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Village Voice
Issue 79
April. 1, 2015
Easter Egg Hunts in Diller and Odell
Saturday, April 4, 2:00 pm.
Take your choice!
Diller Park or Odell Park.
Ages 00-6th grades
Meet the Easter Bunny!
Inside this issue:
Relay For Life
2
Rice Lodge
Autism Awareness
Sliders Fundraiser
4H
Coaches Training
3
4
5
Odell Community wide garage sales, Saturday May 2nd from 8am-2pm.
School/Youth News 6/7
If interested please call Kristie @ 402-806-2468 or at Sutton Repair
402-766-4414 to get your name on the map.
Chicken BBQ
8
United Methodist Church
Potato bake
It’s Almost Here!
Time is running out!
Free will
Offering
60th Odell Cookies
Celebration!
Saturday, April 11,
2:00 pm, Odell
Community Building.
Refreshments and Entertainment.
RSVP to Andrea Humphreys or
Cathy Zarybnicky. Also, don’t miss
Community
welcome
your opportunity to purchase a commemorative t-shirt See page 5 for info.
Sunday, April 19; 11 am—1 pm
Odell Methodist Church
Includes: Toppings, Dinner
roll, Dessert bar, Coffee tea
All of us at the State Bank of
Odell would like to thank
Lawrence W. Stanosheck (Larry)
for 50 years of exceptional service
at the State Bank of Odell. (April
1, 1965 – April 1, 2015) He not
only gives more than 100% to the
bank, but to the community and
family as well. Larry, it is a huge
pleasure to work with you!!
Please come to the bank in Odell to help us celebrate
‘Larry’ on Wednesday, April 1st. We will have coffee
and cookies to celebrate! You may send your
congratulatory messages to his email at:
larry@statebankofodell.com or mail to PO Box 185,
Odell, NE 68415
Summer Job
Community Events
9
Birthdays/Anniv.
Barn Quilts
10
Run For Fun Entry
11
May Events
1—Larry S. Open House
@ Bank
2-6—NO SCHOOL
4—Egg Hunts
8—Bingo @ OWTC
11—Odell Cookies
Celebration
12—Card Party @
OWTC
15—OWTC Meeting
19—Potato Bake @
Methodist Church
25—Relay for Life
26—Chicken BBQ
29—Blood Drive
May 2—Odell Garage Sales
May 8—Windsor Loin
10th Annual Odell Run for Fun: Saturday, May 23!
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“The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become”
Relay for Life Walkers are encouraged to register online by March
luminaria, hon- 31 at www.relayforlife.org/gagecone. The $10 regisoring persons tration fee is no longer required. Walkers can also
who have bat- register anytime after that until the event; however,
T-shirts will be available only to those who have met
tled cancer,
the registration deadline. For information, contact
are available
for a $10 dona- Karie Jobman, 402-239-9403, or Corinne Koch, 402239-3904.
tion. The lit
luminarias will
This year’s event carries the theme, “Somewhere
be displayed throughout the evening hours of the
Over the Rainbow.”
April 25 Relay, which begins at
Gage County Relay
noon and concludes at midnight at
Volunteers are a vital part of this
the Gage County Fairgrounds.
for Life
event. To help in any way, conLuminarias can be decorated as
tact Corinne Koch or Mary WietSaturday, April 25;
the donor wishes, from crayon
creations by grandkids, to photos
noon—
noon—midnight at the ers, 402-520-0258.
of the loved one being honored.
Gage County Fairgrounds The final team and leadership
The names on these luminarias
team meeting is scheduled for
will be read during the candlelight
Tuesday, April 7, at 5:30 p.m. in
ceremony at 9 p.m.
The Relay video tribute is another way to honor per- the Beatrice Comsons who have battled cancer, or who are undergoing munity Hospital
treatment. The video is updated each year with infor- cafeteria. Bank
mation provided by family members. To add a photo night and T-shirt
and name or to update the status of someone already pickup is April 27,
5:30-6:30 p.m., at
on the video, send an email to Zach Coffin:
zachcoffin@att.net by April 17. The video tribute is the Gage County
Fairgrounds.
an ongoing project sponsored by Vaughn and Tina
Wright. For more information, call 402-223-2341.
