Christ Memorial United Methodist Church Had 4 Confirtnand^ That Declared Their Love for the Lord on Sunday April 27

Christ Memorial United Methodist Church had 4 confirtnand^ that declared their love for the Lord on Sunday April 27. Pictured are, Truman Lauck, Recce McFarland, Pastor Trudy Hanke, Anna Green and Jared Hornback. Centenary UMC sends delegates to conference Submitted to the Daiiv Sun played a large part in mak- Every four years, United ing her who she is today. She Methodist Women from credited a youth minister for around the world come to- first instilling in her a sense gether in fellowship to praise of social justice. God, learn and recommit Commenting on this to active participation in year's UMW mission focus the global ministries of the of improving prenatal and church. Five women from maternal health around the Centenary UMC attended world, Clinton said it is a the 2014 National Assembly unacceptable that "so many in Louisville, Kentucky April women are dying while giv- 25-27. This year's theme ing birth to life." challenged the 6,000 wom- Centenary's Unit of Unit- en in attendance "To Make It Photo provided ed Methodist Women has Happen!" Ellie Quiring, left, Denise Larsen, Deanna Holland, Harrietta Reynolds and one hundred members in Keynote speaker at the Jane Nider were the delegation of Centenary United Methodist Church to four circles. Unit members Assembly was former U.S. 2014s National Assembly of United Methodist Women. play a very active role in the Secretary of State Hillary local church and work dili- Rodham Clinton. A lifelong being nurtured by a church personal salvation and also gently to support mission Methodist, Mrs. Clinton said that preaches a gospel of a gospel of social action has projects at home and abroad. UM4GI to host monthly immigration clinics By Harold Reutter services in Arabic at Trinity United Mason said Grand Island will be [email protected] MethodistandMinisterio de Fe, a Span-ish-speaking the fourth clinic site in Nebraska, join-ing UM4GI is joining with Justice For congregation that holds clinics that are already operating Our Neighbors-Nebraska to have Trin-ity Sunday worship services at in Omaha, Lexington and United Methodist Church in Grand First-Faith. Columbus. Island serve as the host site for a The Rev. Theresa Mason said Jus-tice The first two clinics in Grand Is-land monthly clinic for people who have For Our Neighbors-Nebraska has land will be May 29, and June 27 at questions on immigration issues. attorneys who are specialistsspecialists inin im-migrationim- Trinity United Methodist Church, Ma-sonMa- UM4GIismadeupof TrinityUnited migration law and who conduct clin-icsclin- son said. Methodist Church, First-Faith United ics around the state for individualsindividuals Christy Horky, who is a clinic co- Methodist Church,Church, a Sudanese con-gregationcon- and familieswhofamilies who are dealing with var-var-ious gregation that holds Sunday worship ious immigrationimmigration issues.issues. turn to IMMIGRATION CLINICS, page 2B IMMIGRATION CLINICS: Scheduled for late May 29, June 27 Continued from 1B Millewa, who will be acting of the clinic. down people who can afford ordinator along with Deb as a translator during the Horky said volunteers to pay for their own lawyers, Brummund, said people will clinics, asked permission to will try to make the clinic “a Ellison said JFON attorneys be asked to arrive at the announce the news about the safe place, a warm place” for also may have to turn down church by 5 p.m., with the clinics to the people who people who want to talk to requests for help because the clinic itself beginning at 5:30. came to the funeral service. JFON lawyers. In addition organization has the capacity Mason said Trinity United When Millewa made his an-nouncement, to serving as guides for the to help only so many people. Methodist has two iPads that people at the process, volunteers will pro-vide U-visas will allow people in Grand service applauded. vide any child care that is im-migration parents He said one of the typi-cal Island to talk about their Appointments needed while talk to immigration issues with attor-neys the attorneys. The clinic also issues that in Omaha. People who want to make provide light JFON works on is U-visas, will refresh-ments are provided peo-peo-ple People in Grand Island appointments must call the for people when they which are to attorneys Nebraska Immigration Le-gal engaged talking ple who are the victims of and the will use a are not in Many technology called Facetime, Assistance Hotline to the attorneys. serious crimes. times whichwill allowthemtohave NILAH at ( 855) 307-6730 be-tween The Grand Island immi-gration those serious crimes include conversations, 9 and 11 a. or 2: 30 domestic violence, although secure Mason m. clinic will have trans-lators covermany said. and3: 30 p. m. onMondaysand available to help with U-visas other se-rious The blessing service for Wednesdays; between 9 a. m. theFacetimecommunication criminal offenses as UM4GI’s newest outreach and noon or 1: 30 to 3: 30 p. m. with the JFON immigration well. U-visas are provided to mission was April 23. Mason on Tuesdays and Thursdays; lawyers in Omaha. Mason said numerous immigrants or from9 a. m. to noon on Fri-days peoplewho immigrants—including un-documented said there will be immigrants— were invited to be part of the to get an initial review speak Spanish, Arabic and ceremony andmany of their situation. who help law enforcement showed Nuer. prose-cution up for the service. Also, sev-eral After their information Charles Shane Ellison, le-gal authorities with the person re-sponsible other immigrants at-tended has been reviewed, the im-migrant JFON-Ne-braska, of a who is director for committing the blessing service will be contacted to saidJFONattorneys for a after learning about it set up an appointment dur-ing will use the clinic to decide serious crime. through“ word of mouth.” a scheduled clinic. whether they will take Ellison said JFON can on a immi-grants Mason said all immi-grants Prior to the blessing ser-vice, person’s immigration case. work on T-visas for who attended the Justice for Our Neigh-bors Ellison said JFON does not who came to the U. S. blessing service given lawyers from Omaha as the result of human traf-ficking, were serve individuals or families help telephone numbers make conducted a training session who afford their then with the to can own prosecution of human traf-fickers. appointments for the two up-coming for volunteers, who will have attorney. clinics. various duties during the JFON-Nebraska provides fickers. He said human traf-traf-ficking She said the clinics also clinics, Brummund said. immigration legal ficking can sometimes in-volvein- free ser-vices volve bringing people the have been publicized since UM4GI has 30 names on vices to indigent immigrants to the United States for the purpose the blessing service. itsits volunteer list. throughthroughfinancialsupportpro-videdfinancial support pro- purpose traf-ficking MasonsaidMason said sheconductedshe conducted Brummundsaidsomevol-unteersBrummund said some vol- vided byby numerous private of forced labor. Human traf- numerous ficking can also involve sex- a funeral service for a Suda-neseSuda- unteers will act as clinic foundations, individuals, the can also involve sex-ual nese man who was killed as guidesandwill“guides and will "walkwalkthroughthrough Nebraska Legal Aid and Ser- ual exploitation. man who was killed as Nebraska Aid and Ser-vices trafficking a result of thethe violence in the process"process” for people who vices Fund, andandsupportsupport from Human trafficking can a in Fund, bring people Sudan. come for help. Part of that the Nebraska United Meth-odistMeth- bring people to the United States byby various means, in-cludingin- She said that just before process likelylikely will be help-inghelp- odist Conference. States various means, the benediction, Abraham ing people fill out any paper-paper-work In addition to turning cluding force, coercion and work that isis required as part deceit. JFON can also help with Another typicalimmigra-tion of legal clinics that are of-fered Hastings, Kearney, Gibbon, special immigrant juvenile tion issueissue handled by JFON-NebraskaJFON- through the United Wood River, Alda and other status, granted to undocu-mented Nebraska isis working for ref- Methodist Committee on Re-lief. area communities. immigrant juveniles ugees, especially helping Written information UM4GI has already made who have been abused, ne-glected those immigrants change about that nationwide net-net-work a connection with Oscar or abandoned by par-ents, their status so they can ob-tain work says they will serve“serve "im-im-migrants Perez from Christo Poder de either in their home green cards, the first step migrants of all faiths, races, Dios in Hastings, Mason said. country or in the United for people who want to be-come abilities and ages,ages, with an Written information provided States. Achieving special im-migrantjuvenilestatusmeans U. S. citizens. Other typ-ical emphasis on the most by Mason shows that UM4GI issues include removal vulnerable.” also will be working with the that a youngyoung person can qual-ifyqual- defense and deferred action Mason said UM4GI will Multicultural Coalition of ify for permanent resident for childhood arrivals. not be serving only immi-grants Grand Island for support of status (a green card)card) andandmaymay Mason said Justice For in Grand Island with JFON-Nebraska. eventually become a citizen Our Neighbors-Nebraska is its JFON-Nebraska clinics, of the United States. part of the national network but also immigrants fromfrom MIDLANDS FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 SECTION B Towns hit by tornado still picking up the pieces Cordova a reflection of the being cleared out so electrical Electricity has yet to significant damage to the state’s restoration can more safely be electrical grid. There also are done in town. be restored in Beaver scattered —power outages. By this weekend, Seward Electrical restoration to this Public Power District officials Crossing and Cordova point has focused on repairing say, they plan to have power the mangled grid that carries restored to the town of Cordova. BY NANCY GAARDER power between towns, said Jodi Power restoration to Beaver WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Fawl, spokeswoman for the Ne- Crossing is expected to be under Emergency Management way Saturday. Recovery remains laboriouslaborious braska Agency. in the tornado-andtornado- and storm-dam- More than a dozen tornadoes Fawl said the EF3 tornado that hit the state Sunday, and pow- aged areas of southeast Nebras- hit Beaver Crossing created straight-line ka. hit Beaver Crossing created so erful winds also much damagedamage that debris piles The hard-hithard-hit town of Bea-Bea- See Tornadoes: Page 2 have grown to 20 feetfeet tall and 30 ver Crossing hashas yet to getget its 40 piles electric power back, nor has to 40 feetfeet wide. Those piles areare Tornadoes: $19 million of damage was to electrical grid caused damage. Linda Stewart, disaster recovery coordinatorcoordinator for thethe Great Plains United Methodist Conference, saidsaid 227 homes were damageddamaged in and around Beaver Crossing, which has about 400 people. Businesses and churches havehave alsoalso been damaged, she said. Of the moremore than $20 million in damagedamage caused by thethe storms, at least $19$ 19 million was to the state’sstate's electrical grid.grid. The Nebraska Public Power District estimates that itsits system sustained moremore than $18 million in damage, and the Omaha Public Power District estimates that damagedamage couldcould 402-444-1102, nancy.gaarder8owh.com Towns hit by tornado still picking up the pieces Electricity has yet to be restored in Beaver Crossing and Cordova, Nebraska

