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  • Nebraska hospitals are in desperate need of blood

    Hanna Christensen, Nebraska News Service|Feb 10, 2022

    Chris Gorman of Lincoln and his family rushed his mother, Lynda Gorman, to the emergency room while visiting her in North Platte in early January. Her hemoglobin levels were dangerously low and she needed a blood transfusion. Doctors recommended that she receive two units of blood, but they were only able obtain one unit, due to a shortage. The North Platte resident remained hospitalized for 11 days before being stable enough to be seen by a specialist in Lincoln, who diagnosed her with...

  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Feb 3, 2022

    How many of you read locally on a regular basis? If you’re reading this in print, you’re either a subscriber or you pick up a copy at a vendor location. Thank you for supporting a locally-owned business and the other locally-owned advertisers who promote their goods and services in print. We also offer an E-edition, so subscribers can access an online version of the paper via our website. Based on website traffic, our digital edition is popular among readers. The quality journalism you’ve come...

  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Dec 16, 2021

    The headline is intriguing: What’s your state’s favorite Christmas cookie? The deck headline provides the source for the nationwide poll: Google shares unique holiday searches. According to the accompanying graphic, Nebraska’s favorite Christmas cookie is ... wait for it ... Christmas cookie fudge. What? Interesting ... especially since our neighbors to the south searched for M&M Christmas cookies, while Coloradoans, Wyomingites, South Dakotans and Iowagens searched for Keto Christmas cookie rec...

  • Hard-working entrepreneurs deserve our support this holiday season

    Kim Preston, Lending services director Center for Rural Affairs|Nov 25, 2021

    The holiday season is upon us, and for many people that means making purchases for gift exchanges and planning the menu for family and work gatherings. But, for our nation's small business owners, preparing for the biggest and busiest time of the year can take months of hard work and involves more than just inventory on the shelves. While consumers make their lists and check them twice, entrepreneurs have been working behind the scenes to prepare. They've spent nights and weekends learning how...

  • Nebraska: The most valuable brand in college athletics

    Nov 25, 2021

    Peyton Thomas Unlimited Sports/Nebraska News Service LINCOLN--While the Collegiate Brand Value Index ranks the University of Nebraska-Lincoln the most valuable school in the nation, success in the world of name, image and likeness is far from guaranteed. "There are lots of different lists out there, right of likes, who has the most social media followers, the highest level of revenue, and all kinds of things," said Matt Balvanz, a writer at Navigate Sports Business, who created a metric to...

  • Healthy eating is success

    Debra Johnston M.D.|Nov 18, 2021

    Obesity affects approximately 40% of American adults and I've been one of them for nearly as long as I can remember. There are innumerable schemes that promise effortless, or nearly effortless, weight loss, and many diets that claim to be the best approach. Most of us recognize that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. It's much simpler to identify the miracle potion advertised on our social media feed as snake oil, than it is to sort through all the conflicting and seemingly...

  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 11, 2021

    Six Saturdays of shopping remain until Christmas morning, which falls on the seventh Saturday from today. I haven't even started shopping. One of our kids told us no toys for the grandkids this year, please. "Get them something they need." Well, if we grandparents believe the kiddos need a LEGO set to work on for next year's 4-H project, they will, more than likely, get it. Or maybe they won't. I'm all about practical gifts, a necessity, a replacement, something you know you need but wouldn't ne...

  • The small-town cafe that can: Business booming thanks to Twitter and pie

    Barbara Soderlin, Flatwater Free Press|Nov 4, 2021

    Retired social studies teacher Laura Nelson is used to seeing her small town send its children, and its dollars, off to bigger cities. "We tend to go that way," to Lincoln and the Omaha metro, where her nieces and many former students live and shop. But lately, from her seat at the cafe table where she meets friends most mornings for coffee and an omelette, she's witnessed a reversal of fortune. City folks are spending their money in her hometown. "The cafe has managed to bring them up here,"...