“You’re mad. Bonkers. Off your head...but I’ll tell you a secret….all of the best
people are.”—
are.”—Alice in Wonderland
News from Odell’s Rice
Lodge:
The last few months have been
very busy for the Rice Lodge in
Odell. Not only have guests
been filling the rooms in the
West wing, but the South Wing
is nearing its complete renovation. With all new
walls, floors, ceilings, insulation, wiring, plumbing,
heating and cooling units, Odell’s Rice Lodge, West
wing will soon be open for guests. The Rice Lodge
committee would like to congratulate the families
who have sponsored rooms in the West Wing. They
are:
Beran Room: Joseph & Josephine Beran Family Living room area in the suite
Adam Room: Ervin & Velora Adam Family - Master bedroom in the suite
Rockemann Room: William & Valiska Rockemann
Family - 2nd bedroom in the suite
½ Koch Kitchen: Arlin & Marlys Koch Family - ½
kitchen area in the suite (½ is still available to sponsor)
Maatsch Room: Elmer & Rose (Duis) Maatsch Memorial - Bedroom in lower level
Shalla Room: Ed & Ann Shalla Family - Bedroom in
lower level
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL! Your family
history will live on in the prestigious Odell’s Rice
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Lodge for many, many years to come!
If you are interested in information about sponsoring
the other ½ of the kitchen in the suite, the mudroom, and the laundry room in the lower level of the
west wing, please contact a committee member. You
will be able to display your family history proudly for
many years to come.
The South Wing project is very near completion!
The drywall is up and we will start the painting process very soon. If you would like to help paint or help
in any way with this project, please let one of the Rice
Lodge committee members know.
You may contact any committee member:
Larry: 402-766-3720 – larry@statebankofodell.com
Robin: 402-766-3725 – rstanosheck@diodecom.net
John: 402-239-4185 – two_novos@hotmail.com
that is an underscore between two novos
Gary & Mary: 402-806-1075 – garybures@diodecom.net
Bruce: 402-766-3937 - bgvitosh@diodecom.net
Gwen: 402-806-2174 – ricelodge@diodecom.net
Have a wonderful Easter!
From all of us at Odell’s Rice Lodge
Pg. 4
“You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.”
Did You Know these Autism Facts and Statistics?
About 1 percent of the world population has autism spectrum disorder. (CDC,
2014)
• Prevalence in the United States is estimated at 1 in 68 births. (CDC, 2014)
• More than 3.5 million Americans live with an autism spectrum disorder.
(Buescher et al., 2014)
• Prevalence of autism in U.S. children increased by 119.4 percent from 2000 (1
in 150) to 2010 (1 in 68). (CDC, 2014) Autism is the fastest-growing developmental
disability. (CDC, 2008)
• Prevalence has increased by 6-15 percent each year from 2002 to 2010. (Based on biennial
numbers from the CDC)
• Autism services cost U.S. citizens $236-262 billion annually. (Buescher et al., 2014)
• A majority of costs in the U.S. are in adult services – $175-196 billion, compared to $61-66
billion for children. (Buescher et al., 2014)
• In 10 years, the annual cost will be $200-400 billion. (Autism Society estimate)
• Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 with early diagnosis and intervention. (Autism Society estimate based on Government Accounting Office Report on Autism, 2006)
• 35 percent of young adults (ages 19-23) with autism have not had a job or received postgraduate education after leaving high school. (Shattuck et al., 2012)
• It costs more than $8,600 extra per year to educate a student with autism. (Lavelle et al.,
2014) (The average cost of educating a student is about $12,000 – NCES, 2014)
• In June 2014, only 19.3 percent of people with disabilities in the U.S. were participating in the
labor force – working or seeking work. Of those, 12.9 percent were unemployed, meaning
only 16.8 percent of the population with disabilities was employed. (By contrast, 69.3 percent
of people without disabilities were in the labor force, and 65 percent of the population without
disabilities was employed.) (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014)
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St. Mary’s Smoked Windsor
Loin Spring Lunch
Sunday, May 3; 11am-1pm
St. Mary’s Catholic Church—
Odell
Smoked Windsor Loin, Baked
Potato, Vegetable, Homemade
Roll and Dessert
New this year…..Free Delivery!
