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75 Years Ago - March 16, 1950
RANDOLPH – Albert and Paul Borst, brothers, have bought the West Randolph Ballroom, which includes the skating rink and bowling alleys, from Wm. Munter it was announced this week. The Borst brothers took possession on March 13.
The transaction included the sale of all the property of the ballroom. Mr. and Mrs. Munter will continue to reside in their home in that part of town.
The Borsts will operate and manage the ballroom, skating rink and bowling alley themselves.
60 Years Ago - March 11, 1965
RANDOLPH – Susan Huwaldt will represent Randolph at Cornhusker Girls State in Lincoln in-June. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Huwaldt, Susan is a junior at the Randolph High School. Her expenses will be paid by the VFW Auxiliary. The American Legion Auxiliary is the Girls State sponsoring organization.
50 Years Ago - March 13, 1975
RANDOLPH – The Randolph City Council opened the bids on the Fire Hall and Rescue Station on Thursday with a total of 18 different firms submitting bids for various parts or all of the planned construction.
A total of six bidders submitted a combined bid to the council. Otto Construction of Wayne and a local builder, Paul Borst Construction, were the two lowest as the Wayne firm was $50 lower with a bid of $97,820.
It would appear that some cutting will have to be done in order to let the bid to anyone. At the present time the figures indicate that when all expenses incurred so far are added to the cost of the completed building, the cost is over the $100,000 bond issue passed earlier by the residents of Randolph. *** RANDOLPH – Billy J. Anderson started his duties as a police officer in Randolph on Monday afternoon, according to Dan McCright, Randolph Police Chief.
Mr. Anderson replaces Ric Elofson on the Randolph police force according to the Randolph Chief.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson came here from Omaha and are presently getting settled in the basement home vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Larry Tramp in west Randolph.
40 Years Ago March 14, 1985
RANDOLPH – A large portion of the Randolph City Council meeting on Tuesday evening was spent reviewing the upcoming bid-letting for the city insurance package and listening to representatives of the Nebraska Public Power District plan that could help eliminate possible large peak demands for electricity this coming year.
John Hoebing and Gary Heimes went over a plan by which NPPD waives the setting of peak demand this year. Mr. Hoebing said that presently NPPD “waives” the setting of the peak ounce retain days that are designated by needs across the district’s four areas. Mr. Hoebing said that NPPD monitors the four areas and waives the setting of the peak by notifying their customers with a receiver unit that is installed somewhere within the city. Mr. Hoebing said that last summer NPPD waived the setting of peak power demand for their customers on all days ,but about 13. He said that with the early installed equipment the city would receive the message pertaining to the needs of NPPD somewhere between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. daily. The City of Randolph has been accepted by NPPD to participate in the program and now only needs to install equipment that should cost between $700-$800.
Mr. Hoebing explained that on days the peak is waived the city can sell the amount of electricity that the community demands without the worry of setting a new peak demand which will be used to figure the total demand the rest of the year. In the past the city has been retired to purchase 65% of the total demand on any day the rest of the year. On days when the peak is not waived by NPPD then the city must work on controlling the peak or will be required to purchase the power at the rate explained above. *** RANDOLPH – Six Randolph High School athletes received honors from the NENAC conference this week when they were either named all conference or honorable mention. The six, Darrin Nordhues, Jodi Scott, Kristie Borst, Mike Peebles, Kirby Meyer and Marci Moser, were chosen by coaches from schools in the conference for their performance during the past basketball season.
Borst, Peebles, Meyer and Moser were chosen all conference while Nordhues and Scott received honorable mention. Parents of the six are Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nordhues, Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Borst, Mrs. Vera Peebles, Mr. and Mrs. Vince Meyer, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Moser.
30 Years Ago - March 15, 1995
RANDOLPH – Councilmen discussed on Tuesday, March 7 and Monday, March 13, needed repairs at the swimming pool.
Council members were addressed by John Huff of the city crew and Stan Wiehs, ACCO sales representative about the swimming pool’s need for filter repair or replacement.
Huff said last year a problem appeared with the pool filter and upon opening the filter, rust was found.
Wiehs said the company which made the pool’s 24-year-old filter system is no longer in business. *** HARTINGTON – Cedar County Commissioners assured county residents Tuesday they are 110 percent in support of the 911 system. The county’s elected officials showed their support during a special public hearing held in the Cedar County courtroom. Commissioner Marlen Kraemer said the board would make the best possible decisions regarding funding for the countywide system.
More than 30 persons attended the 911 hearing which had to be moved to the courtroom in order to accommodate seating for everyone.
20 Years Ago - March 16, 2005
RANDOLPH – The Randolph Board of Education met Monday, March 14. After lengthy discussion and at past meetings, it was decided to begin the repair process on the track.
The plan calls for filling the cracks with rubberized material and surfacing the track with two inches of asphalt. Bids are now being solicited for this project.
The board stated their hope that the Department of Environmental Quality grant will be available to help with the cost of a rubberized surface that would be applied to the asphalt in the future. The board is also researching for a Foundation grant that could be available for community improvements such as this. *** RANDOLPH – Randolph sophomore Britni Korth, daughter of Rick and Sue Korth of Randolph, spoke with Senator Doug Cunningham and several other senators on the floor of the State Legislature Monday afternoon. Britni was selected to attend the 2005 Nebraska Future Leaders Conference by the Cedar County Farm Bureau.
10 Years Ago - March 18, 2015
RANDOLPH – The Randolph Board of Education Monday gave the bid for roof work at the school to a Denison, Iowa company.
R.L. Craft Roofing Company was chosen to replace six sections of roof at the junior/senior high school building. R. L. Craft is a company that specializes in wainsballasted roof systems as opposed to the older (and currently in use) method of rock-ballasted roofing.
Out of seven proposals submitted to the Randolph Board of Education, five were eliminated on various grounds by the Facilities, Grounds and Transportation Committee, leaving a rock-ballasted bid from Guaranteed Roofing of Norfolk for $216,553, and R.L. Craft’s bid for $299,304. *** RANDOLPH – Lied Randolph Public Library has earned the “gold.”
The Library has become accredited at the highest level, at Gold, according to Library Director Peggy Leiting who recently gave a “year in review” report to Randolph City Council members.
“It is a goal that we have worked on from the time we moved into the new library,” Leiting said.
Libraries are accredited every three years. The level is determined by a number of factors which are compared with other libraries of similar size. *** HARTINGTON – Valuations on farm land are going up in Cedar County for 2015.
Valuations - for tax purposes are based on the selling price of property.
Cedar County Assessor Don Hoesing has been reviewing sales that have occurred in Cedar County as well as sales in surrounding communities.
“We have to raise our valuations on farm land again,” Hoesing said. “Valuations will be going up on dry crop, irrigated crop and pasture. The valuations have to reflect the market.”
