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Photo by Gordon Hopkins/fairburyjournalnewsGiving Back To Those Who Gave—Mick Suey, head of the Fairbury 150th Birthday Celebration Committee, (left), and Don Cook, of the Fairbury Community Foundation (back), present Don and Connie Mahlman with a special Ambassador Award for their years of support of the community.

By Gordon HopkinsJefferson County Commissioners held the

final budget hearing the morning of Tuesday, September 10 of this year. This was the last opportunity to determine what property tax should be for the coming year. Once set, the property tax cannot be changed throughout the year. Disbursement limits for each of the funds were also set. Unlike property tax, these can be amended during the course of the year if necessary.After weeks of budget talks and a long dis-

cussion during a meeting on Aug. 27, the county commissioners reluctantly voted to increase the county tax levy rate from 27.9363 cents to 32 cents. The total personal and real property tax being requested is $6,038,191 in the general fund, the highway bond tax request is $550,000 and the ambulance tax request is $500,535.County Commissioner Michael Dux said, “I

will say this is the most aggressive budget I’ve ever been a part of and I’ve honestly lost a lot of sleep over this.”There were a number of factors that necessi-

tated the increase.ValuationJefferson County’s valuation went down

by 2.7 percent this year. County Commis-sion Chairman Mark Schoenrock noted, “So the county valuation, of course, is one of the significant parts of the equation for the ability of the board to meet the requirements of local government.”Inheritance TaxSchoenrock said, “Historically, we have had

a fairly significant reliance in inheritance tax, and we have realized, from our experience here in recent years, that the revenues to the county, to the inheritance tax, have been de-creasing. We don’t know why that is, but they have been decreasing.”In previous meetings, commissioners have

expressed concern that the county budget has been too dependent on the inheritance tax. Schoenrock said, “This year we are not relying very heavily on inheritance tax. We only have $100,000 in our budget for inheritance tax this year. Of course, we hope it is more than that, but if we do get more, then that would help build up the county’s reserve.”“Every year the Legislature talks about doing

away with the inheritance tax,” Dux observed in a prior meeting. “Maybe, one of these years, it will go away.”Jail and Court CostsSchoenrock estimated, “Between jail costs

and attorney and court costs, the county is going to be spending almost three fourths of a million dollars this next year.”A significant cost to the county is prisoner

safekeeping. Don Cook, Director of Diversion Services, has pointed out, “We pay a lot of money for people sitting in the jail every day. A lot of people don’t realize the fees that it takes to cover someone once they’re arrested. A good example of that, it costs $350 to $400 once they’re arrested, just to put them in through the process of going into the jail.”After that, Cook estimates the cost to the

county for keeping an inmate at the Jefferson County jail is $50 to $55 per day.It is sometimes necessary to keep prisoners

at facilities outside Jefferson County. The Jef-ferson County jail is a minimum to medium security facility and is not equipped to handle certain prisoners, such as those who might be at a higher risk of escape, or who require spe-cialized medical or psychiatric care. The coun-ty is required to pay for any inmates housed in other facilities. Sheriff Nels Sorensen gave an example during one budget meeting, “De-partment of Corrections (in Lincoln) is just at $90 a day, plus we have to pay all the medi-cal up there. Then, also, they ding us about, between $250 and $350 just to do a medical screening when they come in.”The county has been working on possible

ways to reduce the costs and workload for the Sheriff’s Office and court system, most no-tably the Diversion and Attendance Support programs, which are designed to prevent first-time offenders from ending up in the court

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“The story that we remember today begins with the Pawnee and Otoe Indians, this was originally their home. Today, we honor them.Jefferson County was first organized as

Jones County in 1864, but the confusion of operating of what was to become Jefferson and Thayer counties led to the introduction of an act to enlarge the county, change the name to Jefferson, and separate Thayer county in February of 1867, shortly before Nebraska became a state on March 1, 1867.Jefferson County was named for the third

President of the United States, Thomas Jeffer-son. Settlement of the county began in 1863 when Reverend Ives Marks established a grist mill on Rose Creek and a community grew around the creek near present day Reynolds. Settlers had arrived here as early as 1856.In 1868 James B. Mattingly gave up freight-

Fairbury Marks 150th BirthdayWith Two-Day Celebration

The Fairbury 150th birthday celebration stretched over two days with the kick-off be-ing the opening ceremonies on the downtown square Saturday morning.Emcee for the event was Don Cook of the

Fairbury Community Foundation and the Fairbury 150th Birthday Committee with Mick Suey, head of the Fairbury City Museum and Fairbury 150th Birthday Committee.Suey presented the Ambassador award to

Don and Connie Mahlman for their dedication to Fairbury that spans over 50 years.The duo were career teachers and have been

ardent supporters of the Fairbury community their entire tenure here. Connie was a teacher in Thompson before marrying Don in 1961 and taught in Fairbury until 2001. Don taught in Fairbury from 1960 until 1996 and was a math and guidance counselor from 1968 through 1996. Don was a junior high football coach for 44 years and helped Fairbury win three basketball state titles in 1971, 1973 and 1978. Don has helped with the Elks Hoop Shoot for 57 years.The Mahlmans can be seen at many sport-

ing and community events in the community, always showing their community pride.“The two of them have dedicated over 50

years of their lives to Fairbury. It meant a lot to me to be able to give them the ambassa-dor plaque. I couldn’t think of anyone else in this community more deserving. As I said in my speech, if you have lived in Fairbury over the last 50, your life has been touched by the Mahlmans,” Suey said.Cook introduced the guest speaker for the

Fairbury 150th Birthday celebration, Jefferson County Commissioner Mark Schoenrock. In his remarks, Schoenrock paid tribute to vet-erans from the county and noted several key points about Fairbury. An excerpt from his remarks follows:

ing and built a sawmill on the banks of the Little Blue River not far from here near the Oregon Trail. Back in Illinois, Judge W.G. McDowell foresaw the coming of the railroad through this area and came to Nebraska to start a town in this fertile valley.In 1869, 150 years ago, Mattingly and Mc-

Dowell, each assigned 80 acres of the land they claimed, to plat a town. Right in the middle they left a block for the public square, this public square. For a name they chose Mc-Dowell’s Illinois home, Fairbury, there being only two by that name in the nation.Mattingly’s cabin served as the first school

in 1869, with religious services held in vari-ous homes. In a few years, there were many churches in the community.In 1870, Sidney Mason built the first hotel

and Horace Clark had the first blacksmith shop. In 1871, two more hotels were built and there were now five blacksmith shops. W. H. Weeks started a lumber yard in 1870 and before 1872 there were two more. Also in 1870 George Cross started the first newspaper, calling it the Fairbury Gazette. A number of newspapers came and went through the years, with our current paper being the Fairbury Journal-News. It is a newspaper with a proud heritage.When the counties divided, the name Jef-

ferson and early documents were taken by the eastern county. The newly organized town of Fairbury was chosen as county seat over Meridian. Fairbury was made a station on the Saint Joseph and Denver city railroad that was built through the county at that time.In 1873 a fire-proof building was erected for

use as the courthouse, the first brick building in Fairbury. A “proper courthouse” was built on the public square here in 1891. Stonecut-ters from England were employed for the job. When this structure was completed, the old one was sold. It is the home of the current Griffey’s on the south side of the square. Fire was a constant enemy in early Fairbury. Fires on three occasions caused extensive destruc-tion. In 1903 all the businesses on the south side of the square burned, with the exception of the old courthouse building.Cropsey and Champlin Mill, built in 1874,

was water-powered and cable-driven from the Little Blue River. In 1874, Colonel Thomas Harbine from Saint Joseph, Missouri estab-lished the first bank. By 1911, Fairbury had four banks. By 1874, just four years after Fairbury’s birth, there were 44 businesses and a population of over 600.In 1886-1887, when the Chicago, Rock

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system in the first place.A Pretrial Release

program has also re-cently been enacted, utilizing ankle moni-tors and drug testing, rather than keeping defendants incarcer-ated while waiting for court dates.Instead of the es-

timated $50 to $90 plus per day, an ankle monitor costs the county just $4 a day. The Diversion, Attendance Support and Pretrial Release programs all require participants to pay a fee to utilize the pro-grams, thus provid-ing revenue to sup-port these programs. Shoenrock said, “So the net cost to the county is actually go-ing to be very negli-gible.”He added, “We be-

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received a two percent salary increase this year and an increase in the benefits plan of approximately seven percent. Jefferson County has signed with a new carrier for health insurance coverage.“The costs of turn-

over to any organiza-tion are much greater than the costs of being able to, num-ber one, recruit and, number two, retain quality people,” said Schoenrock. “We have noticed in recent years that we do have a very low turnover rate in our govern-ment structure, whether that’s our Sheriff’s Deputies, our Highway Depart-

initial requests, to the tune of around $700,000, but we still do need to have an increase in the levy in order to meet the requirements of Jef-ferson County govern-ment.”County Commis-

sioner Gale Pohlmann said, “I guess the only thing I would add is the fact that, the last two years, we’ve been probably very conservative and, as a result, it’s catching up with us. We need-ed to make this move in order to keep our cash reserves where

Photo by Gordon Heuer/fairburyjournalnewsTax Talk—Brian Blobaum, left, talks with the Jefferson County Commissioners, Gale Pohlmann, Mark Schoenrock and Michael Dux, about the finances for the county moving forward into the future.

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By Gordon HopkinsAll three Jefferson County Commissioners

received numerous complaints from con-stituents about the proposed increase in the tax levy, prior to the final budget hearing, but were disappointed to note that not one constituent actually attended the hearing.The hearing was held on September 10, at

10 a.m. The Notice of Budget Hearing and Budget Summary was published in the Sept. 4 edition of The Fairbury Journal-News. Also in that issue was a story about the in-crease of the tax levy from 27.9363 cents to 32 cents.“I will admit, when I first saw the headline

and the first paragraph, that indicated the increase, my first thought,” said County Commissioner Gale Pohlmann. “We're going to have a room full of people.”Only, that was not the case. One constitu-

ent, Gary LaBass, was at the county court-house prior to 9 a.m., before the commis-sioners' regular meeting opened, but he did not stay for the hearing. Instead, he pre-sented a letter to the commissioners before the hearing and requested that it be read into the minutes. His letter stated that he was against raising the tax levy because Jef-

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Constituents Absent From Budget Hearingferson County's budget higher than in other counties. LaBass pointed out two Nebraska counties with comparable populations, Pierce County and Nemaha County.County Commissioner Michael Dux re-

sponded, “Comparing our county to other counties, you never can do that. You know, there are so many uncertains or unknowns.”Dux said, “I have been contacted by more

constituents on this budget than I have than on any other budget I've been a part of.”Jefferson County Commissioner Chairman

Mark Schoenrock asked, "And what has been the concern, Mike?”“The taxes,” said Dux.“We could have cut more things out of this

budget, but there is a cost associated with that,” said Schoenrock. “Do you want less gravel on your roads? Do you want less law enforcement capability in the county?”Dux added, “I would like our constituents

to get involved in this budget process earlier in the game, instead of toward the end of it. I would like them to make comments to us. What kind of services they want from the ambulance department., for the road depart-ment, earlier in the game instead of waiting till the last minute, when the decision has to be made.”

Island and Pacific Railway line was built from Kansas City to Denver, Fairbury became a di-vision point with an 18 stall roundhouse and rail yards. Nearly 500 people were employed here by the Rock Island in its peak years.Other highlights of our history:Fairbury was home of the Campbell Broth-

ers Circus. Once one of the largest circus in the world, it was housed here from 1892 until 1912.Fairbury Windmills were manufactured and

distributed all over the world from here be-tween 1899 and 1962.EJ Hested, who had a variety store in 1904,

began rapid expansion in 1912 with Hested Variety Stores in many towns, with home offices in Fairbury. In 1969, it merged with Newberry Company, but later was phased out. Mr. Hested, who died in 1949, helped Fair-bury in many ways with resources he contrib-uted from his company’s proceeds. His gifts were used to start Camp Jefferson south of town and the Bethel Chapel.Fairbury’s peak population occurred in 1935

with 6,500 people. Today, Fairbury is a great town in which to live, raise a family, retire, and find happiness in this life.I am grateful for the work of long time Fair-

bury historian Estaline Carpenter, who pro-vided the research for much of these remarks.I, like many of you here today, recall the

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Centennial celebration on this very square 50 years ago in 1969.Fairbury’s mayor was C.B. Schwab and the

Schwab family continue to this day a proud ethic of public service. It will be little noted nor long remembered what we say here to-day, but the principle that we can never forget is to remember the brave men and women who settled this area, our home, carved out successful lives here, raised their families, and made this a wonderful place to live. Like many of you, my family came here from Europe in the 1880s, worked hard, overcame many challenges, and immensely contrib-uted to posterity. In my service as a Jefferson County Commissioner, I never forget that and hope that my life honors them, and all that came before.”

ment employees. Whatever it is.”The county has

added three addition-al positions, in 2019, one in the County Attorney’s office, one in the Clerk of the District Court’s office and one in the IT (In-formation Technology) Department.WeatherA primary expendi-

ture for the county is road maintenance. This year has seen a greater than usual rainfall, which has necessitated more road work. Despite this, Dux said, “We did not increase the Highway Depart-ment’s budget.”Nebraska saw heavy

flooding this year, though Jefferson County had consider-ably less impact than other counties in the state. Brian Blobaum, CPA, was at the hearing, and he said, “And that’s part of the fiscal challenge that you face here, is the natural disasters that we’ve had over the last few years, all the damages to bridges and roads.”The ProcessSchoenrock ex-

plained how the bud-get was reach. “The board conducted a very extensive review process, with each one of our elected of-ficials and each one of our department heads. Each one of them presents an initial budget to the board and we contact a review of each one of them.”He also pointed out

that, despite the in-crease, the board did make some substan-tial cuts. “We did end up cutting a pretty fair amount from the

future could add ad-ditional court costs and legal fees. “We

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Robert D. “Bob” Butler was born May 22, 1935 at Colum-bus, NE to parents Glen W. Butler & Dorothy (Aikins) Butler. Bob passed away at Heritage Care Center where he lived for three years. He received such loving care there. He passed September 9, 2019. On July 4, 1958

he married Mildred “Betty” Snell at the First Baptist Church in Fairbury. They had 61 years of happy married life. They were blessed with three children – Tim, Bob Jr. and Teresa.Bob was in 4-H

when he won a blue ribbon for his heifer.He loved to hunt and

fish. Bob received a Master Anglers Award for a record size bass he caught – and an award for a large deer he shot, he was in to

archery.Bob served two

years in the United States Army in Law-ton, OK at Fort Sill. After being honorably discharged from the Army, he went back to being a Foreman on the Rock Island Railroad; when it ceased, he went to the Union Pacific Railroad as a Foreman, work-ing there until his re-tirement. He worked on the Railroads for 32 years.He kept busy with

gardening, fishing and hunting. Bob always enjoyed

the time he spent with grandchildren and was happy to see them when they came to visit him. Our Baptist Church

family would send him notes and he enjoyed having Betty read them to him. Matt Kapke’s Sunday

school class made him a lap blan-ket that he was proud of. He is survived by

wife Mildred “Betty” of Fairbury, sons Tim also of Fairbury, Bob Jr. (Robin) of Lib-erty Hill, TX, Teresa (Marc) Moore of Green KS, Four Grandchil-dren, Dan Butler of Madison, NE, Joe (Trisha) Moore of Ke-ats, KS, Ben Moore & special friend Allie of Topeka, KS, Alexan-dra Moore & special friend Micah of Los Angeles, CA, 2 Great-granddaughters Shylo Butler of Madison, NE & Zinnia Moore of Keats, KS and two sisters Twila Baukol of Glendale, AZ & Glenda Grossman of Federal Way, WA. b