  • A school sees a lice check. Lakota people sense centuries of repression.

    Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press|Sep 23, 2021

    It's early summer and a Lakota woman stares into the trees, deep past the leaves and their shadows, her dark eyes misting up. Norma LeRoy tries to understand why a school secretary cut her two little girls' hair without her consent in the spring of 2020. The secretary was checking for lice, LeRoy was told - lice the mother said they never found. LeRoy feels like few in this remote region of Cherry County understand what they took. It's why the 36-year-old Rosebud Sioux has to turn away from her...

  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Sep 2, 2021

    I'm not sure who deserves credit for this line, but I want it emblazoned on a T-shirt: "I just love seeing people live their best lie-f on social media." Much like tabloid journalism, you can spin a lie into your own warped version of reality. Post away. Some people will rush to hit the like button or type a half-hearted response without contemplating the validity of the original statement. A quick scroll through social media proves this point. It doesn't matter if it's a half-truth, little...

  • Classrooms receive final touches before opening day

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Aug 26, 2021

    Preparations for the 2021- 2022 school year are nearing completion for Superintendent Kyle Finke and members of the Summerland School staff. In an interview, Friday, with area media representatives Finke said the new building "is coming along." "The elementary, we could have probably been in there today, moving in," he said. The lower level of the high school, which includes the industrial tech and ag areas and science and social studies classrooms, are slightly behind. "The nice thing is, we...

  • Comfort dog visits Clearwater Public Library

    Faith King, Journalist|Jul 29, 2021

    Most individuals have heard about service dogs that help individuals with physical or mental disabilities. But, have you ever heard of comfort dogs? Unlike service dogs, comfort dogs are trained to serve the needs of multiple people, not just one. They travel across different states and provide comfort to those who have been through tough situations, are terminally ill, have never seen a dog in real life or even just come to libraries and teach others about comfort dogs. On July 23, Katie Comfor...

  • Stuffed animals star in Clearwater Public Library summer program

    Faith King, Journalist|Jul 1, 2021

    Clearwater Public Library is hosting its annual summer reading program. Live programs will be held weekly and smaller programs will be scheduled. Programs, open to only fifth grade students and younger, include a pet adoption and stuffed animal sleepover. The Pet Adoption allows youngsters to pick a reading buddy from a selection of stuffed animals. Each pet comes with adoption papers to officially make the pet their own. The stuffed animal sleepover allows kids to bring their favorite stuffed...

  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Jun 24, 2021

    Michael Connelly wrote, “A newspaper is the center of a community, it’s one of the tent poles of the community, and that’s not going to be replaced by websites and blogs.” The best-selling author and I are on the same page. A printed paper will be archived and preserved for future use. A website, well, that’s not always a permanent form of history. Neither is social media, which I have written about previously. I’ve had multiple conversations lately, with friends and colleagues, about prese...

  • Small business assistance program a valuable tool for rural entrepreneurs

    Jonathan Hladik|Jun 17, 2021

    JOHNATHAN HLADIK Policy director Center for Rural Affairs Small business entrepreneurship is a key source of job creation for rural counties. These businesses generate economic activity that can multiply throughout the community. But, they also face many challenges, including difficulty in accessing capital and acquiring training for business planning and financial management. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program aims to address these challenges. R...

  • King joins SAM staff

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|May 27, 2021

    Faith King, a junior at Summerland Public School, has joined the Advocate-Messenger staff. The Clearwater native will assist with multiple duties, including the paper’s E-edition, News First postings and social media updates. She will also work with website development for ColdType Publishing’s commercial printing division. Additionally, she will report and photograph area events. King is Microsoft Suite-certified. Through business courses at Summerland, King earned certifications in Excel, Powe...

