Private Memorial Graveside Services for LuEllen Jones will be held at the Minden Cemetery, Minden, Nebraska, at a later date. LuEllen Jones, 83 years of age, of Holdrege, Nebraska, formerly of Minden, and Oxford, Nebraska, died on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at Holdrege Memorial Homes.

Marvin L. Frank, age 92, of McCook, died peacefully at his home in McCook on Saturday, November 28, 2020. He was born September 11, 1928 to Jesse and Gladys (Turpin) Frank in Bartley, Nebraska. He grew up on the farm near Bartley and graduated from Bartley High School in 1946.

James Otto Ellis age 75 of Cambridge passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on November 21, 2020. He was born in Oxford on January 5, 19045 to Fern and C. Lucille (Culver) Ellis. The family moved to Cambridge where Jim attended Cambridge Schools.

I’ve written before about how, if you work at a weekly newspaper long enough, there is a natural flow to things. Each year, when Thanksgiving comes around, it’s a reminder that winter sports are soon to follow.

Now that the election is over and the dust has mostly settled, I will be turning my attention to the upcoming legislative session. The Legislature will have eight new incoming senators, six of which are new, two are senators. The two former senators were term-limited out, sat out for at least two terms, and have come back for another stint. Of course each new senator changes the dynamic of the Legislature and finding how we all work together is key to the success of the legislative session. Since the election, I have been working to build relationships with these new senators. With senators being termed out, some of the old alliances are now gone. New alliances will need to be forged in order to get things accomplished.

There is an old saying, “it’s always darkest before the dawn.” It has two meanings. The first is that, despite difficulties, there is hope on the horizon. The second meaning is that circumstances can be at their very worst right before things get we enter are reasons to hope an effective vaccine will become available soon—on a limited basis even this month. At the same time, we may be entering the toughest stretch of the pandemic this winter as people head indoors. It’s time for all of us to put our trademark Nebraska grit and determination to work as we buckle up for the coming months of the pandemic.

As a rheumatologist, I often et the question, “What do you do?” According to my kids, their mom does “something with joints.” At the conclusion of patient visits, when I propose a diagnosis such as polymyalgia rheumatica or PMR, I often hear, “What is that?” The fact is most people do not think about rheumatology until they need a rheumatologist. And then, learning the lingo about disease, medications, and lab monitoring can be a challenge.

From buying Christmas gifts for friends and family to taking advantage of Black Friday deals, the holidays are usually the busiest time of the year for retailers. The biggest single day, Black Friday, is already behind us, but eight of the 10 between December 1 and. New Year’s Day.

As part of Christmas on the Bricks at beaver City Monday, Santa Claus made a quick visit downtown on the back of a firetruck. Santa will be making other stops in the area.

CAMBRIDGE - For the first time in 17 years, the Cambridge One Act Play Production is headed to State. Cambridge took first place at the district meet it hosted Monday and will take its production of “The Miracle Worker” on to the State competition, though it was still uncertain how the State competition would be conducted as of press time.