James (Jim) Mi-chael McCord, 73, of Fairbury, passed away September 11, 2019, surrounded by loving family. James was born February 5, 1946 in Fairbury, NE, to Roy D. and Marjo-rie (Shane) McCord.With a rural, agri-

cultural upbringing he started elementary school at Kesterson country school until completing the 8th grade, finishing high school at Fairbury High. During high school he was active in 4-H, saddle club, and athletics. James attended the Uni-versity of Nebraska Lincoln where he played football from 1964-1967. As a Husker, James was an honored player and inducted into the Nebraska Football hall of fame in 2002. He also pledged as an active member of Alpha Tau Omega and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education. While attending university, he met and united in marriage with Ann H. Gove, November 24, 1967. To this union were born Matthew, Sara, Megan and Em-ily. During his time in Lincoln, James was

an officer with the Lincoln Police Depart-ment. Knowing his pas-

sion for agriculture, James and Ann returned to the fam-ily ranch in Fairbury. He had a life-long focus to improve the grassland and preserve the re-sources necessary to produce beef. As a skilled horseman and cowboy, James was always willing to help friends and neighbors, and com-peted at the sport of team roping. With every adventure he was known to be one tough cowboy, hav-ing a good time, with a story to share. He was never slowed by injury or illness, nor discouraged by failed plans. His great-est joy was spending time with his children and grand-children and supporting their various sporting and extracurricular ac-tivities. His love of mentoring others will allow his knowledge and legacy to live on… James was preceded

in death by his wife, Ann McCord. He is survived by his son Matthew McCord (Jill Livingston) of Fair-

bury; daugh-ters Sara Carroll (Brian) of Olathe, KS, Megan Burkey (Tyler) of Milford, NE, and Emily Brown (Jona-than) of Owasso, OK. Grandchildren include Thorne, Sondra, Jonathan, Jaden, Karly, Nata-lie, Brett, Arriana, Sydney, Lucas; four great grandchildren; sister Janet Murphy, Oshkosh, WI; nieces, nephews and numer-ous friends. The family would

greatly appreciate submission of sto-ries, pictures and memories of Jim to jim.m.mccord@gmail.com.Services will be Fri-

day, September 20, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Fairbury. The family will greet friends on Thursday evening from 6 – 8 at the funeral home. Memorials will go to the Family’s Choice. Gerdes-Meyer Fu-neral Home in Fair-bury is in charge of arrangements. www.gerdesmeyefh.com. b

Scott Nevitt born May 7, 1947 in Em-poria, Kan., to Flor-ence (Watson) Nevitt and Elmer Richard Nevitt passed away on Friday, Septem-ber 13, at Jefferson Community Health Center. Scott gradu-ated from Emporia High School in 1965, attended Emporia State Teacher College then was drafted into the Army in 1967 and served until 1969. Scott married the

love of his life, Char-lene (Brabec) Nevitt on April 18, 1970 in Narka, Kan. They had three children, Mike, Tina and Korey.Scott started his

professional career at Gibson/Pamida, sold homes for Great Lakes in Spirit Lake, Iowa and also worked for Morrell Meat. In

1982, Scott moved his family to Reyn-olds, Neb., and was in management for Wal-Mart and Orschelns until retiring in 2013. He was preceded

in death by his par-ents and his brother, Richard. He is sur-vived by his wife, two sons, Mike (Christina) Nevitt of Lincoln, Neb and Korey (Anne) Nevitt of Lenexa, Kan; one daughter, Tina (Jeff) Wernsman of Beatrice, Neb; six grandsons, Noah and Drew Nevitt, Dakoda and Connor Freitag, Kameron and Niko-las Nevitt; one sister, Mary Sue; sister-in-law, Sharon (Loren) Mach; other relatives and friends. Scott will lie in state

at Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, Bel-leville, Kan. on Fri-

day, Sep-tember 20, from 1-5 pm. Funeral

Services will be held on Sat-urday, September 21, 2019, at 11 am, at the Presbyterian Church in Narka, Kansas. The fam-ily will be greeting friends from 9 am until service time, at the church. Burial with Military

Honors will follow at National Cemetery, rural Narka.Memorials are re-

quested to the fam-ily’s choice, and may be sent in care of the funeral home. Tib-betts-Fischer Funeral Home, Belleville, assisted the Nevitt family with these ar-rangements. b

Barbara “Bobby” Welch, 92 of Fairbury passed away Sep-tember 13, 2019 at Cedarwood Assisted Living in Fairbury. She was born Janu-ary 21, 1927 to Wal-ter & Effie (Abbott) Sturm in Fairbury. Bobby was raised by her grandparents Wil-liam and Ina Sturm after her mother's death in 1928. She grew up and attend-ed Fairbury Public School through the 11th grade. They then moved to Scituate, MA where she gradu-ated High School. She attended Fair-bury Junior College in Fairbury for 1 year.

She was a long stand-ing member of the First Baptist Church in Fairbury.She was united in

marriage to LeRoy Welch on September 7, 1947. They cel-ebrated 60+ years of marriage.Bobby & LeRoy

owned a grocery store for about 5 years and after that she went to work as a secretary at Fairbury High School for 15 years, before retiring in 1983.Survivors are sons

Bill (Laura) Welch of Fairbury and Jim (Pam) Welch of Oma-ha, 3 grandchildren Mike (Emily) Welch, Mark Welch and Tay-

lor Welch (fiancee Ashley), 2 great grandchil-dren Lon-don & Fin-ley Welch.Preceded in death by

her parents, hus-band LeRoy, brothers Robert, Merle, Darrell and Orland, sisters Arietta, Thelma, Dar-lene and Dorothy Services were Sep-

tember 17, 2019 at First Baptist Church in Fairbury. Memori-als will go to the Fam-ily’s Choice. Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home in Fairbury is in charge of arrange-ments. b

John James Naiman of Hebron, the son of Leslie and Mary (Connell) Naiman was born August 27, 1951 in Fairbury. He depart-ed this life Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Thayer County Health Services in He-bron, at the age of 68 years.John grew up in the

Gilead area attend-ing grade school at Gilead and graduat-ing from Hebron High School with the class of 1969.After high school,

John farmed with his father and continued farming all of his life. He was interested in John Deere Trac-tors and the large farm equipment. He enjoyed being out in God’s great creation.John was one of

those people that never new a stranger. He liked having coffee in the mornings at the Pioneer Inn in Gil-ead visiting with area farmers getting all the news of the day. He enjoyed playing cards especially pitch and cribbage, NBA bas-ketball, and of course Nebraska Football.

He was baptized and confirmed at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Gilead by Father Anthony Turek and served as an altar boy. He then joined Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hebron. He was a member of the Knights of Colum-bus.He was preceded in

death by his parents and brother-in-law Charles Hill.He is survived by his

brother Leslie Naiman and wife Carol of Donna, TX, sisters; Angeline K. Naiman of Hebron, Eva Marie Naiman of Hebron, and Marilyn Rita Hill of Bellevue, nephew Aaron Hill of Omaha, and niece Charlise Hill of Omaha, great nieces and neph-ews; Jordyn, Tainna, Raiden, Avery James, Nathaniel and Xan-der, special friends Skip, Jennifer and Katie Harris of Plano, TX, relatives and friends.Mass of the Chris-

tian Burial will be Thursday, September 19, 2019 at Sa-cred Heart Catholic Church in Hebron, at 10 AM. Officiant will

be Father Rudy Oborny, organist Carlece Kenner, cantor Robin Timmerman, lector Ken Else, acolytes Francis Rauner and Roger Retzlaff, casket bearers; Joe Hergott Jr., Chris Hergott, Harlan Husa, J.R. Connell, Frank Daley, and Lyle Keilwitz, honorary casket bear-ers; Leslie Naiman, Aaron Hill, Brad Coordsen, Levi Keil-witz, Elijah Keilwitz, Isaiah Keilwitz, Dean Kruger, Jim Schro-eder, Bob Cloyd and Bill Cloyd, visitation will be Wednesday, September 18 at Kroll Funeral Home in He-bron 3-7PM, rosary at 7PM at Kroll Funeral Home Chapel, burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Alexandria. Memori-als in care of the fam-ily. Condolences may be left at www.krollfh.com. Kroll Funeral Home of Hebron, is in charge of arrange-ments. b

Alexander (Alex) Joubert died the 9th of September, 2019 at the age of 25.He was born Sep-

tember 20, 1993 in St. John’s, New-foundland, Canada to Sherry Joubert of Fairbury, Nebraska and Oswaldo R Jou-bert of Lowell, Mas-sachusetts. Alex was preceded in death by his paternal grand-parents. He is sur-vived by his parents,

older brother Charles W. Parr III, sister-in-law Julie, nephew Alex from Fort Bragg, NC and sister Aman-da Joubert from Los Angeles, CA along with his maternal grandparents and numerous Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and friends.Alex’s mother and

sister will hold a get together for Alex’s friends, coworkers or anyone who would

like to at-tend will be held in the Fair-bury City Park at 7:00 p.m. Friday September 20, 2019. All are welcome to share memories, pic-tures or stories about Alex. Cremation has taken place. Burial will be scheduled at a later date. b

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the question, “Who are you?”, how would you reply? In the book the “Overcomer” coach John Harri-son talks with a man who was a runner, for tips to guide his one runner on the Cross Country team. The man asked John who he was. For each of the answers that John Harrison came up with, the man would ask “If that is stripped away?” John’s last answer was that he was a Christian, and when the man pressed him for how important it was to him, John replied “It is very important.” The man said, “Interesting how it’s so far down your list.” The man said something to John, “Look John, your identity will be tied to whatever you give your heart to. Doesn’t sound like the Lord

has first place.” Let me ask, “Who

are you?” Who has first place in your heart? What are you giving your heart to? Do you know how hard that hits. Ever since reading the chapter this dialogue comes from I have asking myself, “Who am I?” Each time I have contemplated that question it has turned my thoughts deep inside of me. It is not easy to list how I am honestly and openly. There are man ways I could go to describe myself. I am the sole surviving son of a deceased war veteran. I am a high school graduate. I am a college graduate. I am a social worker. I am an ordained min-ister. I am a pastor. I am a husband and father. I am a Doctor as I have two doctor-ates, one in Ministry and a PhD in Bibli-

cal studies. I am an Eagle Scout, and a son and grandson are Eagle Scouts. I am an Amateur Radio Oper-ator. I am retired, not once, not twice, but three times.Those are all nice

things to list and they tell a lot about what I have accomplished. But who am I? My list should have started with I am a sinner. I have bowed before Jesus and acknowl-edged my sinfulness. I have been washed in the blood of Jesus. But I still have some bad habits. I still get frustrated and some-times say things I shouldn’t. And I have to come back to the cross and ask for God’s forgiveness. I am a Christian and I have been washed in the blood. I have been filled by the Holy Spirit. My constant prayer is “Lord make me better today than

I was yester-day.” I am a servant of the Lord and I hope to hear the words of Jesus when I die, “Come into your well desreved reward and the place that I have prepared for you.”Who am I? I am a

creation of God born in His likeness. I am saved by the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. I am promised a

mansion by He who said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life and now comes unto the Father except through me.” (John 14:6). The Res-urrction guarantees it all.Rev. Dr. Robert W.

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The Fairbury 150th was a nice celebra-tion to mark a momentous occasion for the city. There was a lot of activities for many age ranges and we heard many nice compli-ments on the event Saturday and Sunday.Mark Schoenrock helped present the am-

bassador award to Don and Connie Mahl-man and they so richly deserved that honor. Don and Connie have been pillars of sup-port for this community for decades and it is wonderful that they are finally recognized for these efforts.I want to thank Mark for always keep-

ing the spirit of what this community is all about in his mind and actions. He has long supported Fairbury and has continued to be a fine ambassador for this community.I can speak for the Fairbury Community

Foundation that we will look at the celebra-tion as a whole and make a decision on our end going forward about making it an an-nual event.There are several different kinds of

strength.There is gym strength. People that work

out in a gym and may have defined mus-cles, but may not have power. Then there is ‘country strong’ where that person may not work out in the gym, but work hard and are naturally strong. My friend Scott once watched his uncle Paul drop in an engine block into a car he was working on and when the block was just slightly off of lining up 100 percent, reached in and moved it a skosh, with one arm.There is strength called, ‘old man strength.’

Using your physical abilities to its capacity because of experience.There is also mental strength. Being able

to concentrate for long hours on difficult subjects, make key decisions in a nanosec-ond and still stay mentally sharp despite be-ing physically exhausted.Don Cook demonstrated that ‘old man

strength’ over the weekend. Every time my-self or another volunteer, Tony, about my same age, would slow down a bit because of the physical nature of what we were doing, Don would brush past us carrying a heavy load. As we mentally would get worn down and it was hard to think, Don would help make a decision.This is a trait that can’t be taught, you ei-

ther are born with that sort of toughness or you are not and Don has it tenfold. He put his head down, worked hard and

got the job done. If more people in the world had that atti-

tude, coupled with that passion of improv-ing the community and drive, we’d be in a lot better place in the world.