BY NANCY GAARDER By this weekend, Seward estimates that damage could

WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Public Power District officials exceed $1 million. Other small- say, they plan power to have re- er districts, notably Seward Recovery remains laborious stored to the town of Cordova. Public Power, saw substantial in the tornado- and storm-dam- Power restoration to Beaver damage, too. aged areas of southeast Crossing is expected to be Nebraska. underway Saturday. Because of the accumulating The hard-hit town of Beaver More than a dozen tornadoes stress from the storm, 12 chap- Crossing has yet to get its hit the state Sunday, and power- lains are available to talk with electric power back, has nor ful straight-line winds also people at City Hall in Beaver Cordova a reflection of the caused damage. Crossing from 7 a.m. to curfew. significant damage to the state’s Linda Stewart, disaster State and federal electrical grid. There also are recovery coordinator for the teams will begin surveying the area Mon- scattered —power outages. Great Plains United Methodist Electrical restoration to this Conference, said 227 homes day to see whether damage is point has focused on repairing were damaged in and around extensive enough to qualify for the mangled grid that carries Beaver Crossing, which has federal aid. power between towns, said Jodi people. about 400 Businesses Volunteers who want to help Fawl, spokeswoman for the and churches have also been are asked to leave their name Nebraska Emergency Manage- damaged, she said. ment Agency. Of the more than $20 million and number with the Seward Fawl said the EF3 tornado in damage caused by the County Emergency Manage- that hit Beaver Crossing creat- storms, at least $19 million was ment Office, 402-643-4722.The ed so much damage that debris to the state’s electrical grid. office will match volunteers piles have grown 20 feet tall to The Nebraska Public Power with the work that needs to be and 30 to 40 feet wide. Those District estimates that its done. piles are being cleared out so system sustained more than electrical restoration can more $18 million in damage, and the Contact the writer: safely be done in town. Omaha Public Power District 402-444-1102, [email protected] BEAVER CROSSING, NEBRASKA A week later, reality is setting in Emotions are still raw in town tested by EF3 tornado

BY NANCY GAARDER • WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER BEAVER CROSSING, Neb. — Skyward was the only direction a person could look in this small town on Sunday and see normal. • Above, tender tufts of white scooted across a canvas as blue as a robin s egg. But on the ground, just past a National Guard check- point, was a wrecked town in motion. Utility crews were restringing electrical lines; relief workers were checking IDs. And at the First United Methodist Church, neighbors were setting out trays of potato salad, chili and chicken for a community luncheon. A week after an EF3 tornado screamed out of a turbulent sky and through this community of 400, one yard bore signs of routine life: laundry fluttering on a clothesline. All around the freshly washed overalls and unmen- tionables was a grotesque landscape of splintered trees, ripped-open homes and piles of debris. The chatter of birds, audible a few blocks away, was drowned out by the hum of a generator. See Tornado: Page 3

