stayed too long, but she knew where I would be.”

She is a freshman at Newman Grove High busy with sports, music, drama and her education.

* * *Newell Mitchell, Orchard, carrier in 1952

“I remember waiting at the Oriole Cafe for the Greyhound bus to come in with the papers so I could get on with delivering them. Seems like some summer days were really hot. I still remem-ber most of my route in Orchard.”

He is an insurance underwriter in Overland Park, Kan.

* * *John Tibbels, Norfolk, carrier 1973-1976

“I remember going to the Daily News building every day to pick up my papers. I went to school at Sacred Heart Elementary, and it was just a short walk to the Daily News. I remember Mr. John Goossen being in charge of the paper boys and girls, and he was always professional and calm with all of us, but he reminded us that we had an important job to do. We collected money from our customers each month. This gave me some re-sponsibility with money, and I remember I had to open a checking account with the Bank of Norfolk.

“I liked earning my own money because this gave me some freedom when I wanted to go to the Dairy Queen or somewhere for a treat. Each Christmas, I would get cards from my customers, and sometimes there would be a Christmas bonus with the card. Mr. Goossen had some motivational contests for us to get more subscriptions to the paper. The reward for the top 10 or so paper car-riers was a trip to Omaha on a charter bus to see a hockey game or a rodeo at Aksarben. I was so proud of myself that I was able to go on two of those trips. On really cold days, my dad would drive me on my route in his station wagon. I am sure that I learned a great deal of responsibility by having a paper route and helped me with other jobs and duties I have had throughout my life.”He is an athletic director at Ramona High School

in Riverside, Calif.* * *

Robert Hoppe, Wausa, carrier 1982-1987“I remember getting to go on trips to Pawnee

Fun Park in Omaha.”Half-owner of UHOP Entertainment and production

manager of Custom Feed Service of Norfolk.

Christian Ohl, Norfolk, carrier 1995-1997“The paper route helped me gain courage in

introducing myself, build relationships with all our neighbors and learn to manage collection pay-ments and accounts. I always enjoyed the articles but, for a carrier, the Insight edition meant that the newspapers doubled in weight! I have a lot of good memories of paper carrying with friends.”

He is a candidate for county commissioner Norfolk/Madison County District 2.

* * *Robby Ryan Bowers, Norfolk,

carrier late 1970s to early ’80s“I remember winning a bunch of trips to Peony

Park in Omaha as a reward for bringing in new customers.”He is a trained chef and writer and has worked in

New York, North Carolina, and now Alaska.* * *

Mardell (Vandersnick) Shoemaker, Ewing“Back in the 1960s, don’t recall how many

years, all my brothers and sisters and I delivered the paper. There were five of us, and we all took our years delivering the paper. The main thing I remember most of all was our parents did not help us deliver. We walked at all times, rain, snow, cold and heat, as we did not have bikes. If we got home from school, no matter what time it was, we had to go and deliver the paper. The other thing that always stands out for me is you did not step on anyone’s grass. That was an absolute no. If they noticed you were cutting across their grass, you could bet Mom and Dad would know about it. I did have many nice customers during the years I delivered. Yet to this day I can remember my route very clearly.”

She is a typesetter with the Holt County Independent in O’Neill.

* * *Deb Hilkemeier Sukup, Creighton,

carrier 1967-1972“My brother, Tim Hilkemeier, and I each had a

route. I remember a lot of the different contests offered for new subscriptions. I won a trip to Omaha to a movie, which was very exciting.”

She is employed by Midwest Bank in Creighton as assistant vice president.

* * *Laurie Owens, Creighton, 1995-1998

“I delivered the paper during a tornado in 1998.”She is employed by Avera Creighton Care Centre

as a dietary assistant.* * *

Jordan Judt, Norfolk, carrier 2009 to 2011“I loved to get outside on the nice days, but the

hot/cold/rainy/snowy days were not very fun.”He is a sophomore in high school and works

at Runza on 13th Street.* * *

Neal Schrader, Norfolk, carrier 1953-1954“My brother and I had a split route in southeast

Norfolk. We had snowstorms and rainstorms — on foot mostly; we got it done, though.”

He is now retired.* * *

Gladys (Loewe) Huettmann, Wisner, carrier 1954-1955

“Christmastime was great because many sub-scribers gave baked goodies.”

Now retired, she was co-owner of the Wisner News Chronicle for 40 years.

* * *A.T. “Tom” Classen, Norfolk,

carrier 1943 in Humphrey“The biggest job was collecting on Saturday

morning.”He is now retired.

* * *Morgan and Michaela Heimes, Norfolk,

carriers 2006-2008“Working hard to sell new subscriptions. Top

sellers — won bike and won Wii. Walked or biked every day.”

They are a sophomore and freshman at Norfolk

High School and are involved in band and sports.* * *

Gary Zierke, Pierce, carrier 1953-1955“Hated collecting every Saturday. No tips, some

Christmas gifts. Got to know different people.”He is now retired.

* * *Jake Cox, Norfolk, carrier 1964-1965

“I delivered north-central Norfolk. I had to go out to the old Muller Dairy Store at Fourth and Benjamin and then another four blocks east for just one house. It was a long, long route but fun and enjoyable.”

He is a Norfolk businessman.* * *

Randy Gilsdorf“I carried the NDN from 1965 to 1974. Had

Route 72. I delivered 40-plus papers daily. Having a paper route, you learned responsibility, collect-ing, on-time delivery, etc. The holidays were the best time, receiving tips for a job well done.

“When I was done delivering the NDN, I had one of the biggest routes at 140-plus papers. The route was split up into three routes when I quit. Roger Frank wanted me to come and work in the mailroom, which I did for several years.”

He lives in Falls City, works for the Richardson County Road Department as a mechanic and

works on heavy equipment, pickups and trucks.* * *

Mary Ann Nissen of O’Neill writes of her son, Alan Dale Meierhenry

“He was a carrier around 1975. He lived in the northwest part of O’Neill and delivered papers in southwest O’Neill. On his way back home, he would have to pass the ‘jalopy,’ which was like a Dairy Queen, and always had to have a treat. He

also stopped at a garage sale one day and found a pin with a name, and it was Mary Ann, and he bought it for me, and I still have it.

“He graduated from O’Neill High School in 1980, he joined the National Guard and gradu-ated from Kearney State College. He then took training in Kansas, Oklahoma and Georgia, and he has been in that area since then.

“Alan got a job working for Kimberly Clark, and now is the process information management sys-tem coordinator. Alan is married to Jennifer, and he has three sons, Brett, Derek and Alex and two stepsons, Justin and Jordon.”

* * *Mary and Don Duffy

“Our son, David Duffy, delivered the Norfolk paper here in north O’Neill for a couple of years around 1983-1984, when he was 10 and 11 years old. Like any kid when he first started, he was home right after school and ready to go on his route. That was not the case after a year or so.

“One of our favorite memories of those years was this: It was a windy day and, about halfway through his route, the papers flew out of his bag and were all around the neighborhood. A very nice lady and a customer by the name of Helen Cun-ningham came to the rescue. She helped him find as many parts of the paper as she could and put them back together in her garage. What a friend — she was so kind to our son.

“David died in 1990 at the age of 17. He was a senior at St. Mary’s here in O’Neill.”

* * *Judy (Budin) Roots, Omaha,

carrier 1963-1966, delivered in Clarkson“Delivering the paper in all kinds of weather.

Getting lots of candy at Christmas. Learning to communicate well with all customers.”

After practicing law for 30 years, she and her husband run two fine-art galleries: Modern Arts Midwest in Lincoln and

Modern Arts Midtown in Omaha.

Ronald Rakowskiwas a carrier for the

Daily News in the early 1950s. He’s shown here

with his dog, Cindy. Meierhenry

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ortheast and North Central Nebraska has a long and storied sports history, dat-ing back to before the Daily News published its first edi-tion 125 years ago.

While high school re-cords don’t go back that long, several athletes from

prior to 1950 are still remembered by fans across the area. But they’re not alone.

Not even mentioning international pole vaulter Jeremy Scott, the dynasty of the Howells foot-ball team since 2000 or any of the other state championships won by area teams, the list of athletes and records to come from this corner of the state is pretty impressive. But before we get to that, it’s interesting to note the evolution of the current conferences — which are once again changing.

AREA NEBRASKA SpORTS HIgH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS

Richie Ashburn, Tilden. Ashburn, a 1944 Tilden High School graduate, went on to play professional baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets. He was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.

Ashburn helped lead the Phillies to the National League pennant in 1950. His top year at the plate came in 1958, when he led the Phillies with a .350 batting average. He finished his career with a .308 batting average and 2,574 hits in 15 years, winning batting championships in 1955 and 1958.

Mark Ahmann, Wayne. Ahmann was the primary face and voice of Nebraska high school sports while hosting KOLN/KGIN’s “Friday Night Sports Roundup” from 1972 to 1980. Ahmann is still active at KTCH in Wayne, hosting the morning show “The View from Wayne America” each week-day. He continues to do play-by-play calling for many of the high school and college games.

Fred Letheby, Madison. Letheby finished his basket-ball coaching career with 612 victories, leading Stanton to the 1964 Class C basketball championship while neutral-izing 38-point-per-game scorer Kurt Lauer and Gibbon. Le-theby also led Madison to the 1984 Class C1 state title.

Ralph W. “Swede” Langer, Ainsworth. Langer was an all-state selection twice on the basketball court and once in football while excelling in the high jump and pole vault in track and field during his time at Ainsworth. A first-team all-American selection for Creighton University in 1942 and 1943, Langer was assigned to the 10th Moun-tain Infantry Division of the U.S. Army after college.

He saw duty overseas in the battle for Sicily, where he was wounded. He received the Purple Heart and went to Fitzsimmons hospital in Denver for recovery. With his recovery complete, he signed with the Denver Nuggets in 1946.

Jerry Neely, Norfolk. An official for 40 years, Neely began officiating basketball games while waiting for a military injury to mend. After graduation from Hastings College, he accepted a job at Norfolk Junior High — where he teamed with Leonard “Soup” Campbell, working both basketball and football for many years.

After completing his last basketball game in 1986, he became an observer of officials for the NSAA, having worked 16 state basketball tournaments in his career.

Jim Kane, Wisner. A 1954 graduate of Wisner High School, Kane attended the University of Nebraska where he was a three-year baseball letter winner. He also spent three seasons in the New York Yankees’ farm system, but it was coaching that made “Killer” Kane famous.

