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Knights of Blanik
Beneath
Mount Blanik, at the place where the natural spring waters bubble up
from the earth, there is an opening in the rock face which looks just
like a Gothic portal. This is the entrance to a massive underground
cavern, consisting of a large chamber - also Gothic in style, like the
great hall of a castle with heavy, arched ceilings and thick pillars.
The columns are hung about with all manner of medieval weaponry, and
hundreds of horses stand along one wall of the hall. Eerily, not one
horsey tail in the bunch switches to discourage the absent flies, nary
a whinny is heard from any of the many pairs of horsey lips, and no
hooves stomp the stony ground, impatient to be off on a run. All of the
horses stand stock-still in enchanted sleep.
The main part of the
chamber is filled with stone tables, around which stone chairs are
arranged. In these stone chairs around these stone tables slumber the
owners of the horses, the Knights of Blanik, slowly nod away the
centuries, waiting for the day they will be summoned into action. This
is the sleeping army of St Wenceslaus, and their day will come when
things in the Czech lands are at their very worst - when the nation is
beset by enemies too numerous to count.
To recognize men who by their volunteer service,
in the tradition of the legendary knights, have
come
to the aid of the Nebraska Czechs of Wilber,
this
award is presented.
The recipients:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
AHLSCHWEDE, BOB 1976
ALTMAN, DIRK 1982
ALTMAN, LYLE 1971
ALTMAN, ROBERT 1986
B
BAER, WALTER 1971
BARNAS, GEORGE 1981
BARNAS, GREG 1983
BARNAS, STEVE 1985
BECHER, BRUCE 1992
BECK, ALVIN 1977
BECK, GALENQ 1993
BECKER, RICHARD 2002
BECWAR, LEONARD 1994
BERGMEYER, HARLEY 1982
BIRKETT, JACK 2003
BLAHA, NORMAN 1979
BLANCHARD, GREG 1981
BRAAF, ERVIN 1979
BRENDA, ADOLPH 1972
BROZ, RON 1999
BROZ, VICTOR 1980
BRYDL, ADOLPH 1969
BURGER, BOB 1996
BURGER, JIM 1974
C
CAPITO, JOHM 2006
CHAB, VICTOR 1993
CHRANS, ROGER 2004
D
DIRKSCHNEIDER, EUGENE 1974
DVORAK, FRED SR. 1978
E
EICKMAN, TAD 1995
ERB, GORDON 1996
ERB, LYNN 1984
F
FALLDORF, DICK 1992
FIALA, JOHN 1990
FICTUM, BRUCE(B.J.) 1987
FREEOUF, LEONARD 1985
FRENCH, EARL 2008
FRIDRICH, ANTON 1974
FRITZ, EDWARD 1969
FRITZ, LUMIR 1971
FRITZ, NORMAN 1997
FRITZ, FUSSELL 1998
FUCHS, IRVIN 1986
G
GARBER, DR BRUCE 1987
GARRISON, STEVE 1986
GIFFORD, JOE 2006
GROSS, GARY 1990
H
HAMSA, JAKE 1976
HASENOHR, GREG 1989
HAVEL, FRANK 1980
HAVEL, MARK 2002
HAVEL, SCOTT 1980
HAVLAT, KEVIN “ELMO” 2008
HAYEK, LINUS 1996
HELGREN, PASTOR JAMES 1998
HENNING, ARTHUR JR. 1994
HERMAN, FLOYD 1978
HEYEN, WILLIS 1996
HOFFMAN, ELMER 1993
HOFFMAN, RONALD 2007
HOMOLKA, CLARENCE 1979
HOMOLKA, KELLY 1985
HORACEK, ERNEST 1983
HORACEK, JOSEPH 1973
HORKY, ARTHUR 1990
HOSACK, LEONARD 1987
HOUSER, ARNOLD 1984
HOUSER, ROBERT 1983
HOUSKA, RAY 1973
HUNT, WAYNE 1998
HYNEK, GEORGE 1977
HYNEK, TERRY 1987
I
J
JANDA, JOE 1981
JANDA, PAUL 2005
