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By Ashley Swanson

This week’s column won’t have any fun puns or some great message or feature some wonderful people from the county, like I try to do in other weeks.

Sorry, to inform you on such short notice

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By Tory Duncan

Friday night, after covering a few events, getting home and preparing for a trip to Red Cloud for wrestling, I recalled with a friend how Red Cloud brought back some early memories of my days back in high school. Thirty-five seasons ago, in the gym at Red Cloud, I pulled off my first dunk in a game, and in that gym, 34 years ago, I also was a team member of the very first Twin Valley Conference All-star game. As I took that trip to Red Cloud Saturday, it all flashed inside of me...holy cow, how time has flashed so quickly.

By Ashley Swanson

Yesterday, my mom posted on Facebook that she was deleting her account. Doesn’t sound too significant to some, but to others, it meant she was done. Ever since Trump was sworn in as president, social media outlets have become a place of complete negativity, complaining and harsh words. We get it, you’re mad about the things he’s done since being sworn in, but that doesn’t mean you need to post a paragraph ranting about how much of a scumbag you think he is. Keeping up with this social media uproar, I also saw a post that said there’s a difference between protesting and rioting.

By Ashley Swanson

Sunday, Jenna, Tanna, and myself learned a few things during our adventure to Kearney for a girl’s day out.

Our “lessons” didn’t really start until we got into Kearney and proceeded to hit every single red light there could be in that city. It was then that Tanna informed us that she has some sort of Kearney curse, and all of the lights will probably be forever red as we come up to them.

By Schmidt

The interesting thing about the governor’s annual State of the State address is listening for a theme. Governor Pete Ricketts chose to focus on the grit of Nebraska’s residents in his speech to a somewhat polarized 105th Nebraska Legislature.

He noted that this Legislature is meeting at the beginning of Nebraska’s 150th year of statehood. He called on that history to praise the one-house system, first suggested by George Norris. Ricketts said Norris was a man who “traveled 5,000 miles, wore out two sets of tires, sent 192,000 flyers— all at his own expense—to advocate for our Unicameral. George Norris was a man with a vision. He had initiative. He persevered. He was tenacious. He had grit — Nebraska grit.”

By Ashley Swanson

When times are tough, it’s difficult to see the silver lining in the cloud or keep a smile on your face or hope for something happy to happen. It’s difficult to imagine how you went from being happy to as sad or heartbroken as your are now. But, there is a silver lining and it’s friends and family being there by your side. It’s the friends who make a smile come across your face, even when you don’t think you could smile anymore. It’s the friends who pull you into conversations and distract you from the hurt in your life.