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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.
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.
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.
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.
Norma Frahm - May 30, 2012
Norma Aurelea Frahm, 76 years, of Lincoln, formerly of Oakland, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Oakland Heights Nursing Home after a long battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held in Oakland at a later date.Pelan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Frahm of Lincoln; son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Sandy Frahm of Oakland; two daughters and sons-in-law, Teresa and Paul DesLaurier of Camarillo, Calif., Michelle and Kyle Bellamy of Lincoln; two sisters and one brother in law, Vernie Jensen of Hooper, Connie and Elden Wesely of Oakland; eight grandchildren, Jenny Frahm, Kirk Frahm, Cally Frahm, Andrew DesLaurier, Erin DesLaurier, Kameron Heyen, Makenzy Bellamy and Kyson Bellamy.
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