JANECEK, WILLIAM 1974
JANECKA, JOSEPH JR. 1972
JELINEK, EDWARD 1976
JELINEK, JON 1987
JELINEK, MILO 1976
JENSON, GREG 2001
JORGENSEN, DUANE 1972
K
KALKWARF, BRAD 1999
KARPISEK, IRVIN 1971
KARPISEK, RICHARD 1986
KARPISEK, RUSSELL 1987
KASSIK. LEONARD 1984
KASTANEK, BEN 2000
KASTANEK, JOHN 1996
KASTANEK, LAD 1977
KASTANEK, MIKE 1992
KASTANEK, TOM 2003
KASTANEK, WILLIAM 1988
KELLER, CHARLES 1985
KIESEL, KURT 2004
KLASEK, BERNARD 1970
KOBES, ALVIN 1985
KORINEK, JIM 2007
KOUBA, JOHN 1969
KOVAR, DONALD 1994
KOVAR, EDWARD 1973
KOZAK, FRANK(DUKE) 1998
KOZAK, JERRY 1999
KOZAK, TODD 2000
KRAJNIK, GIL 2002
KRAL, ELMER 1988
KRIVOHLAVEK, RAY 2000
KUCERA, JAMES 1987
KUCERA, VLADIMIR 1969
KUMPOST, HENRY 2007
KUMPOST, VIT 1980
KUNC, FRANK JR. 1970
L
LINHART, FRANK 1988
LINSCOTT, TIM 2008
LISEC, JOHN 1977
LISEC, JIM 1996
M
MAGER, EDWARD 1977
MAGER, ROBERT 1998
MARES, JOE 1975
MARES, ROBERT 2002
MARYSKA, CHARLEY 2006
MARYSKA, WILLARD 2003
MCCHESNEY, WILLIAM 1988
MITCHELL, LARRY 1984
MOHLMAN, DENNIS 2004
HOSS, DON 1974
MULLER, KEITH 1997
MUNDLI, CHARLES 1991
MUNDIL, EDWARD 1973
MURPHY, DAVID 1994
N
NEMEC, ELMER 1992
NEWMYER, DAVE 1994
NOVACEK, ALFRED 1969
NOVAK, IRVIN 1984
NOVAK, JJ 1969
NOVAK, JOE W. (FOOTIE) 1976
NOVAK, OTTO 1973
NOVOTNY, JAMES 1972
O
ODVODY, EMIL 1990
ODVODY, MARVIN 2008
OLIVA, DOUGLAS 1984
OLIVA, FRANK 2001
OURECKY, LAWRENCE 1981
OURECKY, LLOYD 1981
OURECKY, LUMIR 1979
P
PECKA, ALLEN 1979
PETRACEK, GENE 2000
PETRACEK, JERRY 2006
PINKERTON, DR. MARK 1997
PLIHAL, ERVIN 2000
POSPISIL, COL, JJ 1974
POSPISIL, MIKE 1993
POSPISIL, RANDY 2002
POSPISIL, STANLEY 1972
POSPISIL, STEVE 1983
POSPISIL, TIMOTHY 1987
PRACHEIL, ARNOLD 1984
PRACHEIL, LARRY 1989
PROKOP, ROBERT 1983
Q
R
RAINS, RICHARD 1981
REZABEK, VICTOR 1995
REZNY, RUSSELL 1991
REZNY, WILLARD 1995
RIPA, DEAN 2005
RIPA, WARREN 1986
S
SAFRANEK, AL 1982
SALDA, HAROLD 1979
SALDA, LEONARD(Clem) 2001
SALMON, DAVE 1999
SASEK, RANDY 1990
SAVILLE, CLIFFORD 1988
SCHLEIS, JOSEPH 1978
SCHLEIS, MILO 1987
SCHUERMAN, BRUCE 2006
SCHUERMAN, RUSS 1993
SEARCY, NELSON (BAT) 1982
SEBEK, DAVID 1990
SEBEK, JEFF 1991
SEBEK, ROB 1991
SHESTAK, LARRY 1981
SHIMONEK, FRED 1975
SIEDLIK, FRANK 2005
SKRABAL, AL 1989
SLABY, JOHN 1971
SLEPICKA, CHARLIE 1989
SMEJDIR, WILLIAM 1977
SMOLKA, JOHN 1997
SMRZ, FRANK 1971
SOBOTKA, ADOLPH 1979
STEHLIK, IRVIN 1979
STEHLIK, ROY 1979
STEHLIK, WILLIAM 1973
STEINACHER, ALAN 1980
STRENG, HERB 2005
STUBBS, DAVID 1995
STUDT, JERRY 1985
SYKES, ROBERT 1982
T
TACHOVSKY, LUMIR 1999
TALARICO, STEVE 1993
TENOPIR, JAMES 1978
TERRIL, DEAN 1983
TESAR, FRANK 1989
TICHY, HAROLD 1992
TIMM, ROBERT 1973
TRAVNICEK, JAMES(KUBA) 1996
TROSHYNSKI, TED 2001
TROUSIL, ADOLPH 1980
TYSER, LEONARD 1994
U
V
VALENTA, BERNARD 1994
VANA, EMIL 1988
VANDEWALLE, KURT 2008
VILDA, LARRY 1975
VLASAK, GORDON 1992
VOCASEK, EDDIE 2004
VOSOBA, JOE 1970
W
WARTA, ALFRED 1992
WARTA, DAN 1992
WORKMAN, RUSS 1994
X
Y
Z
ZAJICEK, EUGENE 1971
ZAJICEK, GLENN 1972
ZAJICEK, MELVIN 1982
ZACH, ALLEN 2002
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