Leaving baseball in 1962, Kane took a job as a teacher and coach at Waterloo for two years before moving to Elkhorn Mount Michael — known as St. John’s Seminary at the time — as its first basketball coach and intramural director. Kane went on to coach track and field (winning a state championship in 1973), cross country (winning state in 1967 and 1968) and football (winning titles in 1982 and 1990) — but he’s remember most for his work as a basket-ball coach.

He finished his career with a 531-254 record, taking 12 teams to the state tournament. He won state titles in 1983 and 1985 and perfected the 1-3-1 zone defense.

pat panek, Norfolk. Panek finished his career with a 328-117-29 record over 52 seasons as a high school foot-ball coach. A Kearney native who excelled in sports during high school, Panek coached Fullerton in 1925, St. Paul from 1926 to 1929 and Norfolk from 1929 to 1938 before spending his final 40 years in Denver high schools.

Denny Fuehrer, Norfolk. Fuehrer spent 36 years as a sports writer and editor at the Daily News, beginning in 1961 before his retirement in 1997. As a writer, he earned a laundry list of honors: NSAA Distinguished Service Award, Coaches Association Friend of High School Sports; Nebraska Baseball Hall of Fame; Northeast Nebraska

track and field achievement award; American Legion Post 16 baseball award; Norfolk Coaches Association Outstand-ing Service Award; Golden Gloves Boxing Outstanding Journalism Award and The Associated Press Sportswriter of the Year award.

Bobby ginn, Madison. Ginn, who was forced to help out on his family farm largely due to the Great Depression, didn’t compete at the high school level until his junior year. But he quickly made up for lost time, winning back-to-back gold medals in the 880-yard dash at the state track meet.

In 1938, he won the Class A race, before winning the 1939 all-class gold medal while running in Class B. He was the first Nebraska high school athlete to break the two-minute mark in the 880, with his state-record time of 1 minute, 59.3 records standing for 17 years.

After high school, Ginn attended the University of Nebraska and won the 1942 mile run at the NCAA cham-pionships. He was a four-year letterman and was the Big Six outdoor mile run champion four times and indoor mile champion three times. He earned All-American honors in 1941 and 1942.

paul Brungardt, Humphrey St. Francis. Another of the area’s great coaches, Brungardt complied a career re-cord of 473-159 over 29 years as the basketball coach for Humphrey St. Francis, Battle Creek, Norfolk Catholic and a trio of out-of-state teams. Brungardt led St. Francis to Class D1 state championships in 1990, 1992 and 1994.

Clarence Swanson, Wakefield. A 1917 graduate of Wakefield, Swanson was a star on the football, basketball and baseball fields. At the University of Nebraska, Swan-son was a four-year letterman on the football team. He set a school record for career touchdown receptions (17) that stood until after his death in 1970. He was a second-team All-American in 1921.

Harold “Mac” Macjejewski, Wayne. Macjejewski spent 31 years in Wayne, coaching football from 1953 to 1961, basketball from 1953 to 1967, golf from 1953 to 1985, track from 1953 to 1962 and boys cross country from 1962 to 1985. His teams compiled a 76-44-7 record in football and a 245-81 record in basketball. The basket-ball team won seven-consecutive district championships and won the 1956 Class B state title.

In his final season as a coach, he led the Blue Devils to the 1985 Class B state golf championship.

Jim Morrison, Howells. One of the state’s legend-ary basketball coaches, Morrison spent 40 years directing Howells. His Bobcat teams won state championships in 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1983. He compiled a 594-326 record — includ-ing two years at Dodge — and coached nine all-state selections.

Ten of Morrison’s teams qualified for the state tournament, and 14 won conference champi-onships. He was named the Nebraska Coaches Association coach of the year twice, and he stood fourth in total victories among Nebraska basket-

ball coaches upon his retirement. gail peterson, Crofton. Peterson is largely respon-

sible for the current Crofton girls cross country dynasty. His teams won 15 state titles and claimed eight runner-

up trophies. His girls teams won nine state titles, including an unprecedented run of eight in a row from 1981 through 1988. He also led boys teams to state titles six times between 1977 and 1991, while directing the boys team to the state meet in 36 of his 38 years coaching.

Dale Butler, Norfolk. Butler officiated an estimated 2,000-plus games over a 45-year career. He blew the whis-tle for the girls state basketball tournament from 1985 to 1990 and the state football playoffs for many years, in-cluding the 2002 Class A state championship game. Butler also was a baseball umpire and managed the intramural program at Northeast Community College during his time in Norfolk.

Larry Tomlinson, O’Neill St. Mary’s. A 1959 St. Mary’s graduate, Tomlinson will forever be known as the guy who caught the first touchdown pass of the Bob Dev-aney era at Nebraska. But his success on the field began well before that.

Tomlinson earned all-state honors while catching 26 passes for 560 yards and 13 touchdowns and leading the Cardinals to the No. 1 ranking in eight-man football in 1958. He was also a four-year starter in basketball, averaging over 20 points per contest his senior year. In track, he set school records in the mile, the 120-yard high hurdles, the 180-yard low hurdles, the shot put, the discus and the 880-yard relay.

He then lettered three years for the Cornhuskers, play-ing end and linebacker and went on to play three seasons in the Canadian Football League.

Brad Vering, Howells. Vering won three state cham-pionships while wrestling for Howells. He placed third as a freshman before claiming championships in each of his final three seasons, compiling a career record of 148-2.

At the University of Nebraska, he won the NCAA national championship in 2000, earned All-American honors three

times and was a two-time Big 12 Conference champion. He went on to compete for the United States in the 2004 Olympic games.

Bob Schnitzler, Battle Creek. A three-sport athlete in high school and college, Schnitzler began coaching Battle Creek in 1962. His football teams went 293-89, qualifying for the state playoffs 16 times, while winning four championships. They were also runners-up five times.

He coached the boys track team to four state cham-pionships, two state runner-up finishes and 20 district championships. Schnitzler began coaching girls basketball in 1974 and compiled a 485-83 coaching record, making 18 trips to state while winning five state titles and finishing as the state runner-up three times.

During his career, Schnitzler was named the Nebraska Coaches Association coach of the year, Omaha World-Her-ald coach of the year, Lincoln Journal-Star girls basketball coach of the year, Mid-State Conference coach of the year and Siouxland coach of the year. He was nominated no less that five times for national coach of the year and re-ceived the Region 6 award twice.

FOOTBALL RECORD-SETTERS Cory Eikmeier, Dodge. Possibly the greatest eight-

man running back ever, Eikmeier ran for a state-record 8,330 yards in his career. He set the single-season rushing mark with 2,965 yards while also setting marks for touch-downs in a season (68) and career (156). He led Dodge to state championships four state championships from 1994 to 1997. Eikmeier also ended his career with more points than anyone else in eight-man history — 1,021 — while also reaching the end zone 156 times.

Todd uhlir, Battle Creek. A durable, rugged back, Uhlir ran for 2,849 yards in 1992 — the most yards ever by an 11-man running back — while leading Battle Creek to the Class C1 state title. Uhlir also set the 11-man record for points (318) in a season, touchdowns (49) in a season, rushing yards per game (237.4) and rushing touchdowns (49) in a season.

Tom Wemhoff, Coleridge. From 1999 to 2002, Wem-hoff had the most prolific kicking career in eight-man his-tory. The 2003 Coleridge graduate finished with 15 career field goals, including two games with three field goals.

Drew Farlee, Norfolk Catholic. The University of Nebraska-Kearney recruit kicked more field goals than any other kicker in state history in 2010, booting 10 through the uprights. He also kicked the longest field goal in Class C1 playoff history — a 57-yarder in a win over Wahoo.

Drew Wagner, Madison. To this day, Wagner’s 59-carry performance in a game against Columbus Scotus in 2008 drops jaws. So does the fact that he finished with 281 yards.

Bill Anderson, Wakefield. Anderson is proof that the forward pass existed before 1960. He completed 209 of 320 passes during his career, which began in 1947 and ended in 1950.

Danny Borer, pope John. Taking the snaps from 2003 through 2006, Borer completed 62.6 percent of his passes (345 of 548).

Aaron Frank, Hartington Cedar Catholic. Frank owns a pair of state records, catching 86 passes during the 1991 season while finishing his career with the most catches (240) in 11-man history.

Nate Olson, Norfolk. Olson finished his career in 2007 with an even 100 catches — the Class A record.

Kevin paulsen, pierce. Paulsen helped lead Pierce to back-to-back state championships with 10 return touch-downs during his career. During his junior season in 2006, Paulsen set the single-season record with five return TDs.

Aaron Hughes, Norfolk Catholic. Hughes capped his career in 1991 with the all-time mark for interceptions in an 11-man career at 18. Hughes also holds the single-game record, having intercepted five passes in one game during his senior season.

Jeff Luhr, Osmond. In 1993, Luhr matched Hughes with his 18th career interception — setting the all-time eight-man mark.

BASKETBALL ALL-TIMERS Bruce Chubick will always be remembered across

the state for his career with Nebraska. But before he was a Husker, Chubick teamed up with Chris Peacock to form one of the most dynamic scoring duos the state has ever seen.

Chubick finished his career as the No. 7 all-time scorer in the state with 2,237 points, and Peacock finished as the No. 60 all-time scorer with 1,764 points. The pair led West Holt to the 1988 Class C1 state championship.

Chubick is still the all-time leading scorer in Daily News history, 32 points ahead of 2010 Ewing graduate Austin Kac-zor. 1996 Stanton gradu-ate Jon Dolliver (2,147), 1956 Clarkson graduate Bob Moore (2,066), 2008 Ainsworth grad Jesse

Carr (2,058) and 1968 Humphrey graduate Jim Uchtman

are the only other area players to eclipse the 2,000-point mark. Thirty other area players scored at least 1,500 points in their careers, including Verdigre’s Leland Timmer-man.

Timmerman, who finished with 1,665 points in a ca-reer that ended in 1963, finished 35 total points ahead of Les Sealer from rival Center. During the 1963 season, Tim-merman broke the 50-point mark in a game for the second time in his career when he scored 54. A year earlier, Tim-merman had a 51-point game.

Sealer scored at least 50 points twice during the 1963 season, and the pair remain the only athletes in area history to score at least 50 points in one game twice dur-ing their careers.

