Legislative News

With the aptly named Constitutional Carry Bill (LB77) soon to be debated on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature, it is important we spend some time considering the subject of the Second Amendment to the U.S.

Spreading Humor & Sharing Wisdom

Planning for That Final Trip I think many of us believe we’re going to be the only ones in history to defy the natural order of things and live forever. I know I do. But in case that’s not true, it behooves us to get our affairs in order before we take that final trip.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

After graduating from Fullerton High in 1973, Tom Nesbitt attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha where he played football until experiencing a back injury. He decided then it was time to act on his dream of going into law enforcement. He began his career working part-time in Fullerton.

Nance County Tales & Trails

(The following information was gleaned from an article titled History of Nebraska 1882) The Pawnee Indian nation had been thriving in the area along the Loup River for many years. The first white settlers were a group of Mormons led by Henry James Hudson in 1857.

“Hidden in Plain Sight”

By Debra Johnston, MD If I asked you to name a chronic disease, you would probably think of conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, or dementia. The odds are, one of the most common chronic diseases would never cross your mind.

Grace Notes

Devotional Reflections by Caroline Russell Ordinary Folk As is my custom on most Sunday nights, I am sitting at my computer, preparing to write another week’s column. It has been a pretty ordinary day for both Ron and me. We watched our church service together via Zoom. We ate. We napped.

Loren Lippincott

Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz was once asked to describe the difference between football players today and fifty years ago when he began his career as a head coach.

Alan’s Anecdotes

I looked up the history of the term “trial balloon” and en.wiktionary. org said it was a “small balloon released into the sky to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air before a manned ascent in a larger balloon; (figuratively) prospective action to test acceptance.

Trees for the Future

Hard to say how many trees are growing within the Lower Loup NRD, the largest Natural Resources District in Nebraska. What we do know is that since the founding of Natural Resources Districts in Nebraska in 1972, the Lower Loup NRD has planted more than 12 million trees.

A Cow Path Becomes a Trail

Since this column was originally called Nance County Tales and Trails, I thought it might be time to mention a few of the “trails” in the area. I’m sure that I will miss a few that you, the readers are familiar with, and I hope you will enlighten me in future fan mail.