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Trudy Frye hands out books to local elementary students, part of a project organized by North Platte’s chapter of RSVP.
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The value of volunteer time is priceless. The Independent Sector has reported that the monetary value of a volunteer’s time is $21.79 per hour. The benefits they bring to their community is beyond measure. “Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience and just plain love for one another,” the late humorist Erma Bombeck once said. Age and income don’t need to be factors in decided whether or not to volunteer. And there are lots of opportunities in your hometown. Get involved in your church. Get involved in your community. From the American Red Cross to Meals on Wheels, from youth organizations to food pantries, there are countless ways to make a difference in your hometown. Take part in a clean-up event for Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful. Be an advocate for children in the court system with
CASA. Sign up to raise money for a cause such as fighting cancer (Relay for Life) or battling Alzheimer’s disease (Walk to End Alzheimer’s).
Volunteering for the sake of health At Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, volunteers are an integral part of the service provided. Perhaps the most visible of the volunteers are the “pink ladies” who can be seen at the information desk at the main entrance to the hospital. They direct visitors to patient rooms, help patients and families find where they need to go for tests and perhaps most important of all, provide a friendly presence to people who may be facing extreme challenges. “A hospital is a fearful place to be,” said Volunteer Services Director Jane McCrone. “Unless you are coming here to buy something in the gift shop or visit someone who had a baby, you are afraid for a family member or for yourself.” Volunteers are there to help ease the fear. Volunteers are at work
in all parts of the hospital, at the Callahan Cancer Center, the Same Day Surgery and at the Diagnostic Imaging Center. Employees at GPRMC are busy people with specific tasks and jobs to do in a specific amount of time. They might not always have the time to stop and answer questions about the location of the cafeteria or hear complaints. Volunteers know how to respond to complaints and questions, who to contact for information and how to navigate the various departments included in the medical facility. “Medical volunteers are very special,” McCrone said. “Some come because they have personal experience with a family member being a patient, some have been patients and some volunteer because they just want to help.” Each volunteer averages about four hours a week. In 2012, they put in 24,000 hours of service to GPRMC. There are a total of 120 volunteers, including about 20 who work in hospice, McCrone said.
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Board sacrifices work, family time for celebration Nebraskaland Days is created by a force of local volunteers By HEATHER JOHNSON hjohnson@nptelegraph.com
This week has been bittersweet for the Nebraskaland Days organization. On one hand, the group gained three new board members. On the other hand, it bid goodbye to Jan Wright, Duane McClain and Lance Carlson, all who have been on the board since 2008. Monday was offi-
their parents give back to the community.” The NLD board is made up strictly of volunteers. T h e y spend a y e a r preparing for each celebration by serving on Lance various Carlson committees in charge of everything from obtaining sponsorships to lining up concert acts. Crunch time hits
cially their last day. All have spent countless hours organizing the annual state celebration, and leaving proved to be harder for some than others. “I’m probably the only one who cried,” Wright said. “I actually had to leave the room. I’ve either been a board member or the wife of a board member for the past 10 years. My boys have grown up seeing
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“We try to tailor what they do to what they want to do,” she said. “We never lose sight of the fact that it is a volunteer position and sometimes people can’t be here for whatever reason. We make sure we have enough people to get the job done.” To learn more about volunteering at GPRMC, contact volunteer services at (308) 696-7475. After an interview, there is an application process that includes a background check. Each volunteer must complete an orientation process that includes a half-day hospital-wide class. Hospice volunteers are required to take further training, McCrone said. “We are grateful everyday for the people who come here and volunteer,” she said.
