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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — FedExsays they have found radioactiverods used for medical equipmentthat went missing during shipmentbetween North Dakota andTennessee.

Memphis-based FedEx spokes-woman Sandra Munoz said Fridayafternoon the rods that are usedfor quality control purposes for CTscans were found at the shippingcompany’s Knoxville facility.

The company had to notifyauthorities this week after the rodswent missing while being sent fromFargo, N.D., to Knoxville, Tenn. But

she noted the rods didn’t pose anydanger as long as they were notremoved from the metal cylinder inwhich they were stored.

She said the cylinder hadapparently separated from the restof the package during shipping andwas identified on Friday.

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Mercedes L. Hoebelheinrich,age 84, of Crofton, Nebraskapassed away peacefully onThursday, November 25, 2010 atthe Avera Majestic Bluffs SisterJames Care Center in Yankton,South Dakota.

Mass of Christian Burial willbe on Monday, November 29,2010 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Rose ofLima Catholic Church in Croftonwith Rev. Timothy Lange officiat-ing. Burial will be in the St. Roseof Lima Cemetery.

Visitation will be on Sundayfrom 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. with arosary at 4:00 p.m. and a vigilservice at 7:00 p.m. at the WintzFuneral Home in Crofton.

To view her video tribute orto send an online sympathy mes-sage, please visit wintzrayfuner-alhome.com.

Pallbearers are Kenneth,Chad, Donavon, Dale and ArlanHoebelheinrich, Thomas

Hunhoff and PaulFuhrer. Honorarypallbearers areher grandchildrenand great-grand-children.

Mercedes wasborn on February16, 1926 at St.Helena, Nebraskato Marcus and

Mary (Paltz) Becker. She grew upin St. Helena, NE and graduatedfrom Mount Marty High Schoolin Yankton, SD. She marriedClarence John Hoebelheinrichon September 21, 1948 in St.Helena, NE. They farmed in ruralCrofton, NE. She worked atGurney’s Seed and Nursery inYankton, SD for 25 years untilSeptember 29, 1989, all whileraising her family of seven chil-dren. She enjoyed cooking andbaking for her family as well asgardening, canning, needle workand taking care of her cats. Herfavorite pastimes were watchingTwins baseball and Husker foot-ball and working on word search

puzzles. Mercedes enjoyed tak-ing part in the activities while atMajestic Bluffs where she wasalways grateful for the lovingcare she received. She was amember of St. Rose of LimaCatholic Church, the St. RoseGuild and the Christian Mothers.

Grateful for the loveMercedes shared are her chil-dren; Kenneth (LaLonnie)Hoebelheinrich, Yankton, SD,daughter-in-law, RosanneHoebelheinrich, Crofton, NE,Rose (Paul) Fuhrer, Omaha, NE,Donavon (Beverly)Hoebelheinrich, Yankton, SD,Lois (Thomas) Hunhoff,Yankton, SD, Dale (Mary Ann)Hoebelheinrich, Yankton, SD,and Arlan (Angie)Hoebelheinrich, Crofton, NE; 16grandchildren; 7 great-grandchil-dren; sisters, Rita Vornhagen,Niobrara, NE, Rose MariePaulson, Emerson, NE,Genevieve Schulte, Emerson, NE,and Charlotte (Alan)Wiebelhaus, Omaha, NE; broth-ers, Florenze (Charlene) Becker,

Forest Lake, MN and WilfordBecker, Omaha, NE; sisters-in-law, Germaine Becker,Hartington, NE and AnitaHoebelheinrich, Rupert, ID;brother-in-law, Reynold(Elizabeth) Hoebelheinrich,Menominee, NE and many niecesand nephews.

She was preceded in death byher husband, Clarence onOctober 31, 1994 at the age of 77;her son, James on October 13,2004; her parents; her brother,Donald Becker; sister-in-law,Sharon Becker; brothers-in-law,Ray Vornhagen and OrvillePaulson.

Yankton Press & DakotanNovember 27, 2010

Gordon HoxengGordon Hoxeng, 84, of Yankton

died Friday (Nov. 26, 2010) at hisresidence after a battle with can-cer.

