HARTINGTON —A petition filed in District Court to stop a 5,000 head feedlot from being located within one mile of the Village of Coleridge has been thrown out.
District Judge William Binkard has issued an order to dismiss a petition filed by the “Concerned Citizens of Coleridge,” which asked the Coleridge Village Board to reverse their decision on the conditional use permit for the feedlot.
After reviewing the arguments and briefs, Binkard found the “Concerned Citizens of Coleridge” did not have a legal standing to bring the action to District Court. The order also said the petition had a jurisdictional defect.

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HARTINGTON — Judge William Binkard will determine in early August if a lawsuit against the Coleridge Village Board will be dismissed.
The issue concerns a conditional-use permit which would allow a feedlot within one mile of Coleridge. A lawsuit was then filed to oppose the move — although a final decision on the issue could be a long way down the road.
Three attorneys presented arguments before Judge Binkard on Monday.
Binkard gave the attorneys an opportunity to file briefs to support their arguments concerning the lawsuit.

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COLERIDGE  — So long smoke, hello clean air.
A statewide smoking ban takes effect on June 1.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and local health departments will be working with businesses to help them comply with Nebraska’s new smoke-free law.
On June 1, every indoor workplace and public place in Cedar County, as well as across the state, must be smoke-free. The act was designed to protect the public health and welfare of people.

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HARTINGTON –  Cedar County walkers will go around the clock in the battle against cancer during the American Cancer Society Relay For Life which will be held in Hartington this weekend.
Teams of enthusiastic citizens will gather at the Hartington Community Complex for an overnight relay from 7 p.m. on May 30 until 7 a.m. on May 31.

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COLERIDGE — Observing Memorial Day remains a strong tradition for a family that grew up in Coleridge.
The parents, Clarence and Helen Vock, are now deceased, but the lessons of patriotism and the importance of decorating graves on Memorial Day still linger on with their children.
Even though all but one of the six children have moved away, most of them still return to Coleridge every year to decorate the graves of family members and honor the veterans.
“It was a part of life at our house when we were growing up,” said Jacie Burbach. “You did not make any other plans for Memorial Day.”
This year was no different as the families of Jim Vock, Joan (Vock) Cautrell, Jacie (Vock) Burbach and Julie (Vock) Murphy stopped by area cemeteries and gathered at the Burbach home in Coleridge for a time of fellowship.

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The Junior and Senior Classes performed their annual play for the public on Friday evening. Mannequins Tyler Hefner (left) and Seth Schroeder prepare to throw would-be robber Ben Hoffart through the front window of their store.

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COLERIDGE —  A two-way video conference linked the Coleridge School with a school in rural Alaska that is below the Arctic Circle.
Members of the Coleridge School Board visited with Rich Patton who is serving as the assistant superintendent for the Lower Yukon School District during the school board meeting on Monday evening.
Patton has been hired by the Laurel-Concord School and will replace Supt. Dan Hoesing for the 2009-10 school year.

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COLERIDGE — Coleridge School Board members will not learn the amounts of state aid or stimulus funds the school will receive for close to a month.
The stimulus funds for schools could end up supplementing the money for the state aid package.
Any stimulus money that is received by schools, whether it is part of the state aid or not, will have a lot of strings attached.
“There will need to be a lot of documentation on how it is spent,” said Supt. Dan Hoesing.
The state aid will not be certified until June 1 according to Hoesing.

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COLERIDGE —  Hats, hats, hats — everyone was wearing a hat at the Mother/Daughter Hat Party in Coleridge on Saturday.
Over 190 people showed up at noon for the salad luncheon and Hat Party, which was sponsored by Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Pastor Andreas Stein’s devotion was taken from only one verse in the sixteenth chapter of Romans.
He talked about the countless hours mothers invest in the lives of their children.
“Mothers plant seeds of love,” Stein said. “It is a mother’s divine calling. Planting seeds of love is a God-given talent.”
The afternoon was filled with music, a variety of poems and readings, and a program that was titled “My Pattern for Living,” along with a lot of laughter.

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COLERIDGE — The love Myrna Collins showed a young neighbor girl years ago is still making a difference.
Lisa Hoffman, who is now married and lives in Wisner, lived next door to the Myrna and Dick Collins family when they all lived in Laurel.
“I think of her as my Mom,” said Hoffman. “I wouldn’t be the person I am today without the love she showed me.”
According to Hoffman, Myrna took her under her wing and mothered her.

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