“Stars can’t shine without darkness”
Pg. 5
Sliders 14s Softball Fundraiser
Casey’s Partnership Card
Cards have 10 punches – You receive a Free medium single
topping pizza with the purchase of any large specialty pizza
Contact Mary Jo Bures if you are interested mbures@diodecom.net
or 402-766-3677 and she will get you in contact with a player.
Odell Cookie 4H Club
News: Shelby March, CoNews reporter: on Sunday
March 8th members of the Odell
Cookies 4-H club met at the Corky
Canvas in Lincoln. They were guided
step by step on painting a flower on
canvas. No official meeting was held.
Although we would like to remind
the public about our 60th celebration on April 11th at 2:00 at the
Odell community center. Bake and
take days are on March 27th. Bake
something and surprise a neighbor or
friend. The next meeting will be announced.
ATTENTION!! ANY COACHES!!
All current Odell Cookie Members were at Corky Canvas
in Lincoln
OACE UPDATES
Odell Cookies
commemorative T-shirts
OACE 2014 MEETING
May 18, July 20, August 17, for sale to celebrate 60th
Year! $12 each
October 19 & November 16
Odell Cookies is the
7 pm at the Odell Legion
longest running club in
OACE EVENT Schedule:
Gage County.
Another Youth Sport Concussion
Awareness training is being offered for
coaches. This time it is in Grand Island.
Please pass the word around about this
– the youth sports are under the same
mandate as the schools to be aware of
and respond to concussions in youth
and this training will help the coaches
May 23: Run for Fun
know their role.
August 29: Odell Community
Registration is FREE and the training is
Day
offered on your choice of 2 dates: SunOctober 31: NEW Main
day, April 12 in Grand Island or Tuesday, May 12 in Lincoln.
Street Trick or Treating
Any questions? Contact Peggy Reisher
November 28: Craft Fair
@ 402-890-0606
or peggy@biane
December 12: Odell
OR contact
Community Christmas
Dusty Duis @
the School.
School and Youth News
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Upcoming April/May Events
Student of the Month
2—Early Dismissal
2-6—NO SCHOOL
Peyton Humphreys is the
Diller-Odell
Elementary
February Student of the
Month. Peyton demonstrates good
work skills
and
an excellent
attitude when
it comes to
learning new
things and contributing to group discussions. He has shown an ability to empathize with classmates and go out of his way
to help out when something needs to be
done. He is a good role model and positive
leader in the classroom. Peyton is the son
of Jeff & Andrea Humphreys.
Congratulations Peyton!
7—6th grade DARE Graduation—2;30
10—8th Grade Dance
18—Prom
29—Blood Drive at high School 12:30
30—Sophomore Class Play
May 4—HS Concert/Art Show
May 7—K-Round Up
May 8—Awards Night/8th Grade Promotion
May 12—K-6 Concert
May 15—Elementary Field Day
May 16—Graduation
May 18—Elementary Awards
May 19—6th grade Dessert Theater
May21—last Day of School
Diller– Odell High School
music concert and art show:
May 4th. Diller-Odell
Elementary music concert and
art show: May 12th at 7:00 pm
Kindergarten Round Up is coming for
Diller-Odell Schools!
Thursday, May 7; 12:15 pm—
pm—3:15 pm
Any child who will be 5 years old on or before July
31st is eligible. Please contact the school if you or
someone you know needs more information. Call
402-793-5570 or email
pheble@dillerodell.org
There will be NO SCHOOL FOR
KINDERGARTEN that day.
