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In her final story – “The Best Years” – author Willa Cather writes about the relationship between a school superintendent, Evangeline Knightly, and a young teacher named Lesley Ferguesson. Published posthumously, the story details the kindness and wisdom Knightly shares with the teacher before shifting to the future, when the superintendent returns to town to leave flowers on Ferguesson’s grave. Cather wrote “The Best Years” in 1945 – just two years before her death – drawing heavily on her own life and childhood experiences. “At the end of he...
UNK Communications You can see the joy on Claire Bahensky's face when she plays her new saxophone. Music makes the 10-year-old Lincoln girl happy. It's something she discovered earlier this year, when students at St. Joseph Catholic School were preparing to transition from plastic recorders to more complex instruments. "Claire tested really well on the saxophone and really enjoyed it, too. She picked it up right away," said Brenda Bahensky. As parents, Brenda and Nate Bahensky wanted their...
