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Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut. — An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Final preparations are being made for the area’s biggest event of the summer - Livin’ Out Loud. On Saturday, Aug. 15, an estimated 10,000 people will gather at Lake Helen in Gothenburg for an evening of inspirational music and strong testimonials of faith and perseverance.

The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition will host a Farm & Ranch Legacy workshop on Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Custer County Fairgrounds 4-H Building in Broken Bow.

If you have been reading my columns very long you are likely well aware of my passion for preserving the history of the communities I cover. I have always been fascinated with history.

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*EDITOR’S NOTE: Just weeks before his passing in September 2025, Cecil Woodward, one of the founding members of Callaway Lutheran Church, shared his knowledge of the history of the church with me for this purpose.

The annual Bunk - Nansel family reunion was held at the Callaway Senior Center on July 19, 2026, with 22 in attendance. This year only two of the first Nansel cousins attended - Cliff Meads and Linda Lawrence.

A century and a half after homesteading land along the South Loup Valley of Nebraska, 90 descendants of Paul Seyerson gathered on a hot weekend to celebrate the legacy he created - on the same land he settled.

Each Callaway Board of Education meeting begins with district celebrations - acknowledging programs, faculty, and students who make Callaway Public Schools special.

The TeamMates Mentoring Program hosted its annual conference July 8-9 on the Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln. Founded by Tom and Nancy Osborne, TeamMates is a mentoring program in partnership with local schools that pairs adult mentors with youth in grades 4-12.