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With Latin details mixed with contemporary American style, heritage makes a happy home for the Coello family.
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The next chapter for bookshelves In today's digital world, books are becoming decorative accessories. Page 3
Freshen up your kitchen this spring Small changes can make a big difference with these quick, simple tricks. Page 6
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The next chapter for bookshelves
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Displaying books to best advantage Start fresh. Jim Noble of Noble Interior Design is an advocate of pulling all the books off the shelves and then arranging them by color and size. “Balance is the object here,” he said. “Things should have the same visual weight.” Do your arranging on the floor, then put books back on shelves, he said. Edit. If you’re arranging books in your living room or other high-profile space, consider weeding out the paperbacks and other less-attractive books and stashing them elsewhere, Noble said. If book jackets clash with your color scheme, remove them and display without, or add paper covers in the color of your choice, advised Marie Meko, interior designer with Gabberts Design Studio. Stagger. For a pleasing look, don’t fill the shelf space with books that are all lined up vertically, Noble said. He mixes in horizontally stacked books and other
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The library/sunroom in Jim Noble’s 19th-century Minneapolis house is all about the books. Leather-bound volumes, many of them antiques that have been in his family for generations, fill floor-toceiling shelves that line an entire wall. “It’s nice to have books around. They add so much ambience,” said Noble, a principal with Noble Interior Design. “I hope we never live to see the day that books are eliminated from the home.” Michael Jones also loves books. But his loft condo in Minneapolis doesn’t have space for a traditional library. He still buys books but downloads a lot of his lighter reading material on his Kindle. Recently he added a custom built-in bookshelf to his living room — mainly to display his art collection. “I was running out of wall space,” he said. The two homes illustrate the role books have traditionally played in the American home — and the role they may play in the future, as e-readers continue to revolution- selves became more like TV — a form of ize our relationship with the printed word. entertainment, Clark said. “Books became not a fount of knowledge but a way of keepBooks were once powerful symbols of ing up to date, reading the latest novel.” knowledge, wealth and status. In the 19th The current explosion of century, upper-class homes new-media technology has often included voluminous Books were once again altered books’ role. libraries. “Books were very expenpowerful symbols “In the 19th century, you used an encyclopedia — sive, and a large library was of knowledge, now you Google,” Clark the mark of an aristocrat,” said Clifford Clark, profeswealth and status. noted. “Knowledge can be in so many ways, sor of history and American In the 19th century, gained from so many sources. The studies at Carleton College upper-class homes book has lost its position in Northfield, Minn. as a symbol of knowlIn a well-educated peroften included edge.” son’s library, books were voluminous libraries. And now that you can items for display as well as carry an e-reader anyreading. In the early 1900s, where, is there even a role many people furnished their libraries with the “Harvard shelf,” a refer- for rooms and furniture designed for books and reading? ence to the 5-foot bookshelf required to Yes, said Noble. contain the Harvard Classics. (That 51“Just about every house I go into has volume anthology of works, selected by Harvard President Charles Eliot, consisted bookshelves. No one has talked to me of all the books he considered essential to about managing their books differently. I do get asked to help people make them the background of an educated person.) During the bungalow era, built-in book- look nicer,” he said. “People are always weeding out books, usually ugly papershelves moved into middle-class homes, Clark said, but retained their symbolism as backs.” In his own home, which he shares with a marker of education. his wife and five children, the library is But by the ’50s and ’60s, the role of the most popular room in the house books in the home started to change, Clark said. Inexpensive paperbacks became popu- (admittedly, there is a TV there as well as lar, and bookshelves became a place for dis- books). “We kind of live in here,” Noble said. “I spend more waking time here than playing collectibles as well as books. As family rooms and TVs began making inroads in American homes, books themContinued on next page
decorative objects. He loves miniatures, and his wife loves birds, for example, so they incorporate miniature furniture pieces and avian figurines into their book collection. Lighten up. Meko likes to place framed photos, trophies, decorative objects with a bit of shine or small lamps alongside the books. “Something that gives them a little light, so it’s not all dark books against dark wood,” she said. Share. If you have more books than you and your space can manage, consider giving some away. Check with local libraries, the Salvation Army and Goodwill about possibly donating books to them. Other options: Recycle your books at freecycle (www.freecycle.org) or leave them for others to enjoy. One website, www.bookcrossing.com, encourages bookworms to leave a book in a public place, with a label, then track its travels via the site.