Diller-Odell Elementary
Students!
Wear Blue this
Wednesday, April 1 in honor
of Autism Awareness!
Preorder your Griffin Cookbook!
Diller-Odell Travel Club members are
taking orders for the Griffin Cookbook.
Cost is $15, payable to DOPS. Delivery is
expected in April. Please contact:
Paige Arnold, Carson Ebeling, Corina
Lottman, TJ Schroeder, Reese
Hennerberg, Madison Jurgens, Paige
Vitosh, Kailee Rupprecht, Alexis Collins,
Cory Engelman, or Tayler Wendland.
Payment is required at time of Preorder
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“A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.”—
pressure.”—Henry Kissinger
FFA Places at District Ag Skills
Contests
Members of the Diller-Odell
FFA Chapter participated in the
district agricultural skills contests
hosted by Southeast Community
College. The events provide a
meaningful connection between
what is learned in the classroom
and through the student’s supervised agricultural experience program with the opportunity to demonstrate the students’ skills and
abilities. The events additionally
expose students to various careers
in agriculture, and help develop
transferable skills. The members
Congratulations to Kellen
Gegg! Kellen Placed 2nd at
the District Spelling Bee held
at Fairbury on Saturday,
March 7th. Kellen placed
1st at the County Competition in February and moved
on to Districts. He is the
son of Brian & Janelle Gegg.
participating and results were: Ag
Business Management, first place
team; Theresa Zarybnicky, 1st individual; Bladen Ahl, 2nd individual;
Adam Schultis, blue; Katie Schultis, blue; Reese Hennerberg, blue;
Bailey Schroder, red: Welding,
first place team; Arc; Christian
McCown, purple; Caleb Schultis,
red: O/A Welding; Cody Scheele,
1st place individual; Kai Wendland,
2nd place individual: MIG Welding;
Ethan Rupprecht, 1st individual;
Jonathan Schmidt, red: Livestock
Management, red; Dylan Wolbert,
Zach Rash, T.J. Schroeder, Cory
Engelman, Tyler Rash, Marquis
Weers: Envirothon team, blue;
Bailey Schroeder, Katie Schultis,
Madison Hajek, Joslyn Edmond,
Spencer Schmidt: Floriculture;
blue; Camille Hennerberg, red;
Theresa Zarybnicky, purple; Katie
Zarybnicky, blue; Madison Jurgens,
blue: Ag Mechanics; 1st place
team; Cody Scheele, 2nd individual
; Jonathan Schmidt, 1st individual;
Calvin Hennerberg, 3rd individual;
Ethan Rupprecht, purple: Meats
Evaluation; 1st place team; Calvin
Hennerberg, first individual; Alexis
Craw, 2nd individual; Corina Lottman, purple; Joslyn Edmond, purple; Matt Klecan, red.
Elementary Students—TWIN DAY
Wednesday, April 17th to show
Interpersonal Competence
(Peaceful Conflict
Resolution/Self Esteem)
for the Elementary Developmental
Assets monthly activity
(Matching clothes with friends)
The Reading Classics Competition has been held in Nebraska
for 26 years. It was started to
promote reading…..so kids
could have a competition format in something other than
athletics and it has proven to
make life long readers in many
children. The Diller-Odell
5th and 6th grade team: from left: RaReading Classics Teams par3rd and 4th grade team: from left: Coach
chel Stanosheck, Madelyn Yocum, Mallory
Hynek, Preston Stuckwisch, Elecea Saathoff, Sid- ticipated in the County Com- Denner and Addison Heidemann
ney Gegg and Kate Kostal
petition on Friday, March 20th
at the Beatrice Armory Building. Each team has been reading
books from a list of 80-100 pre-selected books and practicing for months. The younger division’s list is comprised of both chapter books and picture books. The older division reads chapter books only. The teams
compete for 5 rounds and each round has 10 very specific questions about the books. The 3rd and 4th
grade team placed 2nd after missing just 3 and going into a tie-breaker round where they lost to Stoddard by
just one question. Overall, they were 51-55 questions. Mrs. Janel Hynek is the 3rd/4th grade coach and Mrs.
