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Ray Kappel/RepublicanRalph Laub and his 1,326.5 pound winner.

By Ray KappelNews Editor

Can we say it was a watered down version of Harvest Bash without any groaning? Despite the rain, we had fun anyway.

The rain came down all Saturday morning and Harvest Bash, now in its fourth year, went indoors for the most part.

There was the excitement of the Giant Pumpkin weigh-in when somebody else besides Don Young won this year. He didn’t come this year but Ralph Laub and his wife, Juana did. And they came all the way from Vernal, Utah to take first and second place.

Ralph’s pumpkin won with a weight of 1,326.5 lbs. He got the $2,000 first prize.

But it was Juana who won hearts with her enthusiasm. As her pumpkin was be-ing weighed she stood directly behind it and hollered out to the crowd “Is it 1,200? Tell me it is 1,200.” She wanted a pumpkin this year that weighed over 1,200 pounds and she got it as her pumpkin was second at 1,314 lbs.

She wanted to sit on the pumpkin for a moment to enjoy the accomplishment. A few of the men helped her up and she sat there glorying in her triumph. She got a high five from one of the audience members.

Growing one of these giant pumpkins is no easy task and to get one all the way through the year is something of an accom-plishment. We’ve been told growing one is like taking care of a baby the difference being you never get to leave your garden.

Because of the rain, the pumpkin weigh-in event was held at Pawnee Ironworks. Seating was provided inside the building while the pumpkins sat outside. They were

hauled to the scale by Bob Smith’s forklift.Pumpkins the size of a small horse

weren’t the only thing at the contest. Gi-ant watermelons and field pumpkins were there, too.

Across the way at Pawnee Schools a lot of fun was going on. The kids’ games were held in the gym that the school graciously agreed to loan on short notice.

In the auditorium, you could hear the pleasant sound of a band playing. The Southeast Nebraska Community Band was performing an hour’s show under new director Dennis Empke. Star of the show may have been Laura Turnbull who performed an old favorite, “Sentimental Journey.”

The only exhibits left downtown were the antique tractor show, machinery show and the classic car collection. Rain really cut the numbers of people participating but you could still see some fine old tractors like Russ Smith’s John Deere 60.

The food vendors decided to stay away too, but you probably ate at the Trap Club’s fundraiser feed at the school or the Safe Have Animal Rescue Effort’s fundraiser at the Action Center. The animal rescue group reported that business was good as people came out of the rain to get some good food.

There were more than 100 quilt at the quilt show. We saw plenty of men walking through fascinated as the ladies about the history of each quilt. See separate story on that show.

In all, the rain turned people away. That couldn’t be helped. But those who came were glad they braved the lousy weather for a little fun on a Saturday in October.

More than 100 quilts and quilt pieces provided a stunning show at Harvest Bash on Saturday. The show was held at Poteet Hall in Pawnee City and it could arguably be called the largest show of its kind ever in the area.

And it wasn’t just a show for ladies. It was a show for all people who enjoy the beauty of quilts and their stories. Each quilt had its own story attached to it and they told great personal histories. There were several men walking through and stopping to look at the quilts.

Some quilts showed many dif-ferent stitch applications which boasted the quilter’s remarkable abilities with thread and needle. There were many that were quilted with tiny stitches in lovely designs that were so perfect with their fab-rics that it invited you to cuddle up and enjoy the softness and warmth of them.

Many of the women did these coverlets so their families could stay warm and also to make their beds and homes more attractive.

The quilt that was chosen as the favorite was entered by Elsie Sun-

neberg. Elsie had found a bag of embroidered state flower blocks in an old farm house that they had purchased a few years back. A few were left with moth or mice holes that she painstakingly repaired. The work was masterfully done with each block telling the year that state came into the union. Then she pur-chased a red, white, and blue fabric to bind the blocks together and used the same fabric on the back before she quilted it all together. This patri-otic quilt caught the eye of several voters, which is not hard to believe of our mid-Western culture.

Heavenly Treasures kindly con-tributed a gift certificate to the owner of the most favorite quilt.

The oldest quilt might possibly be 150 years old. Julia Sharp West displayed a small quilt that was given to Julia on her wedding day. Her grandmother, Hazel North, left a note on the quilt stating that it was done by her three times great grandmother Besty Bogue Wat-ters. She came to Pawnee County in the West Branch area with her family in 1857. She was one of the first white settlers in that area. It is

believed she died in 1872, which would make the piece likely to be at least 150 years old.

The quilt has been stored in acid free paper and at first glance it is hard to believe it may be that old, but after examining the backside one can see tell-tale signs of its age. The colors on the front are still vibrant.

Both Julia and Elsie received spe-cial certificates from the committee. Those ladies who worked to bring this about were: Linda Bowman, Joann Lutcavish, June Hess, Gail Howard, Betty Spitser, Irene Fisher and Becki Smith. Also helping were Sharon Friesel, Sherri Smith and Susan Spitser.

Having the dulcimer band in the Poteet Hall with them was an added enjoyment. Local players are Nancy Thiemann, Polly Clark and Gail Howard. Also in the band were Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle.

The organizers appreciate and thank all the ladies who took the time to show their beautiful quilts and they thank all of you who took the time to come to the quilt show and many kind comments.

Julia Sharp West with the oldest quilt.

Dedication of rescued country school held Sunday near Table RockBy Sharla Cerra

On Sunday, October 15, alumni who had restored the “rock school,” Pleasant Valley Country School in old School District 32 near Table Rock, dedicated the school. About 30 chairs were initially set up. However, cars streamed down Railroad Avenue and parked on the prairie behind the school until over 60 people crowded into the little schoolhouse where five pupils had made up the final class – Duane and Joe Stehlik, Marjorie Fritch, Jackie and Janet Flider, taught by Charlene Glathar Tomek.

After Howard Blecha, president of the Rock School Foundation, welcomed the visitors and gave a history of the school, Beth Stukenholtz, president of the Nebraska Country School Association, gave a moving speech. She talked of her Aunt Betty, who went to the auction of her old country school, the Harmony School near Nebraska City, with $25 for mementos and went home surprised and apprehensive after having bought the school itself. Aunt Betty restored the school but died soon after. Beth has taken up the torch of leading like-minded people in a common cause to bring the past of country schools to life. She said she would like to see more such efforts in this corner of southeast Nebraska. “You’re fortunate to have so many country schools that still exist,” she said, “even if in various states of repair. As you

go west, there are few.” She emphasized the legacy of the teachers. “Teachers were role models – they taught integrity, perseverance, and other good qualities. They also had great responsibility.” They not only educated the children but also had such tasks such as bring-ing in water, starting the fire, and treating illness and injury in the days of no phones. The Nebraska Country School is gathering stories of country school teachers who car-ried on day after day for a book that will be called “Schoolhouse Heroes.” She presented a framed piece of artwork about the Three R’s for the school.

Sharla Cerra presided over an adults only spelling bee with a $100 prize. Ten par-ticipants lined up on the platform behind the teacher’s desk: Debbie Blecha, Polly Clark, Brenda Frederick, Harry Griebling, Beth Stukenholtz, Maggie Tilda, Vicki Bursovsky, Fran Blecha, Milan and George Tomek. As words were called out and used in a sentence, each would write the word on the black board. The first words were easy: cat, dog, duck. Nevertheless, George Tomek, who had donned a straw hat, missed cow. He feigned puzzlement then sang a verse of Old McDonald to help remember. He then wrote on the board, “c-o-w-e-i-e-i-o.”