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Designer: People are still accessorizing with books, but displays are more selective wood, the bookshelf becomes extremely present,” said Ben Awes, an architect/partner with CityDeskStudio, the Minneapolis firm responsible for Jones’ project. “With steel, we could achieve the goal of carrying all these things with a much smaller (structure).” Awes has designed modern steel bookshelves for several recent clients. “The clients are all living in lofts,” he said. “It’s a smaller kind of living. There are not as many places to put stuff.” And the open floor plan of most lofts makes homeowners very conscious of what they put on their shelves and how it looks. “Something about the spaces people are living in makes them careful about what’s out,” Awes said. “These people all stated that books matter to them, but they wanted to be selective about it and treat the whole thing (the bookshelves) as an art piece.” That’s what Jones appreciates about his bookshelves, which incorporate one curved shelf, two unmatched columns and a built-in desk, in bright orange for a pop of color. “I liked that style, the inconsistency,” he said. And even though he can use his Kindle anywhere in his condo, he still gravitates to the spot right in front of his bookshelves. “I read here, on the couch,” he said.
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anywhere else. Everybody does. It’s the scale. It’s cozy.” So far, the move to e-readers hasn’t had much impact on the home front, said interior designer Suzanne Goodwin, of Suzanne Goodwin & Associates in Minneapolis. “The trend is really young yet. I’m sure it’s coming, but it will take a while for the majority of the public to catch up.” Homebuilders are still putting in bookshelves, and people are still accessorizing with books, said Marie Meko, a designer with Gabberts Design Studio. But clients are increasingly selective about what goes on the shelves, she said. “People want books that look nice, not just paperbacks. Not just rows of books, like in old libraries. We’re not piling them on shelves.” Meko believes books and e-readers fulfill different roles. “I’m a big iPad user. Professionally, I love it. I don’t have to (carry) five catalogs. For traveling, I love it. But at home, personally, I like books to hold.” She still buys coffee-table books as mementos of art exhibits she’s seen or travels she’s taken. “Books provide memories,” she said. Jones, the loft dweller who added a bookcase for his art, is starting to draw the
CityDeskStudio built a customized bookcase for Michael Jones’ condo. line between books he merely wants to read and those he wants to keep, savor and display. “It’s like downloading iTunes vs. buying a CD,” he said. “I know I want the CD of Patti Smith’s ‘Horses.’” Now he’s starting to apply the same selective strategy to his book-buying; he tends to buy art books and oversized visual books, but is more likely to read best-sellers on his Kindle. His new built-in bookcase, which spans
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most of a 17-foot wall in his living room, contains some books but more art and artifacts. “I didn’t like the idea of completely filling it with books,” he said. He also didn’t like the idea of a traditional wood bookshelf. “Heavy wood things are not conducive to a loft,” he said. “I wanted it substantial yet light.” He chose powder-coated steel. And he chose an architect to design and build it. “Books are heavy, and to do that in
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Enhance home’s curb appeal this spring
Five things to consider when looking to improve your curb appeal: 1. Winter Mess: If you thought rakes were just for the fall, think again. Spring is getbuttonedup.com a great time to bring them out again to clean up messy beds and grassy areas that have lingering winter debris, like small branches. Just 10 or 15 minutes with a rake will likely transform your front yard. We’re all told not to judge a book by its In addition, winter probably did a number on your plants, so figure out which items cover. But, like it or not, your house defimay have died and promptly remove them. nitely doesn’t get the same break. Every2. Mulch: This doesn’t take a lot of one, from neighbors to friends, dinnerparty guests and especially visitors to your time but makes a huge improvement. Mulch makes everything look neater and open house, will form an impression cleaner. It even hides some of those dreadbefore setting one foot inside. How, you ed weeds, which translates to less mainteask? Things like unkempt flower beds, nance over time. So head on over to your weeds in the driveway cracks and peeling paint on the front door might not seem like local garden center and invest in a few bags. You’ll be glad you did. much, but fix them up, and you’ll go a 3. Grab a Notepad: Walk around your long way toward making your home seem property and make a list of things that need more welcoming and inviting. Spring is one of the most popular times repair. Pay particular attention to outside lights as well as yard accessories, like wind in the real-estate market for a reason, so chimes and birdbaths. Remember that ice whether or not you’re planting a “For Sale” sign in your front yard, use this time storm back in December? Well, it may to rework your entrance. You’ll start hear- have caused some damage that you didn’t ing that treasured phrase — curb appeal — notice at the time. Write down everything that needs to be repaired along with the directed your way.
