Bernice Noerrlinger, 96 of Cook, passed away on June 19, 2022. She was born October 7, 1925 to Elmer and Mildred (Richter) Hopp. She married Walter Noerrlinger, Jr. on November 28, 1945 at St. Paul’s UCC (Osage) in rural Cook and were together for nearly 68 years.
Kenneth Clair “Ken” Price, 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 15, at CountryHouse in Lincoln. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 1 from 5 to 7 PM at Southgate UMC. Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 2 at 10:30 AM at Southgate UMC with time of luncheon and fellowship to follow.
Rockets 7, Nebraska City 6 A four-run sixth inning and an insurance run in the seventh inning gave the Syracuse American Legion Seniors a road victory at Nebraska City’s Clemmy Holmes Field on Saturday, June 18. The Syracuse side ended up with seven runs on six hits with two defensive errors.
On Saturday, June 11th, Southeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership, Inc. (SENCA) hosted their 16th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament at Kirkmans Lakeview Golf Course. A total of fifty-two, local and area golfers, participated in the four-person scramble.
Recent acts of senseless violence have reignited debate over the best way to protect our communities, and Americans are understandably outraged and concerned. The shootings at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX, at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY, and other devastating and unacceptable acts of violence across the country are heartbreaking. Americans should feel safe and secure, especially in schools and houses of worship. My heart breaks for the victims and their families and, as a father, I share their outrage.
It is very difficult for me to toss anything I think my family would appreciate seeing. I guess I inherited that trait from my grandmother because my mother tossed everything that wasn’t nailed down!
The Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca High School Band and Choir traveled to Orlando, Fla., from May 24-27. The group started the trip with a visit to Cocoa Beach and then an evening dinner at Medieval Times.
Mitchell Kimbell of Syracuse made a hole-in-one during recent Men’s Golf League play at the Syracuse Country Club. The hole-in-one came with Kimbell using a No.
On May 3, 2022, a court employee leaked a draft opinion in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson to the media. This draft opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, stated that the majority of the Supreme Court voted not only to uphold Mississippi’s 15-week ban on abortion but to completely overturn Roe v. Wade and overturn Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood. Leaking this draft opinion of Dobbs was an absolutely unprecedented attack on the Supreme Court as an institution. The confidentiality of draft opinions is of the utmost necessity, and breaking that confidentiality is (at best) an undermining of our federal institutions. Even though this leak was abhorrent, proabortion activists cheered because they knew that it would lead to the intimidation of our Supreme Court justices.
Since 1948, Israel has been an important ally of the United States. Unfortunately, Israel has also endured a great deal of conflict with those who seek its destruction in the Middle East. Last weekend marked the 55th anniversary of Yom Yerushalayim, or Jersusalem Day, a celebration of the liberation of the city of Jerusalem from the forces of six of Israel’s aggressing neighbors during the Six Day War in 1967.