A Memorial Service for Gayle W. Tams will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Stamford, Nebraska with Pastor Thalia Woodworth officiating. Masks are suggested. Inurnment will follow at the Stamford Cemetery in Stamford with Military Honors provided by the Merlin Palmer Post #233 in conjunction with the United States Army Funeral Honors Team. In honor of Gayle feel free to wear your casual Husker attire.

Royce Rex Corder was welcomed into this world, Sunday, March 2, 1941 in Elwood to Rex and Ardis (Salisbury) Corder and entered his eternal life on Sunday, January 30, 2022 in Kearney. He was raised on the farm south of Elwood. He attended rural school and then attended and graduated from Elwood High School in 1959. After high school he attended and graduated from Hastings College in 1963. He played football in high school and college and after graduating college he became a teacher and coach serving in several Nebraska schools. Moved back to Elwood in 1981 where he worked at Morgan Insurance Agency/First National Bank then Pinnacle Bank for 26 years. On Wednesday, December 27, 1967 he married Sharon Phillips in Aurora. Royce served on multiple boards including in Elwood: School board, Care Home board, senior center board, and from the Chamber of Commerce help start the Old Fashioned Christmas. He also served on the Regional and General boards of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Board of Trustees of Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Family members that will always remember him are: his wife of over 54 years, Sharon, daughter: Brenda and husband Kendall Weyers, sons: Kirk and wife Karen Corder and Darin and Philippa Corder; grandsons, sister and brother-in-law: Barb and Lowell Gehring; brother-in-law and sister-in-law: Richard and Sally Phillips along with nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends everywhere. Royce was extremely proud that he, his son, and grandson attended and played football for the Elwood Pirates. There will be no visitation as cremation has been chosen. Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, February 5, 2022, 10:30AM at Lexington Christian Church, Lexington with inurnment at Elwood Cemetery with gathering & reception at the Gosper County Senior Center in Elwood. Memorials to the family for future designation. Berryman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Patrick McKane Kasson, 94, of North Platte, NE and formerly of Wilsonville and McCook, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at his home in Linden Estates. He was born on December 31, 1927 in Wilsonville, NE, son of George and Ada (Cline) Kasson.

Did the groundhog see his shadow this year? Every year on February 2, people gather in the small town of Punxsutawney in western Pennsylvania to observe the annual Groundhog Day ceremony. If the groundhog does see his shadow, he may retreat to his den and winter will last another six weeks. If he does not see his shadow, spring may arrive early.

We’re on the cusp of a historic moment in America. After 49 years, the Supreme Court is set to revisit the infamous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973. This year, they have an opportunity to undo one of the worst decisions ever made by our nation’s highest court.

We are almost a third of the way through this session and we still have a lot of work yet to do. Last week the Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on my bill LB 978. This bill lays out the next steps required for the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy to fully assume the federal Clean Water Action Section 404 Program. In 2019, the Legislature passed LB302 which allowed the NDEE to begin the process of pursuing this assumption. The changes contained in LB978 finalize that process to allow the NDEE to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency for full assumption. Specifically, the bill sets out a process to promulgate rules and regulations for the program, hold hearings, administer fees, hire staff and establish a cash fund.

As your U.S. senator, my job is to represent your interests in Washington.

OXFORD – Over 500 people attended a Todd Becker Crusade event held at Southern Valley High School on Wednesday, January 26, 2020. The Kearney-based foundation is named for a young man who was killed in an alcohol-related car accident in 2005.