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Keep kitchen fresh with small changes
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delightfully in a mix of lovely pieces, from framed artwork to beautiful platters. In our to decorate. In keeping with the age and mock kitchen at Nell Hill’s Briarcliff, we style of my home, I picked a simple white filled a blank wall with a baker’s rack — subway tile backsplash for my kitchen, one of my favorite kitchen storage pieces which serves as a blank because they display colcanvas, ready to show off Nothing will spark up lections of dishes so anything I lean against it. beautifully. We surroundyour kitchen like some ed the rack with a conOne of my favorite tricks lovely artwork. Don’t is to rest a piece of stellation of amazing silframed art on the back of ver trays and creamy allow yourself to be my counter, then lean it platters and plates. limited to conventional white up against the backThen we finished off the kitchen artwork, those look by filling the splash. People don’t think to put artwork in stereotypical pieces that baker’s rack with silver such a hardworking depict fruit or chickens. and white dishware and place, but it is visually serving pieces. Instead, treat the walls arresting. I also like to Another fun way to lean beautiful platters on of your kitchen just like decorate a kitchen wall is the counter behind my any other in your home. with a huge plate rack sink to serve as a shield with amazing dishDress them delightfully filled to stop splashing water. es. I like to think of a in a mix of lovely pieces, plate rack as an easel, It’s easier to clean than the backsplash and gives from framed artwork to ready and waiting to me a chance to showcase hold a medley of plates, beautiful platters. a nice platter. each a wonderful work Nothing will spark up of art in its own right. your kitchen like some lovely artwork. So many kitchens these days have huge Don’t allow yourself to be limited to con- built-in islands that seem to stretch on to ventional kitchen artwork, those stereotyp- infinity. If you have one, make sure to ical pieces that depict fruit or chickens. dress it up with a wonderful display, perInstead, treat the walls of your kitchen just haps something you can freshen up for like any other in your home. Dress them each new season.
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Laundry room may need more air flow
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furnace and water heater or any gas-fired appliance, the room may very well need “makeup” air to replace the air that is consumed during the combustion cycle of the appliances. I would expect to find a high-efficiency furnace in a 2008 house. The new highefficiency furnaces are a closed combustion system that brings in fresh outside air through a PVC pipe and exhausts the combustion gases through a second, or sometimes integral, PVC exhaust pipe. With all the larger white PVC pipes, it’s easy to identify a 90 percent efficient furnace. A gas-fired water heater can be highefficiency as well, but in most homes you will find a common water heater with a metal flue pipe to exhaust flue gases. With a clothes dryer in the same confined space, there is the possibility that most of the air in the room could be expelled when all the appliances are operating at the same time. When this happens, the only fresh-air opening in the room is the flue on the water heater, and the negative pressures in the room will pull air and flue gases backward through the water heater flue. When that happens, carbon monoxide, a tasteless, odorless, poisonous gas, can
build up in the laundry room. A simple solution would be to add a louvered door to the laundry room or add grills on the walls between the living space and the laundry room. A rule of thumb for air use: Eleven cubic feet of air are required per hour for each thousand BTUs listed on the appliance’s label. As an example, a typical 40,000 BTU rated water heater, operating by itself without the clothes dryer or a furnace, will need approximately 440 cubic feet of combustion air (11 times 40 equals 440). A small laundry room contains approximately 384 cubic feet of air (6 times 8 times 8 equals 384), so you can see why the inspector asked for the air supply to be increased. I’m not so sure you had a thorough inspection when you purchased the home. A home inspector hired by a real-estate agent is actually working for the agent, so the inspector sometimes tends to have a “lazy eye” when it comes to finding problems. Dwight Barnett is a certified master inspector with the American Society of Home Inspectors. Write to him with home improvement questions at C. Dwight Barnett, Evansville Courier & Press, P.O. Box 286, Evansville, Ind. 47702 or e-mail him at d.Barnett@insightbb.com.
