2009: Art students show their stuff at Omaha competition
March 6, 1899
HARTINGTON — A. J. Watson of the Coleridge Blade let the light of his countenance shine on Hartington people last Tuesday.
March 18, 1909
HARTINGTON — Clerk of the District Court J. Albert Olsen was notified this week that due to several illnesses the spring term of court will be postponed.
March 15, 1944
LAUREL — Rev. Knud Larsen took his son Gearhart Larsen, Arne Kastrup and LaVon Mallatt to Wayne Monday where they caught the bus for Omaha where they joined the Navy. They had all passed their tests and were called for active training. Laurel will have a Navy all her own when all the boys now in the Navy return home.
March 15, 1944
LAUREL — Laurel is not the same today as it was this time last week because the Griffin Bros. Café, long an institution of the city, was closed on Sunday night for the duration. Lack of help and rationing have again taken their toll and Laurel is without this pioneer business. Bill Griffin was left alone when his brother Buck was inducted into the armed forces. The business was founded some 25 years ago by Wm. Griffin Sr., father of the two boys.
March 15, 1944
LAUREL — D.D. Coburn was honored at the meeting of the Laurel Masonic Lodge Thursday evening when he was presented with the 50-year badge for having been a Mason in good standing for that many years. Mr. Coburn joined the Masons in Atkinson, later transferred his membership to Coleridge and was one of the founders of the Laurel lodge.
March 15, 1944
LAUREL — Clarence G. (Buddy) Quist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence O. Quist of this city, has recently been graduated as a military pilot in the Air Force, has received his wings and commission as a second lieutenant at Blytheville Army Air Field in Arkansas. He qualified as an aviation cadet on July 1, 1943, at Maxwell Field, Ala.
March 18, 1954
LAUREL — Earl Lipp, Gary Tuttle and Don Tangeman spent Sunday at the Sgt. Bluff Air Base where they enlisted in the National Guard.
March 18, 1954
LAUREL — Weight restrictions for trucks using Highway 15 were announced this week by the State Highway department. Limits of 12,000 pounds on single axles and 20,000 pounds on tandem axles are effective today on the highway from Laurel to the Concord junction and from Wayne south to Highway 275.
March 18, 1954
LAUREL — Local farmers can see the revolutionary new 4-Plow tractor recently introduced by International Harvestor Co., March 20, Urwiler Implement Co. announces. The new model contains a new tractor drive unit that instantly boosts pull-power up to 45 percent on the go, Mr. Urwiler said. The new model also contains a new power take-off that is completely independent of the forward motion of the tractor. March 18, 1954
LAUREL — Mr. and Mrs. Pete Stewart attended the grain and feed dealers convention at the Martin Hotel in Sioux City Monday.
March 12, 1959
PEARL CREEK — Mr. and Mrs. Carl Strivens and their sons were Sunday afternoon visitors in the home of Roger Jorgenson.
March 12, 1959
PEARL CREEK — Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dirks and their family were Saturday evening guests in the home of Lee Wolfe.
March 12, 1959
LAUREL — The Hoesing Brothers, a construction firm in Hartington, was awarded the general contract for a new church building for the United Lutheran congregation of Laurel.
March 16, 1994 HARTINGTON — Doug Johnson, a state patrol officer, described a “long-standing animosity” that James Forsberg had with the Gray family and his hatred of the late Mr. Gray during a preliminary hearing held here this past Thursday.
Forsberg, a Coleridge area farmer, is being charged with first degree murder after he ran over 74-year-old Ellen Gray while she was walking across the street in downtown Coleridge.
March 12, 2009
OMAHA — Omaha Public Schools recently hosted the Nebraska State Visual Art Competition awards ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 28. Students from across the state competed head-tohead with other student artists from all classes of schools in this event.
“Laurel sent in 25 pieces of art and had 14 art students win medals in this year’s competition,” said Arllys Monson, Laurel’s art teacher. “That made us tie our previous high.”
Emma Engebretsen was the only student to attend this ceremony from Laurel, earning a silver medal for her graphic design featuring the use of scratchboard. The 13 remaining students awarded a medal include: Junior high: Lauren Cunningham, bronze, printmaking; Kylie Thompson, bronze, sculpture; Jinelle Carslin, bronze, mixed media; and Katie Gubbels, silver, printmaking; Senior high includes: Brittany Dietrich, bronze, ceramics; Megan Hartman, bronze, drawing; Kayla Wiese, bronze, drawing; Jon Jacot, silver, drawing; Emma Engebretsen, silver, graphic design; Kari Schroeder, bronze, drawing; Blair Madsen, bronze, product design; Leanna Gubbels, bronze, product design; Jessica Milligan, silver, drawing; and Justin Stanton, gold, mixed media.
Monson was quick to congratulate all the students who won medals, and those who had work sent into the contest, including: Addie Corbit, Shelby Rath, Haley Carson, Katelynn Hochstein, Paige Kvols, Taryn Dahlquist, Brianna Johnson, Nicole Thompson, Beth DeLong, Adam Schroeder, Emily McCoy and Erika Spahr.