Funeral services are pendingwith Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home& Crematory, Yankton.

Erma WalkerErma Walker, 108, died

Wednesday (Nov. 24, 2010) at the

Tripp Good Samaritan Center,Tripp.

Funeral services are at 2 p.m.today (Saturday) at Olivet UnitedMethodist Church, Olivet, with theRev. Tom Peterson officiating.Burial will be in the WittenbergCemetery, rural Olivet.

Visitations will resume onehour prior to the service at thechurch.

A i s e n b re y - O p s a h l - K o s t e lFuneral Home, Menno, is in chargeof arrangements.

Hoebelheinrich

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MIDWEST DIGESTFremont Mayor Resigns, Citing Health

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — The mayor of Fremont is citing health con-cerns as he steps down from the post he’s held since 1988.

In 2008 Mayor Donald “Skip” Edwards broke the City Council’s 4-4tie vote on a proposed ordinance barring the hiring of illegal immi-grants or renting them any housing in town. The ordinance wouldhave failed on a tie, but Edwards voted against it anyway.

The ordinance was adopted in 2010 after the city voters approvedit, but it is being challenged in court.

In a letter to the City Council, Edwards said Wednesday that his ail-ments have made it tough to perform his duties. He also says he’slooking forward to spending more time with his family.

According to the Fremont Tribune, Edwards will be replaced byCouncil President Scott Getzschman.

Longtime Nebraska Assistant Coach DiesLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Longtime Nebraska assistant football

coach Dan Young has died at his Lincoln home.A spokeswoman for Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home says Young

died Wednesday at the age of 69.The Lincoln Journal Star says Young had been struck by an inop-

erable brain tumor that was first diagnosed in July.Young was hired at Nebraska in 1983 by then-head coach Tom

Osborne, who has since become the school’s athletic director.Young joined the Huskers after six seasons coaching at WestsideHigh School in Omaha.

Young spent years coaching Husker punters, kickers and offen-sive linemen. He retired from the Nebraska program in 2002.

Referring to his dad’s death, Jeff Young told the Journal Star: “Iknow a lot of people say this, but he really did go in a peaceful man-ner.”

Mount Rushmore Makes Showing In ParadeRAPID CITY (AP) — South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore made a

showing Thursday during the 84th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving DayParade in New York City.

A float featuring a depiction of the monument made its way down7th Avenue with musical group Mannheim Steamroller singing holi-day songs at Rushmore’s base.

Mount Rushmore’s American Pride also featured the Black HillsNational Forest, area rivers, pine forests, dinosaur fossils and SouthDakota wildlife.

KEVN-TV says the South Dakota float also will appear in the 2011and 2012 parades.

Woman In S.F. Steals Beer At GunpointSIOUX FALLS (AP) — Sioux Falls police are looking for a woman

who pulled a gun on a convenience store clerk who tried to stop herfrom shoplifting a case of beer.

Authorities say no one was hurt in the incident shortly after mid-night. The woman fled in a car she had filled up with gas beforeentering the store.

Groton Child Abuse Offender Sent To PrisonABERDEEN (AP) — A Groton man who pleaded guilty earlier to a

child abuse charge has admitted to violating his probation by pur-chasing beer for two underage people he met at AlcoholicsAnonymous.

Twenty-two-year-old Travis Zerr was sentenced to serve threeyears in prison. The Aberdeen American News says he must serve atleast half the time before being eligible for parole.

Authorities say the child abuse conviction stemmed from Zerrbreaking an infant’s arm in August 2009 when he lifted the child bythe arm from the floor to a bed.

Zerr also admitted violating his probation by using marijuana.

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BY NELSON LAMPEAssociated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — A construction industrygroup and others who think Nebraska mustmaintain, improve and expand its highway sys-tem are pushing for higher fuel taxes, a new feeor anything fiscally sound that might raise themillions needed.

They fear that neglecting the concrete pathsfor trade and travel would be too costly forNebraska’s economic future.

