Laurel Advocate

HARTINGTON – Festive parties, family gatherings and shopping for loved ones are part of most holiday traditions.

LAUREL – The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears opened the 2023-24 basketball season with a couple of resounding home wins over Creighton on Nov. 30 and Crofton on Dec. 1 in Laurel.

LAUREL – The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Lady Bears found out where they are and where they want to be in the opening week of the season.

LINCOLN – During the busy holiday season, don’t forget to purchase Nebraska Game and Parks Commission permits for the upcoming year.

WAUSA – Family members of a Wausa boy who left the world too soon are thankful for the memories they have of him, especially his love for alpacas.

LAUREL – Final preparations are underway for Laurel’s big holiday celebration.

BELDEN – Candi Stines looks around her new business and all she sees is eye candy from her handwelded custom creations to the shine of jewelry that catches the light.

HARTINGTON – Laurel native Jamy McCoy will take over as the grounds superintendent at the Hartington Golf Club effective the first day of 2024.

LAUREL – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge head coach Marcus Messersmith welcomed three returning starters to practice when he rolled out the first ball a couple of weeks ago for the Lady Bears.

LAUREL – Seven seniors hit the court for Todd Erwin’s first practice for the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge boys basketball team this season, along with eight returning letter winners.

Members of the LCC boys basketball team

LAUREL – The City of Laurel is pursuing a well project as it continues to look into potential options to improve the community’s drinking water supply.    false

LAUREL – Abby Tasler hopes last week’s first place showing at conference one-act play production sets the stage for more accolades to come.

LAUREL – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School is one of eight schools considering a conference realignment for athletics and activities.

HARTINGTON – Work at Cedar County’s new emergency communications tower site will not be completely finished this year.

LINCOLN – Backers of a novel state “consumption” tax predicted Monday that a ballot initiative to adopt it would pass if it gathers enough signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot.   false

ACTIVITIES: Wednesday, Nov. 8: Catholic Communion, Beach Ball Fun, Linen Helpers, Open Centers, Card Club, Social Time.

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CONCORD – The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Haskell Ag Lab will be hosting Winter Fest, a fun and educational winter workshop for adults and youth on Saturday, Dec. 2.

MARTINSBURG – The LWML Wayne Zone Fall Rally was held on Oct. 24 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Martinsburg.

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