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Julie Wetherington helps explain the floor plans for the Temple Craft Restoration Project, which were revealed Saturday evening. -
Pictured at Logic Nebraska’s Grand Island location are, from left, company founder and president Jeremy Heeg, Michael Forsman and Alex Sellers. -
The focus of the humanitarian trip was connecting with the locals. Gretchen Brosman (right) made a point of getting to know the Costa Ricans where they visited. -
This photo depicts the Einer Peterson Store (at left) on the west side of the square in Aurora. -
Rylee Olsen (3) is mobbed by her teammates at the plate following her solo home run in the first inning of Aurora’s 15-6 win over Lexington to open the 2021 season. Olsen had four hits in the victory.
Party debuts plans for ‘boutique hotel experience’
A large crowd gathered in the shadow of the historic Temple Craft Building Saturday evening to hear plans revealed about a potential renovation project that could change the look of one corner of Aurora’s downtown square.
JT Wetherington broke the suspense with a brief presentation in front of approximately 250 interested onlookers, who learned about the vision to turn the aging structure into a boutique hotel experience, and more. The evening began with a hamburger feed and wrapped with a live band performance.
Local software firm does a reboot
Almost 10 years after launching a new software development firm in Aurora, Jeremy Heeg said his venture continues to grow, change and evolve, and so to have the name and footprint of the business itself.
Like so many other businesses large and small, Heeg took some time during the pandemic to re-evaluate how things were going with Nemetric LLC (a name derived by combining the root words Nebraska and metric) and came to the conclusion that it was time for a reboot. He officially changed the name to Logic Nebraska in January of this year, one of several changes that are all part of a broader rebranding effort.
McKinney and friends dig the long ball
It took all of one night for Aurora to display how high the ceiling is for its offensive production.
Plenty of the long ball, too.
Thanks to three total home runs from Taryn McKinney and Rylee Olsen, the Aurora softball team charged to a 15-6 win over Lexington in the season opener at home Thursday.
McKinney hit two of those home runs while Olsen recorded the other, all part of a huge opening inning for Aurora.
The offensive firepower on display brought a big smile to the face of Aurora coach Ashton Voss, who was pleased with the opening-night effort.
Dream takes Brosman from cornfields to Costa Rica
Aurora native Gretchen Brosman had always told herself that if she was given the opportunity to travel outside the country she would do it and that moment came this summer.
Through the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) she was invited to join them on a trip and originally planned on going to Peru.
“They canceled the trip to Peru because COVID and gave me the option to go to Costa Rica instead,” she said. “So that’s what I did. At that point, I only had a month to change all my plans and make it possible to go to Costa Rica.”
While it may have been a quick change, with her departing July 17 and returning July 25, she found that once it all happened that the trip went perfectly and was exactly as it needed to be.
Aurora icon’s historic safe calls Plainsman Museum home
One of the larger artifacts at the Plainsman Museum in Aurora may look unassuming to some, or imposing to others, but in fact in serves as a reminder of businessman Einer Peterson and the life he left behind.
The large, freestanding iron safe stands less than five feet tall and is as elaborate inside as it is out. A rusty red, the exterior is thick and protects four small wooden drawers, a larger open compartment and a secondary interior safe inside.
It sits at the back of the museum, doors wired open for safety purposes and serves as a direct link to years past for those who care to stop and investigate while on their tours.