But 50 points doesn’t seem like much compared to the 79 points Forrest Francis scored for Royal in a 1957 game. That mark remains the highest ever for a player from the Daily News coverage area and the second-highest in state history.

Not far behind, Carr scored 68 for Ainsworth in an overtime win over West Holt in 2005, and Chubick finished with 61 in a 1989 West Holt win. Also hitting the 60-point mark in a single game were Jeff Barta of Niobrara (61) in 1975 and Dean Gragert of Creighton St. Ludger (60) in 1964.

Carr remains the single-most prolific 3-point shooter in state history, finishing his career with 303. Lutheran High Northeast graduate Jordan Coolidge buried 250 treys during his career that ended in 2010 and stands at No. 6 on the list, while Dolliver closed his career with 241 and is 10th.

In 2008, Carr tied Norfolk Catholic’s Justin Heng (207) for third-most 3s in a single-season with 96, while Madison’s Jeff Wolfgram is seventh on that list after hit-ting 90 in 1993. Wolfgram’s 13 triples in a single game in 1989 remain the most in one game in state history.

THREE- AND FOuR-TIME WRESTLINg CHAMpS Steve Ravenscroft, Valentine. Ravenscroft was the

first area wrestler to claim three state titles in a career, capturing Class B titles from 1969 through 1971. He won at 133, 145 and 155 pounds.

Randy Humpal, Butte. Humpal first won a champion-ship at 98 pounds in Class D in 1971. He won the 105-pound title as a junior and won at 126 pounds the next year.

Dan Fernau, Butte. Butte won the Class D 98-pound title in 1974, won at 105 pounds in ‘75 and claimed the 112-pound title in 1976.

Doug Borer, Albion. Borer was the Class C 119-pound winner in 1991 before winning Class B titles at 130 and 140 pounds in 1992 and 1993, respectively.

Brad Vering, Howells. Already noted as a hall-of-famer, Vering won his titles in Class D from 1994 through 1996. In 1995, he won at 160 pounds before adding 172- and 171-pound titles the next two years.

Jeremy poulsen, Elgin/petersburg. Poulsen claimed titles in 1997, ‘98 and ‘99 at 103, 112 and 125 pounds, respectively.

Jared Nygren, Newman grove. Nygren won the heavyweight title for Newman Grove in 2002 after claiming the Class D 215-pound championship in each of the previ-ous two years.

Matt Nelson, Wayne. From 2002 to 2004, Nelson won Class B titles at 125, 135 and 140 pounds.

Bo Brummels, Winside. A 2005 graduate, Brum-mels capped his career by winning the Class D 135-pound championship as a senior. As a sophomore, he won at 119 pounds before winning the 125-pound title as a junior.

Zach Adams, Norfolk Catholic. One of just five area wrestlers to reach four state finals, Adams capped his career in 2008 with three state titles. He won the Class C 103-pound title as a sophomore, the 112-pound title as a junior and the 119-pound championship as a senior.

Bryan Mejstrik, Howells. Mejstrik was the first-ever area wrestler to win four state titles. The 2009 graduate won at 119 pounds as a freshman, 130 as a sophomore, 140 as a junior and 145 as a senior.

Eric Coufal, Howells. When Coufal claimed the Class D 132-pound championship in February, he became just the second area wrestler to finish his career with four state championships. In 2009, he won at 103 pounds before winning 112- and 119-pound titles in each of the following years.

Other notables are Randy Hansen of Stanton and Daric Kraus of West Point and O’Neill. Hansen made four trips to the finals, winning state championships in 1998 and 1999. Kraus was also a four-time finalist, claiming a title in 1994.

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By EDDIE [email protected]

he number of athletes who have had their names listed in the Daily News sports section over the years is in the hun-dreds of thousands.

While girls sports haven’t been around for the entire 125 years of existence of the Daily News, athletes across North-

east and North Central Nebraska have definitely left their marks on the state record books.

Since 1971, there have been 119 area state championship teams in the nine girls sports rec-ognized by the Nebraska School Activities Asso-ciation. There have been 40 state girls basketball championship teams in Northeast and North Central Nebraska since 1977. Track and field has had 26 team champions since 1971. There have been 21 state volleyball and cross country cham-pions also. Girls golf has had nine team champi-ons, while the most recent sport of softball has had two state champions.

Below is a recap of some most memorable events that have graced the pages of the Daily News sports section through the years.

BasketballDarcy Stracke still holds the record for the

most career points — 2,752. Stracke played for Stuart in 1993 and Chambers from 1994 to 1996.

During that stretch, Stracke was a member of four state championship teams — one in Stuart and three for Chambers.

Stracke scored 366 points in 12 state tourna-ment games during her four-year high school ca-reer. Current Husker player Jordan Hooper is a distant second on the list with 271 points. Hooper played for Alliance from 2007 to 2010.

“I felt very lucky to be on a great basketball team and fortunate to play in four state cham-pionships,” Stracke said. “I played in 12 games down there, and that’s hard for kids to do. Now with the third- and fourth-place game, it might be a little bit easier. Not many people get to ex-perience playing in four state championships. That’s an incredible memory to remember.”

Stracke’s name can be found in numerous scoring records. Since 1996, she has held the state tournament record of points scored in a tournament game (52) and field goals (21). Stracke also scored 125 points during the 1996 state tournament for Chambers.

Also, Stracke holds the top two marks in Nebraska for points scored in a season (872 in 1996 and 824 in 1995). She played in 100 games throughout her career. Stuart went 18-5 in 1993. Chambers went 77-0 from 1994 to 96.

“I felt like if I didn’t live up to my expecta-tions, I was in the gym the very next day,” Stracke said. “I was in the gym constantly, and that’s probably what made me a better basketball player. I probably spent more hours in the gym than I did at home.”

While Stracke holds many individual records, West Point Central Catholic — now known as Guardian Angels Central Catholic — is No. 1 when it comes to consecutive wins.

On Nov. 29, 2001, Central Catholic beat Oak-land-Craig 63-24. That contest began a 111-game winning streak, which ran from 2001 to 2006. The Bluejays outscored their opponents by a 34.92 average during the streak. Even more im-pressive was that just five of those wins by Cen-tral Catholic were by single digits.

Central Catholic was the Class C2 state cham-pion from 2002 to 2006. Since that feat, the Blue-jays have lost some games along the way. Central Catholic, though, hasn’t missed a beat, having played in the state tournament for each of the past 16 years.

The Bluejays were Class D1 state champions

this year, the fifth state title in school history. Class B Seward is inching closer toward break-ing that mark. Seward — which hasn’t lost since Dec. 4, 2008 — is riding a 101-game win streak.

One of the most memorable games that went down to the wire has to be the Class C1 state championship contest between Crofton and Nor-folk Catholic in 2007.

Trailing 46-44 in the final seconds, Crofton’s Amber Hegge sank a 3-pointer as time expired, giving the Warriors a 47-46 win.

Hegge’s shot helped the Warriors become Class C1 state champions for three straight years. After high school, Hegge went on to play college basketball at the University of South Da-kota. During Hegge’s career, the Coyotes made the transition from Division II to Division I.

“Looking back, it was kind of surreal,” Hegge said. “I was just thinking, ‘Did that really just happen?’ It really doesn’t sink in at the time. I don’t know how lucky I was to be able to end my career that way. Honestly, it was pretty lucky to make it like that. I’m just glad that it went in.”

Cross countryAt the 2011 state meet, Lindsay Holy Family’s

Andrea Weeder had a chance to became just the third runner in Nebraska state history to win four consecutive state individual championships.

Weeder would have joined Hastings’ Shona Jones and Geneva’s Amber Fairbanks on that list. Jones was the Class A state champion from 1982 to 1985. Fairbanks was an individual state champion from 1993 to 1996.

At the Class D state meet, Weeder was edged by David City Aquinas’ Marissa Dewispe-lare. Despite finishing second, Weeder gave everything she had in the photo-finish race. Dewispelare and Weeder ran side-by-side, with Dewispelare winning the race in a time of 15:23.8. Weeder’s runner-up time was 15:24.1.

Weeder still became the eighth girl in Nebras-ka state history to win three consecutive state cross country gold medals. She was also the first Class D runner to achieve the three-time state championship feat.

“I knew it was going to be a tough race and that it would come down to the end,” said Weeder after the 2011 state race. “I was praying and hop-ing I’d be there. I can’t ask for anything better

than doing my best. I’m really grateful for how I did.”

Team-wise, Crofton has found the most suc-cess at the state meet, winning 15 state champi-onship trophies. The Warriors won eight Class C state titles in a row from 1981 to 1988.

Now, Crofton is reigning supreme in Class D. The Warriors have been the Class D state cham-pions for the past six years.

SoftballWayne’s Molly Hill owns every pitching mark

in the Class C record book.The Blue Devils started their program when

Hill was a sophomore in 2002. Wayne holds the state record for 41 consecutive wins, which was achieved from 2003 to 2005.

“A lot of the team members were people who played softball their whole life and yet hadn’t really participated in a school-supported sport,” Hill said. “It was really exciting for all of us to have a sport that we really cared about and to be able to play high school athletics. The players worked really hard and were super motivated because we were so thrilled to have a team.”

Hill — who later pitched for the University of Nebraska — still holds 11 all-class state high school records. Those records include consecu-tive pitching wins (39); shutouts in a season (32); consecutive shutouts (24); consecutive shutout innings (170); lowest earned run average-season (0.00); career no-hitters (18); perfect games in a season (6); career perfect games (11); strikeouts in a season (543); strikeouts in games seven in-nings or less (22) and consecutive strikeouts (24).

“It’s really cool,” Hill said. “It’s just a sense of pride. It’s really special because that was a fan-tastic time of my life. Those were a wonderful three years of pitching. I had so much fun, and I really respected my teammates and coaches. To have anything that kind of commemorates that is wonderful.”

And while it a special honor to have all those records, Hill is quick to remind athletes that it takes a lot of hard work for things to pay off.

“A lot of people enjoy competing, but not a lot of people enjoy putting in the work in behind it,” Hill said. “I was really lucky. My dad was play-ing ball with me. I just happened to love it. It was never work. It was always fun to practice and fun to always train for that.”

Since starting their softball program, the Blue Devils have advanced to the state tournament nine times, winning Class C in 2003 and 2004; and finishing as runner-up in 2007 and 2009.