Editor:An interesting article about the Fairbury

Masons. One part of the story left out is that there was a very active Job's Daughters Chap-ter during the 50's and beyond. The crowning of the Queen was very exciting and followed with a formal dance. The Job's Daughters was for teen girls, just as the DeMolay was for the

teen boys.My Dad, Cecil Burd, was a 50 year member

of the Masons and my Mother, Leona Burd was active nearly 50 years, up until the Fair-bury Eastern Star Chapter joined with the Wymore Chapter. I was in the Job's Daughters, but was never

Queen./s/ Roselyn Shaffer, Beatrice

Editor:I live in this town by no choice of mine. A

town where not much of the good has sur-vived. A town where it used to thrive on people helping people, people watching out for oth-ers, people caring and loving each other. I only know this existed from listening to conversa-tions about “how it used to be.” The only other conversations I hear is about theft, break ins, youth pregnancies, bullying, hatred, drugs

and loneliness. There doesn’t seem to be any trust amongst those that live here. Fear is alive and growing here. What does it mean when you can go outside because there are suspicious cars down the street or our parks are no longer the place to go because there are needles scattered around? What will become of me if I stay?Linda Hendricks, Fairbury

Quick QuipsBy Timothy LinscottIf I was not busy covering other things dur-

ing the weekend, the bike ride Sunday morn-ing sounded like a good idea.The only problem is that I am the only one

with a bike anymore. We have a mountain bike that my oldest daughter used, but she is now all about driving. The other two kids are too big for their bikes, so I could have had one person in my family join me on the bike ride. Then I realized the bikes I have are not made

for long trips. I build low rider bicycles as a hobby and they are made for cruising short distances or just to look at, so a nice, long bike ride along the countryside is just not something we can do at the moment.Once I get room in my garage, I may get all of

my bikes out of storage and put them on dis-play at a car show, but that is also something we can’t do now, there is just too much going on with life and not enough garage.

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The Fairbury PTA for Central Elemen-tary and Jefferson Intermediate schools are hosting the an-nual Scholastic Book Fair during Parent-Teacher Conferences. The public is invited to shop for books and other fun reading items and help raise money for the Fair-bury PTA. The Book Fair will

take place during Parent Teacher Con-ferences September 24 from 4-8 p.m. and

September 26, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at Central and Jefferson Intermediate Schools. Book Fairs are taking place in each school's cafeteria and have similar books avail-able at each school.If you’re not able to

attend the Fair, try our new online shop-ping, https://book-fairs.scholastic.com/bf/jeffersoninter-mediateschool1 Our Online Fair is avail-able from September 18 through October

1, 2019.The Book Fair is

looking for volunteers to help run the book fair and you don't have to be a parent of a student to vol-unteer! We are look-ing for grandparents, aunts, uncles, gradu-ated siblings, family friends, etc to help us out! To volunteer, sign up at the links below:Central: volunteer-

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The Fairbury Elks Lodge No. 1203 named James Barber of Fairbury as Elks Veteran of the month at their Lodge meet-ing on September 4, 2019. James Barber be-

gan his tour on May 28, 1952 when he was drafted. Upon arrival in Omaha he learned that he 10% of those called, which included him, would become marines. Jim did his 12 week boot camp in San Diego, California where the training was long and hard. After gradua-tion, he flew back to Omaha for a ten day furlough.He returned to

Camp Pendleton for six weeks of combat training. His wife, Carol,stayed in San Diego finding a job and a place to live.Next, Jim was as-

signed high speed

communication training which lasted four months. Then was granted a 30 day leave before being transferred to Camp Lejeune, North Caro-lina. In the Fall of 1953, Jim was sent to the European Theatre and was sent by ship to the Mediterranean area to join up with the Seventh Fleet. He then returned

to North Carolina for the rest of his service and was awarded an honorable discharge on May 23, 1954.

Bill and Wynn Nu-ckolls will celebrate their 60th anniversary Friday, Sept. 20, in Lin-coln. They were mar-ried Sept. 20, 1959, in Stanton, NE. Bill was the owner

and publisher of The Fairbury Journal-News for 40 years, following his grandfather, W. F. Cramb, who founded the paper in 1897.Wynn was formerly teacher at Southeast

Community College in Fairbury and substitute teacher in the Fairbury Public Schools and St. Michaels School and Lincoln Public Schools.Their children are Nancy Videtich of Lincoln,

David Nuckolls of Orlando, FL, Dan Nuckolls of Cottleville, MO, T. J. Nuckolls of Omaha and six grandchildren.They reside at Northview Gardens, 2355 Su-

perior St., #207, Lincoln 68521. p

Roger and Shirley Petersen are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on September 28. Their children would like to honor them with

a card shower. Cards may be sent to:115 Sunburst Dr., Fairbury NE 68352. With Love, Kristie & Travis Graff, Hanover KS; Scott & Alyson Petersen, Fairbury; Rebecca & LJ Eberly, Sioux City IA; Stacy & Uriel Jimenez, Olathe KS; and eight grandchildren. b

Brock Barton of Fairbury was awarded the AT&T Foundation Informa-tion Networking & Telecommunications Scholarship of $1,500 for the 2019-2020 academic year by the Robbins College of Business and Entre-preneurship at Fort Hays State Universi-ty. He was presented the scholarship at the annual awards ceremony on Thurs-day September 12 in the Memorial Union Ballroom on the Fort Hays State University campus, Hays KS.

The Preschool Learning Center kicked off their school year on September 3. Little Einstein'sBack (L-R) Andi

Austin, AJ Evens, Kinley Schoenrock, Marilyn Stickney and Teacher Mrs.Martha Welsch. Front (L-R) Zayden Quigley, Vata-lia Johnson, Vander Peterson and Edith Neemann. (Not Pic-tured- Ki Villefranc)

Natalie Nuckolls, granddaughter of Bill and Wynn Nu-ckolls, starred in the production of South Pacific. She is the daughter of She is the daughter of David and Leslie Nuckolls of Orlando, FL, and a student in the Dental School at the University of Ne-braska. She has a degree from the Uni-versity of Georgia.

The Fairbury Elks Lodge #1203 of the Benevolent and Pro-tective Order of the Elk USA announced their teens of the month based on character, leadership, community service, citizenship and scho-lastic achievement. Jaelle Johnson was announced as Elks girl teen of the month. Jaelle's extracurricu-lar activities include National Honor Soci-ety, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), track, Spanish Club, Student Council and Crimson Elite. Her Community Ser-vice includes highway cleanup, mission trip for American Lutheran Church, Hope Crisis Center, Bonham The-atre volunteer, piano recitals and house painting. She has employment experi-ence as a lifeguard, fairgrounds employee, photographer, clean-ing and yard work. She has won honors in High Honor Roll, NCPA Academic All-State softball and basketball, Elks Club Scholarship Recogni-tion Award, FHS stu-

dent of the month and NSAA State champion in journalism.Bret Cole was an-

nounced as Elks boy teen of the month. Bret's extracurricu-lar activities include football, basketball, baseball, FCA, Stu-dent Council, FFA, NHS and Spanish Club. His Community Service includes Ag

Business Banquet, Stuff the Van, Teach-ers Breakfast, trash pickup, sound board operator and Bonham Theatre volunteer. He has worked in animal care for Livingston Enterprises. He has won Defensive Player of the Year in foot-ball, American Legion Certificate of Distin-guished Achievement,

Academic Excellence and student of the month. Kansas Honor Scholar, Washington County Rotary Schol-ar, Superior Honor Roll, Fairbury Elks Scholar, TVL All-Aca-demic Team, Wendy's Heisman Winner, Basketball All-State Player of the Year and was football Defensive Player of the Year.

Fairbury Elementary Sept. 23-Spaghetti/Meatballs w/Breadstick

or Ham/Cheese Flatbread, Green Beans.Sept. 24-Hog Wild BBQ Flatbread or Turkey/

Ham/Cheese Sub, Carrots.Sept. 25-Breaded Beef Sticks w/Bread or

Tuna Salad Sub, Mashed Potatoes/GravySept. 26-No School

Fairbury High SchoolSept. 23-Spaghetti/Meatballs w/Breadstick

or Roast Chicken on bun, Green Beans.Sept. 24-Hog Wild BBQ Flatbread or Meatloaf

Sandwich, Baked Beans.Sept. 25-Breaded Beef w/Bread or Cheese-

burger on Bun, Mashed Potatoes/GravySept. 26-No SchoolSept. 27-No School

Diller-OdellSept. 23-Chili Crispito, Carrots, Cottage

Cheese, Mexican Rice.Sept. 24- BBQ Pork Nachos, refried beans,

apple crisp.Sept. 25-Fiestada, corn, pineappleSept. 26- no schoolSept. 27-no school

Sept. 23-Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Carrots, Corn Bread, Fruit Cobbler.Sept. 24-Chicken Breast, Dressing, Brussel

Sprouts, Fruit, Bread.Sept. 25-Tater To Casserole, Green Beans,

Pudding, Fruit.Sept. 26-Liver/Onions, Mashed Potatoes/

Gravy, Corn, Fruit, Bread.Sept. 27-Fish Sandwich, Broccoli Salad,

Chips, Pudding, Fruit.

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STATEWIDE OPPORTUNITIES

1944The Farmers Market

prices listed in The Fairbury Journal were the following: butcher hogs, top, $14.15; stock hogs, top, $16; best beef cattle, top, $12.50; stock cattle $11.50; white corn, $1.15; yellow corn, $1.01 ½; wheat, $1.37; oats, 65 cents; barley, 96

cents; alfalfa hay, $20; butter, 45 cents ; eggs, 31 cents; but-terfat, 48 cents; hens, springs, 21-23 cents; hens per lb., 16-19 cents; and roosters, 11-13 cents.At a meeting of a

newly formed execu-tive committee for the Youth Center, Glenn Waugh was named chairman and Ivan

Sleigh, treasurer. The hall above the former Fairbury Pharmacy, in the center of the block, east side of the square, was remod-eled for its use.

1954George Newton was

appointed head of the Community Chest drive by the presi-dent, Warren Jones.New report cards de-

signed by Supt. Don Maclay were intro-duced in the Fairbury schools. They gave the parents more knowledge of their children's progress and rating in sub-jects.Corn ear worms

were attacking the milo. They were hard to detect, being down inside the grain head, and they ate the shoots on which the grain grew, causing it to fall.Eldon Miller was

installed as president of the Fairbury Lions club. Other officers were Wendell Sug-den, first vice presi-dent; Farrell Arkland, second vice presi-dent; Herman Hose, secretary-treasurer; Charles Churchill, lion tamer; and Gail Peterson, tail twister.

1964The community

high school annual at Diller was dedicated to Mrs. Scott Miller, aka Dora Miller. As editor of the Diller Record page in The Fairbury Journal, Miller had always included news about the schools.The Elks “Most

Valuable Student” award was presented to Charles Juricek,

Fairbury high school graduate in the 1964 class. He had previ-ously been winner of the award made by Fairbury Lodge No. 1203, and this was an added award of $100 made by the Na-tional Elks Founda-tion. Charles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Juricek of Jansen, was valedictorian of his class.George P. Burger,

56, Fairbury attorney, died, 10 years ago. He and his wife came to Fairbury in 1946. He was county attorney for two years and had also served as city at-torney.The Fairbury court-

house lawn was turned into a Market Square, when local women and organiza-tions brought their wares to be sold. Items for sale varied from clothing to a kitchen stove.

1974Caroline McCune of

the Heritage Home was visited by her five daughters. It was the first time all six had been together since 1938.A species of flower-

ing cactus native to the Antilles, Mexico and Central America, selenicereus gran-diflorus, was in full bloom for one night only. More commonly referred to as “Queen of the Night,” this plant belonged to Wil-lie Castro, assistant manager at Flanagan Greenhouse, typically only flowers one night a year.

1987Scott Shephard and

Becky Wasserman were crowned Tri County Homecoming King and Queen.

1990Queen Lieselotte

Mau and King Wil-liam Krumme led the parade for Fairbury's sixth annual German-fest.

1990 Lieselotte Mau and William Krumme led the parade for Fairbury’s sixth annual Germanfest.

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Sheriff’s Report:Sept. 3: Report of a

verbal altercation in Jansen.Sept. 3: Male ar-

rested in Fairbury for an outstanding Gage County warrant.Sept. 6: Report of a

check being stolen out of a mailbox in rural Jansen.Sept. 7: Male arrest-

ed on PWF near Diller for driving under the influence of alcohol.Sept. 12: A male

driver was arrested in the 1200 block of 7th Street for driving dur-ing revocation.Traffic:Aug. 25: Jacob E.

Friesen, at approxi-mately 1855 hours, notified Jefferson County dispatch that his vehicle’s right rear quarter, around the taillight had been dam-aged in a hit and run. Friesen was unsure when the collision had occurred, but believed it to have been some-time in the last 24 hours.Sept. 8: Jennifer A.

Zenger was south-bound on Highway 15. A deer entered the roadway from the west ditch and collided with the vehicle.

Sept. 11: Kenneth Torbeck was traveling west out of the park-ing lot of Runza in Fairbury, according to a Runza employee, Makayla Fletcher. Torbeck stated he had trouble seeing in the glare of the sun. Torbeck left the paved parking lot and trav-eled approximately 7 yards in the grass on the north side of the exiting driveway of Runza and struck a water hydrant/pipe with his vehicle. Tire tracks were visible in the grass, coming from the parking lot. Fletch-er got his driver’s li-cense information and phone number and Torbeck left the scene. District CourtArraigned:Trevor S. Pingel,

Steele City: Count 1, Del/dsp/dst/man/pos except haz drug; Class 2 Felony. Count 2, Possess deadly weap-on-prohibited person; Class 3 Felony. Count 3, Possess controlled substance; Class 4 Fel-ony. Count 4, Habitual criminal; Felony.Stacie A. Fentress,

Fairbury: Count 1, Possess controlled substance; Class 4

Felony.Dillion G. Barnett,

Fairbury: Count 1, Ter-roristic threats; Class 3A Felony. Count 2, Dom asslt-intl cause body injry/int ptnr; Class 1 Misdemeanor. Count 3, Criminal mis-chief-$1,500-4,999; Class 1 Misdemeanor.Sentenced:Melvin A. Brun-

gardt, Fairbury: Count 1, Del/dsp/dst/man/pos except haz drug; Class 2 Felony. Dis-missed. Count 2, No proof of insurance; Class 2 Misdemeanor. Dismissed. Count 3, Drive under susp/be-fore reinstated-state; Class 3 Misdemeanor. Dismissed. Count 4, Possess or use drug paraphernalia; Infrac-tion. Dismissed.Julie A. Glover,

Green Bay, Wisconsin: Count 1, Theft-un-lawful taking $1,500-4,999; Class 4 Felony. Dismissed. Count 2, Theft-unlawful taking $1,500-4,999; Class 4 Felony. Dismissed.Lindsay R. Pingel,

Fairbury: Count 1, Attempt of a class 4 felony; Class 1 Mis-demeanor. Guilty, 90 days in jail.Jeffery S. Wares,

Fairbury: Count 1, Del/dsp/dst/man/pos except haz drug; Class 2 Felony. Dis-missed. Count 2, Pos-sess controlled sub-stance; Class 4 Felony. Guilty, 180 days in jail. Count 3, Possess marijuana 1 oz or less-1st off; Infraction. Dismissed. Count 4, Possess or use drug paraphernalia; Infrac-tion. Dismissed.Real EstateSept. 6: Elvera L. Ol-

son to MBI Properties LLC: The North 10.5 feet of Lot 13, All of Lot 14 and the South 17 feet of Lot 15, Block 2, Gross Heirs Addition to the City of Fairbury, Jefferson County, sub-ject to easements.Sept. 9: The Trinity

Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Jansen To Fairbury Assembly Of God Church: Parcel 1: The West 14 and 1/4 Feet of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, Block 1, Heidelk’s Addition to the Village of Jansen, Jefferson County; and The East half of alley located in Block 1, Heidelk’s Addition to the Village of Jansen. Parcel 2: Lots 5, 6 and 7, Block 1, Heidelk’s Addition to Jansen, the West

half of alley located in Block 1, Heidelk’s Addition to the Village of Jansen. Parcel 3: Lots 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, Block 1, Heidelk’s Addition to Jansen, Nebraska. The West half of alley located in Block 1, Heidelk’s Addition to the Village of Jansen. Parcel 4: A fraction of the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Sec-tion 34, in Township 3 North, Range 3 East of the 6th PM. All in Jef-ferson County, subject to easements.Sept. 9: Home Op-

portunity, LLC to Colonial Impact Fund-11, LLC: Parcel 1, The South Thirty Two And ½ Feet Of Of Lot 4 And All Of Lot 5, Block 1, Ashby And Freemans Addition To The City Of Fairbury In Jef-ferson County; And Parcel 2: The South 37 And ½ Feet Of Lot 3 And North 15 Feet Of Lot 4, Block, 1 Ashby And Freeman’s Ad-dition To The City Of Fairbury In Jefferson County, subject to easements.Sept. 9: David P.

