FROM THE FILES of The Osceola Record

  TEN YEARS AGO November 7, 2013 Heather Clarks has been chosen as the recipient of the 2013 Caring Kind Award at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health Center in Osceola. USDA’s Farm Service Agency resumes making 2013 crop year commodity loans.

Aspects

Some of the recently published political cartoons referencing the debacle at the US House of Representatives have been quite humorous. This should also serve to remind us how fortunate we are to live in a nation with freedom of expression.

Gresham News

The monthly Senior Dinner will be Monday, November 6th, at noon at the Community Center. The monthly Village Board meeting will be Tuesday, November 7th, at 6 p.m. at the village office.

Whatever Happened to People Who Apologize?

Quick, somebody give the Governor a shovel, I want to see how much deeper he can dig the hole. Weeks after he insulted a reporter who questioned the high nitrate levels on his pig farm, Governor Jim Pillen has yet to apologize for his xenophobic remarks.

Senate Solutions to Secure Our Southern Border

We are living in the worst border crisis on record. It is a humanitarian and security crisis. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported yet another record with 269,735 encounters at the southern border last month.

HPC FFA Livestock Judging

LINCOLN – Students and instructors from 40 high schools met near Broken Bow to compete in State Land Judging on October 25. The Lower Loup Natural Resources District (NRD) partnered with the U.S.

Grace Notes

Pumpkins have popped up all over the area! Pumpkins in all shapes and sizes and colors—I even saw a white one a while back! Pumpkins perched on porch steps, lurking on lawns, sitting near scarecrows…A few years ago we even saw a little trick-or-treating munchkin dressed like a pumpkin!

Operation Christmas Child Time

It’s time to start packing your shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Collection week is November 13-20 and you can take your boxes to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Osceola. The hours of collection are Monday to Saturday 9 AM to 1 PM, Thursday 5-7 PM and Sunday 1-4 PM.

Mental Health FirstAid Course

Four Corners Health Department is sponsoring a mental health first aid course on November 9th from 9 AM to 4:30 PM, with about an hour for lunch on your own. It will be at the Butler County Health Center in David City.

From the VSO

NOW HEAR THIS! From the Desk of Doc Toline, Polk County Veterans’ Service Officer. Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! 248 years strong. Semper Fi, Marines! (I need to point out that I wrote incorrectly that the U.S. Navy was 246 years old in the October 13th VSO article.