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Dec. 2, 2009
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.
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,” he said. “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.
“It would have to be done right – it would not be cheap,” said Kuehn.
Another suggestion, with a lower price tag, would be to till the field and add sand and soil to the base.
“It might work,” said Kuehn. “But if it doesn’t, you have spent the money and you still have the problem.”
Council members have a concern on getting the necessary equipment onto the field without damaging the track.
Contact with Wayne State College will be made concerning the recent work that was done on their field.
“Find out what they did to their field and who did the work,” said Councilman Tim Burbach. “We can get an idea of what is out there. Something has to be done – that is for sure.”
Dec. 2, 2009
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.
Kids on his bus have also included Hartington students on the Cedar Catholic route.
“I would pick up kids and meet the Cedar Catholic bus in the country,” Wuebben said. “At first the buses from the different schools were following each other around – then the schools started working together on the bus routes. We always drove by the clock – a time was designated for the bus to be at a certain place at a certain time to meet the other bus.”
When Wuebben first started driving the school bus he would leave home by 5:15 in the morning to be ready to start his route.