"This is a town dial has been broken open. I hope we won't let this trial go wasted." — The Rev. Eric wtezorek Tornado: Many trees that shaded the town added to amount of debris for 80 percent of the houses the it stretched 1.5 miles across the Power District said last week's town "This is a that has been storm valley was on rebuilding open," Rev. affected. floor. focus the broken the Eric According to the Nebraska The storm is estimated to transmission line that serves the start Wiezorek said before the of Emergency Management Agen- have caused more than $20 mil- community; now begins the task a Sunday morning unity service. cy, at least 239 Nebraska homes lion in damage to the state's of restoring power to homes. "I hope won't go we let this trial were affected some way. Of electrical grid, irrigation sys- Berndt, as assistant direc- wasted." in Al those, 17 were destroyed and 22 tems, homes and businesses. A tor of the Nebraska Emergen- At the service, Wiezorek, major damage. final total may never be known. cy Management Agency, said pastor of the local nondenomi- sustained The storm traveled about 150 For Chris Heater and Karen homeowners affected by the national church, Hope Center, miles from south of Hastings Roth, who met as 11-year-olds storm aren't likely to receive prayed Beaver Crossing for to to the western edge of Omaha, playing in town, the storm undid federal disaster grants because be born anew, with ties among dropping years state probably neighbors strengthened. one tornado after four of renovation on the didn't sustain another. Heater's childhood home. enough residential damage to Beaver Crossing took the Some were mere touchdowns After the tornado tore off the meet the standards set by the hardest blow from the more open Others, roof, Federal Emergency Manage- 12 in fields. like the torrential rains filled the than tornadoes and powerful EF3 Beaver Crossing, house, they'll ment Agency. straightline winds that hit south- that hit Roth said. Now do what they did four years Nevertheless, state east Day. traveled miles. and fed- Nebraska on Mother's According to the National ago: take the house down to the eral disaster workers this week The number of damaged and Weather Service, wind speeds studs. will survey the damage path to destroyed homes in Beaver from the Beaver Crossing So many power lines were determine whether federal loans Crossing not yet has been tornado are believed to have destroyed in and around town will be available to homeowners. released. But based on available reached about 140 mph; the that Beaver Crossing still was Today, townsfolk will meet as numbers, Seward County, where tornado was on the ground for at electricity Sunday. a community for the first time the town is situated, accounts without least 15 miles; and at its widest, Paul Cowan of Seward Public since the tornado and talk about its next step. has messed it up and not recog- microphone — went dead. The It won't be an easy talk. Some nizing it." homes must be razed. Some Berndt, a veteran of Nebras- homeowners lacked insurance. generator had run out of gas. Residents wonder who will stay A bit of interdenominational ka disasters, said the Beaver ribbing took place, and Wiezorek Crossing tornado generated a launched into his sermon, based and who will leave. remarkable amount of debris. on the story of Job. The biblical "We're going to need to find Nebraska is relatively treeless story centers on the pious man out what is going to happen to except for its river valleys, he subjected to multiple, demor- Beaver Crossing," Heater said. said, and Beaver Crossing is one alizing tests as the result of a Russ Anderson, a Navy veter- of those communities bordering bet between God and Satan. an, was counting his blessings a stream. This was a town where Surely, Satan bet God, Job would Sunday but choked back tears a canopy of cottonwoods, syca- turn away from God if his life when talking about his neigh- more and ash greeted visitors. became miserable enough. bors. Outside his home, Anderson "I don't know about you," "We're lucky no one was said he was waiting for help Wiezorek told the roughly 100 hurt," he said as he pointed to pulling down the tree debris he people gathered in the sanctu- house after house and talked couldn't get on his own. ary, "but whenever I'm given a about missing roofs, tossed ve- "Where you are standing right test, I want to pass it so I don't hicles, displaced sheds. Ander- now would have been shade," have to take it again." son's mobile home was damaged Anderson said. After the service, Wiezorek but is habitable. Instead the sunlight dazzled elaborated on the importance of Down the road, Randy Detwei- next to his trailer home. the weeks ahead. ler paused while tossing debris Sunday's unity service at the "People are running on adren- into a dumpster. He described First United Methodist Church aline now," he said. "This week the odd feeling he had when was disrupted twice by the out- or next, reality is going to set in, he drove into Beaver Crossing side realities of tornado cleanup. and when that happens, a colli- after the tornado. Mangled trees First came an announcement sion will happen. This can either and electrical wires filled the that the owner of a gold Nissan become a bad experience for us, streets. Once-familiar outbuild- needed to move it so that the and we can become bitter, or we ings had been swept away. power crews could get to a pole. can open up and be filled with "You've seen where tornadoes Then, as the Methodist pastor, hope for the future." Tamara hit other towns, but when it is Holtz, was handing over Contact the writer: your own? It's like walking into the microphone to Wiezorek, the 402-444-1102, nancy.gaarder8owh.com your own home where someone power to the church — and the

Speaker to focus 6:30 p.m., at St. Luke’s United Methodist on Church, 620 D Street, David City. human trafficking The program will define“ human traf-ficking”, traf-ficking Human trafficking happens Nebraska. document cases of human in Nebraska, ways trafficking modern-day slavery in and offer to Human is stop traffick-ing. which people profit from exploiting become involved to human in Buell, Family Alli-ance, through force, fraud, Hannah Nebraska others coercion or guest speaker. deception. Lincoln will be the Everyone who is interested is encour-encour-aged Victims are trafficked for forced labor industry. aged to attend. or the sex Direct youryour questions Taylor, you stop Direct to Jo 402- Learn what can do to it. St. or Louise Niemann, Luke’s United Methodist Women 367-3266 or Louise Niemann, 402-367- will 4285. sponsor a program to spread awareness of human trafficking, Wednesday, May 14, at Methodist women serving Election Day soup and pie The United Methodist Women are hosting their annual Election Day soup and pie lunch in the church hall at 1600 West E on Election Day, Tuesday, May 13. From 8-11 a.m. they will serve homemade rolls and coffee for $3. Home-made soup and pie will be served from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., for $5. Everyone is welcome. Residents need not vote therethere to enjoy the food. Commencement for N WU graduates on Saturday Cameron Munter, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Bachelor of Arts Lincoln: Rebecca BoellstBoellstorf, Jackson and Serbia, will deliver the address at Nebraska Wesleyan Carter, Rachel Naber, Jamie Reed University’s 125th commencement on Saturday. Accounting Louisville: Christina Rydl His address will be shared with nearly 570 undergradu- Austin, Texas: Jillian Guerrero Omaha: John Hower ate and graduate students during commencement exer- Lakewood, Jennings Colo.: David French cises, which begin at 6:30 p.m. on Taylor Commons on Art Neely the university’s campus. Omaha: Erin Munter is a distinguished public servant often called Beatrice: Erin Jardine German Lincoln: Gwendolyn Lopez upon to lead U.S. diplomacy in the most complex and dif- Collins, Sidney: Courtney Fletcher Fort Colo.: Leslie SatterSatterield ficult international situations. He has served as the Na- Lisco: Mariah Jessen WakWakeield: Libby Henschke tional Security Council’s director of Central Europe under Global Studies President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush. Biology Taiwan: Sha-Lin Wu He now teaches international relations at Pomona Col- Hastings: Kellsie Sedlak lege in Claremont, Calif. Iola, Kan.: Amber Snesrud History La Vista: Jacob Williams Nebraska Wesleyan will recognize Munter with an Ashland: Nicole Pointer Lincoln: John Burt, Justina Clark, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Other hon- Bellevue: Anna Carnes Alanea Rile orary degrees will be bestowed on banking executive Alice Lincoln: Lauren Bodield, Anna-Marie Omaha: Emmalee Fishburn, Taylor Dittman, Honorary Doctor of Laws degree; New Testa- Kroos, Brandon Terpsma, Dane Whit- Raymond, Rebekah Remus ment scholar Robert Jewett, Honorary Doctor of Sacred tier Potter: Luke Maas Theology, and banking executive Blaine Rieke, Honorary Norfolk: Lacey Adams Business Administration Doctor of Laws. Omaha: Jerrold Warren Eagle: Zachary Commencement day begins with a hooding ceremony Martin Parker, Colo.: Jordan Delbaugh Taylor for master’s degree candidates at 1 p.m. at First United Firth: TeKolste Valley: Sabina Wiekhorst Hastings: Jefery Methodist Church. A baccalaureate service for all gradu- Thaut Weeping Water: Zachary Barrett Danek, Zachary Peed, ates begins at 4 p.m. at the church, 50th Street and St. Lincoln: Curtis Patrick Reese History-Social Science Paul Avenue. Oakland: Brandon Peterson Education Omaha: Samuel Sullivan, Alexander Lincoln: Nicole Winterstien White Omaha: Marcus Klabunde Sutherland: Alexander Sandberg Wahoo: Miranda Voboril International Business