about a month before the event, when preparations are made at the Wild West Arena, the primary venue for NLD activities. Board members are completely consumed by the celebration when its two-week run hits in June. “To a lot of people Jan Wright in North Platte, Nebraskaland Days just happens,” Carlson said. “It’s easy to think it’s
“They make a tender differ- Platte, RSVP volunteers can be found in schools, at the Seence.” nior Center and working at thrift stores. During special RSVP puts seniors community events, from celein the spotlight brations like Rail Fest and The North Platte Retired the Country Bluegrass Show, and Senior Program, known RSVP people are there to as RSVP, is part of the coun- help. try’s largest network for vol“People have all sorts of unteers age 55 and older. reasons for getting involved,” Currently there are 628 Songster said. “Maybe they members on the rolls in recently retired and are lookNorth Platte, according to ing for something to do to program director Dana Song- keep busy. Maybe they lost a ster. spouse and are lonely.” The organization has come The success of RSVP a long way since it began harkens back to the North with 20 volunteers in 1973. To- Platte Canteen spirit, Songday there are 628 members on ster said. the roll serving 134 stations The Canteen, established in in North Platte and Lincoln 1941 and thousands of volunCounty. Funding for the pro- teers served more than six gram comes from the Corpo- million service men and ration for National and Com- women traveling on troop munity Service and is locally trains during World War II. “Many of our members responsored by the city of member the Canteen,” SongNorth Platte. On any given day in North ster said. “We are a smaller
automatic, but there really is a lot of effort that goes into putting it on.” According to D a v i d Fudge, NLD executive dir e c t o r, b o a r d members Duane ave r a g e McClain 150 hours of volunteer time per year. They start out as “rookies” about six months prior to the celebration. During the event, rookies follow around senior
community, and the spirit of neighbor helping neighbor remains strong here.” RSVP offers a wide range of volunteer opportunities with hundreds of local organizations. North Platte Community College, Bargain Bin, American Legion Baseball, American Red Cross, Senior Center, food pantries, elementary schools, the Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center and local care facilities among them. RSVP volunteers are asked to track their hours each month. “Don’t let the words ‘retired’ and ‘senior’ scare you,” Songster said. “We are always looking for members who are not yet retired.” Songster and her staff work to match volunteers with their interests. “I think people’s biggest worry is that once they sign up, their phone will ring off
members, learning the ins and outs of presenting a multi-million dollar attraction, which lures in thousands of visitors every summer. “The next four years, the volunteers are a viable part of the board,” Wright said. “They’re assigned to committees based on their strengths and can opt to stay on for another two years after that. Altogether, they can serve for a total of seven years.” Wright was asked to
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the hook,” she said. “That isn’t the case. We get to know them and what they like to do. People say no to us all the time and we don’t get mad and yell. We try to find the perfect match for them.” Typically, RSVP volunteers fall into two categories: those who schedule to volunteer on a regular basis and those who help out during specific events. Between 80 and 100 RSVP volunteers will help at the upcoming Rail Fest Celebration in September. If people younger than 55 want to get involved in volunteering, the staff at RSVP will help refer them to organizations that need help. To enroll in RVSP, visit their office in the North Platte Senior Center, 901 East 10th Street, or call (308) 535-6777. Information about RSVP and a form for enrollment is available on the city’s website, www.ci.north-platte.ne.us.
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be on the board by former NLD executive director Lori Bortner Harding. Unlike some who join, Wright was completely aware of the effort that would be required because her husband served on the board from 2002 to 2006. “I knew all about it,” Wright said. “It’s probably the hardest-working group of people you can ever serve with. It’s not a stepping stone on a resume for them. Deep down, it’s what they are — they truly care about the community.” McClain and Carlson agreed. “They deserve every kudos they receive,” McClain said. “There’s a lot that goes into developing a community event of that magnitude. By putting in that time, energy and emotion, it creates both a love for the celebration and a camaraderie among the board members.”
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The time element is something that can take a toll both on the employers and families of NLD board members. McClain said he had it easier than most because as an independent contractor, he is his own boss. “My cell phone is my office, so if I wanted to go out to the arena and time would allow it, I could,” he said. “However, I know of one board member in particular that used his vacation time to do volunteer work for the celebration. Many times rookies have to talk to their employers to get permission to serve.” McClain said the goal is to try to include families as much as possible. Wright took her kids with her. “That’s how you show them what volunteerism is all about,” she said. “It really creates that team and sense of family.” Depending on their ages, however, taking children along isn’t always an option. McClain found that out firsthand this year when he became the father of a baby girl. “Going four celebrations without having a child to worry about to having an infant to care for during the last one did make a difference in how my wife and I enjoyed the celebration,” he said. “We’ve approached many potential board members who have had to wait to join until their kids either got into or out of high school.” Dealing with so many different personalities on the 13-person board can also be a challenge. “There were disagreements, but in the end it was a brotherhood,” McClain said. “One board member does not make the celebration. One board member can’t do it all by himself.” Carlson said having different personalities is important in keeping diversity. “You don’t want the entire board agreeing with each other,” he said. “There’s a need for different skill sets. Sometimes we disagreed, but when we left the boardroom, we were all on the same page.” Wright was the only woman on the board, but she wasn’t intimidated. “It was really fun,” she said. “I got along great with the guys. The important thing to remember is you can’t come off like a bull in a
china shop. At the same time, you can’t be afraid to work and you can’t be afraid to speak up if you think something is wrong.” Wright, McClain and Carlson all said the relationships they formed with fellow board members and the feeling of pride they got from seeing the celebration come together would be missed. They will now become part of the Cody Cavalry, a volunteer group that can be called on for help during future NLD events. “I think what I’ll miss the most will be planning the excitement for a new year,” Wright said. “It’s been fun to see how things have evolved. The celebration gives back $4 million to $7 million every summer, and that’s huge. That’s what makes this community a great place to raise kids and a great place to live.” McClain said he wouldn’t miss doing dirt work and cleaning up around the Wild West Arena. “The whole thing takes a lot of time, and my golf game sucks because of it,” he said. “On the other hand, it is kind of sad. I will still be there, but I won’t have any hand in the process or be able to take pride in the accomplishments.”
They’ve come a long way The accomplishments McClain is most proud of during his tenure include the installation of a new entryway at the Wild West Arena and making Fudge the executive director. “I think that was a great hire and will be a great move in the longrun,” McClain said. Carlson is also proud of the entryway and of the concert acts NLD has been able to attract. “I think we took the entertainment to a new level,” he said. “We’ve raised the bar on the acts we’ve brought in and still tried to do that in a fiscally conservative manner.” From his viewpoint, things are only going to get better. “I really believe the community as a whole sees the value in Nebraskaland Days,” Carlson said. “We’ve been trying to make it a destination, and over half of our ticketed events were attended by out of town people this year. There is still room for growth, but we’ve definitely expanded our outreach. The more people we can bring into the community, the better it is for everyone.” He’s proud of his time on the board, but is also excited to hand over the reins to new blood. “I’ll be around to help as much as needed, but I’m going to give them their space, too,” Carlson said. “As for my own personal experience, I’ve gained friendships and have grown as a person and a leader. It’s really reinforced what a great asset Nebraskaland Days is to North Platte.” Fudge said the effort the outgoing board members put forth was extremely valuable. “Everyone brings a certain strength to the table. With Lance, that was the entertainment category, with Duane it was facilities and with Jan the sponsorship area,” he said. “We certainly are going to miss their contributions. They did a wonderful job for us, and we’re humbled they gave us so much of their time.”
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By day, Don Kurre is the director of religious education for the Diocese of Grand Island's North Platte office. By night and weekend, he delves into the Original Town Association, Rail Fest and the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
He works hard so North Platte can enjoy its fun Kurre brings expertise, passion to Rail Fest, Original Town and more By ANDREW BOTTRELL abottrell@nptelegraph.com
Rail Fest is the perfect opportunity for Don Kurre. It allows him to showcase his affinity for music, his passion for volunteer work and his love of the Internet all in one place, calling the festival a “great platform for the community.” Kurre — who during the days is the director of religious education for the Diocese of Grand Island — helps organize musical acts for the September festival, volunteers on various committees and is the webmaster for the website. “I enjoy creating environments where people can have fun,” he said. Kurre got involved with the Original Town Association, the group that hosts Rail Fest, six years ago, when the group was talking about hosting entertainment all three days of the September festival. With his ties to the musical community in North Platte, he thought it was a perfect opportunity. “This town has an incredible amount of talent in terms of music,” he said. “It’s exciting to share that with the community.” Kurre himself is a member of the local band Flat Rock Irregulars that entertain at various events around the community, including Rail Fest. Dave Harrold, the Original Town president, said Kurre helps connect the association, Rail Fest and the community. “A number of us are not skilled in [the musical and artistic] realm — but Don is. So he brings his balance in and says, ‘Here’s a way we can approach this that would be appealing to a large amount of people,’” Harrold said. Harrold said Kurre brings balance and enthusiasm to the Original Town Association. “Don has a wonderful way of telling you if something passes the smell test. He’s so kind, he can say, ‘I don’t know about that,’ while being nice about it,” Harrold said. This year, Rail Fest is attracting people from as far away as Tokyo, Argentina and the United Kingdom, but Harrold emphasized that it’s also a community event, to celebrate North Platte’s unique ties to the railroad and its employees who call North Platte home.
“Don, by desire not by design, handles our entertainment and how we relate to the community — what are good ideas for presenting as community oriented programs.” Part of that is keeping up the Rail Fest website, which Kurre said is also perfect for his personality and his curiosities.
“It does take quite a bit of time to keep the website,” Kurre said. “It gives you the chance to talk to people all over.” He said he also likes to see the immediate results that occur when working with a website. For example, recently, he said he had the idea to change the “events” tab to reflect all sorts of partner activities, such as a fun run walk and a memorial
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bike ride. The process turned out to be a little more difficult than he thought, making the calendar inoperative. Kurre said he enjoys that type of instant feedback and problem solving that come with working with the website. Maintaining the website also helps him keep in contact with the entire festival. “You have to know what’s going on all fronts,” he said. With Ann Milton releasing “Powering Up: A History of the Women of the Union Pacific in North Platte” last year, Kurre is also trying to turn the book into an online resource, in conjunction with the book. He also maintains the Rail Fest Shop online, which he said is another challenge. For Harrold, he said it’s nice to have Don just a phone call away. “He knows that stuff. There’s an avocation that he’s really developed into an art,” Harrold said. Kurre’s volunteer spirit doesn’t just end with the Original Town Association and Rail Fest, however. This year, he dove into the inaugural St. Patrick’s Day Parade and helped make it a success. The idea came from a conversation between Kurre and Stu Meesenburg, a bandmate in the Flat Rock Irregulars who are noted for their Irish music. “He said, ‘Why don’t we get together, play some music, walk down the street and end up at the Espresso Shoppe?’ And I said, ‘Gee, that sounds like a parade,’” Kurre said. “We were impressed with the turnout. Part of what was helpful is that it wasn’t a big thing that you watched, so much as something to participate in.” The Flat Rock Irregulars were formed years ago for a fundraiser at the Espresso Shoppe, and now play various venues in the North Platte area, Kurre said. Originally from Indiana, Kurre and his wife Imo, moved their family to North Platte 16 years ago, and he said volunteering was a way to meet people. Initially he and his wife joined the Parents and Teachers Association at Washington Elementary, eventually becoming co-presidents of the organization. “The way you get in [in a community this size] is to get involved,” he said. “That’s why we jumped in at the school. There’s always opportunities to give back.” Kurre has also volunteered as part of Leadership Lincoln County, the Downtown Task Force, AYSO Soccer where he was a coach and helped host one of the first soccer tournaments in North Platte, as well as singing in the Holy Spirit Ministry on Sundays.
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Schomer’s ‘not one to sit still’ 90-year-old has served the local community for more than seven decades By DIANE WETZEL dwetzel@nptelegraph.com
Caring for others is deeply embedded in Waneita Schomer’s DNA. She’s been volunteering in the North Platte and Lincoln County community for more than 70 years. She recently sat down at the Lincoln County Historical Museum, a place she says is near and dear to her heart, to talk about a lifetime of serving others. Schomer will celebrate her 90th birthday in April 2013 and says that her earliest memories as a child growing up on a farm at Maxwell are of her parents Vearnie and Lily Anderson helping out family and friends. “We were farmers,” she said. “If someone got ill, you went in and helped take out corn put the hay up or do whatever had to be done.” As a child growing up the second youngest of five, she witnessed example after example of people helping others. She helped her mother can 3,000-4,000 quarts of food every year and never turn away anyone who needed a meal. As a young woman, Schomer went with her parents to volunteer at the North Platte Canteen during World War II. “We started volunteering at the Canteen when it first opened,” she said. “Mom and Dad had chickens. Dad would go kill them late at night cause we did not have electricity. He would kill them, we would pick them and at 2:30 in morning get up and start frying and be on the road by 5 a.m.” Schomer moved to North Platte and went to work at the dime store after graduation. At 23, she married a young man who was an engineer on the Union Pacific Railroad. He died after the couple had been married for 12 years. Schomer was in beauty school when she learned that she could make more money working at railroad than she could fixing hair. She went to work as a secretary in 1951 and stayed for nearly 33 years. She was a young widow when her sister and brother-in-law died. She took in their three young sons and
raised them. “I never asked for one dime from anybody to take care of those kids,” she said. “I thought God gave me a good job and I don’t want anybody pointing their finger at those kids.” To earn money for the boy’s education, Schomer went into the remodeling business, buying run down properties and fixing them up to sale. “I bought 13-oldhouses and remodeled them,” she said. “My dad was a carpenter so I learned from him. All my boys learned to shingle and paint. I was always there to put them to bed at night. Once night, I put kids to bed and I went to lay some tile. I realized I had only three rows to finish, so I decided to finish. I got home, went to the shower, went in, turned down the covers and the alarm went off and I had to go to work.” Throughout her years in North Platte, she has been involved in volunteer work at Great Plains Regional Medical Center where she worked at the information desk and in the gift shop. She has been active in mission work for First Baptist Church, helped establish the Maxwell Scholarship Foundation, was president of the Union Pacific Credit Union, served on the board for the Lincoln County Historical Museum and was the first female officer for the Union Pacific Employees Club No. 8. She has delivered Meals on Wheels and served on the bingo board at the North Platte Senior Center. She volunteers for the American Red Cross, crochets caps for newborn babies and serves as chaplain for the DOES, Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. She served on the board of directors at the Lincoln County Historical Museum for nine years and spent “umpteen” years there as a volunteer. Nearly two years ago, problems with high blood pressure led to her cutting back on the number of hours she volunteers, but the spry and independent Schomer doesn’t like being idle. “I’m not one to sit still,” she said. “I am a
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Above: Waneita Schomer poses at the Lincoln County Historical Museum. Below: Waneita Schomer stands in front of the doors that once opened for more than six million service men and women at the North Platte Canteen. The doors now mark the entrance to the Lincoln County Historical Museum. Schomer was a volunteer at the Canteen and has helped out at the museum, volunteering and serving on the board of directors since it opened.
