YMCA OF THE PRAIRIE | SERVING SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA
By Linda Shaw Orthman Community YMCA I began my journey with the YMCA in June 2010. I had decided to take a break from my full-time job with Dawson/Gosper County CASA. I took a walk in downtown Lexington and stopped at the insurance company where I had recently been employed part-time...
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By Laurel Thorell Group Exercise Coordinator, Holdrege After the birth of my first child, I decided I wanted to cut back to part-time work. At this same time, I started taking group exercise classes. It didn’t take long before I was teaching the class. My sister-in-law, who was working...
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A team effort saved Roger Wooden’s life on the morning of February 28 at the Orthman Community YMCA. Roger, 73, of Lexington started his morning like usual by walking, lifting weights and playing pickleball in the YMCA gym. Shortly after 9 a.m., he started to feel lightheaded. “I felt...
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By Kresha Schwarz Member Associate, Orthman Community YMCA If you would have told me seven years ago that this is what my life would look like, I would have told you that you had lost your marbles. Yet, here I am living a different life than I had originally planned. Life has a way of...
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By Justin Bernshausen Maintenance Director, Holdrege Hello! My name is Justin Bernshausen, and I live in Minden. I was born and raised in Westminster, Colo., which is a suburb northwest of Denver. I grew up in a very tight-knit family. Some of my fondest memories growing up were Sunday...
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By Hunter Kiburz Gothenburg Sports Director Hello, my name is Hunter Kiburz. I am the sports director at the Gothenburg YMCA. As I am going on one year of working at the YMCA, I thought I would introduce myself. I grew up in Lexington, where I played basketball, baseball, and...
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By Daniel Holbrook Sports Director Orthman Community YMCA When I was first offered the opportunity to work at the Orthman Community YMCA, my initial intrigue was because of the job “description” of a Sports Coordinator. Sports, health and physical activity have always been a prominent...
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By Micki Fisher Holdrege Membership Director I am Micki Fisher, a momma to two boys: Jonah, 14, a sports-loving typical teenage boy, and Ridley, 12, who likes a little of everything from sports to hanging with friends to animals. I also 3 dogs, 2 snails, 2 fish and a leopard gecko...
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Each Friday morning at the YMCA at Gothenburg Health, participants ranging in age from 55 to 102 meet to strengthen their bodies and minds. Instructor Erica Schwartz leads them through exercises to increase mobility, strengthen muscles and improve their heart health in the Senior...
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By Shannon Kruback Youth Development Director, Don Sjogren Community YMCA Holdrege Hello, I am Shannon Kruback and if I had to tell you about myself I could do it in three words: wife, mama, and granny. I have three girls: Jaqualine, Samantha, and Meadow, and a single boy, Ethan. All...
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