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Almamc Fremont Tribune A2 Thursday, April 30, 1992 OBITUARIES WEATHER 1 .1 UnnHiV Monday: Tit pull eotwy of Alltrgy 4,4 Artkaa A fc, MamJd The pollen count today moderate at 31 grains per cubic meter of air. nbagnsu -1 Admissions Lisa Sawtelle of Fremont. Dismissals Myrtle Koehler of Fremont, Births Dan and Lisa Sawtelle of a daughter bom Saturday through A chance of thundershowers west Sunday and Monday, dry tash Highs in the 70s Saturday, cooling to 55 to 65 Sunday and Monday. Lows in the 40s, except 50s east Saturday. Extended forecast Saturday through Monday: A chance of thundershowers west Sunday and Monday, dry east.

Highs in the 70s Saturday, cooling to 55 to 65 Sunday and Monday. warm with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers. High around 85. South wind 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. through the ranks, starting essentially at the bottom, said Knowlton, who also worked as a Hormel security guard.

The companys founder, George Hormel, believed in starting management candidates during the 1950s and 60s as security guards to give them a feel of the entire operation, he said. From there, Krebs supervised various plant departments, worked in the companys corporate offices and managed the Houston plant Nowadays, Knowlton said, management candidates because of the demand for specialized expertise in the areas of computers, engineering and accounting begin Hormel careers as management trainees. But Krebs maintains a 24-year-old security guard with the ability, goals and strong work ethic still can climb the management ranks because of Hormels policy of hiring from within. The father of five grown children said he realizes his Fremont post could be the final step in his career. Certainly this could be where I end my career, he said.

Working for Hormel 35 years has been a great experience. I couldnt ask for a better company to work for. dents between 1988 and 1991. Four of those accidents resulted in seven deaths and 38 of the accidents left 73 people injured. Johnson said the benefits of the highway improvement may not be evident right now, but will become evident in the years to come.

The Fremont project is the result of the states accelerated road improvement program that was requested by the roads department in 1989. Its good to see a dream become a reality, Johnson said. Better infrastructure has an effect on every business along that segment of highway and on the people along it It may not be apparent immediately, but in the long term, its very positive for the business economy. However, the increase in safety is the best reason of all to support the project, Johnson said. Tonight: Low in the lower 60s.

South wind 10 to 20 mph. Highest humidity 70 to 80 percent. A 20 percent chance of late night thundershowers. Friday: High around 85. South wind 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.

Lowest humidity 30 to 40 percent. 7 to 9 hours of sunshine. High drying potential. A 20 percent chance of thundershowers. Tonight, partly cloudy and mild.

A 20 percent chance of late night thundershowers. Low in the lower 60s. South wind 10 to 20 mph. Friday, partly sunny, breezy and still vision and is farther than most other plants from corporate headquarters in Austin, he said. Rosy Rosenthal, a member of United Food Commerical Workers Local No.

22s executive and negotiating boards, said labor officials havent had any contact with Krebs yet. Its not common for the labor force to deal directly with the general manager, however such a relationship would be beneficial to both sides, Rosenthal said. We look forward to working with him, he said. Rosenthal said he hasnt heard a bad word about Krebs after talking to union officials from other Hormel plants where Krebs has worked. A three-year labor contract expires this September but the plant manager has little part in the negotiations because its handled by corporate officials, Rosenthal said.

Krebs said he expects no changes in employee levels during the next year. More than 1.4 million hogs were slaughtered at the Fremont plant during Hormels 1991 fiscal year. This years plant goal is to slaughter 1.5 million hogs, which Krebs said he expects to meet Not unlike a lot of managers of Hormel, (Krebs) moved up Needham said the state made every effort to reimburse businesses and landowners few every relocation expense. That includes not only the obvious expenses of property, but such details as searching expenses, higher taxes, and even the cost of replacing the address of a companys letterhead. Roads department figures show that 7,000 to 7,500 vehicles use', the road daily.

Those figures are. projected to increase to 11,500 to 12,500 per day by the year 2012. Fremont Mayor Donald B. Skip Edwards arid 15th District Sen. Lowell Johnson of North Bend were among those at the hearing who supported the project Edwards said the accident data collected by the roads department proved the section of U.S.

77 should be made into a four-lane highway. According to roads department figures, the section of U.S. 77 was the site of 98 acci Relocation From Page A1 ti mates and determine if and how the city should assist in rebuilding the corn-cob processing plant at a site near West Military Avenue and County Road 19. Officials have considered holding a special election on whether to implement a shortterm city sales tax to pay for Transit Mills relocation. Geo.

