Days Gone By
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A clown from the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus stopped in at the Main Street Playhouse in St. Paul on Tuesday morning to entertain the children.
Boelus News
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With the 100-degree days, the Loup River has been dropping every day, and I noticed the pastures and dryland crops going downhill fast. By Thursday, we couldn’t get our airboat out. With the rain Saturday morning, the rivers came back up. As of Sunday morning, the South Loup River was flowing at 103 cfs and the Middle Loup River by St. Paul was at 711 cfs. Both are down just a little from last week The instructors from the Missoula Theater were a delight this week. Both young ladies were from Florida.
Brookefield Park to host back-to-school bash in St. Paul
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Wednesday, August 2nd American Legion Baseball - TBD - Senior American Legion State Baseball Tournament at Rushville. Friday, August 4th Brookefield Park Back-to-School Bash - 2:00 p.m.
Band camp continues despite heat
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St. Paul High School’s (SPHS) ninth-throughtwelfth graders took to the school’s field and band room last Tuesday through Thursday to prepare for the academic year with the district’s annual high school band camp. Although blistering temperatures had cut the camp one day short and “took a big toll on what we could do” this year, St. Paul Band Instructor Danielle Spencer said Monday that the event had gone “really well overall.”
Senator makes stop in St. Paul during recess
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Senator Deb Fischer spent some time in St. Paul earlier this week. On July 31st, during the first weekday of the United States Senate’s August recess, the Nebraska senator had passed the early afternoon in St. Paul, meeting with local leaders and taking a tour of the community.
Commissioners discuss implementing county-wide 911 signage
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The possibility and logistics of putting up 911 signage for “every structure” in rural Howard County was the primary object of discussion during the Howard County Board of Commissioners’ meeting last Tuesday. Such signage would be designed to aid first responders in locating the physical addresses of structures throughout the county.
Cookie jar craziness
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Just months after retiring from her three-and-a-half-decade career at St. Paul’s Sweet Shoppe, Alice Osterman-Davis says she needs “to retire from my retirement! “I don’t feel like I am really retired,” she said last week, “except for the fact that I don’t have to go to work every day.” Instead, the work has come to her.
Cotesfield News
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308.968.3348 Dave and Barbara Tuma enjoyed dinner in Grand Island on Wednesday with Adeline Jonak of St. Paul and Ken Jonak of Minden.