People You Know

?• The Herndon community extends sympathy to the family of Laurence L. Escher, formally of Herndon. Laurence died March 4 in Oberlin. Rosary was held Monday at 7 p.m., and Mass was celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery March 9. Laurence was born March 29, 1922 to Louis and Rosa Barenberg Escher and graduated from Herndon High School in 1940.
• Stations of the Cross were conducted by the Christian Mothers Altar Society following Mass on Sunday at St. Mary’s. Rachelle Solko was reader; Sharon Ecker, cross bearer and Jean Kogl, candle bearer.
• Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock, Set Your Clock! Set your clocks ahead at 2 a.m., Sunday, March 14 for the official beginning of Daylight Savings Time, always on the second Sunday of March.
• Roseanna Stoney attended the surprise 65th birthday pizza party for Tom Brown of Ludell, at Roger’s Grill in Herndon Saturday evening. Family and friends joined in the celebrating, wishing Tom many more happy years.
• Danny Marintzer of Omaha, Neb., visited Kent and Chris Wood recently while spending time with his mother, Helen Marintzer, at the Good Samaritan in Oberlin.
• Check out the website! Thought you might like to know the Linguistic Atlas of Kansas German dialects has a website dedicated to the collection and digital preservation of recordings of Kansas German dialects. Professor’s William Keel and Chris Johnson, University of Kansas, are the principal contributors and have been adding “features” to it. They will be adding a couple of Rawlins County recordings taken last April. Check it out and click around on: http://www2.ku.edu/~germanic/LAKGD/Atlas_Intro.shtml to listen to some sample recordings.
• Come join in the fun with a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast and silent auction of the CYO students following the 8:30 a.m., Mass at St. Mary’s on Sunday, March 14. Pancakes, sausage and eggs, coffee and juice will be served until 11 a.m.
• Marlene Wolfram of McCook and Jerry Wolfram of Herndon attended the ceremony of their son, Jeramy Wolfram, from the Airport Safety Officer Fire Department graduation in Wichita. A reception followed the graduation Feb. 26. Congratulations Jeramy!
• Chris Wood cheered up all the Herndon residents this past week at Cedar Living Center and Good Samaritan in Oberlin.
• Jason Hafner and Raquel Frerichs of Lexington, Neb., spent a couple of days with Bob and Julie Hafner celebrating Raquel’s birthday on March 4. They enjoyed home-baked cookies with aunts, Edie Pettera and Joan Noble on Friday afternoon that the residents at Cedar Living stirred up.
• Don and Joan Grafel and Kyle Grafel, all of Herndon; Kent Grafel and Wayne and Betty Grafel, all of Culbertson; and Kathryn Sousek of Omaha, Neb., attended the funeral service of Leland Imig in Seward, Neb., March 2. Leon and Marita Portschy visited with Leland’s family in Seward March 1.

Learn about Herndon
on the website

Herndon has a colorful, informative new website which includes a helpful calendar of events.
Visitors to the site will find a listing of local businesses and the services they offer, as well as church service times and special events.
The web site is linked to the one at USD 105 so information about school happenings and upcoming events will be readily available.
Herndon Heritage Craft Day, Main Street Christmas and the 2010 Herndon Ox Roast are already on the pages.
New information can be added to the website, which is sponsored by Herndon PRIDE, by contacting Deb Portschy at 322-5212.
Enjoy learning about the past and future events by logging on the herndonkansas.com website.