Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Th e Oberlin Herald 3B Norcatur News By the Norcatur News Committee Fall events are coming soon Senior Citizens meeting will be at in Jennings on Sunday, Aug. 31, Aug. 31. Ron cooked a hog for the There are fun things coming 1:30 p.m Friday in the Educational to honor Dave Ward of Clayton on celebration. your way the rest of this month Building. his 60th birthday, which was Sept. Scott Harman has been rodeoing and next. Chamber News Lynn Jeffries and the Ditty Bops, 13. Other birthdays included Kelly in Colorado over the Labor Day Mark your calendar for the High- Amanda Barrett and Abby DeWald, Wycoff, Braxton Ward, and Sarah weekend. Some good, some not. way 36 Treasure Hunt this Friday, created a new puppet musical last McKenna; anniversaries in Septem- Chance Harman has been doing Saturday and Sunday. There is still supper served by Brent Ginther at The museum is gearing up for a month, called “Storm Drain to ber included Bryon and Jodi Bina, some roping in Nebraska. His rodeo time to get your items together at the J.R. Ginther farm near Achilles. spectacular day that Saturday. There Paradise.” Amanda and Abby do and Pat and Shelley McKenna. schedule will bring him to Scott City your own home or join us at The Stop by the Museum and pick up a are flyers and posters all over town. the voices for the two main charac- Those attending included Bee on Sept. 19-21; Pratt on Oct. 10-12; Gateway. A lot of effort and adver- flyer with all the day’s events. If you would like a list of events, ters and sing songs, while Lynn is Nelson, Norcatur; Max and Norma and Alva, Okla., on Nov. 6-8. tising has been put into this event The deadline for entries for the stop by the museum at the south end the busy puppeteer, using shadow Ward, Dave Ward, Clayton; Jake Bee Nelson, Dorothy Ward, and statewide. Come join the fun. Oberlin Business Alliance-spon- of Main Street in Oberlin. We will puppets, household items, trash, and Krisha Ward, Manhattan; Bry- Wava Reames ate lunch in Norton. The Decatur Community High sored Mini Sapa Day Parade is serve ice cream at the melodrama and her bagpipe to play all the other on, Jodi, Braxton and Audrey Bina, Labor Day weekend guests of School Homecoming will be Friday, Wednesday, Sept. 24. for a donation, and the museum will characters. They have performed for Herington; Pat and Shelley McKen- Cheri and Jerry Hill were Brett and Sept. 26. The Chamber will be serv- The parade will be held on Sat- draw for its raffle items. sold out crowds in Los Angeles and na, Chris McKenna, Stann Hartzog, Erin Fredrickson, Thornton, Colo.; ing a tailgate supper before the game urday, Oct. 4, the same day as the Anyway you look at it, there are Berkeley, and they hope to take the Becky Carter, Jennings; Lori and Lori and the grandkids, Kyler and in the park behind the bleachers. 50th anniversary of the museum. tons of things to do. Get out and have show on tour nationally. Kelly Wycoff, and friend, Megan, Kaylee, Northglenn, Colo.; sister Come out and support our favorite Stop by the Chamber office and pick some fun this fall. The weather is On Sept. 2, Bob and Lea Price Scott City; Tami DuBois, Idaho Sandra, Fort Collins, Colo.; and football team. up an entry form. The completed delightful and the rain is a welcome of Mission, Texas, arrived in their Springs, Colo.; Whitney DuBois, brother Steve and partner Erick Sunday Sept. 28, a tour of the Last forms can also be left there also. visitor. recreational vehicle to spend a few Lenora; Ann DuBois, Abby and Wilson, Denver. Indian Raid near Oberlin will be This will be a great parade with 24 See you on the brick streets, days with Virgil and Joyce Price. On Madison, Salina; and Sarah and On another note, Cheri and Bill offered, capped by a buffalo-burger categories! where friends meet! Sunday, they all celebrated Joyce’s Marcus McKenna, Hays. Hill have signed up, along with 12 birthday. After church and lunch at Bee Nelson and Dorothy Ward or so family members and friends, the café, several of the neighbors were in McCook on Friday for doc- to form our own team for the Al- and friends came in the afternoon tor appointments, then on Sunday zheimer’s Association Memory to hear Bob and Lea make music. after church, they were accompa- Walk in Denver on Sept. 20. If Rexford