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Debra Delilah Patrick Papillion: Renae Meyer, Essi Yovogan Heuton Carolyn Patterson, Pamela Reber, Arends Summerield , Kan.: Heather Talbott Beatrice: Markie Novotny, Lisa Meghan Schmidt, Abigaella Shelbourn, Murdock: Victoria Rosenboom Sutton: Meredith Smith Roberts Paula Smith, Holly Stange, Dru Sypal, Waverly: Dallas Polivka Utica, S.D.: Teresa Hawlik Bellevue: David Forbush, Jennifer Jaime Thompson, Anna Whisinnand, West Point: Morgan Nelson Goble, Wendi Vanderzyl Sonya Zimmerman Psychology Ceresco: Jillian Isley Norfolk: Jennifer Noelle Southeast Kiwanis spaghetti dinner Tuesday Lincoln Southeast Kiwanis BackPack Program Club will hold its sixth Partnered with Belmont annual spaghetti dinner May Elementary on a fall coin 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at drive resulting in more than– Christ United Methodist $ 1,000 for the BackPack Church, 4530 A St. Program. In addition to the spa- Kiwanis dictionaries ghetti dinner there will Support vocabulary devel- silent and live auctions. The opment for 3rd-graders at live auction starts at 6:30. multiple schools. – Among the auction items Child Advocacy Center are a basketball autographed Stuffed animal drive to by Husker men’s coach Tim restock the center’s inven- Miles, Husker football tick- tory. ets, and a week’s reservation – Camp OK Sponsor (July 6-13) at the Branson three Saratoga School stu- Yacht Club Resort in Bran- dents for summer camp. son, Mo. Farm City –Breakfast Proceeds will support Sponsor Waverly FFA the activities of the Lincoln students’ attendance at this Southeast Kiwanis Club, annual event to promote whose projects and partner- rural– and urban interaction ships include: and understanding. CEDARS Youth Ser- Nebraska Girls State/ vices back-to-school Boys State Support area backpacks for 50 elementary high school youth to this students. event, encouraging gov- RIF (Reading– is Funda- ernmental development– for mental) monthly read- outstanding high school ing in ExCITE/Head Start students classes, providing a new Terrific Kids Motiva- book every– month for each tion and recognition of posi- student. tive behaviors for grades 1-4 Food Bank of Lincoln at College View Academy.– South Gate UMC marks 50 years of ministry South Gate United Meth- 12:30 p.m. program will church and joined many odist Church, 3500 Pio- include special recognition other families from various neers Blvd., will celebrate and presentations as well churches to form the first 50 years of ministry in Lin- as musical guest Ex Animo congregation. The opening coln with special activities bringing their barbershop service in 1974 included 86 Sunday (May 18). tunes to the celebration. people. The Bishop of the Great South Gate United Meth- Pastor Stephanie Plains Conference of the odist Church was founded Ahlschwede said this is United Methodist Church, as a mission church in 1974 not only the celebration of Scott Jameson Jones, will by the former Evangeli- 50 years past, it is also the preach at the 10 a.m. wor- cal United Brethren (EUB) launch of the next 50 years ship, and an anthem titled denomination and given of service to this part of “Celebration!” commis- to the congregation along Lincoln and mission out- sioned for the 50th anni- with a parsonage on Love- reach in the community versary, written by church land Drive. Members of the and in the world. She asks member Aaron Elliott, will Lincoln EUB churches were all to join in“Trumpeting be sung by the combined commissioned to become South Gate’s Jubilee!” choirs. A catered meal will members of the new be served at 11:30 a.m. A BEAVER CROSSING, NEBRASKA A week later, reality is setting in Emotions are still raw in town tested by EF3 tornado

"This is a town that has been final total may never be known. bors. microphone — went dead. The broken open," the Rev. Eric For Chris Heater and Karen "We're lucky no one was generator had run out of gas. Wiezorek said before the start of Roth, who met as 11-year-olds hurt," he said as he pointed to A bit of interdenominational a Sunday morning unity service. playing in town, the storm undid house after house and talked ribbing took place, and Wiezorek "I hope we won't let this trial go four years of renovation on about missing roofs, tossed ve- launched into his sermon, based wasted." Heater's childhood home. hicles, displaced sheds. Ander- on the story of Job. The biblical At the service, Wiezorek, After the tornado tore off the son's mobile home was damaged story centers on the pious man pastor of the local nondenomi- roof, torrential rains filled the but is habitable. subjected to multiple, demor- national church, Hope Center, house, Roth said. Now they'll Down the road, Randy Detwei- alizing tests as the result of a prayed for Beaver Crossing to do what they did four years ler paused while tossing debris bet between God and Satan. be born anew, with ties among ago: take the house down to the into a dumpster. He described Surely, Satan bet God, Job would neighbors strengthened. studs. the odd feeling he had when turn away from God if his life Beaver Crossing took the So many power lines were he drove into Beaver Crossing became miserable enough. hardest blow from the more destroyed in and around town after the tornado. Mangled trees "I don't know about you," than 12 tornadoes and powerful that Beaver Crossing still was and electrical wires filled the Wiezorek told the roughly 100 straightline winds that hit south- without electricity Sunday. streets. Once-familiar outbuild- people gathered in the sanctu- east Nebraska on Mother's Day. Paul Cowan of Seward Public ings had been swept away. ary, "but whenever I'm given a The number of damaged and Power District said last week's "You've seen where tornadoes test, I want to pass it so I don't destroyed homes in Beaver focus was on rebuilding the hit other towns, but when it is have to take it again." Crossing has not yet been transmission line that serves the your own? It's like walking into After the service, Wiezorek released. But based on available community; now begins the task your own home where someone elaborated on the importance of numbers, Seward County, where of restoring power to homes. has messed it up and not recog- the weeks ahead. the town is situated, accounts Al Berndt, as assistant direc- nizing it." "People are running on adren- for 80 percent of the houses the tor of the Nebraska Emergen- Berndt, a veteran of Nebras- aline now," he said. "This week storm affected. cy Management Agency, said ka disasters, said the Beaver or next, reality is going to set in, According to the Nebraska homeowners affected by the Crossing tornado generated a and when that happens, a colli- Emergency Management Agen- storm aren't likely to receive remarkable amount of debris. sion will happen. This can either cy, at least 239 Nebraska homes federal disaster grants because Nebraska is relatively treeless become a bad experience for us, were affected in some way. Of the state probably didn't sustain except for its river valleys, he and we can become bitter, or we those, 17 were destroyed and 22 enough residential damage to said, and Beaver Crossing is one can open up and be filled with sustained major damage. meet the standards set by the of those communities bordering hope for the future." a stream. This was a town where The storm traveled about 150 Federal Emergency Manage- Contact the writer: miles from south of Hastings ment Agency. a canopy of cottonwoods, syca- 402-444-1102, nancy.gaarder8owh.com to the western edge of Omaha, Nevertheless, state and fed- more and ash greeted visitors. dropping one tornado after eral disaster workers this week Outside his home, Anderson another. will survey the damage path to said he was waiting for help Some were mere touchdowns determine whether federal loans pulling down the tree debris he get in open fields. Others, like the will be available to homeowners. couldn't on his own. EF3 that hit Beaver Crossing, Today, townsfolk will meet as "Where you are standing right traveled miles. a community for the first time now would have been shade," According to the National since the tornado and talk about Anderson said. Weather Service, wind speeds its next step. Instead the sunlight dazzled from the Beaver Crossing It won't be an easy talk. Some next to his trailer home. tornado are believed to have homes must be razed. Some Sunday's unity service at the reached about 140 mph; the homeowners lacked insurance. First United Methodist Church twice the out- ground at Residents wonder who will stay was disrupted by tornado was on the for cleanup. least 15 miles; and at its widest, and who will leave. side realities of tornado it stretched 1.5 miles across the "We're going to need to find First came an announcement owner a gold valley floor. out what is going to happen to that the of Nissan The storm is estimated to Beaver Crossing," Heater said. needed to move it so that the power crews could get to a pole. have caused more than $20 Russ Anderson, a Navy veter- mil- Then, lion in damage to the state's an, was counting his blessings as the Methodist pastor, Tamara handing electrical grid, irrigation sys- Sunday but choked back tears Holtz, was over the microphone to Wiezorek, the tems, homes and businesses. A when talking about his neigh- power to the church — and the

