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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.

Our February thaw is upon us, and it has turned the 20-plus inches of snow received during January until now into a soupy, sloppy mess. It has been four years since we’ve had to deal with mud and ruts that are axle deep – think 2019’s Bomb Cyclone and I don’t believe I need to elaborate more.

It’s hard to imagine life without stress. Our culture has normalized living in fight or flight mode and glorified the high performer and over achiever. Stress is ingrained in society to the point that the American Institute of Stress reported 55% of Americans are stressed during the day.

I believe…you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

After three weeks of “Planes, Streetcars, Ferries and Automobiles,” (OK, so it doesn’t have the ring of the movie by a more familiar name) we were back home from our travel adventures on Jan. 25.

Dear Editor, I want to express my appreciation and excitement for the hearty turnout to the meeting concerned citizen Kirk Hansel called together in January to discuss how to get Ryno Road restored to hard surface. Because of the weather, Kirk had to reschedule several times, but the meeting was finally held on Jan. 25.

Dear Editor, I am writing to thank Callaway-area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Generosity throughout contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child.

Dear Editor: I would like to express my appreciation for the hard work and commitment that the city crew put into removing the snow here in Callaway. I know they put in long hard hours to get the job done. I think we all take you guys for granted, but I know that takes a lot of work. Thank You again for all you do. Also thanks to the Kimball Farms crew for helping them out.

Following three days of meetings and workshops at the American Farm Bureau convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico we were sent home with a motivational address by Bert Jacobs, co-founder of the Life Is Good brand. At the closing session Jacobs shared the story of how the $150 million lifestyle brand came to be through all the mistakes and missteps.