Wauneta man injured in utility vehicle accident
Kent Doetker of Wauneta was life-flighted to Kearney on the evening of Monday, July 19, following a utility vehicle accident. The accident happened in a pasture south of Wauneta on land owned by Doetker. First responders were called to the scene at 7:55 p.m. MT. According to his son, Doetker was in an induced coma as of Tuesday, July 20.
Frenchman Valley Baptist VBS is July 26-30
The Frenchman Valley Baptist Church in Wauneta is hosting Vacation Bible School next week. VBS will be held in the mornings from 9 to 11:30 a.m. MT beginning on Monday, July 26, through Friday, July 30. The mornings’ activities will include Bible teaching, games and recreation. Refreshments will be served. Children prekindergarten thru sixth grade are invited to attend.
Wauneta UMC Bible School set for July 26-29
Wauneta United Methodist Church will be the headquarters for Bible School learning and fun next week when volunteers host “Hero Headquarters” Vacation Bible School. VBS activities will be held daily from 3:30 to 6 p.m. MT, Monday thru Thursday, July 26 -29, for youngsters ages 4 thru sixth grade.
For more information contact Dawn Doetker, coordinator of this year’s UMC VBS.
Digital photo contest deadline a week away
Calling all camera buffs — the deadline for the Wauneta Harvest Festival Digital Photo Contest sponsored by Champa Group is coming up at midnight on Thursday, July 29.
This year “tractors” will be the featured subject. Photos can also be submitted in the “general” category. To submit your digital image for the contest go online to http://gallery.champgroup.com/main.php to upload your photos.
Contest entries will be on display at the Champ Group office, downtown Wauneta, on Saturday, July 31, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. During this time those visiting the exhibit can vote for their favorite photos.
Winners will be announced at the Harvest Fest barbecue.
Breeze captures two national press awards
The National Newspaper Association announced last week that staff members at the Wauneta Breeze have capture two national newspaper awards in the NNA’s Better Newspaper Contest.
Competing in the non-daily division of newspapers with circulation of up to 3,000, former Breeze staffer David Vrbas, now of Lincoln, garnered a second place award in the category of Best Humorous Column. Vrbas received the recognition for a column titled “An intrusion of nature” in which he detailed his family’s encounter with a squirrel in their house.
The Breeze also took third place in Best Photo Essay for photos and page design by Vrbas and Tina Kitt in the paper’s coverage of Wauneta’s 2009 Harvest Festival.
Vrbas received an honorable mention in Best Sports Feature Story for his profile of Wauneta’s walk-on Husker football players.
Don’t forgot your Breeze vacation issue
Summer vacation season is in full swing and those on the go are reminded to tuck a copy of the Breeze in their suitcase so they can snap a vacation issue photo.
Once a year the Breeze includes photos of our readers as they travel the globe with the Wauneta Breeze. So snap your vacation issue with the Breeze — or if you forget your newspaper just print off a page from our web site at waunetabreeze.com to include that page in the photo.
Vacation issues can be mailed to the Breeze at P.O. Box 337, Wauneta, NE 69045, emailed to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or dropped off at the Breeze office. Be sure to include a list of names of those in the photo as well as information about where your vacation issue photo was taken.
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