Lepant to Louie West Enterprises, Inc.: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, in Block 5, First

Addition to the Town of Plymouth, Jefferson County, subject to easements.Sept. 10: Donald

Heidemann and Su-zanne Heidemann, Co-Trustees of the D & S Heidemann Fam-ily Trust, to Wade Heidemann and Lorie Heidemann: A tract of land located on a part of the NW ¼ of Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 3 East of the 6th PM, Jeffer-son County, subject to easements.Sept. 10: Clara Jean

Freese, Sole Surviv-ing Co-Trustee of the Bob and C.J. Freese Family Trust to Clara Jean Freese: The North One Hundred Twenty-one and 29/100ths (121.29) feet of the West One Hun-dred Sixty-nine and 65/100ths (169.65) feet of Lot 6 of the subdivision of the SE ¼ of SW ¼ of Sec-tion 11, Township 2 North, Range 2 East of the 6th PM, being an addition to the City of Fairbury, Jefferson County, except the South 10 feet thereof, subject to easements.

Jefferson County Attorney Joseph Casson filed a motion to appoint a Special Deputy County Attorney to prosecute Jerry W. Gilbert, 25, of Odessa, Texas.The presiding judge, Vicky L. Johnson,

granted the motion. Assistant Attorney Gen-eral Zachary Lee Blackman with the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office has been assigned as co-counsel to the case.Gilbert is a suspect in the homicide of Marc

C. Jarrell, 28, of Lincoln, that occurred July 1, 2019, at Crystal Springs in Fairbury. He was charged with second degree murder, a class 1B felony that carries a penalty of 20 years to life in prison. He was also charged with use of a firearm to commit a felony, a class 1C felony punishable by five to 50 years in prison; the unlawful discharge of a firearm, a class 1D

felony, punishable by three to 50 years in prison; possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, also a class 1D felony; and disposal of human remains, a class 4 felony, punishable by two years in prison, nine to 12 months’ post-release supervision and a $10,000 fine.The defendant submitted a written not guilty

plea on September 9. The defendant is repre-sented by attorney Robert W. Kortus of Lin-coln. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for No-vember 7. Gilbert remains in custody at this time.Four other suspects have also been arrested

in connection with the homicide. Casson re-mains the prosecutor for those cases.Trey D. Saathoff, 23, of Diller, pleaded not

guilty. He appeared in District Court on Sep-tember 12, in the custody of the Jefferson

County Sheriff’s Office. Saathoff was arraigned as an accessory to murder, a class 2A felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The defendant is represented by attorney Benja-min Murray.Caitlyn H. Grable, 21, of Odessa, Texas, was

charged as an accessory. A preliminary hear-ing in County Court is scheduled for Septem-ber 18. Realidy Schram, 18, is charged as an accessory. She is scheduled to be arraigned in District Court on October 3.Logan Evanas, 20, of Beatrice has been

charged with possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person, a class 1D felony. He is currently out on a PR (Personal Recog-nizance) to attend an Intensive Outpatient Treatment program, as recommended after an evaluation by Blue Valley Behavioral Health.

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Diller-Odell Homecoming 2019—Melina Kostal and Connor Klecan were named the Diller-Odell Homecoming King and Queen Friday night. Connor is the son of Al and Julie Klecan and Melina is the daughter of Paul and Joyce Kostal.

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Thayer Central Homecoming 2019—Friday night, Thayer Central crowned the 2019 Homecoming King and Queen with Carter Miller named king and Sydny Havel named queen. Miles Lanik and Brynn Marsh were crown bearers. Miller is the son of Mark and Kerrey Miller Havel is the daughter of Clint and Kim Havel. Laniks the son of Josh and Steph Lanik and Marsh is the daughter of Rob and Natalie Marsh.

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Game Of The Week

Wrath Of The TitansBig Plays Ignite Thayer Central In Blowout Win

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Calling His Own Number—Logan Wiedel of Thayer Central (16) dives into the end zone on a QB keeper, slipping past a defender during Friday nights homecoming game that pitted the Titans against Nebraska Lutheran. The Titans came away with a convincing 48-6 victory.

By Nathan HeuerThayer Central put

forth their best effort of the season in terms of preparation at last Wednesday’s practice.The Titans best

performance during Jereme Jones’ four-year tenure as Thayer Central’s head coach followed on Friday against Nebraska Lu-theran on homecoming weekend.Junior quarterback

Logan Wiedel had the most well-rounded performance of his career in the Titans 48-6 victory. The 6-foot-4, 155-pound signal caller passed for two touchdowns and ran for another two scores. The rushing touchdowns were the first two scores on the ground of his career.Jones said after

the game that after Wednesday’s practice he knew his team was in store for a big game.“Tuesday I thought

we had a terrible practice, the boys said it wasn’t as bad as I thought. But I challenged them on Wednesday. I said “I

believe in you and once you believe in yourself you’re going to be fine,”’ he said. “Wednesday was a practice like I hadn’t seen since I’ve been here. Those guys were flying around. It was great the energy was huge, and it just cycled through.”First-year football

player Andrew Hein-richs found himself on the receiving end of both touchdown throws by Wiedel.The duo got Thayer

Central on the board on a 42-yard strike by Wiedel in first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter the pair connected again, doing so on a 29-yard pass. Jackson Feulner converted both 2-point conversion on the ground to give Thayer Central a 16-0 lead.Wiedel added a

touchdown run the fol-lowing drive before an-other first-year football player, Trey Fischer, broke a 72-yard punt return for a score, making it a 32-0 game in the second quarter.“He’s been huge,”

Jones said of Fischer addition to the team this year after run-ning cross country his first two years of high school. “I knew he had the athletic ability and he’s shown it.”With under 30 sec-

onds to play in the first half senior run-ning back, Feulner, found the endzone on a 3-yard run to make it a 40-0 game after a 2-point conversion reception by Luke Templin.Wiedel ran in for a

10-yard touchdown in third quarter to make it a 48-0 game.Thayer Central fielded

a majority of their JV team/backups in the final quarter of play.One player that stood

out to Jones after Friday’s homecoming game was one of the homecoming king can-didates in Feulner. The senior recorded the third-highest rushing total in his carrier via a 136-yard day on the ground by way of 20 carries (6.8 ypc).Feulner also tied for

a team-high with 10 tackles.“Jackson Feulner

played the best game he’s played in four years. He was every-where on both sides of the ball,” Jones said.

Thayer Central gained a total of 360 yards on offense in the win (139 passing, 221 rushing). Heinrichs led the Titans in receiving with 82 yards on three

receptions.Friday’s victory over

the Knights represent-ed a taste of revenge as Thayer Central had lost to Nebraska Lutheran the previous

two seasons, which includes a loss in the playoff two years ago.Thayer Central (1-1)

will head to Exeter-Milligan/Friend (1-2) on Friday.

By Nathan HeuerThe Fairbury volleyball team was

searching for their first win of the year at last week’s Malcolm Invite and the Lady Jeffs found just that on Thursday during the first set of games at the event.Fairbury downed Centennial 2-1

(20-25, 25-22, 26-24) on day one of tournament while also losing to Milford 2-0 (25-22, 25-17).The tournament continued on

Saturday and the Jeffs went 1-2

Fairbury Volleyball Gets First Win At Malcolm Invitationalto finish the event. Fairbury’s lone win on Saturday came against Fort Calhoun in their first sweep of the season (25-17, 25-23). Fairbury fell to Malcolm (23-25, 25-17, 25-16) and to Louisville in the event’s fifth-place match by the tally of 2-0 (25-21, 25-23).Fairbury’s record is now 2-6 this

season after two weeks of play. Fairbury hosts Centennial on Tuesday before hosting Crete on Thursday.

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By Nathan HeuerDiller-Odell broke

in their new gym in style.The Griffins played

the first competition held in their new $4.5 million gymnasium on Tuesday against conference foe Falls City Sacred Heart.“It was great. It was

a long time com-ing,” Diller-Odell head coach Kandice Jurgens said after Tuesday’s contest. “We needed this for a while so it’s great to see this. It’s a great addition for all of our sports and it’s a fun place to play. It’s bright and fun.”Diller-Odell entered

the match having swept all six of their opponents to start the season last week, including a Freeman Tournament champi-onship on Saturday.The Griffins contin-

ued that perfection on their new home court.Jurgens squad

swept the Irish (25-20, 25-10, 25-17) but not without a scrap from seventh-ranked team in Class D-2 ac-cording to the Lin-coln Journal Star.Falls City Sacred

Heart went back and

REDEFINING GRAND OPENINGDiller-Odell Sweeps Falls City In First Official Competition Held In New Gym

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Rocking The New Floor—Diller-Odell freshman Karli Heidemann drives the ball into the new gym floor last week as the Griffins faced Falls City Sacred Heart. The Griffins christened the new gymnasium in Odell with a sweep of the Irish, 25-20, 25-10, 25-17.

forth with the Grif-fins in the first set with the match tied at 12-12.Jurgens noted that

she thought her play-ers were a little tight to start Tuesday’s game due to playing in their new gym for the first time.“Anticipation of

playing in here maybe got the best of us at the beginning and we just needed to settle in. Credit to them. They’re probably one of the best teams we’ve seen so far in the seven games we played. Best all-around hitters. We really haven’t had anybody hit the ball at us like that this year,” she said.Diller-Odell coun-

tered acted with effective hitters of their own. 6-foot-1 freshman Karli Heide-mann, who is hitting an impressive .366 hitting percentage through seven games, led the Griffins with 12 kills on a .455 hit-ting percentage.Returning all-stater

Mackenzie Vitosh also made a significant impact at the net with nine kills and a team-high four blocks.

In the second set 2021 Iowa State re-cruit Addison Heide-mann set the tone for Diller-Odell with three consecutive aces from the start of the set. Madelyn Meyerle continued the serving success with three more aces in the following rotation to make it a 6-1 score out of the gates of set two.In set three Diller-

Odell took an early 11-3 lead and never looked back. Karli put down the game-winning killing.Jurgens mentioned

after the game that this year’s team is a much different ani-mal than last year’s squad. With Karli now in the mix with Vitosh, 2018-2019 Fairbury Journal-News Athlete of the Year Emily Swanson, and Meyerle the Grif-fins can dish it out to various hitters on any given play.The Griffins also

shifted their system for a 5-1 to a 6-2 due to Ava Lovitt transfer-ring from Beatrice. Lovitt and Addison allows Jurgens to run what she calls a “modified 6-2.”“I think the differ-

ence between this team and maybe some of our past teams is we have six options at any time and three options at the net at any time. We got six all-around hitters. There’s not really a weak spot in our hitting,” she said. “It’s a modified 6-2 so they just needed to communicate. It looks good and I think it’s

what we’re going to stick with. Ava is one of our best passers, so we needed to find a way to keep her in serve receive.”Diller-Odell has now

won all 16 sets they have competed in and as a result they have a 7-0 record go-ing into Thursday’s match with Lewiston.“We’ll keep work-

ing hard in the gym

to keep that rolling. We’re trying not to lose any sets but we know it’ll happen at some point probably but just come out, play hard and keep the ball on our side of the court. I think that’ll take care of itself and in the end our goal we want reach will be achiev-able,” Jurgens said.

Volleyball Round UpGriffins, Titans, Mustangs Maintain High

Level Of PlayThursday, September 12Diller-Odell 3 Lewiston 0The Griffins made quick work of Lewiston on

Thursday with a convincing 25-8, 25-4, 25-13 victory over the Tigers. Freshman Karli Heide-mann tied her career-high with 13 kills, a feat she has now accomplished on three different occasions.An astonishing stat of note – Diller-Odell tal-

lied 31 aces in the match, led by Ava Lovitt’s eight aces. Mackenzie Vitosh and Addison Heidemann recorded five aces apiece.Diller-Odell is a perfect 8-0 heading into

MUDECAS this week.Thayer Central 3 Heartland 0The Titans kept their record spotless and

handed Heartland their first loss during

Thursday’s 25-16, 25-20, 25-19 sweep over the Huskies. Junior Chloe Souerdyke posted double-digit kills for the third consecutive game with 12 in Thayer Central’s seventh win of the season. Souerdyke added a team-best four blocks.Sophomore setter Jasa Wiedel shockingly tal-

lied the second-highest kill total on her team with seven in the win. Thayer Central runs a 5-1 system so that stat is rather impressive. Not to mention Wiedel put down the kills via a .700 hitting percentage.Fillmore Central 3 Tri County 0Tri County’s record fell to 3-4 with the loss to

Fillmore Central. The Panthers (7-4) are a rat-ings contender in Class C-2 according to the Lincoln Journal Star.Meridian TriangularMeridian 2 Exeter-Milligan 0Strong serving paired with solid play by se-

nior Halle Pribyl made for a quick 25-12, 25-

11 victory over the Timberwolves at the Mus-tangs home triangular. Meridian successfully received 19 of Exeter-Milligan’s 20 serves. At the service, the Mustangs were equally as good, committing only two service errors on 51 serves.Pribyl, the school-record holder for kills in a

season, put down a team-best eight kills dur-ing Thursday’s competition.Meridian 2 McCool Junction 0The Mustangs record improved to 5-1 after

their 25-19, 25-10 victory over McCool Junc-tion. Halle Pribyl tallied double-digit kills for the fourth time in six games with 12 via a .435 winning percentage in the match. Meridian as a team also hit well as the Mustangs recorded a .333 hitting percentage in the win.Josiee Sobotka and Pribyl were lethal at the

service line with a combined seven aces in the victory. Sobotka tallied three aces while Pribyl tied her season-best ace total with four.

