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Shirley Wiggin was celebrating her birthday this week at the Hereford Community Church. For the special Pee Wee and Cecelia Smock sang A Christian Cowboy and When The Role Is Called Up Yonder accompanied by Pee Wee on the guitar. The sermon topic was A Man Richly Blessed. That man was Paul, who wrote 18 letters in the New Testament. His story begins in Acts 7 and Acts 9. Next week, Mother’s Day, the sermon topic will be Morrow Graham. The church will host the annual yard sale, bake sale, and c...
Wouldn’t it be nice if we were allowed to vote on our weather? Of course, some ballots might only include blizzard or snow and ice, instead of every vote being clear skies 70 degrees. The saying, “the lesser of two evils,” might mean something as cold as ice. I think, given the choice, even those who never admit it, would vote for a special day just for them. Birthdays should be that day for everyone. Here are some neighbors and friends you can make feel extra special this week. Dorothy Leonard...
Good morning Banner County! Well after a few days of ole man winter this past week, it is looking pretty good out there right now. The track meet scheduled for last Saturday was re-scheduled for this Monday, due to the weather of course and my tulips survived as far as I can tell. So for the students this week let us hope the weather stays nice because they are busy as usual beginning with their annual clean-up day on Wednesday, May 3rd. Beware of the younger ones out and about here in town....
The 55 And Up Club will hold their monthly potluck luncheon on Friday,May 12, at 12 noon at the Friendship Alliance North Church in Grover. Everyone 55 and over are welcome to attend. Come and join in the fun with your friends and family. There will be a door prize! This week at the Hereford Community Church Larry Williams was celebrating his birthday. For the special Carol Opdycke read God’s Banquet Hall. The sermon topic for the day was John Speaks. John was the youngest of the apostles, a...
This first week of May keeps us hoping, between May Day, “May the Fourth be with you,” and Cinco de Mayo. The weather seems to feel the need to be just as exciting. Thunder, lightening, snow, rain, and just to keep it interesting, fog as thick as cement. What could be more exciting than birthday’s. One of the nicest and most hardworking men I have ever had the pleasure of calling friend will celebrate his birthday. Larry Sorensen pleasantly ages another year May 9. The Albin Elementary Schoo...
Good morning! Cool, cloudy spring weather greets us most mornings this week as April comes to a close. I do not know about you but I am finding it hard to believe that we are in the month of May already. If I could only make the next three months last for twice their time, things would be great! Hold off the holidays and bad weather. As it is this week brings us yet closer to the end of the school term with the annual FFA Banquet which is this evening at 6 p.m. Saturday, both the junior high and...
We are thankful for the rain we received this past week. We hope everyone is enjoying the green that is appearing in the fields and pastures. And the bright yellow dandelions add color to the fields. There were two specials this week at the Hereford Community Church. First Shirley Wiggin read God’s Accuracy, then Carol Opdycke read from her devotional about abundance based on Ephesians 3:20. The sermon topic for the day was Who Is Dismas? We learned that Dismas was the name assigned to the t...
Kids love puddles. The magnet between them and water is only enhanced with a little dirt. So it was surprising when the youngest Smith was happy to see the big perennial puddle at the end of 5th Avenue smooth and dry. Even without a maintenance person, the Town of Albin seems to function pretty well. The dumpsters are empty, streets are clear and the burdens that aren’t top of the list are maintained. However, as much as our councilmen are able to keep our town looking nice and functioning, it i...
Good morning Banner County! Wow what a beautiful place we live in right now. Everything is green and bright blue, little rain and hail when we least expect it. Baby calves all over the county side too. I have been watching a herd of deer out west, close to twenty of them and quite a few antelope. Our local mail carrier on the north side of the county caught big horn sheep one day last week. Great time of the year for sure. Our kids enjoyed a four day weekend to celebrate Easter last week and...
The 55 And Up Club met on Friday, April 14, for their monthly potluck luncheon. The theme for the day was Easter. Everyone enjoyed a good meal, then they played bingo for the door prizes. The winners were Judy and Kirk Rush and Leonard Wiggin. The Hereford Community Church met at 6:30 a.m. for their Easter Sunrise Service. For the special Steve Hauer sang O Glorious Day. The sermon topic for the morning was The Voice of Mary Magdalene and the scripture was from John 20:1, 11-18. Mary was the...
No one ever said Spring came with low expectations. As soon as you expect a cold dreary day, the sun breaks through and warms places in your soul that felt frozen in winter and gloom. It tosses in days where the smell of fresh tilled earth seems to grow new life everywhere it floats on the wind. And if our senses needed more nudging to the new season, the colors of the rainbow burst around every flower garden. Even the yellow dandelions in our front yards are a welcome sight to the eyes that...
Good morning Banner County, neighbors near and far! Beautiful weather we have been having lately, although some rain would be nice. School was released at the regular time on Thursday, (today) and will not resume until Tuesday, April 18th. The following day, April 19th the junior high track team will travel to Chappell for competition which will begin at 9 a.m. Safe travel and good luck. The recent MAC competition for Choir and Band resulted in 3rd place ratings for both sections and individual...