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DIY silhouettes are simple, sophisticated drawings were the proper size, I used them as patterns to cut the silhouettes from black paper, being sure to exaggerate little details like eyelashes or bangs. I also took a little bit of artistic license with hairstyles in order to simplify wispy curls into a few manageable clumps. I wanted to feature both of my nieces, so I selected a frame that had a mat with three openings, providing a place to display each child as well as a place to add some personal details. The beauty of a silhouette is that it’s cut from black paper and can be flipped to either side, making it easy to position the girls so they are facing each other, even if the original photos were not so oriented. Rubber stamps and stickers are perfect for labeling and embellishing the pictures in a way that is as simple as the silhouettes themselves. Who knew it would be so easy to transScripps Howard News Service form an ordinary profile photo into a little special occasions. work of art?
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Photos capture memories that remind us of special occasions like vacations and birthdays or everyday events like a hug between sisters. While I normally save my photos in scrapbooks and photo albums, I thought it would be fun to experiment with a few to create frame-worthy silhouettes. The process turned out to be incredibly simple. A silhouette, cut from plain black paper, manages to convey a portrait of a person, with so little detail it seems almost magical. All it takes is a few basic supplies like tracing paper, black paper and a pair of scissors. However, the key ingredient is a photo that features the subEasy-to-make silhouettes will memorably preserve ject in profile. I started with unremarkable photos that I would not normally scrapbook, inch copy paper. The images were large, to reduce the traced line drawings in a because of all the background clutter, which made it easy to trace their silhou- copier so they would fit into the picture and printed them on regular 8½-by-11ettes with tracing paper. It was also easy frame that I had selected. Once the
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TOP RIGHT: A lighted china cabinet in the dining room displays various examples of Latin American folk art, cultural artifacts from the Coello heritage. BOTTOM RIGHT: Double door entry with elaborate ornamental iron-work hints at the Latinesque ambiance inside.
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around various neighborhoods in Kearney look ing at homes, selecting elements of houses they all liked. Then Oscar would report back to Luke and J.B. Brandt, general contractors for Brandt Inc. in Kearney, so the Brandts could look at the examples they chose and utilize those elements in the home that they were building for the Coellos. Designing the new Coello home was definitely a group effort, but there was also room for individuality. With each family member having their own bedroom and private bath, each had the opportunity to choose their own wall color and type of floor covering, such as hardwood or carpet. The end result is a bright and varying color palette exemplified in the Ecuadorian works of art displayed throughout the home. Although the Coello family’s new home is thousands of miles away from the family’s
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Kearney, Neb., is, in a sense, worlds away from Guayaquil, Ecuador. In fact, the two cities are separated by a total of seven countries on two continents and more than 3,000 miles, and yet there is at least one significant connection between the two — the Oscar Coello family. Oscar Coello, his three daughters, Nathalia, 21, Stephanie, 20, and Marisa, 18, and his two sons, Oscar, 15, and Samuel, 12, moved into their newly constructed home in northwest Kearney just a little over a year ago. However, the Coellos are hardly newcomers to the community; they have been living in Kearney for more than 13 years. Oscar Coello, patriarch of the family, is employed by Chief Industries of Kearney in the International Sales department and services parts of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South America. Oscar, originally from Guayaquil, earned a bachelor of arts in agriculture at Zamorano University in Honduras before coming to the U.S. and earning a second bachelor’s degree at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. Oscar said that this was the first homebuilding experience for the Coellos, so they spent a lot of time looking at home-building magazines, perusing websites and driving
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ABOVE: Ecuadorian art depicting scenic rivers and villages and a Coello family portrait signify the importance of family and culture in the home. LEFT: Each family member had the opportunity to choose their own bedroom wall color, resulting in a bright and varying color palette. FAR LEFT: Adjacent to the front foyer area is a private study for Oscar.
