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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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Superbowl commercials left me scratching my head

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
The Superbowl has come and gone, and if I am honest, the commercials left a lot to be desired. Sure, you had some good ones. But there was not really any one commercial that left me laughing like they have in previous years. I always love when the E-Trade Baby makes an appearance.
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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Cookies and donuts can fix any bad mood

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Moods can be a fickle thing. You can be walking along, having a great day, and then out of nowhere your mood can shift 180 degrees. I woke up in a bad mood one recent weekend. I couldn’t begin to tell you what put me in my bad mood (probably an argument I had with myself in my head).
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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NSAA has a State Wrestling PR problem

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
You plan for the worst and hope for the best. And maybe, if you are lucky, you can make it out unscathed. In recent weeks there have been grumblings in the high school wrestling world leading up to the state tournament.
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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Say what you mean and mean what you say

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
My daughter, Penny, finds it funny that I am not the most limber person out there. Well, last week she would have been pretty amazed at how flexible I have become. I managed to find a way to put my foot squarely in my mouth.
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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Snow causes delays, confusion and cabin fever

Rick Holtz
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
It’s good to be out again. In my nearly 20 years in the newspaper business, I cannot remember a snow storm that completely shut things down like the one that hit central Nebraska last week. Sure, there would be snow days here and there — but that storm knocked me off my game.
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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Birthday celebrations and snow days

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Today is my 41st birthday. My kids are more excited about it than I am. For me, it is just another Wednesday. I go to work and I spend most of my day in the office working on newspaper stuff. But to my kids a birthday means cake and ice cream. It means birthday dinners and presents.
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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Take time to reflect, plan for the new year

Rick Holtz
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
It’s hard to believe that Christmas is in the rearview mirror. To be honest, the last couple of months have really been flying by. It feels like just last week that we were lighting off fireworks and cleaning up from Thanksgiving dinner.
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.
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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Don’t lose track of the reason for the season

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
I love Christmas. I love the lights on houses. I love Christmas presents under the tree. I can’t wait to watch my kids open their presents on Christmas morning. But as much as I love the holiday season, I have to take a step back and remember the reason for the season.
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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Christmas through the eyes of children

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Growing up my family would always drive around and look at Christmas lights. My parents would load the three kids into the van and we would spend an evening driving all over northwest Indiana to see various elaborate decorative displays.