Become a fan Find us on Facebook The Hebron ournal Courthouse News ................3 Banner-Argus ...................... 8 Churches ............................. 5 Cards of Thanks ..................4 Classifi eds ........................ 13 Sports ................................ 10 Football Contest ..................9 $100 J eegistergister Volume 140, Issue 43 14 Pages, One Section, Plus Supplements Wednesday, October 26, 2011 hhttp://hebronjournalregister.comRttp://hebronjournalregister.com Costume Contest City to discuss electric rate, HVFD sinking fund increases city leaders may have to double the fund the same,” councilwoman Beth In other business, councilman Parade By Jacque Rocole Hebron Journal-Register amount already going in. Goldhammer said, “we’ll need an Fangmeier said the city’s wholesale “We’ve been going through the additional $80,000 to $90,000 when cost for electricity was getting hit The Hebron City Council will ad- budget and know we’re going to be the time comes.” with a six percent increase. The coun- dress two budget items at the Novem- short,” Linton said. “The city truck Council president Larry Fangmeier cil has until December to decide, but ber meeting next month including and pumper truck come from the agreed. “It looks to me we could be Fangmeier wanted them to be aware electrical rate and fi re department sinking fund, and even though we adding an additional $750 to $1,000 a change needed to be made. “We sinking fund adjustments. Both will won’t need a new truck for another a month to the money we’re already are looking at an increase,” he said, most likely increase. 10 years, at the rate we’re going we putting in the account,” he said. “but we’re going to research the peak At the October meeting, Hebron won’t have enough when the time Linton said the department’s two period to see how much the raise will The Hebron Lions Club Volunteer Fire Department chief comes.” ambulances were bought with dona- be. No one likes to see their electric- and Woman’s Achievement B.J. Linton said the sinking fund as Currently the city funds the ac- tions only, while the fuel comes out ity rates go up, but we won’t be able Club will host the annual it stands now will not keep up with count with $1,000 a month, but price of the normal fi re department budget. to sustain the wholesale increase Halloween Costume Contest projected costs. He asked council tags for new trucks continues to rise. The chief will present additional without raising the rates.” and Parade this Monday, Oct. members to consider upping the Linton said adding a new truck is information at the November meet- The council will discuss the rates 31, at 5 p.m. amount of cash the City normally projected to cost over $200,000 in ing where city offi cials will fi nalize in more detail at the November meeting. Contestants should meet submits to the fund. In fact, the the next decade. “If we keep the their decision. at the corner of Fifth St. and Lincoln Ave., in front of the Majestic Theatre for the costume contest. Winners will be announced in front of the Grace Lutheran Church following the costume parade CCommunityommunity through town. Everyone is invited to par- ticipate. Thayer County Health Services fi rrstst invites any and all trick-or-treat- ers to the front hospital lobby on Halloween. Treats will be handed out from 11 a.m. to noon. Tidbits Hospital Variety Show... The Hospital Foundation will hold its annual variety show this Sunday, Oct. 30, at the Thayer County Fairgrounds Ag Hall in Deshler. The theme for this year is “Belle of the Ball.” Entertainment following the meal includes Dueling Pianos. Special presentations will be made at 6:30 p.m., prior to the entertainment and following the 6 p.m. meal. JR Photo/Jacque Rocole For reservations or more infor- Davenport coffee drinkers swap stories Thursday morning in the Frontier Bank board room. Bank president Jake Voss (pictured standing mation call 401-768-4636/4632. in background), offered use of the room to local sippers after the Base Hit Bar burned down last winter. Pictured seated at the table are (l-r): Gaylord Rachow, Dale Wittrock, Emil Pearson, Zola Johnson and Bonnie Dumler. Football contest... The second place winner from last week advanced the fi eld by Dollars and quarters add up to sizeable donation for community collecting the fi rst place this week. Karen Baker of Wymore By Jacque Rocole the only place in town where people coffee machines already, so I just to hold the traditional coffee vigil, to could grab a cup of coffee and have a opened it up.” no avail, which is when he stepped only missed two games to win Hebron Journal-Register sit down with their neighbor. “There The bank is located diagonally in. “On Fridays, our bank employ- including