VolleyballSchools across Northeast and North Central

Nebraska really began to find their niche in the sport of volleyball since the new millennium. Madison was the area’s first state champion in 1974. From 1973 through 1999, there were just eight state champions from the area.

Since 2000, the area has brought home 13 state championships. In 2011, the area had three state champions in the same season for the first time. Lutheran High Northeast defended its Class C2 state championship. Humphrey capped off its first trip to the state tournament with the cham-pionship trophy in Class D1. Howells won the Class D2 state championship in its final season before a merger with Dodge.

Other area schools have found as much suc-cess on the volleyball court. West Point Central Catholic won four consecutive Class C2 state titles from 2001 to 2004. Humphrey St. Francis has three state titles to its credit, winning Class D1 in 2000, 2004 and 2005.

Wisner-Pilger’s Jean Groth has the longest tenure of any area coach. Groth is one of 10 coaches in state history to eclipse 600 career wins. Groth has coached the Gators since 1979 and has 643 career victories.

Track and fieldKarlene Erickson’s all-class state record in

the 3,200-meter run still remains after 30 years. Erickson ran a 10:19 at the Class D state meet for Wheeler Central in 1982 — one of three runners to run under 11 minutes that season.

“I watch every year to see if it’s gone or if it’s still there,” Erickson-Herrell said. “I’m proud of that. It’s quite an accomplishment. I’m surprised that it’s still there. That’s pretty decent. Even here in the state of Indiana, the girls don’t run that (time).”

Erickson-Herrell won four gold medals at the 1982 state meet. Wheeler Central won three state championships and one runner-up trophy during Erickson-Herrell’s time as a Bronco.

“It was a team effort,” Erickson-Herrell said. “It wasn’t just me. I couldn’t have done it without my teammates because they made it more fun that way. We had some good runners then.”

The most recent runner to come close to Er-ickson’s 3,200 record was Millard North’s Emily Sisson. Sisson ran a 10:23 during the Class A state meet in 2008.

In Class B, Sue Lind’s high jump record of 5 feet, 10 inches still remains. Lind achieved that mark for Albion in 1980 and 1981.

Laurel-Concord’s Bethany DeLong established a new Class C state and state meet record in the long jump in 2009. DeLong’s winning jump was 19-11-w. Amber Hegge has held the Class C high jump state record of 5-9 since 2006.

Howells’ Jenny Svoboda holds shot put records in Classes C and D. When Howells competed in Class C during 2005, Svoboda launched the shot put 49-6.

In 2004, Svoboda set state and state meet re-cords in the shot put. Her state record is 48-5, while the state meet mark is 47-5.

All three relay records in Class D are held by area schools. Humphrey St. Francis has the state records in the 4x100 (50 seconds in 2008) and 4x400 (4:03.27 in 2009). Wheeler Central has held the 4x800 record of 9:41.4 since 1983.

SwimmingOnly 19 swimmers have won at least five state

gold medals during their careers, including Norfolk High’s Shannon Wright. She was the 100 free champion in 1992, ’93 and ’95. In the breast-stroke, Wright took gold in 1992 and ’94.

Girls golfOnly eight schools across the state have won

a minimum of three consecutive state team championships. Boone Central became the latest school to achieve the accomplishment, winning the Class C state tournament from 2009 to 2011.

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AMBER HEGGE made one of the most fa-mous baskets in high school girls basketball history with this 3-pointer to help Crofton win a state title over Norfolk Catholic in 2007. Hegge is now finishing up her collegiate ca-reer at the University of South Dakota.


KARLENE ERICKSON — now Karlene Erick-son-Herrell — set an all-class state record in the 3,200-meter run for Wheeler Central in 1982, a record that still stands today.

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Equipment and technology changes continue to be associated with the Daily News — from the time the original four-page newspa-per was printed as a daily on May 1, 1887, to editions in 2012.

For many years, setting type involved someone sitting at a Lino-type machine and typing a line, which was then cast in lead. An average Linotype operator could produce a minimum of about 2,000 lines per day. It is believed the most produced by a Daily News employ-ee was 3,300 lines in one day.

The Daily News’ first Linotype could print only one font (size and style) of type to the later Linotypes that ranged from two magazines of type with two pocket molds, mak-ing it possible to set two different type sizes, to those with three main magazines, three auxiliary maga-zines and a six-pocket mold, as well as the “mixer” machine to mix type sizes for display advertising.

The Linotype had a keyboard, similar to that of the typewriter, but with 90 keys. The lead-cast lines of type were placed into a metal frame the size of a news-paper page. This type was then imprinted on a cardboard mat by the use of a “rolling-in” machine. The mat was placed into a cylinder-shaped casting block. A lead cyl-inder was cast, which was in turn locked on the press.

During the early 1950s, machin-ery at the Daily News included the Fairchild teletypesetters, which produced a coded, alphabetized, perforated tape. This tape was then inserted into automatic Linotypes, which could be operated at faster rates than individual operators could produce. But, after 85 years, the hot metal age at the Daily News was gone forever. On Oct. 16, 1972, the Daily News converted to a newer printing technology.

The News’ first experience

with computers involved the OCR (Optical Character Reader). This computer “read” the typed copy, then projected it on an electronic “scanner” screen much like a small television set.

Careful usage of specially adapted electric typewriters was required so the pages of copy could be read by the OCR.

In 1979, the newsroom said good-bye to an “old friend” of more than 50 years — an Associated Press Teletype machine that rattled off the world’s news at the rate of 60 words a minute. This slow-mover was succeeded by a leased-wire DataStream computer that re-ceived copy from a similar AP computer in Des Moines at the rate of 1,200 words a minute, bringing in several hundred stories daily.

In 1980, when use of satellites for communication became a national vogue, AP dropped its telephone line computer links. Antenna “dishes” appeared on the roofs of the News and other Nebraska newspapers, gathering high-speed transmissions from a sky satellite.

The News also tied into an AP computerized news transfer sys-tem in 1980, allowing a Norfolk story to be transmitted to Omaha’s AP office in minutes, rather than a reporter having to read it over the telephone to be transcribed.

In this fast-changing period, the News abandoned its old system of waiting for state and world photo-graphs by mail or airline from AP offices and installed a Laserphoto receiver in June 1976 capable of printing photos by light beams from major sending points through-out the world.

One piece of equipment missing from the roof is the satellite dish once used to receive transmissions from the AP. It was removed last year since news now arrives via fiber-optic phone lines.

From Linotype era to the computer age

By GREG [email protected]

It takes more than a printing press to turn out a newspaper.

Giant rolls of newsprint speed-ing through the web of rollers of a mammoth press mark just the end result of the nuts and bolts of turn-ing out the product each day.

Since the days of hot metal and Linotypes, it’s evolved into com-puter-to-plate (CTP) technology, installed in 2008 at the Daily News.

And it’s not only hardware that is required. Software is as vital.

To start with, copy for ads and news is assembled onto computer screens by page designers and a news-flow program.

The image of the page from a digital file is recorded directly to an aluminum plate, which is fas-tened to the cylinder of the press. The plate picks up ink and trans-fers it to a blanket roller. Paper fed between a pair of blanket cylinders picks up the ink.

Backing up a few steps, inside the CTP equipment, a drum rotates at 700 revolutions per minute and uses a laser to transfer image to plate. The plate is heated to 300 de-grees, baking on the image.

The plate then travels through a chemical bath, through a liquid fin-isher and is automatically turned 180 degrees onto a bender table for clamping onto the press.

Before CTP, the process in-volved making a page-size film negative that’s exposed onto the plate. One advantage is that the new system is automated and speeds the time it takes for a page to go to finished plate.

To be exact, the process turns out a plate every two minutes and 30 seconds versus 24 minutes for film, said Mike Jones, production manager of the Daily News.

That enables earlier deadlines, with copies of the paper available

at the Daily News by 12:30 p.m.Any jams could significantly

slow things. So Jones gets a call on his cellphone from the CTP machine itself if that happens to en-sure that papers get out on time.

With a potential of 28 plates per hour, the new process opens up the market for other print jobs. Sev-enteen other newspapers, ranging from weeklies to monthlies, are printed at the plant.

The press is an eight-unit Goss Urbanite that was installed in 1972. A daily press run typically takes about 75 minutes.

On the press itself, machinery inserts the second section contain-ing sports news into the front-page section. The equipment then cuts and folds the paper, the finished product heading up an overhead conveyer into the mail room.

There, an inserter machine can place up to five different ads inside at a speed of up to 8,000 inserts an hour. Employees also insert at a rate of some 1,000 inserts an hour.

The combined output can be around 300,000 inserts weekly, which doubles during November and December.

Then the paper is sent to a stacker, which counts papers into a bundle for each route, and then the bundle is tied by a strapper. From there, papers go to rack dispensers for single-issue sales.

A paper warehouse behind the pressroom holds a three-month supply of newsprint. Each roll weighs 482 pounds, and five are used on a normal run. About 50 rolls are used weekly. A vacuum collects dust from cutting and fold-ing the paper, and a cutter trims the edges off the paper bundle tops.

A storage tank holds 13,000 pounds of black soybean-based ink coming out of Chicago. Waste paper is collected and recycled by GreenFiber Industries.

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RETIRED pRODucTION managers of the Norfolk Daily News are Ken Morris (left) and Paul Warneke (middle). The current manager is Mike Jones (right).


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By LARRY [email protected]

I certainly cannot go back the entire 125 years of the existence of the Norfolk Daily News, but I can relate to more years than I like to admit.

Advertisers in the 1950s really had to do nothing. If they had the product, and a place to sell it from, they were in business. We wanted what they had to sell. We wanted televisions. We wanted refrigerators. We want-ed electric ranges. REA (Rural Electric Association) was bringing electricity to many rural areas.

In the 1960s, merchants were starting to push prod-uct, but they also talked about air-conditioned shopping comfort, off-street parking and, of course, being “open one night a week.” In those days, that night was Satur-day. Everyone went to town on Saturday night. It was a social event, as well as a shopping experience.

In the 1970s, a major change occurred in how we shopped and how merchants presented their products. This was the advent of the huge box stores.

Kmart, Gibson’s, Alco, Pamida and many others began appearing on the edge of town. Shopping cen-ters with multiple stores under one roof became popu-lar. Stores were now open every night of the week, and many were open on Sunday.

Print advertising changed with the start of inserts or circulars that carried multiple products and were in-serted in the local papers.

