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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.

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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Celebrate Community Newspaper Week with the NCJ

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Hello friends! Nebraska newspapers are gearing up for quite the event. This year, the Nebraska Press Association (of which the Nance County Journal is a member) is celebrating its 150th year in existence.
It’s easy to take the good things in life for granted

It’s easy to take the good things in life for granted

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It’s easy to take the good things in life for granted

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
I enjoy the town festivals in Nebraska. The Swedish Festival in Stromsburg has meant more to me each year because my love for the community has grown along with the people being honored and celebrated. I noticed something after the parade that I’m sure is not unique to Stromsburg.
I love the chance to celebrate family

I love the chance to celebrate family

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I love the chance to celebrate family

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
My aunt turns 80 this week, so we are going down to celebrate with her. I can’t remember the last time I saw my aunt. She doesn’t go to funerals, weddings or graduations. She is mentally handicapped. I have known this my entire life. If you speak to her, you know.
Curstie Konold, MPH, CSW, QMHP is the Outpatient Clinical Mental Health Therapist Avera Medical Group Behavioral Health Brookings Clinic. Follow The Prairie Doc at www.prairiedoc.org and on Facebook featuring On Call with the Prairie Doc a medical Q&A show based on science, built on trust for 21 seasons, streaming live on Facebook most Thursdays at 7 p.m. central.

Curstie Konold, MPH, CSW, QMHP is the Outpatient Clinical Mental Health Therapist Avera Medical Group Behavioral Health Brookings Clinic. Follow The Prairie Doc at www.prairiedoc.org and on Facebook featuring On Call with the Prairie Doc a medical Q&A show based on science, built on trust for 21 seasons, streaming live on Facebook most Thursdays at 7 p.m. central.

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Coping with the ‘out of our control’ reality of Agriculture

Curstie Konold
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Marrying a farm kid has shown me the immense amount of pride in being part of the Ag community. It is prevalent that the agricultural profession, while rewarding, is challenging.
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.

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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How do you want to be remembered?

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Hello friends! I have a very simple question for you this week. It is something that everyone has to answer at some point in their life. How do you want to be remembered? This column appears in a newspaper.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Alan Sparrow 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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Celebrate the father in your life this weekend

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
This Sunday is Father’s Day. It’s a day to celebrate fathers, father figures, and fatherhood in general. Why celebrate Father’s Day? Because fathers are important. The people and things in life that can bring us the most joy can also bring us the most pain. A good father can be a great blessing.
Legislature accomplished a lot in latest session

Legislature accomplished a lot in latest session

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Legislature accomplished a lot in latest session

Loren Lippincott
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
We just finished the first session of the two year 108th Legislature and my first year as the senator from District 34. With 2023 being an odd numbered year, lawmakers had 90 legislative workdays. Next year the session will be just 60 days long.
Nebraska’s new icon

Nebraska’s new icon

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Nebraska’s new icon

Deb Fischer
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
“Let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet,” Willa Cather once wrote. The famed literary artist first came to Nebraska at the age of nine, when her family settled in Webster County. Years later, she reflected on what it was like to first step foot in our great state.
The nonpartisan unicameral legislature is broken

The nonpartisan unicameral legislature is broken

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The nonpartisan unicameral legislature is broken

J.L. Schmidt
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
The 108th Legislature First Session was a hot mess. The fact that three senators could derail the work of 46 others in the nation’s only one-house, allegedly nonpartisan Legislature, speaks volumes. What went wrong? Most everything that could.