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Village Voice
Issue 78
March. 1, 2015
Inside this issue:
Volunteer Awards
2/3
OACE Updates
Odell Cookies
4
Relay for Life
5
School/Youth News 6/7
Youth Basketball
8
Community Events
9
Birthdays
Lenten Services
OACE Recognizes Volunteers: At the Odell Legion, on Sunday, February 8,
OACE awarded volunteers at its annual Volunteer Appreciation Meal. There were
48 in attendance and 7 Awards were given. Please see page 2/3 for award winners.
Diller Fire
Dept.
PANCAKE FEED
Saturday, March 14
5 pm—8 pm
Diller Fire Hall
Free Will Donation
LAST FISH FRY!
Odell Legion Fish Fry
Sat., March 14
5:30-8:00 pm
Adults: $10
Children:
$5.00
All you can
eat fish, ham,
salad bar
Girl Scout Cookies are still
available until March 9.
Please contact Joyce @
402-239-5810 if you need some
or to donate boxes to the
Veteran’s Hospital in Lincoln
Odell’s Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April
4 @ 2:00 pm
in the Odell
Park.
Sponsored by
the American
Legion
Are you mentally
Strong?
10
Advertising
March Events
1: Card party @
OWTC; 1:30 pm
11: Bingo @ OWTC;
1-3 pm
14: Fish Fry at Odell
Legion; Pancake
Feed at Diller Fire
hall
16: OACE mtg, 7 pm
18: OWTC mtg,
8:30 am
April 4: Easter Egg
Are you mentally Strong?
See page 10 for 18 characteristics of
mentally strong people.
Hunt
April 11: 4H
Celebration
Page 2
“I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells.”—
cells.”—Dr. Seuss
2015 OACE Volunteer Award Winners
Lifetime Volunteers
Lifetime Volunteers
Loren & Shirley Wieden
Brad & Amy Vitosh
Wieden’s Community
Activities and
Service throughout the years:
Both Graduated from
Odell. Loren served in the
military during the Korea
war from 1950-54. He has
been a member of the Legion since 1954, has been
the commander and vice
commander and is now a
permanent member.
Loren was in the Odell
Fire Department for 31
years and Odell’s Mayor
for 8 years. He was a carpenter in Odell for 20
years. Shirley has been a
member of the Legion
Auxiliary since 1994.
Shirley and Loren were
members of the Odell
Community Club from
1979-1992 and ran the
grocery store during that
same 13 year period. They
are both members of
OWTC. The Wieden’s
have been married for 56
years and are members of
Our Savior Lutheran
Church in Odell, where
Loren has been a member
since 1938 and Shirley
since 1949. Congratulations to a well deserving
couple!
Brad and Amy Vitosh’s
Community Activities and Service
throughout the years:
Brad has been part of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Odell as an Elder,
Trustee, and volunteer of the Easter
Breakfast committee, Craft Fair & Diller
Picnic Food Booths. He was the main
carpenter and in charge of design on the
recent renovation of the church. Brad
has been a member of the Volunteer
Fire Department since 1984 and is currently serving as President and has
served as Chief, and Secretary. He also
held safety programs in coordination
with the School. Brad designed and built
Youth Leadership
Lance Lawton
the track in Odell with the help of youth
volunteers and has volunteered his time
spraying the lines on the track for the
past 10 years. He has been a coach for
the Wymore Legion Jr. & Sr. Baseball
teams and a coach for boys and girls elementary and Jr. High basketball teams.
Brad is a past president of the Summer
Ball Assoc., he is a member of OACE
and the Jaycees and a volunteer at Rice
Lodge, Consignment Sales and a lot of
fund raising for the Fireman’s Fund and
youth activities.
Amy Vitosh has been an LYF Leader and
Elder’s Wife and is a current member of
the choir at Our Savior Lutheran
Church in Odell. She was a past member of OWBC and Jaycees were she
served numerous offices. She is a member of OACE where she has volunteered at Community Christmases, &
Craft Fairs. Amy has volunteered with
Easter Egg Hunts, Consignment Sales,
and Fireman’s Fundraising.