News They ended the afternoon with ice nied by Wava Reames, to Norton, anyone would be interested in By Vicki Allison cream, cake and cookies. Joyce to eat Chinese food. donating and/or joining our team received many telephone calls from On Aug. 29-30, Gina and Bob give me a call at 693-4438 and I will The fall season is pushing its way County Health Department, will be Dan, and his son, Eric of Stockton. all her family. Montgomery went to Iola to watch try my best at getting you the right through the summer and giving evi- in Rexford on Monday, Oct. 6. Red Barn on-going activities: Happy Anniversary to Robert and Alyssa Montgomery play volley- information. dence with the nights and mornings She will be at the school from 11 Monday, Barnswallows, 2 to 5 Leona Schoenradt. ball. She plays for the Nebraska Rea and Dee Magers enjoyed temperatures the past week. a.m to 1 p.m., and then at the Red p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m., Ladies Happy Birthday to Lacey Roe, College of Technical Agriculture a nice dinner with Agnes (Toots) The rainfall cooled the area and Barn Senior Center. Bible Study and 8 p.m., Men’s Bible Sept. 12; Elden Long, Sept. 14; Al- in Curtis, Neb. She got to play a lot Lyon at the Beaver Apartments the farmers are thankful for the We appreciate the service coming Study; Come on Down, Thursdays, ice Barnett, Rodney O’Hare, Sept. and Granddad says she did really in Norton on Saturday. They had moisture received prior to planting to our area. 2 to 5 p.m.; and Friday’s Koffee 15; Lisa Rhodes, Don Daniels, Sept. good. picked up Norma Smith of Yuma, their winter wheat crop. Guests of Vesta Roth Wednesday Klatch, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. 16; Charlotte Kurtz, Sept. 19; Doug Rusty Montgomery arrived back Ariz., at the Hillcrest motel and The fall season is also the time to evening were James and Marie Until next time, make your week Dempewolf, Sept. 20; Tonya K. home last week after being gone brought her with them. Agnes, be thinking about flu and pneumonia Cameron from California. James memorable. Porter, Sept. 21; Shanna Long, Sept. five weeks helping with the Johnson Norma and Dee were Lenora High vaccinations. Connie Walden, a is a nephew. 22; Mathew Helm Kelsey Jackson, Race Car out of Wichita. school classmates. registered nurse with the Thomas Also visiting were Vesta’s son, and Jean Daniels, Sept. 23. Gina and Ron Montgomery at- Ken and Julie Carter hosted a tended a family reunion and anni- family celebration at their home versary celebration in Atwood on Lyle News ‘See You at thePole’ By Veda Wood By Pastor Doug Mason, Lund Covanent Church Joyce Sumner accompanied her had back pain this week. When she The following is the story of the beginning of the with 20,000 students in June 1990 at the Reunion son, Ward, and family to Olathe misses church and Sunday dinner, “See You At The Pole” movement taken from the Arena in Dallas, Texas. over the weekend to visit Miles we know she is feeling bad. Her syatp.com website. Only God had envisioned how many students Massey, new baby of Melanie, grandson, J.T. Guy and his daugh- A small group of teenagers in Burleson, Texas, would step up to the challenge. At 7 a.m. on Sept. Ward’s daughter. ters, Kurston and Kendra, visited came together for a “DiscipleNow” weekend in 12, 1990, more than 45,000 teenagers met at school The yearly potluck, music fest, and did some chores Saturday and early 1990. They came seeking God. Little did they flagpoles in four different states to pray before the fund raiser for the Lyle Commu- Sunday. Daughters, Jane Engle- know how powerfully God was about to move. start of school. nity Building will be held at 6 p.m. hardt and Judy and Charlie Easton On Saturday night God penetrated their hearts like A few months later, a group of youth ministers from on Saturday, Sept. 27 also visited Saturday. never before. The students were broken before God all over the country gathered together for a national Margaret Magers, Kathy Van Kathy Van Meter visited her and burdened for their friends. Compelled to pray, conference in Colorado. Many of them reported that Meter, June Jolly, Joyce Sumner, granddaughter, Carrie Briney and they drove to three different schools that night. Not their students had heard about the prayer movement and Eleanor Jensen met