Norma Lee (Waggoner) Cross, 83, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, fresh sunflowers and her cat on June 3, 2025, from complications following a heart attack at her home in Chandler, AZ. Born on May 12, 1942, in Hastings, NE, Norma was the cherished daughter of Charles and Ellen (Mason) Waggoner.

Vene LaVaun (DeMoss) Deminski was born, along with her twin sister, on May 15, 1927 in Almena, Kansas, to Ivah Mae (Shaffer) DeMoss and Laverne Edward DeMoss. Her dad worked for the railroad so they moved several times as she was growing up.

April Lynn Ryan was born on April 11, 1979 in Omaha, Nebraska to George Roy, Sr. and Melony Sue (Hefti) Friend.

Terry Michael Hotchkiss passed away May 27, 2025 at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney, Nebraska. Mike was born April 7, 1966 in Grand Island, Nebraska.

The famiy of Jean Sughroue is requeting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday on June 19th. She was born in Danbury, NE on June 19, 1935. Her children are Donnie and Angie Sughroue of Bartley, NE, Cindy and Dale Fahnholz of McCook, NE and Kathy and Gaylord Smallfoot of Eustis, NE and the late Danny Sughroue.

The children of Jan Cramer would like to honor her with a card shower for her 65th birthday on June 21st. Cards will reach her at 71293 Road 409, Cambridge, NE 69022.

The family of Victor Breinig would like to honor him with a card shower for his 80th Birthday on June 13th. His address is 901 9th Street, Arapahoe, NE 68922..

We’ve had some more wonderful rain! I should say “rains”. With the little showers, every drop soaked in. But we still need more. I had the need to drive several steel posts last week. They went easy for the first 6”-8”, then hit what felt like rock.

Pain is a universal human experience, yet it remains one of the most misunderstood aspects of health. Traditional views often equate pain directly with physical injury, but modern pain science challenges this simplistic understanding.

I participated in the Shangri-La Dialogue Friday and Saturday of last week in Singapore with Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth. The annual conference is a meeting of world leaders meet to discuss defense policy and national security in the Indo-Pacific.