Community has moral imperative to get vaccinated

Dear Editor: Hamilton County, one of Nebraska’s most desirable places to live, boasts many laurels, but our COVID-19 vaccination rate is not among them. This is troubling in light of the fact that unvaccinated folks are 20 times more likely to die from COVID.

See you in the stands

I’ve been pretty fortunate over the years to have had a reserved front row seat to some really exciting high school and college sporting events, camera in hand.

Tia the Tiger roars into history

She has a smile more infectious than any disease and a competitive spirit to move any mountain.  Aurora’s first-ever girls wrestling finalist in the history books is a foreign exchange student from Norway, just giving the sport of wrestling a try for the fun of it.  Crazy, right?

Trips to the moon may soon include traffic jams

When we were kids we thought we would want to be able to travel to the moon. In the past few months a few private companies have entered the space race. They have taken, for a fee, private citizens for short rocket trip into space and back.

Thank you, coach Ed

Kyle Ediger never let the emotions of a game get too high or too low.  In front of a packed house Friday night, though, the Hampton grad, teacher and coach surely had a little extra juice.  It still makes no sense. It’s hard to wrap your head around.

Volunteerism, dogs in need waiting for YOU

You may have noticed a trend that has been developing the past few years. There has been a dip in memberships in many of our local clubs and organizations.

Hawk Nation lost a good man in coach, teacher, friend Kyle Ediger

Hawk Nation was brought to its knees this week with the gut-wrenching news that one of their own, a bright, young vibrant coach and teacher, was taken from us too soon.

What’s your name?

It’s time we put a bow around this year’s college football recruiting season, so here are some of the recent recruits who signed on the dotted line for 2022 making my All-Name team: I’ll start off with Jeffry M’ba of Auburn. Interesting last name to say the least.

Whose job is it to teach kids to be tolerant?

We couldn’t help but laugh when we read a headline where  a parent urged the school to teach  children to be more tolerant. In our viewpoint, it appears that is a parent’s job and not the school.  But, when we think a little deeper, in this day and age the role should be reversed.

Olympic flame burns bright, sending timely global message

The Olympic flag is flying half way around the globe in China, and with it the spirits of a watching world. There is something truly mesmerizing about this global quadrennial tradition, with the best of the best from every nation on earth competing for Olympic gold.