By Nathan HeuerDefense wins championships. Or so the fa-

mous saying goes.The Fairbury softball team has refuted that

notion so far this season, although their head coach, Taylor Biehl, would prefer her team to keep the error column tally at zero.Fairbury has been nearly unstoppable at

the plate 15 games into the season. The Jeffs are averaging 11 hits and 11 runs per game, which has played a large role in them earn-ing the No. 1 ranking in Class C and a 12-3 record.Over the past five games, those batting num-

bers have stayed nearly the same. The note-worthy part of that – the hits and runs have all came against ranked opponents according to the Lincoln Journal Star.“I think what helps us is our offense has

been huge. When you can put up big offensive numbers it kind of takes the pressure off the defense a little bit,” Biehl said. “Of course I’d like those defensive errors to be zero. We’ve had very few games where we’ve had zero er-rors. And in a close game we got to have that.”Fairbury defeated their fifth consecutive

ranked opponent on Thursday in an away contest at Milford. Fairbury run-ruled the Eagles in the sixth inning via a 15-1 victory.The Jeffs previously came out victorious

against three ranked opponents at the Fair-bury Invite (Centennial, Hastings St. Cecilia, GINW) on Saturday, September 7, while also beating Class C No. 9 Auburn on Tuesday, September 10 at home.So what’s the secret to Fairbury’s success

against all these ranked opponents?“Our offense is putting up really good num-

bers and so that does help take that pressure off (the defense) a little bit,” Biehl said.Batters adapting to the opposing pitch-

ers during the game is one of the underlying reasons there has been so much success at the plate this season. Not to mention the Jeffs entire varsity lineup plays summer softball.

JEFFS STREAKING IN STYLE“They do a great job of talking to each other.

They come in off an at-bat. We preach that. You have to talk to each other. If you pick up something the pitcher is doing, you need to go share that with the rest of your team. They’ve been really good about sharing those things with each other,” Biehl said.Leading the team in the batting department

is senior designated hitter Raven DeFrain, who is maintaining a .500 batting average in 52 at-bats. During Thursday’s game with Mil-ford, DeFrain hit her second home run in as many games.The two-run shot put the score at 8-1 in the

sixth inning.“She’s been on fire. She loves to hit. She re-

ally does love to hit,” Biehl said.What’s even more impressive is that she’s

been producing at the plate at a high-level while being injured, something that happened to her shoulder a few games into the season and has prevented her from pitching until Sept. 24.“That’s really the only thing she has to focus

on right now because she’s hurt. That might be a good thing to where every game this is what her focus is. She’s kind of doing the one thing she can do for the team right now and she’s executing wonderfully,” Biehl noted.DeFrain ended the game with three hits, one

of three Jeffs to do so. Jami Mans and Cora DeBoer also had three hits apiece. The trio combined for eight of the team’s 13 RBIs.On the mound Jami Mans threw her 13th

complete game of the season and with the win she now owns a 12-2 record and a 2.77 ERA as Fairbury’s ace pitcher.The sophomore recorded the third-highest

strike out total she has put forth this season with five on Thursday. Her season high is six, which she accomplished on two separate oc-casions.Fairbury’s head coach emphasized how im-

portant Mans’ pitching is to her team’s suc-

cess after Thursday’s 14-run victory.“We’re in trouble if she goes down. We are.

What we have left for pitchers – they just don’t have the experience she does. That’s something she’s really worked on,” she said. “We’re not going to keep the Kylie Allen’s from Auburn off base every time or the Lexi Mach’s from Crete off base. But when they get on let’s minimize. So it’s when they do get on, mini-mize the damage.”Fairbury hosts Seward and Malcolm in a

triangular on Tuesday, September 17 before heading to Falls City on Sept. 24.

Photo by Tim Linscott /fairburyjournalnews Making Contact—Raven DeFrain takes a huge swing during recent varsity softball action. DeFrain has been on a hitting hot streak as of late, knocking out home runs. DeFrain leads the Jeffs in batting with a .500 batting average.

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Raven DeFrain, Fairbury Softball – The Jeffs continued their hot streak against ranked teams this past week as did their cleanup hitter Raven DeFrain. The senior went 5-for-8 with seven RBIs combined in Fairbury’s two victories last week. DeFrain went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in Fair-bury’s 12-2 win over Class C-1 No. 9 Auburn. On Thursday DeFrain went 3-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs in the Jeffs 15-1 win over Class C No. 5 Milford.

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In the Fairbury swimmers first meet of the season on Thursday, sophomore Mikwena Lierman punched her ticket to state in two events at Lincoln Northeast High School. Lierman was a part of the Beatrice-Norris-Fairbury-Friend 200-medley relay team that set the school record with an automatic qualifying time of 1:57.17. The three-sport athlete also auto qualified in the 50 freestyle (25.40). At Saturday’s home meet at the Beatrice YMCA, Lierman captured three first place finishes (200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay, 50 freestyle) and a third place finish (200 individual medley).

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By Nathan HeuerShe did it again. This time on the Jeffs home

course.Senior Lauren Patton recorded a career-best

18-hole score of 106 at the Tri County Invite on Sept. 6 and on Monday at the Fairbury Invite, Patton reset her record once again this season with a score of 103.The tally tied her for 10th place and earned

Patton her second medal of the season.The Fairbury senior tied with Beatrice’s Syd-

ney Southwick.Casey Nimmich was eight shots back of Pat-

ton and her round of 111 earned the senior a 18th place finish out of the 37 golfers that took part in the competition.

Photo by Nathan Heuer/fairburyjournalnewsRolling On The Green—Paige Bartels watches her putt roll toward the pin at the Fairbury Golf Invite earlier this week. Bartels finished in 17th place at the invite.

Photo by Nathan Heuer/fairburyjournalnewsHome Field—Casey Nimmich checks to see where her drive heads during the Fairbury Golf Invite on Monday. Nimmich placed 18th at the invite with a 111 on the day. The Jeffs had a team score of 480, finishing sixth place overall.

Patton Cards Career-Best Round For JeffsBrooklen Bear and Makena Schramm carded

rounds of 128 and 138 to finish in 27th and 30th place respectively.Tri County was led by Carissa Lijewski, who

fired a 106 to finish in 13th place. Paige Bar-tels (17th place), Haley Pearson (25th place), and Taryn Vaneperen (31st) rounded out the Trojans varsity squad.Fairbury recorded a team score of 480, good

enough for sixth place out of eight teams. Tri

County took fifth place with a score of 477.Beatrice won the event by tallying 393

strokes as a team. Heartland’s Elizabeth Mestl won the event individually by carding a round of 84. Next up for the Jeff golfers is the Crete In-

vite on Friday Tri County will compete at the Johnson County Central Invite on Thursday before competing at the Crete Invite as well on Friday.

By Nathan HeuerFairbury knew it needed to shutdown Ash-

land-Greenwood’s returning all-state running back Bryce Kitrell to have a chance in Friday’s away contest against the fifth-ranked team in Class C-1.In large part the Jeffs defense was able to

accomplish that, holding Kitrell to 46 yards on the ground on 12 carries and three receptions that resulted in 44 yards. On special teams, Kitrell found a way to make an impact via a punt return touchdown.Yet the senior, who holds a Division I of-

fer from Ohio, finished the game with just 90 yards of total offense. That marks only the fourth time in the last three years that Kitrell finished a game with less than 100 yards of total offense.“Defense really played well, especially in the

run game,” Fairbury head coach Matt Edson said.The feat proved to be the lone bright spot

for Fairbury on a night that the Jeffs offense gained a total of 29 yards and turned the ball over three times.Fairbury quarterback Devin Wanamaker

threw for eight yards on 4-of-16 passing with two interception. The Jeffs ran the ball 33 times and managed to gain 21 yards. Brody Kroll had a team-best eight yards on 14 car-ries.“I give the credit to Ashland’s defense, they

were physical and played really hard,” Edson said.The result – a 40-0 loss, which moves the

Jeffs season record to 1-2.

Bluejays Defense Stymies FairburyEdson noted the tough competition Fairbury

has played so far this season.“We knew our first three games of the year

were against tough competition -- all three made the playoffs last year, two of three won a playoff game. We need to continue to work hard in practice and prepare ourselves better for Falls City. We need to focus on the offen-sive side of the ball and limit turnovers and mental mistakes,” he said.Ashland-Greewood broke a 0-0 tie in the

first quarterback on a 70-yard pass from Lane Zimmerman pass to Seth Novak. The Bluejays added two more scores before halftime via a 10-yard rush by Hunter Washburn and a 13-yard pass from Washburn to Cale Jacobsen.Fairbury’s first turnover came in the sec-

ond quarter at the Jeffs 10 with 1:34 left in the half. Ashland-Greenwood capitalized and scored before the break.A lost fumble proved to be costly for Fair-

bury in the early stages of the third quarter as Jacobsen scooped the rock and ran it for 40-yard score. Later in the third quarter Kitrell ran a punt back to the house on a 33-yard return to put the score at 34-0.Julian Brown scored the Bluejays final

touchdown on a 3-yard scamper in the fourth quarter.Ashland-Greenwood ended Friday’s game

with 234 passing yards and 97 rushing yards. Washburn led the Bluejays in passing with 149 yards and a touchdown on 9-of-17 pass-ing.Fairbury heads to Falls City this Friday.

Jeffs Drop To 1-2 After 40-0 Loss

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Football Roundup Trojans Rushing Attack Shows OutTri County 71 Pawnee City 8The Trojans gashed the Indians for 327 yards

on the ground and 380 yards of total offense in their 63-point victory at home. Three dif-ferent Tri County athletes rushed for over 70 yards, including Drew Garrison (96 yards), Jack Holsing (82 yards), and Cole Siems (71 yards). Siems threw for 53 yards and a touch-down on 2-of-3 passing. Tri County’s record improved 2-1 with the win and they’ll head to Meridian this upcoming Friday.Archbishop Bergan 23 Wilber-Clatonia 21Friday’s game between the Wolverines and

the Knights was a wild one as the team’s combined for seven interceptions and a total of eight turnovers. Wilber-Clatonia quarter-backs Coy Rosentreader and Devin Homolka each threw two interceptions while combin-ing for 82 yards through the air on 6-of-19 passing. The difference proved to be a 26-yard field goal by Bergan’s Kaeden Thomsen. The Knights outgained the Wolverines 303-220 in terms of total offensive yardage. Wilber-Clato-nia (1-2) will host Louisville (1-2) on Friday.Lawrence-Nelson 38 Diller-Odell 22 Diller-Odell fell in their homecoming game

against Lawrence-Nelson on Friday evening. Austin Jurgens led the Griffins with 16 tack-les, one pass deflection, and one tackle for loss. Cooper Ebeling added 12 tackles while Daylin Craw recorded 12 tackles. Diller-Odell (0-3) will have this Friday off before heading to Pawnee City (0-3) on Sept. 27.

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By Nathan HeuerIn her 10 years as head coach of the Fair-

bury cross country program Kristi Peterson had not seen a performance at the Fairbury Invite quite like Ethan Smith put forth on Thursday at the Jeffs home meet.Smith, a first-year cross country runner,

took sixth place in the boy’s division with a time of 19 minutes 5.97 seconds. The mark is the fastest time for at least the past 10 years according to Peterson.“I am so excited to see what the rest of the

season brings for him as he learns more from each race. A time of 19:05 at the Fairbury Invitational has not happened by a Fairbury runner in the 10 years that I have coached here. So it is a very promising time moving forward. He will continue to improve with his work ethic.” Peterson said.Smith wasn’t the only boy Jeff to clock a

noteworthy time. Riley Wood and Alekz Hunt each recorded their best 5k times of their cross country careers at the Fairbury Invite.Hunt finished the race in 21:38.93, good

enough for 40th place out of 104 runners that finished the race in the boy’s division. Wood crossed the finish line shortly after Hunt with a time of 21:42.88 to take 42nd place.“Riley Wood and Alekz Hunt recorded their

all-time best times which is showing great im-provement. Our course is significantly more difficult than the first two courses we ran this year due to all of our hills, so to have an all-time best, that is saying something!” Peterson said.Wood and Hunt were the second and third-

fastest runners on Fairbury’s boys squad. Alex Buxton claimed the last varsity spot for the event with a 54th place finish (22:32.50).Fairbury placed ninth as a team out of 12

squads in the boy’s division.Tri County also competed in both divisions

and the Trojan boys team took seventh place via three top-30 finishes. Logan Larson placed fourth for Tri County with a time of 18:43.16.Krayten Uher was the second-fastest Tro-

jan, crossing the finish line in 25th place (20:32.70). Carter Holtmeier placed 28th (20:59.18) while Nick Scheele rounded out the varsity squad by placing 69th with a time of 23:33.41.Josephine Blatny paced the Lady Jeffs by

placing seventh out of 67 girls who finished the race.The seniors showing had many positive

takeaways for Peterson and although it wasn’t as high of finish as last year’s Fairbury Invite, Fairbury’s head coach knows that Blatny will only continue to get better as the season con-tinues.“Josephine is a very solid runner. She trains

so hard and pushes herself in practice each day,” Peterson said. “I know she would have

Home Invite Presents Plenty Of Positivesliked to place higher for her last race on this course, but I am still proud of her. The com-petition was tougher this year than last year in my opinion. It was also warmer this year than the same meet last year and Josephine likes to run when it is cool. She has improved her time in two of the last three meets, so she is getting better every day.”Blatny’s finish was the highest out of all area

female runners. Thayer Central and Tri Coun-ty also competed in the girl’s division.Fairbury’s remaining varsity female runners

finished in a rather tight grouping as Alissa York placed 27th, Erica Mosher finished in 30th, and Mariel Ramos took 32nd. York’s time was 25:44.35, Mosher was approximately 12 seconds behind Mosher, while Ramos crossed the finish line in 25:58.46.The placements earned the Lady Jeffs a fifth

place finish out of the 10 teams who fielded a full squad. There were 16 teams who brought runners to the meet.Peterson noted that her No. 2, No. 3, and No.

