Top Story POSITIVE VIBES FOR POSITIVE LIFE Sarah Neben: We remember them Jessica Kennedy May 23, 2026 May 23, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This Saturday our family will take part in a long-standing tradition of taking flowers to the graves of our loved ones for Memorial Day.kAmxE 3682? H:E9 ;FDE >J >@>[ 525[ 2?5 3C@E96C |:4926= 2?5 E96? 6IA2?565 E@ :?4=F56 @FC 72>:=J @7 D6G6?]k^Am Sarah Neben kAmxE :D :>A@CE2?E E@ >6 E92E @FC 49:=5C6? F?56CDE2?5 2?5 2AAC64:2E6 E96 >6>@C:6D 2?5 E96 DE@C:6D 23@FE E96:C 2?46DE@CD 2?5 36=@G65 7C:6?5D H9@ 92G6 8@?6 367@C6]k^AmkAm(6 92G6 2 46CE2:? 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Sarah Neben: Party in the pasture Dan and I attended the “Party in the Pasture” aka the 2026 Cattlemen’s Ball last Saturday north of Cozad.
Paul Hammel: Nebraska: it really has a lot of cool stuff to see/experience Memorial Day has come and gone, so it’s time to hit the road.
Paul Hammel: Getting straight answers — and not half answers — harder and harder A crusty, old state worker once told me that “the story of government is not what is said is not so, it is what is so is not said.”
