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Dec. 22, 2004
HARTINGTON — The Hartington Public School Board accepted the resignation of long-time Hartington football coach Blair Kalin Monday.
Kalin has coached the Wildcats for the past 14 years. In his letter of resignation to the Board Monday, Kalin said he enjoyed the opportunity to be the Wildcats’ head coach, but wanted to be able to spend more time with his family.
The Board accepted the resignation on a 6-0 vote. Kalin will retain his position as Activities Director.
Dec. 22, 2004
HARTINGTON — Hartington is unique for many ways. A recently completed five-year project to make the town safer and beautify it with sidewalks has recently drawn statewide interest. Nearly every home in Hartington has a paved sidewalk in front of it.
The sidewalk paving project was pushed by former Mayor Gayle Hochstein and former Councilman Al Heimes.
Dec. 23, 2009
HARTINGTON — A familiar face will be missed at Foodtown in Hartington.
Joan McCaw is retiring after spending nearly 15 years as the manager of the Footown deli.
McCaw started at Foodtown on April 27, 1995, right after the local grocery store expanded and added a deli.
“I hadn’t planned on working – but Burnell asked me if I wanted to be the manager of the deli,” said McCaw. “It was new territory for me – I had been a farm wife. I gave up my seat on a John Deere tractor.”
McCaw had a big order to fill shortly after starting her job in the deli.
“One of my first duties was making a 20-foot sub,” said McCaw. “Foodtown had done some remodeling and it was for their open house.”
McCaw said she had received some training from representatives from Farner-Bocken, a food service distributor, on how to do subs, bake breads and rolls.
Many times McCaw’s days would start at 6 a.m. – sometimes working a 12-hour shift if needed. Other days she was off by 2 p.m. in the afternoon.
McCaw worked along side several other employees through the years she ran the deli.
“I trained a number of people, including high school kids who graduated and moved on,” said McCaw. “I enjoyed working with the kids. I still hear from the kids who used to work here. They stop in or send me a picture.”
McCaw did have some advice for the kids who worked with her in the deli.
She would tell them: “This is more than a job – it is an experience.”
McCaw plans to enjoy her retirement also.
“I will be spending time with my husband of 45 years and with our kids and six grandkids,” she said.
Dec. 23, 2009
COLERIDGE— A new book features a fictional Coleridge, “Aunt Nell, You’ve Got Mail” is a fascinating fiction that gives a glimpse of life in a small town in northeast Nebraska.
Peg Tuomisto, former Coleridge resident who now lives in Florida, wrote the tale of a small town coffee shop and its regular customers and the influence that email correspondence has on everyone.
The story starts with Becky, who writes a newspaper column using an alias, receiving a series of mysterious emails from a man.
The typical grapevine known to all small towns and the little tidbits of gossip doesn’t seem to help Becky uncover who is sending the emails.
The plot features a newly widowed veterinarian with a young son, an abused girl and baby, a wealthy philanthropist, a beautiful, single restaurant owner and the town’s oldest citizen.
The author, who grew up on a farm southwest of Coleridge and graduated from Coleridge High School in 1938, weaves fact into fiction with her imagination and her nostalgic recollection of people she knew from her childhood.