A. Hormel Co. offi-cials have said they eventually will have to move their 975-employee Fremont plant elsewhere if Transit Mills isnt relocated. Hormel officials allege Transit Mills plant causes dust and rodent problems. Schmidt said he was awaiting word from city and state officials before calling a meeting.

He said he wasnt aware of any breakthroughs in negotiations between officials representing Hormel, Transit Mills, the city and state, and the Greater Fremont Development Council. Sutton said all parties are continuing to negotiate possible solutions to curtail alleged dust problems. He wouldnt say if Hormel officials have changed their stance on demanding a relocation. Ron Krebs, manager of Hor-mels Fremont plant, declined comment on whether Hormel has softened its original demand that Transit Mills relocate. Richard Knowlton, Hormel president and chief executive officer, said in an interview Wednesday that a possible solution would be to enclose Transit Mills current plant on Studley Road.

He wouldnt comment on whether Hormel officials would accept that as an alternative. The environment needs cleaned up, Knowlton said. Whatever it takes to do that, (Transit Mills President G.M. Wieser Jr.) should do that not the city. Wieser has said repeatedly he wished not to comment on the situation.

Gary Ray, Hormel group vice president of operations, was out of town today and couldnt be reached for comment HELD OVER FRIDAY NIGHTS Beer Batter Cod ALL YOU CAN CAT wSalad Bar $4" 631 Park 721-3353 Harold Whitmer Harold Hooty Whitmer, 80, of 321 W. 21st died Wednesday, April 29, 1992, at his home. Mr. Whitmer was bom July 6, 1911, at Rapid City. S.D.

He grew up there and in Neligh and Fremont, graduating from Fremont High School in 1929 and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1934. He managed the former Nick Neff Motors for several years and was with Wittmann Realty, both of Fremont, for many years. He was a member of The Presbyterian Church, the Fremont Golf Club, the Fremont Masonic Lodge No. 15 AF AM, the Midwest Decoy Carvers, was a former member of both the Elks Lodge and the universitys Sigma Nu fraternity. He married Claudine Akerlund April 17, 1935, in Chicago.

She died Dec. 29, 1989. Survivors include a son, John of Fremont; a daughter, Mrs. Dennis (Ann) Behrens of Fremont; a brother, Robert of Fremont; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be 10 a.m.

Saturday at Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel. The Rev. Stephen Brownlee will officiate. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 9 pjn, at the mortuary.

Burial will be in Ridge Cemetery in Fremont. A memorial has been established to the Tangier Shrine Temple Transportation Fund. Leila Lehnert YUTAN The funeral for Leila A. Lehnert, 81, of Yutan will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St.

Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church in Yutan. Mrs. Lehnert died Wednesday, April 29, 1992, at St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha. She was a homemaker.

Leila Barry was bora Nov. 16, 1910, in Weston. She married Carrol Lehnert Aug. 24, 1932. He died in 1980.

Survivors include three sons, Allan of Lincoln, Daryl of Kansas City, and Gary of Yutan; a daughter, Marian Thomas of Yutan; a sister, Ruth Ann Schoen of Weston; and seven grandchildren. The Rev. Vitauts Grinvalds will officiate Saturdays service. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday at Reichmuth Funeral Home in Yutan. Burial will be in Hollst Lawn Cemetery in Yutan. Memorials have been established to the church and Yutan Rescue Squad. Computer From Page A1 gotiated. The county bought its present system from Automated Systems six years ago.

The maintenance agreement with the county expires June 1 and wont be renewed because the equipment is outdated and difficult to service, company officials said. John Carls trom, chairman of the boards Property Committee, said the new maintenance contract would include updating portions of the system as they become obsolete, which accounts for the high maintenance cost Greg Kelly of Business Records Corp. of Omaha also offered to provide the county computer services. Business Records would offer the same services as the Lincoln company, Carlstrom said. Kelly had no cost estimates to provide the board Wednesday.

He agreed to meet with Property Committee members to discuss the countys computer needs. Carlstom said the meeting will be within 10 days. Kelly said he would have an offer ready within 30 days. The board passed a motion to hear presentations from both companies again at its May 13 meeting. State statutes do not require the board to solicit bids for unique or non-competitive items or equipment Leonard Ilegemann DODGE Leonard A.

Ilegemann, 55, of Dodge, died Wednesday, April 29, 1992, at A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont. Mr. Ilegemann was bom Dec. 22, 1936, in rural Howells.

He attended Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School and Howells High School. He farmed near Howells for three years after 1957, later working at Wagner Well and Wimmcrs Meat Plant, both in Dodge. He also worked at Iowa Beef Processors in West Point and for the past three years, worked for the Village of Dodge. He was a member of St.

