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Sandhills Calendar

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Monday, October 30, 2023
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 7:00 Fair Board, Village meeting room MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 6:00 American Legion Marcy Upton Post, #109, Red’s Cafe TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 8:30-12 12:45-4:30 Drivers Examiner, Hooker County Courthouse 7:00 Mullen Volunteer Firemen business meeting, Firehall WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8...

Church Calendar

News Staff
Monday, October 30, 2023
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. MULLEN METHODIST CHURCH 11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship.

Looking Back

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Monday, October 30, 2023
1 YEAR AGO - 2022 Birth: Eleanor Dawn to Brad and Sidney Allard 5 YEARS AGO - 2018 The Corner Boutique opens Births: Doris Mariann to Cord and Michelle Boland, Josephine Renee to Will and Ariel Neumeyer 10 YEARS AGO - 2013 Obituary: Judy Russell 25 YEARS AGO - 1998 New Arrival: Lauren Lynn to...
The Hooker County Library Story Hour Halloween party was held last Wednesday, Oct. 25. Pictured l-r: Kyla Crisp, Addison Mundorf, Ryhme Pettit, Ryann Walz, Quinley Schmid, Johnny Phillips, Clay Cribelli, Sybi Cribelli. Heather Phillips

The Hooker County Library Story Hour Halloween party was held last Wednesday, Oct. 25. Pictured l-r: Kyla Crisp, Addison Mundorf, Ryhme Pettit, Ryann Walz, Quinley Schmid, Johnny Phillips, Clay Cribelli, Sybi Cribelli. Heather Phillips

Halloween celebrated at Story Hour

News Staff
Monday, October 30, 2023

Mobile food pantry to be Saturday

News Staff
Monday, October 30, 2023
A drive through mobile food pantry will be in Mullen on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9-11:00 a.m. at the Hooker County Fairgrounds. Everyone is welcome - no documentation needed. Call the Mullen Assembly of God at 308-546-2253 with any questions. This event is sponsored by Food Bank for the Heartland.

‘Steel Magnolias’ to be in North Platte

News Staff
Monday, October 30, 2023
The North Platte Community College Theater Department will join forces with the North Platte Community Playhouse to present “Steel Magnolias” Nov. 10-12 and Nov. 17-19. Showtimes will be 7:30 p.m. CT Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. CT Sundays.
The record-breaking attendance number at a women’s volleyball game illuminates the sky above Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. Fantasy Drone Shows didn’t know the final attendance number until an hour before launch, but “luckily, programming just a number is pretty easy,” said Scott Buss, the lead designer at the company. courtesy of Don Wisnieski

The record-breaking attendance number at a women’s volleyball game illuminates the sky above Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. Fantasy Drone Shows didn’t know the final attendance number until an hour before launch, but “luckily, programming just a number is pretty easy,” said Scott Buss, the lead designer at the company. courtesy of Don Wisnieski

The secret behind Memorial Stadium’s recent drone shows

News Staff
Monday, October 23, 2023
They knew the recordbreaking attendance number before the rest of the world. The iconic attendance Stadium on the night of Aug. 30 was the work of Fantasy Drone Shows, a Norfolk-based aerial entertainment company.

‘The Queen’s Gambit’ to be discussed

News Staff
Monday, October 23, 2023
The Mullen Book Club is currently reading “The Queen’s Gambit” by Walter Tevis to discuss on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 6:00 p.m. at the Mullen Arts Center. Copies of the book are available at the Hooker County Library. Read it and come join the discussion!
Della Haesler in 2008. courtesy photo

Della Haesler in 2008. courtesy photo

Haesler a Mullen resident for 4 years

News Staff
Monday, October 23, 2023
sophomore Della Haesler is a single mother of four children. She grew up in Lomira, Wisconsin, with her half brother, Gene Johnson, and her sister, Dawn Mallory. She graduated high school at Lomira High School. After high school, Della did not go straight into college.
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