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JRThe Hebron75 Volume 139, Issue 4414 Pages, One Section, Plus SupplementsournalegisterBecome a fanFind us on FacebookCourthouse News. 3Banner-Argus. 7Cards of Thanks . 4Chester Herald . 11Churches . 5Classifieds . 13Football Contest . 10Sports . 9Wednesday, November 3, 2010http://hebronjournalregister.comThayer County voters make picksThayer County Election CommissionerMarie Rauner reported a 51 percentvoter turnout for the General Election.Election poll workers didn’t report anyserious problems throughout the day.Unfortunately it was discovered that theChester Cemetery Levy Override issuewas mistakenly left off of the rural splitof the Chester ballot.“I feel awful about the mistake andI have to take full responsibility for it,”Rauner said. “Unfortunately with thecurrent ballot publishers we have numerous corrections to make and in oneof the rechecks I just missed the factthat they removed this issue from thatballot split.”Here are the unofficial results:CONGRESSIONAL TICKETDistrict 3 RepresentativeAdrian Smith-R . 1396Set clocks back one hourTidbitsFootball Contest.We’re down to the wire in thefinal week of the Hebron JournalRegister football contest. Thefinal entry form can be foundon page 10.This week each of the fivewinners guessed 12 gamescorrectly, meaning they missedfour. Of those five, four had thesame point spread picked inthe tie-breaker; however eachpicked Texas to win when it was,in fact, Baylor, a guess Jim Boyerof Fairbury correctly placed. He,then, is the winner of the firstplace prize this week.The other four will split thesecond and third place prizes.Winners are Chris Connell,Fairbury; Dave Klaumann,Hebron; Bob Bacon, Hebron;and Rick Kassebaum, Hebron.Chamber annual meeting.The Hebron Chamber ofCommerce will hold its annualbusiness meeting at the HebronCountry Club, Thursday Nov. 4,at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited toattend.TCCS holiday play.The Thayer Central HighSchool Players will present theholiday classic, “A ChristmasCarol,” in three performancesSaturday, Nov. 6, and Monday,Nov. 8, in the High School gymnasium.The Saturday performance willbe held at 7 p.m., while Mondaywill hold performances at 2 p.m.and 7 p.m.All performances will featurea dessert bar during intermission. Obituaries Buhl, Elnora L., 94, HebronMIesner, Verna L., 92, Deshler Death Notice Holmes, Evelyn L., 95, DeshlerWEATHERDateTue., Oct 26Wed., Oct 27Thu., Oct 28Fri., Oct 29Sat., Oct 30Sun., Oct 31Mon., Nov sy of Mike Prellwitzprecip0000000Rebekah Davis-D . 305Dan Hill-P . 152STATE TICKETGovernor and Lt. GovernorHeineman/Sheehy-R . 1537Meister/Boyle-D . 370Secretary of StateJohn Gale-R . 1315Janet Stewart-D . 404State TreasurerDon Stenberg-R. 1460Mark Stoj-D. 339Attorney GeneralJon Bruning-R. 1619Auditor of Public AccountsMike Foley-R . 1422Michele Sallach-Grace-L . 222Public Service CommissionerRod Johnson-R. 1406COUNTY TICKETCounty CommissionerDavid Bruning-R .1160Dean Krueger-R . 1219Loren Peithmann-D . 434Rosalie Lange-D . 590County ClerkMarie Rauner-R . 1709County TreasurerEileen M. Asche-R . 1667County AssessorKarla Joe-R. 1631County AttorneyDaniel Werner-R . 1419Clerk of the District CourtStacey L. McLaughlin-R . 1638County SheriffDavid E. Lee-R . 1463Thayer County Weed BoardKenneth Effenbeck . 1294Robert Harms . 1243NONPARTISAN TICKETLegislature - District 32Russell J. Karpisek . 1421Board of Education-District 5Patricia H. Timm . 1214Chief Justice of the Supreme CourtMichael G. Heavican yes-989 no-415Judge of the Supreme Court District 5William M. Connolly yes-980 no-406Judge of the Court of Appeals District 5Everett O. Inbody . yes-926 no-429Judge of the Nebraska Workers’Compensation CourtJohn R. Hoffert . yes-939 no-421Michael P. Cavel . yes-894 no-411Ronald Brown . yes-902 no-401James R. Coe . yes-888 no-407Judge of the County Court District 1J. Patrick McArdle . yes-1075 no-431Southeast Community CollegeFor Board of Governors District 1Lynn Schluckebier .1169Little Blue Natural Resources DistrictBoard of Directors Subdistrict 1Neal Hoff. 402Randy Uhrmacher . 800Corn yields down fromlast year, but still highLittle Blue Natural Resources DistrictBoard of Directors Subdistrict 2Warren F. Brakhahn .1104Little Blue Natural Resources DistrictBoard of Directors Subdistrict 3Edward Fleharty .1120Little Blue Natural Resources DistrictBoard of Directors Subdistrict 4John Rieckman . 