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HEADLINE STORIES IN THE KBRX NEWS CENTER Meet a Member of the Cast of "Don't Tell Mother"
2/3/12 A squealer in more ways than one, Rikki Tickey played by Macy Ennen is sure to be a crowd pleaser in the 2nd Annual Comedy Dinner Theater Ennen grew up in Atkinson and starting at a young age has been in many theater productions through high school where she received an outstanding actress award during her freshman year in One Acts. Lorraine Lieswald, director of “Don’t Tell Mother!” was the director of Ennen’s first play at age seven and she feels Lorraine is just a hoot to work with. Since our community has a history of supporting the arts in such a great way Ennen was lucky to have been a part of the Atkinson Children’s Theater and the Missoula Children’s Theater growing up.
Dinner Comedy Theater Comedy Theater Advanced Ticket Sales Only are available at these banks: Great Western & Tri-County in Atkinson; Bank First in O’Neill; Tri-County in Stuart &
Homebuyer Education Workshop Scheduled For O’Neill 2/3/12 For families dreaming of owning their own home, but uncertain about how to make that dream a reality, the Central Nebraska Housing Developers (CNHD) will conduct a REACH-Approved Homebuyer Educational workshop in O’Neill. This workshop will be held at Northeast Community College at 409 E. Adams Street on February 23 & March 1, from 6-10 p.m. both evenings. Participants are required to attend both evenings to receive a certificate of completion.
CNHD has a down payment assistance program, and participation in a REACH-certified workshop is a requirement for applying for these funds or other down payment assistance, as well as to qualify for low-interest mortgage loans. To participate in these special programs, all persons to be listed on the property deed must complete Homebuyer Education.
The cost of the workshop is $25 per household, which covers books and materials. Pre-registration is required.
To sign up for this workshop, or to inquire about future workshops, please contact Melissa Krysl, Marketing Specialist, at 402-340-6464 or via e-mail at melissa@cnhdhome.org, or visit the CNHD website for housing information at http://www.cnhdhome.org. Ground Hawg Day - KBRX Style With Jack Cole And His Hawg
Ashley Meyer Of Orchard Makes Midland Dean's List 2/1/12 (Fremont, Neb.) Midland University officials today announced the list of students named to the President’s List and the Dean’s List for the first half of the 2011-2012 academic year. Students earned recognition on two of Midland’s most prestigious honoraria for academic performance. Dr. Ben Sasse, Midland University President, said, “We congratulate these students on their outstanding academic performance so far this year. This achievement is evidence of hard work and a commitment to academic success. In addition to their studies, many of these students are involved on campus in leadership, in athletics and the performing arts. We are proud of everything they contribute to our community.” A total of 66 students earned a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) last fall, qualifying them for a spot on the Midland President’s List, with 196 students earning a 3.5 GPA or higher needed for the Dean’s List. To be eligible for either distinction, students must have completed all course requirements and be enrolled full-time with each course graded on the A-F grading system. Making the Dean’s List from our area is Ashley Meyer of Orchard.
High Plains Friends Of The NRA Announces Gun Raffle Winners
1/31/12 January 25, 2012 - The High Plains Friends of the NRA organization, O’Neill, Nebraska announced the winners of two Pre-Event Gun Raffles held January 25, 2012. Proceeds from the pre-event raffles benefit the education and safe use of firearms in Nebraska.
For more information regarding the High Plains Friends of the NRA, or to inquire about upcoming events, contact Tim Gray at (402)336-2860, Jim Rabe at (402)336-3993, or Amy Harmon at (402)336-4117. "Hand Made" Holds Ribbon Cutting In Atkinson
Atkinson Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Hand Made, owned by Curie Mincer, on Friday, Jan 27th at 4pm (photo submitted by LATooker, Director of Atkinson Economic Development). Johanns Sponsors Legislation To Finalize Keystone XL Permit
1/30/12 WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) today sponsored legislation allowing Congress to vote on granting TransCanada the required permits to begin construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
“The President gives speeches about energy security and creating jobs, but this legislation would actually do it. Our bill approves the pipeline while allowing Nebraska and TransCanada the time they need to find the right route through our state,” Johanns said. “This pipeline is not only a national priority because of the energy and jobs it will bring, it’s also a Nebraska priority.
“The President rejected this project because of politics. Congress now has the responsibility to approve it because it’s clearly in the best interest of our country.”
Upon passage, the legislation allows TransCanada to begin pipeline construction outside of Nebraska immediately. Construction in Nebraska would begin only after a route has been approved. The legislation builds off the completed Environmental Impact Statement finished by the U.S. State Department on August 26, 2011.