In the 1980s, merchants had more options with their advertising. Radio and television became a bigger part of their spending budget. Suddenly the local merchant was no longer competing with other merchants in their own town, they were competing with the world.

The past 20 years have brought incredible change. With the Internet, you can buy anything you want with-out leaving your living room, and it will be delivered to your front door.

These days, advertising with the Norfolk Daily News doesn’t mean just the newspaper. To help businesses reach today’s diversified market, we bundle print with Internet options, including Facebook and Twitter. QR codes in print ads direct readers to mobile websites through a barcode scanner on their smartphones.

As more people shop online, our advertising depart-ment builds, hosts and maintains websites and im-proves search engine optimization for area businesses.

What the future holds is anyone’s guess. I only know that the changes that I have experienced in the last 34 years at the Daily News have made this an exciting pro-fession to be a part of.

Over the years, advertising has

changed a lotBy ASHA [email protected]

While skimming headlines, photos and reading stories is all part of the newspaper experience, there is another element that can’t be overlooked: advertisements.

Whether in color or black and white, read-ers are naturally drawn to advertisements when flipping through the Norfolk Daily News or other newspapers.

As the Daily News celebrates its 125th an-niversary, it is celebrating the strength of the advertising department, which has sought to maintain its focus while continually chang-ing to meet the needs and preferences of consumers.

“The role of advertising has always been the same — to convey a message to the consumer in a timely fashion,” said Larry Bartscher, director of advertising. “But now, the way it’s done is very different.”

The advertising department covers a broad spectrum of capabilities that reach both consumers and local businesses in a process that is vital to the strength of the newspaper as a whole.

Bartscher has been with the Daily News for 33 years and said the changes he’s seen are incredible.

Long gone are the days of sifting through artwork books, tracing images and utilizing five people to create one advertisement. Now, an online image search and various font styles on a computer can aid one employee in a process that takes a fraction of the time.

But with changes come new forms of tech-nology that demand greater skills from the staff.

“We’ve had to become much more pro-fessional and we have to know more about our product and be prepared with ideas,” Bartscher said.

Additionally, greater technology and ac-cessibility make for a greater number of choices for both the sales staff and the con-sumers — which can be somewhat of a scary notion at first glance, said Vickie Hrabanek, advertising manager.

In her 31 years at the newspaper, she re-members the staff being nervous about the

changes and learning curve they needed to undertake to keep up with the mounting technological advances. It was difficult but necessary, Hrabanek said, and the staff did well to make the adjustment.

“One advantage that the Norfolk Daily News has is that all of the advertising sales staff has stayed together for years and years,” Bartscher said. “We were able to go from print to Web so successfully because of the relationships of our sales staff.”

It’s the trust in the staff that the commu-nity witnesses, enabling their work to remain consistent as the methods of advertising changed.

“The longevity is rare; people can’t believe that,” Hrabanek said.

Local businesses benefit from the long-standing advertising department, Hrabanek said. Keeping its services convenient and user-friendly is a definite goal for the news-paper.

“One of the things that we’ve been blessed

with here is the consistency of the Huse fam-ily,” Bartscher said. “We’re not controlled by a chain that doesn’t have a feel for what the local economy is doing, which is a great ad-vantage for local businesses.”

When the economy ebbs and flows, a family-run business has the ability to adjust prices and services to maintain quality and allow for a space that advertisers can be proud to use.

At a time of many changes within the newspaper industry, Bartscher said he’s hopeful the Daily News will be able to avoid many of the negative changes — such as reducing the size of the printed product — because of the strength and consistency of the revenue flow from the advertising de-partment.

“We continue to stay strong and I think we will continue to grow because we have a product and salespeople who are great,” Hra-banek said. “People continue to invite us in to their homes every day.”

Longevity has been hallmark for paper’s advertising staff

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VICKIE HRABANEK, advertising manager, and Larry Bartscher, director of advertis-ing, lead the Daily News’ advertising staff.

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Loyal employeesOne of the things that has marked the 125 years

the Daily News has been published has been an im-pressive number of staff members who have stayed with the newspaper for many years.

Here’s the list of current and past employees and the number of years they were associated with the Daily News.

50 YEARS OR MORERosella Klentz, business office, 1910 to 1976H.V. Gillis, production, 1912 to 1962Sterling McCaw, editorial, 1913 to 1967Anna Boehnke, business office, 1913 to 1965Pehr Wagner, production, 1914 to 1967Carl Camerzell, production, 1920 to 1971Eugene J. Huse Jr., publisher, 1950 to presentPaul Warneke, production, 1959 to 2009Emil Reutzel Jr., editorial, 1961 to present

40 YEARS OR MOREHarry R. Osterling, production, 1912 to 1953F. C. Asmus, business office, 1913 to 1962Alfred D. Korn, production, 1913 to 1962Nelson S. Barth, editorial, 1924 to 1964Herman C. Bahr, production, 1926 to 1973Emory Jones, production, 1929 to 1973Lawrence Speicher, production, 1943 to 1984Joan Schulz, editorial, 1955 to 1999Larry Hansen, production, 1955 to 1999William Borer, production, 1966 to 2006Roger Casselman, production, 1967 to 2008LaVere “Bud” Roggenbach, production, 1944 to 1989Frank Wiedenbach, editorial, 1948 to 1989Fred Stafford, editorial, 1948 to 1988John Goossen, circulation, 1948 to 1992Eugene Jones, production, 1949 to 1995Florence Roggenbach Larson, editorial, 1950 to 1996Roger Frank, production, 1952 to 1993Clarence Kramer, business office, 1955 to 1997Robert Lamm, production, 1958 to 2006Joseph Griel, production, 1966 to present

30 YEARS OR MOREFilmore Harkrader, production, 1919 to 1956Horace Gomon, editorial, 1929 to 1955Ralph Livingston, production, 1938 to 1970Harold Schulz, production, 1943 to 1973James Slobodny, production, 1956 to 1993Denton Fuehrer, editorial, 1961 to 1997Lillian Baker, advertising, 1961 to 1992Dorothy Fryer, editorial, 1966 to 1998Brenda Mather, advertising, 1973 to presentElaine Thelen, advertising, 1977 to presentRandy Barton, production, 1975 to 2008Larry Bartscher, advertising, 1978 to presentVictor Miller, production, 1919 to 1951David Powell, production, 1936 to 1973Clara Winnepenninkx, production, 1943 to 1973Jack Thomas, advertising, 1947 to 1983James Prchal, business manager, 1957 to 1990Reta Quiring, production, 1965 to 1996Michael Champion, production, 1966 to 2001Ken Morris, production, 1967 to 2006Mary Pat Hoag, editorial, 1973 to presentDennis Fleming, production, 1974 to presentGreg Wees, editorial, 1975 to presentRoseann Indra, advertising, 1978 to presentJim Widhalm, custodian, 1979 to presentVickie Hrabanek, advertising, 1980 to presentLori Brummels, business office, 1979 to present

20 YEARS OR MORERalph Fairbanks, production, 1919 to 1942William Reckert, advertising, 1919 to 1946Esther Uecker, business office, 1943 to 1967Alfred T. Behmer, production, 1946 to 1973Donald Graves, production, 1947 to 1973Warren Wolfe, advertising, 1949 to 1973Keith Darr, production, 1951 to 1973Norma Craig, business office, 1959 to 1979Bill Rowan, production, 1965 to 1994Judy Bohn, production, 1973 to 1995Leon Froehlich, production, 1974 to 1996Gary Heppner, circulation, 1974 to 1999Joan Sila, business office, 1975 to 1995Linda Brudigan, advertising, 1985 to 2012Darin Epperly, editorial, 1987 to presentJason Feddern, production, 1987 to presentCarl Carlson, production, 1919 to 1943Alice Leffler, editorial, 1942 to 1969Eugene Day, advertising, 1946 to 1972Melvyn Gugat, production, 1946 to 1973Marie Schulz, circulation, 1947 to 1976 Keith Roll, production, 1950 to 1973Laurence Fischer, production, 1956 to 1984Myron Vondracek, production, 1963 to 1984Melvin Henseleit, production, 1967 to 1990Pam Siebrandt, advertising, 1974 to 1999Darlene Froehlich, production, 1974 to 1996Chris Sellars, production, 1974 to 1977; 1979 to 2006 Bev Throener, advertising, 1979 to 2002Mike Timm, production, 1984 to presentJay Prauner, editorial, 1986 to presentKent Warneke, editorial, 1987 to presentChris Saegebarth, advertising, 1988 to presentJerry Guenther, editorial, 1990 to presentJeff Jones, production, 1985 to 1986; 1992 to presentMari Ortmeier, advertising, 1975 to 1979; 1994 to present

By GREG [email protected]

Ken Morris was production manager at the Daily News at the end of the era when the newspaper was put together on Linotypes be-fore the transition to computers.

At one point, he supervised both a day crew and a night crew on the press, when a variety of publications were printed.

“It seems to me I had about 70 people at one time in the pressroom, production and mail-room,’’ he said.

That was when the Daily News printed the Livestock Market Digest, which had around 100 editions, he said, and a circulation of near-ly 100,000. That publication was addressed and sent out weekly to livestock markets around

the country.He also oversaw installation of a new Goss

press in 1972.“We came in and tore out all of the old press,

then we set up four units of the new one,’’ Mor-ris said. “Over a weekend, we moved the other three units around and got them hooked up and going for Monday. These were big jobs.’’

Contracts followed to print the Bellevue Leader, Sun Newspapers, Offutt Air Force Base newspaper and Jewish Press.

“We built a new building at Bellevue for the Bellevue Leader (which was then owned by the Daily News) and equipped it. I went down there and got it ready,’’ along with other news-paper employees.

The Omaha-to-Norfolk connection meant

several trips a week.“We had to do all of this with them sending it

up and us setting up all ads in Norfolk,’’ Morris said. “It had to come by bus, truck — a runner went down three days a week to pick up stuff — sometimes by air. It was quite a scheduling nightmare.’’

Morris, who retired in 2005, also was in-volved in construction of the addition to the newspaper building in the early 1990s that created a larger mailroom and enabled the circulation office to move into the space occu-pied by the old mailroom. The newsroom grew in size as well. The project involved razing a dry cleaners building and the vacant Granada Theater to make room for the addition and em-ployee parking lot.

Former production manager has seen it all

By GRACE [email protected]

It’s been more than a decade since Joan Schulz and Florence Larson retired from the Norfolk Daily News.