The Hereford Community Church held their quarterly business meeting before the worship service on April 9. The congregation is looking at attending a Rockies game on August 6. If you are interested in going, contact Steve Hauer at 970-895-2336. It was decided to hold the bake sale and car wash on June 10. If anyone has yard sale items or craft items to sell, they can have their own table that day. Roger and Paula Copeland were celebrating their anniversary this Sunday, April 9. For the special...
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoping down the bunny trail. Easter is on its way. That should mean the tulips and other bulb flowers will color our town shortly. But with all the sugar and chocolate consumed in the next week, none of us may care what colors we see. Or perhaps, even if the wind blows the bulbs back to Holland. Kicking or should we say hoping off the Easter weekend is the Albin Community Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 15 at 10 a.m. There will be five age divisions along with conce...
Good morning! Here is hoping that you all are having a great week. The rain is wonderful isn’t it? Roads are pretty testy but still the rain is nice. Things are starting to look pretty good, nice and green. I look out one window and I see mud holes and I look out the other and I see tulips. Those tulips are sure nice! Well here it is April. April Fools Day was on us as far as the weather, right? The boy at our house decided to be cute and pull apart a couple of oreos, scrape out the center a...
This week at the Hereford Community Church Holy Communion was served and the congregation burned their burdens. For the special Steve Hauer sang Behold. The sermon topic was The Voice of Caiaphas. He was the high priest that year and the Bible tells about him in John 11:45-57 and Matthew 26:57-67. It was Caiaphas who prophesied that Jesus should die for the people. Next week, April 9, the church will hold their quarterly business meeting at 10 a.m. before the worship service. That will be Palm...
Why is it on the dreariest day of early Spring do the bulb flowers decide to bloom? It must be one of those built-in fail safe natural cheers just in case we get too gray with our colorless lives. Many of Albin neighbors took advantage of the wet weekend to start outside cleanups. Sooner than later our little corner of the world will be just as bright and unfortunately just as fleeting as the color on top of those green bulb bursts. Enjoy it while it lasts. Birthdays certainly are a burst of...
Good morning! A beautiful spring day here in Harrisburg, hope it is still so by the time this letter reaches you. The Harrisburg Community Church will hold their annual spring clean-up this coming Saturday, April 1st beginning at 8 a.m. so we are hoping that the weather will cooperate on that date also! This past weekend was another busy one for us and probably for most of you also. I see spring flowers popping their heads up here and there. Speaking of spring.......the Midwest Theater in...
The 55 And Up Club will meet on Friday, April 14, for their monthly potluck luncheon at 12 noon at the Friendship Alliance North Church in Grover. Everyone 55 and over are welcome to attend. Come and join in the fun with your friends and family. There will be a door prize! On March 26 at the Hereford Community Church Aubrie and Sarah Sparks and Roger Copeland were celebrating their birthdays. For the special Paula Copeland signed How Great Thou Art. The sermon topic was The Voice of the...
This weekend is a great week for pranksters and practical jokers. April Fool’s Day may not be a National Holiday, but it sure brings a lot of laughs. Especially in houses with little ones. So, watch out for that elephant in your front yard or the age-old saran wrap on the toilet. And don’t let yourself get too serious if you are pranked. Ted Anderson was not pulling Bob’s leg when she said “The baby is coming today.” Allison Anderson celebrates her birthday on the funniest day of the year. Now...
Hello and good morning Banner County and to friends near and far. I am happy to say that officially spring has arrived. The calendar says so! It has felt like spring here off and on for a month or so and with the seed catalogs hitting our mail boxes right after Christmas most of us are more than ready for warmer weather. Many people, like myself are a little skeptical because it sure is not unusual for us to have a spring blizzard....oxymoron right there. It is so horribly dry that rain would be...
This week, March 19, at the Hereford Community Church Pee Wee and Cecelia Smock and Ken and Carolyn Ragsdale were celebrating their anniversaries, and Vern Hnizdil was celebrating his birthday. For the special Carol Opdycke read The Other Tree from the Book of Mysteries. The sermon topic was The Voice of Simon from Cyrene. Simon was forced to carry the cross of Jesus. He is mentioned in Matthew 27:32 and Mark 15:21. Next week the sermon topic will be The Voice of the Centurion. It was decided...
A story, no matter what it is about, is mostly about perception or how you spin it. Take for instance, a story about trees being cut down in Southeast Wyoming, where it is very difficult to grow trees. Before I go any further, you might think you already know the story. But what if I told you these trees tickled the clouds, shaded many a picnic and playful child. But tragedy struck before they were cut. A storm came in and damaged them beyond repair or regrowth. And it was learned that the...
Good morning Banner County and all of you that are friends and neighbors! Monday was cloudy with no chance of meatballs, and it sure has been spring type weather. Much better than places back east. Students at Banner County School will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. for parent/teacher conferences and there will be no school Friday, March17. Seems like this happens around St. Paddy’s Day, so no worries about getting pinched at school! Last Thursday the first of what was supposed to be at least two c...
This week, March 12, at the Hereford Community Church Cecelia Smock was celebrating her birthday. For the special Steve Hauer sang Feel The Nails. The sermon topic was The Voice of Peter. Pastor Opdycke gave several scriptures mostly from the book of Matthew which told about Peter Peter was one of the disciples of Jesus who later became a leader in the Christian church. Next week, March 19, the sermon topic will be The Voice of Simon. If you have news to share you can contact me at 970-895-2433...
