COLERIDGE —  The Coleridge School Board tabled making any decisions Thursday concerning the 2010-11 inter-local agreement with the Laurel-Concord School District.

Board members are waiting until after Nov. 16 to make any decisions concerning the next school year.

Tbat’s when the Laurel-Concord School board will have the option of voting whether to commit to a Middle School at the Coleridge location, or keeping their current system intact.

“It will be on the agenda – but it could be tabled,” said Supt. Rich Patton. “If a decision is made to go ahead there will be a ton of decisions to make. Some will have to be done by the school boards and some will be done at the site.”

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COLERIDGE  —  A National American Legion Commander spoke at the Coleridge High School Veteran’s Day Assembly on Nov 4.

Clarence Hill, from Jacksonville, Florida, talked about the important job members of the military have.

“The Armed Forces carry the responsibility of defending this nation – what a responsibility that is,” said Hill. “It involves ordinary people doing extra-ordinary things.”

Those who have been willing to serve their country have been found on our streets, in our shops, on the farms or running a business – they are ordinary people doing extra-ordinary things.

HARTINGTON — Law enforcement officers are still investigating two area break-ins.
A theft at Steffen Drug, Hartington, took place some time around 3 a.m., Oct 14.
A 911 call came into the Cedar County Sheriff’s office at 6:40 a,m. Wednesday reporting the front door at Lonnie’s Bar and Grill, Coleridge, was broken.
Law enforcement officials are not saying if the break-ins are related, but in both cases, entrance was gained by throwing an object through the front door of the establishments.
Cash, checks, controlled substances and Sudafed were taken from the local drug store, said co-owner Brenda Steffen. Family members spent much of Wednesday doing inventory to determine exactly what was stolen.
“They knew what they were looking for – they went to the back and took controlled substances,” said Steffen. “All of the Sudafed is gone.”
It appeared the robbers had tried to get through the back door first and then went to the front of the building and threw a brick through the door.
Cash and cigarettes were missing from Lonnie’s. No other details on that break-in were known at press time.
Law enforcement officials refused comment, saying the case is still under investigation.

COLERIDGE —  Coleridge School Board members took action last week to make sure local athletes can play football next year.

Two applications for a two-year football co-op, one with Laurel-Concord and one with, “another adjoining school district,” will be filed with the Nebraska School Activities Association before Nov. 6, the Coleridge Community School Board decided at its Wednesday meeting.

“The school will have until the end of November to withdraw one or both of the applications,” said Craig Frerichs, who is the Administrative Director for both schools.

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COLERIDGE — Immanuel Lutheran Church in Coleridge will be marking its 125th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 6.
The Q125 Celebration will be a day to celebrate the past as well as the future according to Pastor Andreas Stein.
The theme of the morning worship service at 10 a.m. is “Lord, where are you leading?”

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Coleridge SWAT Call Leads to Suspect Arrest

COLERIDGE — A Coleridge, Nebraska is in jail after a more than five hour standoff with authorities following a domestic disturbance.
Shortly after 9 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 12, Cedar County Dispatch received a call of a domestic disturbance involving a weapon at a residence southeast of Coleridge, in Cedar County, Nebraska.

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HARTINGTON —A petition filed in District Court to stop a 5,000 head feedlot from being located within one mile of the Village of Coleridge has been thrown out.
District Judge William Binkard has issued an order to dismiss a petition filed by the “Concerned Citizens of Coleridge,” which asked the Coleridge Village Board to reverse their decision on the conditional use permit for the feedlot.

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HARTINGTON — Judge William Binkard will determine in early August if a lawsuit against the Coleridge Village Board will be dismissed.
The issue concerns a conditional-use permit which would allow a feedlot within one mile of  Coleridge. A lawsuit was then filed to oppose the move  – although a final decision on the issue could be a long way down the road.
Three attorneys presented arguments before Judge Binkard on Monday.
Binkard gave the attorneys an opportunity to file briefs to support their arguments concerning the lawsuit.

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HARTINGTON — So long smoke, hello clean air.
A statewide smoking ban takes effect June 1.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and local health departments will be working with businesses to help them comply with Nebraska’s new smoke-free law.
Every indoor workplace and public place in Cedar County as well as across the state must be smoke-free by June 1. The act was designed to protect the public health and welfare of people.
Lonnie Sackschewsky, who owns Lonnie’s Bar and Grill in Coleridge and Donavon Kleinschmit, who owns Delmonicos #20 Saloon & Steak House in Fordyce, do not like the new law.
“I don’t think the ban is fair,” said Sackschewsky.
People can currently smoke at most food establishments in the county, but June 1 that will change.
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HARTINGTON — Valuations on some properties in Cedar County will take a jump up for 2009.
Close to 5,000 Notice of Valuation Changes will be in the mail by June 1, said Cedar County Assessor Don Hoesing.
Ag land values will go up; crop land values will raise between 10 and 15 percent and grassland will go up around five percent, Hoesing said.
Rural residential property will see an increase but only a portion of the residences in Hartington and some commercial property will need to be raised in value, he said.
“Our sales show the residences in the west part of Hartington need to be raised – values in other towns will not see a change,” said Hoesing. “Some of the commercial properties in Hartington and Laurel will also be raised.”

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HARTINGTON — A conditional use permit for a feedlot that would be within one mile of the Village of Coleridge could be headed for District Court.
Papers filed in Cedar County District Court are asking the Coleridge Village Board to reverse a decision made at a March 9 meeting giving permission for the feedlot.
The petition claims the application for the conditional use permit was not a complete application and should not have been approved by the village board.
“The application is invalid. The application flat-out does not comply with regulations,” said Omaha Attorney James Buchanan, who filed the petition on behalf of ‘Concerned Citizens of Coleridge,’ a group of area residents that chose not to have their names connected with the lawsuit.