Grand designs for a good cause

Submitted photo Meadows Elementary School's fifth-graders recently designed advertisements for the Ralston Recorder's Kids Take Over promotion. Thirteen of the students' ads appeared in the paper and a portion of sales for the ads were designated to a local nonprofit. Here, students in Joe Zadina's class present Dee Adams of Trinity United Methodist Church's Lost and Found Clothing Center a check for the funds they helped earn. Tribland Melissa D. Choate of 1303 N. knives owned by Kelly D. Briggs Ave. reported Tuesday Whitney and Austin S. that her purse and contents Whitney, both of 211 N. Laird were taken from a vehicle at Ave., were taken at the resi-dence. her residence. A Tribute to Our Loved Ones We buy cars. Jackson’s Car this Memorial Day publishes in Corner,Corner, Inc. 463-0688. -Adv.Adv. the Tribune Saturday , May 24; Vehicles reportedly driven by deadline May 20. For more Blanca D. Cabrera Kadre of 130 information call 402-461-1234. E. Third St. and Trevor D. -Adv. Bumgardner of 853 N. -Sixth Danceworks School of Dance Ave. collided Friday at Ninth recital “Fearless Rhythms” Street and Eastside Boulevard. Friday , Saturday , May 16, 17, It was reported Tuesday that 6:00, City Auditorium. Free. a credit card owned by Jeri R. Adv. Kniep of Hershey was used Authorities cited a 20-year-old without permission at 3400 N. Hastings man Tuesday for Osborne Drive East. reportedly shoplifting at - Sign up for Vacation Bible MenardÕs, 3400 N. Osborne School, First United Methodist, Drive East. The value of items June 2 thru 6. 463-6733 or taken was $ 129.97. hastingsfirstmethodist.org -Adv Grand Opening of Lynn’s Eagles, Friday, steak night Nails, Friday, May 16, 11: 45 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. All welcome. a. m., 714 West 2nd; free food. -Adv.. Adv. Vehicles reportedly driven by It was reported Tuesday that Estefany Perez Deloera of money owned by Pepsi-Cola Grand Island and Kirsten Bottling Co. of Hastings, 3800 - Hargis of 1714 W. Fifth St. col-lided N. Osborne Drive East, was Sunday at U. S. Highway taken in the 1400 block of 281 and Kansas Avenue. West 16th Street. Hargis, 20, and her passenger, For your convenience, the Duanna J. Aulrich, 44, of 1714 Hastings Tribune has a drive-up W. Fifth St., were treated and payment box in our north released at Mary Lanning parking lot. This may be used Healthcare. for subscription and advertising Retirement reception for payments. -Adv. Susie Baker, Monday, May 19, It was reported Tuesday that 4: 00 to 5: 30, Juniata jewelry , safe, Elementary. a medications and Elementary. --Adv.Adv. Tornado totals: 16 homes destroyed in Beaver Crossing, ‘major damage’ noted at 22 more

Lincoln Journal Star The village is holding a United Methodist Church. tools if they can. The Nebraska Emergency town hall meeting Monday Workers also need help Household items such as Management Agency said about the storms, which repairing roofs. furniture and clothes for do- rolling Sunday that 16 homes in sent 17 tornadoes Volunteers can contact nation can be left at Etcetera County Beaver Crossing were com- across central and southeast the Seward Emer- Thrift Store in Seward or Nebraska Mother’s Day gency Management Office pletely destroyed by the May on at New Beginnings in Crete. evening. 402-643-4722 report to 11 storms, with additional or Financial donations for an Members of the Nebraska the fire hall in Beaver Cross- 22 homes suffering “major Beaver Crossing residents Army National Guard will ing, the southeast damage.” on corner can be made to The Hope remain in the affected areas of Dimery and West streets Center, c/o the Village of A total of 227 homes in until Tuesday, helping lo- in the middle of town. Crossing, the Beaver Crossing area cal emergency management Volunteers must be 19 or Beaver P.O. Box damaged way, Crossing, were in some officials. older, and should bring an 116, Beaver NE according Stewart, 68313. Money intended for to Linda Those involved in the re- I.D. along with sturdy shoes, disaster recovery coordina- lief effort have requested long pants, gloves, a hat and the village’s infrastructure tor for the Great Plains Unit tarps for buildings, as well sunscreen. Ear and eye pro- can be made to the Village ed Methodist Conference. as blankets and towels with tection is recommended, of Beaver Crossing, P.O. Box Businesses and churches washcloths. Those items can and volunteers should bring 116, Beaver Crossing, NE also were damaged. - be left at the Beaver Crossing rakes, silage forks and hand 68313. HH | journalstar.com |

BEAVER CROSSING POWER RETURNING, BUT WORKWORK REMAINS

- More than 100 recovery-weary residents BEAVERCROSSINGcelebrated some good news at a town hall meeting on Monday. They were told electrical crews had rebuilt 16 miles of power lines ravaged by the tornado that struck on Mother's Day. With the power coming back on, National Guard members and the Nebraska Emer- gency Management Agency field team will be set to leave town. Lt. Gov. Lavon Heideman will tour Beaver Crossing Tuesday. State and federal damage surveyors will review the damage later this week before submitting a report to Gov. Dave Heineman. See RECOVERY, Page A6 Photos by LAUREN JUSTICE/ Lincoln Journal Star It was standing room only at Monday night’s meeting in Beaver Crossing, where residents heard an update on recovery from the tornado that struck their community May 11.

