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Nebraska Extension will host a crop insurance workshop for agricultural producers and agribusiness professionals from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, 700 E. Stolley Park Rd. The event will help attendees improve their risk management strategies and boost their understanding of crop insurance. Crop and livestock producers, insurance agents, marketing consultants, agricultural educators and other risk management service providers are encouraged to attend. “Understanding crop insurance can give p...
On Aug. 17, a spaghetti and garlic bread dinner found 29 Keenagers and three workers enjoying the meal. Sandra Carpenter brought homemade ice cream which everyone enjoyed and appreciated. Mrs. Vernie Himmelberg and Don Faimon were the birthday people this month. Door prize winners were Rita Mazour, fall decoration; Donna Himmelberg, fall decoration; Eileen Buschkoetter, bag of nuts; and Brenda Janda, ink pen. Game winners were high, (tie)Kathy Rischling and Eileen Buschkoetter and low Ray Rischling. Card winners were high, Dolores Kucera and...
The monthly meeting of the Lawrence Village Board of Trustees was a busy one Monday. The meeting also served as the annual budget hearing as well. The budget hearing annually sets the amount of taxes the village needs to operate. For the coming year, the tax rate (known as the mill levy) was set at 0.303296. This a decrease from the previous levy of 0.331543, or a 9 percent drop. The property tax request remained the same as the previous year. However, the tax rate decline was possible because the valuation of property in Lawrence had increased...
Gregory James McLaughlin, 54, known to his loved ones as Greg, died on Sept. 6, 2023, in Hubbell, Nebraska. Born on June 9, 1969, in Omaha, Nebraska. Greg was preceded in death by his grandparents, Joy and Erma McLaughlin, and Francis and Adelaide McGeeney. Surviving Greg are his parents, Jim McLaughlin, Hubbell, Nebraska, and Karen Curtin, Wichita, Kansas; his sister, Leslie McCord, Wichita, Kansas; his children, Macy Mohr, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bailey McLaughlin, Lincoln, Nebraska, Jesse and Mercy McLaughlin, Pawnee City, Nebraska. His funeral...
Melvin Albert Brown died at his home on Sept. 8, 2023. He was born on June 26, 1945, in Belfast, Ireland, while his father was stationed there during World War II. He was later adopted by Willard and Florence Brown. Mel attended Aurora High School in Aurora, Colorado, and then earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Sterling College where he was the quarterback on the football team. He married Marlene Giebler in 1969, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays, Kansas. To this...
Minnie Lee Moore made the journey into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, Sept. 10, at the age of 97. Born May 27, 1926, in the rural outskirts of Leakesville, Mississippi, she was one of five sisters and a brother. Her "mama" taught Minnie a love for southern cooking, a strong work ethic, the gift for serving others, and most importantly, family. Upon graduating from high school, Minnie stole the heart of a Navy man, Adolph Nemec, whom she was married to for 32 years. They relocated from Pensacola,...
Patrick Moody Smith was born the eighth of nine children to Charles and Marie Ellis Smith on Feb. 19, 1939, in Boise, Idaho. He died Aug. 31, 2023, at his home in Beloit, Kansas, surrounded by family, at the age of 84. Pat lived in various Kansas towns during his childhood. He moved to Esbon, Kansas in 1955 to make his home with his sister and family, Mary Lou and Raymond Griffith. He graduated from Esbon High School in 1958. Pat joined the US Army after graduation and was a member of the 101st Airborne Division, stationed at Ft. Campbell,...
Roger Allen Finke, 77, of Deshler, died Sept. 9, 2023, at Lakeview Living in Firth. The son of William and Edna (Weiss), Finke was born at Kiowa, Nebraska, Jan. 23, 1946. Roger attended Bethlehem Lutheran School rural Kiowa and St. Peter Lutheran in Deshler and graduated from Deshler High School with the Class of 1964. After graduation, Roger went to Texas and worked for Texas Instrument. Returning home, he worked for Deshler Roller Mills and Ray Mausoleum until they closed. He then worked for Reinke Manufacturing in Deshler until his...