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roots, there are plenty of reminders of their South American origin. Oscar said that when he began to dream of building a new home, he envisioned something spacious with cultural flavor; a home that had “a little bit of heritage going on.” Oscar says he is reminded of the cultural elements of his homeland through many of the choices the Coellos made for their home, such as lighting, tile, furniture and flooring. The Coellos’ new home is a two-story, brick-exterior structure with a 2,842square-foot base that provides eight-bedroom, 8½-bath accommodations. The second story measures 1,560 square feet and a lower level measures 2,760 square feet. Coello vehicles are kept in a four-stall, attached garage. Because of the size of the home and the various amenities it provides, a 600 amp electrical panel and a 2inch water main were used to deliver electrical and water service to the home. A double door entry with elaborate ornamental iron-work gives the front façade of the home an estate-like appearance and hints at the Latinesque ambiance that awaits inside. The foyer is expansive, making a grand statement with 20 foot ceilings, a winding multilevel staircase and a three-tier, 18-light iron chandelier. The living area, open to the kitchen by
The Coello family home is at 2307 W. 36th St. Place in Kearney.
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An elevated, maintenancefree deck wraps around the main level of the home and canopies patio space below.
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A touch-screen, remote controlled audio system allows the Coellos to deliver a design, provides comfortable seating for variety of musical styles and selections to family activities and friendly gatherings. A different rooms in the home, as well as the stone-front fireplace provides an attractive outdoor deck and patio areas, simultanefocal point as well as aesthetic and physi- ously utilizing numerous musical libraries cal warmth. Ecuadorian art depicting sce- from online sources in addition to their nic rivers and villages and a Coello porhome computer’s hard-drive. trait signify the importance of family and The dining room, separate and formal in culture in the home. style, provides seating for at least eight. The kitchen, perhaps Oscar’s favorite Oscar said that it is important for their room in the home, provides ample space family to eat their meals together at the for the family to prepare meals which, dining room table, even when fast food is according to the Coellos, combine both being served. A lighted china cabinet in Ecuadorian and North American flavors. the dining room displays various examples The Coello children report that while of Latin American folk art, cultural artiOscar does most of the chef work, they all facts from the Coello heritage. pitch in when it comes to putting meals on The main floor also provides space the table. Galaxy granite countertops, cus- for a half-bath and a laundry room with tom-tiled backsplash and iron pendant two washer and dryer units as well as lighting set the stage for Oscar, as he significant storage and work space. serves up platters of Patacones, an Adjoined to the front foyer area is a priEcuadorian family favorite. Patacones are vate study for Oscar, as well as a master plantains that are fried, mashed and fried bedroom suite. The master suite is comagain, and served with a little salt, butter, pleted with ample walk-in closet space, or occasionally, cream cheese, a condia private outdoor deck and an en-suite ment the Coellos attribute to the American bath. Amenities in the master bath side of the family menu. include a jetted bathtub and a customOutdoor living space and grill space is tiled shower with two shower heads and accessible off of the living room and eight water jets. kitchen area. An elevated maintenance-free The upper level of the home contains deck wraps around the northern and west- four bedrooms, each with its own private ern exposures of the home and canopies bath, that are connected only by a catwalk, patio space accessible from the walk-out a unique open hallway with iron side rails lower level. Textured concrete flatwork that looks below to the front foyer on one gives the lower-level patio space a natural, Continued on next page flagstone-like appearance.
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The foyer makes a grand statement with a winding multilevel staircase, 20-foot ceilings and a three-tier, 18-light iron chandelier.