Each participant could miss two words before having to hand in their chalk. Some who knew from the beginning that their

second word was spelled wrong wrote under the word, “I’m dead,” and bravely turned to depart. Milan Tomek was puzzled by the word “inveigle,” which means to persuade someone by flattery into doing something they don’t want to do. “I’ve never heard that word in my life!” he exclaimed. He pondered as he wrote the word – correctly to his delight. The words got harder: finagle, liaison, pas-teurization, flibbertigibbet, mayonnaise, and questionnaire came their way. Finally, there

were only two left standing: Milan and for-mer Table Rock postmaster Polly Clark, both county spelling champs in their day. Polly unsuccessfully performed the Herculean task of spelling tintinnabulation, the sound a bell makes, but stayed in until she missed a second word. She eventually missed “hygienic,” omitting the i. By that time only she and Milan Tomek remained. Milan, looked at

Debate continueson health

careBy Ray KappelNews Editor

The Trump administration made its most ambitious effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act this past Thursday.

President Donald Trump has made no secret of the fact that he wants to do away the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obam-acare. It was one of his campaign promises. He has made several tries in Congress to dilute the Af-fordable Care Act, if not do away with it altogether. Those attempts have failed so far.

But Thursday, he issued an executive order to scale back rules on health insurance across the country. The order aims at offering cheap health care plans with skimpier coverage that is al-lowed under the health care law, according a report published in the Omaha World Herald.

People on both sides of the is-sue say it will take months for the government bureaucracy to turn Trump’s goals into actual poli-cies. Those policies will affect millions of people who buy their own health insurance policies through the marketplace.

Trump was quoted as saying the new order will “provide millions of American with Obamacare relief,” in the World Herald story.

The administration has already made it difficult to enroll people in the marketplace next year. This year’s enrollment date is Nov. 1.

Republicans have complained that coverages in the Affordable Health Care Act actually drive up costs. The Republicans call the Trump order a bold action to help consumers, while Democrats called it sabotage.

The President can’t do away with the insurance protections altogether. Only Congress can change the law, and so far efforts to do away with Obamacare have failed.

Trump’s new proposals don’t have to meet the insurance pro-tections in the law. The order will make it easier for individual Americans or small businesses to join together to get to get health insurance through so called as-sociation health plans.

Healthier Americans might be attracted by a less comprehensive plan, but it could leave people with health problems with inad-equate coverage.

Social security to increase 2%

in 2018Monthly Social Security and

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 66 million Americans will increase 2.0 percent in 2018, the Social Security Administration an-nounced today.

The 2.0 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 61 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2018. Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 29, 2017. (Note: some people receive both Social Security and SSI benefits) The Social Security Act ties the annual COLA to the increase in the Consumer Price Index as determined by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Rainy day feeling no spoiler of Harvest Bash

More than 100 quilts on display at Harvest Bash

The school blackboard.

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From Our FilesBy Laura Turnbull

2007-10 Years AgoTwo Pawnee County bridges

have been closed by federal bridge inspectors, according to Bob Miller, manger of operations for the county road and bridge depart-ments. Both of the bridges are on dirt roads and will have to be assessed to see if they can be re-paired of if they must be replaced. One of the bridges is west and south of Table Rock, near Babe Kreifel’s residence and the other is located between Table Rock and Steinauer, near the farm of Junior Speers.

Doug Daily who recently moved to Pawnee City with his family decided to open his own business, 3-D Plumbing and Handyman. He provides a variety of pluming and handyman services.

September 5 the Pawnee City Biology class, lead by teacher Mary Moser, and the Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer general science class led by teacher Darcy Weldon took a field trip to the Nemaha River

Both classes are studying ecol-ogy. Two NRD members, Charlie Pierce and Aaron Stalder, identi-fied the organisms in the river and explained their role in the environment. Each student had a clear, two-liter bottle to fill with dirt, seeds, and living organisms.

Pawnee City Superintendent Wayne Koehler reported to the school board Monday night that a reading evaluation in the lower elementary grades has determined areas of weakness for some of the students.

1992-25 Years Ago(This is from an article by Paula

Jasa titled “Cincinnati Bridge spans river which led to the de-struction of Cincinnati, Ne.”) In1883, the village, which then had a population of about 75 was hit by both a serious flood and fire which nearly ended its existence.

The end of the town came about 1887 when many of the remain-ing businesses moved to the new town of DuBois located a mile and a half northwest of Cincinnati. Coal became the main interest in the DuBois-Cincinnati area in the 1880’s.The remains of the first gristmill near the bridge, the rem-nants of the millpond, a cemetery and the ruins of a stone house are virtually all that remain in the old town.

Audrey Wehrbein was honored by her readers at a coffee last Friday held at Jayme’s Place in Burchard. Audrey began work-ing for the Pawnee Republican in 1966 when it was owned by Max Martin.

Congratulations to the Pawnee Manor for being selected to re-ceive the quarterly Quality assur-ance Award! Jenett Reed, local administrator, was presented the award from Jan Zierke Regional Director of Operations.

Lewiston homecoming Royalty was Queen Jennifer Mencl and King Jon Seitz

Pawnee City Homecoming King was Steve Wenzl and Queen was Lauri Hofmann.

Dalluge’s last day at the Parkside Drive-In will be Oct 24.

1967-50 Years AgoNearly 1,000 persons in the

county have yet to renew their vehicle operator’s licenses before the Nov 1 deadline, according to Ivan Chase, county treasurer.

Pawnee City took over first place in the Southeast Border conference race last Friday night on the home field with a 38-0 win over the Irish of Falls City Sacred Heart.

Notice: the Farmers Produce will take cream on Wednesday and Saturday. Will close at 5:30 P.M. on Wednesday and will stay open until 7:30 P.M. on Saturday.

Farmers Co-op in the heart of Pawnee City, has 7 bone beef roast for 49 cents a pound; sum-mer sausage is 69 cents a pound; salted in the shell peanuts are 39 cents a pound and Hunt’s catsup is 39 cents for a family size bottle.

Warnke’s One Stop has grapes 2 pounds for 35 cents; Giant size Joy liquid detergent 63 cents; cottage cheese, 2 pound carton is 49 cents; and a pound of graham crackers is 35 cents.

NOTICE All residents of Pawnee City are reminded-and warned-not to rake leaves and rubbish into the ditches and gutters to burn.

Persons who violate this of order will be forced to move the leaves and rubbish and disciplin-ary action will be taken. CITY OFFICIALS

There are personal news items under the bold type names of Chatawa, Mission Creek, South of Burchard, North of Burchard, Lewiston, Steinauer, DuBois, Table Rock and Personals in every 50 year ago issue.

1917-100 Years AgoThe county commissioners have

called a special election to be held on the 23rd day of October 1917, for the purpose of voting bonds to take up the indebtedness which stands against the county road and bridge funds.

It is announced that the Missouri Pacific Railroad will soon put on trains between Beatrice and Kan-sas City, using the Rock Island track from Virginia, Nebraska, at present the terminus of the com-pany, to Beatrice. A freight and passenger train will be run daily over the line.

Thirteen Pawnee County men left Sunday to attend the blue and gray reunion at Vicksburg, Miss.

Fire Friday morning destroyed the lumber and coal yards of Sear-le & Chapin at Liberty, entailing a loss of $25,000, partially covered by insurance. Two hundred tons of coal were consumed by the fire, which started in the office from an unknown cause and spread so rapidly that the citizens were un-able to check the flames. The plant will be rebuilt.

