![]() This is the last week to sign up for the annual Tilden Prairie Days 5K/10K Fun Run/Walk if you would like a T-shirt. Registrations are due by Sunday, July 13 to receive a T-shirt. Click on the website below to register: http://www.allsportcentral.com/EventInfo.cfm?EventID=58596 Cost is $15 for the 5K and $20 for the 10K. Registration fees will also include free entry to the pancake feed at the Legion Club, which is conveniently located near the finish line (must wear your bib number). Contestants may register the day of the event as well. The fun run/walk will be held on Sunday, July 27 at 8 a.m., starting at the corner of 2nd Street and Oak Street in Tilden (near the Tilden Legion Club and the Catholic Church). Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 male and female finishers in each event. Contact Sandra Qualset or Tracy Larson with any questions. The Tilden #1 baseball team worked its way out of the loser's bracket to win the Jr. Peewee Tournament recently. The Elgin team finished third.
Tilden lost its first game of the tournament and had to win out the rest of the way in order to claim first. Tilden defeated Pierce 7-6 to force a second championship game, which the team won 6-4. ![]() IMPORTANT REMINDER: Beginning at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, the emergency department of Tilden Community Hospital will no longer be available. IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY: Please call 911 or drive to another hospital in the area. If you have an emergency, please remember to take a list of your current medications with you. The other hospitals in the area will not have access to your previous hospital records. The Tilden City Council unanimously voted to cease inpatient services as of July 1 and transition to an outpatient-only care center, as recommended by the hospital administrator, according to City Clerk Silver Sibert. According to hospital administrator Lon Knievel, he recommended to the board of directors to enter into negotiations with Faith Regional Health Services (FRHS) to lease the clinic and 1970s wing and to assume the operation of the clinic, lab, X-ray, therapy, and any other specialty clinics and utilizing current staff. "I know this is not what anyone wants to hear, and it is not the course of action that anyone wants to take; unfortunately, we are being guided by circumstances that are out of our control," Knievel said. "The hospital board of directors, administration and staff are doing their very best to make a smooth and uncomplicated transition from what we currently are, to what we will become. Please know that we have the best interest of the community and the hospital staff in mind." For the past year, inpatient volumes have been low enough that, even with cost-based reimbursement, the hospital has run an operational shortfall of $30,000 to 60,000 per month, according to Knievel. "Being a city-owned facility, I do not feel that running into debt is an option, especially with the current level of patient volumes and the healthcare environment becoming more stringent," Knievel said. "Before our cash becomes totally depleted, I want to see us make rational decisions for the future of healthcare within the community, and also be able to provide some semblance of support and adequate notification to the employees that will be affected by this decision." No recommendation is being made at this time for emergency care, Knievel said. "One of the many unfortunate results of this action is that we will no longer be able to provide emergency room care. In effect, we will no longer be a hospital," Knievel said. "I have briefly met with the Northeast Region EMS Coordinator for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and explained our forthcoming situation. The dilemma of Emergency Medical Services is one issue that we will be looking to find a solution for in the coming months." The Tilden and Neligh softball teams both earned medals in the girls 12 and under softball tournament last weekend.
Neligh hosted the annual Quad County Softball League Tournament on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. After a loss to Albion, Tilden had to battle their way through the loser's bracket for a spot in the championship game. The girls again met up with Albion, the only team with no losses. Tilden defeated Albion twice to capture the 12 and under league championship. Neligh earned third place in the tournament with wins over Battle Creek and St. Edward. Their only two losses in the tournament were both to Tilden. The league tournament wrapped up the season for the area 12 and under softball teams. ![]() What do metal cans, oatmeal canisters and square tissue boxes have in common? They are all items needed for a craft project during the summer reading program at the Tilden Public Library this summer. If you can help, please bring your items to the library by June 13. Click here for a complete list of items needed. ![]() Christopher Petersen of Elkhorn Valley tossed the shot put 44-1 at the Nebraska State Track Meet today. Petersen's throw put him in seventeenth place overall. Scott Borcher of Pawnee City won the Class D boys shot put with a heave of 58-1.5. Click here for full results of the Class D boys shot put. ![]() Two Elkhorn Valley golfers competed in the D-3 District meet at Summerland Golf Course on Monday. Adam Potter shot a 106 and John Hupp carded a 119 for the Falcons. A score of 84 was needed to qualify as an individual. Sophomore Mitchell Atkinson of Boyd County was the individual winner with a 78. Fullerton won the team title with a 333, while West Holt was runner-up with a 335. Hartington finished third with a 335. Elkhorn Valley did not have a full team. Team Scores: Fullerton, 333 West Holt, 335 Hartington, 336 Clearwater-Orchard, 357 Pender, 359 Osmond, 361 Randolph, 363 Creighton, 365 Boyd County, 379 Spalding/Spalding Academy, 386 Ewing, 394 North Central, 410 CWC, 416 Elkhorn Valley, NTS Santee, NTS Forty-eight people participated in the Tilden Community Hospital’s annual Biggest Loser contest. The competition began in mid-January and concluded on April 22.
Loretta Nykodym was the individual Biggest Loser winner. She had the highest percentage of weight loss (calculated by pounds lost divided by original weight), and her actual weight loss equaled 17.4 pounds. Stuart and Emily Vaughn, Mary Rautenberg and Loretta Nykodym made up the winning weight-loss team, with the highest average percentage loss per person. Teams also earned points by doing healthy activities. Bobby and Tonya Petersen, Karen Kifer and Terry Larson won the team points division. ![]() Tilden's city-wide garage sales and hospital jumble sale will be held on Saturday, May 17. There are 29 garage sales listed on the garage sale maps, which can be picked up early Saturday morning at Thriftway Market, PDQ, the Tilden Library and the city auditorium. Tilden Community Hospital's jumble sale will be held at the auditorium, beginning at 8 a.m. Proceeds will go toward the TCH radiology department. |
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