The 10U softball tournament was held in Randolph, Sunday. The Bloomfield girls won 2nd place. Front row: Kennedy Mlady, Kiersten Hans, Kysa Loecker, Haley Eisenhauer, Aleah James, student manager Quinn Eisenhauer. Back row: coach Terri Mlady, Sophia Lauck, Peyton Eisenhauer, Maddy Mlady, Dalee Sazama, Avery Gill, coach Kayla Eisenhauer, coach Becky Hans.
Bloomfield 8U team won the tournament in Crofton, Saturday. Players: Tinley Duffy, Aleah James, Kennedy Mlady, Kiersten Hans, Haley Eisenhauer, Raegin Rahn, Emma Kumm, Marrich Brockberg.
The Bloomfield High School Class of 1979 met at the Bloomfield Fire Hall on June 15 in celebration of their 40th reunion. They were joined by 10 of their by teachers from Bloomfield High School and classmate Lorrie Leader Kliment's parents. Lorrie, who was a teacher at Creighton, passed away in 2005.
Back row: Jeff McQuistan, Tim Jessen, Stephen Nagengast, Barb Scheider True, Brian Kuhl, Joe Tangeman, Kevin Benck, Dawn Schultz Friedrich, Lori Zimmerman Liley, Bryce Bereuter, Marty Clausen Middle Row: Carolyn Paustian Haley, Bev Sund Brummer, Tammy Dalton Gieselman, Joanne Wearne Swenson, Kristi Lamprecht Hauger, KayLynn Boecker Janssen, Marietta Pickenpaugh Norton, Joni Schainost Johnson, Shari True Rayburn, Sharon Dooley Wisdom, Lori Van Houten Olson, Leann Ayers Front Row (Teachers): Ron Tinkham, (classmate Lorrie Leader Kliment's father and mother), Adrian Rathgeber, Randy Filips, Randy Neuharth, Roger Carpenter (sponsor), Duane Wilken, Ken Gill, Janet Gill, Jim Cripe (sponsor), Donna Cripe The Bloomfield FCCLA chapter hosted their second annual Glow Run on June 13 2019. There were 59 people signed up and 56 participants. First place went to Dawson French and second place went to Tyler Hanson. The Bloomfield FCCLA would also like to thank anyone who participated or helped our event.
The Bloomfield High School Class of 1974 met on the evening of June 14 at the Rolling Hills Golf Course. Those attending were: (Back row L to R) Celeste Atherton Rogers, Krista Fricke Kohles, Pat Cordes-McDonald, Diane Greckel Gieselman, Georgia Koertje Jenness, Barbarb Ketelsen Kauth and Sharol Braunsroth Wilson.
(Front row L to R) Alan Buschkamp, Keith Koertje, Cindy Goeden Weiland, Pat Mathine Kauth, Joann Sonnichsen Fischer, Randy Hanson and Roger Palu. Good Samaritan Society- Bloomfield has been recognized as a 2019 recipient of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for its commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality care. The distinction is the first of three progressive award levels through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program. The program, presented by the leading association in long term and post-acute care, honors association members across the country that have demonstrated their dedication to improving quality of care for seniors and persons with disabilities.
Administrator, Kyla Sprakel is very excited about receiving the Bronze Award, as it is a First for our Facility. Our Team worked very diligently to prepare for this Prestigious Award as you had to be a 5-star facility and sustain the rating for a certain length of time, to even apply for it. We were notified that we were eligible to apply for the Award and thus, the written process began. The National Quality Award Program, established by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, is based on the core values and criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which also serves as the foundation for the metric-based AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative. The Baldrige framework helps organizations among different business sectors improve organizational effectiveness and achieve strategy-driven performance. The Award Program has three levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Providers begin the quality improvement process at the Bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile with essential performance elements such as vision, mission statement, and key strengths and challenges. Bronze applicants must also demonstrate their ability to implement a performance improvement system. Trained Examiners review each Bronze application to determine if the center has met the demands of the criteria. As a recipient of the Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award, Good Samaritan Society- Bloomfield may now move forward in developing approaches and achieving performance levels that meet the Silver - Achievement in Quality Award criteria. “I applaud Good Samaritan Society- Bloomfield for taking this important step towards quality improvement,” said the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Board of Overseers Chair Alana Wolfe. “I encourage Good Samaritan Society- Bloomfield to continue on its path to achieving the highest of quality care.” The awards will be presented during AHCA/NCAL’s 70th Convention & Expo in Orlando, Florida, October 13-16, 2019. Joseph Maule Funeral Procession
Joseph will be departing Brockhaus-Howser-Fillmer Funeral Home in Norfolk, Nebraska at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 20, 2019. He will process north on Highway 81 to Highway 84 to Bloomfield City Cemetery, Bloomfield, Nebraska, with approximately 50 to 100 Legion Riders paying tribute to him. The public is invited to line Main Street and welcome Joseph home at approximately 12:15 p.m. Joseph will be escorted by Bloomfield Fire Department and will have funeral blocks by Nebraska State Patrol and County Sheriff Departments. Graveside services for USN Seaman First Class Joseph Maule will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday June 20, 2019, at Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield, Nebraska. Military Honors will be provided by the United States Navy Funeral Honors Detail, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4996, American Legion Post 249, and American Legion Riders. Brockhaus Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Nebraska is in charge pf arrangements. Joe died on December 7, 1941, while serving his country at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Joseph Keith Maule was born in Bloomfield, Nebraska on March 20, 1923, to Anton and Ellen Maule (deceased). He had five siblings who are all deceased: Donald (Eva), Vlastimil (Ramona), Antoinette (Willard) Drobney, Bonnie (Foam) Ellis and Elizabeth (Cammy) Cull. Uncle Joe is survived by his many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and even his great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews. Joe enlisted in the Navy in Omaha on January 6, 1941, at age 17, and reported to duty aboard the USS Oklahoma on May 8, 1941. On December 7, 1941, the USS Oklahoma was moored in Berth F-5 in Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor Honolulu, Hawaii when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began. The first torpedo hit just before 8:00 a.m. followed by multiple torpedoes which caused the USS Oklahoma to quickly capsize resulting in the deaths of its 429 Sailors and Marines. Sf1 Maule was reported “missing” and later classified at “killed in action.” The majority of the 2,408 souls lost that day were buried in mass grave sites in Hawaii. The family was told his remains were “unrecoverable.” Joe’s parents and siblings wished their entire lives that Joe could be brought back to rest in Bloomfield. That wish is finally coming true some 78 years later. Around 2014 the Navy contacted the Maule family and collected DNA from nephew Joseph Keith Maule, niece Jane Mattern, and niece Judy Drobney-Taylor. Joe’s remains were sent to Omaha and finally identified last year. |