Students to help farmers. Those who leave school to assist in gathering corn crop will not lose credits. The special proclamation was issued by Governor Neville last Friday.

( Almost half of the front page is letters from service men)

There are personal items from County Correspondents from Table Rock, Violet Circle Items, Upper West Branch, Bunker Hill, and Armour

AD: From the Cradle to the Grave Send Flowers. J.E. Atkin-son Co At the greenhouse.

Observations of a fast trip to TulsaAnd the show went on!Despite rain much of Saturday

morning and part of the afternoon, many of the events of the October Bash in Pawnee City managed to be held in the facilities of the Pawnee City schools.

The weigh- in of the giant pump-kins was held at Bob Smith’s shop.

Where there’s a will there is a weigh…particularly in a small town!

The geese are beginning to do their annual fly over.

***October is one of my favorite

months as far as weather (usually), and the wonderful colors that nature applies (usually) .

October is a month full of family birthdays --and deaths. ................

The first week of October this year my sister passed away at the age of 95 having lived in her home in Tulsa until the last week. And true

to form, at least for her, she said she had a dream that featured the num-ber six. She assumed she had six years to live, or maybe six months. Then the next night the dream was stronger and she knew it was six days. And she was right!

It does not surprise me one bit. She slept away.

I talked with her on the phone late most Sunday evenings, often for over an hour.

She and I, plus Mom when she was alive, all shared a weird sense of humor often filled with tummy shaking laughter that brought spill-ing tears. Years ago her husband refused to go with her and me to London because we would laugh too much! (And we did!)

In her words to the minister who conducted her ceremony were mes-sages of values she wished to give to those left behind. And tagged on was the order she emphasized

that everyone should have a bigger sense of humor! Amen to that!

A niece and a son and I made a fast trip to Tulsa in a rental car.

For you of agricultural interests here are a few observations:

The pastures were weedy and while on previous trips to Tulsa we noted the cattle were almost all black, this time there were some that were red, and one field of several long horns, and one full of white faces- including a pen with two white face bulls.

The corn fields were few and far between, often ten miles between. Southern Kansas had several fields of soy beans, not ready for harvest.

Much of the land looks just as it does here…lots of trees along the creeks but more single hedge trees scattered in the pastures. As yet the evergreens have not taken over.

The same oil wells were pumping that have been for years. ............

I was sur-prised that more houses and yards were not as we l l kep t as I remem-b e r e d o n other trips.

Traffic in Tulsa was one of my c o n c e r n s , but it was nothing to m y n i e c e who is used to driving in Chicago traffic. How does 80 miles an hour appeal to you? On the freeway and in city traffic?

I was glad she was driving. And I was in the back seat!

Community Calendar

Items must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. the Friday beforepublication to be included in this calendar. No exceptions

Friday, Oct. 209:30 to noon and 1-4 p.m.-Driv-

er License Examiners at Pawnee County Courthouse.

Saturday, Oct. 218 a.m.-Pawnee City Public Li-

brary Board.Monday, Oct. 237:30 p.m.-Alcoholics Anony-

mous at Senior Center.Tuesday, Oct. 2410:30 a.m.-StoryTime at the

Pawnee City Public Library.Wednesday, Oct. 257 p.m.-Celebrate Jesus at Pre-

mier Estates.Thursday, Oct. 2610 a.m. to noon-Premier Estates

provides foot care clinic at Table Rock Senior Center.

Monday, Oct. 307:30 p.m.-Alcoholics Anony-

mous at Senior Center.Tuesday, Oct. 3110:30 a.m.-StoryTime at the

Pawnee City Public Library.Friday, Nov. 39:30 to noon and 1-4 p.m..-

Driver's License Examiners at Pawnee County Courthouse.

Monday, Nov. 67:30 p.m.-Alcoholics Anony-

mous at Senior Center.Tuesday, Nov. 710:30 a.m.-StoryTime at the

Pawnee City Public Library.7:30 p.m.-VFWWednesday, Nov. 87: p.m.-Celebrate Jesus at Pres-

byterian Church basement for practice.

Oct. 20-Nov. 8

Table Rock Senior CenterOctober 23-October 27

SENCA Community Action CenterOctober 23-October 27

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

Monday, October 23-Spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, apricots. Rotary.

Tuesday, October 24-Chili hot dogs, French fries, coleslaw, fruit with cookies.

Wednesday, October 25-Tuna cas-serole, pickled beets, peach cobbler.

Thursday, October 26-Chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, jello with applesauce.

Friday, October 27-Egg salad sand-wich, macaroni salad, soup, brownies.

Suggested meal prices - under 60, $6; over 60, $5. Meals on Wheels: $5 Congregate meals: $5.

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

Monday, October 23-Spaghetti, dinner salad, garlic bread, pudding. Crafts.

Tuesday, October 24-Pork tenderloin, wedges, baked beans, bread and fruit. Balloon volleyball.

Wednesday, October 25-Chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli, bread and fruit. Word search, Bingo with WFLA.

Thursday, October 26-Chicken fried chicken, mashed potato, mixed veg-

etable, bread and roll. Foot Clinic, Rotary.Friday, October 27-Chili, cottage

cheese, fruit, broccoli salad, potato salad, pasta salad, bean salad, garden salad and more. Ice cream sundae.

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

School MenusOctober 23-October 27

All menus are subject to change.

Pawnee CityVegetable selection, fruit, juice, milk

always available.Breakfast

Monday-Cinni miniTuesday-DonutWednesday-Breakfast sandwich.Thursday-French toast bread.Friday-Cook's Choice.

LunchMonday-French toast sticks, smoothie

or sausage patty.Tuesday-Chicken fajitas or All Ameri-

can Burger.Wednesday-Pasta with meatsauce

and a French bread slice.Thursday-Fish sandwich on Ciaboatta

basket or chicken nugget basket.Friday-Pizza parlor.

HTRSBreakfast

Monday-No School.Tuesday-Glazed donuts.Wedneday-Bagel, cream cheese. Thursday-Pancakes, yogurt.Friday-Cereal, toast.

Lunch Monday-No School.Tuesday-Chicken fajita, peas and

carrots.Wednesday-Chili soup, crackers, mini

Long John.Thursday-Toasted ham and cheese,

green beans.Friday-Pepperoni pizza, salad bar,

pudding.

LewistonBreakfast-Monday-Friday, choice

of cereals, juices, yogurt, fruit and breakfast item.

LunchMonday-Chili soup, crackers, cinna-

mon roll, vegetables, fruit.Tuesday-Cheesy chicken Quesadillas,

salad mix, vegetables, fruit.Wednesday-PB&Jel ly, Dor i tos,

sunchips, vegetables, fruit.Thursday-No School.Friday-No School.

Flu Season is Here!Approved by Heather Farwell, PA

Flu season is upon us! As we ap-proach fall it’s time to think about getting a flu vaccine. At the Pawnee County Rural Health Clinic we have both the high dose vaccine and the quadrivalent vaccine. As you grow older your immunity weakens. The high dose gives you more antibodies to fight the flu. So those over 65 with multiple medical conditions may benefit from this vaccine. The quadrivalent is for those 6 months and older. It covers two types of the A virus and two types of the B virus, versus the trivalent which only covers one type of the B virus and two types of A.

Flu or influenza is a contagious respiratory virus. Symptoms of flu include; fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, tiredness and in some cases vomiting and diarrhea. Antibiotics do not treat the flu, but in some cases second-ary infections like sinus infections and pneumonia can occur as the flu weakens your immune system. There is an antiviral medication Tamiflu that can help if taken in the first 48 hours of your illness. This can shorten the duration of the flu and lessen the severity of symptoms.

