Candid Corner Highlights Local Art and Depot Move
The column notes a new painting by Dolores Meister at the bank and green plant displays in the post office welcoming new postmaster Karen Gestrine. It reports the depot move east of the city park, ongoing restoration, call for volunteers, and concerns over Saturday mail delivery impacting Osceola and rural areas.
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Dolores Meister
Karen Gestrine
Osceola
Outdoor Classroom Grant Approved for Osceola Schools
The ESEA Title IV Advisory Council approved a 1500 grant to fund an outdoor classroom for Osceola public schools. Plantings of grasses trees and shrubs will begin May 2 under Junior High science teacher Willard Jensen with initial work funded by a 300 contribution from the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District.
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ESEA
Title IV State Advisory Council
Osceola
Willard Jensen
Upper Big Blue
Schmit Interview on ETV May 5
Nebraska State Senator Loran Schmit of Bellwood, chair of the Agriculture and Environment Committee, will appear on Nebraska Educational Television Network on Thursday May 5 at 9 30 p m. He will be interviewed by Dick Herman Don Walton and Frank Partsch with Joel Fowler moderating Dateline Nebraska produced by Paula Jacobsen.
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Agriculture and Environment Committee
Nebraska
Loran
Schmit
Bellwood
Nebraska Educational Television Network
Dick Herman
Lincoln Journal
Don Walton
Lincoln Star
Frank Partsch
Lincoln
Omaha World-Herald
Joel Fowler
Nebraska Etv Network
Dateline
ETV Network
Paula Jacobsen
Community calendar events and schedule notes
May listings show city council and civic group meetings from May 5 to May 12 at various locations. Notable items include Mental Health Scouts Lions P. E. O. Helen Inness, Garden Club Lula Ward, Mary Sterup, and Historical Society at Viking Center Stromsburg with Polk County Ag Society Maple Leaf Club plus Silver Creek Whirlwinds.
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City Council
Scouts
Lions
E. O
Helen Inness
Maple Leaf Club
Fay Wyman
Silver Creek
Whirlwinds
Public Hearing On State Court System Scheduled
A public hearing on the Nebraska Court System will be held for Polk County residents on Thursday May 12 at 2 00 p m in the district courtroom of the Polk County Courthouse Osceola A Bar Association study invites comments from all citizens statewide Written submissions can be sent to the Court Study Committee Lincoln 68508 Dan Hanson of the National Center for State Courts will conduct the hearing ELEMENTARY PROGRAM RESCHEDULED MAY 12 The spring elementary program directed by Teresa Christensen is postponed to Thursday May 12 at 7 30 p m in the new auditorium due to a death in the Christensen family.
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Polk County Historical Society Museum
Osceola
Nebraska
Polk County
Nebraska State Bar Association
State Supreme Court
Court Study Committee
Sharp Building
Lincoln
Dan Hanson
National Center For State Courts of
Paul
Minnesota
Teresa Christensen
Christensen
Girls Win Goldenrod Conference Title in 1977 Meet
Osceola girls win the 1977 Goldenrod Conference track championship at Central City with 106 points, defeating St. Edward (86). Bernie Nitsch leads scoring with two individual wins and anchors relays. multiple athletes score in sprints, hurdles, long jump, discus, and shot put.
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Gail Harmon
Osceola
Central City
St. Edward
Bernie Nitsch
Obituaries Notice for Walter Watts and Others
Walter Watts 75 died Monday May 2 at Columbus Community Hospital funeral set Friday May 6 at 2 pm Kepner Roberts Funeral Home burial Shelby Cemetery Irven Rystrom resident of Good Samaritan Center died May 2 at Annie Jeffery Hospital services held Stromsburg Methodist Church A Ervin Schmoker 71 of Niles Michigan died Monday funeral May 5 in Michigan survivors include wife two children two sisters Laura Delfs Grace Hunter obituary to be printed next week Joseph Pulaski 68 of Delray Beach Florida died Saturday evening April 30 funeral services held in Hartford Connecticut he was father of Mrs LeRoy Ann Graham
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Walter Watts
Columbus Community Hospital
Kepner-Roberts Funeral Home
Shelby
Irven Rystrom
Good Samaritan Center
Annie Jeffery Hospital
Stromsburg
Paul Schmoker
Niles
Michigan
Laura Delfs
Grace Hunter
Joseph Pulaski
DelRay Beach
Florida
Hartford
Connecticut
Pulaski
LeRoy
Ann) Graham
Subsoil Moisture Factor In Dryland Crop Yields
Dr. Phil Harlan of the University of Nebraska outlines how stored subsoil moisture affects dryland corn yields. He details moisture estimates by soil type, cites Runge’s regional yield reductions, and advises adjusting yield goals and practices when stored moisture is limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Harlan
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Harlan
Missouri
E.C. Runge
Nebraska
OHS Students Tour Capitol Hill Classroom
Eleven OHS students joined peers on a Capitol Hill Classroom trip organized by a Grand Island agency. Highlights included Arlington National Cemetery, the Capitol, Mount Vernon, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, and a DC-8 flight with breakfast.
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OHS
Capitol Hill
Murray Jones
Washington D. C
Grand Island
Washington
Brenda Bryan
Pam Bryan
Debbie Bryan
Jean Soukup
Jill Hiemer
Roxanne Gissler
Sue Yungdahl
Ann Thornton
Carl Mangelsen
Watergate Hotel
Washington Circle
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Spirit of
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