Recovery

Meanwhile, the clean- home.” Earl Imler of the Nebraska said that all residents who up continues.continues. Family and They weren’t hit as hard Emergency Management apply will receive some of friends, the town'stown’s volun- as their neighbors, Pulse Agency said he’d be sur- the monetary donations the teer firefire department and said, but the damage to prised if the town didn’t re- town has received. thousands of volunteers their home has forced them ceive some federal disaster Robin Butzke said she’sshe's have helped to clear streets,streets, to stay with their daughter aid. confident her insurance will yards and damaged homes.homes. in Seward. The community, how- help cover herher home'shome’s post- May. picked up a “We’ve"We've picked up a lot of Now they await repairs ever, probably won’t qualify tornado needs: a newnew roof, But progress will move piles,"piles,” said Beaver Crossing from their insurance com- for individual assistance windows and floors.floors. slowly, they said. volunteer firefighter Rick volunteer firefighter Rick pany’s contractor. from the federal govern- But forfor now, she’sshe's relying And though crews worked Backhus, who heads the “They Backhus, said it would be ment. A town often needs on a familiarfamiliar faceface to calmcalm to restore some street lights town'stown’s debris removal ef- fall,” before Pulse said. to lose at least 100 homes to her 6-and6- and 2-year-old boys, outside the community forts.forts.“"There'sThere’s going to be a The National Weather be eligible, Imler said. who fretfret and worry when center, officials said street lot of pilespiles yet."yet.” Service said the May 11 tor- The storms destroyed 16 it gets cloudy and the wind lights elsewhere were a long Some residentsresidents here won- nado was an EF3 with wind homes Beaver Crossing, picks up.up. way off. der whether their neighbors speed peaking at 140 mph. in the agency reported Sunday. “("(LocalLocal TV weatherman) will packpack up and leave town, Beaver Crossing, a town of TV DarylHansen, operations But ImlerImler saidsaid the town Ken Siemek helps out a lot,"lot,” for Seward while others stewstew with un- about 400, was hit with just town a manager County may qualify forfor Small Busi- Butzke said. Public Power, advised resi- certainty over their ownown one of at least 12 tornadoes may ness Administration relief, She knows of at least sev- dents "use the and situation. spawned along a 119-mile ness to moon, which would allow people en families who’ve decided everything you for "It's“It’s driving (my wife) stretch from Clay County which would allow people can" to pack up and leave Beaver illumination. nuts,"nuts,” Keith Pulse said.“said. "I'mI’m east to Douglas County, the to take out low-interest doing government-backed Crossing. Roofing patched not doing finefine with it either.either. weather service said. government-backed loans. crews "We“We justjust want to bebe Village board members But she is not one of them. up and re-shingled the roof of the United Methodist Church late Monday afternoon above the church’s white steeple marked “SAVE.” Red spray paint marks the side facing the town’s main drag, Dimery Street: “Down but not out.” Reach the writer at 402-473- 2657 or [email protected]. On Twitter @ LJSRileyJohnson. A Great Achievement Seniors honored with scholarships CAMBRIDGE - The Rachelle Carpenter United Methodist Cambridge senior graduating is the recipient of Scholarship. Breanna plans class celebrated their final the Harold Mousel to study Radiology at the milestone on Saturday Scholarship, Cambridge University of Nebraska afternoon at graduation Museum Scholarship, Kearney ceremonies. The Cambridge Cambridge Education Shelby Farr is the band led the seniors in Association Scholarship, recipient of the Middle the processional, followed Cambridge Youth Sports Republican NRD by the opening given by Scholarship, Laura Becker Scholarship, McCook Shelby Fair, Class President. Memorial Scholarship, Community College Breanna Eubanks gave Haven and Virginia Smith Freshman Academic the valedictorian address Scholarship, State Bank of Scholarship, Robert Burke and Troy Gregory gave the Bartley Scholarship, United Scholarship, Red Cross Salutatory address. Kadee Methodist Scholarship, Scholarship. Shelby Long gave the closing. Centennial Scholarship. plans to study Education Scholarships awarded Rachelle plans to study Pre- at McCook Community included: Pharmacy at the University College. Krayton Banzhaf is of Nebraska Kearney Anthony Fischer is the the recipient of the First Justin Dick is the recipient of the Central Bank and Trust Company recipient of the Robert Community College Tuition Scholarship, Harold Mousel Druse Scholarship Scholarship. Anthony has Scholarship, Ag Valley CO- Morehouse College decided to serve in the OP Scholarship, Central Academic Scholarship. Continued from front Community College Tuition Justin plans to study United States Army Scholarship, Brady Koch Physics and Aerospace Troy Gregory is the recipient of the Eagle Scholarship, Velma Holtze Engineering at Morehouse Presidential Scholarship, Norman Walburn Scholarship, and Central College in Atlanta, Georgia Scholarship. TJ plans to study Education at Community College Compass Breanna Eubanks is the Chadron State College Advantage Scholarship recipient of the Cambridge Mackenzie Hansen is the recipient of Krayton plans to study Museum Scholarship, Joy the Pheasants Forever Scholarship, Harold Agri-Business at Central Teter Scholarship, First Mousel Scholarship, FFA Cambridge Community College in Bank and Trust Post Prom Alumni Scholarship, Bob Burke Memorial Hastings. Scholarship, Harold Mousel Scholarship, Cambridge Lions Club Taten Banzhaf is Scholarship, Henry Krieger Scholarship. Mackenzie plans to study Horse the recipient of the Fran Scholarship, Frontier Production and Mgmt. at Colby Community Jorgensen Scholarship, County Farm Bureau College Carl Johnson Scholarship, Scholarship, AgValley Taylor Kubik is the recipient of the Cambridge Lions Club CO-OP Scholarship, First Ag Valley CO-OP Scholarship, Furnas Scholarship, United Central Bank Scholarship, County Lions Scholarship, Holbrook Lions Methodist Scholarship, Red Masonic Lodge Scholarship, Club Scholarship. Taylor plans to study Cross Scholarship. Taten John F. Johnson Memorial Diversified Ag at Southeast Community plans to study Diversified Scholarship, Stu & Ethel College in Beatrice Ag at Southeast Community Minnick Scholarship, Kelsey Landreth is the recipient of the College in Beatrice KHOP from the University Wilsonville United Christian Baptist Church of Nebraska Kearney, Scholarship, Norman Hosea Scholarship, Freshman Walsh-Brady Academic Scholarship. Kelsey plans to study Law Enforcement at McCook Community College Kadee Long is the recipient of the First Central Bank Post Prom Scholarship, Cambridge Youth Sports Scholarship, Harold Mousel Scholarship, First Central Bank Scholarship, Holbrook Lions Club Scholarship. Kadee plans to study Radiology at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Jake Wirte is the recipient of the Leroy and Alice Witte Scholarship, Wilsonville United Christian Baptist Church Scholarship, Harold Mousel Scholarship, Post Prom Scholarship, AgValley CO-OP Scholarship, Wilsonville United Baptist-Christian Church Scholarship, First Bank and Trust Company Scholarship, Gerald Cowles Scholarship, Cambridge Youth Sports Scholarship, Clint and Caroline John Scholarship, Furnas County Lions Scholarship, South Central Nebraska Corn Growers Agricultural Scholarship. Jake plans to study Agri Education at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. The total of all scholarships is: $227,542 The amount of local scholarships is: $22,150 The total amount of State College scholarships is: $205,392