On January 20, a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report reaffirmed Congress’ Constitutional authority to oversee foreign commerce, as outlined in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
The legislation Johanns sponsored will be introduced today by Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.). O'Neill Chamber of Commerce Banquet Held
1/30/12 A big crowd attended the O'Neill Area Chamber of Commerce 2012 Annual Dinner and Program Friday night at the O'Neill Community Center. The Master of Ceremonies was George Holm of Dairy Queen, who welcomed everyone and introduced Pastor Craig Collins, Pastor at First United Methodist Church who gave the invocation. Scott Poese, President of the Chambers, introduced the Board of Directors; Merri Schneider, Terry Miles, Bob Ogden, Dave Laursen, Carrie Hahlbeck, Mark Mahoney, Joe Pongratz, Vice President Jim Podany, Secretary Treasure Patti Swanson and Past President Mauri Koenig. Awards were presented to Delray Kumm of Shamrock Nursery as retiring Board menber. Arnold Hall presented the 2012 Community Service award to KBRX Radio. Dave Laursen of O'Neill Car Wash presented the 2012 Customer Service Award to Francis Matthews. Scott Gutshall presented the 2012 Community Service Award to the O'Neill Men's Club. Pat Fritz presented the Ambassador Award to Delray Kumm of Shamrock Nursery. George Holm then announced the winner of the table decorating for the banquet and the winner was Torpin's Rodeo Market. The evening concluded with entertain by "The Other Guys" band consisting of Alec Nielsen, Stewart Havranek and Lincoln Havranek. O'Neill Band Members Play At Wayne State College
1/30/12 On Saurday, Jan. 28th, five O'Neill Band members went to Wayne, NE to participate & perform in the Wayne St. College Honor Bands. Those members were: Laura Lueninghoener, Shea Lueninghoener, Vionne Trizila, Jack Gutshall, & Corbin Dean. During the day they rehearsed, listened to the WSC Wind Ensemble & performed a concert. "It was a fun, music filled day! I was proud of our kids & was honored to be able to play with the honor band too." commented OHS band director Chad Dean. Performing in the WSC Wind Ensemble that day were OHS band alumni Lincoln Havranek, Amanda Marvin & Stewart Havranek. Chambers FCCLA Competes At FCCLA District 9 STAR In O'Neill
1/30/12 Twenty-four Chambers Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members competed in the District 9 STAR events held January 25, 2012 at O’Neill High School in O’Neill, Nebraska.
Nine schools with approximately 165 entrants competed. The schools included: Ainsworth, Burwell, Chambers, Greeley-Wolbach, O’Neill, Spalding, West Boyd, West Holt, and Wheeler Central. Students from Ord attended as observers.
Fourteen Chambers entrants earned gold medals and were named district champions. They will represent Dist. 9 in state STAR events held in Lincoln on April 2, 2012.
Chambers results in the Nebraska state events included: Bathsheba Doty in Consumer Issues, Jr., Gold, Runner-up; Kenade Tomjack in Family Challenges and Issues, Jrl, Silver; Schyler Burrell in Family Challenges and Issues, Jr., Gold, District Champion, State Qualifier; Nicole Beed and Meagan Carr in Health and Wellness, Jr., Gold, District Champions, State Qualifiers; Ryan Koenig and Patrick Tomjack in Health and Wellness, Jr., Silver; Tara Burnett, Ashley Jarman, and Brant Pavel in Family Challenges and Issues, Sr., Silver; Paige Dexter in Health and Wellness, Sr., Gold, District Champion, State Qualifier.
In the National STAR events, Chambers results included: Dawn Klabenes and Tami Marcellus in Illustrated Talk, Jr., Gold, District Champions, State Qualifiers; Molly Lambert in Career Investigation, Jr., Gold, District Champion, State Qualifier; Leanne DeKay in Career Investigation, Sr., Gold, District Champion, State Qualifier; Samnatha Beed, Jamie Laetsch, and Abby Reiman in Life Event Planning, Sr., silver, Runner-up; Andrea Lemmer in National Programs in Action, Sr., Gold, District Champion, State Qualifier; Chyenne Burrell and Kacie Gribble in Focus on Children, Jr., Gold, District Champions, State Qualifiers; Alexa Farewell and Bethany Lambert in Focus on Children, Sr., Gold, District Champions, State Qualifiers.
