The University of Nebraska– Lincoln conferred 1,149 degrees during commencement exercises December 20th and 21st at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The degrees were earned by 1,132 graduates from forty-one countries, forty United States states, and 150-plus Nebraska communities.

Reminder: Mass will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on January 18th at 6:30 p.m.

Mark and Rhonda Allen made a memorial to the Wolbach Splash Pad Fund in memory of Gwyn Nugent. Lisa Lassek, Lori and Dewey Dilsaver, and Vonnie Barr made memorial donations to the Wolbach Cemetery in memory of Larry Zoucha..

The Town & Country Club met on December 19th at the Wolbach Community Center for their annual Christmas party. All members and five guests were present. Members enjoyed a soup lunch followed by an afternoon of card playing. Winners were Jerry Cook, men’s high; Delvin Teter, men’s low; Wanda Rother, women’s high; Shirley Cook, women’s low; and Larry Steenson, traveling. Gifts were exchanged by secret sisters and new secret sister names were drawn for next year. The group’s next meeting will be on January 16th at the home of Marilyn Paulman.

Friday morning, the South Loup River was up, with a reading of 164 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs), compared to 139 cfs last Friday. I had found that to be interesting, as Shawn thought the river looked higher. I just don’t know what would cause the river to rise, as we haven’t had any rain. The Middle Loup River at St. Paul is lower, at 1,260 cfs. Last Friday, it was at 1,490 cfs. The North Loup River at St. Paul was up just a bit on Saturday, at 1,090 cfs. Last Friday, it was 1,010 cfs.