1964: Knox County Livestock Feeders banquet held in Wausa
Feb. 16, 1939
WAUSA — Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hansen received a call from their son, Maynard, at Lincoln, on Tuesday, informing them that he had been taken sick with an attack of appendicitis and was being taken to St. Elizabeth hospital where he would pass through an operation for the removal of his appendix. The many friends of Maynard at this place express hope that he will come through with flying colors and soon be back to normalcy.
Feb. 16, 1939
WAUSA — A heavy snow has fallen in this vicinity the past twenty- four hours. It commenced last evening, Wednesday, and by morning a considerable amount had come down, and continuing to snow more or less the larger part of the day. A rough guess we would say a foot of snow has fallen since six o’clock on Wednesday evening. Tonight, Thursday, the sky is clear and no wind.
Feb. 16, 1939
LINCOLN — Elimination of compulsory car testing is promised when the amended measure finally reaches the floor of the senate for action. The exception to this is when required by ordinance. The general opinion is that two tests a year do not provide safety. Instead the responsibility is placed with the driver that his car must be in shape when on the highway. Driver license fees are reduced to 75 cents in the draft.
Feb. 18, 1954
WAUSA — To put it mildly, the beautiful springlike weather we have enjoyed the past several days, has been a source of amazement to folks hereabouts and a welcome topic of discussion. Yes, everybody talks about it - and you can be sure they say nothing very bad. Naturally they take a pessimistic view of the future, remembering March blizzards of past years, but on the whole they are basking in the sunshine and living it up to the full while it lasts. February normally is a month of temperatures not exceeding 30 degrees and generally pretty wintry but we have been enjoying daytime readings in the mid-60s and nights that feel like fall.
Feb. 18, 1954
WAUSA — Mrs. Wm. Wiese, recent bride, was quite thrilled recently to see her husband on the Ted Mack television show in New York City. Her husband was one of a group of soldiers attending this show.
They saw him quite plainly, declaring there was no mistaking it was Billy. He is now on his way to reassignment in Germany.
Feb. 13, 1964
WAUSA — Nearly 285 were in attendance at the annual Knox County Livestock Feeders banquet held here last Thursday evening.
Mick Stewart, O’Neill rancher, was the principal speaker at the event. A film entitled “God’s Own Cow Country” was shown. The 27-minute color and sound film was produced by the Sandhills Cattle Assn., at a cost of $15,000. N. T. Tiemann was master of ceremonies, introducing Mayor Milton Larson who welcomed the group to Wausa.
Feb. 16, 1989
WAUSA — The halftime auction of donated items at the Kevin Claussen benefit during the Cornhuskers vs. Viking All-Stars basketball game Saturday night netted $5,260.78. Auctioneer Doug Lindquist evoked high bids of $2,375 for a football the Cornhuskers used last fall and autographed.
Feb. 17, 1994
CROFTON — Monday night, Feb. 14, the Lady Vikings traveled to Crofton to play Hartington in the first round of the Sub-District Tournament. In the past the ladies have had a tough time advancing past the first round, but this team was not to be denied and decided it was time to break the jinx. The game started out with both teams shooting extremely well from the floor, as Hartington built a 6-point lead on some excellent 3-point shooting. But, by the end of the quarter Wausa had pulled the game even. In the second quarter the defense got out on Hartington’s shooters and the offense really started going, thanks to fine passes by the guards to the post players. Jennifer Nelson was the recipient of many of those passes as she scored 12 points in the first half. In the third quarter, much of the same defensive pressure continued and the offense continued to put the points on the board.
In the fourth quarter all the players got into the act as 10 of the 12 girls suited up, scored for the Lady Vikings.
Leading performers for the Lady Vikings were Traci Sanders 16 & 8 rebounds; Jennifer Nelson 16 & 7 rebounds; Candace Bloomquist 15 & 6 assists; Dawn Anderson 14 & 4 assists; Carisa Bloomquist 12 & 7 rebounds; Tina Bloomquist 5 & 10 rebounds; Becky Bengston 4 points and Nicole Suhr, Jerika Seagren and Stacy Finck 2 points each. The ladies have played well lately. They need to continue to play consistently if we plan on winning our Sub-District. Our next game is Thursday night, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. in Crofton against Bloomfield in the finals. Hope to see as many Lady Viking supporters as possible. It should be a very good game.
Feb. 18, 2004
WAUSA — The Wausa Police Department is being awarded a traffic safety grant to assist in obtaining one mobile radar unit. Police Chief, Don Miller, was surprised to win the grant for the radar after attending a law enforcement convention in North Platte. “The radar is mounted at the back of the car so it picks up speeders when they pass the police car,” Miller said.