at Lyle had lunch at Pratt on Thursday, knowing exactly what to do, they went to the school in Texas and were equally burdened for their schools. to sew on Sept. 2, but instead of then went on to Wichita to visit flagpoles and prayed for their friends, schools, and No other events had been planned, but it was clear bringing their lunch, as usual, they Jack and Sylvia Lovin and Brad leaders. Those students had no idea how God would that students across the country would be creating drove to McCook for lunch at the and Marie Joplin at Garden Plain. use their obedience. their own national day of student prayer. There was new Mexican Café, “The Puerto” She had supper Friday night at the God used what He did among those teenagers and no stopping them. for Kathy’s belated birthday dinner. Joplins and Saturday they all went to others who were holding similar prayer meetings at Decatur Community High School has had par- They were joined there by Sheryl Newton for the Hilburn-Hoch wed- their schools to birth a vision in the hearts of youth ticipants for years though only a small percentage of Patterson, Dwight and Teresa Wood ding, supper and dancing, where leaders across Texas. The vision was that students DCHS students show up for the event. I encourage and Veda Wood. Veda and Sheryl several Holburn families gathered. throughout Texas would follow these examples and every reader to talk to every junior and senior high had met with Dr. Wyeno from Hast- Kathy returned home early Sunday meet at their school flagpoles to pray simultaneously. student they can about participating this year on ings, Neb., for adjustments on Alta morning. Twelve attended the “first The challenge was named “See You at the Pole” at an Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 a.m. May Van Gundy’s hearing aid, and Sunday of the month” dinner at the early brainstorming session. The vision was shared See you at the pole! visited the Dwight Woods while Community Building. there, then Veda visited with Alta Virgil and Joyce Price are enjoy- May after delivering the hearing aid ing a visit from their son, Bob, and to Norton with instructions. wife, who play some mean banjo The morning of Sept. 3, the tem- and guitar, bluegrass, sacred and perature is 48 degrees. By the time old time songs. Schedule of Oberlin and area church services: this is printed, Hurricane Hanna will Several gathered in their yard to be past, and Ike looks threatening. listen to the music, and then were OBERLIN SACRED HEART Oberlin Community Fellowship NORCATUR UNITED METHODIST FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH Merlin just got his storm shutters treated to Joyce’s birthday cake. CATHOLIC CHURCH (Southern Baptist) Pastor: Larry Danforth 404 North York Avenue back up. What could be better than that? 785-475-3103 Pastor: Fred Dycus Almena Oberlin, Kansas Margaret “Toots” Magers has Fr. Henry Saw Lone, SUNDAY: Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; SUNDAY: Worship Service, 10 a.m.; Rev. Charlotte Strecker-Baseler Mass: 5:30 p.m., Saturday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m., AWANA Church School, 10:30 a.m. Church Office Phone: 785-475-2053 Club 4-6 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Service, SUNDAY: Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 7 p.m. and Educational Hour, 10:45 a.m. Holy Com- LYLE UNITED METHODIST CATHOLIC, LEOVILLE munion first and third Sundays. THURSDAY: Guest Speakers Fr. Henry Saw Lone OBERLIN UNITED METHODIST Women’s Bible Study second Thursday at every Sunday Midway News MASS: 8 a.m., Sunday. 102 North Cass — 785-475-3067 9:30 a.m. By Mary Lou Olson The Rev. Doug Hasty SUNDAY: Morning Worship 8 a.m. THE WORKING MAN’S CHURCH SACRED HEART CATHOLIC, SUNDAY: Church School, 9:30 a.m.; C&H Power Line Building on Hwy 83 SELDEN Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. (Nursery EVANGELICAL COVENANT Congratulations to Michael and Alstrom, Oberlin; Bob and Sharon (North of the Airport) Oberlin, Kan. Fr. Henry Saw Lone provided.) WEDNESDAY: Choir practice, CHURCH OF OBERLIN Erin Kittson of Tucson, Ariz., on Bearley, Kensington; Don and Em Pastor John Paulson MASS: 10 a.m., Sunday 7:30 p.m. Pastor Tom Smith the arrival of a son, Noah Michael, Threlkel, and Neva Lou and Emily Interim Pastor SUNDAY: Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Come as who was born Sept. 1. He weighed Holub, Atwood. Joan Erickson, OBERLIN SEVENTH-DAY CLAYTON UNITED METHODIST 810 West Cedar, Oberlin your are. 