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This week at the Senior Center
This week at the Senior Center
Mary Jane Jensen
July 22nd - 28th, 2020
“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Plainsman Museum executive director Tina Larson is fond of the military jacket exhibit due to its wide array of years, patches and branches. She is seen here with Roger Luthy’s jacket. News-Register/Cheyenne Rowe
Plainsman: History, legacies of patriotism
Cheyenne Rowe
Appreciation for Hamilton County’s military history and veterans who served is well known in the area and nowhere is it more physically visible than in Aurora’s Plainsman Museum.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
The Aurora City Council approved a bid of $651,021 from Herk’s Welding last week to expand the fire department building shown here to the north, making room for apparatus storage and four bedrooms to accommodate EMS staff. News-Register/Kurt Johnson
City approves bid for new EMS quarters
Kurt Johnson
The Aurora City Council approved a bid to add vehicle storage bays and EMS living quarters to the 14th Street fire department building at its July 14 meeting.
Seven bids were submitted for the project, with the council awarding the project to Herk’s Welding out of Central City as the lowest bidder.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
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Giltner graduation set for this Sunday
Richard Rhoden
A moment a long time coming has finally arrived for Giltner’s Class of 2020.
The 17 Hornet graduates will gather for a final time at GHS for its long-awaited graduation ceremony Sunday at 2 p.m to celebrate and turn the tassels.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Pastor Bob Gannon (center) takes a moment to share a prayer with the residents for the community of Aurora. News-Register/Jeni Moellenberndt
East Park shares morning of prayer for Phase 3 reopening
Jeni Obermier
Despite a hot and humid morning, residents at East Park Villa in Aurora took to their windows, balconies and spread out chairs to gather for a morning of prayer July 7.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
A portrait of Frank and Alice Farr hangs proudly on the wall in Heritage Bank. News-Register/Kurt Johnson
Changing of the guard at the Farr Trust announced
Kurt Johnson
A changing of the guard was announced this week for an Aurora-based charitable trust which has distributed more than $7.6 million in grants to Hamilton County organizations since its formation in 1984.
Frank M. and Alice M. Farr were both active community members in Aurora who contributed $3.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
NWU announces spring academic honors list
NWU announces spring academic honors list
News Staff
Nebraska Wesleyan University has announced its Academic Honors List for the spring semester of the 2019- 2020 academic year.
A student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.75 (on a 4.00 scale) for 12 or more hours of coursework to qualify for the list.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Hampton senior Logan Nissen presents a flower to her mother, Amy, during Saturday’s graduation ceremony. News-Register/Kurt Johnson
Hawk seniors say final farewell in community event
Kurt Johnson
Hampton’s Class of 2020 gathered one final time Saturday, ringing the bell, turning tassels and receiving diplomas in a second graduation ceremony, this one part of a more traditional community celebration.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
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Troopers wrap up Operation Safe Driver Week, results
News Staff
Nebraska State Troopers have completed Operation Safe Driver Week, resulting in dozens of citations for excessive speeding and more than 20 arrests for impaired driving.
Operation Safe Driver Week is an annual campaign, coordinated by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
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Regier buys Korner 9 in Hampton
News Staff
60 Years Ago – 1960
Harold Zastrow of Sheboygen, Wis., will be installed as the new school principal and upper grades teacher of St. Peter’s Lutheran School at Hampton during the regular morning worship service next Sunday.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
