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I The Serenity Prayer, by Reinhold Niebuhr, reads in part: God, give us Grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. This beautiful prayer applies to ourselves as much as it does to the world outside of us. That is, after trying to change what we can, we should accept with serenity who we are. Sometimes, it is extremely difficult to know what we can change, and part of this is discovering who we truly are. St.

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As another GCA Days disappears over the horizon, a slew of local sponsors are looking ahead to another local summer staple: the Howard County Fair. “I’m busier than a cat on a hot tin roof,” Howard County Fair Manager Eric Spilinek joked last Friday.

THE ST. PAUL HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1973 gathered for their fifty-year class reunion over GCA Days weekend. Members of the class in attendance and pictured include (back row): Sam Kowalski, Robin Keller, Barney Gordon, Dwayne Berggren, Tim Brehm, Dave Jackson, Ron Berggren, Allen Horak, John Herbig, Tom Schroder, Steve Bonczynski, Joe Vollbracht, Mike Nevrivy, Tom Bahensky, Larry Kosmicki, and Jeff Jorgensen; (third row): Rocke Jurzenski, Gregg Hatt, Lori Nielsen, Diane McCoig Bell, Jeri Lou Meyer Erickson, Mary Stefanowicz Eickman, Dave Kurz, Tom Tesmer, and Julie Lewandowski Hoppe; (second row): Jane Rosenquist Jacobsen, Peg Quinn, Virginia Urbanski Schenck, Carol Berggren Keller, LeAnna Cravens Hoskins, Jane Schlueter Boehle, Cindy Platek Andersen, Jean Hanisch Vollbracht, Cathy Smith Pedersen, Sue Petersen Foss, Lynette Tenopir White, Liz Niedfelt Gilbert, Jerry Placke, Brad Petersen, and Cindy Meyer Paulsen; and (front row): Nancy Bright Noller, Sue Kanter Vlach, Sheila Potts Perkins, Carol Hansen Hinshaw, Marilyn Jacobson Leth, Carla Habr Brown, Tom Bright, Cheryl Christensen Kosmicki, Randy Kosmicki, Dan Griffin, and Gary Boehle; (not pictured): Sam Reynolds and guests Gary and Charlotte Rasmussen.

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Grover Cleveland Alexander Days, the annual celebration held in honor of the National Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher who was born in Elba on February 26, 1887 and died in St. Paul on November 4, 1950, will be held this weekend.

After hearing comments from the public at a special meeting at the Wolbach Community Center on Tuesday night, the Greeley-Wolbach and North Loup-Scotia school boards unanimously approved a one-year interlocal agreement for academic cooperation, which will begin with the upcoming school year. The agreement does not automatically renew. The motion, passed by each board, will have pre-k through fourth grade in Greeley, fifth through eighth grades in in Scotia, and ninth through twelfth grades in Greeley.