Sheila Bargman is the 5th/6th grade coach. Congratulations to both teams!
Piano Lessons? Call Erin (Bures) Blake at 402-239-5839
Pg. 8
“There is no angry way to say ‘BUBBLES’” — “thishappymom.com”
Blood Drive @ Diller-Odell High School; Wednesday,
April 29; 12:30-6:30.
Contact Renee at the High school if you would
like an appointment 402-766-4210
50th Annual Chicken BBQ!
Odell Legion-Sunday, April 26
11am-2pm—$9.00
1/2 BBQ Chicken & All the
Trimmings
Are you interested in a FUN
summer job?
The Old West
Trails Center
would like to
train 2 to 4 individuals to job
share and
to give tours and do general cleaning
inside and out of the building.
Pay is $10/hr before taxes.
Proceeds go
to fund youth
programs
10 hours per weekend - Sat 6 1/2 hrs.
Sunday 3 1/2 hrs; Mid-May-Mid-August
Contact: Robin @ 402-520-1661 or
402-766-3725
HAIR DIMENSIONS
209 Main St—Odell;
Great Food!
402-766-4140 or
Great Drinks!
Text 402-520-1028
Great Conversation!
Color
Tanning
Pedicures Highlights
April Events:
Manicures
Perms
Haircuts
~Friday, April 3: DJ & Drink Specials for
Facial waxing
Ear piercing
Spring Break!
Eyebrow/eyelash coloring
Full line of hair care products.
AVON available. Scrapbooking supplies.
Call Cathy for an appointment today!
Check us out on Facebook for
special offers!
March Auto Body:
Ron & Angie March—Barneston
402-674-3249;
Quality Work,
Reasonable Prices, Free Estimates
~Sunday, April 5: CLOSED
~Monday, April 6: NCAA Championship on 9 TVs! Drink Specials and Door
Prizes!
~Sunday, April 12: 6-10 pm Live music
by Kevin Chelewski & Dave Anderson
“Home of fresh,
made-to-order Pizza!”
Pg. 9
“Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.”—
weakness.”—hplyrikz.com
Card Party at OWTC
Sun., Apr 12; 1:30 pm
Bingo at the OWTC
Wed., Apr. 8; 1-3 pm
OWTC Mtg
8:30 am at the Coffee
Shop April 15
Old West Trails Center
Look who will
be 3 on
April 22nd!
Happy
Birthday to
our cupcake,
Elliot Parker
Mynatt!
We love you!
Papa, Nana, Aunt BB, Uncle
Parker, Gigi, Peepee and GigiDot.
Now is
the time
to plant
your
lawn seed! Excellent supply of
“Country Estates” turf grass.
Contact Dave @ 402-766-3790
or 402-239-4865
Happy Birthday
to Daddy Kolin
Kotas and
Grandpa
Brad Vitosh on
April 2nd!
We love you!
Kyler and Kasen
Happy April 2nd
Birthday to
Brad Vitosh!
Love, Amy,
Morgan,
Shane, Laine,
Kolin & Brittney
*********
Happy Birthday
Kolin!
Love, Brad, Amy,
Wishing the following all the best on their
April Birthdays!
2—Dennis Holst
5—Larry Lawton & Bob Wellsandt
6—Krys Bures & Gwen Vitosh,
Marlene Bures, & Terri Kostal
7—Jayna Novotny
8—Carol Scheele
14—
14—Braelyn Parkinson &
Preston Stuckwisch
15—
15—Will Stanosheck & Jim Stanosheck
17—
17—Neleigh Weers
18—
18—Mandi Barnts, Judy DeBoer,
Velora Wieters & Shawna Nelson
19—
19—Dylan Oberembt & Janel Hynek
Morgan, Shane &
20—
20—George Pavlik
Laine
22—
22—Carly Meyerle
*****************
27—
27—Madeline Parde
Happy 32nd
Wedding
Anniversary to
my Wonderful
Hubby, Brad!