4 runners (York, Mosher, Ramos) had good days on the course but knows they have the potential to do better as the season progress-es.“They are all great girls and we need for them

to move up so we can become more competi-tive. Although, getting fifth out of 16 teams is not bad, I think they would like to get a bit higher,” she said.The Thayer Central girls did the best out of

all area teams, finishing in third place in the girl’s division.Alanna Fangmeier led the Titans with an

11th place finish (23:08.33) while the team’s highest finisher at state a season ago, Sydney Escritt, placed 13th (23:20.57).Kylie Pachta took 20th place via a time

of 24:04.56 along with Megan Lukert, who placed 26th (25:34.01).Tri County’s top two runners flipped flopped

finishes just as Thayer Central’s top two run-ners did. Ella Crawford claimed a ninth-place finish, three spots ahead of two-time state placer Andie Koch, who placed 12th. Craw-ford’s time (22:36.17) was just over 39 sec-onds faster Koch’s time (23:15.55).Taylor Koch (36th place) and Madison Kir-

choff (45th place) rounded out the Titans

varsity squad.Tri County placed sixth as a team, three

points behind Fairbury.Up next for all three area cross country

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Photo by Nathan Heuer/fairburyjournalnews.com

Up Hill, Down Hill—Kacy Starck, right, and Mariel Ramos, left, speed down a hill at the Fairbury Cross Country Invite last week. The Jeffs finished in fifth place as a team in the girls division. The male squad placed ninth.

Photo by Nathan Heuer/fairburyjournalnews.com

Up Hill, Down Hill—Krayten Uher climbs a hill during the Fairbury Cross Country Invite last week. Uher and his fellow Tri County cross country team finished in seventh place as a team.

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Board of Education Regular Meeting Monday, September 9, 2019 7:30 PM High School Media Center in Odell 506 Perry Odell, NE 68415Angie Clifford: Present Adam Engelman: Present Paul Kos-tal: Present Toni Landenberger: Present Jill Scheele: PresentGary Stohs: Absent1. Open Meeting1.1.Roll CallGary Stohs was excused from the meeting.1.2.Recognize the Open Meetings Act information1.3.Approve minutes of last meetingMotion to approve minutes of last meeting Passed with a motion by Toni Landenberger and a second by Adam Engel-man.Angie Clifford: Yea, Adam En-gelman: Yea, Paul Kostal: Yea, Toni Landenberger: Yea, Jill Scheele: YeaYea: 5, Nay: 02. Instruction and Related Items2.1.Principal Report Principal Mezger reported on the beginning of the school year, DIBELS testing, MAP testing and the schedule for school improvement activi-ties.2.2.Student Report No student report was given.3. Personnel Items 4. Support Service4.1.Technology Update4.2.Facility Update Superintendent Meyerle gave an update on the final items that need to be completed with the new gym and front entrance renovation. All work should be complete by the end of September. He noted that an insurance adjuster would be on sight to check damage from recent storms.5. Superintendent Items5.1. Superintendent Re-port Superintendent Meyerle re-ported that budget work for 2019-20 was complete and he would be submitting it this week.6. Financial Items6.1. Adopt the 2019-20 budgetMotion to adopt the 2019-2020 budget Passed with a motion by Angie Clifford and a second by Adam Engelman.Angie Clifford: Yea, Adam En-gelman: Yea, Paul Kostal: Yea, Toni Landenberger: Yea, Jill Scheele: YeaYea: 5, Nay: 06.2. Approve the 2019-2020 tax request resolutionMotion to approve the 2019-2020 tax request at 0.590970 for the General Fund and 0.123466 for the Special Building Fund Passed with a motion by Jill Scheele and a second by Toni Landen-berger.Angie Clifford: Yea, Adam En-gelman: Yea, Paul Kostal: Yea, Toni Landenberger: Yea, Jill Scheele: YeaYea: 5, Nay: 06.3. Pay bills as present-edMotion to approve bills as presented. Passed with a mo-tion by Adam Engelman and a second by Jill Scheele.Angie Clifford: Yea, Adam En-gelman: Yea, Paul Kostal: Yea, Toni Landenberger: Yea, Jill

Scheele: YeaYea: 5, Nay: 0 7. Board of Education Items7.1. Committee Reports Superintendent Meyerle not-ed that he planned to register four Board members for the NASB conference in Novem-ber.7.2. Executive Session8. AdjournmentMotion to adjourn Passed with a motion by Jill Scheele and a second by Angie Clifford. An-gie Clifford: Yea, Adam Engel-man: Yea, Paul Kostal: Yea, Toni Landenberger: Yea, Jill Scheele: YeaYea: 5, Nay: 0 Vice President Kostal ad-journed the meeting at 7:48pm. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Oc-tober 14, 2019.AS Central Services $229.32 Beatrice Fire Protection $664.35 Behrends, Bernard W $111.94 Center Point Energy $154.83 Collection Associates $79.35 Conti-nental Research Corpora-tion $936.07 Demco $367.81 Diller Telephone Co. $572.39 Diller-Odell Lunch Fund $122.85 Di-versified Drug Testing LLC $150.00 Eakes Office So-lutions $3,019.83 Fair-bury Journal-news $408.40 Farmers Cooperative Elev $1,905.92 Hillyard/SiouxFalls $9,575.65 Hometown Leas-ing $1,797.60 Impressed Petty Cash $1,788.60 J W Pepper Inc $120.60 Jennifer Klaus $330.60 Jody Franzen $449.61 Kotas Construc-tion $360.00 Kotas, Brittney L $27.84 KSB School Law, PC LLO $1,451.08 Liscom, Jan K $22.80 M & D Auto Service $4,482.75 Mcgraw-Hill $1,832.21Mead Lumber $5.15 Meyerle, Michael J $147.32 Mezger, Matthew $305.66 NE Safety Center $300.00 Noakes Refrigera-tion $499.16 Norris Public Power $2,837.00 Odell Mar-ket $56.84 Patricia DePalma $473.28 Pioneer Manufactur-ing Co. $1,190.25 Pyramid Paper Company $704.08 Quill Corporation $2,430.43 Ram Exterminators LLC $67.00 Region V Services $1,583.40 Rider Classroom Spanish, LLC $2,750.00 Roelfs, Elizabeth A $120.30 Scherbarth Inc $58.71 School Specialty Inc $1,444.86 Security Ser-vices $219.90 Sherwin-williams $463.39 Spencer D Sutton $1,448.96 Unite Pri-vate Networks, LLC $254.54 Village Of Diller $377.50 Village Of Odell $430.00 Walmart Stores Inc $246.26 Westlake ACE Hardware $122.29 A F L A C $808.73 Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Ne $48,413.91 Credit Manage-ment Services $185.40 ES-SDACK Consortium $100.00 National Insurance Services $1,041.50 Nebraska Dept Of Revenue $6,405.32 Ne-braska School Retirement $39,857.34 Odell School Activity Fund $3,052.83 State Bank Of OdellXX $46,737.70 VSP $377.65 Waddell & Reed $5,638.35 $202,117.41 Direct Deposit $131,667.18 September Net Salaries $8,688.68$342,473.27 26b

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Commissioner’s Room Fairbury, NE September 10, 2019 The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners met as per notification of September 4, 2019 with Michael Dux and Gale Pohlmann, commission-ers, Mark Schoenrock, chair-man, Kristina Riggle, county clerk, Gordon Hopkins, Fair-bury Journal News present. Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m.It is noted that the open meeting act is posted on the wall at the back of the room.Pledge of Allegiance and reading of the minutes. Tim McDermott newly ap-pointed NIRMA board member present. McDermott present-ed Jefferson County with a 10 year membership plate for the NIRMA plaque. He report-ed that 82 out of 93 counties are members and with vari-ous other entities NIRMA has grown to over 101 members. McDermott reminded the board of the upcoming Self Defense workshop in York, Ne and encouraged attendance. Consent Agenda:1. Approval of September 3, 2019 minutes2. Approve Heartland Bank amortization schedule for the new ambulance and authorize the Chairman to sign loan documents3. Approve the Sheriff’s in-ventory and additional equip-ment sheets for Highway4. Sign representation letter for budget preparation from Blobaum and Busboom, CPA5. Sign Certification of Cost Allocation Plan FY 2018 from Maximus Consulting Moved by Pohlmann, sec-onded by Dux to approve the consent agenda. Call of vote: Schoenrock, Pohlmann, Dux voting aye. Nay none. Motion carried. Pohlmann reported on the Region V Services meeting he attended and related the cli-ent success stories that were presented. At Region V Sys-tems meeting Sheri Dawson gave the annual report from DHHS, and stated priorities are customer service, growth, and reduced wait times. She also noted that Danette Smith is now the new DHHS department head. Funding and payment issues between DHHS and Region V have cre-ated tensions. A resolution needs to be worked out. Shawna Taylor, Clerk of the District Court, Nels Sorensen, sheriff and Brian Blobaum, CPA present. Brad Eisenhauer and Jeff Nelson, computer I.T.’s pres-ent. Eisenhauer reported a mapping server had quit at the law enforcement center last week requiring updating of all laptops in the sheriff vehicles. Monitors in the hall-ways, website development and individual office issues are on the list of projects. Taylor reported the ongoing issue with document images is still not resolved. Eisenhau-er has contacted the State court I.T.’s to try to resolve. Eisenhauer and Nelson will continue working on the issue today. Sorensen noted he will need equipment transferred to the new Explorers that are being delivered, however this is delayed as the old consoles will not fit the new vehicles. New consoles will hopefully be available soon. Jon Cannon, Deputy Direc-tor of the Nebraska Associa-tion of County Officials and Tommy Rezac, News Channel Nebraska present. Schoenrock opened the 2019 – 2020 budget hearing at 10 a.m. Budget discussion was held. Schoenrock addressed the need to raise the levy with key points:1. County valuations are down 2.7%2. Historically the county has relied on Inheritance tax to

balance the budget. Inheri-tance tax revenues have de-creased and the county can-not rely on that fund.3. Jail/legal fees/transporta-tion and housing of inmates/inmate medical and dental costs have increased and continue to increase. With the creation of the atten-dance and diversion program the goal is to address issues early and work to lower costs associated with inmates/courts4. Insurance costs for em-ployees increased. A salary increase was allowed to be competitive and retain a good work force with low turnover within the county offices.5. The County added 3 es-sential full-time employeesSchoenrock emphasized the budget review process of scrutinizing each budget line item with the elected official or department heads before approval. Pohlmann noted the last two years the board has been very conservative on the tax rate but it is important to keep cash reserves. Un-known costs of a potential murder trial could be a factor and the board is trying to be proactive. Dux encouraged the public to be more involved in the bud-get process and encouraged earlier public comment. He also noted this was the most aggressive budget he has ever been involved with and acknowledged the concerns from taxpayers about higher taxes. A letter was received from Gary LaBass comparing county budget figures from similar sized counties and he is against raising the budget due to Jefferson County al-ready having a higher budget than other counties. Schoenrock closed the bud-get hearing at 10:30 a.m. and opened the special hearing to set the final tax request at 10:31 a.m. No one offered any discussion or comments. Schoenrock closed the spe-cial hearing at 10:32 a.m. Moved by Pohlmann, sec-onded by Dux to approve the additional 1% increase in the restricted funds for the 2019-2020 budget. Call of vote: Dux, Pohlmann, Schoen-rock voting aye. Nay none. Motion carried. Moved by Pohlmann, second-ed by Schoenrock to approve Resolution 2019-13 setting the tax request for 2019-2020 Call of vote: Pohlmann, Schoenrock voting aye. Nay none. Dux abstained. Motion carried. Moved by Pohlmann, second-ed by Schoenrock to approve Resolution 2019-14 to adopt the 2019-2020 budget. Call of vote: Schoenrock, Pohl-mann voting aye. Nay none. Dux abstained. Motion car-ried. Susan Thomas, Collin Bielsler, city administrator and Debbie Aden, city library director present to discuss the city and county sharing the library. Aden submitted a list of other counties that provide some level of funding towards a shared library for review by the board. Bielser noted the city provides the library $230,000 currently. Aden said county residents currently have to buy a library card for $15 year for the first card and additional family members are $5 each. The revenue generated is around $1498 currently. Aden would like to expand services to county residents at no cost if an agreement with the county could be reached. No funding dollar request was presented as this was a very preliminary discussion. Bill Runge, Dennis Traeger and Bob Weise from the fair finance committee. The fair approved a bid in the amount of $10,700 to rubber coat

the roof of the merchants building. It was noted the sheep and dairy barn will be needing some roof repairs also. Soundproof panels are also being considered for the 4-H building. Moved by Dux, seconded by Schoenrock to go into closed session with Runge, Traeger, Weise at 11:15 a.m. for the protection of needless injury to an individual if such indi-vidual has not requested a public meeting. Call of vote: Pohlmann, Schoenrock, Dux voting aye. Nay none. Motion carried. Moved by Dux, seconded by Schoenrock to go out of closed session at 11:36 a.m. Call of vote: Dux, Schoen-rock, Pohlmann voting aye. Nay none. Motion carried. No action taken. Jason Eyer, highway super-visor and Terry Blas, highway supervisor assistant present. Eyer presented a right-of-way permit for JTC Ranch – Michael Murman, manager for a farm field drive on the west side of section 5-1-2. Moved by Dux, seconded by Pohlmann to approve the right-of-way permit for JTC Ranch – Michael Murman, manager on the west side of the section approximately 1000 feet from the NW cor-ner in section 5-1-2. Call of vote: Pohlmann, Dux, Schoenrock voting aye. Nay none. Motion carried. Problem road areas were discussed. Complaints have been coming in about an area of road were a member of the public is spreading chemi-cal on the county roadway. The county attorney will send a letter. Armor coating is done. Dragging of roads has resumed. More rock and grav-el is needed in many areas. Pat Kelley from Murphy Trac-tor presented options on an excavator lease or lease to purchase. Graders are on state bid. Joe Casson, county attorney present. Moved by Pohlmann, second-ed by Dux to go into closed session for the protection of the public interest or for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an indi-vidual and if such individual has not requested a public meeting on personnel with Casson at 12:10 p.m. Call of vote: Dux, Schoenrock, Pohl-mann voting aye. Nay none. Motion carried. Moved by Dux, seconded by Pohlmann to go out of closed session at 12:26 p.m. Call of vote: Schoenrock, Pohlmann, Dux voting aye. Nay none. Motion carried. Correspondence:*Note - all fees listed below have been deposited by the Treasurer into the appropri-ately noted funds.Received:E911$4,689.00 from Windstream Services for 911 surcharge.Misc.Fee report from Shawna Taylor, Clerk of the District Court for August 2019 fees $1185.33Fee report from Kristina Rig-gle, County Clerk for August 2019 fees $257.50Report from Nels Sorensen, sheriff on Collection of Delin-quent Personal Property Tax Distress Warrants for 2017 Tax year sent to the Sheriff on November 1, 2018. Total warrants $39070.46 Meeting adjourned at 12:30 pm. I, Kristina Riggle, County Clerk do hereby certify that the foregoing minutes is a correct report of the meeting of September 10, 2019. Wit-ness my hand and official seal on the September 10, 2019. Kristina Riggle, Clerk Mark Schoenrock, Chairman 26b ZNEZ