CAMttKiLMjc. - Cambridge Junior Brandon Andrews greets graduate Rachelle Carpenter with a big hug on Saturday following graduation, while Breanna Eubanks waits in line. T^T> A T T-X .*******************ai_l FOR ADC 686 ■ ■ 577 03-01-15 21P 9T ■ M UNIVERSAL PRESS CLIPPING ■ M 1623 FARNAM ST STE 6GG J^mt^^ HDONIPHANOMAHA NE 681Q2-2108 Deb Hartman to be new director of Little Miracles By Christine Hollister ementary School, is now in her 35th Little Miracles was advertised, my career I can find a place Doniphan Herald year teaching. Her husband, Steve, I knew I needed to apply, and to make a difference like this. at DONIPHAN Deb Hartman, who is a teacher and coach D-T. She lucky for me I was hired for And what better way to try to - spent 20 years teaching kindergarten will take over as the new director of the position." help the kids of Doniphan? Little Miracles Childcare Center in and an additional 10 years teaching The center's mission is "The community just needs Doniphan May 27, said her teaching first and second grades. She has also to provide quality childcare to know that kids are my prior- summer philosophy can be summed up into taught preschool in a couple to children in a safe, loving, ity and any kids 1 work with 1 just a few words: of locations. Christian learning environ- treat like my family and hope- "For Steve and I, this has become in meeting they "The following three words tell ment and assist a fully will see that," she hometown," she a needs, "I'm just really to you what you need to know ... I love our said. "This is variety of family the said. excited way I can meet kids," she wrote on the school's new help Doniphan and maybe website says. the kids and their families become of website, littlemiraclesindoniphan. I can reach even more kids. This is "We're ready for a differ- and just a part weebly.com. something that is near and dear to my ent look and a different feel," their lives." Little Miracles Childcare Center heart. Hartman said. "I would like to kids is a ministry of the United Methodist "I do love teaching my older have the different age groups in Doniphan, but my expertise is in involved Church in Doniphan and Rosedale. separated so they're primary age children," she added. and Hartman is a member of the Doniph- with their own teacher Hartman was raised in Clay Cen- appropriate an United Methodist Church and had developmentally attended college at the Univer- activities. been on the Little Miracles Board of ter, sity of Nebraska-Lincoln "I would really like to Directors for the past year and a half. and gradu- a make sure we incorporate the Hartman said when she found out ated with degree in elementary Christian education in there Little Miracles' current director Amy education. She has also taken several graduate early with Bible stories and songs Wilson was resigning to run Little courses in childhood a feeling Stingers Childcare in Giltner, she MIRACLES, continuedfrom pg. 1A - just good, spiritual quickly became interested in the job education and led workshops. to help the kids begin to have opening. Before coming to D-T in 20 1 2, that included in their everyday schedules," she said. "It's always been my dream to Hartman taught previously I also want a family, have my own school," she said. "I in Blue Springs, Beatrice and "But community feel to the build- thought it would be awesome to have Grand Island. ing," she added. "I'd like to a place where kids would be involved "Throughout my teaching career, I have always won- have a community gathering dered what it would be like to time of all of the kids probably morning have my own school; a school early in the so we can where children would be able have that togetherness." to to 'wonder,' where nature is Hartman said she's going explored, discoveries made, miss the students and staff at hearts are nurtured, and the Doniphan-Trumbull, but looks love of learning is as natural as forward to continue serving taking a breath," Hartman said the community's families. hard to leave on the website. "A few weeks "It's very in learning from when they're tiny D-T," she said. "I love what I until they're older." ago, I made a decision to pur- do right now, but 1 thought this currently fifth-grade sue this dream of mine. When Hartman, a is probably my last chance in teacher at Doniphan-Trumbull El- the position for director of Christine Hollister/ Doniphan Herald Deb Hartman will take over as the new director of Little Mir- acles Childcare Center in Doniphan May 27. Hartman is currently a fifth-grade teacher at D-T Elementary. Osceola Seniors Honored at Methodist Church Osceola High School seniors Laurin Schleif, Eric Hays, Lau- ryn Gustafson were recognized during worship service at the Osceola United Methodist Church on Sunday, May 4. On be- half of the congregation Pastor Mike Flury presented each of the graduates with a personally engraved Bible. A reception in their honor was held in the Fellowship Room following the worship service. The Cedar Rapids High School Class of 2014 enjoys breakfast hosted by the United Methodist Church in Cedar. United Methodist year the church has honored the graduating class on the day of their grad- Church Hosts Senior uation practice. Pastor Vernon Olson Breakfast gave a prayer before the breakfast was Friday morning, May 9, the Unit- eaten and sent the graduates off with ed Methodist Church of Cedar Rapids a question about what they would re- hosted the 2014 Senior Class of Cedar men 3er as the high points of their Rapids High School and their spon- high school years when they meet for sor at a breakfast in the church base- their 10 th year anniversary. ment. This was approximately the 14 lh women's CALENDAR Tuesday Free sup- Friedman, 402-477-6050. group monthly meeting, port for parents, 6:30 to Thursday Officers of 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 8 p.m. at St. James United Bethany Women’s Club 5 at Gere Branch Library, Methodist Church,– 2400 S. for 2014-2015 year to meet 56th & Normal Blvd. 11th St. A facilitated ques- at the Olive Garden for Coming soon Lin- tion-and-answer session luncheon— and plan coln Quilters Guild June noon to about parenting and how for the upcoming club year. meeting to be replaced by to help children live happy, Next weekend a tour of six local quilt stu- dios from — p.m. healthy lives, sponsored United Methodist 10 a.m. to 3 by the United Method- Women at South Gate Saturday, June 7, featuring ist Women’s group. Light United Methodist Church, the artists’ quilts and quilt spaces, LQG community refreshments, child 3500 Pioneers Blvd., to cel-— care (for up to age 12) provided. ebrate the 50th anniversary outreach projects and LQG Info.:” (402) 423-4220. of the Women’s Group with Quiltfest displays. Tickets Wednesday Heritage 9:30 a.m. worship service ($5) may be purchased at League monthly general Sunday, June 1, followed by any participating studio. A membership luncheon brunch. Open to all United list of the locations can be meeting, 11:30 a.m. at Methodist Women who found on the Guild website Hillcrest Country— Club, members South at http://www.lincolnquil- were at 9401 O St. Guest speaker: Gate during the past 50 tersguild.org.three/ Three clinical social worker Jane years. RSVP, or just come. local quilt shops are also Kinsey. Topic: “Challenges More info: Ruby at 488 participating. of Mature Age.” New offi- 4815. Email calendar items to dbuckley@ cers to be installed. For Coming soon journalstar.com. reservations contact Sara GYN cancer support– Family of 11 gets new, post-tornado home

By NICHOLAS BERGIN Betty Nisly the matriarch of “I’m going to be honest with Lincoln Journal Star a family grown one adoption and you. The tension was high in UTICA They’ve already foster child at a time chose the there,” Mitch said.“When you’ve been assigned bedrooms. rooms. When —dealing with nine got five teenage girls, yeah, you children, five of them teenagers, Two weeks after a tornado heard about their hardship and better believe the tension is high.” room assignments are— a tactical offered to hand the keys be- The past couple of weeks have ripped apart— their home in Bea- to over practicality. The four older girls ver Crossing, the Nisly family has forefore the sale closed. been filled with meetings with will share the basement, which The Nislys jumpedjumped at the offer. insurance and real estate agents. a new one. has two bedrooms and room to It sits at the end of quiet, Since the May 11 tornado, they'dthey’d But Mitch doesn’t complain. a add a couple more. Everyone else Utica, been living a three-bedroom He is grateful for the generosity of dead-end street in about will be on the main level. been living in a three-bedroom friendsfriends and strangers and that his 12 miles north of Beaver Cross- Mitch and Betty Nisly’s bank house owned by the Utica United family made it through the tor- ing. Trees line the east end of the approved them for a home loan Methodist Church — sleeping on nado and has a roof overover its head. yard, separating it from the farm last week. They happen to know air mattresses packed so tightly field on the other side. the owner of the house, who they touched. — See NISLY, Page B2B2 Nisly Because the house was went out. who is blind and disabled, “I got a lot of my mind,” leveled, he doesn’tdoesn't have to Betty went to the front passing him from person to Mitch said.“ I got nine chil- squabble with the insurance door but couldn’t get it to person over broken branches. dren to take care of. I got a company overover repairs.repairs. And open. She ordered everyone The storm crushed their family to take care of. I don’t having allall theirtheir belongings downstairs. 12-passenger van, so all 11 know anybodyanybody in my… situa- blown awayaway was anan easy way They held each other and family members piled into the tion thatthat would be sleeping."sleeping.” to de-clutter,de-clutter, he said.said. prayed as what sounded like extended cab of Mitch’s Ford It’sIt's aa family that grew The Nislys got keys to the a freight train passed over- F-150. It took them 30 min- slowlyslowly over the years. new home Wednesday. head. Water poured through utes driving through yards “If"If you would havehave told While they have assigned the ceiling and soaked them. and around downed trees me 1010 years agoago I was going rooms, the kids preferred to In one corner, the water ran and power lines to make it the to have allall these kids, I would spend their first night together hot. Betty feared the ceiling couple of blocks to the Beaver on the living room floor, curled would collapse. Crossing Fire Department. up under donated quilts. When the noise abated, That night they slept on Moving their belongings Mitch was first out of the cots in Centennial School in didn’tdidn't take long. They left basement. The tornado Utica. the ruins ofof the house in Bea- had filled the stairway with Donations and offers of support began pour ver Crossing with little more debris he had to shove out of to in that night. than the rain-soakedrain- soaked clothes the way or climb over. First clothes and blan- on theirtheir backs. “I couldn’t believe my kets, then gift certificates, Day. They It was Mother’s eyes. yelled back, furniture and a slow cooker, gone I It’s all had to church that gone.’” among other items. morning help up, at Christ’s Place in Only portions of‘ the To clean one of to be a foster parent at age 13 Lincoln, ate lunch at Outback house’s walls remained and Mitch’s former bosses lent while growing up in Califor- Steakhouse, then headed their belongings were scat- him a payloader and told him nia. She took in her first fos- worry refilling home to relax. tered across the nearby cem- not to about ter kid34 years ago, when she they Mitch told the kids etery and farm field. the tank. was 21 and living in Oregon. could watch TV until 5, and A supercell produced 17 “It is wonderful. It’s just Her oldest adopted child is then it was Dad’s turn. He tornadoes that night in a 119- unreal,” Betty said of the out- now an adult with a family of was surprised when they mile area from Clay County pouring of support. his own. argue. They didn’t were to Douglas County. Beaver The Utica United Meth- When it comes to raising more interested in the storm Crossing was hardest hit, odist Church offeredoffered aa house children, she has a simple developing outside. with 16 houses destroyed, for them to staystay in. A woman philosophy. Nine-year-old Michael Michael but Sutton and Cordova also offered toto host a graduationgraduation "What's right is right. saw the wind pickpick up a tram- saw the wind a tram- sustained damage. party forfor 19-year-old Amber. What's wrong is wrong. And poline, flip it and smash it to it and smash it to At the Nisly home, Mitch Mitch Nisly hasn’t slept we don't do what is wrong." the ground.ground. the and Betty led the kids up well since the tornado. That Everybody pitches in. And Then came the sirens. A Then came the sirens. A from the basement. They first night he got only a cou- in a crowded house, manners few minutes later, the lights carried 10-year-old10-year-old Daryl, ple of hours. are a must. “To keep me sane, I have to keep them in line, Betty said. Thanks to insurance and donations, all of ”the family’s needs are met, the Nislys said. “I’m not grunting about my insurance. I had better insurance than I thought I had,” said Mitch. They have ordered a new wheelchair for Daryl, and in the meantime he has one hastily thrown together from parts of others. Mitch said the family has had to turn down some donations because they didn’t have room for everything while living in the house pro vided by the Utica church. “Later on down the road, we probably are going to need right- some more stuff. But now, we’re set up.” Bruce Crosby/McCook Gazette Death penalty talk Curtis McCarty, right, says he "tried to maintain my composure" during his 22 years in prison — 19 on death row — after being falsely convicted of murder. Speaking at the United Methodist Church in McCook Wednesday night, McCarty and Stacy Anderson, left, executive director of Nebraskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, argued that resources spent on executions, running into the millions of dollars each, would be better spent on the "front end," on education, crime pre- vention, treatment and law enforcement. McCarty was convicted of killing a police officer's daughter and was exonerated only after testimony that documents had been falsified in his and several other cases. The greatest tragedy, he said, was that changes in the law prevent the evidence that was used to clear him could not be used to convict the person who actually committed the crime. Pastor Alan Gager to be Ordained