Love, Amy
28—
28—Becky Saathoff, Darlene Keuten &
Licensed and Insured! Find us on Facebook
and Angie’s List!
John Richards
Happy 45th Wedding Anniversary
to Robert and Jeanette Scheele
on April 19th!
Love, Your Family
We are hosting a card shower for
our parents! Please send cards to:
3039 29th Rd.,
Hanover, KS 66945
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“To pray is to let go and let God take over”—
over”—Philippians 4:64:6-7
So What is a Barn Quilt?
Each one of
us has a
memory
associated
with a quilt.
Perhaps
you have
received
one as a
gift or you slept under one at
Grandma’s house.
For hundreds of years, quilts have
played an important role in lives of
people around the world.
In 2001, an Ohio woman wanted
to honor her mother, who was a
5th generation quilter, and draw
attention to a historic tobacco
barn on her family property. So,
she painted a quilt block on the
side of the barn….and so the Barn
Quilt was born! Before long, people were asking how they could
paint one on their barn. From that
simple beginning, the idea has
grown.
Today, Barn Quilts can be found in
a variety of sizes. They can be
found in flower gardens, parks, on
garages, along roadsides and in
front yards.
Carol Hankel-Scheele had the privilege of taking a Barn Quilt class at
the Homestead National Monu-
ment. The class included putting
her favorite quilt design on a 2 x 2
board and painting it in colors of
her choice. Carol will be displaying
it on their garden shed. The
Homestead will be putting together
a Barn Quilt trail through Gage
County and the surrounding area.
Carol will be hosting a Barn
Quilt class taught by the
Homestead on June 4th at 5:30
pm at: Ed & Carol Scheele
Home, 523 John St., Odell, NE.
The class is limited to 12 people
and the cost is $30.00, which includes all supplies. For more info
contact Carol @ 402-223-9062
who have the habit of making ex15 Things to Give Up If You
thorns have roses.”-Ziggy
cuses.”-George Washington Carver.
7. Give up the luxury of critiWant to Be Happy:
cism. “Spend so much time improv- 13. Give up the past. “Forget the
1. Give up your need to almistakes of the past and press on to
ing yourself that you have no time left
ways be right. “Would I rather
the greater achievements of the fube right, or would I rather be kind? Wayne Dyer
2.
Give up your need for control. “By letting it go, it all gets
done. The world is won by those
who let it go. When you try & try,
the world is beyond winning.”—Lao
Tzu
3.
to criticize others.”-Christian D. Larsen
8. Give up your need to impress others. “Don’t’ try to
impress others. Let them have
the fun of impressing you.”-James
R. Fisher, Jr.
9.
Give up on blaming others.
“A man can fail many times, but he
isn’t a failure until be begins to blame
somebody else.”-John Burroughs.
4. Give up your self-defeating
self-talk. “The mind is a superb
5.
Give up labels. “The highest
form of ignorance is when you reject
something you don’t
know anything about.”Wayne Dyer
instrument if used rightly. Used
wrongly, however, it becomes very
destructive” Eckhart Tolle
11. Give up on your
Give up your limiting befears. “The only thing
liefs. “A belief is not an idea held by
we have to fear is fear
itself”-FDR
the mind; it is an idea that holds the
mind.”-Elly Roselle
6. Give up complaining. “You
can complain because roses have
thorns, or you can rejoice because
12.
14.
Give up attachment. “The
wise individual doesn’t get too attached to any of life’s pleasures,
knowing that wonderful science is
hard at work proving it’s bad for
him.”-Bill Vaughan
Give up your resistance to 15. Give up living your life to
change. “Follow your bliss and the
other people’s expectauniverse will open doors for you
tions. “The world is a mirror and
where there were only walls”-Joseph
Campbell
10.
ture.”-Christian Larsen
Give up your excuses. “99% of failures come from people
reflects back your expectations.
What you get is what you see. You
create your own reality.”-Denis
Waitley