1948: Football field relocated

Aug. 12, 1948 RANDOLPH - The city council and the Randolph board of education are collaborating on plans to relocate the football gridiron at the Randolph Community Park, it was announced the past week.

The plans are to locate the field in the outfield of the new baseball diamond, and the field would run northwest to southeast.

The new location of the field would make it possible to use the parks’ new lighting system installed this summer. The part of the system to be used would be the lower tier of lights and it will not be necessary to use the lights near home plate on the diamond.

It is also contemplated to use the temporary bleachers erected for baseball games on either side of the gridiron.

The use of the gridiron by the Randolph public schools would be conducted under the same method as other athletic contests - payment to the city for use of the lights and 20 percent of the gate after the tax is deducted.

Aug. 8, 1963

RANDOLPH - Another wonderful rain, extremely beneficial to crops, was received in this area the first of the week.

Total moisture received which fell Sunday and Monday was 1.67 inches.

In the early part of Sunday .12 of an inch of precipitation fell after which skies remained over-cast throughout the day.

Rain began falling again quite steadily Sunday night, into Monday morning, and when it had ceased, totaled 1.55 inches. Considerable lightning and thunder accompanied the moisture.

In an area north of Randolph there was a report of 2 1/2 inches of rain Monday morning. The precipitation was quite general in the northeastern section of the state.

Temperatures during the week have been mostly moderate. Humidity has been extremely high, with much fog and heavy dew in the early morning hours.

Aug. 8, 1963

RANDOLPH - Mary Adkins, a member of the Osmond Go Getter club, with her Angus steer which was judged as grand champion at the Randolph Community Fair.

The grand champion heifer at the Randolph Community Fair was exhibited by Mark Meyer. Mark is a member of the Allen Eastern club.

The prize winning entries in the dairy division at the Randolph Community Fair, Lynette Witte with her grand champion Jersey; Dallas Graham and his reserve champion Brown Swiss.

The champion swine shown at the Randolph Community Fair, Howard Graham with his grand champion; Darrell Brodersen with reserve champion.

Aug. 9, 1973

RANDOLLPH - Relatives, friends and neighbors gathered on Tuesday afternoon, July 31 at the farm residence of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Arduser for a combining bee. Those assisting were Floyd Miller and Jim Kearney Lackas, Gene Gubbels, Kelly and Bill, Leonard Sauser, Ted Leapley, Bill O’Gara, Hazen Boling, Bob Sauser.

Don Milander, Don Arduser, Clarence Kalin and Brad, Delmar Eddie, Brent Stapleman, Merlin Folkers, Rick Coenen, Jack Dendinger, Chuck Arduser, Jerry Arduser, Roger Jorgensen, Rick Arduser, Bob Arduser, Al Roth.

Also an afternoon event were women who dressed chickens for the Arduser family. Those assisting were Mmes. Delmae Eddie, Lawrence Kuchta and girls, Leonard Sauser, Dorothy Sauser, Jerome Haberer, Jack Dendinger and girls, Emma Folkers, Jerry Arduser, Kearney Lackas, Floyd Miller, chick Arduser, Gene Gubbels, Melvin Delozier and Vince Sauser. Lunch was brought and served by the ladies.

Aug. 9, 1973

RANDOLPH - The yard of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Viergutz was judged August Yard of The Month in the north half of town.

The Yard of The Month for the south portion of town was awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Berner.

Two yards receiving honorable mention for the month of August are those of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Sauser in the north, and Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Billerbeck in the south.

The rural portion of the contest was not judged because only one family expressed interest in the program.

The contest is sponsored by the Randolph Community Betterment Council, and the yards are judged by people from out of town.

The month of July the judges decided that with the hot weather, and several yards being ineligible because of previous winnings, that they could not pick yards deserving of the award.

Aug. 11, 1983

RANDOLPH - Announcement was made this week of the business sale of Kaiser Produce to Mr. and Mrs. Herman (Judy) Nordhues, Jr.

In making the announcement, the Nordhues family informed prospective customers and others that they will be moving the business to the building located just west of Carhart Lumber. The building which the business will be located formerly was owned by Rokahr Implement and was used for storage by that firm since Rokahrs has been housed in their newer building about a block east of Carhart Lumber.

Gene Kaiser told The Times that for the present time their building located north of Wink’s Auto Repair will be vacant but said the location could be used for a variety of business endeavors.

Gene and Pat Kaiser and their families operated the Kaiser Bros. Produce ever since the end of World War II until recently when Pat was employed by the Randolph Public School system.

Nordhues will be selling Purina feed in their new location, the same franchise that the Kaisers had for the many years they operated their business.