Still, the two remember their time at the Daily News vividly.

Right out of high school, Larson started at the Daily News in 1950 as a proofreader. At the time, Sterling McCaw was the editor.

“They were taking interviews and I came in for an interview,” Larson said. “He (Ster-ling) was so amazed with my spelling, he hired me on the spot. I started the next day.”

In her 40-plus years at the Daily News, Larson held a number of positions, including being the head of the proofreaders and tele-type setters, as well as social editor.

“It was Jerry Huse then who wanted to promote me to social editor. I said, ‘No, no, no. I can’t do that.’ And they said, ‘Give it a six-month try,’ ” Larson said. “I was given a six-month trial at my own request so that I could go back to my other job. I loved it.”

While she was social editor, Larson inter-viewed John F. Kennedy, who made a stop in Norfolk.

“That was amazing. We were in the Hotel Madison, upstairs,” Larson said. “I was so im-pressed with the man.”

After the Daily News moved to its current location, Larson took on the role as assistant editor to the Livestock Market Digest. She left the Daily News for a short time and came back as an assistant to the regional editor. Soon after, she again took on the role of so-cial editor. She also started a column in 1972, which she continued until one year after retir-ing in 1996.

“It was fun. I loved working,” Larson said. “I loved my job . . . the different things they let me do because I had so many different jobs. Whenever they were short anywhere, I could fill in because I was familiar with all of it.”

Schulz Started in 1955. And actually, Larson is the one who hired Schulz as a tele-type setter/proofreader. She recalled using the teletype machines.

She said it was a keyboard — similar to a typewriter. It had a large roll of yellow tape on it. As a person typed on the typewriter, it punched holes in the tape and set the type, she said.

“You had to learn to read the code on the tape, and then, of course, when it went over to the gals who run the proofs — when they had to put the corrections in, you had to learn how to read this type upside-down and backward,” Schulz said.

Schulz remained in that department for the most part, working on projects like the Livestock Market Digest and taking dictation from state sports tournaments.

“When the games were done, I would come in and (sports editor Denny Fuehrer) would dictate his stories to me,” Schulz said. “Some-times I would come in at 10, 11 o’clock at night. You couldn’t send it electronically, and they had to have it the next morning.”

When she retired in 1999, Schulz was an editorial assistant.

“I thoroughly enjoyed my job. Actually, I can’t compare it to anything because it’s the only job I ever had,” Schulz said, adding that the Daily News has always been very family-oriented.

“When I was working and my kids were lit-tle, I was grateful for the Daily News permit-ting me to adjust my schedule around taking the kids to school, activities at school,” Schulz said. “The Daily News has always been really good in that respect, working with you.”

Larson agreed.“I could come in the morning at 8:30 when

I dropped the kids off at school. Then I could leave at 3:30 p.m. to pick them up,” Larson said. “There was never a problem at all. They were always very obliging.”

Schulz and larSon reminisced about other fond — or not so fond — memories of the Daily News.

Back in the day, men didn’t have to wear ties on Saturdays but were expected to every other day of the week. Now, men don’t have to wear ties at all. Also, women were required to wear dresses and skirts with pantyhose.

“You didn’t wear bare legs,” Larson said.Schulz joked that the Daily News caused

her aversion to pantyhose.“I don’t like them,” Schulz said. “Maybe

that’s the reason (I don’t wear them). I had to do it for so many years — I don’t want to do it anymore.”

One of the biggest changes the Daily News had, Schulz said, was when it went from hot metal to offset printing.

“That was a nightmare. It was so different,” Schulz said. “We had to reset everything. Ev-erything that was normal every day, you had to redo it. That was major.”

Schulz said it seemed as though the Daily News underwent several frequent technologi-cal upgrades after moving to offset printing.

“It just seemed like every time you turned around, there was new technology coming, new computers, more frustration,” Schulz said.

For Larson, the worst upgrade was moving from a manual typewriter to an electric one.

“I did not want an electric typewriter. That, I really did rebel,” Larson said. “I wanted to keep my old one because I could type great on it. I didn’t need something better.”

The two also noted the Daily News’ move to its current location in 1963 as a major change.

“You cannot even imagine what that (old) building was like,” Schulz said. “The news-room — it was upstairs — you had to go up this flight of stairs and it was dark. And there was probably a minimum of 10 to 12 people in that room, and you were just elbow to elbow with everyone. It was an old, old building.”

“It’s unbelievable the small space that building was,” Larson added.

Retired employees still have fond memories of Daily News

JOAN SChuLz started with the

Norfolk Daily News in 1955, taking on the position of a

teletype setter and proofreader. Schulz

retired from the paper in 1999 as the editorial assistant.

FLORENCE LARSON (right) started with the Norfolk Daily

News in 1950 as a proofreader.

After more than 40 years at the

paper, Larson retired from the social editor position.

NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, TuESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 33-A32-A NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, TuESDAY, MAY 1, 2012

Filmore Harkrader....................................................PressmanVictor Miller...............................................................PressmanHorace Gomon................................................. Regional.EditorDavid Powell..................................................Printing.ManagerRalph Livingston..............................................SuperintendentClara Winnepenninkx.................................................. BinderyHarold Schulz.......................................................... ComposingJack Thomas..................................................Advertising.SalesJames Slobodny........................................................PressmanJames Prchal.............................................. Business.ManagerDenton Fuehrer....................................................Sports.EditorReta Quiring............................................................ ComposingLillian Baker...........................................................ProofreaderMichael Champion................................................. ComposingDorothy Fryer.............................................................City.EditorKen Morris................................................Production.ManagerRandy Barton...................................... Mail.Machine.Operator.

Former Employees (over.30.years)

Dennis FlemingPre-press37.years

Lori BrummelsAdministrative.Secretary.

32.years

Current Employees (over.30.years)

Mary Pat HoagAg.Editor39.years

Larry BartscherAdvertising.Director

33.years

Brenda MatherAd.Services.Manager

38.years

Vickie HrabanekAdvertising.Manager

32.years

Greg WeesReporter36.years

Roseann IndraGraphic.Artist

33.years

Jim WidhalmCustodian33.years

OVER 30 YEARSOF EMPLOYMENT

Elaine ThelenAdvertising.Sales

34.years


Harry Oesterling............................................ Press.ForemanLaVere “Bud” Roggenbach.................. Camera.SupervisorF.C. Asmus................................................. General.ManagerFrank Wiedenbach................................Chief.PhotographerAlfred D. Korn.......................................Composing.ForemanFred Stafford...................................................... News.EditorNelson S. Barth....................................................ComposingJohn Goossen........................................Circulation.ManagerEmory Jones............................................................. LinotypeHerman C. Bahr................................................... ProductionEugene Jones.......................................Composing.ManagerLawrence Speicher.................................................. LinotypeFlorence Roggenbach Larson.........................Living.EditorJoan Schulz............................................... Editorial.AssistantRoger Frank.............................................Mailroom.ManagerLarry Hansen................................................. Press.ManagerClarence Kramer.......................................... Office.ManagerWilliam Borer.......................................................ComposingRoger Casselman.................................... Systems.ManagerRobert Lamm.......................................................Composing


Joseph GrielMailroom.Clerk

45.years


Current Employee (over.40.years)

Ralph Fairbanks.....................................................PressmanCarl Carlson.............................................................. LinotypeWilliam Reckert...................................Advertising.ManagerAlice Leffler......................................................... Farm.EditorEsther uecker........................................................ SecretaryEugene Day...........................................Advertising.ManagerAlfred T. Behmer....................................................PressmanMelvyn Gugat.........................................................PressmanDonald Graves........................................................PressmanMarie Schulz..........................................................CirculationWarren Wolfe................................................ Sales.ManagerKeith Roll..................................................Printing.SalesmanKeith Darr........................................Printing.SuperintendentLaurence Fischer...................................................PressmanMyron Vondracek...................................................PressmanNorma Craig........................................................... SecretaryBill Rowan...............................................................PressmanMelvin Henseleit..................................................ComposingJudy Bohn............................................................Ad.ServicesPam Siebrandt....................................................... ClassifiedLeon Froehlich........................................................MailroomDarlene Froehlich...................................................MailroomGary Heppner........................................Circulation.ManagerChris Sellars...........................Assistant.Mailroom.ManagerJoan Sila.............................................................. BookkeeperBev Throener..............................................Advertising.Sales



Mike TimmAss’t..Pressroom.Mgr.

28.years

Linda BrudiganAdvertising.Sales

27.years

Jay PraunerSports.Editor.

25.years

Darin EpperlyChief.Photographer.

24.years

Kent WarnekeEditor

24.years

Jason FeddernMailroom.Manager

24.years

Chris SaegebarthAdvertising.Sales

23.years

Jerry GuentherRegional.Editor

21.years

Jeff JonesPressroom.Manager

21.years

Mari Ortmeier.Advertising.Sales

21.years


Jackie SundermanTelemarket..Super.

12.years

Aaron Westerhaus.Circulation.Dist..Mgr.

1.year

Will Nichols.Mailroom.Clerk

1.year

Christopher CulverMailroom.Clerk

1.year

Jacob WraggePhotographer

1.year.

Skylar Osovski.Ass’t..News.Editor

1.year

Brandy Prauner Sports.Assistant

3.years

Tom BehmerAss’t..Sports.Editor

6.years

Jon GoetschCirculation.Dist..Mgr.

6.years

Eddie EvansAss’t..Sports.Editor

9.years

Chris AveryAssoc..News.Editor

9.years

Trisha SchulzSenior.Reporter

9.years

Les Mann.General.Manager

13.years

Lisa McGillClassified.Clerk

13.years

Kathryn HarrisOnline.News.Editor

13.years

Carrie PitzerE-Media.Sales.Mgr.

14.years

Lori ClarksonOffice.Manager

14.years

Harold HafermanMail.Machine.Operator

6.years

Stephanie ZaneClassified.Clerk

9.months

Carissa DennisAdvertising.Ass’t.

1.year

Mike JonesProduction.Manager

6.years

Suzie WachterAdvertising.Sales

6.years

Kathy RogersEditorial.Assistant

6.years

Julie Asmus Mailroom.Inserter

5.years

Tyler EisenbraunSystems.Technician

8.years

Scott HamptonSports.Assistant

8.years

Betty Gors.Insert.Supervisor

10.years

Sheri BiggsAss’t..Circulation.Mgr.