the Purdue/Illinois When the Base Hit Bar in Dav- really wasn’t anywhere else to go,” across the street from where the ees provide rolls or doughnuts for upset which everyone else who enport was destroyed by fi re last he said, “so I opened the board room cafe sat in downtown Davenport. everyone,” he added. won also missed. winter, Frontier Bank president Jake at the bank and invited everyone to Voss said several people asked area Second place went to veteran Voss saw a need. The bar/cafe was use it. We had the seating and the businesses if there might be a place See Community...pg 11 player LaVonne Kassebaum after he missed three games. And although several people also missed three games, Kasse- baum’s point spread guess of 28 First round playoffs this week in the Nebraska over Minnesota All three Thayer County High School football teams will contest came the closest to the head into the state playoffs this week. First rounds are this actual 27-point win by the Husker Thursday night; all kickoffs are at 6 p.m. team. Class D1 No. 2 in the East division Bruning-Davenport/ Remember, the tie-breaker Shickley (7-1) will host Omaha Christian Academy (4-4) on goes to the person who guesses the Shickley grid. closest to the actual point In the same class and division, the No. 16 Deshler Dragons spread. It doesn’t matter if the (4-4) will face No. 1 Pender (7-0) at Pender. Deshler Public guess is over the correct points Schools will dismiss at 1:07 p.m. on Thursday. or not, which takes us to the third Class C2 No. 15 in the West division Thayer Central (4-4) place winners. Husband and wife will face No. 2 Kearney Catholic (7-1) in Kearney. team Dale and Janice Klaumann both missed three games, but both guessed three points away from the actual point spread in the tie-breaker. Dale guessed 30 points while Janice guessed 24. Whether they choose to share the cash or split it is up to them, but Courtesy Photo either way, they both claimed the third place prize. TC Players to present ‘Diary of Anne Frank’... There’s still two weeks of the Thayer Central Players will bring the timeless and poignant story of The Diary of Anne contest left and the grand prize Frank to the high school stage Saturday, Nov. 5 and Monday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. There will of $150 remains unclaimed. also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Monday for the elementary and junior high students. The You’ll find this week’s entry play is an adaptation of the autobiography Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, which inside. Good luck and happy details the two years that Anne, a young Jewish girl, and her family spent in hiding guessing. from the Nazis during World War II. Thayer Central’s production will use a combination of live action scenes and multi-media to present this moving account of the Holocaust and its devastating effect on human lives. Directed by Anne Roesner Heitmann, the play features (l-r): Back row: Sydney Cottam as Miep Gies; Cassie Beeman as Margot; Tim ~Obituaries~ Wiedel as Mr. Van Daan. Middle row: Caryn Friesen as Mrs. Frank; Rachel Heitmann as Becker, Loretta, 90, Sutton JR Photo/Mike Edgecombe Anne Frank; Ethan Friesen as Mr. Dussel; and Russell Heitmann as Mr. Frank. Front row: Rachel Johnson as Mrs. Van Daan and Peyton Schmitt as Peter Van Daan. Crew Bowker, Roger, 80, Seward Thayer Central junior Tyler Van Cleef (44) attempts to strip the ball from a Wood River carrier Friday night as the Titans ended members include Sara Bulin, Brittany Charters, McCall Madsen, Rachael Fangmeier, Hillman, Ronnie, 65, Deshler their regular season on a 49-7 win. Find game fi nals inside on Cambrie Cottam, Heath Fink, Simon Wiedel, and Silvia Galvan. Production assistants Wiedel, Roger G., 72, Hebron the Sports page. include Chuck Fink, Emily Seifert, Wade Vernon, and Michael Pracheil. 2 - Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - The Hebron Journal-Register TC Third And Fourth Grade My Thoughts Exactly Home & Community Connections Students Attend Festival By Jacque Rocole Phyllis Schoenholz, Extension Educator Journal-Register News Director UN-L Cooperative Extension in Southern Plains Unit People have been making jack-o’-lanterns for centuries; carving vegetables and turning them into protective shells for embers and Halloween Safety candles. But the lanterns weren’t made out of pumpkins until the fi rst No spells will be cast on their mouths. settlers arrived to this continent and found the native fruit. young spooks this Hallow- All children should stay in Irish folklore says the term jack-o’-lantern derives from a thief een with a few sensible tips their own neighborhood and nicknamed “Stingy Jack” who is said to have tricked the Devil.