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The words “earthquake” and “Nebraska” are not used together very often as the earth shaking events are a rare occurrence in this great state. However, they do happen in Nebraska. The latest we know about happened just before midnight last...

Community Fundraising, what a turnout. One of the selling points of living in “rural” Nebraska is the tradition of neighbors helping neighbors in times of trouble and in good times. In an accompanying article in this week’s paper, you may read...

“There’s never a good day for a funeral.” That little phrase was coined many years ago and is as true today as it was when I first heard it. I bring it up today only because we attended funeral services of a niece Monday and it was an amazing...

I can remember one of the professors I had in college whom I had for several different classes. He always liked to ‘criticize, correct or otherwise question’ the context of whatever text book we were using for that course. After a while, someone...

Sorry folks for missing last week. I was a bit under the weather and I’ll try to relate what happened to some extent. The week did, however, give me a little time for reflection. A O Over the years I’ve been amazed at the search for happiness...

While I don’t know how often, or with how much interest, you keep track of the various legislative bodies that affect your life, I try to keep up ‘somewhat.’ I mean our Democratic Republic demands a lot. We have the federal, the state, the coun...

Growing older . . . I don't like to admit that I'm "Old" as I just don't like the sound of it. It's OK for everyone around me to be "Old," but I'm just getting older. The restoration of Sacred Heart Church in Lawrence reminds me that I'm "older"...

Icicles . . . Gosh, haven't used that term for quite some time in the past few years. Duane Brockman had a nice picture of icicle with a barn in the background on Facebook last week. Then, with a little melting and freezing of the ice and snow on...

Folks . . . you just have to keep a ‘Sense of Humor.” I’ve encouraged this ‘virtue’ for many years. You never know when you need it. Last week, for example, in some news story, someplace, I read the phrase: “Think Tank for President...

Democracy on display . . . If you watched any of the national news on TV last week, or even looked at a newspaper, most likely the top story was the election of a “Speaker of the House of Representative” in the U. S. Congress. Republicans have a...

Happy New Year. Hope 2023 is off to a good start for all of you. There are millions of reasons to give thanks for our benefits while starting this year, 2023. There are also probably as many reasons to worry about the future as hardships are sure to...

No. 52 . . . look forward to that number every year. For people in the weekly newspaper field, it usually means we’ve lived another year. Some years there are 53 Thursdays, but we just don’t worry about those years. Happy New Year to everyone,...

Merry Christmas ! ! ! I hope everyone has prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus and all that goes with it. I’ll grant that some people maybe go overboard with activities that are not directly related to the real reason for Christmas, but do tie...

Over the years a number of different people ask how I keeping coming up with subjects to write about. I surely don’t have a method, but something always happens to come up and sometimes there are just too many to write about and I don’t get it...

My deer hunting experiences over recent years has always been with a son-in-law. We’ve had our share of success . . . and failure. I can remember a couple of years when we saw “NO” deer at all. Well, I can report for the 2022 deer hunting...

We’ve been spoiled folks. So many of us have been familiar with “instant gratification” that when we don’t get it, something is wrong. That concept is so common, we don’t ever realize it any more. A prime example was the election last...

Seems like “Deja vu all over again,” as Yogi Berra like to say. I’m talking about our trip home from Hastings last Wednesday afternoon. We were still a ways north on Show Boat Road when we saw a dark cloud hugging the earth east-southeast of...

OK folks, by this time next week, the 2022 General Elections will be history. Will you take part or be a bystander? I only offer a couple of observations this week: The first is early voting. We have always had absentee voting systems in place, but...

I thought I knew what I was going to write this week, but a trip to Lincoln and then back home on Sunday changed my mind. I have no understanding of what the 1930s and the “Dust Bowl” days and years were like, but anyone who was out Sunday maybe...

It’s that time of the year . . . Time to enjoy God’s beautiful handiwork in making the countryside gorgeous. I have commented on this before, but I’m going to do it again. Father Val Peters, founder of Boy’s Town in Omaha once noted the...

November 8, 2022 . . . Election Day. That’s right, a day so many of us set aside every two years to go and vote. However, it seems to me the importance of that day has diminished somewhat over the years. I attribute some of the changes in attitude...

Technology . . . It can be cussed and it can be praised . . . and depending on the situation, both actions can be correct. Take this coming week for example. Friday night to be sure. The Cornhusker football game is Friday this week, not Saturday....

September harvest? ? ? Most years, the fall harvest didn’t start until the very end of September, most likely in October. However, 2022 may be remembered for how dry it was and how early the harvest began. For a couple weeks we have been watching c...

People who teach other people to write usually preach that a person should write what he knows, or is most familiar with. Since I’m still learning to write, I’m going with that theory this week. I know I’ve written about some of our medical tri...

Did you notice last week end? The Cornhuskers won a football game. We had to pay more than $500,000 to get a team into Lincoln that we thought we could beat. We did, but just not in the manner many hoped for. I think it’s time. A O Look how far...