Sixty years ago this month on Labor Day, September 3, 1961, the Jorges-Puls families held their first family reunion with seventy-five members present. It was held in Ogallala. Many more reunions were to follow annually, always on Labor Day weekend, and for the past many reunions, have been held at the Elwood Senior Center. Hundreds of decendants over the years, but sadly to say the attendance has fallen by 2/3. With sad hearts, we voted this year, to disband. This year, on Labor Day 2021, was our last reunion. We always had a fun time with our “auction”. We voted to donate our remaining funds To the Elwood Senior Center. Elwood was the home of so many of us! We hope our departed would be happy of our decision. Thank you to all of our “caring cousins.”

LINCOLN, Neb. – Visitors to Nebraska state parks have until Oct.

LINCOLN, Neb. – Johnson Lake State Recreation Area will host pumpkin painting and a campsite-decorating contest Oct. 9. The Johnson Lake Halloween Haunt will take place from 1-7 p.m. The pumpkin painting will take place from 1-3 p.m. at Area C. Campsite decoration judging will begin at 5 p.m. at the main campground. Prizes will be given for the top two finishers.

The draft Loess Canyons Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Update for Dawson, Frontier, Gosper, and Lincoln Counties is ready for public review. Draft copies of the document have been mailed to county offices and are available to the public online at https://nfs.unl.edu/documents/CWPP/LCCWPP.pdf. Comments will be accepted until November 1, 2021.

First Christian Church, 501 Calvert Ave., Elwood, 308-785-2669 Sundays-Fellowship and Coffee 10:00 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m. Our Redeemer Lutheran – Missouri Synod Elwood ourredeemerelwood.com Friday, October 1: 9:00 a.m.-Exercise Group.

If you would like to join us please call the Center by 9:30 am. The Center is delighted with the folks who are coming to share in the noon meal. If you want to take your meal out, feel free to call the Center and we will be glad to visit about that with you. The staff will continue to make your visit here, either while participating in the activities or eating our noon meal, as positive and enjoyable as can be. Thanks for your support. The Gosper County Senior Center is in full swing. We have coffee drinkers in at 8:30, pool-players in the midmorning, exercise machines that are in motion, a puzzle on the table, domino game to get started after lunch and of course great noon dinners for you to enjoy with some friendly neighbors.

The 2021 Arapahoe Homecoming King and Queen Candidates are: Front (l to r): BriAllen Soncksen, Tracy Roskop, Hope Koller, and Areli Calamaco. Back (l to r): Levi Kerner, Wyatt Jenkins, Tristian White, and Colton Carlson. Coronation is Friday, October 1st at 1:00 pm in the North Gym with a parade and pep rally in the park to follow.

Marilin Crawford was a Sunday guest of her mother, Emma Crawford and ate lunch with her in the Prairie Pines dining room. Donna McCoy is a new resident at Prairie Pines.

The “Right to Life Chain” is October 3 from 3:00-4:00 PM. Please meet at the intersection of Highways 6/34 and 283 in Arapahoe. Bring a lawn chair if you want. (Trinity Lutheran Church, Arapahoe, will be hosting this year.)

Thursday, September 29: Pizza, lettuce salad, pasta salad, mixed fruit. Friday, October 1: Lemon fish, wild rice, carrots, strawberry fluff.