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Darci Holling (right) was presented with her award on Monday.

Darci Holling (right) was presented with her award on Monday.

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Mullen native wins Nebraska’s ‘Raise a Cup to Teachers’ Sweepstakes

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Editor’s note: Reprinted with permission from KNOP. A Mullen native, Darci is the daughter of Doug and Linda Boyer of Mullen. She is an English Language Teacher - ESL at North Platte High School. by Kelsley Wilkinson North Platte - Dunkin’ Donuts raised a cup to a North Platte teacher.

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Hooker County Historical Society to meet this Thursday

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
The Hooker County Historical Society met Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Old Hotel/Museum. Present were Frank Harding, Jason Coble, Ted and Sue Bonesteel, Burton Huddle, Cathy Nichols, Donna Reynolds, Chuck Anders, Charlie Jones and Peggy Marsh.

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Sandhills Calendar

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 7:00 Hooker County Historical Society, Old Hotel FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 1:00 American Legion Auxiliary, Village meeting room MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 7:00 EMT business meeting, Ambulance garage MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 7:00 EMT training meeting, Ambulance garage TUESDAY, NOVEMBER...

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Church Calendar

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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.

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Looking Back

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Obituary: William Hicks 5 YEARS AGO - 2017 Undefeated Bronco football team falls 30-42 in semifinals to Blue Hill Obituary: Gene Davis 10 YEARS AGO - 2012 Birth: Claire Elise to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Olson Obituary: Roy Maire 25 YEARS AGO - 1997 New Arrivals: Jaci Jo to Wade and Jeri Edis, Whitney Jaine...
Drivers taking the backroads between Taylor and Sargent will spot dozens of strangely columnar juniper trees failing to blend in with the rest.

Drivers taking the backroads between Taylor and Sargent will spot dozens of strangely columnar juniper trees failing to blend in with the rest.

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Attack of the clones: 30 years later, a Taylor-made mystery lives on

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
by Carson Vaughan Flatwater Free Press In the summer of 1978, Allen Wilke slammed the brakes. He did this often. A true plantsman, he observed everything but the road itself. He would spy a flowering prickly pear in the ditch, a wild grapevine.
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