Wcnccslaus Catholic Church in Dodge, its Holy Name Society and was a past member of the Dodge Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. liegeman married Cecelia Liu Sept. 11, 1957, in West Point. She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Patrick of Lincoln and Michael of Dodge; six daughters, Mrs. Paul (Sandra) Machovec. Pamela Hegcmann and Jodi Ilegemann, all of Lincoln, Mrs. Michael (Maureen) Berg of Bowie, Mrs. Donald (Elizabeth) Kelberlau of Shaw Air Force Base, S.C, and Regina Hegcmann of Tucker, four brothers, Raymond and Joseph, both of Howells, Robert of Fremont and Victor of Richardson, six sisters.

Sister Dorelia Hegcmann of LaVenne, Mrs. Richard (Helen) Schlaut-mann of Howells, Mrs. Hubert (Kathleen) Baumert of Clarkson, Mrs. Marius (Marie) Kruger of Schuyler, Mrs. Reuben (Arlene) Doemcmann of Howells and Sister Myriam Hegcmann of Milwaukee, and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Dodge. The Rev.

Mel Wiese will officiate. Visitation will be p.m. Friday at the church. A rosary will be said 8 p.m. Friday at the church.

A prayer service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Humlicek Funeral Home in Dodge. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Elvie Nelson The funeral for Elvie S. Nelson, 80, of 750 E.

16th Sl, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patricks Catholic Church monL Mrs. Nelson died Monday, April 27, 1992, at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha. She was a retired telephone operator.

Elvie Deegan was bom Sept. Nelson 19, 1911, in Lindsay. She grew up there and was a 1930 graduate of Newman Grove High School. She then worked for the telepone company at Lindsay, moved to Platte Center in 1937, and in 1941, lived and worked in San Bruno, Calif. In 1968, she retired from being a supervisor and long distance telephone operator and moved to Gridley, moving to Fremont in December 1984.

She was a member of St. Patricks Catholic Church in Fremont. She married Bernard Nelson March 1, 1940, in Omaha. He died June 19, 1985. Survivors include a niece, Mrs.

Ed (Dottie) Gentrup of Fremont and a nephew, William Deegan of Fremont. She was preceded in death by twQ brothers. The Rev. Charles Swanson will officiate Saturdays service. Visitation is in progress until 9 tonight, and 9 a.m.

to 9 p.m. Friday, both at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. A prayer service will be 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Fremont.

Memorials have been established to the church and the American Lung Association. Sunset today, sunrise Friday: sunset Friday 8:21. Local precipitation total for 1992: 7.74 inches. Normal precipitation for this date: 6.09 inclies. i ymrtWHga-' I Partly cloudy tonight.

A slight chance of late night thundershowers east. Lows around 50 west to the lower 60s southeast. Partly sunny Friday. A slight chance of thundershowers east. Still warm with highs mostly in the 80s.

Manager From Page A1 Transit Mills, Krebs declined comment to avoid fostering negative feelings, except to say Hormcl officials continue to work with the city to find a solution. He insisted he hasnt encountered bad feelings in the community or from his work fence on the issue. I think Ron Krebs can handle (the environmental issues) every bit as well as Ralph Nelson did, said Richard Knowlton, Hormel president and chief executive officer. He knows we cant take an environment like what we have. Hormel officials have said new products and about $3.5 million in plant improvements are being delayed until a solution is found.

(Hormel) cant have a neighbor there that plugs our air vents, Knowlton said. He said Krebs was selected to manage Fremonts plant because of his extensive experience and ability to foster team spirit. We dont send anyone to Fremont that we dont think is the best, Knowlton said. Not only is it the second-largest plant, but it has the companys only hog-slaughtering di Highway From Page A1 to the trouble and expense of making improvements on a business with no future. Shinaut bought the former Shop Easy from Bud Moore Inc.

in 1985. He learned about the highway plans afterward from Schauer. "I feel that the people that owned it must have known something, Shinaut said. Somebody must have known something. The state should have said something.

Like Schauer, Shinaut is not optimistic about the states plans to reimburse him for his losses. They say theyll help with relocation, but there are a lot of out-of-pocket expenses, including sewer and gas line hookups, water lines and any number of other details and complications that would work' against him in the process. Things can get twisted around so damn bad you dont even know what youre thinking yourself, he said. Randy Needham, assistant right-of-way manager for the roads department, said planners are responsible for 10,000 miles of highway across the state. Its-impossible to keep track of the activities of each resident along the roadways.

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