Residents Making Gresham Blackbird Park Beautiful

Area community members volunteered their time on Friday morning to help pour sidewalks at blackbird park in Gresham.

GRESHAM LOCALS

Among those attending the memorial services for Carol Dey on Tuesday in Gresham were Dean and Cindy Avery, Shirley Richter and Bob and Adelle Tonniges. Weekend guests of Pat Branz were her grandson Clay Dunivent and his wife April of Kansas City.

FROM THE FILES of The Osceola Record

TEN YEARS AGO July 19, 2012 Osceola Schools discussed the possibility of a 4-day school week. Currently seven schools in Nebraska operate on a 4-day school week including nearby Nebraska Christian. The Polk County Fair was set for July 25-29 with featured entertainment with Susie McEntire.

Osceola Legion Auxiliary Meets

American Legion Auxiliary Unit #91 will meet on Thursday, July 21st, at the Osceola Legion Club at 7:00 pm. We will be planning for our August 17th pie fund raiser. Diana Langer is hostess.

Osceola Community Action Group

The Osceola Community Action Group will hold their July meeting on Thursday, July 28th at Andrea’s Family Diner, formerly the Osceola Tavern, at 6:00 p.m. Membership is open to individuals and businesses interested in our community.

Osceola Farmer’s Market

Osceola’s Farmers Market will begin on Wednesday, July 13th and run from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The weekly markets will also be held on July 27th and August 3rd, 10th and 17th. If you are interested in being a vendor, please contact Debbie (John) Girard or Vicki Jones for more information.

Notable Osceolan: John Archer AKA Ralph Bowman

John Archer (born Ralph Bowman): Ralph Bowman was born May 8, 1915 in Osceola to Eunice Melba (Crawford) and Joseph Emmett Bowman. At the age of five, he moved to California with his family.

Aspects

It was an extremely busy “home office day,” involving several phone calls and seemingly never-ending correspondence. Upon realizing it was 4 pm, and given the need to also answer the familiar question, “What’s for supper?” I opted to “close the office door.

Thrift Shop Open

The Annie Jeffrey Thrift Shop will be open Wednesday to Friday. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WE ARE NOT TAKING DONATIONS AT THIS TIME. Our shop is out of room. Thank you for your understanding. Notice will be posted when we are able to accept more merchandise on Facebook and here at the shop.

Student Doctor: A Complement to Patient Care

As a clinical professor at my state’s medical school, I frequently have medical students seeing patients with me in clinic. While the majority of patients are happy to allow student involvement, some decline.