The providers, nurses, and staff at the Pawnee County Hospital and Rural Health Clinic are happy to serve your medical needs. Up com-ing flu clinics:

Thursday October 19th, Pawnee City School 7:30am-8:30am

Please bring Insurance Card, Medicare Card or $25.00 payment

Heather Farwell, PA

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Harvest Bash 2017

Dulcimers entertained at the Quilt Show.

Face painting at the gym.

Katie Schlund at the Mobile Escape Room.

Voted the best quilt at the quilt show.

Harvest Bash 2017 ResultsGiant Pumpkin Weigh-in resultsWe had growers from 5 states:

Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Mis-souri and Utah.

Watermelons:1st - Vincent Woolf, 208.5 #,

Omaha, NE , $300 (New Neb. & Harvest Bash Record); 2nd -Rob Prochaska, 192#, Simpson, KS, $200; 3rd-Tony Prochaska , 182# , Simpson, KS, $100; 4th-Jerald Bausch , 155.5# Burchard, NE; 5th - Jacob McWilliams, 60.0# , Anamosa, IA.

Long Gourd:1st- Juana Laub , 84" long , Ver-

nal, Utah (New Harvest Bash Record)

Field Pumpkins:1st - Mark McWilliams 77.5#,

Anamosa, IA , $300; 2nd - Jacob McWilliams , 75.5# , Anamosa, IA , $200; 3rd - Jesse Nolte, 74.0# , Beattie, KS, $100 (New Kansas State Record); 4th- Cole Nolte , 54.5# , Beattie, KS; 5th - Caleb Nolte , 50.0#, Beattie, KS; 6th

-Mikayla Nolte, 50.0# , Beattie, KS; 7th - Tony Prochaska 36.5# Simpson, KS.,

Giant Pumpkins:1st- Ralph Laub,1326.5# ,Vernal,

UT ,$2,000; 2nd- Juana Laub ,1314.0# , Vernal, UT , $1,000; 3rd - Nick Pecenka, 900#, Manhattan, KS, $500; 4th - Dave Davis, 867#, Bloomfield, IA ,$200; 5th- Mark McWilliams 830# , Anamosa, IA ,$100; 6th-Carl Fleming , 680.5# , LaVista, NE, $500 (Howard Dill Award Winner); 7th - Alicia Pe-cenka, 598.5# , Manhattan, KS;8th -ReAnn Davis, 565.5# , Downing, MO; 9th- Jacob Prochaska 324#, Simpson, KS; 10th-Jim Brabury , 188# , Pawnee City, NE.

Tractor Show trophies:Best Ford -Bill Sunneberg; Best

Allis Chalmers-Lawrence Brad-bury; Best John Deere-Corey Hat-field; Best Case-Dalton Kramer; Best International-Dan Branden-burger from Glenvil, NE; Best Other-Roy Yoble's International Cub garden tractor with cab; Best

of Show- Nanette Smith; People's Choice -Dan Brandenburger

Car Show awards:Mayor's Choice-Lynn Curtis,

'62 Chevy Impala; Chamber's Choice-Courtney & Rob Kosiski, ‘56 Chevy; NAPA's Choice-Rick Amos, Dodge Challenger.

Pumpkin Carving Contest Med-al Winners:

10 & Under:1st -Braydon Frakes; 2nd-Ayden

Hunzeker; 3rd-Oliver EverettAges 11-141st-William Vlcek; 2nd- Larkin

Vlcek; 3rd-Logan MaloleyAges 15-18: None enteredAges 19 & Up1st-Blake Frazee; 2nd- Blake

Frazee; 3rd-Janae KoesterWinner of Punkin Chunkin

$150: Logan Tomky Winner of bicycle and helmet

drawing donated by Bike Safe IM: Morgan Friedly

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The spellers lined up for competition.

how she had spelled it and added the i. He had won the spelling bee in his old country school. He grinned and put the $100 prize in the donation jar.

There followed homemade ice cream, brownies, and kolaches, during which Joe Stehlik and Milan Tomek chewed over some of the words in the spelling bee. All talked about the school. Beth Stukenholtz of the Nebraska Country School As-sociation said, “The school is mag-nificent. It is wonderful to see this.” She noted that the Country School Association of America, which

will hold its annual conference in Nebraska this year, has slated the rock school for its bus tour, as well as Maple Grove Country School Museum in Table Rock.

Asked his connection to the school, Howard Blecha said that his dad Richard Blecha and his grandpa Rudy Blecha went here as did Rudy’s siblings, Edward and Lilly Mae. Joe Stehlik went there as did his brother Duane – and his dad Lawrence Stehlik, who appears as a winsome boy in a 1919 school picture. Also present to celebrate were alumni including, Mary Snook Hawkins – who had traveled the farthest, from near Dubuque, Iowa

– and the Tomek brothers, Edward, Milan, and George; and the Gilbert brothers, Ron and Larry. Bob Ble-cha pointed out that both his dad, Edward Blecha, and mom, Ella Karas, had attended. There were other stories of marriage, such as schoolmates Dorothy Hunzeker and Rudy Fritch. Jr., who have been married over 50 years.

The school’s story was recently featured by Jon Vanderford of Pure Nebraska, a popular program on Channel 10/11. The feature will be aired again on October 22 at 7:30 a.m.

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Letter to the Editor

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer

Rural Ramblings

By Carol Sisco

Capitol ViewBy J.L. Schmidt

Statehouse Correspondent

Solving puzzles

Some friends and I tried out the Escape Room this weekend. We w o r k t o -gether and h a v e f u n while we’re w o r k i n g , but we can’t be work-ing and so-cial at the same time. Th i s was a c h a n c e to be so-cial and do something d i fferent . None of us had been in an escape room before.

We did pretty well and actually had the thing solved before our time ran out, but a little glitch prevented us from actually get-ting the key before the alarm rang. That’s how close we were.

Being called upon to play detec-tive was fun, but the real job was to work a series of puzzles and figure out how they unlocked the next clues. In general, I like puzzles; but I am better at some than others. I don’t think I could have figured out the whole thing by myself, even if I didn’t have a time limit.

One thing we discovered in this experience is that we all needed each other. Working together as a group was what finally solved the whole puzzle. We all started out doing our own thing and each of us made some discoveries, but we didn’t make real progress until we started working together. The funny thing is, that’s how we always work together: we start out doing our own individual jobs, then we bring them together to make one complete product.

It was interesting to play detec-tive, but at first I concentrated too much on being a detective and not enough on solving the puzzles. Once I figured out the balance between the two, it worked better. I had fun finding the clues, but every now and then we needed to solve the puzzles. A person can have too many clues. You don’t dump out five jigsaw puzzles at the same time and the same prob-lem occurs when you are working with other types of puzzles.

Our time seemed to pass quick-ly. We were always working on one puzzle or another and it pretty much took all of us on each one. Sometimes it took all of us to figure out if something was a clue or a distractor. In fact, some of the distractors were pretty good and it would be fun to figure out a way to use them as clues; but that would be counterproductive.

After “escaping,” we went out to eat and had a lot of fun talking about our experience. It was like going to a movie and trying to describe it to your friends without giving it away. You have to pay attention to what you say, but it can be done.

Isn’t it interesting how eating is tied to so many of the fun things we do?

