Saturday, May 25, 2013

West Point News

Featured Articles

image image image image
Where there’s smoke...
First truck was good investment
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
Fantastic finish
Where there’s smoke... Beemer’s Volunteer Fire Department made use of a perfect day Sunday for a practice burn. Firemen set an hold house on fire at the farm place of the late Marcella Belling, located on County Road 15, about 3.5 miles from Beemer. Basic fire practice, including entering a burning house, was conducted during the controlled burn.
First truck was good investment By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter / Seventy-seven years ago Eddie Doescher took a chance and sold the only vehicle he owned and bought a truck. It marked the beginning of Doescher Transfer Company, located in Beemer.
Doescher’s family acknowledges  that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter / Lance Parsons searched for several years to find where his father was buried. He had lost contact with him through the years and knew he had died.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
Fantastic finish It wasn’t by chance, but rather hard work and dedication that Bluejay senior Emily Petz evolved into a star sprinter.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.

Lyle Petersen - February 08, 2012

Mass of Christian burial for Lyle R. Petersen, age 75, of Howells, was Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Howells. Interment was in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Beemer. Lyle died on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at the Parkview Home in Dodge.
Minnick Funeral Home in West Point was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce of Howells; children, Christy and husband David Newell of Fremont, Karl and wife Kellie Petersen of Omaha and Dawn Petersen of Fremont; step-children, Arnold and April Peplinski of West Point, Andrew Peplinski of Norfolk, Debra and Russ Reppert of Uehling, Michelle and Brad Luebbert of Dodge, Tina and Glen Bales of Ft. Collins, Colo., Nicole and Jason Krause of Wellington, Colo., Monica and Patrick Smeal of Snyder; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; 19 step-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren; sisters, Karen and Merle Christensen of Norfolk, Marcine Petersen of Norfolk, Marilyn and Allan Anderson of Pilger; brother-in-law, Robert and LaVonne Brester of Burlington, Wash. Many nieces and nephews also survive him.

Local Weather

Click for West Point, Nebraska Forecast

Readers' Poll

What are you most looking forward to with the warmer weather?

E-Subscriptions

Banner