Opinions

Body Editor: Someone should get the pond west of swimming pool drained, it used to be a good spot to go fishing, but all I see is a lot who fish there spend most of the time fixing broken lines after losing hooks, weights, etc.! Even me losing a lot of fishing gear!

Body Welcome back and I hope as you are flipping the pages of this newspaper you are doing so with all ten of your fingers. Or however many you had before Independence Day 2023.

Body Editor: Where is your happy place? It was so good to see my name in the 60 years ago column. The best thing is I can still remember the Girls State Song.

Body Loren Lippincott, District 34 Senator Happy 247th birthday America! You set another world record! No other nation in recorded history has had a single form of government for as long as ours has.

Body Editor: Please do not discriminate against letter from being an inmate from Merrick County jail. It is hard to seem non bias about the issue I’m about to write about, but please be open minded and I hope this helps the community of Central City, NE.

Body In our U.S Air Force fighter squadron before going on a mission -- whether it was an air-to-ground bombing sortie or an air-to-air dogfi ght mission -- we would brief up the flight to ensure all pilots were focused on the mission objectives.

Body Independence Day is quickly approaching and that means that ball season is beginning to wrap up for all the little guys and gals out there in the community.

Body There are two committees in the Nebraska Legislature that deal primarily with money. The Appropriations Committee doles out the money, whereas the Revenue Committee works at getting your money (think taxes).

Body This week instead of my normal rant, we mix it up with a short fictional story, based on the world around us, that I wrote with the hopes of highlighting the importance of supporting community newspapers.

Body Bison Bucks! Who doesn’t love to receive this “free” money to spend at one of our area chamber businesses? As we gear up for our semi-annual Bison Bucks Bonus promotion over Lone Tree Days I want to share the impact these paper tokens have in our communities.