A birthday party has fun and games but it isn’t really a birth-day party unless you get to eat cake. A wedding is a party on a much grander scale, but what does everyone want? A piece of the cake. You’re at a ball game so you need a hot dog. You’re watching a movie, so you need popcorn. You’re eating popcorn so you need a drink.

While we are eating and drink-ing, we are analyzing and filing away what we learned from the activity we were just doing. Sometimes the analyzing is just what we do and doesn’t really seem to serve a purpose. Other times, the analyzing makes us better and faster at solving the next set of puzzles life hands us.

Life itself is the biggest set of puzzles. Some of the puzzles take years to solve. But if there is one thing I have learned from the Escape Room, it’s that you solve the puzzles more quickly when you work together.

Here For NebraskansEvery American deserves the

utmost respect when they interact with their government, but some-times they can encounter compli-cated hurdles and federal red tape. When this happens, I encourage you to contact my office. My staff members across Nebraska can assist those trying to navigate the federal bureaucracy.

In Scottsbluff, Kearney, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Omaha, my staff has years of experience and a strong track record of aiding constituents as they confront roadblocks. My offices often help Nebraskans with a broad array of problems, from struggling to acquire VA medical records or proper designation for their military pensions to trouble with Social Security and tax re-funds owed by the IRS.

Outreach and casework staff can assist in other types of cases you might not expect. For example, Amanda Knobbe, a zookeeper at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, recently needed to trav-el to South America, but couldn’t obtain the proper travel visa. Last year, Amanda was chosen to travel to Brazil to partake in the Giant Armadillo Project, an organization looking to establish an ecological study of giant armadillos in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland.

One of three people selected worldwide, joining the project was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Amanda, but the problem with her visa made the trip seem un-likely. Disappointed, she decided to contact my office to see if I could help. We got started immediately.

My staff went to work, discussing the issue with the State Depart-ment, and soon after, Amanda received her travel visa. While in Brazil she helped to expand research about giant anteaters and giant armadillos. This knowledge will help us protect endangered species and preserve natural wild-life.

When Amanda returned, she sent us a thank you note that included some great pictures from her trip, including an armadillo she and her team saved. It was great to see Nebraskans changing the world by conserving nature.

While Amanda’s case is unique, the most common circumstances involve Nebraskans fighting for what they deserve. In a recent case resolved by staff in Scottsbluff, the

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) charged a Wilbur resident with an alleged erroneous debt collection for overpayment of program funds. Facing a bill of over $7000, my office helped him prove that the NRCS was in the wrong, s a v i n g h i m from a debt he never accrued.

My off ices also receive requests from those facing dire circum-stances, espe-cially when it involves receiving payment earned by those who served our country.

Recently, my Omaha office as-sisted a mother and daughter facing a dispute in the mother’s non-service connected pension from the VA. A member of the WWII WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), a branch of the Naval Reserves, she was fac-ing the prospect of being forced out of her assisted living residence if she did not receive the proper compensation for her service to our country. Our office spoke with the VA’s Pension Management Center and helped the process move along. When everything was settled, the former WAVE member was awarded a monthly pension of $1,794.00. This allowed her to stay in her current assisted living residence.

These are all examples of how my offices can serve you during interactions with federal agencies and programs. Making a real-world impact in the lives of Nebraskans in need of help continues to be the most rewarding aspect of my job. I’m always ready to remind the federal bureaucracy that they serve the people, not the other way around, and my staff knows how to get the job done.

If you need help with a federal program or agency, please reach out to any of my state offices or contact me through my website: www.fischer.senate.gov.

Thank you for participating in the democratic process, I look forward to visiting with you again next week

Editor, Recently, I voted in favor to improve the facilities

of Southeast Community College (SCC). It was a dif-ficult decision, as a farmer I too have been critical of the high property taxes this State demands of farmers and ranchers. I ran for this office because rural areas have been ignored by SCC. Out of the 15 counties SCC serves, the focus and majority of money was going to one county, Lancaster.

Since coming on the Board two years ago, I have demanded that SCC give attention to teaching skills and educating the people of rural communities. To that end, we are on the verge of opening 6 learning centers in different communities in the SCC area. These learn-ing centers will provide the training to fill local needs for that area. A Plant Manager in Falls City spoke to me, pleading that he cannot find qualified welders to maintain his business. We are now in the process of opening a learning center there to train those workers to fill Falls City's industrial needs.

The facilities in Beatrice and Milford are run down and in need of repair or replacement. The students that attend these campuses are the backbone of rural Nebraska. Mechanics fix our equipment, nurses care for our families, and agriculture majors improve our farms and ranches. I voted against the recent SCC bond issue because I felt it was excessive and too much money was being spent on the Lincoln campus. A com-munity college educates and does not need extravagant

building to lure students, the locality and cost are the attraction. Notwithstanding my vote against the bond, I am aware of the state of disrepair our buildings suffer. While the SCC students do not need marble pillars, they do need a roof that does not leak.

Our mechanics, nurses, welders, and agriculture industry are trained by SCC. In order for southeast Nebraska to keep business we must provide the needed training and skills to fill those jobs. One can-not blame a business for moving, if they cannot find skilled workers.

I am acutely aware this State relies too heavily on property taxes. A group of legislators and politicians were critical off SCC tax levy recently. I remind the reader that these are the same people who have failed to provide meaningful property tax relief for the past decade. These are the same politicians who cut state funding 3.5% last year from SCC and .5% this year, without even giving serious debate to property tax relief. As farmers ask for property tax relief, our Legislature and Governor debate income tax cuts, to benefit Omaha and Lincoln instead.

This property tax increase will train the skilled work-ers of rural Nebraska. This is why I voted for it. Thank you to those who have reached out and discussed this important matter with me.

RespectfullyDon Reiman — Board Of Governors.

Tax Relief Incumbent Hits the Campaign Trail

A day after his state’s college football team whipped the Ne-braska Cornhuskers, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker whipped up enthusiasm for Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts’ re-election bid.

Walker and the governors of Kentucky and Missouri joined Ricketts and more than 1,200 Republicans at a steak fry near Shelton, in the farm-rich and waterlogged Platte River Valley. One can assume that Walker’s appearance wasn’t the result of losing a bet on the football game. In case you didn’t know, it has long been tradition that Nebraska governors “bet” steaks or Valentino’s pizzas or Runzas or whatever against whatever popular commodity the opposing team’s state has to tout.

Give Ricketts credit for not betting on this year’s 3-3 Husker train wreck – or at least NOT letting us know if he is/has.

We also don’t know if the Sunday afternoon appear-ance by Walker was part of a thank-you to Ricketts’ parents whose political action committee gave Walker $5 million a while back for his failed campaign to become the Republican nominee for president. So, let’s just trust that what he said about not preaching to the choir but being here “to get the choir to sing” is the real reason.

Still, there may be a broader message here if Rick-etts brings in three Republican governors to sing his praises this early in a campaign for re-election where he faces no known Democratic candidate. In fact, the only known Ricketts challenge in the 2018 election will be State Senator Bob Krist of Omaha who has left the Republican party to file as an Independent to run for governor. Krist and Ricketts will not face-off in the May primary.

So, does the four-governor event represent a rec-ognition that Republicans are concerned about their candidate? That doesn’t seem likely in a state that hasn’t had a Democrat governor since 1999. Was this an attempt to placate an agriculture sector that is becoming increasingly agitated about ever-increasing

property taxes? That’s a safe bet, especially in light of talk of a petition drive to get rural tax relief on the ballot.

