Looking Back

1 YEAR AGO - 2023 28 babies featured in Baby Issue Mullen receives 12-18” more of snow, putting us in the 48-60” range for season total snow as of Jan. 19 5 YEARS AGO - 2019 Obituary: Mildred Phillips MHS wrestling team wins own invite 10 YEARS AGO - 2014 Birth: Steven Anthony to Maggie Casillas...

Correction

When submitting information for last week’s Vacationer Issue, Della Haesler, like so many of us, fell victim to autocorrect. For clarification, she did not work as a lumberjack - she worked with one of the first multiple-service lumberyards with a drive-thru lumberyard in North Pole, Alaska!

New ownership at Mullen’s Dismal River Club

Mullen – Dismal River Club in Mullen, Nebraska, has announced DRC Investors, LLC as the new owner of the premier private club, marking an exciting new chapter in the club’s storied history.

Consider joining the Extension Master Gardener Program

Have you ever heard about the Extension Master Gardener program, but did not know what the program was about, or how to participate? Here is information that introduces the public to the program and helps recruit gardening enthusiasts to join the program in Nebraska!

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by Julie Pfeiffer, Librarian New books that have recently arrived at the Hooker County Library: The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich The Watchmaker’s Hand by Jeffery Deaver Broken Trust by Robert Parker The Corsican Shadow by Clive Cussler A Very Inconvenient Scandal by...

SJNSB conference to be Jan. 20

“History of the Sandhills Soddy” is the theme chosen for the Sandhills Journey National Scenic Byway conference to be held Saturday, Jan. 20 at the One Box Convention Center, 2750 South 27th. Ave. in Broken Bow, Nebraska.

Mullen News

Drew Folk came from Haxtun, Colorado, to Lois Folk’s on Dec. 21 and helped with some matters that needed done. Lois went with him to Haxtun on Dec. 23, arriving before wind and snow came during the night and continuing off and on to the 26th.

Sandhills Calendar

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 1:30 United Women in Faith, Mullen Methodist Church 6:00 Mullen Book Club, Mullen Arts Center.

Church Calendar

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 10:00 a.m. Confessions, 10:30 a.m. 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.