HARTINGTON — For the past year, the community of Hartington has been involved in a spruce-up campaign in preparation for the Memorial Day weekend Q’125 celebration.
The campaign has resulted in a number of improvements to city property, the business community and many residential homes.

Some of the improvements include the repainting of all the downtown street light poles, and new red paint for the 105 fire hydrants in and around town.

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HARTINGTON — Cedar County does not have to abide by Hartington’s zoning board decision denying the county a zoning change request, Cedar County Attorney George Hirschbach told Cedar County Commissioners last week.
The County had requested that land purchased by the county last October, be rezoned from residential to commercial.
The land, located adjacent to the county courthouse on the east side of the block, had two houses on it. Those houses will be used for parking and a well field for a planned geothermal heating and cooling system for the courthouse.
The county submitted its request to have the land rezoned, but the request was denied during a recent city Zoning Board meeting.

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HARTINGTON — Hartington City Council members are considering a new agreement with Hartington Public School and Cedar Catholic High School for the use of the Hartington Community Complex.
On Monday evening Council members directed City Attorney Steve Pier to send a letter notifying the schools of their intent.
“Our intent is to work out a favorable agreement between the city and the schools,” said Councilman Ed Bottolfsen.

HARTINGTON — The One and Six Year Street Plan was reviewed in depth by the members of the Hartington City Council at their meeting Monday.
A public hearing will be held on Feb. 11. A street plan for the city will be adopted following the hearing.
One year ago the Council moved several of the streets into the one-year section of the plan.
“We did it with the thought,  if Duane Arens would have his subdivision ready, all of us would save money by having our street work done at the same time as the streets in the subdivision,” said Mayor Bill Yates. “It is not feasible to pave just a few blocks at a time.”
According to Yates, most of the streets have been included in the Street Plan for many years, although they have yet to be paved.
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PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Katharine Haley Keeley, Palos Verdes, Calif., formerly of Hartington, died Jan. 6, 2008, at her home in Palos Verdes.
A memorial Mass was offered for Katharine Jan. 12 at the Daughters of Mary and Joseph Chapel, Palos Verdes, Calif.
Katharine was born and raised in Hartington, the daughter of longtime Hartington residents, Lucile J. and Clarence E. Haley.  After graduating from Duchesne College, Omaha, she was the school’s development director before becoming a director of the Campfire Girls organization, Omaha. She moved to California, earning her MAT at Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, Calif., and taught in the San Francisco public schools for several years.

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ABILENE, Texas — Aileen Troth Boeshart, 87, died Jan. 20, 2008.
Services were Jan. 24 at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Faith, Abilene, Texas.
Burial was in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Mitchell Boeshart, Scott Boeshart, Jerod Stimpson, Bubba Klostermann, Tony McMillan and Bill Snowden.
The daughter of Myrtle (Krause) and Roy Troth, Aileen was born Jan. 5, 1921, in Dixon County. She married Ray Boeshart July 27, 1941, in Sunnyvale, Calif. After many years in the ranching business, the couple moved from Nebraska to Abilene in 1968.
She and her husband owned and managed local hotels.

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OMAHA — Francis “Frank” R. Thieman, 71, died Jan. 24, 2008, in Omaha, after a long battle with heart disease.
Visitation and a Rosary were Jan. 27 at St. Frances Catholic Church, Randolph;
Funeral Services were Jan. 28 at St. Frances Catholic Church, Randolph, with Rev. Dave Korth and Rev. John Andrews officiating.
Interment was in St. Frances Cemetery Randolph, with Military Rites provided by V.F.W. Alvin Kessler Post #5545 and American Legion Post #113, Randolph.
Johnson Funeral Home, Randolph, was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Corey James, Alex McFarland, Jeff Edmondson, Eric Sauser, Mike Sloan and Marshall Einrem

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LUVERNE Minn. — Jenneviva “Jennie” Peterson, 96, formerly of Laurel, died Jan. 21, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Society-Mary Jane Brown Home, Luverne, Minn.
Jenneviva was born to Carl and Otelia (Johnson) Magnuson April 20, 1911, south of Laurel, where she was raised and attended school. She married Evan Peterson Feb. 10, 1932, in Omaha.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Maynard Dale Hansen, 72, Sioux Falls, S.D.,
died Jan. 20, 2008.
Funeral services were Jan. 24 at the George Boom Funeral Home,
Sioux Falls. with Pastor Michael Bales officiating.
Interment was in the Tea Cemetery, Tea, S.D.
Maynard Dale Hansen, the son of Walter and Ruth (Andersen) Hansen was born April 26, 1935, in Carroll. The family moved to Allen, where he attended schools and graduated from high school.

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HARTINGTON — Cedar Catholic split a pair of games during non-conference action last week. The Trojans fell 51-42 to defending state champion Ponca Tuesday night.
Cedar rebounded Friday with a huge 60-34 win over Wagner, S.D.
Senior point guard Mark Dendinger paced the Cedar offense against Ponca. Dendinger hit for 10 points on the night. Kyle Kramer chipped in with nine points in the contest.
Despite the loss, Coach Matt Steffen was pleased with the effort from his team.

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HARTINGTON — The Hartington Wildcats made it four in a row Monday.
Hartingon now boasts a 10-5 record on the year after defeating Winside in first-round action of the Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament.
The Wildcats started the winning sreak with a 60-39 win over Bloomfield. The Cats next defeated Plainview 67-50 before handing the Winside Wildats two straight losses.
Hartington had no trouble with the Winside Wildcats Thursday as they steamrolled their way to a big 40-24 halftime lead and never looked back as they cruised to a 72-37 win.
A balanced attack was the secret to the big offensive outburst as Hartingon put four players in double figures.

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