1091Little Blue Natural Resources DistrictBoard of Directors Subdistrict 5Richard Kahman . 1087Little Blue Natural Resources DistrictBoard of Directors Subdistrict 6Lyle Heinrichs . 1313Little Blue Natural Resources DistrictBoard of Directors Subdistrict 7Joseph G. Hergott . 1376Little Blue Natural Resources DistrictBoard of Directors Subdistrict 8Gene L. Thomas .1159Norris Public Power DistrictBoard of Directors Subdivision 11Rodney Heinrichs . 896Educational Service Unit #5Member of the Board District 1Don L. Crowder . 1334Educational Service Unit #5Member of the Board District 3Darlene Pierce . 6South Central Public Power DistrictBoard of Directors Subdivision 5Larry Mikkelsen . 6Educational Service Unit #6Member of the Board District 3Jan Myers . 3SCHOOL TICKETFairbury Public SchoolBoard of Education District 8Vickie Banahan. 9Christine A. Ruzicka . 9Tammi L. Davis . 6Thayer Central Community SchoolsBoard of Education District 70Tom Tipton . 720Nate Casey . 744Rick Hintz . 740Shickley Public SchoolsBoard of Education District 54Chris Swartzendruber . 3Dan Miller . 4Tiya Johnson . 2Les Schlegel . 3Kari Jo Alfs. 1John Mick . 3Deshler Public SchoolsBoard of Education District 60John Noojin. 326Stan Hofts . 287Ryan Buescher . 332Davenport Public SchoolBoard of Education District 47Michael Schroeder. 121Garry L. Grone. 109Bruning Public SchoolsBoard of Education District 94Jodi Weber . 178David Messman . 166Ted Norder . 170Meridian Public School‘Mook’ Wilhelmsinducted intoNPA Hall of FameAlton “Mook” Wilhelms wasintroduced to the newspaper industry in 1950 when he boughtthe weekly Polk Progress. Lastweekend, the Master EditorPublisher was inducted into theNebraska Journalism 2010 Hallof Fame.Five years after puchasingthe Polk newspaper, Mook soldThe Progress to Norris Alfredand purchased the StromsburgHeadlight. In 1968 he purchasedthe Osceola Record and in 1972added the Shelby Sun.The Headlight was a consistent winner in the Nebraska Presscontests winning first place inboth Service to Agriculture andCommunity Service in 1962 andin 1962-63 the paper won nationalhonors in Service to Agriculture.Wilhelms was president of theNPAS (Nebraska Press AdvertisingService) in 1962 and was electedpresident of NPA (Nebraska PressAssociation) in 1970.He believed the obligation ofa newspaper was to educate andentertain. His personal column,“Mutterings by Mook,” was written for that purpose.Board of Education District 303Dwayne Wolfe . 75CITY TICKETCity of Hebron MayorEdward Bliss . 158Shane Day . 385City of HebronCouncilmember Ward 1Richard L. Koch . 132City of HebronCouncilmember Ward 2Larry Fangmeier . 134City of HebronCouncilmember Ward 3Robert Dodes . 175City of Hebron Airport AuthorityLenny Bowman . 422City of Deshler MayorNaomi Grupe . 212Alan Holle (withdrew). 34City of Deshler CouncilmemberJeanette Fintel .117Ray L Wharton . 136City of Deshler Sales and Use TaxFor -119 . Against -136VILLAGE TICKETBelvidere Village BoardTom Priefert . 9Randy Waldmeier . 10Linda Hudson .11Gilead Village BoardQuint Rayburn . 7Larry G. Whitton . 7Michael D. Dougherty . 6Chester Village BoardDon Wassom . 57Alton “Mook” WilhelmsIn 2002, Wilhelms was awardedthe NPA Master Editor-Publisheraward and in 2009, he was namedJournalist All-American by hisalma mater Midland LutheranCollege in Fremont.Wilhelms, currently living inLincoln with his wife Ardis, is anative of Bruning.A staunch Nebraska footballfan, Wilhelms was elected to theNebraska Football Hall of FameBoard of Directors in 1992. His“Mutterings” column always ended with “I’m a Nebraska footballfan. What makes you happy?”Todd R. Heinrichs . 61Chester Cemetery LevyOverride .For-40 Against-21Hubbell Village BoardJames Payne . 12David R. Donan . 16Byron Village BoardJaye Moeller . 22Lyle D. Watkins . 23Kevin Wollenberg . 24Carleton Village BoardCristine A. Smith . 20Vicki L. Williams. 23William McPherson (write-in) . 15Davenport Village BoardJustin Trapp . 92Donovan Knigge . 76Douglas B. Holtzen . 92Richard D. Lawson . 36Bruning Village BoardWilliam Behmerwohld . 44Janet M. Bentley . 64James Hogeland. 76Larry W. Bowman . 38Ryne Philippe . 51Alexandria Village BoardJames Wassom . 422CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTSAmendment 1: Change the powers ofmunicipalities relating to fund sources foreconomic or industrial development.For-935 Against-662Amendment 2: Abolish the officeof the State Treasurer on January 8,2015.For-502 Against-1177With cooperative weather, farmersare just about finished in the fields.According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service,Nebraska Field Office, Nebraska’scorn crop is forecast at 1.51 billionbushels, or four percent below lastyear’s record high.Join us as we take a look at ThayerCounty’s harvest, next week.Still useful after allOutdated farm machinery is usually left abandoned in farm yards,rusting in the weeds, trees growingthrough the gears, laying there yearafter year announcing its uselessnessto anyone passing by, unless youhappen to be Harold Bleich. Whenhe finds a piece of old equipment,he sees potential, restoration, usefulness. He sees the machine as it wasmeant to be, then goes to work tomake it so.Eighteen years ago, the retiredfarmer decided to rebuild and refurbish old farm machinery he alreadyowned and other pieces he happenedto come across. What it led to is ahobby he has no intention of stopping and an impressive collection ofantique farm equipment.For a look at his story and his annual field demonstration, see insidethis issue, page 12.Courtesy PhotoTanner Bleich pulls an antique P&O rolling stalk chopper made in Canton, Ill., using a 1945 AllisChalmers B tractor. Tanner was helping his grandfather, Harold Bleich, demonstrate refurbished farmmachinery last month during Bleich’s third annual corn picking and corn shelling demonstration at theJack Krakow farm in Hebron. “The rolling stalk chopper was pulled by horses, but we hooked it to atractor instead,” Harold said. “It’s the piece I’m working on right now and still needs to be painted.”The chopper will be painted in its original red, white and blue colors. Bleich said the P&O companywas bought out by International.
2 - Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - The Hebron Journal-RegisterOpinion PageMy Thoughts ExactlyBy Jacque RocoleJournal-Register News DirectorRandom thoughts this week.I’m not sure if it was the weather or a weekend day or theafternoon as opposed to the evening hour, but the annual WACand Lions Club Halloween costume contest and parade was ahuge success this year. I don’t believe I’ve seen that many kidsand parents in attendance in the last decade.By far the largest groups were 1-2 and 3-4 years of age,which I personally hope means our population decline may havebottomed out and we’re on the upswing. I take pictures of thewinners from all the divisions each year and for the first timerecorded only a handful of visiting kids. It’s a pleasure seeingall the young folks living and raising their children here.Photos of the winners can be found on page 8 inside. You’llalso find them at http://hebronjournalregister.com. Just clickon photos in the heading banner.***Another Halloween tradition in Hebron took place Sunday;the igniting of combustible materials in the Lincoln Avenueand 10th Street dip. This year, however, the regular prank hada curious twist, in that it was brought to our attention adultswere caught in the act of doing the deed. For years area teenshave taken the heat, pun intended, but now it would seem, forthis year anyway, adults are the culprits.Most of us learned as children, lighting fires in the City’sstreets is a big no-no.even more so with our very dry conditionsof late. If those from Sunday are indeed adults, they are toobig to spank, but how about a hand-slap? A verbal reprimand?A citation?***And speaking of citations, dogs are freely roaming the streetsagain; people are getting pretty lax about taking care of theirpets. And since citing them seems next to impossible, to all ofyou walkers, joggers, bicyclists and outdoor activists, keep aneye and an ear out for snarls, growls, bared teeth and raisedhackles, especially during the evening at sunset and morningbefore sunrise. (People tend to let their dogs out to roam and dotheir duty in other’s yards under cover of darkness.) I suggestgrabbing that handy pocket-sized can of “dog-be-gone” spray(mace) just in case you are confronted by one of those “Oh,don’t worry, he won’t hurt you, he’s just playing,” pooches.