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side and the kitchen and living area on the other side. The lower level of the home provides three more bedrooms, each with its own private bath. Oscar added a complete kitchen to the lower level so that the younger members of the Coello family would have their own culinary space to hone their cooking skills in addition to other independent living skills such as laundry and general house cleaning. A
family room on the lower-level provides ample space for a pool table, television and video game area, and a table where the Coello family and friends frequently play board games. The Coello’s new house has the makings of a happy home for Oscar, his children and Coello descendants still to come. Oscar said that he built a new home for his family and for their future. “In Ecuador, you build a home for the next generation. It’s something natural that we do.”
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The following real estate transfers from Feb. 18 to March 21 were compiled from deeds recorded at the Buffalo County Register of Deeds Office. Addresses and prices are public record and are provided when available from the register’s office. If prices were not available, the equivalent based on the Nebraska Documentary Tax paid on the full amount or the current market value is listed.
Eric Lindquist to CitiMortgage Inc., 4207 Ave. G, $47,237. James Richter, Richard Richter and Karen Clark, successor trustees under the Lawrence Richter and Violet Richter Trust Agreement, to James Richter, Richard Richter, Patricia Reinhardt, Marcella Schulte and Karen Clark, Lots 1 and 2, Richter’s Fifth Subdivision; Lot 18, Richter’s Second Subdivision; and part of Sections 13 and 12, Township 9 North, Range 16 West. No documentary tax. Moore Construction Inc. to Matthew and Amy Shanks, 712 11th Ave., $188,000. Federal National Mortgage Association to Robert and Kayleen Potter, 1702 Fifth Ave. No documentary tax. Sean and Vicki Evans to Mathew and Anne Mason, 12 W. 28th St., $87,000. Sun Development Inc. to Michael Dahlgren and Stacy Baxa, 1211 17th
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Ave., $186,900. Starostka Group Unlimited Inc. to Panayotis Efstratiou, 2112 W. 50th St., $347,000. Michael and Diane Mawby to Sean and Anna Wills, 3711 Sixth Ave., $166,500. Robert and Karen Prososki to Ryan and Brandi Redinger, 4106 20th Ave., $235,900. Cornell and Julia Hiemke to Julia Ryan, 2014 Third Ave. No documentary tax. Robert and Constance Thomazin to David and Jill Jewell, 42625 Kilgore Road, Gibbon. No documentary tax. Kelly Rapp and Laureen Striker-Rapp to Tami Moore, Lot 3, Block 3, Park View Estates Fourth, $32,775. Dan and Heidi Wolf to NEI Global Relocation Co., 39 La Vista Road. Tax assessed on a value of $144,000.01 to $145,000. NEI Global Relocation Co. to Terrence and Crystal Dow, 39 La Vista Road, $144,500. Cornell and Julia Hiemke to Cornell Hiemke, 4210 Bel Air Drive. No documentary tax. Cornell and Julia Hiemke to Cornell Hiemke, 5405 W. Highway 30. No documentary tax. Chris and Becky Pearson to Pearson Rentals LLC, 507-509 E. 18th St. and
