Albion girls serve as Ambassadors of Music
July 28, 2009
Sara Barnes, left, and Markie Sup
Dawn Bussey, their choral instructor at Boone Central High School, nominated them for the Nebraska Ambassador’s of Music program.
The program allowed over 300 Nebraska music students to travel through Europe and hold performances in various countries. There were two bands, one choral group and one orchestra that performed throughout Europe. Barnes and Sup both performed for the choir.
Read more in the Albion News Print Edition.
Hospital’s helicopter pad in new location
July 23, 2009
With ongoing construction at Boone County Health Center, the helicopter landing area has been moved north closer to the Seventh Street entrance and Fairview Street. Effective immediately, when helicopter flights are needed, this area will be baricaded and the entrance cannot be used. This temporary location will be used for several months before the helicopter pad can be permanently relocated.
July 22, 2009
Larry Neidhardt, Sr.
Larry K. Neidhardt, Sr, 66, of Kearney died Sunday, July 19, 2009 of injuries resulting from a car/ ATV accident north of Kearney. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 23 at First Lutheran Church in Kearney. Rev. Eric Lesher will officiate. Interment will be in the church columbarium. No visitation is planned. Memorials will be established in his name. On-line condolences may be submitted to osafh.com. O’Brien-Straatmann Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements.
Pauline E. Donscheski
Pauline E. Donscheski, 93, of Albion, died on Friday, July 17, 2009 at Wolf Memorial Good Samaritan Home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21 at the United Church of Christ (Congregational) in Albion. Revs. Ray and Mary Avidano officiated. Burial was held in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Albion.
Big Crowds Enjoy Entertaining Fair Events
July 22, 2009
With a grandstand full of enthusiastic fair patrons, the 2009 Boone County Fair featured some entertaining action Tuesday and Wednesday, July 14-15, with the Combine Demo Derby, Two-Car Chain Race, School Bus Race and ATV Motocross.
Producing some of the most thrilling action was the ATV Motocross Wednesday evening. A total of 30 riders traversed the challenging course built in the infield of the fairgrounds race track. Read more
Albion X-treme Softball 3rd In State Tourney
July 22, 2009
Albion X-treme
After three victories to open the tourney, the X-treme dropped a heartbreaker to Clatonia in a game that would have advanced them to the championship round, then lost a decision to Ponca to finish third.
Although ending the season with a loss, the entire 2009 season was a victory for the X-treme players, according to Coach Paul Atwood. Read more
Albion Ponies Are Quad County Champs
July 22, 2009
Culminating one of the most successful local Pony League baseball seasons in many years, Albion won the Quad County League Tournament championship July 10-13 at Neligh.
The Albion Ponies defeated Norfolk twice to earn the tourney title, giving them three victories over the perennial league power this summer.
Albion finished the 2009 season with a sterling 15-1 overall record, losing only to Petersburg in its regular-season finale. Read more
Zoucha Set For Nebraska Shrine Bowl
July 22, 2009
Many of the best Nebraska high school football players from the senior class of 2009 will clash on Saturday, July 25, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln during the annual Shrine Bowl.
The match-up will be broadcast live beginning at 6:30 p.m. on NET1 and in high-definition on NET-HD. Calling the action of the 51st Shrine Bowl game will be sportscasters Kevin Kugler and Adrian Fiala.
Albion will be represented in the 2009 edition by Kalvin Zoucha, a 2009 graduate of Boone Central High School. The versatile athlete caught 26 passes for the Cardinals in 2008 for 304 yards and three TDs. He was in on 60 tackles defensively, with three interceptions, and had a 35.6 yard average as a punter. Read more
Notes from a Vagabond
July 21, 2009
Remembering ‘Uncle Walt’
By Steve Fox
Friday night word came out that Walter Cronkite passed away. For those of you who may not remember him, he was not a news anchor, he was THE news anchor.
He came across avuncular and trustworthy. My mother called him “Uncle Walt” and the name suited him well. At our house, we got our news from him every night at 5:30 p.m. That’s when news was only a half an hour. Imagine only thirty minutes of news at the end of the day, and yet we managed to stay up on all of the current events.
That is thanks to “Uncle Walt.” He managed to get this out and I mean news, not commentary that passes as news, in a short concise manner. When there was commentary, they told you it was commentary. I have a lot of respect for Walter Cronkite in that regard. I don’t remember him slanting the news.
Walter Cronkite may have been the first and last of his kind. He was the first anchorman, and he did the job well. After his retirement, nobody else had what he had. No one was able to capture the trust of the American people. Walter Cronkite may have been the first and probably the last of the great anchormen.
So, it is kind of ironic that Walter Cronkite died so near the anniversary of the first walk on the moon. One of the big stories he covered was the space program. I remember spending many hours in front of the television captivated by what was going on. I remember watching Walter Cronkite and Wally Schirra as they brought the moon shots to us through the use of live video, live audio and animation.
One of the few times I remember Cronkite interjecting personal feelings into a story was during his coverage of the Apollo program. You just knew by the way he talked that he was excited about the program, and his enthusiasm was infectious. I remember the wonder and awe of it all. I couldn’t imagine what it was like being in space but, like any other boy of that era, I wanted to find out.
Another thing I remember is Walter Cronkite’s sign off. It was comforting hearing that every night coming from the same person, and in tribute to Walter Cronkite I will end this column the way he ended his broad cast. “And that’s the way it is, Wednesday July 22, 2009.”
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