Pastor Alan W.W. Gager, Associate Pastor ofof TheThe First United Method-istMethod- ist Church in Kearney, Nebraska.Nebraska, will be ordainedordained a Full Elder of the United Methodist Church by Bishop Scott Jones on June 13,2014,13,2014, atat 7:7:3030 p.m.p. m. atat the Lied Center in Lincoln, NE.NE. The ceremonyceremony will be held duringduring the historic first Annual Conference of the Great Plains Conference which consists of the newly com-binedcom- bined Nebraska; Kansas East and Kansas WestWest Conferences. Pastor Alan is a graduate of Table Rock-Steinauer High School, Peru State College andand received his Mas-ter'sMas- ter's Degree from Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, MO. Spalding Presents 'Cowboy Church' At Minden United Methodist Church nominated by the Country Music Association for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Single of the Year. He is a member of the Western Mu- sic Association, Country Gospel Music Associa- tion, Missouri Cowboy Poets Association, and has been a guest on the Grand Ol' Opry in Nash- ville. 'Cowboy Church' includes Steven Spalding will be presenting a 'Cow- Steven's original boy Church' concert at Minden United Method- cowboy gospel ist Church on Wednesday, May 21 . music, and a short This is Spalding 's 50th year as a singer/song- message. A free writer, musician, and recording artist. He has will offering will performed all over the country and has been be received. Pastor Gager Ordination June 13 Pastor Alan W. Gager, As- gree from Saint Paul School sociate Pastor of The First of Theology in Kansas City, United Methodist Church in MO. Kearney, Nebraska, will be He served two years as a ordained a Full Elder of the Student Pastor at the Adams United Methodist Church by and Hopewell United Method- Bishop Scott Jones on June ist Churches, seven years at 13, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. in the the Pawnee City and Dußois Lied Center in Lincoln, NE. United Methodist Churches, The ceremony will be held including the Burchard Unit- during the historic first An- ed Methodist Church during nual Conference of the Great his last year prior to being Plains Conference which con- appointed to the large Kear- sists of the newly combined ney (NE) United Methodist Nebraska, Kansas East and Church in June of 2013. Kansas West Conferences. Pastor Alan is the son of Pastor Alan is a graduate Shad and Lois Gager of Table of Table Rock-Steinauer High Rock. School, Peru State College and received his Master's De- Nebraska poets remember A ngelou entra nce By CORY MATTESON based upon her experiences whose work they had read, “That was an impor- Lincoln Journal Star from that time. Dawes said who had inspired them, An- tant incremental moment,” his mother knew her during gelou’s name was nearly al- Dawes said. When news of Maya Ange those years, but he didn’t ways mentioned. People remember the lou’s death reached two Ne- meet her until recently. “I Know Why the Caged event perhaps more than the braska poets, they remem- Dawes and other writers Bird Sings,” Angelou’s poem, he added. Dawes said bered not only her works and- had been invited to Ange- memoir recounting her it highlighted not only her her activism, but also the way lou’s home in North Caro- childhood in the Jim Crow writing but also her strong she walked into a room. lina during a festival last South, should be read by all voice. The first lines of “On At a speaking engagement year. The guests waited for Americans, Dawes said dur- the Pulse of Morning” ran in at Nebraska Wesleyan Uni- Angelou in the garden of her ing an interview with the her New York Times obitu- versity years ago, Angelou home. There came a point Journal Star. Each volume of ary Wednesday. strode to the podium inside where they wondered if she her memoirs showcases her Along with her work, the First United Methodist would appear, Dawes said. skills as a writer and story- Dawes on Wednesday re- Church singing a song. An- And then, flanked by two teller, Dawes said. called the author’s generosity. gelou’s entrance stayed with young, impeccably dressed On Wednesday, Dawes Her speaking fee rivaled Twyla Hansen, Nebraska’s men, Angelou arrived to her said he thought of the poem her literary stature, but state poet, for decades. party. she read at President Clin- Angelou would weigh the “We were in the presence “You just realize that she ton’s inauguration,“On the needs of organizations and of greatness, and it left us knows how to make an en- Pulse of Morning.” It was sometimes waive the fee breathless,” Hansen said in trance,” Dawes said. the first time since Robert altogether. Frost in 1961 that a poet had an email to the Journal Star. Dawes first learned of Maya Angelou had been sched- given inaugural address. “At least I was.” Angelou’s death when he re- an uled to speak in Omaha next There was talk on “The Kwame Dawes, a poet and ceived an email from NPR’s month. She died Wednes- Takeaway” of the moment the chancellor’s professor “The Takeaway” Wednesday, day in her home in Win- not aligning with President of English at the University asking if he’d go on the air to ston-Salem at age 86. Obama’s historic inaugu- of Nebraska-Lincoln, was talk about her life. “It feels like an era pass- ration. But Dawes said the born in Ghana, where An- On “The Takeaway,” ing,” Dawes said. time right for Angelou, gelou spent part of the ‘60s Dawes spoke of Angelou’s was Reach the writer at 402-473-7438 and the country, in 1993. or [email protected]. On living with her son. Her influence on aspiring poets. Barriers, he said, broken Twitter @ LJSMatteson. book, “All God’s Children When he asked students are increments. Need Travelling Shoes,” is in