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and Catherine Riggleman, 190 Snow Ridge Road, Gibbon, $225,000. Steven and Chastine Reynolds to Jason and Amy Martinez, 5104 Ave. B Place, $330,000. Gary and Patricia Vandewege to Jay and Melanie Dostal, 4604 29th Ave., Continued from previous page $230,000. 302 E. 26th St. No documentary tax. John Jr. and Julie Miller to Amanda Grand West LLC to Meusch Construc- Heuck, 915 Ave. F, $153,000. tion Inc., 810 W. 46th St. Place. Tax Steffi Swanson to HSBC Mortgage assessed on a value of $36,000.01 to Services Inc., 500 Third St., Gibbon, $37,000. $52,954. Bret and SueZan King to Larry and Cheryl Aldridge, trustee under the Judy King, 5300 30th Ave., $215,000. Charles Eggert Revocable Trust, to RickLarry and Judy King to BSK Holdings ie and Rhonda Tucker, 1710 W. 42nd St., LLC, 115 Scout Ave., Gibbon, $110,000. $195,000. Kevin Betke to Amber Betke, 923 Lee Nell Phillips, trustee of the Lee Grand Ave., Ravenna. No documentary Nell Phillips Revocable Trust and trustee tax. of the Phillips Family Trust, to Larry Steffi Swanson to HSBC Mortgage Zimmer, part of Section 33, Township 12 Services Inc., 1607 W. 16th St., North, Range 16 West. Tax assessed on a $135,809. value of $71,000.01 to $72,000. Daniel and Nancy Ward, Wanda Jack, Audrey Reiter to Dennis and Joan Joan and Victor Hanson and Billy and Reiter, part of Section 28, Township 10 Geraldine Ward to Lonnie Jurgens Co., North, Range 18 West, $250,000. part of Lot 7, Bloc 4, Cook’s Addition to Susan Gierhan to Premier Contractors Gibbon, $8,500. Inc., Lot 19, Block 11, Imperial Village Frederick Herzog, successor trustee of Addition, $28,500. the Herzog Family Trust, to Marian Pamela Schlodder to Keisha Nickel, Payne, 3011 Ave. D, $105,000. 1019 W. 21st St., $104,000. ReconTrust Co. to BAC Home Loans R.R.N. LLC to Eugene and Lynette Servicing, 3408 19th Ave., $166,382. Hofferber, 1840 E. Highway 30, BAC Home Loans Servicing to Feder- $160,000. al National Mortgage Association, 3408 Norris and Jane Olson to Dry Fork 19th Ave. No documentary tax. Kent and Mary Reynolds to Michael Continued on next page
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and David Smith, 1605 Eighth Ave. No documentary tax. LaVaughn Brown to the state of Nebraska Department of Roads, part of Lot 1, Section 16, Township 8 North, Range 15 West. No documentary tax. MorEquity Inc. to Leroy Huddleston and Anita Huddleston, 1 Oakmont Place. Tax assessed on a value of $97,000.01 to $98,000. Grand West LLC to Dale and Marilee Kabes, Lot 7, Block 1, Fountain Hills First Addition. Tax assessed on a value of $39,000.01 to $40,000. James Green, trustee of the James Green Living Trust, and David Sattler and James Green, trustees of the Johnita Green Living Trust, to Tanya Sandoval, Lot 1, Block 2, Green Valley Ranch, $27,000. Winfield Investments LLC to Michael Carper, 3915 Ave. N Suite C, $150,000. Gifford Realty Inc. to Cheap Kids LLC, Lot 7, Block 5, Union Pacific Railway Co.’s First Addition, Shelton. No documentary tax. DT Development Inc. to Michael and Diane Schnieders, Lots 7 and 8, Block 2, Miracle Hills Estates, $50,000. Connie Weigel to Dave and Jennifer Clancy, 2403 Ave. G, $45,000. Lonnie Jurgens Co. to Mark Jurgens and Laci Jurgens, part of Lot 10 and Lot 11, Section 13, Township 9 North,
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Joan Williams, personal representative of the estate of Robert Williams, to Joan Williams, Mary Gibbons, Anthony Ratka, Paul Swearingen, Victoria Johnston, Randy Williams, Kristi Kunce, Ian Weismann and Aaron Weismann, 411 Lawn Ave., Gibbon. No documentary tax. Carolyn Wegner to Carolyn Wegner and Dallas Wegner, co-trustees, 10075 First Ave. No documentary tax. Nathan and Emily Cheetsos to Roger and Carlene Albin, 3602 Ave. D, $122,500. Merilee Parks to Sandra Richeson, 311 W. 37th St., $121,500. Federal National Mortgage Association to Alfred and Rosella Glaser, 4207 Prairie Hill Road. No documentary tax.