“Nebraska’s future rides on its roads,” saidCurt Smith to the Kearney Hub. He’s executivedirector of the Nebraska Chapter of theAssociated General Contractors. He’s suggestedan increase of 10 cents a gallon atop the state’scurrent variable rate of 27.1 cents a gallon.

But a key state legislator said Friday thattax increases are not the answer.

“I don’t like the idea,” said Sen. DebFischer, of Valentine. “I live in rural Nebraska.To make a big increase like that in one year, I

just don’t think that’s feasible.”Department of Roads director Monty

Fredrickson told state legislators earlier thismonth that over the next 20 years, Nebraskamust spend $9.2 billion for state highways — afigure that could climb to $13.2 billion withinflation.

In December last year, a legislative reportsaid the state only may be able to cover about$6.4 billion.

The 60-page report said Nebraska’s heavyreliance on the fuel tax has created a fiscal cri-sis because the revenue declines in partbecause people are driving less and vehiclesare getting miserly with fuel.

The report came from Sen. Fischer’sTransportation and TelecommunicationsCommittee and included outlines of 31 tax andfee hikes Nebraskans suggested during aseries of public hearings.

Fischer has promised to introduce legisla-tion this coming session to address the rev-enue problem.

That plan won’t include tax increases, shesaid Friday.

“I don’t believe that the gas tax is sustain-able any longer to build our roads,” she said,again citing Nebraskans’ drops in miles driv-en and increases in the fuel efficiency oftheir vehicles.

The state needs a large source of revenueif its leaders are “truly going to address thestate’s highway needs,” Fischer said.

“If we as a state are not going to fulfill acore responsibility of government, then weneed to be honest about it,” the senator said.

She intends to lay out her plans beforethe legislative session begins in January, butshe would give no hint of what they mightcontain.

The backdrop for that unveiling will bered with projected revenue deficits. Thestate economic forecasting board has fore-cast a $1.4 billion budget gap starting nextsummer, through mid-2013.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Officialsat the University of South Dakotain Vermillion and Sitting BullCollege in Fort Yates, N.D., aredeveloping bachelor’s-degreeprograms to train teachers ofLakota as a second language.

The Department of Educationhas awarded the two schools afour-year, $2.4 million grant toinstitute the programs beginningnext year.

They hope to educate 30 new

Lakota language teachers withinthe initial four years.

Tipiziwin Young of Fort Yateswants to become one of thoseteachers.

Young tells The Argus Leaderthat there is beauty and power inLakota prayers, songs and words,and they can be very healing.

The education grant will payfor one instructor at each school— a Lakota linguistics expert forUSD and, at Sitting Bull, an

instructor specializing in secondlanguage methodology.

The grant also will allow 16Native American students at USDand 14 at Sitting Bull College toreceive $2,000 a month for twoyears to pay their tuition, feesand living expenses.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetimeshot to build an important teach-ing force in the state,” said WilMeya, executive director of theLakota Language Consortium, an

Indiana-based collaborationamong tribal leaders, linguisticexperts and second-languageeducation officials to revitalizethe Lakota language.

Meya, whose consortiumhelped put the grant requesttogether and works on every-thing from teacher training totextbook creation, said there aremore than 120,000 potentialLakota speakers in the NorthernPlains.

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa(AP) — An Illinois man who wasbelieved brain dead after he hadan aortic aneurism woke up andbegan talking, his daughter said.

Gene Stotts, 84, of Oquawka,Ill., suffered the aneurism onNov. 15 and was taken to GreatRiver Medical Center in WestBurlington, where he underwentsurgery, The Hawk Eye inBurlington reported. Stottsremained sedated afterward andtests showed the only part of hisbrain that was active was theportion that controlled breath-ing.

His daughters, Peggy Link and

Shirley Martinez, said the deci-sion was made Tuesday toremove him from the ventilatorthat helped him breath. Notwanting to hear their father gaspfor air, they left the room, onlyto have a nurse come get themto tell them their father woke upand was talking.

“It had to be a miracle,” Linktold The Hawk Eye on Thursday.

Stotts was able to speak andidentify his daughters. Link saidshe thought she was dreaming atfirst.

“He asked me for an icecream cone,” she said.

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