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Jim Gragg and his wife Judy with the 2024 Trail Boss Award. courtesy photo

Jim Gragg and his wife Judy with the 2024 Trail Boss Award. courtesy photo

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Gragg has volunteered at Buffalo Bill Rodeo for 50 years

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
North Platte – When Jim Gragg takes vacation, he goes to work, and loves every minute of it.For the past 50 years, the Tryon, Nebraska, man has spent four days every June in North Platte, volunteering at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo.

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Sandhills Calendar

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
THURSDAY, JUNE 12 7:00 Commercial Club, Hooker County Community Center MONDAY, JUNE 16 7:00 EMT business meeting, Ambulance garage TUESDAY, JUNE 178:30-12:00, 12:45-4:30 Drivers Examiner, Hooker County Courthouse.

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Church Calendar

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 10:00 a.m. Confessions, 10:30 a.m. Mass.ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCHAdult 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 CHURCH11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship.Jr. High...

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Looking Back

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Birth: Rynley Faith to Samuel and Amber Zimmerman Obituaries: Gordon Walker and Margaret Belieu Birth: Taylor Anne to Tyler and Jessie Cash 1 YEAR AGO - 2024237 attend MHS alumni banquet Obituary: John Jones 5 YEARS AGO - 202010 YEARS AGO - 201525 YEARS AGO - 2000276 attend MHS alumni banquet
The picture Kendall Phipps drew to depict her winning fair theme of “Hooker County Fair is Where the Wild Things Are.”

The picture Kendall Phipps drew to depict her winning fair theme of “Hooker County Fair is Where the Wild Things Are.”

Hooker County Fair theme set!

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The Hooker County Fair will be held Saturday, July 26 - Sunday, August 3.
Six camper hookups are now available on the east edge of the Hooker County Fairgrounds. Gerri Peterson

Six camper hookups are now available on the east edge of the Hooker County Fairgrounds. Gerri Peterson

Camper hookups now available at fairgrounds

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
by Gerri PetersonThanks to the Mullen Commercial Club spearheading the project, the Hooker County Fairgrounds now has six camper hookups.Located along the fence line on the east edge of the fairgrounds, the hookups will be useful for all kinds of events held at the fairgrounds.This project was...
The Koch family pictured in 2024. From left: Hudson, 17, Jeremy, 41, Asher, 14 and Bailey, 39. The family, posing for a portrait outside their home near Eustis on Jan. 26, 2024, has long struggled with mental health issues. The family had found healing by sharing their story online through a Facebook page it created in 2014. Since then, Anchoring Hope for Mental Health has added more than 10,000 followers who routinely share their own stories of mental health. Chris Bowling

The Koch family pictured in 2024. From left: Hudson, 17, Jeremy, 41, Asher, 14 and Bailey, 39. The family, posing for a portrait outside their home near Eustis on Jan. 26, 2024, has long struggled with mental health issues. The family had found healing by sharing their story online through a Facebook page it created in 2014. Since then, Anchoring Hope for Mental Health has added more than 10,000 followers who routinely share their own stories of mental health. Chris Bowling

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Nebraska family’s story finds hope in tragedy

Chris Bowling Flatwater Free Press
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Editor’s note: The Flatwater Free Press’ first story about the Koch family ran in the Feb. 28, 2024, issue of the Tribune.Content warning: This story discusses suicide.
Mullen t-ball, back l-r: Brogan Seeley, Tate Seeley, Ryann Walz, Kinley Crisp, Brystol Call, Lane Brown, Clay Cribelli, Harper Myers, Violet Stichka, Finnegan Connealy, Aurora Polt, Coach Jessica Polt. Front: Libby Kraye, Chasin McIntosh, Martin Connealy, Jordyn Cheney, Johnny Phillips, Kyla Crisp, Arthur Polt, Aiden Stichka, Harper Barnes, Stevie Johnson. Not pictured: Addison Mundorf. Gerri Peterson

Mullen t-ball, back l-r: Brogan Seeley, Tate Seeley, Ryann Walz, Kinley Crisp, Brystol Call, Lane Brown, Clay Cribelli, Harper Myers, Violet Stichka, Finnegan Connealy, Aurora Polt, Coach Jessica Polt. Front: Libby Kraye, Chasin McIntosh, Martin Connealy, Jordyn Cheney, Johnny Phillips, Kyla Crisp, Arthur Polt, Aiden Stichka, Harper Barnes, Stevie Johnson. Not pictured: Addison Mundorf. Gerri Peterson

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T-ball, coach pitch & baseball season in full swing

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

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Additions to Vinton Feed story

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Editor’s note: We have a couple corrections and additions to last week’s story about Vinton Feed changing ownership.In the paragraph talking about changes in the business over four decades, it should have said, “all of their selling used to be face to face.”
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