Sandhills Calendar

MONDAY, MAY 22 7:00 EMT training meeting, Ambulance garage TUESDAY, MAY 23 8:30-12 12:45-4:30 Drivers Examiner, Hooker County Courthouse 7:00 Hooker County Area Republican Party, Village of Mullen meeting room THURSDAY, MAY 25 7:00 Hooker County Historical Society, Old Hotel

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 - 2022 State Track qualifiers: Callie Coble, Taylor Svoboda, Medora DeNaeyer, Peyton Paxton, Alli Loughran, Trevor Kuncl, Clayton Moore, Chase Gracey 5 YEARS AGO - 2018 Koby Walker qualifies for State Golf Girls and boys are District Track Champions - State Track qualifiers: Justin...

Historical Society to meet May 25th

Peters Hooker County Historical Society meeting - 4-27-23 Those present: Ken Clark, Sue Bonesteel, Burton Huddle, Jennifer Peters, Jason Coble, Donna Reynolds, Catherine Sullivan, Chuck Anders and Peggy Marsh. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Ken Clark.

Pressure canner testing in North Platte

by Brenda Aufdenkamp, Extension Educator UNL Are you are planning to preserve fruits and vegetables from your garden? The USDA recommends pressure canner gauges be tested regularly for accuracy.

- - - Letter to Editor - - -

Dear Editor, I am writing in regard to the blatant local government overreach and misuse of our taxpayer money with the contract with West Central Nebraska Development District LLC for nuisance ordinance enforcement and development growth (surveys).

Nebraska Cattlemen Midyear Meeting

Lincoln - Nebraska Cattlemen has announced their 2023 Midyear Meeting will take place from Wednesday, June 7 to Thursday, June 8, in North Platte, Nebraska.

MPCC offers suicide awareness trainings

Mid-Plains Community College will begin its next set of Question, Persuade, Refer trainings this month.

Girl Scouts complete 300 Pocket Flags for troops overseas

by Sooky Marks Fifth and sixth grade Girl Scouts recently finished a Pocket Flag project, where they folded 300 small flags and put them in small baggies. These were then mailed to Lincoln to be distributed to troops as they are deployed overseas.

Controlling musk thistle

by Jerry Volesky Did you have musk thistles last year? If so, I’m sure you’ll have them again this spring. And even though you may have done some herbicide control last fall, there are always those that may have been missed.