NOTICE OF MEETING The Jefferson County Fair Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on the first Monday of each month at the 4-H Building starting at 8 p.m. An agenda kept contin-ually current is available for public inspection. Contact secretary 729-5792. 26b

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Little Blue Public Water Proj-ect South Expenditures - Sep-tember 2019 Bruce Dux 399.43 Marie Her-bek 235.21 Paula Schultz 280.29 Bankcard Process-ing Center 322.84 Corner-stone Bank 5.00 Heartland Bank 4,761.41 IRS 188.84 Little Blue NRD 30.75 Nationwide Insurance 123.13 NE Dept. of Revenue 351.73

NE Dept. of Revenue 25.00 Bruce Dux 11.00 Fairbury Journal News 7.73 Fairbury Light & Water 6,610.81 KS One Call System 1.20 KS Rural Water Assoc. 74.90 Norris Public Power District 218.49 One Call Concepts 12.16 Pollman LLC 403.29 Village of Gilead 6 7 . 1 3 14,130.34 26b

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Little Blue Public Water North Project Expenditures - Sep-tember 2019 Bruce Dux 696.61 Marie Her-bek 235.21 Paula Schultz 359.34 Bankcard Process-ing Center 322.84 Corner-stone Bank 5.00 Heartland Bank 2,745.28 IRS 255.84 Little Blue NRD 30.75 Nationwide Insurance 173.52

NE Dept. of Revenue 4.23 NE Dept. of Revenue 708.87 NE Dept. of Revenue 25.00 Bruce Dux 27.50 Fairbury Journal News 7.18 Fairbury Light & Water 10,450.91 One Call Concepts 25.54 Scherbarth Ace Hardware 10.31 16,083.93. 26b

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Village of EndicottSeptember 9 2019Present: Chairperson Chris-tine Zabokrtsky, Quentin Swartz, Tracy Arntt, Jim Criner, Hayden Nutsch, Trea-

surer Kris Riggle, Clerk Vickie Arntt & guest Jamie Swartz. The Budget Hearing was brought to order by Chair Zabokrtsky@ 6:50 p.m. She read Resolution 1-19. Motion to adopt Resolution 1-19 made by Swartz, second by Arntt. All yes, motion car-ried. Motion to approve an additional 1% increase in the total 2019-2020 Funds sub-ject to Limitation with a roll call vote: Zabokrtsky yes, Swartz yes, Arntt yes, Cri-ner yes & Nutsch yes. Motion carried. Motion by Zabokrtsky

to approve an audit waiver request for the year ended 9/30/19, second Swartz, all yes-motion carried. Motion to adjourn @ 7:05pm by Nutsch, Criner second. All yes, mo-tion carried. Regular Board meeting brought to order@ 7:07 p.m. Same present with guests Jamie Swartz & Sheryl Rhoden. Sheryl addressed the board with a Conibear trap that she found near her prop-erty that had a cat trapped. Trapping in the Village limits is prohibited. Discussion held on updating the ordinance.

Matter tabled. The contract from Dave Banahan Trucking & Excavating for housing & use of his motor grader was reviewed. Motion by Criner, second by Arntt to accept the revised 2 year contract. All yes, motion carried . The board approved Betty No-votny to purchase flowers & materials for the planter by the town hall. Jim will repair street lights & trim trees by the hall. Read & discussed a letter from Asst. Depu-ty Auditor Craig Kubicek. Zabokrtsky will complete the necessary paper work to be sent back.Minutes of 8/12/19 meeting were reviewed. No correc-tions or additions a motion bySwartz, second by Arntt to approve minutes. All yes, mo-tion carried . Treasurer’s re-port by Kris Riggle. Motion by Criner, second by Swartz to accept the report. All yes, mo-tion carried. Nutsch reported on 5 delinquent accounts. Jamie Swartz presented her resume for the Village Trea-suer position. Duties were discussed. Motion by Arntt to accept her resume and offer her the position, second by Criner. All yes, motion car-ried. Quentin Swartz abstain-ing. Riggle will work with her through the transition & ac-counts will be changed over for the October 2019 meet-ing including changing to 2 signature req. checks. Swartz proposed to the board the placement of 2 benches in the Village Park as a memorial from the Randy Swartz fam-ily. Board approved. Water Operator Wade Lewis would like to place the Village soft-ware on a computer other

than his personal computer. Matter tabled. Discussed nui-sance properties. The follow-ing claims were presented for payment:GENERAL FUND: Nebraska Dept of Revenue $709.71 Endicott Sewer $529.30 En-dicott Water $3,209.14 Endi-cott St/Alley $508.92Nebraska Dept of Revenue $25.00 Vickie Arntt $113.56 Mary Criner $63.60 Hayden Nutsch $363.40 Kris Rig-gle $247.52 Robert James $608.69 Karen Swartz $45.43 Wade Lewis $499.67 IRS $366.30 Fairbury Light & Water Dept $9,575.47 Fair-bury Journal News $129.62 Fairbury School Dist #8 $300.00 Scherbarth Ace Hardware $13.17 Blue Riv-ers Area Agency On Ag-ing $65.00 Black Hills En-ergy $84.00 Schmi dt’s Inc. $1,175.00 WATER FUND: General Fund $550 .00 Wade Lewis $36.45 Black Hills Energy $51.00 Nebraska D H H S $25.00 Lumix Sys-tems $1,496.00 Village of Endicott/General STREET AND ALLEY FUND: General Fund $240.00 Fairbury Light & Water Dept $400.00 SEWER FUND: General Fund $95.00. A motion by Swartz, second by Arntt to approve payment of all claims. All yes, Nutsch abstaining. Motion carried. Motion by Nutsch, second by Swartz to adjourn @ 9:15 p.m. All yes, motion carried. Next meeting is October 14, 2019 @ 7 p.m. - Endicott Town HallVickie Arntt, Clerk 26b

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Public Notices The Fairbury Journal-News Page 15

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NOTICE IN THE COUNTY COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NE-

BRASKA Estate of Phyllis J.

Engelman, Deceased.Estate No. PR 19-35 Notice is hereby given that on August 26, 2019, in the County Court of Jefferson County, Nebraska, the Regis-trar issued a written state-ment of Informal Probate of the Will of the Deceased and that Neil G. Engelman, whose address is 2909 Raymond Rd., Davey, NE 68336 and Dean R. Engelman, whose address is 71465 Hwy 103, Jansen, NE 68377, have been appointed Co-Personal Repre-

sentatives of this estate. Creditors of this estate must file their claims with this Court on or before November 4, 2019 or be forever barred.

/s/ Tammie A. DuensingClerk of the County Court

Jefferson County Courthouse411 4th St.

Fairbury, NE 68352Attorney for Applicant:Jeffery W. Davis, #24120Smith Schafer Davis Gaertig LLC609 Elk St., P.O. Box 727Beatrice, NE 68310402-223-5257 24-26b ZNEZ

Little Blue NRD Expenditures - September 2019 Patsy Ord 1,672.06 Rog-er Biltoft 194.74 Don-nie Engelhardt 913.29 Kevin Orvis 4,652.22 Robin Leichty 1,412.54 Jed Bergen 2,589.04 Ely-sabeth Kierl 2,786.41Ali-cia Epps 2,486.69 Allyson Peshek 2,101.70 Christine Zabokrtsky 1,922.05 Erika Brinegar 2,461.98 James Oltmans 2,556.44 Kent Thompson 3,340.83 Kyle Hauschild 5,322.38 Mandy Klipp 2,126.89 Marie Herbek 3,418.49 Melanie McPherson 2,004.86 Paula Schultz 2,262.66 Laura Giebel 117.60 Bankcard Processing Center 7 7 2 . 3 5 Black Hills Energy 3 1 . 9 1 Cornerstone Bank 1 5 . 0 0 Cornerstone Bank 7,285.83Erika Brinegar 21.72 IRS 13,040.51 Kyle Hauschild 255.20 Mandy Klipp 102.24Nationwide Insurance 7,220.31 NE Dept. of Rev-enue 7.84 NE Dept. of Rev-enue 1,885.02 PAYA 30.45WEX Bank 80.27 Returned Check 45.00 Southern Power District 45.14 AFLAC 1,037.77 Big G 76.38 Bi-nary Net LLC 9.95 Duan Bohlen 1,776.60 C J Tire Co. 1,567.36 Deshler Motors 65.00 Eakes 342.35

Robert Endorf 4,187.50 Ethan Epley 9,712.20 Fair-bury Journal News 1 3 3 . 5 6 Fairbury Light & Water 141.24 Fondriest Environmental Inc. 401.84 The Garbage Co. South 226.00 GPM Enter-prises Inc. 908.00 Jacqueline Gregory 1,223.00 Hastings Tribune 1,769.47 Greg Hin-richs 1,257.00 Hometown Leasing 299.00 JEO Con-sulting Group Inc. 8,705.75 John Deere Financial 59.84 Glenn Johnson 791.00 Brian Kohmetscher 1,471.00 KUTT Radio 122.40 Little Blue PWP North 20.15 Leising Inc. 173,616.45 Lipovsky & Sons Inc. 1,000.00 J Tanner Li-povsky 1,000.00 Mid-American Benefits 542.50 NARD Risk Pool Assoc. 17,124.78 NARD 2,000.00 NE Public Health Env. Lab. 30.00 Nutrien Ag Solutions 1,396.78 Omaha World Her-ald 2,934.00 Perennial Public Power District 639.08 Plain Environmental Services Inc. 20,470.00 Precision Signs & Graphics 2,475.00 R Lazy K Inc. 300.00 Servi-Tech Inc. 92.30 Village of Belvidere 3,003.04 Village of Daven-port 566.50 Windstream 805.52 Woodwards Disposal 105.00 339,586.97. 26b

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NOTICE OF MEETINGS FOR CITY OF FAIRBURY

Fairbury City Council Advance publicized notice is hereby given that the Fair-bury City Council will meet the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Council Chambers, 612 D Street, Fairbury, Nebraska. The agenda for council meet-ings is readily available for public inspection at the City Offices, 612 D Street, Fairbury, Nebraska, during normal busi-ness hours.

Board of Public Works Board of Public Works meets every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at Council Chambers. Library Board Library Board meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Library.

Housing Authority Board Fairbury Housing Authority Board meets the fourth Mon-day of every month at 5:30 p.m. at Park View Apartments.

Planning Commission The Planning Commission of the City of Fairbury will meet the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Council Chambers.

Finance & Keno Meeting The Finance and Keno Com-mittee of the City of Fairbury will meet the Third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Council Chambers

Museum Board Museum Board will meet the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Museum. Public Welcome.

Airport Authority The regular meeting of the Fairbury Airport Authority is held the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Fairbury Airport. The public is invited to attend.

Citizens Advisory Review Committee

The Citizens Advisory Re-view Committee of the City of Fairbury will meet at 7:00 p.m. on the second Wednesdays in January, April, July, and October in the City Council Chambers at 612 D St Agenda kept continually current at the office of the City Clerk.

Community Redevelopment Authority

The Community Redevel-opment Authority of the City of Fairbury will meet the sec-ond and fourth Thursday of each month at 09:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers located at 612 D Street. Agenda current at the office of the City Clerk.

Public Safety Committee The Public Safety Commit-tee of the City of Fairbury will meet at 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month in the Council Chambers located at 612 D Street. Agenda current at the office of the City Clerk.

Health Board The Health Board meets at 8:00 a.m. the Fourth Monday of each month in the council chambers at 612 D Street.Agenda current at the office of the City Clerk. 26b

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NOTICE ESTATE OF RALPH E. BROADSTON. ESTATE NO. PR-19-37 Notice is hereby given that on September 5, 2019, in the County Court of Jef-ferson County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of Informal Pro-bate of the Will of said De-cedent and that Robert Dean Broadston whose address is 15 Via Cimarron, Monterey, CA 93940, was informally ap-pointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of the Estate. Creditors of this Estate must file their claims

with this Court on or before November 12, 2019, or be forever barred. (SEAL) /s/ Sherry Joubert Assistant Clerk, Jef-

ferson County Court 411 4th Street,

Fairbury, NE 68352Michael E. Willet, #16688Willet & Carothers2205 North Sixth Street, Suite 10AP. O. Box 218Beatrice, Nebraska 68310-0218(402) 228-3424 25-27b

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NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NE-BRASKA, Case CI 19-110, ADAIR ASSET MANAGE-MENT, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. LYLE TRISLER, MICHELLE K. TRISLER, JOSEPH F. CHILEN, TRUSTEE, BLUE VALLEY COM-MUNITY ACTION PARTNER-SHIP, BENEFICIARY, CITY OF FAIRBURY, JOHN DOE AND MARY DOE; and all other persons/entities UNKNOWN claiming any right, interest or title in the real es-tate described herein,To: Lyle Trisler, Michelle K. Trisler, Joseph F. Chilen, John Doe and Mary Doe; and all other persons/entities UN-KNOWN having or claiming any right, interest or title in The South Forty-five feet of the North One Hundred feet of Lot Six (S45’ of N100’ L6), Block Three (3), Gib-son’s Subdivision to the City of Fairbury, County of Jef-ferson, State of Nebraska; EXCEPT the East Eight feet (8’) there of. Address: 1026 B Street, Fairbury, NE 68352You have been sued by Adair Asset Management, LLC. The object of the plaintiff’s Com-plaint is to foreclose on Tax Sale Certificate No. 1545 for the delinquent taxes on the real estate described above. The taxes due under the cer-tificate are for the 2014 thru 2017 taxes plus interest at

the rate of 14% per annum. The Complaint asks the court to find that the taxes are a lien against the real estate, as provided by law, and that upon establishment of such lien, the real estate, which may remain unredeemed, be sold at public sale to sat-isfy the decree so entered, together with interest and costs, including attorney’s fees as provided for and by Nebraska Revised Statute §77-1909, as amended, and that the defendants be forever barred of all claims upon, interest in, right or title to, lien upon or equity of re-demption in the real estate upon confirmation of the sale. To defend this lawsuit, an ap-propriate written response must be filed with the District Court of Jefferson County, Nebraska, 411 4th Street, Fairbury, Nebraska 68352, within 30 days of the last publication of this notice. If you fail to respond, the court may enter a judgment for the relief demanded in the Com-plaint.ADAIR ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, Deana K. Walocha, #21652405 N. 115th Street, Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68154(402 399-9049, ex. 103)Attorney for the Plaintiff 26-28b ZNEZ

Village of Steele City Minutes of Meeting September 9, 2019

Chairman Katz called the budget meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall. The purpose of the meeting was to take action on the 2019-2020 budget. There were no objections to the budget received. Motion Par-tin, seconded Scheele to ac-cept the budget. aII voted aye. Resolution #621 was signed stating tax request was different from 2018- 2019 budget. There was also a 2% increase to the tax levy. Motion Scheele, seconded Erickson, all voted aye. Mo-tion by Erickson to adjourn at 7:40 p.m., seconded by Par-tin. Clerk will mail a copy of budget to Jefferson County clerk and Auditor of Public Accts. A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Steele City, Nebraska was convened in open and public session at 7:42 p.m., Septem-ber 9, 2019 at the town hall. Present were Tammy Katz, Wm. Scheele, Megan Sothan, Sue Erickson, Mary Ann Partin and clerk Connie Fox. Chair-man Katz called the meeting to order. Notice of the meet-ing was simultaneously given to the trustees and copy of the receipt of notice and the agenda are attached to the minutes. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public. Also present were Mary Bana-han, Vonnie Broadston, Wade Lewis and Becky Zabokrtsky president of Steele City Cem-etary Association. The clerk read the August minutes and they were ap-proved as read. Bills were presented. Correction made to general fund and discus-sion on bill from Core and Main for meter reading equip-ment Wade Lewis / village water operator stated this charge is for software up-grades etc. an unnecessary charge and would be an annu-al fee. Katz will call Core and Main to discuss charges. Mo-tion by Erickson to approve bills, seconded by Sothan, all voted aye.WATER FUND Fairbury L & W (St. City & End. Pump house) 141.25 DHHS 15.00 Pollman 167.81 GENERAL FUND Con-nie Fox 175.00 Tammy Katz 450.00 Wm. Scheele 300.00 Sue Erickson 260.00 Ralph Broadston 240.00 Megan Sothan 240.00 Mary Ann Par-tin 40.00 One Call Concepts (July & August) 15.75 Schi-midts Sanitation (July & Au-gust) 1,352.00 Fairbury L & W (shower house & town hall) 97.55 Fairbury Journal News 180.76 Blobaum & Busboom 500.00 Sims Florist 64.50

Dale Ebeling 252.00 SEWER FUND US Post Office - ST. City 35.00 Travis Graff (mowing lagoon) 140.00 ROAD FUNDFairbury L & W 212.57 Wm. Scheele ( Equip. Rental) 600.00 Kirks Diesel ( dump truck repair) 192.94 Maatsch Oil 404.85 AGENDA ITEMS:Wade Lewis was appointed the position of clerk / trea-surer effective September, 2019. Partin stated she ap-preciated all the applicants and decision was based upon experience. Water Project Updates:Bonding company has ap-proved Starr Plumbing to complete the work that now out of business Legends did not finish Starrs should be-gin work approx.. Sept. 18th 2019. Van Kirk will complete con-crete work at pump house in Endicott, the property will be owned by village after work is completed. Windstream will be putting in emergency contact phone at Endicott pump house. Becky Zabokrtsky president of Steele City Cemetary As-sociation was present to dis-cuss the transfer of cemetary from village to cemetary as-sociation after discussion mo-tion Scheele, seconded Partin to transfer cemetary back to cemetary association. Motion Scheele, seconded Erickson to give Katz authorization to prepare and execute a quit claim deed, all voted aye. Katz stated she will contact village attorney to be sure of all the legalities to execute a deed. OLD BUSINESS:Clerk discussed with Starr Buckow if water operator needed to be bonded per Mary Banahans inquiry at Au-gust meeting, it is not a re-quirement. NEW BUSINESS:Katz and Lewis will both need to be bonded and also trans-fer names on accounts at bank. Sothan attended the Historical Preservation train-ing Sept. 6 & 7 in Lincoln. The training consisted of learning to set up an ordinance for the village and where to find funding.Sothan plans to draft an or-dinance and present to the board at the Oct. or Nov meeting. Dead tree at park on hill need to be taken down, Katz will contact Oregon Trail to look at it. Town hall is rent-ed Sept. 21, 2019 and May 6, 2020. Erickson motioned to adjourn at 8:45 pm, seconded by Partin. Motion carried. Next meeting is Monday October 7, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.Village Clerk, Connie Fox 26b ZNEZ

Village of Jansen Budget Hearing and Board Meeting

Sept. 10, 2019 Kesha Eldridge, board chair, called the meeting into ses-sion at 6:00 pm on 9-10-19 at the Jansen Town Hall, along with acknowledgment of the Open Meetings Act. Notice and agenda were posted at the Jansen Post Office, Farm-ers and Merchants Bank, and the Jansen Town Hall. Present were board mem-bers Kesha Eldridge, Bob Gibson, Tom Gogerty, Joyce Ambrose, and Janene Russell. Also present were Ron Duen-sing, village maintenance, Tiffany Schoenrock, village clerk, Wade Lewis, village wa-ter/waste operator, Christina Koenig, village treasurer, and other village members. A motion was made by Russell to open the budget hearing. Second by Gogerty. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gib-son, Gogerty, Eldridge. Mo-tion carried 5-0. A motion was made by Rus-sell to approve 1% increase in restricted funds authority. Second by Gogerty. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson, Go-gerty, Eldridge. Motion car-ried 5-0. A motion was made by Am-brose to approve the budget as published. Second by Rus-sell. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson, Gogerty, Eldridge. Motion carried 5-0. A motion was made by Go-gerty to open a special hear-ing to set up the final tax request. Second by Russell. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gib-son, Gogerty, Eldridge. Mo-tion carried 5-0. A motion was made by Rus-sell to approve the resolution adopting the property tax. Second by Gogerty. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson, Go-gerty, Eldridge. Motion car-ried 5-0. A motion was made by Am-brose to close the special budget hearing. Second by Gogerty. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson, Gogerty, El-dridge. Motion carried 5-0. Motion by Ambrose, second by Gogerty to approve the 8-12-19 minutes. Ayes: Am-brose, Russell, Gibson, Goger-ty, Eldridge. Motion carried 5-0. Eldridge presented the trea-surer’s report. Motion made by Gogerty, second by Ambrose, to ap-prove the income and ex-penses on the treasurer’s re-port with the addition for the expense of National Freight Shippers for $1000. Approved bills: Eakes Of-fice Solutions $96.15-office supplies, Kesha Eldridge, re-imbursement $82.36-mile-age, Fairbury Journal News $ 1 3 4 . 0 1 - p u b l i c a t i o n s , Fairbury Light and Water

$857.82-electric, Farmers Coop $116.30-fuel, Tom Gogerty, reimbursement $75.40-street supplies, Wade Lewis, reimbursement $9.92-supplies, Pollman LLC $307.32-water repairs, Ron Duensing, reimbursement $5.36-supplies, Scherbarth Ace $44.54-supplies, Starr Buckow $100.00-bond in-surance, Verizon $14.74-cell bill, Utility bill reimbursement $72.76-reimbursemet, RB Equipments $3515.00-trac-tor, National Freight Shippers $1000.00-tractor shipping. Payroll $3068.92. Total in-come $6526.04. Total ex-penses $9492.61.OLD BUSINESS: A motion was made by Rus-sell to approve the 1 and 6 year road plan. Second by Gogerty. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson, Gogerty, El-dridge. Motion carried 5-0.NEW BUSINESS:A. After reviewing bids, a motion was made by Am-brose, second by Gogerty to hire Chappell Roofing to replace the roof and apply Surewall to the Jansen Town Hall. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson,Gogerty, Eldridge. Mo-tion carried 5-0.B. Discussion was had on a water leak at 511 Broad Street. A motion by Gogerty was made to table discussion until the October 7th, 2019 meeting. Second by Russell. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gib-son, Gogerty, Eldridge. Mo-tion carried 5-0.Further Business: The village has received 2 written letters of complaint about dogs at large. Discussion was had on LED lighting for the street-light bulbs. Eldridge working with Fairbury Light and Water to determine cost. Will present at October meeting A motion to purchase a trailer from Sid Eilts for $200 was made by Russell, second by Gogerty. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson, Gogerty, El-dridge. Motion carried 5-0. A motion to make all neces-sary repairs to the 1993 Ford 545D was made by Russell, second by Ambrose. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson, Go-gerty, Eldridge. Motion car-ried 5-0. Next meeting will be October 7, 2019 at 7 pm at the Jan-sen Town Hall. No need for executive ses-sion. Motion by Gogerty, second by Ambrose to adjourn at 8:14 pm. Ayes: Ambrose, Russell, Gibson, Gogerty, El-dridge. Motion carried 5-0.Tiffany Schoenrock, Village ClerkKesha D. Eldridge, Chair of the Board 26b

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July 11, 2019A meeting of the Board of Trustees, Reynolds, NE met on July 11, 2019. This was an open meeting as are all of our meetings per Nebraska open meeting law. Advance notice was posted in three different locations within the village. Board members present were Don Cook, Susan Cook, Rob-ert Kendall, Jerry Ginn, and Ronald Hellbusch.Viero cel tower rep Gary Harms was in attendance to tell of their plan to install new towers in the surrounding communities to provide bet-ter coverage.Also in attendance was At-torney Kratz, who went over some corrections to the new ordinances.Ron read the May minutes. Jerry moved to accept the minutes as read. Rob second-ed, motion carried.Susan gave the Treasurer's report. Jerry made a motion to approve. Rob seconded the motion. All voted aye, motion carried.Robert gave the Water Com-missioners report. Jerry gave the Sewer Commissioners re-port.Old Business- Starr Plumbing Has added extensions to 6 manhole covers.The ditch work co. has got-ten behind on projects due to the weather. Board member

ID cards need renewed.The village donated $100.00 to Lyle Slama for the Father's Day BBQ.New Business-After board discussion of Nuisance Ordi-nance 4-301R, Jerry made a motion to sign lien docu-ments and notice of delin-quency. Rob seconded. All voted aye, motion carried.There was storm damage which was repaired by Fair-bury Light and Water. Also a new pole and LED light were installed.Jerry told the board there was a bad check valve at the lift station which he was try-ing to correct.Bills- Fairbury Light & Water - $3,463.17, Schmidt's Inc. - $675.00, Salary $1,000, Fairbury Journal News-$34.79, Municipal Court Ser-vices-$2,250.00 Sharon Ginn $300.00, DHHS-$15.00, Robert Kendall-$40.00, Jay Gregory-$280.00 Schulz & Assoc. $60.00, One Call Con-cepts-$10.37, Power Review Board-$12.60, Chris Sny-der-$120.00 Susan made a motion to pay the bills. Jerry seconded. All voted aye, motion carried. The next meeting is August 8, 2019 at 7:00 P.M.Meeting adjourned. 26b ZNEZ

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The Steele City Flea Market and all things related to Antique Tractors is set for this weekend September 21-22. This is the 49th year for this annual event that is held in Historical Steele City, Nebraska. The event is spon-sored by the Jefferson County Historical So-ciety who is the care-taker for some five Historical Buildings in Steele City. Activi-ties by the Historical Society are held free to the public.A Flea Market is

conducted during both days of the event and many vendors have already reserved spaces. Space for the vendors is free but spaces are limited by availability. Vendors can reserve a spaces and electrical power by contacting Phyllis McCown at 402-729-5805. Proceeds from reserved spaces help fund other events at the two day celebra-tion. According to Dennis Kenning, pro-motional chairman “we should have ad-ditional food vendors this year.” “The Steele City

Presbyterian Church will operate a food stand by the old gas station, and Bill Warnke will be serv-ing some great beef sandwiches. A kettle corn stand should be here, and on Satur-day a food stand is of-fered up at the tractor pull. We should have

a pumpkin stand on Sunday and we are planning for addition-al vendors. It should be a great place to spend time with some great food.”The Historical So-

ciety also provides tours and demonstra-tions throughout the two day event. The Bank, Livery Stable, and Blacksmith Shop will be open to public. The Blacksmith Shop will include working blacksmiths forging steel into objects of use. Many of these blacksmith artists belong to the Prairie Blacksmith's Asso-ciation. Other dem-onstrations will be the operation of the Sawmill and Shingle Mill. Free wagons rides

will also be given starting at 10 a.m. and ending mid-after-noon, each day. The rides are provided by Hillside Stock Ranch. There will also be live music on the grounds 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sun-day. The Iowa group called Down Home will be playing a vari-ety of music each day and will play spiri-tual music on Sunday morning.One of the most pop-

ular events at Steele City Market has been all things related to antique tractors. A Tractor show will be held both days and all makes, all mod-els, and of all condi-

tions are welcome to this non-competitive show. The honored tractor for 2019 is Minneapolis Moline, with the featured tractor, the model UB. Lawn & Garden tractors, as well as Hit-And-Miss Engines are also welcomed to exhibit at the show. The Show is held in the downtown area of Steele City. Trac-tor Games will also be held downtown south of the city park at 1:30 p.m. Tractor Games are conducted by Dave Moser and he can be reached at 785-337-2926. For any information about the show or other tractor events contact Juliann En-dorf at 402-446-7486.Tractor Pull Shin-

dig or “Just Playing in the Dirt” will be held on Saturday, at the old schoolhouse on the hill and will include three tractor

pulls, with two pulls taking place at the same time. The Gar-den Tractor Pull with the “Huff and Puff” Pulling League will take place with reg-istration at 11 a.m. with the pull at noon on the inside track. Ben and Troy Walters are in charge and can be reached at 402-335-7086.The Antique Tractor

Pullers will weigh-in at noon and pull at 1 p.m., on the out-side track. This is a sanctioned event with the Heartland Pulling League Sled and Al-len Naaf is in charge. He can be reached at 785-565-8143.A Non-Sanctioned

event for stock an-tique tractors and is also conducted by the Heartland Sled. This class has no entry fee and provides an op-portunity for tractor owners to test their tractors. Tractors can

enter both the Trac-tor Show and par-ticipate in the Stock Tractor Pulling Event. Kenneth Dodge is in charge of the pull and can be reached at 402-729-3109. A lunch stand will be available on the school grounds.A Tractor Drive will

take place on Sunday, 9 a.m. Drivers should report at 8:45 a.m. at the Tractor Show Area. Kenneth Dodge is in charge of the event. The drive will include a scenic drive around the area.The Steele City –

Endicott Rural Fire Department has also taken a very active role at the event. The firemen will conduct a Corn Hole Tourna-ment on Saturday, with registration at 10:30 a.m. and the event starting at 11 a.m. The tournament will be held on the basketball court. Ian

McCown is in charge and can be contacted at 402-239-0788. Proceeds support the Steele City – Endicott Rural Fire Depart-ment.New this year, will

be a Sunday Church Service at 1:30 p.m. in the downtown area. The worship service is sponsored by the Steele City Presbyterian Church. The Church will also hold a free watermel-on feed following the service. The Tractor Parade will be held on Sunday starting at 3 p.m. in the down-town area. This will conclude the festival. For more information contact Fairbury De-pot at 402-729-5131. For web information or a complete flyer search, fairbury.com or dkcows.com and like us on the Face-book at Steele City Flea Market @ spring-sflow.

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