Laurel Advocate

LAUREL – As usual, area residents are planning some special events here for Memorial Day.

LAUREL – The city of Laurel and Cedar County have come to an agreement regarding the community’s outdoor warning sirens.

Play time

LINCOLN – The months-long fight over the best flavor of voter ID for Nebraska spilled over onto the floor of the Legislature Monday, with State Sen. Julie Slama staging a one-woman filibuster against the proposal forwarded by the Government and Military Affairs Committee.

August brought more bad news on the railroad front. The first jolt came in June when the Minneapolis & Omaha announced plans to reduce train service on the Wakefield-Crofton branch to three days a week instead of six. Following a vigorous protest by the affected communities, the State Railway Commission delayed the plan until November 1942.

LAUREL – The Laurel-Concord- Coleridge School Board approved large expenditures at its last meeting including new security cameras, a greenhouse for ag education and spot- lights for its fine arts program.

HARTINGTON – A Laurel couple accused of murder both waived a formal arraignment and entered not guilty pleas in writing in Cedar County District Court.

WAYNE – A Laurel woman pleaded not guilty to felony abuse of a vulnerable adult and several misdemeanors in Wayne County District Court.

Time to celebrate

“Celebrations and more celebrations. Just keeps a fellow running in circles to make all of them,” said Editor Allison in August 1942. “The fact that most all of them have the same set-up of concessions and attractions, where folks tramp on your toes, stick their elbows in your ribs, jam and push and shove you around. But it’s a celebration and how we love it.”

The Legislature gave secondround approval to the budget bills last week. This effort will allow the budget to be read on Final Reading, meeting the requirement to have it pass by the 80th legislative day. The budget would provide money for capital construction projects such as the Perkins County Canal Project and a new prison facility. Additional funds are appropriated to cover salary increases recently negotiated with the state employee’s union and for staff at correctional facilities and other 24/7 facilities that were experiencing dangerous staffing shortages. Worker shortages and competition also necessitated provider rate increases for nursing homes, behavioral health providers, developmental disability providers, and other Medicaid service providers.

Nebraska Life Magazine recently did a feature and photo essay with Nebraska Husker football photos from myself and another photographer.

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HARTINGTON – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge will be sending several Bears and Lady Bears to Class C’s Nebraska Track and Field Championships May 19-20 at Burke Stadium in Omaha.

Shane Benson: Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Alumni Association; Endowment Fund Scholarship; Laurel-Concord Educational Foundation; Four-Year Foundation Scholarship; LCC Booster Club Scholarship.

Marching Band-Pep Band-Concert Band-Jazz Band/Wayne Band Day Parade & Dakota Days Parade/ Lewis & Clark Conf. Honor Band/Coyote Jazz Festival & NECC Jazz Festival/Dist.

Choir Participant–First Year/ Lettered/Pin; Show Choir Participating–First Year/ Lettered; Dist. Music Contest Mixed Choir and Show Choir Participant; Dist. Music Contest Mixed Choir Excellent Rating; Dist. Music Contest Show Choir Excellent Rating; Dist. Music Contest Duet Excellent Rating; NECC Jazz Festival: Superior, Superior, and Excellent Rating; Lewis and Clark Conference Choir Participant.

HARTINGTON – Chad David Mathiason, 49, Hartington, died May 9, 2023, at his residence under hospice care.

RANDOLPH – Mass of Christian Burial for Frances R. Lenhoff, 94, Randolph, was May 16 at St. Frances Catholic Church, Randolph, and was also live streamed on the funeral home’s website. Rev. Kevin Vogel and Frances’ nephew Rev. Jim Kunz were the celebrants. Christian Mothers Rosary was followed by visitation and a Vigil Service, all at the church.

Shirley Papenhausen

Thomas Fredricksen