A2 The Banner-Press, David City, Nebraska Thursday, May 8, 2014

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John Russell DaroDavid and Alexandra

(Kale) Daro of Omaha are the parents of a baby boy, John Russell, born March 17, 2014 at Bergan Mercy Hos-pital in Omaha. He weighed 8 lbs 9 oz.

Grandparents are John and Anita Kale of Brimfield, Ill., and Russ and Loretta Daro of David City. Great-grandmothers are Evie Daro and Sally Vanis, both of David City.

Ethan James ZitekBen and Melissa (Petrik)

Zitek of Lincoln are the par-ents of a baby boy, Ethan James, born April 16, 2014 at Bryan Health in Lincoln. He weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. and was welcomed home by sisters Ashlyn and Emme Zitek.

Grandparents are Dan and Barb Petrik of David City, and Gary and Allison Zitek of Ulysses. Great grandpar-ents are Dwaine and Selma Schmit of Bellwood, Doro-thy Petrik of Platte, South Dakota, Marvin and Mary Lee Zitek of Ulysses, and Dave Tuma of St. Paul.

Andrew Daniel BreckaDan and Joanie (Dobesh)

Brecka of David City are the parents of a baby boy, Andrew Daniel, born April 4, 2014 at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. He weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and was welcomed home by his 4-year-old sister, Christie.

Grandparents are Louie and Barb Brecka of Octavia, and Roger and Jane Dobesh of David City. Great-grand-parents are Emil and Mary Jansen of David City.

Hensley Jean VandenbergBrad and Valerie (Wendt)

Vandenberg of David City are the parents of a baby girl, Hensley Jean, born April 30, 2014 at Butler County Health Care Center. She weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was welcomed home by big brother, Kroy, 2 years old.

Grandparents are Bill and Vicky Vandenberg; Steve Wendt, Yvonne Pence and the late Rhonda Wendt, all of David City. Great-grandpar-ents are Alice Vandenberg of David City; Margie and John

Births

Ethan James Zitek

Andrew Daniel Brecka

John Russell Daro

ULYSSES FIRST COMMUNION

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First Communion was held at Immaculate Conception Parish in Ulysses on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27. Pictured here are Gianna Frasher, daughter of Tim and Jennifer Frasher of Surprise, and Jack Timoney, son of Larry and Janet Timoney of Ulysses, with Father Raymond Jenson.

by Monica Polivka/The Banner-Press

Fr. Ronald Homes presents the First Communicants, left to right, Riley Yindrick, Luke Polivka, and Tyler Kastl. This took place at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, in Bruno on April 26, 2014.

SHELBY SACRED HEART HONORS SENIORS

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The Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Shelby hon-ored graduating seniors on Sunday, May 4 at the 9 a.m. Mass with Fr. John Rooney as celebrant.

These included, back row, from left Chatrice Marie White, daughter of Bob and Nitha White; Colton Thomas Rathman, son of Jeff Rathman and Lori Rathjen; Megan Rae Ingalls, daughter of Jeff and Christy Ingalls. Front: Brittany Nicole Hopwood,daughter of Rodney and Sarah Hopwood; Liliana Roman, daughter of Agustin and Maria Ruvalcab; Carolina Grace Hopwood, daughter of Ron and Darla Hopwood; not pictured, Erik Rivera, son of Transito and Marisela Rivera.

May 12-16, 2014All meals served at noon.

Includes bread, milk, tea or coffee. All meals must be reserved the day before or by 9 a.m. the day of. Call 402-367-6131. Suggested dona-tion: $4.50 or $3.50 over 60. Menu and activities subject to change.

May 12: Meatloaf, maca-roni and cheese, succotash and apricots. 10: Frogs, Jig-saw Puzzle, Quilting.

May 13: Foot Care. Tur-key, dressing, green beans, salad bar and pumpkin bars. 9:30 Tai Chi, 12:30 Bingo. Van to Lincoln.

May 14: Pasta bake w/meatballs, California veggies and mandarin oranges. 9:30 Pinochle, Quilting, 10:00 Frogs

May 15: Smothered pork chop, garden rice, beets,

salad bar and applesauce. 9:30 Tai Chi. Van to Omaha.

May 16: Circle Jam. Roast beef, mashed and gravy, corn and pears. 9:30 Pinochle, Quilting. 10:00 Frogs

Butler County Transit Van, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. operates days Center is open. Provides transporta-tion for all ages. Travels to Lincoln, Omaha, Columbus, Fremont, Wahoo, Valparaiso and surrounding Butler County towns weekly. Call 402-367-6131 for appoint-ment. Butler County Senior Services Home-Delivered Meals. Call 402-367-6131. Meals delivered to those with illness, injury or dis-ability. Busy Wheels, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Call for appointment.

Butler County Senior Services

MEETINGS/EVENTSE x h i b i t i o n by n ew

agrarian artist, Naomi Friend of Story City, Iowa, at Bone Creek Museum, Restless Ten-ants April 30 through June 29, 2014.

The Degeneration of the Family Farm, through Ju ly 27. Bo n e C re e k Museum of Agrarian Art, David City. Reception May 24, 3 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Court 25¢ Community Bingo, last Monday of the month.

