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Letter to the Editor

News Staff

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Dear Friends, As another year comes to its inevitable end, let us remember with grateful hearts all our loved ones that have left this life to celebrate in another. We are so appreciative of all the memorials and donations that were given to the Fullerton Cemetery Association this past year.

View From the Sideline

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View From the Sideline

Rick Holtz

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The other night I was driving home late after a basketball game. I was out covering a road game, so I had quite the journey ahead of me. As I left the town and got more into the middle of no where, it amazed me at how dark the sky was, and how bright the stars were.

Alan’s Anecdotes

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Alan’s Anecdotes

Alan Sparrow

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

I was thinking about childhood memories of Christmas. There were things we did every year together as a family. We traveled every year from northwest Indiana to west-central Illinois to see both my mom’s and dad’s families.

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Beth’s Bits

Beth Sparrow

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

One Christmas down, two to go. When I was growing up, we would have at least 10 days off for Christmas. If you read my column regularly, you know my parents were teachers. They had the same schedule I did. We would go to my grandparents, about 3 hours away across Nebraska and see one side.

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Representing You

Loren Lippincott

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

It was December of 1965 when cartoonist Charles Schultz’s beloved Peanuts gang first made the leap from newspaper comics pages to television screens across America. It was that year that CBS first aired “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” It became an instant classic and has been aired every year since.

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Representing You

Deb Fischer

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

In 1946, a new tradition was born in Nebraska’s Christmas City. A Methodist minister and a drama teacher in Minden put their heads together to dream up a new Christmas pageant.

Capitol View

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Capitol View

J.l.

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Remember the Christmas bonus? Probably a thing of past given the changed face of the workplace. Perhaps your “bonus” allows you to work from home. Be grateful the next time you slide in behind your computer, in your jammies at some odd hour to complete a project.

The Prairie Doc

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The Prairie Doc

Jill Kruse

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Myths are just stories we tell ourselves and others to make sense of the world around us. Myths convey beliefs or values and attempt to tell truths. In their effort to tell the truth, myths may exaggerate or misrepresent things.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Lessons learned from Linus Van Pelt

Rick Holtz

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

I have mentioned before that I am a nerd. For Christmas this year my mom and dad got me a ring from Lord of the Rings that I wear around my neck. My kids joke that it is my precious. (If you read that last bit as Gollum then I think we can be friends.

Beth Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read her column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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No longer a planner

Beth Sparrow

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

I used to be a planner. I would plan out vacations, schedules and all sorts of things. I also used to be organized. Before the internet, I organized my sock drawer by color. Yes, that is what we did for fun without the internet, organized the sock drawer into a rainbow.