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Editor’s Note: Each CHS senior was required to do a career presentation, in which they share their future plans and life goals, for the Senior College Prep class. The seniors then gave the presentation to the entire student body. For the past 12 weeks we have shared those presentations with you, and conclude this week with our final senior.

Have you been deceived? When the Founders established our government, did they give us a democracy or a republic? If you have been led to believe that our country is a democracy, you have been deceived!

A little house with two bedrooms and one car on the street, A mower that you had to push, to make the grass look neat. In the kitchen on the wall, we only had one phone, And no need for recording things – someone was always home.

was born in Laramie, Wyoming on Dec. 22, 1922, to James and Dorothy Cornish. James had served as an officer in World War I. He settled in Wyoming on a homestead which was given to soldiers after completing their tour of duty. Dorothy joined James after completing a term as a teacher in Nebraska. They lived in Laramie, having two children there, Harriett and Maynard.

To All Concerned: America’s founders gave us a Constitutional Republic. Because of them, we were born free. But we could die as slaves because we have, as a people, lost sight of these basic truths: 1) Freedom cannot exist without morality. Without sufficient character and moral fortitude, we cannot govern ourselves.

“Danielle keeps repeating it over and over again. We’ve been back to this animal shelter at least five times.

From the Collection of Pat Young A Young boy had just gotten his driver’s permit and inquired of his father, an evangelist, if they could discuss his use of the car. His father took him into his study and said to the boy, “I’ll make a deal with you, son.

In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on.

Nebraska recently celebrated its 156th anniversary of statehood. To say the state’s years as a territory were exciting is an understatement. Saturday historical author Jeff Barnes of Omaha was the guest speaker at the Dawson County Historical Society annual meeting in Lexington. His topic was “The Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory from 1854-1859.”

The Legion Auxiliary Unit 59 met at 6:30 p.m. at the Legion Hall in Callaway. We proceeded to start our meeting with Joyce Brestel reading a prayer. Deondra Lashley called our meeting to order. We proceeded with the reading of the minutes from our last meeting, they were approved as read. MaryAnn Boldt presented our fiscal report, and we are doing good.