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Spelling Bee Results

Spelling Bee Results

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Spelling Bee Results

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
1st Place: Burke Wissman Falls City Public 2nd Place: Camden Jean Falls City Public 3rd Place: Andrea Vollmer Falls City Sacred Heart 4th Place: Elin Vonderschmidt Falls City Sacred Heart 1st Place: Dayton Snethen Falls City Public 2nd Place: Cooper Knobbe Falls City Sacred Heart 3rd Place: Jacob...

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SENCB starts 28 th season

News Staff
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The Southeast Nebraska Community Band is beginning its 28th season of making music for our own enjoyment as well as audiences in the area. We are a congenial, diverse group of music performers who range in age from 15 to 88! We started in 1993 in Pawnee City with 13 members!

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Bloss runs for NRD Board

News Staff
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Matthew Bloss of rural Pawnee City has filed for election to the Nemaha NRD Board. He is running for the seat in subdistrict 10 previously held by Don Siske.
Reyana Tegtmeier with her book of poetry.

Reyana Tegtmeier with her book of poetry.

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Reyana Tegtmeier has a book of poems published

Ray Kappel News Editor
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
2021 Pawnee City High School graduate Reyana Tegtmeier has selfpublished her first book of poetry. She is currently going to school at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado, which is about 15 minutes from downtown Denver. She reports “it has been going so great!
The Masonic Lodge of Pawnee City donated $25,000 to the new fire station. The money will be used for inside work at the station. The check was presented at the Monday night City Council meeting. On hand for the presentation were, from left, Kenneth Klepper, Russ Smith, Gerald Snyder, Mike Habegger, Scott Hanna, Dr. Kent Niss, Leonard Steiner, John Vetrovsky, Gary Bedea, Ed Raper, Ron Leitschuck, Jerry Vrtiska, Charlie Hatfield, Dan Boellstorff, and Ric Helms. Ray Kappel/Republican

The Masonic Lodge of Pawnee City donated $25,000 to the new fire station. The money will be used for inside work at the station. The check was presented at the Monday night City Council meeting. On hand for the presentation were, from left, Kenneth Klepper, Russ Smith, Gerald Snyder, Mike Habegger, Scott Hanna, Dr. Kent Niss, Leonard Steiner, John Vetrovsky, Gary Bedea, Ed Raper, Ron Leitschuck, Jerry Vrtiska, Charlie Hatfield, Dan Boellstorff, and Ric Helms. Ray Kappel/Republican

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Masonic Lodge donates $25,000 to fire hall

Ray Kappel News Editor
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The Masonic Lodge of Pawnee City donated $25,000 to the fire hall. The money will be used for the inside work. The check was presented by Lodge members to members of the Fire Department at Monday night’s City Council meeting.
Dr. George Voigtlander

Dr. George Voigtlander

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Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections

News Staff
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Bladder infections are very common in women. Most women have had at least one infection. Usually, curing them is quick and easy with a variety of antibiotics. It is far more troublesome when a woman has recurrent infections.

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Spartan Invite speech results

News Staff
Thursday, February 24, 2022
From the Fine Arts Boosters: It was a busy and successful weekend for PCHS Speech! Friday was the Lincoln East Spartan Invitational. This Class A dominated meet featured three guaranteed rounds and if you made finals, you were still performing at 7:00 p.m!

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From Our Files

Betty Davis
Thursday, February 24, 2022
2012-10 Years Ago Practice has already started for the 19th season of the Southeast Community Band founded in Pawnee City. The band, made up of members from 11 counties, held its first practice February 6. They meet every Monday night.

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Learning lessons from Lent

Pastor John States
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Most of us hear about Lent every year, usually in the run-up to Easter. Lent is the spiritual preparation before Easter, celebrated by Christians all around the world.
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