Marie Ann Bortner, 89, of Hershey passed away May 19, 2018 at Linden Court. Memorials are suggested to the Hershey Volunteer Fire Department and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Cremation was chosen, and a family gathering will be held at a later date. Adams & Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Calvin (Cal) Miller
Calvin (Cal) Miller passed from this life and entered heaven on May 14, 2018 at his home near Maxwell, Nebraska. Cal was born on February 25, 1928 to Benton and Estella Mae Miller in their home east of Maxwell. He was the sixth and youngest child of Benton and Estella.
The family moved soon after Cal was born to a farmstead southwest of Maxwell. The big white house on that farm would be his home for the next 50 years. He would spend his growing up years helping his family on the farm, attending school at Maxwell and participating in sports.
While in High School, he began dating Elaine Kittle. They were married soon after Elaine graduated in 1948. They had four children: Cindy, Tim, Mike and Jim. They raised their children on the ranch near Maxwell. Later, after the children left home, Cal and Elaine moved to Canada where Cal had a ranch near Evansburg, Alberta, Canada. Elaine passed away in 1988.
After moving back to Nebraska, Cal married Mary Lou Campbell in 1989. They spent ten years on a ranch near Tucumcari, New Mexico and later in Gothenburg, Nebraska. His home for the last few months has been on the ranch near Maxwell. In that home he enjoyed the view from his living room and patio looking out over the beautiful hay meadows that had been the focus of his life for so many years.
Cal was a real “cowboy” in so many ways. He would much rather ride a horse and work cattle than ride a tractor and farm. He was involved in the community by serving on the school board for many years. He also served faithfully in church, being a deacon, Sunday School teacher and usher. He will be remembered as a kind man with a gentle spirit, ready to give a listening ear and a helping hand to whoever needed it. To his family, he not only provided for them materially, but he provided an example of one who knew and loved Christ.
Cal was preceded in death by his wife, Elaine; his parents, Benton and Estella Mae; his brothers and sisters, Lloyd Miller, Dorothy Legler, Beulah Helberg, and Art Miller; and his step-daughter Beverly Ruybalid.
Cal is survived by his wife, Mary Lou; four children: Cindy of Aiea, Hawaii, Tim (Pam) of Maxwell, Jim (Gaylene) of Shepherd, Montana, and Mike (Debbie) of Fredericksburg, Virginia. He is also survived by his sister, Marjorie Gamble of North Platte, his step-children Carla (Curt) Carlson of Aurora NE, Mary (Jeff) Judy of Lee’s Summit MO, Kathleen (Joe) Schrier of Castle Pines CO, Becky (Bryce) Pederson of Cumberland WI, and John (Stephanie) Campbell of Wilmont SD and Jon Ruybalid of Phoenix, AZ . His family also includes 13 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren, 23 step-grandchildren and 21 step-great-grandchildren, along with many nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 21, 2018 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Maxwell Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Plainview Cemetery near Maxwell. Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in care of arrangements
4 teens injured while tubing in eastern Nebraska
MURRAY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say four teenage girls were injured while tubing on a lake in eastern Nebraska’s Cass County.
Medics were sent Saturday evening to Lake Waconda, southeast of Murray. Cass County Sheriff William Brueggemann says the boat pulling the tube made a quick turn, which threw the girls into a rock wall on the northeast side of the lake.
One girl with head injuries was flown to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Injuries to the other girls included a broken leg and pelvis. Three of them are 13; one is 15. Their names haven’t been released.
The boat driver was cited for negligent driving.
Iowa man gets 250 days for vehicular homicide in Nebraska
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man has been sentenced to jail for his role in a fatal traffic accident in eastern Nebraska.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that Michael Bauman, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced Thursday in Plattsmouth to 250 days in jail. He also was fined $1,000, and his driver’s license was revoked for a year. He’d pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vehicular homicide.
Authorities say he was driving south on Nebraska Highway 43 south of Eagle around 9 a.m. on July 14, 2017, when he turned his semitrailer left into the path of a northbound motorcycle. Forty-seven-year-old Chris Badman died in the collision. He lived in South Bend, Nebraska.
Omaha police say officers shot man who rammed cruisers
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot by officers rammed two police cruisers near the scene of a planned robbery in south Omaha.
None of the officers was injured during the incident Saturday evening near the GI Forum restaurant.
