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  • People and cars lined the streets of Hampton Friday night during the 21st annual TDLC Cruise Night event, the first held without founder Roger Bamesberger, who died in May.
    People and cars lined the streets of Hampton Friday night during the 21st annual TDLC Cruise Night event, the first held without founder Roger Bamesberger, who died in May.
  • Emcee Jason Frew gets animated between innings at a Sodbuster’s game. Frew does plenty of off-the-cuff commentary as well as baseball trivia, ‘name that tune’ and dizzy-bat races.
    Emcee Jason Frew gets animated between innings at a Sodbuster’s game. Frew does plenty of off-the-cuff commentary as well as baseball trivia, ‘name that tune’ and dizzy-bat races.
  • Birthday girl Elle Sutherland with her dance draws the attention of lead vocalist Mike Semrad during the Bands on the Bricks season finale Friday.
    Birthday girl Elle Sutherland with her dance draws the attention of lead vocalist Mike Semrad during the Bands on the Bricks season finale Friday.
  • This outdoor space on the east side of the building is where Vincent said that the new outdoor facility/park area will be. It will include a basketball court.
    This outdoor space on the east side of the building is where Vincent said that the new outdoor facility/park area will be. It will include a basketball court.

    Annual TDLC car show ‘a tribute to Roger’

    Main Street in Hampton was filled with classic cars, people and a sense of community Friday night during the annual TDLC Cruise Night, carrying on a tradition created by the late Roger Bamesberger.
    The show’s founder passed away in May, though family and friends were committed to keep it going in Roger’s honor.
    “I miss Dad, but this is a nice way to honor him because I was here when we first started 21 years ago and I remember it was like 20 cars,” said Danielle Bamesberger, who helped organize this year’s show. “It’s grown to normally around 200 cars and I’m not sure where we’re at tonight, but it’s fun for everybody and I think it’s a great way to honor Dad.”

     

    Frew fosters love of baseball with Sodbusters

    Aurora resident and vocal music instructor Jason Frew wears many hats, including that of on-field personality for the Hastings Sodbusters. The summer college league in Hastings is home to a collection of various D-1 and D-2 athletes and features an atmosphere similar to that of the minor leagues.
    “When you go to a Storm Chasers game, or a Husker basketball game, you’ll see a guy with the mic talking and interviewing people in between (plays),” Frew said. “I do that (for the Sodbusters), but on steroids, because they let me do whatever I want.”

     

    Summer concert series continues to grow in numbers, local support

    Out in the orange rays of the dying, western-setting sun, hundreds gathered Friday night to celebrate the last Bands on the Bricks of the season.
    With more than 400 people attending per week this year, according to the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, there are not only the familiar faces rocking and rolling but new people passing on through.

     

    Bremer Center set for facelift

    The Bremer Community Center board signed a contract Thursday with Chief Industries in Grand Island to begin remodeling in November the building that has been part of Aurora since 1979.
    Certain areas of the community center will be closed and changed through the five-month long construction process, which is estimated to cost $1 million.