Amy is an important member of the
community. She is energetic and always
has a kind word and smile for everyone
around her.
Congratulations Brad and Amy!
Lance Lawton is the recipient of the
Youth Leadership Award because he is
reliable, respectful and involved in both
the communities of Odell and Diller. He
is an excellent student and good role
model. Lance has helped with community Days, the Diller Picnic, and attended
many community meetings and activities
as a past DOSADA Core Member.
Lance is very involved in school and cares about the future of our school and
communities. Lance is also an active
member of the Youth Group at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church in Diller.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to
get better, it’s not!” — Dr. Seuss
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Youth Volunteer Award
Friend of the Community
Girl Scout Cadette #20483
Ken Zarybnicky
Ken has been
a constant
figure at
Odell’s Run
for Fun. He
helps with set
up and helps
during the
race. Most
importantly
Ken has donated many
prizes to all
Troop 20483 received the Youth Volunteer Award from OACE by
contestants of the race, including
doing several activities. Including helping with the Odell Run for Fun glasses, medals and trophies. Without
and being in charge of Inflateables at Odell Days. The troop has also him the Annual Run for Fun would
helped with projects in Beatrice, such as picking up recyclables and
not be the same. Thank you Ken and
hanging up door decorations at the Good Samaritan Home. They
Congratulations!
have helped set up for Odell’s Community Christmas , and helped in
Diller with the Picnic concession stands, trash pick up after the Mud
OACE Lifetime Service Award
Drives, Diode Diaper Drive and cleaning of the Diller Museum.
Jill Scheele
Troop Members pictured above from left: Brianna Weers, Emily
Swanson, Neleigh Weers, Melina Kostal & Kyleigh Barnts. Not pictured: Hannah Ebeling.
Jill Scheele has been part of OACE
since the start of it in 2007, serving as
President or Treasurer for most of
Mary Jo Bures
those years. Without Jill many events
in our community would not happen.
Mary Jo receives this award
Each year she has helped plan and run
as recognition for all of her
years and time spent organiz- the Volunteer Appreciation Meal, Run
ing the Odell Craft Fair. She for Fun, Odell Community Days and
Silent Auction, Odell Craft Show,
has been an integral part in
Odell Community Christmases, past
this huge fundraiser for our
Summer Picnics, and Halloween ParCommunity. Mary Jo sends
out letters to crafters, takes ties. Most importantly , Jill has hancare of advertising, setting up dled OACE’s finances with expertise
for the show and making sure and through her planning and detailed
it runs smoothly. Thank you work, OACE has given back thousands of dollars to the community, it’s
Mary Jo! Your efforts are
citizens and it’s youth. Jill also volunappreciated!
OACE Volunteer of the
Year
teers her time as a Diller-Odell
School Board member and the St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church High School
Youth Group Sponsor. Thank you Jill
and Congratulations!
Pg. 4
“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.” — Dr. Seuss
OACE UPDATES
OACE will be adjusting their
meeting schedule
OACE 2014 MEETING
March 16, May 18, July 20,
August 17, October 19
Odell Cookie 4H Club
News: Melina Kostal, CoNews reporter: The Odell
Cookies met on February 15,
2015. The next meeting will be
on March 8th at corky canvas in
Lincoln. There, club members
& November 16
will be decorating canvases and
having a short meeting while
7 pm at the Odell Legion
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! waiting for the paint to dry.
Other activities at the February
meeting included the sweetheart
gift exchange and decorating cupcakes. The Odell cookies also
discussed their upcoming 60th
anniversary. They are planning to
have a party on April 11th, time
and place are still being discussed,
but look out for upcoming news.
They will also be selling anniversary t-shirts (see ad below).
OACE EVENT Schedule:
April 4: Legion sponsored
Odell Cookies
Easter Egg Hunt in Odell @ 2:00 pm commemorative T-shirts
for sale to celebrate 60th
May 23: Run for Fun
Year! $12 each
August 29: Odell Community Day
Odell Cookies is the
October 31: NEW Main Street
longest running club in
Trick or Treating
Gage County.