Police say a 911 caller said two men in a stolen sport utility vehicle were going to rob the restaurant. Officers soon found the SUV in the area and parked behind it. Police say the SUV driver then revved up and hit reverse to ram the cruisers twice, prompting two officers to open fire. They were identified as Jacob Chong and Matthew Stigge.
The SUV stopped and the driver and two passengers were handcuffed. The driver was taken to Nebraska Medical Center for treatment of gunshot wounds. His passengers were treated for minor injuries.
The driver hasn’t been charged yet.
Douglas County, medical provider sued over jail medical care
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An eastern Nebraska county and its medical provider are being sued over what complainants say is the inadequate treatment of inmates at the county jail.
Negligence and malpractice claims have been filed against Douglas County and the jail’s Tennessee-based medical provider, Correct Care Solutions. The contract company has come under scrutiny for inmate deaths and alleged poor treatment nationally.
The claims filed by attorneys Thomas White and Benjamin White outline more than a dozen Douglas County inmates denied proper treatment for their maladies, including advanced lung cancer, chlamydia, a stroke and a broken hip.
The Whites allege Correct Care has financial incentives to give minimal medical care.
An attorney for Correct Care says each case should be evaluated on treatment decisions, not attorneys’ theories.
Lincoln to vote on placing more officers in middle schools
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The NAACP, American Civil Liberties Union and others are worried that a proposal to add school resource officers to Lincoln’s middle schools will lead to disproportionate treatment of minorities and marginalized groups.
The Lincoln City Council and the city’s Board of Education will vote this week on the Safe and Successful Kids initiative. The proposal will fund and administer six middle school resource officers and a threat-assessment officer, in addition to mental health services and support for community learning centers.
The NAACP, ACLU, and others are concerned that placing police officers in schools will feed into the “school-to-prison pipeline,” where young students of color, in particular, are funneled into the juvenile justice system.
Proponents say the initiative will make schools safer and create positive relationships between police and students.
Omaha hospitals, group team to stop escalating violence
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two Omaha health systems are teaming up with a violence prevention group to try to stop escalating violence in Nebraska’s largest city.
The trauma centers at the Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy are often scenes of grief and anger as a result of violence. Because of that, the hospital’s two health systems — Nebraska Medicine and CHI Health, respectively — are partnering with YouTurn, which supports families in crisis during stressful times and works to defuse any potential retaliation stemming from violence.
YouTurn will provide “street outreach workers” to the two trauma centers to intervene and mitigate potential retaliation when victims of violence become patients there. Omaha police work in conjunction with YouTurn to deploy staff at each trauma center.
Private Nebraska school offers alternative education
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A private school in southeast Nebraska is offering an education that emphasizes outdoor time, practical learning and Christian values.
The Skyview Learning Academy, which sits on a 20-acre (8-hectare) plot with a pond and has a 60-tree orchard, opened its doors in 2014, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
Michele Ray founded the school located in Douglas, a village about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Lincoln. She said she wanted a different kind of school for her children than what’s offered in public schools. Ray said letting kids outside in nature and teaching them about healthy living should begin at an early age.
The school, which also has freely roaming dogs, cats and chickens, doubled its enrollment by its second academic year from 13 to 26. The school enrolled nearly 40 students for the 2017-18 year.
Ray said the school has replaced its cafeteria with classroom space to accommodate the growing number of enrolled students. She hopes to enroll 60 students next school year, which would allow for a teacher’s aide.
The school offers a media center, kitchen and gymnasium, but Ray hopes to add a two-level entryway, two more classrooms, a cafeteria and a mud room. It’s also built a new chicken coop and raised garden beds.
Skyview charges parents $600 per month to help fund projects. It also hosts an annual banquet that has raised between $5,000 and $6,000.
Tina Doerr, who enrolled her daughters in the school for the 2017-18 year, said she finds its tuition a worthwhile expense because of the unique learning experience.
“I love the nature focus and the Christian atmosphere,” she said. “I feel like being outside they develop so much better. It forces them to use their imaginations 100 percent.”
Doerr said the school allows students to learn at their own pace.
Omaha man killed in motorcycle crash in western Iowa
NEOLA, Iowa (AP) — A Nebraska man has died after the motorcycle he was driving hit a livestock trailer in western Iowa.
26-year-old Adam Blake, of Omaha, Nebraska, died following the crash Thursday night on a county road near Neola.
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says Blake was traveling southbound on the road behind a pickup truck pulling the empty trailer. Investigators say Blake hit the trailer when the truck slowed to turn left.
Officials say Blake died at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.