***It’s football playoffs and volleyball districts time and whilemost of the final games happen after we go to press, we’reable to keep up-to-date stats and results at our website. We’llstill bring you full details and coaches comments in the Sportssection of the paper each Wednesday, but if you want to knowwhat happened in a Tuesday night game that was played afterour deadline, log on to http://hebronjournalregister.com.***And finally, I take to heart Mook Wilhelms’ newspaper philosophy (see his story on the front page) - the obligation of anewspaper is to educate and entertain.Hope that’s what we’re doing for you.PRIZE WINNINGNEWSPAPER2009Nebraska Press AssociationMessage From The GovernorBy Dave HeinemanNebraska GovernorGlobal Dry Bean PromotionsHelp Nebraska FarmersNebraska businesses operate in a global marketplace.In 2009 Nebraska companies exported 4.8 billion inproducts, with businesses inCanada, Mexico, Japan andChina our leading customers. When I traveled to Asiain 2007, I was amazed bythe opportunities for ourstate’s businesses. I cameaway convinced that withtargeted outreach and collaboration, Nebraska couldcontinue to increase its shareof the global marketplace.Since that time, therehave been numerous activities associated with tradedevelopment in our state. Iwant to focus on an examplethat occurred just this week.A small team of representatives from the NebraskaDepartment of Agriculture(NDA), the Nebraska DryBean Commission and theUniversity of NebraskaLincoln spent four days inBeijing, China, in discussions designed to grow themarket for Nebraska dry ed-ible beans.Nebraska is one of theleading states for dry edible bean production, withmuch of the production andprocessing located in thePanhandle. The NebraskaDry Bean Commissionrecently has set its focus onbroadening its global marketshare, in an effort to providesome price stability.China was targeted foraction by the Dry BeanCommission because it isboth a competitor in drybean production, as well asa growth market for consumption. The focus of thevisit was on educating keygovernment officials andbusiness representativesabout the nutritional valueof dry edible beans and opportunities to expand theirusage in the Chinese diet.The decision to move aheadwith this visit was madeafter detailed discussionswith a number of partners,including the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture,about the best opportunitiesfor growing dry edible beanThey Make Hebron click!Look for these advertisers 24 hours a day onhttp://hebronjournalregister.comTOM POSEYReal Estate & Appraisal(402) 768-2292CLICK TO BROWSEOUR CURRENTLISTINGS!215 N. 13th St., Hebron, NEPhone: 402-768-6047Capital ViewNebraska Press Statehouse CorrespondentLINCOLN – The problems inherent in writing a pre-election column that is mostly for post-election publication areobvious.In Nebraska, however, these problems are less problematicthan they would be in some other states. A psychologist toldme years ago that the best predictor of future behavior is pastbehavior. With that in mind several days before the election,but only hours away from deadline, this column relies on theprevious behavior of Nebraska voters to assert:Republican Gov. Dave Heineman won re-election going away.The main question is whether he might start moving toward abid for the U.S. Senate in 2012. The other question is whetherhis lopsided margin of victory over Democrat Mark Meisterexceeded his obscenely lopsided, record-setting 300,000-votevictory over Democrat David Hahn in 2008. It’s by no means acertainty, since 2008 was a presidential election year, and offyear elections never draw voters in comparable numbers.Side note: At the beginning of October the governor hadabout 1.8 million in his political war chest. Meister hadabout 16,000.Rep. Adrian Smith was re-elected in the 3rd District, aplace so Republican that one can imagine Democrats beingoutnumbered by the tourists who visit Lake McConaughy, oreven Buffalo Bill’s ranch. Something different in the Big 3rdthis year: Dan Hill, described as a conservative who mightoffer particular appea
Nov 06, 2010 · Larry G. Whitton . 7 Michael D. Dougherty . 6 Chester Village Board Don Wassom . 57 Alton “Mook” Wilhelms was introduced to the newspaper in-dustry in 1950 when he bought the weekly Polk Progress. Last w
