Church Calendar

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 10:00 a.m. Confessions, 10:30 a.m. Mass. ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH Adult and Children Sunday School classes - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship 11:00 a.m., 2nd Sunday - 12:00 Fellowship Dinner - open to the community.

Looking Back

1 YEAR AGO - 2023 State Speech qualifiers: Ashlyn Simonson and Malia Oltmer 5 YEARS AGO - 2019 Gracie and Izzy Hoyt qualify to compete in the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships Obituary: Larry Isom 10 YEARS AGO - 2014 Bronco wrestling team competes in NSAA Wrestling...

Then... & now

Beware of false spring!

Warmer weather and longer days are starting to show up, giving so many of us hope and excitement for the new growing season. Beware of “False Spring”, where the warm days can be followed by cold snaps and potential spring blizzards that will visit the region at some point in March and April.

Notes from your Central Sandhills Area Extension office

Thedford - Here are a few updates from your Nebraska Extension office serving Blaine, Thomas, Hooker and Grant counties. Big Red Camps: Are you ready to take the next step towards a successful future?

Grassroots Grief: In small-town Nebraska, with suicide rates high, a family delivers hope for thousands

Content warning: this story discusses suicide. Call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you or a loved one needs help. Twilight hung over the snow-crusted fields and stubbly cornstalks.

- - - Library Notes - - -

by Julie Pfeiffer, Librarian New books that have recently arrived at the Hooker County Library: One in a Million by Janet Dailey Random in Death by J.D. Robb Last Night by Luanne Rice The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz Hero by Thomas Perry The Friendship Club by Robyn Carr The Women by Kristin...

Sandhills Calendar

MONDAY, MARCH 4 6:00 American Legion Marcy Upton Post, #109, Red’s Cafe TUESDAY, MARCH 5 7:00 Mullen Volunteer Firemen business meeting, Firehall WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 7:00 Fair Board, Village meeting room FRIDAY, MARCH8 1:00 American Legion Auxiliary, Village meeting room MONDAY, MARCH...