Aug. 11, 1983

RANDOLPH - Randolph’s mayor received notification on Tuesday evening that he will either resign his position or force the recall election process to continue.

Mayor Roger Johnson received the notice from City Clerk Rita Bartels that the amended petition that was filed on Monday contained sufficient names to proceed with the recall.

The amended petition that was filed on Monday contained a total of 37 signatures requesting the mayor’s recall. Of this number there were enough registered voters residing in Randolph to push the total signing the recall petition to over the needed 97 names. Last week a petition was filed with a total of 70 residents eligible to sign the petition requesting the recall of Mayor Johnson.

City Clerk Bartels told The Times that following the notification that the process was proceeding for his recall, Mayor Johnson has five days in order to resign or force the recall election. If, after five days, Mayor Johnson does not resign, the Randolph City Council has 10 days from their notification to hold a meeting to set the election date which must be within 30-45 days.

Aug. 11, 1993

RANDOLPH - Dennis and Rosemary Nordhues of rural Randolph started farming 33 years ago. Over the years, their farming operation has changed.

They still farm 640 acres. They still farrow to finish 42 sows. They still have approximately 50 cows and feed out an additional 50 head. One big change, though, is the was the Nordhueses plant much of their cropland the amount of time and money it takes to do it.

Twenty-two years ago, the Nordhueses made the decision to try some conservation tillage. Dennis Nordhues used the International six-row planter that he’d used with conventional tillage. Although not meant to be a no-till planter, he said he felt that it did a pretty fair job.

As many first time no-tillers do, he first experimented with no-till behind a hill off of the road. This was done, just in case it didn’t turn out. His first no-till planting was corn into alfalfa.

Aug. 11, 1993

RANDOLPH - Randolph city council members finalized next year’s budget staying within the five percent increase lid, Tuesday, Aug. 3.

No community members appeared to participate in the budget process. The five percent increase amounts to less than $5,000 in total tax asking.

The city also passed their appropriation ordinance which states how much of the budget will be raised by property taxes.

The city’s portion of an individual’s property taxes is estimated to be .1687 per $100 of property valuation.

The total budget for general fund requirements for next year is $1,295,214 which would require $86,818 to be raised by taxes for the general fund compared with $82,684 last year.

Over the past year, the city spent an estimated $268,810 less than budgeted for.

Estimated revenue for next year is $1,512,161.

Aug. 13, 2003

RANDOLPH- The first month of fund raising for a proposed new Randolph Public Library was a tremendous success.

The generosity pouring in from donors to the project continues as almost $103,000 was raised during the month of July, library building committee chairperson Peggy Leiting said.

“In a project such as this, local commitment is critical as many of the state, federal and corporate grants the library could be considered for are based on matching funds,” Leiting said.

The library building committee visited a number of area libraries and almost all of those projects were funded with a combination of personal donations and grants.

Randolph’s new 5,200 squarefoot library would be comparable to others in the area and provide adequate room for expansion, Leiting said. It includes a community meeting room, children’s reading area, computer room, genealogy section and an adult reading area.

Leiting said two events during July, combined with the announcement of designated gifts for three sections of the new library, were all welcome news to the committee.

Aug. 13, 2003

HARTINGTON- The Northeast Nebraska Public Health department that serves Wayne, Cedar, Dixon, and Thurston counties has purchased a GPS unit for each ambulance service that operates within the health department’s coverage area.

In the event a town does not have an ambulance service, the GPS unit will be given to the Fire Department.

The GPS (Global Positioning System) will allow the Fire & EMS crews to pinpoint their exact location at almost any given time, said Cedar County Emergency Management Director Kevin Garvin.

They are also useful for accident scenes where the Life Flight helicopters are brought in to transport critically injured patients, he said.

The emergency crew can provide GPS coordinates to the pilot of the helicopter and the helicopter pilot can then fly directly to the ambulance.

Aug. 7, 2013

HARTINGTON - Three library boards received funds for the oncoming fiscal year at the July 23 Cear County Commission meeting.

Hartington Library Director Tami Anderson; Laurel Learning Center President William Engebresten, and Laurel Learning Secretary Lisa Karnes; and Peggy Leiting, director of Lied Randolph Public Library, talked about some of the ways they use county funding and asked the Board for $12,500, which will split between the three entities.

Each explained some of the programs they offer to their patrons.

Anderson said the Hartington Library used county money to upgrade to a new automation system.

This new system replaced 10-year-old technology.

Aug. 7, 2013

RANDOLPH- The Tri-County Cruisers recently glided up Highway 81 and headed to Lewis & Clark Lake.

The Tri-County Cruisers is a car club that allows anyone interested to either ride in or drive their favorite cars - usually classic cars no one ever has a reason to drive.

The cars vary in years, colors and models.

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