9.years

Larry SullivanMailroom.Clerk

14.years

Sam Fisher.Mailroom.Clerk

6.months

Christiane Schaecher Mailroom.Inserter

5.months

Rob BuckinghamMailroom.Clerk

7.months

Linda Martinez Mailroom.Inserter

7.months

Alexis DvorakGraphics/Videographer

4.months

Cristina Anderson.Ass’t..Mailroom.Mgr.

11.years

Meagan Riedel.Bookkeeper

8.months

Steven Schmit.Pressman

5.years

Denise Webbert.Advertising.Sales

5.years

Pam ZouchaRetail.Ad.Manager

4.years

Grace PetersenCity.Editor

7.years

Cory SimmonsPressman

7.years

Andrea Larson.News.Desk,.Reporter

7.years

Joel SplittgerberSystems.Manager

12.years

Missy D. RechCirculation.Director

11.years

Lori HamlingMailroom.Inserter

10.years

Pat SettjeMailroom.Inserter

10.years

Mary Jazwick.Mailroom.Inserter

10.years

Scott McIntosh.Assoc..News.Editor

10.years

Dennis Meyer Jr.Photo.Mgr./Online.Editor

16.years

Debbie WarnekeBusiness.Manager

17.years

Sheryl SchmeckpeperLiving.Editor

16.years

Tim PearsonNews.Editor

15.years

Tracey VolquardsenCirculation.Clerk

16.years

Dawn Freeman Mailroom.Inserter

2.months

Karen Thelen-Timm Circulation.Dist..Mgr..

2.years

Frank GriffithMail.Machine.Operator

3.years

Kyle KummMailroom.Clerk

2.years

Troy BerrymanSports.Assistant

4.years

Matt PetersenAss’t..Marketing.Mgr.

6.years

Brandi Lanman Advertising.Sales

6.years

Louise DivisCirculation.Clerk

7.years

Janet CalhoonGraphic.Artist

7.years

Kelly GanskowGraphic.Artist

16.years

OTHER CuRRENT DAILY NEWS EMPLOYEES

Lizz Kemling Receptionist

3.months

GreG Wees: Wees has put in 36 years at the Daily News, the majority as news re-porter and regional editor.

“My longest hiatus away from the news biz was six weeks on short-term disability after falling off a bike. The Stanton County sheriff, who was an acquaintance, respond-ed to the rescue call of bike-rider down and identified me, since I had a case of amnesia,” Wees said. “It was an interesting six weeks off.”

elaine Thelen: Like many veterans at the Daily News, Thelen has held many titles and assumed many duties over her 34 years, from proofreading to advertising sales, to layout of the daily paper and special sections.

“Several years ago, in early April, I left work around 8 a.m. ‘for an appointment.’ About 8:15 a.m., the manager of a local bak-ery called and wanted me to come down right away. Since I was already checked out, another advertising salesman also had an early appointment, another had called in to say she’d be a little late to work and still another called in sick, that left only the ad-vertising director, Larry Bartscher, to take the call,” Thelen said. “The bakery manag-er insisted he come right away to get some corrections for an ad because she needed to leave soon. So off he went, down to the bak-ery. Quite to his surprise, when he entered the bakery, there was the whole advertising staff to greet him . . . ‘April Fool!’ ”

larry BarTscher: Bartscher has been a part of the Daily News for 33 years, serving as vice president and director of ad-vertising.

“Shortly after I came here in 1978, I found it necessary to terminate an employee that was on the advertising staff when I arrived. The employee said he would only do what he was hired to do, and what I was asking him to do did not qualify as far as he was con-cerned. He also stated that the only person that could terminate him was the person that hired him. That person no longer was employed by the News and may have even been deceased,” Bartscher said. “It took over a week to get this person out of the building; he just kept coming back every morning. After he finally left, he stalked me for several weeks. We laugh about it now, but it wasn’t funny then.”

roseann indra: Indra, a graphic arts specialist in ad services who has been with the Daily News for 33 years, shared a couple of lighter moments.

“Early in my employment, Bill Huse (Jerry Huse’s son) was visiting to learn more about each department. He rode with me that day while I delivered proofs. It was a gloomy, rainy day, and my car was not running right. In fact, it died every time I came to a stop sign. It took 45 minutes to deliver 10 min-utes’ worth of proofs. I was so embarrassed,

but Bill was very understanding,” Indra said. “Around Christmastime shortly after I started at the News, we had cleaned out the waxer and put the gunk onto a metal pie plate, intending to throw it away. Our edi-

tor, Emil Reutzel, saw the plate on the desk, and thinking it was Christmas candy, took a bite. We all tried not to laugh. He must have thought someone was a terrible cook.”

Jim Widhalm: Widhalm has served as the Daily News’ custodian for 33 years.

“I enjoy listening to the radio while I work so there have been many occasions over the years where — working by myself at night — someone scares me because I didn’t hear them come,” Widhalm said.

lori BrUmmels: Brummels began with the Daily News in 1979 as an office secretary/bookkeeper. Four years later, she assumed her current title as administrative assistant to the publisher and the company accounts receivable bookkeeper.

“Having been at the News for over 30 years, there have been many memories cre-ated with many different people. I do know even with as many people that work here, we have always felt like family,” Brummels said. “In our bookkeeping department sever-al years ago, we had a couple of individuals (Joan and June) who always enjoyed hav-ing a good time and a good laugh. Joan was the ‘mother figure’ for our department and when she turned 50, we gave her a hard time that she was ‘going bananas.’ On her 50th birthday, 50 bananas ‘mysteriously’ showed up on her desk. Each year thereafter, more bananas appeared. Items like 51 banana chips or 52 cups of Jell-O with bananas. We looked forward to seeing what would appear each year, as well as the banana treats that Joan would bring us the week of her birth-day. This continued every year until she re-tired. Even after her retirement, 50 bananas appeared at her 50th-wedding anniversary.”

Vickie hraBanek: Hrabanek has been with the News for 32 years, working her way from dictation clerk to advertising manager.

“I started at the Daily News working on the Livestock Market Digest, a publication that was printed here but based in Albu-querque, New Mexico. After a few years, the printing of that publication was taken back to their home office, which meant I was out of a job. On my last day of work, as I was walking out the door, the advertising director, Larry Bartscher, stopped me and said he had been waiting for me to apply for a position he had open in the classified department. The next Monday, I started work as a classified clerk and now hold the position Larry had back when he hired me.”

Ten employees have been with the Daily News for more than 20 years. They are: Mike Timm, 28 years; Linda Brudi-gan, 27 years; Jay Prauner, 25 years; Darin Epperly, 24 years; Kent Warneke, 24 years; Jason Feddern, 24 years; Chris Saegebarth, 23 years; Jerry Guenther, 21 years; Mari Ortmeier, 21 years; and Jeff Jones, 20 years.

BY JAY [email protected]

Generationally speaking, technology has rendered the phrase “the more things change, the more they stay the same” nearly obsolete.

But the saying is still relevant in certain cases, including when comparing the num-ber of people employed at the Norfolk Daily News today as to 25 years ago.

In an edition printed on Friday, May 1, 1987, celebrating the Daily News’ 100th an-niversary, a headline read “89 of your neigh-bors produce News”.

Today, 87 employees are carrying on the company’s mission of serving, informing and enriching.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, the average length of service by an employ-ee in the newspaper industry is under four years. At the Daily News, it is 13.2 years.

The longest-working employee at the Daily News was Rosella Klentz, who worked for 66 years. Klentz began at the Daily News in 1910, retired as private secretary for Pub-lisher Jerry Huse in 1976 and died in 1982 at the age of 91.

Contributing editor Emil Reutzel Jr. joins publisher Jerry Huse as the only other two 50-plus-year employees of the Daily News. Reutzel served on the campaign staff of the Republican National Committee in 1961.

Currently, there are 11 employees who have been with the Daily News for more than 30 years, including Joe Griel, who has been with the company 45 years.

Three of the most publicized events that occurred during their employment since the 100th anniversary issue in 1987 were the massive flooding along the Elkhorn River on June 15, 2010; five people killed in a robbery at U.S. Bank in Norfolk on Sept. 26, 2002; and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

* * *The 11 employees mentioned above were

asked to share a work-related story from their time at the Daily News.

Joe Griel: Only two current employ-ees have been at the Daily News longer than Griel, who is in his 45th year at the Daily News.

Griel now works part time in the mail-room but, over the years, has had his hands in page layout, camera-ad setup, pagination, color separations, stripping negatives and graphic design.

“The things that stand out to me are that there have been a lot of changes in the back shop and I have met a lot of people,” Griel said.

mary paT hoaG: Hoag began her em-ployment at the Daily News in March 1973 as an editorial assistant on the national Live-stock Market Digest newspaper that was published by the Daily News. She also has

had general reporting and photography re-sponsibilities since then.

In October 1977, Hoag became the Daily News’ agricultural editor, a position she has held since then. From November 1978 to September 1987, she also was the youth edi-tor. Several years ago, she again became the youth editor.

Hoag said one of the “memorable mo-ments” of her 39-year career at the Daily

News came shortly before Thanksgiving 1984 when Knox County Extension agent Terry Gompert called to inform her of the foreclosure of the Bank of Verdigre.

Farmers’ paychecks were garnished, with both food and feed pantries being es-tablished. Hoag remembers typing the in-formation over the phone on an old manual typewriter on newsprint paper.

Her story went nationwide over The As-sociated Press wire, bringing attention to one community that was representative of so many across the Midwest caught in the throes of the agricultural financial crisis of the ’80s.

Hoag made numerous trips to Verdigre for update stories and photos, including one in November 2009 for the 25th anniversary of the bank closing.

Hoag has said many times over the years that if any lesson can be learned from the 1980s, it is the need for the ag sector to bet-ter tell its story. And that’s still the case today, she said.

Brenda maTher: Mather is in her 38th year with the Daily News.

“I started in what was called composing, manually doing ad paste-up and classified pages, which soon progressed into sports and any other pages that needed to be con-structed. I also worked with the Livestock Market Digest page makeup and the many individual market pages that called in daily. As color was seeping into the News pages, I helped create some of the full-color illus-trations for one of the local grocery stores. Learning with the flow of technology pro-gressed my career to a computerized ad ser-vices department that I now manage.