November 28: Craft Fair
They will celebrate on
December 12: Odell
Saturday, April 11; 2 pm
at the Odell
Community Christmas
Community Building. All
The Rice Lodge
4H members,
& Conference
leaders and volunteers,
Center is a renocurrent and past are
vated hospital
turned into a
welcome to attend.
bed & breakRefreshments and
fast/conference
entertainment. RSVP to
facility, located
in Odell, Nebraska. The Rice Lodge
Joyce Kostal.
is the perfect place for family reunions, class reunions, wedding &
baby showers, or just a weekend
get-away!
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Pg. 5
“Don’t give up. I believe in you all. A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
small.”—
.”—Dr. Seuss
GET INVOLVED IN
THE RELAY!
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Gage County would
like to extend an invitation to the
community to join in the fight
against cancer.
An informal meeting will be
held Tuesday, March 3, from 5:306:15 p.m. at the Beatrice Community Hospital cafeteria.
The Relay committee is inviting
people in the community whose
lives have been effected by cancer
or who are interested in learning
more about getting involved in the
event. Volunteers as well as walkers are needed to make this successful. Sponsorships are available.
Businesses wishing to be included
may contact Jackie Kimes, sponsor
chair, at 402-228-6506. Sponsor
names will be included on the Relay T-shirts.
This year's Relay For Life will be
held Saturday, April 25, from noonmidnight at the Gage County Fairgrounds.. To register a team or inquire about joining a team, contact
Corinne Koch, team ambassador, at
402-239-3904, or
cmkoch@windstream.net; or Karie
Hannah (Kostal)
Oberembt
(402)239-3643
hoberembt@gmail.com
www.pamperedchef.biz/
hannahoberembt
Jobman, people lead, at 402-2399403 or kjobman@windstream.net.
Last year, around 400 people participated in the Relay for Life of
Gage County and raised over
$60,000.
Survivors are the honorees of the
annual event. Any area cancer survivor who has not received an invitation to the April 25 complimentary meal, courtesy of Beatrice
Community Hospital and Health
Center, may contact Lorrie Stierwalt at 402-239-6073.
Luminarias, honoring all persons
who have ever battled the disease,
are available for a $10 donation.
These can be decorated by families
if they choose to do so. The
lit luminaries, annually numbering
over 1,000, line the walking track
of the relay.
The event is also an opportunity for
area persons and groups to share
their talents by providing entertainment, both musical and games. To
help in that way, contact Lori
Kapke, 402-430-3191, or
lori.kapke@yahoo.com.
Other upcoming meetings include:
**Tuesday, April 7, 5:30 p.m., BCH
cafeteria
**Tuesday, April 21, 5:30-6:30
p.m., bank night and T-shirt pickup, fairgrounds.
For more information, to volunteer,
or to request luminarias, contact
Corinne Koch, Karie Jobman,
Lorrie Stierwalt, Lori Kapke, or
Mary Wieters, 402-520-0258.
Visit
www.relayforlife.org/gagecone to
learn more about the event, to register or to make a donation. The $10
walker fee has been waived.
Gage County Relay
for Life
Saturday, April 25;
noon—
noon—midnight at the
Gage County Fairgrounds
School and Youth News
Upcoming March Events
6—K-6 Spring Pictures
10—Speech Night
12 & 13—NO SCHOOL
16—Art Club St. Patrick’s party
17—FBLA Teacher’s Breakfast
19—HS Quiz Bowl
20—Reading Classics
23—JH Quiz Bowl
24—Mudecus Music
25—HS Quiz Bowl
27—NO SCHOOL; State Speech
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.
Little Griffins Preschool is Now
Accepting Applications!
Little Griffins Preschool is now accepting applications
for 2015-16 Preschoolers! Applications can be
downloaded from the school website or picked up at
the Elementary office. Please submit applications to:
Little Griffins Preschool, PO Box 8, Diller, NE 68342
The application deadline is MARCH 1st, 2015! Families will be notified of formal acceptance following the
deadline.
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Student of the Month
The Diller-Odell
January Student of
the Month is Madeline Parde. Madeline
always gets her work
completed in a
timely manner, participates in classroom activities and is
helpful to her classmates. She also uses pleasant manners. Madeline is the daughter of Tanner and Ann Parde.
