Polking Around Our Political World Topsyturvy Exchange
A reader letter discusses cross party mudslinging between Republicans and Democrats over oil ties and welfare taxes in a satire on current U S politics. The piece mocks party loyalty, bankers, CIA, Nixon, Elvis plots and Panamanian canal fears while labeling people as intelligent crazy or stupid.
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Norris
Polk
Charlie
Elvis Presley
Richard Nixon
United States
Erie Canal
CIA
No. 3’S
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington, D.C
Engagement announced for Paula Bills and Sam Grassmick Jr
Paula M Bills and Sam H Grassmick Jr of Scottsbluff announce their engagement. Parents are Mr and Mrs Lowell Bills of Polk and Mr and Mrs Sam H Grassmick Sr of Gering. Paula is a Polk High and Mary Lanning Nursing School graduate. works at West Nebraska General Hospital. Sam is a Gering High and Nebraska Western College alumnus. employed as a Registered EMT for Valley Ambulance. A November 5 wedding is planned.
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Paula M. Bills
Sam H. Grassmick, Jr
Scottsbluff
Lowell Bills
Polk
Sam H. Grassmick
Gering
Paula
Polk High School
Mary Lanning School of Nursing
Hastings
West Nebraska General Hospital
Sam
Gering High School
Nebraska Western College
Valley Ambulance of
Local births at area hospitals include three new babies
Daniel Paul Jasa was born August 23 at Bryan Memorial Hospital Lincoln to Mr and Mrs Paul Jasa of Elmwood, weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces. He has a sister Caryn visiting grandparents Clarence Van Osstrand. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Louis Jasa of Table Rock. James Isaac Jasa arrived August 24 in Spearfish to Dr. and Mrs Robert Meyer, weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces with maternal grandmother Mrs Rudolph Nyberg. Alycia Faye Garner was born August 23 at St Francis Hospital Central City weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces to Mr and Mrs Dan Garner.
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Paul Jasa
Elmwood
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
Daniel Paul
Caryn
Clarence van Ostrand
Louis Jasa
Table Rock
Robert Meyer
Spearfish
South Dakota
James Isaac
Rudolph Nyberg
Dan Garner
Central City
Alycia Faye
St. Francis Hospital
Polk School Board Meeting Moves To September 6
The Polk School Board schedules its regular meeting for Tuesday September 6 due to Labor Day on the first Monday. The notice emphasizes the date change and public access to the session.
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Polk School Board
Polk High Football Opens Season at Silver Creek
Coaches Rich Owens and Mike Fleming lead a 35 member Polk High squad as they prepare for the season opener this Friday, Sept. 2, at Silver Creek. With 23 lettermen back and a 6-3 mark in 1976, the Cubs aim to improve after last season’s loss to Silver Creek and a five game skid. The roster features ten seniors, several juniors, and a sizable group of sophomores and freshmen hopefuls.
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Rich Owens
Mike Fleming
Polk High
Silver Creek
Cubs
Curt Burney
Randy Branting
Roger Brockevelt
Joel Anderson
Kent Adelson
Kelly Adelson
Kim Blase
Bill Carlstrom
John Kenny
Darryl Tallman
Junors
Ron Baack
Scott Hudson
Dave Shenk
Dave Pauls
Kevin Sandell
Keith Tallman
Terry Bender
Dave Fisher
Jim Wurst
Todd Hanquist
Tim Jones
Bill
Bruening Burroughs Wedding Held in Hartford City
Carlyn Strand Bruening and Howard Burroughs wed August 21 in Hartford City Indiana at 3 00 PM The celebration united forty relatives and friends with music from guitar and flute Attendants included John Burroughs and Josephine Strand The couple hosted a dinner for 25 at a York restaurant August 28 They plan to return to Indianapolis after a week with Carlyn finishing a Master’s in Community Counseling and Howard a Western Electric senior engineer Paul and Carlyn Strand hosted the reception and vacationed in Minnesota Mayo Clinic trip noted
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Carlyn Strand Bruening
Howard Burroughs
Hartford City
Indiana
Carlyn
Howard
Fourty
John
Josephine
Joe
Matt
Paul Strand
York
Strand
Indianapolis
Western Electric
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Polk Library News and Reading Picks
Anonymous donations totaling ten dollars and memorial gifts of twenty five and twenty dollars are listed for the Polk Library. A correction notes cataloging hours exceed two hundred. The library offers Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew titles on TV friendly access plus biographies and Civil War histories for reading and reports.
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Alvin Dahlin
Kent Bedient
Cub Scout Calendars Available Now
Cub Scout Calendars are in. To get a copy contact any Cub Scout member or call 765-3808 or 765-6221.
Polk Market Prices Report September 1 1977
Polk Market notes a Wheat price around 1.46 per bushel and Soybeans near 9.00 per bushel. Oats and corn figures are listed with limited legible values amid garbled OCR.
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Polk Market
Tevetvseceees
Volleyball Opens Season at Polk High September 6
Polk High School volleyball starts pre season August 15 with 20 players including returning seniors Lesley Jones and Jan Lindburg and coach Joe Green in his third year. First two games at home against Palmer September 6 and Hordville September 8.
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Polk High School
Cubs
Lesley Jones
Jan Lindburg
Deb Bankson
Darla Sterns
Rebecca Brazda
Monica Werner
Lisa Wurst
Jean Ziegelbein
Lynelle Meerkatz
Michel Sandell
Roberta Brazda
Kim Clymer
Patty Ziegelbein
Rehor Photography Plans Photos at Polk Elementary School
Rehor Photography will return this year and take pictures at Polk Elementary School. They will arrive Thursday September 8 at 8 30 in the morning and photograph preschoolers first at the elementary building before the students arrive.
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Rehor
POLK
Evening TOPS Meeting to Help Weight Loss
Evening TOPS meeting invites all on Monday night September 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the fire hall. Everyone welcome. A light tone notes you cannot fool the scales and dieting can be fun.
Bingo for Senior Citizens at Legion Hall
Senior citizens are invited to a bingo session on Wednesday September 7 at 2 00 p m at Legion Hall. The event offers an afternoon of games and community gathering for local seniors.
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Legion Hall
Polk Local News Items Highlight Visiting Relatives
Mrs Evelyn Shenk traveled to Lincoln Wednesday to stay with her brother Clinton Hurd. Lloyd Stromberg and family vacationed in Lincoln with son Arlan Stromberg. George Burke of Central City visited Mary Salchow Wednesday. Forrest Berggren and Kathy Berggren of Stromsburg joined Paul Strand for Wednesday dinner. Howard Burroughs and sons Matt and Joe of Indianapolis were dinner guests.
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Howard Burroughs
Matt and
Joe
Indianapolis
Paul Strand
Evaluation Pressure Splits Parents On Kindergarten Entry
Parents navigate pre kindergarten testing as schools use readiness assessments to decide if children should start at age five by October 15. Mothers share fears about needles, readiness, and delaying entry while observing siblings and peers in introspective accounts.
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Danielle
Mickey
Cynthia
Little Arnold
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