The Chambers Junior High earned the Junior High Champion Chapter award. Tony Meyer Named Safari Club International Nebraska Youth Hunter of the Year
Tony Meyer (middle) 1/30/12 Tony Meyer son of Fred and Sandra Meyer of Atkinson, grandson of Zelma Meyer and the late Ivan Meyer of Atkinson and Inez Schmitz and the late Don Schmitz of Naper, was named Safari Club International Nebraska Youth Hunter of the Year at their annual convention in La Vista, Nebraska, on Saturday, January 28, 2012. Safari Club International is the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and in promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. While at the convention Tony meant and had his photo taken with Eva Stockey, Public Relations Director for Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures, and Rachel Ahtila, camerawomen for Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures. Tony is an 8th grader at West Holt Jr. High in Atkinson, Nebraska. Former O'Neill Resident, Mark Kopejtka, Enters Religious Vocation and Prounces Vows
Former O'Neill reisent Mark Kopejtka in center 1/30/12 Former O’Neill resident, Mark Kopejtka, has entered religious vocation and has pronounced simple triennial vows as a Canon of St. Benedict. A Mass of Monastic Profession was held December 8, at Calvary Episcopal Cathedral in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The celebrant was the Very Rev. Ward Simpson, Dean of Calvary Cathedral. Vows were received by Br. Mark’s Superior, the Rev. Father Warren Shoberg, Prior of the Community of Our Lady of Walsingham, Sioux Falls. In three years he will make Solemn Profession as a Canon of St. Benedict. Brother Mark is currently assigned to Calvary Cathedral as Eucharistic Minister and Visitor; and is also employed by Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Sioux Falls. Brother Mark is a former employee of Avera St. Anthony Hospital; and the grandson of Mrs. Agnes Douglass of O’Neill. Harriet Mckamy Receives "The Imhoff Award" 1/30/12 Mrs. Harriet Bennett McKamy, a member of Symphony Chapter # 316, OES in O'Neill was recently presented "The Imhoff Award" representing many years of service to the Order. Named in honor of the first Worthy Grand Matron of the Nebraska Eastern Star, Mary E. Imhoff, it is awarded to the Eastern Star member in good standing with the longest period of membership in each Chapter in Nebraska. Harriet was initiated into Symphony Chapter #316 on February 8, 1946. She has held numerous offices in the Chapter including Worthy Matron in 1959. She received her 50 year membership pin in February 1996. 1/30/12 February is 4-H Month and Holt County is honoring the 4-H youth who have made an impact on the community, and are stepping up to the challenges of a complex and changing world.
Recent findings from Tufts University' 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development indicate that young people in 4-H are three times more likely to contribute to their communities than youth not participating in 4-H. Notably, the Tufts research discovered that the structured learning, encouragement and adult mentoring that 4-H'ers receive play a vital role in helping them actively contribute to their communities.
Through 4-H, young people have limitless opportunities to make their world a better place. Participation in the 4-H program is open to all youth ages 8-18 as of January 1, 2012. For youth ages 5-7 there is a special program called Clover Kids.
4-H youth are a living breathing, culture-changing revolution for doing the right thing, breaking through obstacles and pushing our country forward by making a measurable difference right where we live. Holt County 4-H clubs are now taking enrollments and it is a great time to join. For more information, contact Megan Hanefeldt, UNL Extension Assistant in Holt County, at 402-336-2760 or download an enrollment form at http://holt-boyd.unl.edu/. Horse Slaughter Ban Lifted But State Inspection Program On Hold 1/30/12 LINCOLN - By Christine Scalora, Nebraska News Service Hold your horses. While a federal ban on horse slaughtering has been lifted, a state study ordered last year by the legislature indicates setting up a state slaughtering system would be costly and complicated. Last session, Sen. Tyson Larson of O’Neill introduced a bill, LB305, which would have created a State Meat and Poultry Inspection Program. The possibility of having horse slaughtering in the state was a “major factor” in introducing the bill, Larson said. “The horse processing was obviously a huge part of it and a main motivation of mine, especially growing up around them and understanding the horse market,” he said. A hearing on his bill last year drew ardent supporters and opponents. Until Nov. 18, 2011, there was a federal ban on horse slaughter. Because the proposed state inspection program would receive up to half of its funding from the federal government, state inspection programs could not have horse slaughter during the federal ban, according to an interim study on LB305. The U.S. Department of Agriculture doesn’t expect that a lot of horses will be slaughtered anytime soon. “While Congress has technically lifted the ban, USDA does not expect significant horse slaughter activity to resume in the near term as a number of federal, state and local requirements and prohibitions remain in place,” according to a statement from the department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Congress did not allocate any funding for horse slaughter, the statement noted. Larson’s bill required a study to see what interest state businesses had in participating in a state inspection program. The survey was sent to 382 meat processors and 41 responded. The survey had a 30 percent response rate, if only the small and very small processing plants were considered, said Dennis Burson, an extension meat specialist and professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who co-authored the report. These plants would be the most directly affected, he said. The report found that 55 percent of the plants that responded are “very unlikely” to apply for a state meat inspection program. Five plants that responded to the survey said they were likely to apply to apply for a state meat inspection program. Larson said he will continue to work on the issue next year or the year after that to help small and niche meat market processors. He added that he was encouraged by the fact that five plants said they would likely apply for state inspection. “I think that it’s a good starting number,” Larson said. State meat inspection programs can provide the benefit of more communication between the processors and the regulators, Burson said. “If you’re in the state and you’re overseeing and regulating the state you also want it to succeed, so there are less layers of people in between,” he said. Some respondents also noted that being able to market their products locally, through the state inspection program, would have been beneficial to their businesses, Burson said. The report estimated the operational costs of the program to be about $845,000 for five to eight plants for the first year. If the five plants that said they would apply for state inspection supported the inspection program alone, then each plant would have to pay an annual fee of about $84,000, according to the report. The USDA inspection program is taxpayer funded, and there are no licensing or processing fees for a normal, 40-hour work week, Burson said. A state program would likely have to be funded through taxpayer support as well, he said. “With the state’s budget as it is and with it coming back costing the state that amount of money, I don’t think this year is the year to do it,” he said. Even though the ban on horse slaughter has been lifted since the survey was conducted, Burson said he doesn’t think the lifting of the ban would have changed any survey responses. “These people they’re not slaughtering horses right now,” he said. “They’re making their living on the normal livestock products that we would consume here in the U.S.” Horse meat has a very low value in the U.S., he added. Creating a state program would be a large undertaking and would require a significant amount of money and effort, he said. Over 1000 Acres Burned In Prairie Fire Thursday 1/26/12 According to word from Ewing Fire Chief, Chad Napier, just over 1000 acres of prairie was burned yesterday in a fire north of Bartlett, Nebraska. The fire was caused by a controlled burn, which was thought to be out, but the wind apparently ingnited a spark causing the huge prairie fire. Bartlett and Elgin Fire Departments were the first Departments at the scene, but when the fire was finally controlled there were 11 area Fire Departments on the scene. The fire began about noon and was finally extinguished around 5:00 pm. Silver Star Photography Holds Ribbon Cutting
Silver Star Photography is located 3 miles north of Atkinson on Highway 11 ( photo submitted by LATooker, Director of Atkinson Economic Development) O'Neill High School FCCLA Competes In District STAR Event
O'Neill High School FCCLA Members 1/26/12 O’Neill High School hosted the District 9 STAR competition on Wednesday, January 25. Almost 200 students from 10 schools were in attendance. Competition was held in 30 events. District Champions advance on to state competition in April. O’Neill results are as follows: Receiving gold medals, District Champions and State qualifiers were: Tasha Lechtenberg in job interview, Maranda Winter in Recycle Redesign, Laura Lueninghoener in Leadership, Ariel Lichty in Nutrition and Wellness, Allison Becker, Allison Ludwig, and Emily Morrow in Applied Tech. Also qualifying for state was Miranda Hoefer in Teach and Train. Receiving gold medals and district runner-up were Holly Hesse in Career Investigation Sr. , Natalie Brodersen in Career Investigation Jr., and Marie SItz in Health and Wellness JR. Also receiving a gold medal was Grace Bunner in Consumer Issues, Jr. Silver medalists include Abby Krysl in Illustrated Talk, Sr., Tim Lechtenberg in Family Challenges and Issues, Sr. and Miranda Hoefer in Teach and Train. As a team O’Neill was district runners-up in both the Senior High and Junior High divisions. Dean Benson, PA-C and the Avera Family OASIS Receive International Awards
Cindy Jakubowski & Dean Benson with awards 1/25/12 Two Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital nominees accepted prestigious international awards at the 12th annual Healthcare Service Excellence Conference held January 16-18, 2012 in Dallas TX. Dean Benson, PA-C won the Customer Focused Provider/PA-C award and the Avera Family won the OASIS team of the year award. Nominations came in from all across the country and three to four finalists were chosen in each category. Dean Benson, Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital Orthopedic Physician Assistant, was recommended for his commitment and dedication to his patients, staff and facility. One coworker commented, “Dean demonstrates compassion and patience to the individuals he has the opportunity to see. He is genuinely concerned about the ‘whole’ person when he helps treat and diagnose patients. … He is probably one of the kindest, most compassionate, trustworthy individuals I have had the pleasure of working with in my experience in the health care field, and I feel patients benefit immensely when he takes care of them.” The OASIS Team was nominated for their inginuity and insight in coordinating efforts to merge three health care entities, two primary care clinics and the hospital, into one. The team’s goal was to make the new “family” members feel comfortable with their new culture, environment and coworkers as well as the mission and core values of Avera. The first OASIS team meeting started with a blender in the conference room. They made smoothies for team members to encourage idea building about how to “blend” the two clinics with the hospital into one happy family. The project was largely successful due to their many creative ideas, from tshirt design contests to creating a lip dubbed music video to “We Are Family”. The video may be viewed at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVrnkogKTaE. Other finalists from Avera were the SEA team of It’s Five O’clock Somewhere (represented by Amy Langan and Jane Smith) and Matt Schmitz. The three-day forum was a gathering of healthcare professionals from across the continent, to discuss and showcase innovative methods to improve the experience of patients.
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