Congratulations Madeline!
Dr. Seuss Week is March 22-6 at the
Elementary. Dress up days are planned:
Monday: Wear red/Husker Shirts
Tuesday: Totally Wacky Day
Wednesday: Pajama Day
Thursday: Beach Day
Friday: Pet Day (STUFFED)
5 Students named to All State Band
The students in the photo above were selected
for 2015 Class D All-State Band. They are
from left to right:
Camille Hennerberg—Senior—Clarinet,
Paige Arnold—Sophomore—Flute,
Theresa Zarybnicky—Junior—Clarinet,
Lance Lawton—Senior—Tuba, &
Zach Reiman—Junior—Percussion.
The concert will be held on Saturday, March 28
on the UNK Campus. Congratulations!
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“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” — Dr. Seuss
Art Students’ Work Displayed at Conference Show
The 2015 Pioneer Conference Art Show was February 6th
and 7th with Southern High School hosting the event. Diller-Odell student Justice Wolbert placed 1st in ceramics
for her Leopard Box and Bryan Meyer placed 3rd in ceramics for his Blue
Fish. Hundreds
of pieces were on
display and the
show was huge a
success! Congratulations are
extended to all of
the conference
winners!
At left is Justice
Wolbert’s ceramics
project that won 1st!
Jr. High Spelling Bee: 10 Diller-Odell students
from 7th & 8th grades participated in the Jefferson
County Spelling Bee held at Meridian High School on
Monday, February 9. Moving on to the 2nd round
were Bryston Warren and Mackenzie Vitosh. Bryston
placed 10th at the Bee. Participants included as shown
in above photo, back row, l to r: Kelsay Schlichtman,
Kirsten Bures, Morgan Phillips, Ashley Yocum &
Mackenzie Vitosh. Front row, l to r: Bryston Warren,
Will Stanosheck, Kaleb Rupprecht, Camaryn Gydesen
& Melina Kostal. Congratulations to all of the spellers!
Elementary Students—DRESS UP
Wednesday, MARCH 11 to show Responsibility
for the Elementary Developmental
Assets monthly activity
5th and 6th Grade Spelling Bee was also held at Meridian High School on February 9. Diller-Odell contestants were (above photo) back row, l to r: Jacob Meyer,
Korey Theye, Paxton Mohr, Kellen Gegg, & JC Basye.
Front row, l to r: Allison Engelman, Viola Martinez, Addison Heidemann, & Brianna Weers. Madelyn Meyerle
was an alternate. 4 of these students placed in the top
ten. Addison Heidemann—9th, Korey Theye—5th, JC
Basye—4th, & Kellen Gegg—2nd. The top four contestants move on to the District Spelling Bee on March 7th in
Fairbury. Congratulations to all participants and Good
Luck To Kellen & JC in the upcoming District Contest!
Piano Lessons? Call Erin (Bures) Blake at 402-239-5839
Pg. 8
“To the world you may be one person. But to one person you are the world.”—
world.”—Dr. Seuss
Local Youth Basketball
The 3rd Grade Griffin Boys Basketball Team placed 2nd in the
Hanover League. In above photo: Back row, l to r: Coach
Stu Vitosh, Dylan Dendinger, Kellan Schlichtman, TJ Vitosh,
Zachary Warren, David Parde & Coach Terry Arnold. Front
row, l to r: Callan McKinney, Esequiel Cuevas, Preston Engelman and Braeden Humphreys
The 4th Grade Griffins Boys Team placed 4th in
the Hanover League. In above photo: Back
row: Coaches Stu Vitosh and Terry Arnold.
Middle row, l to r: Tavy Hickey, Kaden Sutton,
Dorian Ficke, Jason Arnold & Billy Pipes. Front
row, l to r: Preston Engelman, TJ Vitosh &
Zachary Warren.
Upcoming
Events at the
Kricket:
The 3rd and 4th grade Griffins Girls Basketball Team placed
3rd in the Hanover League. In photo above: back row, l to r:
Hannah Mayer, Kiera Hennerberg, Sidney Gegg, Elecea
Saathoff, Karli Heidemann, Lilly Swanson & Coach Paul Kostal.
