Substance over style

It takes a whole lot more planning and causes way more stress to do less in today’s coronavirus world. That is a shared conclusion of board members and volunteers involved with last month’s Hamilton County Fair as well as the 2020 Nebraska State Fair, which is going on now in Grand Island.

Newspaper printer’s ink was always in my blood

As we get older it seems we do a lot of thinking about our past. Ancestry influence; impacts good or bad over the years that changed our lives; lessons we learned on our own; and just the plain ol’ luck that was with us much of our time.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thank you, Hampton Dear Editor: The Hampton Fire Department and the Hampton football team with coach Klute want to thank the residents of Hampton for donating to the Hamilton County Food Pantry Can-Care-A-Van on the evening of Aug. 3rd then we came door to door.

100 years worth of women’s suffrage

On August 18, 1920, Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to our Constitution. As the 36th state to do so, their decision to give women the vote pushed the amendment past the three-fourths threshold required by the Constitution.

A big deal for Nebraska

As Governor, property tax relief has been my number one priority. Every year, I’ve worked with State Senators to increase the amount of state relief from local property taxes.

Community rummage sale Sept. 19

A community rummage sale is being held on Sept. 19 at the Phillips Memorial Hall. If you’d like an opportunity to sell your old things before Junk Jaunt, so you can go looking for ‘new’ old things, here’s your chance. This is a rain or shine event and large spaces are available in the hall.

This week at the Senior Center

Aug. 26 - Sept. 1, 2020 “And he said to them, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

Card shower to honor Richard Carnes’ 80th birthday

The family of Richard (Dick) Carnes of Marquette would like to honor him with a card shower for his 80th birthday on Sunday, Sept. 6.

Tell your student not to drink

Nationally, about 80 percent of high school teenagers have at least experimented with alcohol, and about half of all teenagers are regular users.

Luck sometimes plays important ancestry role

It’s been said, “Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future and inherits his own past.” That quote came to mind when the Betterhalf and I were in a discussion about how lucky we were to have the parents and grandparents we had.