What better setting than a farm with grain bins lined up in the background and a huge U.S. flag waving in front of the blue sky. Walker, Kentucky

Governor Matt Bevin and Missouri Governor Eric Greitens all weighed in to tell the crowd that Ricketts has been a great governor and earned re-election to a second term. The governors were all wearing blue jeans too. That’s credibility – albeit cheesy – in rural areas.

Ricketts said he would continue to push for more and better jobs to keep Nebraska kids in Nebraska while shaping a more efficient and effective state government and pushing for property and income tax reduction. He touted his drive that he says has reduced the growth of government by 90 percent and his commitment to work for tax relief.

To his credit, he has led several agriculturally focused trade missions – what else does Nebraska have to export? – and has urged the Trump Administration to stick with several trade agreements it has threatened to rescind.

And of course, there’s his so-called comprehensive tax relief package, which remains stalled in the Legis-lature. It offers property tax reduction for agriculture and some highly controversial proposals for income tax cuts. Property taxes are a bigger concern in rural Nebraska because of low agricultural commodity prices.

That same rural base is conservative and extremely Republican. Tradition says that a statewide candidate who can win the major cities along the Platte River can win it all. That’s why it’s important to tell these folks what they want to hear. For all of us, it’s important that promises are kept.

J.L. Schmidt has been covering Nebraska govern-ment and politics since 1979. He has been a registered independent for 18 years.

5 The Pawnee Republican, Thursday, October 19, 2017

2017 Stepan-Triska

Family ReunionDescendants of the Josef Stepan,

Frank Stepan and Frank Triska families met for their 68th annual reunion on Sunday, September 24, 2017, at the Pawnee Village in Pawnee City.

Fifteen family members enjoyed a fried chicken dinner catered by Marge Wenzl. The informal reunion meeting and the annual meeting of the Josef Stepan Fam-ily Foundation followed the dinner.

Family members submitted in-formation on births, deaths, gradu-ations, and anniversaries since the last reunion. Two deaths were re-ported since the last reunion, Dennis Blecha and Dean “Smokey” Stover.

Ken and Marcia Mortensen and Virginia Hunt, from Junction City, Kansas, were the family members who traveled the farthest to attend the reunion; Virginia Hunt, was the oldest family member attending. The planning committee will again consist of Paul & Lynda Jasa, Lola & Ed Schall and Joe & Kathy Steh-lik. The date of the reunion next year will be September 23, 2018.

The Josef Stepan Family Foun-dation meeting was presided over by Ken Mortensen, President. Three members were elected to the board of directors. Joe Stehlik and Bob Neve were re-elected to each serve a three-year term and Gary Neve was re-elected to serve the one-year term. The officers were re-elected for an additional term, Ken Mortensen, President; Lloyd Stepan, Vice President; Joe Stehlik, Secretary; and Paul Jasa, Treasurer.

Family members attending the re-union were: Virginia Hunt and Ken & Marcia Mortensen of Junction City, Kansas; Gary Neve and Bob & Sheri Neve of Omaha; Lloyd Stepan of Lincoln; Carolyn Hogue of Falls City; Paul & Lynda Jasa of Table Rock; Lola & Ed Schall of York; Joe & Kathy Stehlik and Jennifer Ladman of Pawnee City.

Family Freedom Festival

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary 5289 hosted it's first ever Family Freedom Festival on Saturday, October 14, during Har-vest Bash. Activities were moved to the school lunch room and gym due to the rainy weather. Family Freedom Festival is an American-ism project and Abbie Leitschuck is the Americanism Chairman. Flyers on all programs were displayed and handed out including Flag Etiquette at parades, along with Flag Education for kids. Flyers on Membership, Hospital, Scholar-ship, the Veterans Crisis Line were available. Many stopped by signing up for a Flag for adults and a red, white and blue basketball for youth. Aaron Wells won the Flag and Jett Farwell won the basketball. Gayle Lang, reporting.

Fire Prevention Week at Pawnee Schools

Pre-schoolers meet the Pawnee City Firefighters.

First graders get to look at a fire truck.

Second graders hear about safety and prevention.

Jean King EstepSeptember 18, 1922 ~ October 3, 2017

Born September 18, 1922 in Paw-nee City, NE and passed in her sleep October 3, 2017, age 95, in Tulsa where she lived most of her life. She is preceded in her ascension to the Lord our Father by her husband of 60 years, Harold “Gene” Estep and by her brother Ed King. She is sur-vived by her sister, Laura Turnbull and her three children, Russ Estep,

Galen Estep and Marcy HaggertyJean lived a long and active life.She was one of the founding

members of the Tulsa Canoe and Camping Club where they were known as “She-Jean and He-Gene”, they shared their love of camping, travel and adventure for many years.

She enjoyed many years of vo lun tee r i sm for S t . F ran-c i s h o s p i t a l A u x i l i a r y . Jean studied at OSU Extension and became a Master Gardener. She loved plants, growing and ex-perimenting in her greenhouse and gardens all her life.

Proudly, they served as volunteers for the American Red Cross, where they were known as “Mama-Bear and Papa-Bear”, driving and operat-ing the ERV’s locally and then with the Disaster Relief Teams.

Jean has been an active member of the Boston Avenue Methodist Church for many years.

Services were held at the Boston Avenue Church in the Rose Chapel on October 11, 2017 at 11:00 AM.

BAHA’I FAITHBurchard, NE Thursday, 8:00 p.m. Prayers and informal discussions. Scott Bodie residence. Phone 402-865-4335. Visitors welcome. 1-800- 22-UNITE. www.bahai.usST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC CHURCHSteinauer, NE, Father Michael Christensen Saturday Mass, 5:30 p.m. Sunday Mass, 10:00 a.m.SACREd HEART CATHOLIC CHURCHBurchard, NE, Father Michael Christensen Sunday Mass, 8:00 a.m.MISSION CREEKUNITEd PRESBYTERIANRural Liberty, NE Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.UNITEd PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend duane Westing Joint Worship, 10:00 a.m.UNITEd PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHSummerfield, KSReverend Herb Schrader Sunday School, 8:30 a.m. Worship, 9:30 a.m.FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH LC-MSSummerfield, KSReverend Greg Stuckwisch Worship Service, 7:30 a.m.SAINT PETER’SLUTHERAN CHURCHRural Elk Creek, NEReverend Robert Schermbeck Sunday School/Bible Classes, 9:00 a.m. Worship Service, 10:00 a.m.ZION LUTHERAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend Tim Llewellyn Sunday Worship, 8:30 Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.FRIEdENS UNITEdCHURCH OF CHRISTRural Bern, KSReverend Jacqueline Lamensky Sunday School, 9:00 a.m. Worship, 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st Sunday of month Birthday Cake served last Sunday

UNITEd METHOdIST CHURCHBurchard, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, 8:00 a.m. Fellowship Time Following.UNITEd METHOdIST CHURCHduBois, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, Jan.-June 11:00 a.m; July-Dec. 9:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday School during Worship.UNITEd METHOdIST CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend Sherry J. Sklenar Sunday Worship, Jan.-June 9:30 a.m; July-Dec. 11:00 a.m. No Sunday School during summer. Fellowship Time on 4th Sunday Un. Meth. Women, 1st Wed., 7:00 p.m. TABLE ROCK UNITEdMETHOdIST CHURCHPastor dorothy Smith Worship Service, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, 10:15 a.m. Bible Study, 9:30 a.m., Tuesday mornings in the church basement.SALEM UNITEd CHURCH OF CHRISTRural Steinauer, NE Morning Worship, 10:15 a.m. Church School, 9:15 a.m.ST. PAUL'S (MAPLE GROvE) UNITEd CHURCH OF CHRISTRural Tecumseh, NE Worship Service, 8:45 a.m. Child's Sunday School during worship.TABLE ROCK CHURCH OF CHRISTMarvin Jamison, Minister Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. Bible Fellowship, Sunday, 6:30 p.m.FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCHPawnee City, NEReverend duane Westing Joint Worship, 10:00 a.m. HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCHSummerfield, KSFather Al Hauser Sunday Mass, 8:15 a.m.FAITH BAPTIST CHURCHPawnee City, NE Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. AWANA Clubs, Wednesdays, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

