Milestone anniversaries for Loup District workers
Harry Blahak, utility man, reached 25 years with Loup on Jan 1. Ken Bisson, apprentice lineman, marked years on Jan 2. Blahak joined Jan 1 1952 as apprentice lineman and groundman. Bisson joined Jan 2 1957 as meter tester and was promoted to apprentice lineworker by 1969. Both are Platte Center area residents with families and hobbies.
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Harry Blahak
Ted
Loup
Ken Bisson
Blahak
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Frances
Ildren
Harry Jr
Air Force Inalifornia
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Robert Blahak
Cheryl Freeman
Colum
Bisson
Latte Center
Gloom and Gratitude in a Senior’s View
A loyal reader challenges Lou Cottin to balance his aging life column by featuring joyful retirement moments. The columnist acknowledges the point but notes joy is highly personal among seniors and varies with circumstances and locations.
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Lou Cottin
Private pleasures of retirement hours between 2 and 4 a.m.
An elderly author reflects on nightly solitude from 2 to 4 a.m. weekdays as a personal time for self renewal away from daytime duties. He contrasts youth’s social noise with retirement’s quiet and the freedom to shape his own schedule and fantasies.
Columbus School Boards Plan Monday Meetings
Columbus City Schools Board of Education meets at 7 30 p m Monday with a 22 point agenda. Items include oath of office for new member Jerry Roth election of officers staff adjustments with declining enrollment and portable classrooms. Lakeview High Board meets at 7 p m Monday with agenda items including band instrument rental policy and activity bus.
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Columbus City Schools Board of Education
Fred Bellum
Jerry ‘Roth
Columbus Education Association
Lakeview High Board
Theta Rho installs new officers at Monday meeting
Theta Rho officers presided over a meeting and installation of new leaders in Bellwood Julie Bykerk described Tammy Kallenbach as president Bonnie Starkey as vice president and Penny Davis as secretary treasurer during the session.
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Bellwood
Julie Bykerk
Theta Rho
Tammy ‘Kallenbach
Bonnie ‘Starkey
Penny Davis
Columbus Area Community Calendar Busy Week
January calendar lists meetings for the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Lions Club Soroptimists Rotary Nor theast Central NE Farm Exposition Travel & Adventures Series Tunisia Columbus High School Auditorium Chamber Commodores Optimist Club American Legion Convention Kiwanis Parents Without Partners with venues including Husker Steak House Elks Country Club Happy Chef Cornhusker Power Building and Holiday Inn.
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Cornhusker Power Board
Columbus
Lions Club
Nom Inn
Clete
Jim Jen
Soroptimists
Husker Steak House
Chamber Sports & Recreation Committee
Happy Chef
Rotary Club
Elks Country Club
Ag Park
Travel & Adventures Series
Tunisia
Columbus High School
Commodores
Clinic Pharmacy
Optimist Club
American Legion Convention
Holiday Inn
Kiwanis Club
Parents Without Partners
Cornhusker Power Building
Vaseks Share Belated Christmas With Omaha Family
Mr and Mrs Gerald Vasek hosted a belated Christmas gathering Wednesday with their son Captain Gary Vasek and family in Omaha. Gary Vasek had spent Christmas with the Goodman family in Silverton Oregon.
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Leigh
Gerald Vasek
Gary Vasek
Joel
Omaha
Gary Vaseks
Wayne Goodman
Silverton
Ore
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Sternberg Irrigation
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Vaseks
Bombshells
Misses’ Fashion Pants
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Lifesavers
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S. S Kresge Company
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Jergens
U.S
Aloes
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