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Become a fan The Hebron ournal Find us on Facebook Courthouse News ................3 Banner-Argus ...................... 7 Cards of Thanks ..................4 Chester Herald .................. 11 Churches ............................. 5 Classifi eds ........................ 13 Football Contest ................10 J Sports .................................9 75¢ egister Volume 139, Issue 44 14 Pages, One Section, Plus Supplements Wednesday, November 3, 2010 http://hebronjournalregister.comR ‘Mook’ Wilhelms Thayer County voters make picks inducted into Thayer County Election Commissioner Rebekah Davis-D ......................... 305 Little Blue Natural Resources District NPA Hall of Fame Marie Rauner reported a 51 percent Dan Hill-P ..................................... 152 Board of Directors Subdistrict 2 voter turnout for the General Election. STATE TICKET Warren F. Brakhahn .....................1104 Alton “Mook” Wilhelms was introduced to the newspaper in- Election poll workers didn’t report any Governor and Lt. Governor Little Blue Natural Resources District dustry in 1950 when he bought serious problems throughout the day. Heineman/Sheehy-R .................. 1537 Board of Directors Subdistrict 3 Unfortunately it was discovered that the the weekly Polk Progress. Last Meister/Boyle-D ............................ 370 Edward Fleharty ..........................1120 weekend, the Master Editor- Chester Cemetery Levy Override issue Secretary of State Little Blue Natural Resources District was mistakenly left off of the rural split Publisher was inducted into the of the Chester ballot. John Gale-R ............................... 1315 Board of Directors Subdistrict 4 Nebraska Journalism 2010 Hall “I feel awful about the mistake and Janet Stewart-D ............................404 John Rieckman ...........................1091 of Fame. I have to take full responsibility for it,” State Treasurer Little Blue Natural Resources District Five years after puchasing Rauner said. “Unfortunately with the Don Stenberg-R ..........................1460 Board of Directors Subdistrict 5 the Polk newspaper, Mook sold current ballot publishers we have nu- Mark Stoj-D ...................................339 Richard Kahman .........................1087 The Progress to Norris Alfred merous corrections to make and in one Attorney General Little Blue Natural Resources District and purchased the Stromsburg of the rechecks I just missed the fact Jon Bruning-R .............................1619 Board of Directors Subdistrict 6 Headlight. In 1968 he purchased the Osceola Record and in 1972 Alton “Mook” Wilhelms that they removed this issue from that Auditor of Public Accounts Lyle Heinrichs ............................. 1313 ballot split.” added the Shelby Sun. Mike Foley-R .............................. 1422 Little Blue Natural Resources District The Headlight was a consis- Here are the unoffi cial results: Michele Sallach-Grace-L .............. 222 Board of Directors Subdistrict 7 tent winner in the Nebraska Press In 2002, Wilhelms was awarded CONGRESSIONAL TICKET Public Service Commissioner Joseph G. Hergott ...................... 1376 contests winning fi rst place in the NPA Master Editor-Publisher District 3 Representative Rod Johnson-R ...........................1406 Little Blue Natural Resources District both Service to Agriculture and award and in 2009, he was named Adrian Smith-R ........................... 1396 COUNTY TICKET Board of Directors Subdistrict 8 Community Service in 1962 and Journalist All-American by his County Commissioner Gene L. Thomas ..........................1159 in 1962-63 the paper won national alma mater Midland Lutheran David Bruning-R ..........................1160 Norris Public Power District honors in Service to Agriculture. College in Fremont. Dean Krueger-R ......................... 1219 Board of Directors Subdivision 11 Wilhelms was president of the Wilhelms, currently living in Loren Peithmann-D ...................... 434 Rodney Heinrichs ......................... 896 NPAS (Nebraska Press Advertising Lincoln with his wife Ardis, is a Service) in 1962 and was elected Rosalie Lange-D ...........................590 Educational Service Unit #5 native of Bruning. president of NPA (Nebraska Press A staunch Nebraska football County Clerk Member of the Board District 1 Association) in 1970. fan, Wilhelms was elected to the Marie Rauner-R .......................... 1709 Don L. Crowder .......................... 1334 He believed the obligation of Nebraska Football Hall of Fame County Treasurer Educational Service Unit #5 a newspaper was to educate and Board of Directors in 1992. His Eileen M. Asche-R ...................... 