Front row, l to r: Ellie Weers, Kate Kostal, Tatum Schroeder
& Madison Sherwood. Not pictured; Coaches John Swanson
and Erin Saathoff.
***Saturday,
March 14: Tim Strathman Band &
Prime Rib Special—$19.95
(includes salad, baked potato, au jus, &
dinner roll)
***Tuesday, March 17: St. Patrick’s
Party with DJ Drew and
Corned Beef & Cabbage Special
Pg. 9
“If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good!”—
good!”—Dr. Seuss
Happy Birthday Wishing the following all the best on their
March Birthdays!
Sun., Mar 1; 1:30 pm
to Carolyn
Vitosh on
1—Eva Renz
Bingo at the OWTC
March 26!
Wed., Mar 11; 1-3 pm
2—Karli Heidemann
Love, Your
5—Lana Hemphill & Janice Duntz
OACE Mtg.—Odell Legion
Family
Monday, March 16—7 pm
6—Peggy Hemphill & Austin Hood
Card Party at OWTC
OWTC Mtg
Happy Birthday
8:30 am at the Coffee
to Madeline
Shop March 18
Old West Trails Center
Happy 13th Birthday to
Ashtyn Humphreys on
March 25!
Love, Your Family and
Friends
Swanson on
March 1 and to
Lilly Swanson
on March 27!
Love, Your
Family
There will be a Community Blood Drive in April
at the Diller-Odell High School. Watch for the
date and times in upcoming newsletters.
7—Ben Sohl
12—
12—Jim Bures, & Franklin Damrow
13—
13—Jeff Barnts
14—
14—Michael Stuckwisch
15—
15—Ann Hajek & Eleanor Kenning
16—
16—Adrien Ficke, Sam Scheele &
Judy Weers
17—
17—Jaedyn Hajek
19—
19—Peyton Denner , Michelle Penner, &
Marlene Wolken
Lenten Church Service Schedule for Our Savior
Lutheran Church in Odell:
Wednesdays (March 4, 11, 18 & 25) @ 7 pm
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday @ 7 pm
20—
20—Ronda Duis, Jeanette Bangert &
BIBLE STUDY IS 6:30 pm before each service
23—
23—Brett Landenberger
Lucille Pralle
22—
22—Norman Banahan
24—
24—Joyce Carpenter, Mason Eickmann, &
Vanessa McMurray
27—
27—Hannah Mayer
28—
28—Kennedy Belknap & Kate Hynek
30—
30—Terry Arnold, Susan Bauer & Colton
Rupprecht
31—
31—Tom Penner & Lisa Bohling
Pg. 10
“I do so like green eggs and ham! Thank you! Thank you Sam I am!”—
am!”—Dr. Seuss
18 Things Mentally
Strong People Do:
1. They move on.
They don’t waste time
feeling sorry for
themselves
2. They keep control. They don’t give
away their power.
3. They embrace
change. They
welcome challenges
4. They stay happy:
They don’t complain.
5. They are kind,
fair and unafraid to
speak up.
6. They are willing
to take calculated
risks. They weigh the 11. They enjoy their
risks and benefits
time alone. They
before taking action
don’t fear being alone.
7. They invest their
12. They are preenergy in the
pared to work and
succeed on their
present.
own merits. They
8. They accept full
don’t feel the world
responsibility for
owes them anything.
their past behavior.
They don’t make the
13. They have
same mistake over and staying power. They
don’t expect immediate
over
results.
9. They celebrate
other people’s
14. They evaluate
success. They don’t
their core beliefs.
resent that success.
and modify as needed.
10. They are willing
15. They expend
to fail. They see every their mental energy
failure as a chance to
wisely. They don’t
spend time on
improve.
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unproductive thoughts.
16. They think productively. They replace negative thoughts
with productive
thoughts.
17. They tolerate
discomfort.. They
accept their feelings
without being
controlled by them.
18. They reflect on
their progress every
day. They take time to
consider what they’ve
achieved and where
they are going.
From: Forbes.com
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