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LeRoy James “Bobby” BenoitAugust 24, 1945 ~ October 11, 2017

LeRoy James “Bobby” Benoit, 72, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on August 24, 1945, in Kaplan, Loui-siana to Erson and Vina (Vincent) Benoit. LeRoy grew up in Sulphur, Louisiana and graduated from Sulphur High School. He attended McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana and later San Ja-cinto Community College in Pasa-dena, Texas. LeRoy was Vietnam veteran serving his country in the U.S. Navy from September 24, 1963 until being honorably discharged on September 20, 1967. On May 1, 1981, LeRoy was united in marriage to Joan Archambeau in Sulphur, Louisiana. The couple lived in Sulphur, Louisiana, LaPorte, Texas, and later moved to Humboldt, Ne-braska. LeRoy retired from Ohm-stede Industrial Services in LaPorte, Texas where he was a Field Service Operations Manager for many years. He currently was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Steinauer, Nebraska where LeRoy served as an usher.

LeRoy or “Bobby” had many names for one very special man. Best friend, loving partner, caring father, grandfather, and brother; all describe one person with a com-manding strength and heart of a humble servant. LeRoy served his country as a fierce patriot and ac-complished sailor during hostilities with Vietnam. At home his heart distinguished him as a loving hus-band and father. As a professional manager he gave careful attention to details without sacrificing the big picture. His leadership team relied on him with confidence and his staff was fiercely loyal. He always gave more and did more than others expect. LeRoy brought out the best in others because he demanded so much from himself. He was a kind

and loving man who made life bet-ter for those he touched and this world is a better place for having known him.

LeRoy passed away on Wednes-day, October 11, 2017, at the Bryan LGH Medical Center West in Lin-coln, Nebraska having reached the age of seventy-two years,1 month, and eighteen days. He was preceded in death by his parents Erson and Vina Benoit and sister-in-law Bev-erly Benoit.

LeRoy is survived by his loving wife Joan Benoit of Humboldt, NE; children: Michael Weldon of Humboldt, NE; Jeffrey Weldon of Ragley, LA; Todd Weldon of Phoenix, AZ; Donna Wilburn of Hawaii; Corey Weldon of Lincoln, NE; Jammie Benoit of Sulphur, LA; Johnell Benoit of Sulphur, LA; 15 grandchildren; 4 great grand-children; brothers: Harrell Benoit of Sulphur, LA; Mickie Benoit of Houston, TX; a sister Vickie Benoit-Thomas of Sulphur, LA; and many other relatives and friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 16, 2017, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Steinauer, Ne-braska with Father Michael Chris-tensen officiating. A rosary will be recited at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 16, 2017 at the church.

Full military honors will be con-ducted by the U.S. Naval Honor Guard.

Memorial contributions are sug-gested to the family’s choice with a later designation.

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

Services are entrusted to Wherry Mortuary-207 N. Nemaha ST. Hum-boldt, NE (402) 862-2915

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New attorney in townEmily Sisco is a new attorney at

Donahue & Faesser, P.C., L.L.0. She grew up in Bellevue and gradu-ated from Bellevue East High School. She then graduated Cum Laude from UNO with a degree in Library Science. After graduating there, she entered UNL Law School. While in law school, she was vice president of the St. Thomas More Society, vice president of Greater Nebraska Connections, treasurer of the Envrionmental and Agricul-tural Law Society and a student ambassador for the College of Law Admissions Office. She also clerked at Witte and Associates, was the Lincoln City Attorney’s legal ex-tern, and clerked for the Nebraska Tax Equalization and Review Com-mission.

Before she started law school, she knew she wanted to work in a rural community, so she tried to diversify her courses and work experience to get ready for a small-town practice. She completed the Estate Planning program of concentrated study, participated in both the Civil and Entrepreneurship Clinics and vol-unteered with Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program helping Lincoln residents file tax returns.

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SportsRepublicanThe Pawnee Thursday, October 19, 2017Page 6Sports News: sports@pawneenews.com

Game NightFootball

Oct. 19 - Johnson County Central @ Malcolm; Sterling @ Falls City Sacred Heart; HTRS vs. Palmyra; Johnson-Brock - BYE. All game times are at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Oct. 20 - Pawnee City @ Meridian, 7:00 p.m.; Southern/Lewiston @ Lincoln Christian, 7:00 p.m.

VolleyballOct. 19 - Johnson County Cen-

tral vs. Conestoga, 5:00 p.m.Oct. 20 - Pioneer Conference

Tournament, (Pawnee City, HTRS, Lewiston, Sterling, Johnson-Brock), finals and consolation.

Oct. 21 - Sterling J-V Tourna-ment, 9:00 a.m. (Sterling, Pawnee City, Lewiston)

Oct. 23 - Lewiston Triangular vs. Pawnee City, Friend, 4:30 p.m.; HTRS @ Elmwood-Murdock Tri-angular w/Malcolm, 5:00 p.m.; Johnson-Brock @ Southern Trian-gular w/Falls City, 5:00 p.m.; JCC @ Weeping Water (J-V, C only), 6:00 p.m.

Oct. 24 - Johnson County Cen-tral @ Yutan Triangular w/Elm-wood-Murdock, 5:00 p.m.; Sterling @ Falls City Sacred Heart Trian-gular w/Lourdes CC, 6:30 p.m.

Cross CountryOct. 20 - Class D State Meet @

Kearney, Girls - 2:00 p.m.; Boys-3:00 p.m.

FootballLast Week’s Scores

Falls City SH 51, Pawnee City 0Johnson-Brock 54, Sterling

20Wilber-Clatonia 35, JCC 12Elmwood-Murdock 41, HTRS 0Ashland-Greenwood 54,

Southern/Lewiston 20

VolleyballLast Week’s Scores

HTRS 2, Falls City SH 1Johnson-Brock 2, FCSH 0Johnson-Brock 2, HTRS 0Lourdes CC 2, Lewiston 0Lourdes CC 2, Pawnee City 0Pawnee City 2, Lewiston 0Falls City SH 3, Pawnee City 2Johnson-Brock 3, Sterling 0

ECNC TournamentLouisville 3, JCC 0JCC 2, Conestoga 0Weeping Water 2, JCC 0

BowlingWednesday Morning Early Birds

October 11thTeam Win LossThe Other Bank 19.5 8.5Sterling Boosters 17 11Bank of Steinauer 11.5 16.5Pacesetters 8 20 High Team Scratch Game: The Other Bank 528. High Team Scratch Series: The Other Bank 1501. High Individual Scratch Game and Series: Fran Herrick, 179 and 488. Splits: Sandee Bel-lows 6-10; Marcia Borcher 4-5; Rosie Jasa 3-5-7; Karen Nielsen 6-10; Nancy Schulenberg 3-10.

SPORTS DEADLINES*Mondays at

Noon*

Football

HTRS takes down FCSH in 3 sets

Irish roll to 51-0 win over P.C.