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 Atwood, was also a visitor. ADVENTIST CHURCH Pastor: Larry Danforth Office Phone 785-475-2769 inches long. Esther Noren returned home Mike Larson Almena SUNDAY: Worship Service, 9:30 a.m; 120 South East, Oberlin His mother is the former Erin Saturday after visiting a week with SUNDAY: Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Wor- Fellowship Time, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday SATURDAY: Sabbath School, 9:15 ship Service, 11 a.m. School, 11 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Bible Schmidt, daughter of Chris and her daughters, Judy and Larry The- a.m.; Saturday Worship, 11 a.m. Study, 7 p.m. Sherri Schmidt. Paternal grandpar- lander in Salina and Alice and Ken OBERLIN ASSEMBLY OF GOD ents are James and Juanita Kittson Robson in Ellsworth. JENNINGS-DRESDEN The Rev. Royce Leitner LUND COVENANT CHURCH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH JENNINGS SUNDAY: Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Morn- Pastor: Doug Mason of Badger Creek, Mont. Great- Ava Perkins of Wichita spent Carrie Buhler, pastor grandmothers are Daisy Schmidt, the weekend with her parents, Bob ing Worship, 11 a.m.; Evening Worship, 10 miles south, 4 miles west of Oberlin SUNDAY: Church School, 10 a.m. 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Adult Bible study, SUNDAY: Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Wor- Achilles; Marie Williamson, Heart and Sally Olson. Mrs. Perkins and Morning Worship, 11 a.m. 7 p.m. ship, 11 a.m. ; WEDNESDAY: Bible Study DRESDEN Butte, Mont.; and Beverly Kittson, her husband, Lewis, plan to go to and prayer, 7:30 p.m. Browning, Mont. Switzerland in October to visit SUNDAY: Morning Worship, 9:30 a.m. OBERLIN CHURCH OF CHRIST South Beaver Street - Oberlin Chris and Sherri Schmidt, and her cousin and family, Martin and ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH PRAIRIE CHAPEL Bill Duncan — Phone 785-475-3259 510 North Wilson Daisy Schmidt returned home Sheri (Peebles) Martin and Lia, for UNITED METHODIST SUNDAY: Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Interim Pastor: Thursday from Tucson, where they two weeks. The Rev. Doug Hasty Worship Hour, 10:45 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Kevin Schnakenberg had visited the Kittson family and Donna Kelley spent a recent SUNDAY: Church Services, 9 a.m.; Ladies Home Bible Study, 9 a.m. SUNDAY: Sunday School and Bible also another daughter, Dawnelle weekend in Frederick, Colo., caring Sunday School, 8:30 a.m. class, 9:45 a.m.; Divine Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Holy Communion: 1st and 3rd and Curtis Heim, Karli Kelsi and for her granddaughters, Kendra and HERNDON IMMANUEL ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, HERNDON Sundays.. Christopher. Jessica Kelley, while their parents, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST The Rev. Galen Long Phone 785-322-5560 Weekend guests of Elma Lee Sheldon and Brenda Kelley, were Pastor: Dennis Brown MASS: SUNDAY, 8 a.m Erickson were Mr. and Mrs. Bill gone. SUNDAY: Morning Worship, 9 a.m. Watkins of Havasu, Ariz. He is a Mary Lou Olson and Cecil Hess UNITED CHURCH OF OBERLIN HERNDON COVENANT CHURCH nephew of Mrs. Erickson. visited Mrs. Olson’s granddaugh- Pastor: Judi Stricker Keith Reuther, Pastor Joining them for dinner on Sun- ter, Keely Wilson, Julie Beth and 109 North Griffith-American Baptist, Phone 785-322-5316 Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian USA day at her apartment in Atwood Harmony, in Kearney, Neb., on SUNDAY: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; were Nora Bearley and Montine Wednesday. SUNDAY: Adult Sunday School, 9:30 Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; Youth a.m.; Coffee: 10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Wor- Group, 4 p.m. ship Service, 11 a.m. Choir practice every Sun. at 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion, 1st & 3rd Sundays. United Church Women, 2nd Wed at 2 p.m. Parish Council, 2nd Call Dave Bergling Sun. following Worship

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