quilter and I like to crochet, so my hands are always busy. I don’t sit and watch television.” People often ask Schomer why she remains so involved. “I always say it keeps me off the streets and out of the bars,” she laughed. Keeping busy instead of lying around the house keeps her active, she said. “You won’t come so
nigh on to getting dementia and things like that if you stay busy,” Schomer said. “I guess helping people was born into me to do. I really don’t mind doing at all for people.” Knowing she has helped others continues to bring Schomer pleasure. “I know that I have taken time to volunteer when I should have
been doing something else,” she said. “My kids had to help around the house so we could go and do things for the church and the community. I think it has taught all of them how important volunteering is.” “I’ve have never expected anything back,” she said. “If I expect something back that isn’t volunteering.” Canteen ladies line up at the original North Platte Canteen during World War II. Local volunteer Waneita Schomer served at the Canteen during WWII, and continues the Canteen tradition at the Lincoln County Historical Museum, volunteering and serving on the board of directors since it opened.
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Jo Mayber likes animals — and educating others about them as well. “That’s my passion,” she said. “I grew up in a home where we had great pets and great respect for animals.” A native of Ainsworth, Mayber, 59, has lived in North Platte since 1983. “This really is home,” she said of North Platte. Mayber is District 11 probation officer with Lincoln County Probation Office, and has been with the department since 1985. Yet in her spare time, she is active with Paws-Itive Partners Humane Society, a non-profit organization formed in 1998 to pro-
mote responsible pet ownership. She has served as president of the organization since January. Mayber said that the Paws-Itive Partners’ motto is “doing for animals what animals can’t do for themselves.” “Our primary function is to stop pet overpopulation by education about spaying or neutering,” Mayber said. In 2003, Mayber overheard a conversation about a black Labrador, which was full-term pregnant, that was going to be euthanized at the North Platte Animal Shelter. “I had never been around newborn puppies before,” Mayber recalled. “But it couldn’t be any worse than having her euthanized, so we took her home.” During the first three days of having the dog at her home, Mavber said she found her niche — in fostering pets. “On the fourth day I told my husband Bob ‘I couldn’t let her go,’” Mayber said. “We adopted her and her name is
Jasmine. We have fostered 54 dogs and puppies, all newborns, since then.” Paws-Itive Partners coordinates a spayneuter program, with a focus on pet owners who can’t afford to spay or neuter their pets. It also has a focus on helping lower income areas of North Platte that also have higher animal populations. “We all work together,” Mayber said, adding that she also works with Paws-Itive Kids, a group for young people within the larger organization. Levaun Beyer is a librarian with the North Platte Public Library, and also a volunteer with Paws-Itive Partners. “She is just the greatest,” Beyer said about working with Mayber. “She will just do anything to help and animal. I can’t say enough good things about her.” To learn more about Paws-Itive Partners contact them at 308650-7297 or at info@pphs.com. You can also visit them online at www.pphs.com.
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Right: Volunteer services coordinator Jane McCrone, second from left, takes a moment to pose with three “pink lady” volunteers at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. From left, Peggy Smith, McCrone, Gwen Dickenson and Meg Kirkland.
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Above: Volunteer Lanita Evans assembles charts in the same-day surgery center at Great Plains Regional Medical Center.
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Above: Harriet Weber volunteers in the gift shop at Great Plains Regional Medical Center.
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