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In fact, one of the owners was going to come to my wedding until the Coronavirus hit in which he couldn’t fly out of China because of it.

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There are two local races on the primary election ballot: Commissioner District 1 and Pawnee City City Council. This is our first story about the local election. More coverage is planned when we get closer to the election date.

The Commissioners became a wide-open affair when Incumbent Dennis Schaardt announced he was running for legislature. He cannot run for Commissioner again this time because of the election rules.

Three candidates for Commissioners have filed, all Republican. Former Lt. Gov and former State Senator Lavon Heidemann has weighed in as a candidate as have Ben Laun and Kenny Edwards. Laun is the current Mayor of Table Rock and Edwards is on the Village Board. Edwards was the top vote getter among Village Board candidates in the last election.

That means that race will be decided in the primary as there are no Democrats on the ballot.

(Editor’s Note: The City’s walking trail has been renamed the Dr. Rick Jackson Trail. This was presented to him at the Open House for him last Thursday. He also received a Letter of Commendation from the VFW and American Legion for his work with soldiers and their families. This was presented by Mary Landry. CEO Ruth Stephens presented at the Open House the establishment of the Dr. Rick Jackson Education Fund through the Pawnee County Medical Foundation. This will fund education for the staff. PA Juli Habegger has nominated him for a prestigious award at UNMC which you can read about below. There was a packed lobby at the hospital/ clinic for his Open House and much humor and a few tears were part of the afternoon. This is her Habegger’s letter to UNMC)

Sunday afternoon at around Noon, a loud sound was heard in Table Rock. Nobody knew what it was for a short while. Then they saw the east wall of the Odd Fellows building. That is the building at the southwest corner of the Square, the other corners being occupied by the Argus Museum and the State Bank of Table Rock. The wooden structure that sheltered the cast iron steps to the old Odd Fellows lodge on the second floor had broken loose, as had the outer sheathing of the brick wall. Bricks continued to pop off in the afternoon.

A pancake breakfast free will offering is being held at the Burchard Community Building on Sunday, March 29 to raise money for the repair of Sacred Heart’s stained glass windows. $37,000 out of the needed $40,000 has been raised. The church has 27 stained glass windows. The repairs, being done by Architectural Glass Arts of Lincoln, include removing each window and rebuilding its framework. They will also install storm glass on the window exteriors. There are several windows with cracks in the stained glass itself and repairs to the most damaged glass will be carried out as funds permit.

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Driving Highway 50 toward Tecumseh you might have missed it.

Setting off to the right as you go north near the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church is the Verlyn Beethe Prairie.

So?

Well, if you are into conservation and the natural beauty of our area it is an important piece of land. Saving our prairies should be a priority with everyone. The prairies tie us to our forefathers who came here to make a new life. They broke ground and we lived to tell about it.

So, we are telling.

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