Katrena Corcoran, 35, Lincoln, Nebraska, died Sept. 12, 2023. Her funeral is pending. Megrue-Price Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
If all a person looks at is the final score of a football game, it looks a lot like Arapahoe had an easy victory of the L-N Raiders last Friday night. However, that was not the whole story. "The rest of the story" tells us quite a different scenario. The final score is the definitive item in any football game, but it is interesting to see how we got to that final score. Let's see: • Arapahoe is a larger school (D-1). • L-N had 423 offensive yards, Arapahoe had 377; • L-N ran 57 plays, Arapa...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School boys and girls cross country runners competed at the Fairbury Invitational Thursday. Neither group had the minimum of four runners to earn a team score. Sawyer Cox recorded a time of 23:24.95 for the 5 K course run. He finished in 65th place in the 99 runner field. He was competing against runners from Class B, C and D schools. Kennedy Beale was in 46th place in the girls 5 K run. The field consisted of 65 runners from 17 schools. Jaxon Vaughn ran the 2400 meter middle school race in 9:19.39 for 34th place in...
It just doesn't get easier for the Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team. They hosted the undefeated Class D1 Exeter-Milligan-Friend Timberwolves at Lawrence last Tuesday. The wolf pack left Lawrence with their unblemished record intact after a tough four-set, 24-26, 25-20, 21-25 and 25-9 marathon. Another D 1 team, the Deshler Dragons, visited Lawrence, Thursday, and departed with a three set sweep, 25-27, 17-25 and 10-25, of the Raiders. Lawrence-Nelson faced off against Kenesaw and Aquinas...
The Rock Hills High School cross country team competed at the Wamego Invitational hosted by Wamego High School and run over the Wamego Country Club course which hosts the state meet. There were 21 teams in the men's 3-2-1a varsity race. Rock Hills finished in 17th place with 462 points. Trystyn Reynolds recorded a time of 20:07.6 for the 5K distance. he finished in 72nd place in the 170 runner field. Kobi Bowers finished with a time of 20:45.8, good for 86th place. Spencer finished in 109th...
The Rock Hills High School football team were stampeded by the Thunder Ridge Longhorns 45-0 at Kensington Friday. The Grizzlies had no answers on either side of the ball. The game was called at the 4:38 mark of the third quarter as the mercy rule was invoked. Rock Hills looks to get back on the winning track when they play host to the Pike Valley Panthers at Mankato Friday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m....
It was a tiring and busy weekend for the Rock Hills Grizzlies volleyball team. The Grizzlies traveled to Solomon for the Solomon Invitational Saturday. The team played five matches in one day as they won two and lost three. The Grizzlies had played two matches Tuesday at their home triangular match. They were swept by Osborne 24-26 and 11-25 in two sets. The Grizzlies handed Thunder Ridge a three-set, 17-25, 26-24 and 25-22. The Grizzlies endured a marathon day Saturday when they played five matches. They opened with a two-set sweep, 25-20 and...
It was a tale of two halves not making a whole as the Superior Wildcats football team fell victim to the Kenesaw Blue Devils, 54-28, at Superior's Brodstone Memorial Field at Friday's Homecoming game. Kenesaw opened up an 8-0 lead at the end of the first quarter as the Superior defense stayed on target. Kenesaw opened up a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter. Superior closed the gap to 14-6 on a 57 yard touchdown pass from Lincoln Sander to Kyler Boyles. Kenesaw punched through the Superior de...
The Superior High School volleyball team made the most of their visit to Kenesaw last Tuesday. The Wildcats swept the host Kenesaw Blue Devils, 25-18 and 25-21, in two sets. They replicated the win with a two-set 25-20 and 25-18 sweep of the Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals. The Wildcats' visit to Shickley for their match with the D 1 Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Eagles was disappointing for the Superior as they fell in four sets, 20-25, 16-25, 25-15 and 25-23, for their third loss of the season. The...
The Superior High School girls golf team kicked off their season at the Superior Country Club course, last Tuesday, when they hosted the Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals with a nine-hole dual match. Rayne Biltoft and Lauren Tietjen carded rounds of 59 for the event. Nadia McMeen finished with a round of 65 for the Doniphan-Trumbull match. Superior visited Fairbury Monday and two of the members earned medals. The match was played over the Fairbury Country Club course with mild temperatures prevailing. Biltoft earned the sixth place medal with an...
The Superior Middle and High School cross country teams competed at the Fairbury Invitational Thursday. They were running against Class B, C and D schools. Schools with runners at the high school meet were Auburn, Beatrice, Blue Hill, Deshler, Fairbury, Falls City, Fillmore Central, Franklin, Freeman, Lawrence-Nelson, Lincoln Standing Bear, McCool Junction, Pawnee City, Sandy Creek, Thayer Central, Tri County and Weeping Water. There were runners from 12 middle schools competing at the meet. The Superior boys team finished in 11th place, with...
