More About Skin Cancers

Sun-induced skin cancers are common and well-known, but the skin can also show signs when there are various cancers or other illness of internal organs. One of the most common of these is Pagets Disease of the breast.

From Our Files

2011-10 Years Ago Winners of the Pawnee County Fair’s Cute Baby Contest are Weston Niss, son of Bryce and Dani Niss of Pawnee City, in the Age 0-1 category, and Cooper Sutton, son of Scott and Becca Sutton, in the Age 2-4 category.

Daycare flag

Derek Niss and Ric Helms were busy putting up a new flagpole Saturday at the Sweet Second Home Day Care facility. Niss owns the business with his wife, Amanda. The pole is donated from a fund created by Charlie Hatfield’s now late parents.

Community Calendar

Items MUST be submitted by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before publication to be included in this calendar. No exceptions Monday, July 26 7:30 p.m.-Alcoholics Anonymous at the Church of Christ in DuBois. Tuesday, July 27 10:30 - StoryTime, short sessions, approx 15 min, Pawnee City Public Library.

Help Wanted: Everywhere

Last week, while traveling through Valentine, Nebraska on a quick road trip to promote financial literacy resources, I made a supper stop at the Peppermill & EKV Lounge. Notably, the sign outside the restaurant had a timely advertisement. It said the following: “EVERYONE IN TOWN IS HIRING FYI.

Higher Office Beckons? Governor Seems to be Acting Like It

The term-limited seated Governor has become a very vocal critic of the Biden Administration policies to the point of releasing press statements in opposition to some of them. Probably not unprecedented, but it’s obvious that Republican Pete Ricketts has his eye on the prize, whatever that may be.

What I Want to See in a Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement

You may have heard that on July 21, the U.S. Senate held a vote to begin debate on a bipartisan infrastructure bill. But you may not have heard that the vote was held before the bill had actually been written.

A smart watch

I have a Smart Watch. Sometimes I think it is smarter than I am, but it does give me reasons to question that assessment. Every time it has told me I’ve reached my Stand Goal, I was sitting down; and there’s only been one time it told me I met my Move Goal that I was actually moving.

Mail, Ice Cream, and the Goodness of God

More than three decades have passed by, but every so often Ron’s younger son will tell of the time he went to the freezer to get some ice cream as an after-school snack…and instead found that day’s mail!

Lynn Haughton Photography was started four years ago

“I first discovered my love for photography when I was in college and worked part-time at a photo lab. My manager at the time was also a part-time photographer, and really mentored me. I bought my first Canon camera at a pawn shop and just started taking photos of everything.