SPORTS DEADLINES*Mondays Noon week

of publication

P.C. battles FCSH in five set match

Paula Jasa/Republican The Pawnee City student section and fans alike sported pink on Thursday night in honor of their annual "Dig Pink" tribute and fundraisers to help promote Breast Cancer Awareness.

Blank ties for 50th at Girls' State Golf Meet

LINCOLN, NORTH PLATTE - Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer's Amber Blank qualified for the Class C Girls' State Golf Meet after placing 4th at the Class C-1 District Meet recently.

Blank carded a score of 95 at the Class C-1 District Meet at the Hidden Valley Golf Course in Lincloln on Tuesday, October 3rd to qualify for the State Meet.

On Monday and Tuesday, Octo-ber 9th-10th, Blank participated in the 2017 Girls' Class C State Tournament which was held at Lake Maloney Golf Course in North Platte.

Despite the cool conditions and even a frost delay on Tuesday, Blank recorded rounds of 108, 99 for a total of 207 to place in a tie for 50th overall in the State.

PAWNEE CITY - The Pawnee City Lady Indians held their annual "Dig Pink" night on Thursday, October 12th where fans, players and parents were all decked out in pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness month.

The Lady Indians hosted the Falls City Sacred Heart Lady Irish and went toe to toe with them for five sets.

P.C. got off to a good start with Cassie Martin landing a kill down the line and Natalie Blecha add-ing an ace serve for a 3-1 lead.

Miranda Branek got involved at the net, but the Lady Irish rallied back to take a 7-5 lead.

P.C. got the ball back and Mar-tin rotated back for two ace serves and Becca Martin later added a kill at the net to make it 9-9.

After a long rally, Mallory Nider put down a spike and then Krista Menninga aced a serve to go up 11-9.

Branek got her hands on a block and rallied back and forth with FCSH for points until C. Martin landed a kill down the line for a 15-13 P.C. advantage.

The score was tied at 18-18 when the Lady Irish went back on the attack. Branek countered with an off-speed kill and then FCSH hit two balls out to make it 22-20 in P.C.'s favor.

B. Martin landed another kill down the line for P.C.,but the Lady Indians were whistled for a net violation. Branek put down a deep kill for set point at 24-21, but FCSH fought it off for two points to make it 23-24.

Finally, Branek landed another spike through FCSH's double blocking defense to end the set at 25-23.

P.C. jumped out to a 4-0 start in the 2nd set as Branek manned the net and took advantage of FCSH errors.

Unfortunately, FCSH came back to tie it up at 5-5. Kylie Kalin later added back to back ace serves and Branek had a back row kill to keep it 9-9.

FCSH went up 15-9 and later 17-12 before P.C. answered with some ace serves by Eve Beethe and blocks by Branek to tie it at 17-17.

B. Martin traded swings with FCSH and Blecha added an ace serve, but missed the next one for a 21-20 game.

Both teams committed errors in the next minutes, but P.C. made more as FCSH took the 2nd set 25-23.

The Lady Indians rebounded with a 25-15 third set victory, but then lost to the Lady Irish 13-25 in the fourth set.

That forced a fifth and final set where the FCSH Lady Irish prevailed by a 15-9 score to take home the victory.

Pawnee City Individual statis-tics were not available at the time of printing.

ELMWOOD-MURDOCK - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Titans were on the road again on Friday, October 13th as they trav-eled to Elmwood-Murdock where they suffered another defeat. The Knights posted 21 points on the Titans in the 1st quarter and 20 more points in the 2nd quarter to shut out the Titans by a 41-0 score.

HTRS could only gain 4 first downs as opposed to E-M's 15 and rushed 19 times for 16 yards while the Knights had 25 rushes for 339 yards.

Conner Bredemeier was 1/6 in passing for 17 yards with 1 inter-ception and had 13 rushes for 1 yard. Kade Shiley ahd 5 rushes for 13 yards and Isaiah Lockard had 1 rush for 2 yards.

On defense, HTRS was led by Bredemeier, Kaje Faulks and Shiley with 4 stops each. Alex Flynn had 3 tackles; Cade Patzel, Rylee Sanford and Lockard each had 2 while Justin Koziel, Bailey Bohling and Carter Drake each had 1 tackle.

PAWNEE CITY - The Pawnee City Indians played host to the Falls City Sacred Heart Irish on Friday, October 13th, but couldn't get anything to go offensively for them as they were shut out by a 0-51 score.

The Irish posted 22 points in the 1st period and then tacked on 21 more points in the 2nd period to take a commanding 43-0 lead into the halftime break. They scored 8 more points in the 3rd period to close out the scoring at 51-0.

Pawnee City quarterback T.J. Mawhiney was 6/10 in passing for 53 yards and had 11 carries for 25 yards. Shamar Willey led all rushers with 5 carries for 46 yards while Kaisonn Koester had 6 carries for 12 yards and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Dalton Kramer had 5 carries for 10 yards and Brayden Horst had 6 carries for 4 yards. Andrew Davis had 3 receptions for 35 yards to lead P.C. and Sabian Adams fol-lowed with 1 catch for 13 yards. Wyatt Schmit had 1 catch for 2 yards.

Defensively, Pawnee City was led by Koester with 7 tackles and Clay Schaardt with 6 tackles. Jacob Lytle had 5 tackles; Skylar Clark, Adams and Davis each had 4; Marcus Gray and Schmit had 3 a piece; Mawhiney had 2 while Kramer, Willey and Austin Gyhra each had 1.

Simon Pederson had 7 punts for 185 yards while Willey had 3 kick-off returns for 22 yards. Schmit had 1 kickoff return for 15 yards and Koester had 1 for 1 yard.

HTRS faces another tough road foe

Volleyball

HUMBOLDT - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Lady Titans hosted a triangular with Falls City Sacred Heart and Johnson-Brock on Tuesday, October 10th and split games with their opponents.

HTRS vs. FCSHThe Lady Titans faced Falls City

Sacred Heart in their first match where they went three exciting sets against the Lady Irish and won, 25-10, 16-25, 26-24.

Betty Worthey scored 10 points in the match with 2 aces and had 3 kills. Camille Svoboda scored 8 points and had 1 kill, 5 assists, and 10 digs. Natalie Novak scored 6 points and had 21 set assists, 2 kills, 18 digs and 2 ace blocks.

Lauren Nanninga scored 5 points

with 4 aces and had 9 kills while Breanna Reyes scored 4 points with 3 kills and 2 ace blocks. Ca-rissa Allen scored 1 points iwth 1 ace and put down 9 kills and 2 ace blocks. Jennabella Vasco picked up 12 digs in the game.

HTRS vs. Johnson-BrockIn their second game of the trian-

gular, HTRS took on the red-hot Johnson-Brock Lady Eagles and lost in two close sets, 16-25, 18-25.

Novak scored 5 points with 10 set assists and 2 kills while Reyes also scored 5 points with 2 aces and had 5 kills.

Allen scored 3 points with 4 kills and 7 digs; Svoboda scored 2 points with 1 kill; Worthey scored 1 point and Vasco had 5 digs.

Paula Jasa/Republican Pawnee City's Kylie Kalin (#4, right) sets up a ball on the net against Falls City Sacred Heart in Thursday night action. FCSH won the match in five hard-fought sets.

Paula Jasa/Republican Pawnee City's Miranda Branek (#8, center) lands a huge kill against Falls City Sacred Heart's double blocking tandem.

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