Reminder: There will be Mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on November 19th. This will be the Parish Outreach Mass and Thanksgiving Mass. Monies collected will go to a family in need in the immediate area. Anonymous nominations can be given to Father Vince Parsons in St. Paul. Following the Mass, wine, cheese, and finger food will be shared. Darrin Ingerle of Grand Island was a weekend guest of his mom, Edna Ingerle. On Wednesday afternoon, Julie Spilinek visited Adeline Jonak, Kathryn Ingerle, Mary Lou Christensen, and Peg Soneson at Brookefield Park in St. Paul. She also visited Virginia Hirschman at Matelyn Retirement Community.

Michael Happ • P-H Publisher I have long joked that, when it came to God making me, he used all the parts from the spare parts bin. I don’t have perfect eyesight, my hearing is subpar—that is what happens when your parents raise you in a bar—I’m on my third kidney, and, on a good day, I top out at 5’6”; that is, if I really stretch.

As of Sunday evening, the South Loup River was running almost the same as last week, 121 cubic feet per second (cfs), and the Middle Loup River at St. Paul was down some from last week, with a reading of 1,210 cfs. Moses had a fun week. He went to school with Lisa on Wednesday and then visited some people with Paul on Thursday. Saturday was his eleventh birthday, so we celebrated with birthday cake on Sunday at church. Moses has a special diet due to some stomach issues he has. One thing on his “can eat list” is venison. It doesn’t happen very often, but Shawn got a deer with this bow as a birthday gift for Moses. He will enjoy it with his dog food for several weeks to come. Hunting is what’s happening on the Loup River. There are a few duck and goose hunters out and I’m still trying to get a deer with my bow. It’s peaceful watching the sun rise and the animals and birds waking up. I enjoy the quiet of the morning. What surprised me was, about a half hour after sunrise, the coyotes really started howling. There were two groups making sure the other group knew where they were at. (I thought they howled in the evenings, so I learned something.) I’ve heard several groups of Sandhill Cranes flying over. They are headed south for the winter, just like some people I know.

Ten Years Ago, 2012 Howard County voters joined citizens across the country in casting ballots in the General Election on Tuesday. County Clerk Marge Palmberg said that 2,927 registered voters cast ballots in the election, which computes to sixty-seven percent.