Philip Kappes, successor trustee of the Victor Drummond Revocable Living Trust Agreement, to Douglas Drummond and Lawrence Drummond, Lots 6, 7 and 8, Section 4, Township 8 North, Range 16 West. No documentary tax. MJ Developments LLC to Paul Younes, Lot 1, Interstate Fourth Addition. No documentary tax. Paul and Linda Younes to Paul Younes, Lot 1, Interstate Fourth Addition. No documentary tax. Gehrt and Judy Walker to Samuel and Vickie Walker, 219 Lawn Ave., Gibbon, $95,000. James and Catherine Becker to Danny
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ton. Tax assessed on a value of $74,000.01 to $75,000. James Brunemeier and Beverly Brunemeier, co-trustees of the James Brunemeier and Beverly Brunemeier Revocable Trust, to Carl Weber and Norma Weber, co-trustees of the Carl Continued from previous page Weber and Norma Weber Revocable Range 14 West. Tax assessed on a value Trust, part of Section 27, Township 10 of $1,000.01 to $2,000. North, Range 16 West, $900,000. Sharon Rall to Debbie Goodenberger, Scott and Sharri Miner to Kara Penne Cindy Sayler and Susan James, 3711 and Lucas Choyeski, 2014 W. 36th St., Ave. I. No documentary tax. $140,460. Lynda Francis to Troy Russell and Teri Federal National Mortgage AssociaRussell, 620 N. Williams Drive, Elm tion to Jack Wendell, 701 Lincoln Ave., Creek, $145,000. Shelton. No documentary tax. Kevin and Letta Taylor to SG Leasing O’Rourke & O’Rourke Property ManLLC, Lot 8, Block 1, Windy Meadows agement Inc. to Robert Cook, Lots 3 and Subdivision, $10,000. 4, Block 3, Kearney Land and InvestBarbara Schlatter, trustee of the ment Co.’s Choice Addition, $24,900. Howard Willson Trust, to John and Joan Rebecca Hock, successor trustee under Rohde, 4102 11th Ave., $80,000. the Blanche Hilgenkamp Trust AgreeManda Willson and Howard Willson to ment, to Morris Hilgenkamp, trustee John and Joan Rohde, 4102 11th Ave., under the Morris Hilgenkamp Revocable $80,000. Trust, 3904 Ave. H, $63,000. John Brusie to Marvion Reichert Jr. Nancy Lippincott to Jerry Lippincott, and Janet Reichert, part of Section 25, part of Section 21, Township 9 North, Township 9 North, Range 18 West, Range 13 West. No documentary tax. $170,000. Jerry and Janet Lippincott to Union Pamela Hickman to Ricky and Barbara Pacific Railroad Co., part of Section 21, Ellmers, 105 S. Bond St., Elm Creek, Township 9 North, Range 13 West. Tax $18,000. assessed on a value of $4,000.01 to Ellis and Nedra Wilkinson to Matthew $5,000. Woitaszewski, 21140 Navajo Road, John and Leslie Martin to Leslie MarRavenna, $300,000. tin, trustee of the Leslie Martin RevocaHarry and Charlotte Carey to Patrick ble Trust, 609 W. 22nd St. No documenRentals LLC, 57475 115th Road, Sheltary tax.
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Floyd Peterson to Stanley and Patricia Ourada, part of Section 35, Township 10 North, Range 18 West; part of Section 26, Township 10 North, Range 18 West; and part of Section 26, Township 10 North, Range 18 West. Tax assessed on a value of $825,000.01 to $826,000. Floyd Peterson to Jason Ourada, part of Section 4, Township 9 North, Range 18 West. Tax assessed on a value of $274,000.01 to $275,000. Charles and Carolynn Smallcomb to Charles Smallcomb, 41747 Coal Chute Road, Gibbon. No documentary tax. Gary Stubbs, successor trustee, and Randall Stubbs, successor trustee of the Lyle and Marjorie Stubbs Family Trust,
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Becker and Buddy Becker, part of Section 6, Township 10 North, Range 18 West. Tax assessed on a value of $19,000.01 to $20,000. Tami Baker to Scott Baker, 5840 Maple Road, Gibbon. No documentary tax. Kelly and Elizabeth Murphy to Jan and Pam Martin, 216 Blue Mill Road, $190,000.
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