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Do you recognize the location of this photo

contributed by Bob Wilhelm?

(Rotunda, State Capitol building)

Augustus John Hinrichsen arrived 12-11-2014, weighing

in at 7 lb. 5 oz. and 19 3/4" long. He is the son of Vincent

and Jessica Hinrichsen and was welcomed home by

his big sister, Charlotte. Congratulations and

best wishes to all of you!

Thanks to these All Fund Drive contributors:

Delbert & Dorothy Eickhoff, Arlin & Nina Jean Rohlfs,

June Tipken, Craig & Chris Kimbell, Dan & Sondra

Petersen, Eloise Stubbendeck, and Bruce & Teresa

Liesemeyer. You made Santa smile!

Here's hoping you have a wonderful Christmas holiday and

that Santa finds your house OK! You can bend old St. Nick's

ear this Saturday morning at the Duncan Building,

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

The Unadilla Area Fund met Tuesday, December 9,

at the Community Library. The planning began for Groundhog

Day. Our raffle prize this year will be a grill and some meat

to go on it! (Just a reminder, it is the first Saturday

in February!)

Barb Wilhelm and Mary Hanke attended the Mary Katherine

Goddard DAR chapter meeting on Wednesday,

December 10. They met at "The Bistro", the small restaurant

 on the campus of Metro Community College, in the

culinary arts building. The food was delicious and the

business meeting was short. Then the members went

to the Mormon Winter Quarters and viewed the

Gingerbread display and contest. The entries were

amazing: the Eiffel tower, Robinson Crusoe's tree house,

and lots of snow angels. We counted 35 different items

used just on the roofs. I never would have thought of

cutting up bubble gum strips for shingles and you can't

imagine all the things created out of Chex mix!

Condolences to the Matt Capps family on the loss of

Matt's father, Leonard.

About 5 years ago, everyone was planting Scotch pines.

We had 4 and now the last one has died.

Craig Wanamaker, Brody Hitzemann, and Bob Brandt

(Craig has never missed a Groundhog Day celebration)

Who could believe that on December 13 of any year

we could be planting trees? That's just what we did last

Saturday at the Western Wilhelm Outpost.

Thanks to Bob Brandt

 for the trees: white pine, Black Hills Spruce, and our

favorite "Ponderosa" pine. The grandsons assisted and

decided if your name is Bob you must be pretty smart about

nature, and especially about raccoons (no, we did not

see any Mom.)

Sunday, December 14, was the holiday meal with family

at Good Samaritan. It was good to see the holiday spirit

spread throughout the room. The food was great and a

big thank you to the staff who worked so hard to make it

happen.

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

12-18   Irma Taylor, Eloise Stubbendeck

12-20   Chuck Bjork

12-21   Chad & Jonna Pester

NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO

Friday, 12-18-2014, The Otoe Union:

"Figures prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

indicate that for the last 5 years Nebraska has produced

1.6% of the nations apple crop." Henry Langenberg also

bought a farm in the Red River Valley near Fritz Borchers.

"Toys and Books for little folks at Farnsworth's." (Drug Store).

The war in Europe had opened a market for light weight horses:

15 hands high, around 1100 lbs., a "solid dark color", and

well broken with good eyes and good wind.

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS