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These are from a book called “Disorder in the Court”. These are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters.

Classes resume for the 2024-25 school year at Callaway Public Schools on Thursday, Aug. 15, and several new faces will be greeting the students in the classrooms and hallways this year. To help everyone get to know them we asked the following six questions of each new staff member.

Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or 'handshake' agreements. Because nothing is in writing, the parties may have different recollections of their agreement, making lease disputes more difficult to resolve.

Starting tomorrow band buses and semis packed with sound equipment and instruments will begin pulling into Gothenburg. Lake Helen will look somewhat like an ant hill, with workers busily scurrying about setting up a stage and fencing for the 12th annual Livin’ Out Loud.

*Editor’s Note: Classes resume for the 2024-25 school year at Callaway Public School one week from today. We realize there may be families who are new to the Callaway school district, or have kiddos starting to school for the first time. Knowing the people you are choosing to leave your children with for eight hours a day can help bring a little bit of peace of mind in the midst of the chaos. Last week we took an opportunity to get better acquainted with Superintendent JD Furrow. This week we feature the other two CPS administrators.

ALAN BARTELS, LLNRD INFORMATION & EDUCATION COORDINATOR Drought conditions have improved considerably since the August 2023 Loup Lines column from a year ago. According to the U.S.

William Alex Wylie and Desiree Ann Nichelson of Cozad announce the birth of a son on July 25, 2024, at Gothenburg Health. Lyle Wayne Wylie was born at 4:59 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces and measuring 20 inches in length. Grandparents are William Alex Wylie, Sr., of Cozad, and Edith Cruz Bjorklund of Elwood. Great-grandparent is Rosalinda Salazar of Elmendorf, Texas. Jake and Cassidy Laird of Cozad announce the birth of a son on July 21, 2024, at Gothenburg Health. Kord Mitchell Laird was born at 11:25 p.m. weighing 8 pounds 10.5 ounces and measuring 19.75 inches in length. Kord is being welcomed home by a brother, Oliver William Laird. Grandparents are Tom and Pam Laird of Cozad, and Mitch and Lanett Conroy of Oconto. Great-grandparents are Donna Laird of Cozad, and Joan Newhouse of Kearney.

I spent my first 20 years of employment as a teacher. Seven of those years were in Ewing, and the other 13 in Gothenburg, but that was 30 years ago! My last year of teaching was 1994. My students of that year are now 45 – 48-years-old with graduating seniors of their own!