B l u e Va l l e y C o m -munity Action Advi-sory Board Meeting, 416 E St., 4th Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. at Store. Pub-lic welcome.

Community Coffee, Rolls, Free, 9:30 a.m., david place. 1st Wednes-day.

SUPPORT GROUPSAA Meeting (Open),

8 p.m., Congregational Christian Church, 696 N. 5th; Wednesdays.

A l z h e i m e r ’s S u p -port Group, 6 p.m., St. Joseph’s Villa Activities Center, 4th Tuesday.

Domestic Violence Let’s Talk About It Sup-port Group, Genesis House, Every Day, Any-time; 402-367-3585.

Moving On, Recover-ing from Loss Support Group, 10 a.m., David City Senior Center, 4th Thursday.

T O P S ( T a k e O f f P o u n d s S e n s i b l y ) , 5:30 p.m., St. Joseph’s Villa, Wednesdays.

Calendar of Events

Weather last weekApril

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BrainardSenior BingoBingo was held Saturday

at the Klein Center with Twila Petrzilka, caller of the games. Lorrain Pelan and Emily Rezac won the Black-out game. Kathy Janak and CeCe Steager, members of April PCCW circle served lunch.

Brainard Day was held at the Butler County Senior Service Center as they cel-ebrated their 25th Anniver-sary. Those present for lunch from Brainard were Sally Vandenberg, Emily Rezac, Carolyn Dvorak, Sharon Bruner, Kathy Bongers, Rich and CeCe Steager, Donna Steager, Jenny Behne, Sandy Archuleta, former residents Maurace Havlovic and Helen Zavodny.

Garden Craft and Plant Exchange

The Brainard Area Senior Group and the Willing Workers Women’s Group will host a garden art craft class in conjunction with a community plant exchange at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14 at the Klein Center

in Brainard.Master Gardener Marilyn

Schmit will demonstrate and instruct the class to cre-ate garden art, such as bird baths, bird feeders, glass col-umns, flowers, and mush-rooms. Bring your unused plates, dishes, cups, vases and votive cups to the class for the craft. Glue and mis-cellaneous supplies to com-plete the project will be sup-plied and some dishes will be available for purchase.

The plant exchange is scheduled later in the eve-ning. Bring and identify any extra plants you have and exchange them for plants you would like. Annuals, perennials, house or vege-table plants are all accepted for the exchange.

T h i s f re e c l a ss a n d exchange is open to anyone that would like to create unique garden art and have new plants for their garden.

David CityRoy and Jeri DeVall of

David City went to Colum-bus to meet their niece and daughter and celebrate Roy

and Jeri’s 65th Anniversary at a local restaurant.

Garrison402-367-0264On April 26 a State

“Betty” Convention” was held at the Catholic Church Hall, North Bend. Bettys from all over South East Nebraska attended for a meeting, games, drawings, refreshments, and a day of fellowship. Providing enter-tainment was the “Betty Boop Troupe” featuring Barbara Ingwersen, Jackie Kastl, and Linda Robinson.

The annual Siffring Reunion was held April 27 at the Golden Corral Res-taurant, Lincoln, with the Minnie Rathje family as hosts. Attending: 32 people from Columbus, Seward, Rising City, David City, Wil-ber, Juniata, Ogallala, and Lincoln. Ron and Joann Ber-gland traveled the farthest, from Syracuse, Kansas.

Emma Hlavac, daughter of E.J. and Beth Hlavac, sang with her pre-school friends at the Sunday ser-vice at Redeemer Lutheran

Church, David city.James (Sr.)and Jolene

Daro hosted an Easter sup-per for their children and their families: James Daro, Jr., Justin Daro, Jason Daro, Jordan Daro, Julie Vodicka, Jessica Daro, and Jenna Daro.

Easter guests of Gordon and Linda Robinson were Haley, Charlie, and Piper Faulkner, Whitney Robin-son, and Barbara and Liz Ingwersen.

Pastor David Palomaki officiated at the baptism of Bailey Marie Topil, daughter of Craig and Jennifer Topil, Rising City, at Immanuel Lutheran Church on April 27. Bailey’s sponsors are Aaron Smith, Whitney Smith, and Cody Topil.

Maxine Freeman accom-panied Susie Sedlak to the “Grand March’ for the David City Public School Prom. They went to see Morgan Styskal, Susie’s granddaughter.

MariettaBy Wilma DeWispelareJason and Kristin (Hop-

wood) DeWispelare of

Columbus are the parents of a son, Riley Jay, who was born at the Colum-bus Community Hospital in Columbus on Satur-day, April 26. He weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz. Grandparents are Rebekah and William Richards of Geneva and the late Mark Hopwood; and Mike and Betty DeWispe-lare of David City. Great-grandparents are Gerald and Wilma DeWispelare of Octavia, Dale and the late Sandra Schmid, Joann Hopwood and the late Rob-ert Hopwood, and the late Ernest and Alice Otoupal.

Group 3 served coffee and rolls after the Mass on Sun-day morning, and the Altar Society met with co-pres-idents, Cindy Hilger and Gina Thompson, presiding at the meeting. The next meeting will be held in July.

First Holy Communion was held at Presentation Parish on Sunday, May 4, with Josiah Brezina, son of Churck and Karla Brezina; Tyron Cummings, son of Sara Cummings; and Emma

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