1667 Member of the Board District 3 entertain. His personal column, “Mutterings” column always end- County Assessor Darlene Pierce ..................................6 “Mutterings by Mook,” was writ- ed with “I’m a Nebraska football Karla Joe-R .................................1631 South Central Public Power District ten for that purpose. fan. What makes you happy?” Set clocks back one hour County Attorney Board of Directors Subdivision 5 Daniel Werner-R .........................1419 Larry Mikkelsen ................................ 6 Clerk of the District Court Educational Service Unit #6 Stacey L. McLaughlin-R ............. 1638 Member of the Board District 3 Board of Education District 303 Todd R. Heinrichs ........................... 61 County Sheriff Jan Myers ......................................... 3 Dwayne Wolfe ................................ 75 Chester Cemetery Levy Tidbits David E. Lee-R ........................... 1463 SCHOOL TICKET CITY TICKET Override ................For-40 Against-21 Thayer County Weed Board Fairbury Public School City of Hebron Mayor Hubbell Village Board Football Contest... Kenneth Effenbeck ..................... 1294 Board of Education District 8 Edward Bliss .................................158 James Payne ..................................12 We’re down to the wire in the Robert Harms ............................. 1243 Vickie Banahan .................................9 Shane Day ....................................385 David R. Donan .............................. 16 fi nal week of the Hebron Journal- NONPARTISAN TICKET Christine A. Ruzicka ......................... 9 City of Hebron Byron Village Board Register football contest. The Legislature - District 32 Tammi L. Davis ................................. 6 Councilmember Ward 1 Jaye Moeller ................................... 22 fi nal entry form can be found Russell J. Karpisek ..................... 1421 Thayer Central Community Schools Richard L. Koch ............................ 132 Lyle D. Watkins ...............................23 on page 10. Board of Education-District 5 Board of Education District 70 City of Hebron Kevin Wollenberg ........................... 24 This week each of the fi ve Patricia H. Timm ......................... 1214 Tom Tipton .................................... 720 Councilmember Ward 2 Carleton Village Board winners guessed 12 games Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Nate Casey ...................................744 Larry Fangmeier ........................... 134 Cristine A. Smith ............................. 20 correctly, meaning they missed Michael G. Heavican yes-989 no-415 Rick Hintz ..................................... 740 City of Hebron Vicki L. Williams ..............................23 four. Of those fi ve, four had the Judge of the Supreme Court District 5 Shickley Public Schools Councilmember Ward 3 William McPherson (write-in) ..........15 same point spread picked in William M. Connolly yes-980 no-406 Board of Education District 54 Robert Dodes ............................... 175 Davenport Village Board the tie-breaker; however each Judge of the Court of Appeals District 5 Chris Swartzendruber .......................3 City of Hebron Airport Authority Justin Trapp .................................... 92 picked Texas to win when it was, Everett O. Inbody ......yes-926 no-429 Dan Miller ......................................... 4 Lenny Bowman .............................422 Donovan Knigge ............................. 76 in fact, Baylor, a guess Jim Boyer Judge of the Nebraska Workers’ Tiya Johnson .................................... 2 City of Deshler Mayor Douglas B. Holtzen .........................92 of Fairbury correctly placed. He, Compensation Court Les Schlegel ..................................... 3 Naomi Grupe ................................ 212 Richard D. Lawson ......................... 36 then, is the winner of the fi rst John R. Hoffert ......... yes-939 no-421 Kari Jo Alfs ........................................1 Alan Holle (withdrew) ......................34 Bruning Village Board place prize this week. Michael P. Cavel ........ yes-894 no-411 John Mick ......................................... 3 City of Deshler Councilmember William Behmerwohld ..................... 44 The other four will split the Ronald Brown .......... yes-902 no-401 Deshler Public Schools Jeanette Fintel ...............................117 Janet M. Bentley .............................64 second and third place prizes. James R. Coe ........... yes-888 no-407 Board of Education District 60 Ray L Wharton ..............................136 James Hogeland .............................76 Winners are Chris Connell, Judge of the County Court District 1 John Noojin ...................................326 City of Deshler Sales and Use Tax Larry W. Bowman ........................... 38 J. Patrick McArdle ...yes-1075