  • Lucky streak

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|May 13, 2021

    At first, Teresa Legate was skeptical. The Neligh woman said she received a telephone call, April 14, from a woman claiming to be a representative from Luke Combs and Ford Motor Company. Legate was told she was the grand prize winner of the Ford Proud to Honor Luke Combs Sweepstakes. The prize: new Ford F150 pickup, along with two tickets to a Luke Combs concert of her choice. "I hope it's not a scam," Legate told the Advocate-Messenger that day. She remembered entering an online contest "a...

  • Lucky streak: Neligh woman wins Ford Sweepstakes Grand Prize

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Apr 29, 2021

    At first, Teresa Legate was skeptical. The Neligh woman said she received a telephone call, April 14, from a woman claiming to be a representative from Luke Combs and Ford Motor Company. Legate was told she was the grand prize winner of the Ford Proud to Honor Luke Combs Sweepstakes. The prize: new Ford F150 pickup, along with two tickets to a Luke Combs concert of her choice. "I hope it's not a scam," Legate told the Advocate-Messenger that day. She remembered entering an online contest "a...

  • -Isms

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Apr 22, 2021

    Allen Ginsberg wrote, “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” Poetry gives universal meaning to a singular effect, offers visual storytelling, complete with twists and turns. It is uniquely personal and open to the reader’s interpretation. I think that’s why I liked putting together poetry programs with my speech students. Finding the perfect blend of rh...

  • Clearwater Historical Society wants to connect online

    Apr 15, 2021

    Clearwater Historical Society has created a Facebook account and would like to connect with current and former residents, alumni and interested individuals, as the organization starts a capital campaign for improvements to the building anchoring Clearwater's Main Street. The mission of the Clearwater Historical Society is to preserve historical items and archives from Clearwater. The process is underway to form a legal limited liability corporation and begin fundraising to assist with...

  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Apr 8, 2021

    A couple topics are brewing in my mind and, since it’s Tuesday, and I’ve been attempting to construct on outline for this week’s column, I’ll probably split it into two sections. See, this is what happens when I procrastinate, -er, utilize my collegiate debate skills to fine-tune a creative argument. *** A recent National Public Radio segment got me thinking. I want to break up with Facebook, personally and professionally. The segment talked about tensions between the social network and Austral...

  • Clearwater Easter coloring contest winners named

    Apr 1, 2021

    Six individuals, who submitted color pages to the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce Easter coloring contest, will take home prizes. Quinn Kerkman, Ali Elder, Hunter Hain, Jack Ahlers, Amelia Thiele and Lilly Kester may pick up their prizes at the Summerland Advocate-Messenger office, at 522 Main Street, in Clearwater. Photos of the winning entries will be posted on the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce social media accounts....

  • Commissioners give nod to Backroad tour grants

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Mar 11, 2021

    Antelope County businesses participating in the northeast The Best of the Backroad Tour of northeast Nebraska, sponsored by News Channel Nebraska and area economic development groups, will receive an economic incentive, in the form of $100. Visitor fund committee member Rick Schuchardt, along with NCN representative Laurie Larsen, addressed the Antelope County Commissioners March 2. Schuchardt said a discussion with Neligh Chamber of Commerce officials led to discussion about the tour and...

  • Reward local journalism: Support the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act

    Mar 11, 2021

    DAVID CHAVERN President & CEO News Media Alliance Over the past year, local journalism has been more important – and more needed – than ever. From the COVID- 19 pandemic to the reignited social justice movement to the explosive 2020 U.S. presidential election and its aftermath, people have been turning to news publishers, day in and day out, to keep them up to date on how the changes happening around the world affect their daily lives. However, while news has been more in-demand than at any tim...

  • -Isms: View on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Feb 18, 2021

    “If you’re going to talk the talk, you better be able to walk the walk.” A superintendent I worked for said this phrase during monthly faculty meetings too many times to count. I’ve been thinking a lot that quote - and how he leveraged the phrase to spur people to action. Since the November election, I’ve listened to grumbling about everything from political candidates’ qualifications to an overabundance of government overreach to a general dissatisfaction with public policy. Most conversatio...

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