OSMOND — The Osmond and Randolph boards of education met Monday, Dec. 7.

An executive session was called during the meeting to discuss sharing a school superintendent.

After coming out of the executive session, both boards voted Monday to continue sharing the position, which is currently held be Steve Rinehart of Randolph.

HARTINGTON  — The Cedar County Extension Office is in the process of hiring a full-time Extension Educator.

The Deans of Extension have completed the first round of interviews at Lincoln and have narrowed the selection down to two candidates, according to Ruth Vonderhoe Extension Educator for Cedar and Knox counties.

The next interview will be done on Dec. 15 by the three members on the Cedar County Extension Board. Those members are Kathy Heimes, Hartington; Lori Hansen, Laurel and Ken Thoene, Fordyce.

HARTINGTON —  Cedar County Commissioners boosted the pay scale for themselves and other elected county officials during the Nov. 24 Commission meeting.

The base pay for elected county officials will go from $45,200 up to $48,700, which is almost an eight percent increase.

The salary for each of the three commissioners will jump from $26,892 to $28,643.

Benefits for county employees also include health and life insurance.

The new salary amounts go into effect in Jan. of 2011.

Newspaper will be on the way

HARTINGTON  —  The final high school football ratings of 2009 confirm what Cedar Catholic fans have known all along — the Trojans are one of the best football teams in the state.

Cedar Catholic’s runner-up finish in the C2 state semifinal game earned the Trojans a second-place rating in the final polls of the 2009 season. The Trojans started the season rated fourth in the state in most polls.

Cedar’s  10-3 final record marks the third time in school history the Trojans have earned 10 wins. Cedar went 10-3 in 2001 when the team finished as the State runner-up to Lawrence-Nelson. The Trojans put together a 10-2 season in 2007, falling 7-0 in the semifinals to defending state champion Wakefield.

The state’s football experts had trouble figuring out Wynot High School.

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HARTINGTON — Hartington City Council members took a long, hard look at what can be done to fix the football field at the Community Complex – and also where the money would come from.

“It is not in the budget – we would have to borrow the money,” said Mayor Bill Yates.

Gary Kuehn, Supt. of the Hartington Golf and Country Club, had been asked to give his viewpoint of what could be done.

“There are problems out there,” said Gary. “There is no root system and you have to find a way to get rid of the water. Drainage tiles are needed.”

Kuehn suggested taking the sod off the top of the field and putting in some drain tile.

The next step would be adding a layer of pea gravel on top of the base, covering it with top soil and bringing it to a crown.

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ST. HELENA — Gene Wuebben has traveled down a lot of country roads and met a lot of kids over the years.

For the last 40 years Wuebben has been driving a school bus for students who rode the bus to East Catholic in Bow Valley, as well as those who shared the ride to other area schools.

The route for East Catholic includes St. James, Bow Valley, St. Helena and Wynot along with a sister school – West Catholic in Fordyce.

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HARTINGTON — Bob Dickey may be one of the most-travelled farmers in the country. Home base for Dickey is Laurel, where he farms with his wife Mary, raising corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs. But in his positions with the National Corn Growers Association over the years, Dickey has seen the world, and represented American farmers far and wide.

Dickey recently completed a term as President of NCGA and still serves the organization as chairman. Reflecting on the past year, Dickey said, “Since October 2008, we have seen huge shifts in the political and social landscapes. Together, our board worked tirelessly to ensure that future generations of growers would benefit from intelligent public policy decisions.”

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PIERCE — Blanche Anderson, 92, Pierce, died Nov. 24, 2009, at Faith Regional Health Services, West Campus, Norfolk.

Funeral services were Nov. 28 at Stonacek Memorial Chapel, Pierce, with Rev. Terry Buol officiating.

Interment was in Prospect View Cemetery, Pierce.

Pallbearers were Greg Larsen, Richard Lovig, Jim Prahl and Bill Janssen.

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BLOOMFIELD — Norma Jean Sherer, 59, Bloomfield, formerly of Coleridge, died Nov. 23, 2009, at the Bloomfield Good Samaritan Center, Bloomfield.

Visitation was Nov. 25 one hour prior to services at church.

Funeral Services were Nov. 25 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Bloomfield, with the Rev. Tim Koester officiating.

Burial was in the Coleridge City Cemetery.

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HARTINGTON — Norma J. Summers, 81, Hartington, died Nov. 24, 2009, at the Golden Living Center, Hartington.

Visitation was Nov. 27 at the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington, and continued one hour prior to services at the church Saturday.

Funeral Services were Nov. 28 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hartington, with the Rev. Bob Bryan officiating.

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