“Working side-by-side with the Huse fam-ily. Memories of a high school-age Bill, work-ing his summers with us, his dad having him learn each department hands-on. He was constantly on the move with his shoestrings flying loose. Jerry was always on a rede-sign mission to make the News pleasing to the eye. I remember telling him one day, ‘If he kept swiping my tools, which at the time were an X-Acto knife, pica pole and a roller, that I wasn’t able to do my job.’ After that, any time he needed to redesign, I would pro-vide him with his own set of tools.”

dennis FleminG: In his 37 years of service with the Daily News, Fleming has been involved with camera-ad setup, com-posing and pre-press duties.

“I am just amazed how things have changed in 37 years. We’ve gone from shoot-ing pages with a huge camera, to developing page-sized negatives, to burning the nega-tive image on an aluminum plate that gets put on the press, to now going straight from a computer right to the plate,” Fleming said. “What used to take five or six people now takes one or two . . . totally amazing.”

Jerry Huse President/Publisher

62.years


►Please see EMPLOYEES,.page.33-A


Emil ReutzelContributing.Editor

51.years

Sterling McCaw,.Executive.Editor....54.yearsPehr Wagner,.Bindery.Foreman.....53.yearsAnna Boehnke,.Bookkeeper.......... 52.yearsCarl Camerzell,.Linotype.Foreman... 51.yearsH.V. Gillis,.Superintendent............. 50.yearsPaul Warneke,.Production.Mgr...... 50.years


For company’s 87 employees, the more things change, the more things remain the same125 years of serving, informing and enriching

Former Employee (over.60.years)Rosella Klentz,.Secretary............ 66.years

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LARRY HANSEN (right), former pressroom supervisor, stands with Jeff Jones, who took over the position when Hansen retired in 2000. Hansen said he enjoyed work-ing with longtime Daily News photographer Frank wie-denbach on adding color photographs to the paper.

By KATHRYN [email protected]

Larry Hansen never concerned himself with typos.But he still cringes on the rare occasions the newspaper

arrives on his doorstep with a black streak running down a page.

“I’ll be like, ‘Come on, guys,’ ” the longtime Norfolk resi-dent said with a smile.

Hansen spent the better part of his 44-year career at the Norfolk Daily News as the pressroom supervisor, where he was in charge of getting the ink onto the paper and ensuring the final product looked clean and crisp.

His relationship with the Daily News began when Hansen was a boy. His parents had recently moved to Norfolk after retiring from the family farm near Wisner. In February 1953, Hansen’s older brother brought him to the newspaper office, which was then located in a narrow building on North Fourth Street, to inquire about becoming a paperboy.

For five years, he delivered the Daily News to numerous front porches in Norfolk. When Hansen was 16, he started working in the Daily News’ mailroom and later took on duties as a custodian.

“I was a paperboy and worked in the mailroom for quite a while — until I was almost 21,” Hansen said.

All the while, his goal was to get a job working in the pressroom. Hansen said he was fascinated by the machinery every time he had to walk through that area of the building.

“I made some friends in the pressroom. I ran proofs for awhile and always went through there. That amazed me, watching that big thing running,” he said.

Hansen eventually landed a spot in the pressroom, where he had the opportunity to be involved in the move to the Daily News’ building at 525 W. Norfolk Ave., as well as the conver-sion to a new press.

“My worst memory was getting this press,” he said.Hansen, who at the time hadn’t yet become pressroom

supervisor, said the new press was a difficult piece of machin-ery to figure out. It took nearly a year to solve the challenges the new machinery brought with it.

Hansen’s mastery of the press, his positive attitude and dedication eventually led him into the supervising position in the pressroom. There, he helped lead the Daily News from the era where newspapers were strictly printed in black and white to the modern-day color pages.

“That was my biggest thing,” Hansen said with a proud smile. “(Longtime Daily News photographer) Frank Wie-denbach was doing the pictures. We got pretty close, and I enjoyed that part.”

Health issues forced Hansen to retire in 2000. His position was filled by Jeff Jones, a longtime Daily News employee whose father, Eugene “Nip” Jones, also worked for the paper for 46 years.

Hansen and his wife, Lorraine, have three daughters and six grandsons. The couple now spend a lot of their time with their youngest grandson, Samuel.

And he still looks forward to getting his paper every eve-ning. “I’d miss it bad if I didn’t get it,” Hansen said.

Retired pressman saw move to new building

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ROB LAMM worked at the Norfolk Daily News for 47 years, starting part time in the mailroom when he was a teenager and advancing through several sweeping changes in the production process.

By SKYLAR [email protected]

When Rob Lamm makes a stop at the Norfolk Daily News these days, he’s more than just a visitor.

In the 47 years Lamm worked for the Daily News, he proved to be an integral part of the newspaper by holding sev-eral positions in various departments.

“I started in the mailroom in 1958. . . . That means I was 16 years old back then,” Lamm said with a laugh.

When Lamm began his long career, he immediately found that he enjoyed the atmosphere of the workplace.

“The people who surrounded me were great, and they all became close friends of mine,” he said. “Even though some have moved on to different jobs or different newspapers, I still remain in regular contact with them.”

Part of what helped Lamm develop those relationships was the fact that he worked in a number of areas.

“In addition to the mailroom, I served as a truck driver, and I was a member of circulation and the back shop, which was where the paper was assembled and put together,” Lamm said.

throughout his years at the Daily News, Lamm also took special note of the changes he saw in newspaper produc-tion.

“To put things in a nutshell, the paper went from a very physical medium to a computer-based medium,” he said. “When I first started, we used hot lead to create the product. But with the technology that’s available today, it’s not hard to understand why we evolved our process.”

In his final position with the newspaper, Lamm served as a gatekeeper for the newsroom, which allowed him to become acquainted with advanced electronic developments.

“I was part of the production procedure and saw that the future was going to be very much Internet-driven,” Lamm said. “After working with it for a while, I realized it was time for me to move on and start a new chapter in my life.”

Lamm retired from the Daily News in 2005, and has since been traveling to vacation destinations, such as Hawaii and Mexico, and playing as much golf as he can fit into his sched-ule.

“It would be foolish of me to say I’m not enjoying the down time because I am,” he said. “But I would also be lying if I said I didn’t miss being in the forefront of the news. That was my favorite part of the job.”

Today, Lamm still finds time to visit the Daily News. And when he does, he’s treated as what he is — a true news vet-eran, colleague and friend.

Mailroom job was first of many over 47 years

“In addition to the mailroom, I served as a truck driver, and I was a member of circula-tion and the back shop, which was where the paper was assembled and put together.”

Rob lAmm

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ELAINE THELEN is in her 34th year in the Daily News’ advertising department.

By MARY PAT [email protected]

A relocation to Norfolk when her husband accepted a new job unexpectedly landed Elaine Thelen a new career.

Prior to the move, Thelen and husband Lyle had been living in Orchard. She had nine years of experience as an elemen-tary teacher, including five at the Clearwater Public School.

With their late-summer arrival, Thelen said she began checking the Daily News classifieds for a job and began sub-mitting applications. She soon accepted a position with the newspaper’s advertising department.

That was 34 years ago.Thelen said she first worked mornings running ad proofs

to advertisers and assisting the salespeople in preparing their ads for composing.

The job later developed into a full-time position as a sales-person herself. Her foray into newspaper ad sales was benefi-cial to the Norfolk newcomer. “This position provided me with exposure to the city and the various businesses,” she said.

“All sales calls at that time were person to person,” she said. “You had to develop the relationship with the business owner to help them promote their business. And, yes, you had to realize that if they said no to not take it personally.”

At thAt time, “The Daily News salespeople had to do all of their own copy, artwork and layout for the display ads,” said the Verdigre native. “Later, two people in ad services as-sisted us with finding artwork and helped with the ad layout. But we still had to go out and discuss the copy with the busi-ness owner.”

“Technology then was light years away from what we even imagined that we’d be using today,” she said. “Everything back then was typed on a manual typewriter.”

Over the years, various computer systems were introduced to the various departments at the Daily News.

“As the workplace changed, so must we,” said Thelen, even though the learning process, at times, was challenging. “We had to change right along with the technology.”

Today, she said, “There’s a full staff of ad service personnel to assist the sales staff with ad design. Work has evolved from craft-based manual labor to knowledge-based design.”

But, as Thelen points out, “We can reminisce about the past, but it’s just as important today as it was over 30 years ago to do personal contacts with the business owner.”

In addition to ad sales, she scheduled and proofed the legal notices, did the layout of the newspaper, filed the papers used for billing purposes and the permanent bound book of past is-sues and proofread the advertisements in special sections.

As part of a daily newspaper owned by the Huse family, “We’re all like part of the family,” she said. “The teamwork of the employees here is outstanding, regardless of department.”

Thelen, who went part time in March 2011, said Daily News employees take pride “in the quality and reliability of our product — be it news or advertising.”

A special project for Thelen for a number of years has been working individually over a three-month span with each Mad-ison County 4-H member selling advertising for the Daily News’ annual 4-H Edition.

“It’s like teaching,” Thelen said. “It goes back to the start of my career as a teacher.”

Advertising veteran still teaching 34 years later

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T he history of the YMCA in Norfolk dates to 1913, when architect J.C. Stitt and contractors Pruden and Beckenhauer built the original building on the corner of 4th St. and Madison Avenue.

The three-story brick structure had 1,500 members and was originally known as the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association), but through the years has also come to serve men, women, boys and girls of a ll ages.

John G. (Chief) Moore came to Norfolk to serve as the first director of the Y from 1920 until his de ath in 1962. Following him as directors were Ivan Maggert, Ed Kuenzi, Roy Price and presently, Randy Hagedorn.

Mr. Kuenzi was director from 1969 to 1980 and was behind the planning and 4 years of fundraising fo r the present new facility on West Benjamin Avenue. Roy Price continued with the fundraising and planning when he became director.

Pledges, donations and private sector funds from the community made the new Y possible. It was built by Beckenhauer Construction and opened in May of 1981.

Remarks at the dedication were made by Roy Price, executive director of the Y; Bill Bridge, Y Board President; Jerry Huse, Project General Chairman, and Mayor Lou Whitmore.

Throughout the Y’s history, many citizens have carried on their legacies in Norfolk and have provide d funding for the current Y facility—helping it grow to more than 8,000 members—and remain a strong pillar in the Norfolk community.

The Y would like to thank the Norfolk Daily News for its support over the years.

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