High Plains embracing challenge

Dear Editor: Greetings from the Storm! High Plains Community Schools has met the challenges of the 2020-2021 school year head on and have worked diligently to continue to provide the education and experiences our student deserve.

Living in history a rare treat

Sitting on the front porch at 1121 9th St. I’ve often wondered what Mr. W.H. Streeter saw and thought when he looked out from a majestic home that would bear his name still 120 years later.

So is rhubarb a fruit or a vegetable, or both?

For years when things start greening up in the springtime we’ve had a few stalks of rhubarb break ground on an old garden located in our backyard.  Some of those years the plants were doomed by being mowed off.

$1 million grant a significant step forward on housing front

“If you build it, they will come.” Kevin Costner’s classic line from the “Field of Dreams” movie has a truthful ring to it in terms of local housing.

Political systems built on theological premise

Dear Editor: Previously I have written about the important consequences of words and the ideas they express.

Nebraska’s all-name team

Analyzing the 2021 Husker football team’s roster a couple weeks ago proved to be plenty interesting. Listed on the Huskers.com website are incoming freshmen, true freshmen, walk-on freshmen, redshirt freshmen as well as, you guessed it, COVID freshmen.

Plainsman, Edgerton shining stars in Aurora

If you are looking for something to do, or places to go, you won’t need to go very far. In fact it will only take traveling to the 200 block on 16th Street where you’ll find the Plainsman Museum and the Edgerton Explorit Center.

Sunflower seeds, good intentions cause dilemma

Another 40-pound bag of sunflower seeds...and the crisis continues. What began as the simple feeding of the birds has expanded to the feeding not only unwanted birds, but squirrels and our two dogs.

A win-win proposal

A visionary partnership in Phillips could soon change the look of that community, creating opportunity not just in Phillips but throughout Hamilton County. Jeff Reed and Darren Bartunek announced plans recently to launch a 56-lot housing development project on the east edge of Phillips.

Allen talks leadership, team bonding ahead of spring ball

It doesn’t feel like that long ago when Austin Allen was just trying to not get in the way while making sure everything he did was to a T.  Now, his biggest goal is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum.