Take daughter Melanie Ross Brown, a graduate in Sociology from UNL, a social worker at Madonna, and then moving to Phoenix teaching Jazzercise while mothering three sons; and providing Mom and Dad a w …
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Origins In 1964, twenty-one foreign delegates visited the campus of Kearney State College (KSC) with the objective to “awaken and properly channel the interest of our future leaders in education in ed …
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Before our series celebrating Kearney’s Sesquicentennial, Kearney Creates had already given some attention to Jon Bokenkamp, Claire and Shelley Fort, Javi Fox, Jerry Fox, Jenny Homan, Tom Miles, Jim a …
Categories: Art, Culinary, Education, History, Literature, Music, Photography, Theater
Kaufmann-Wernert offered many items for the serious Kearney shopper, including a variety of small animals. On the first floor, at the back of the store you could find fish, turtles, and birds availabl …
Well, hi there and thanks for settin’ with me a spell here on the liar’s bench. I don’t remember if I ever wished you a happy new year, but I do hope you have a good one even if it’s not so new anymor …
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In 2006, Kearney Public Schools alumnus Robert M. Merryman and local institutional supporters, including the Ron and Carol Cope Foundation, and the Scott D. Morris family, joined hundreds of donors fr …
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You would think the oncoming season would make most folks around Cottonwood Corner think warm and happy thoughts. These holidays are of the merriest sort, after all. Yet I would not put too much confi …
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At this stage in the life of the gray wolf. What? You expected me to begin “All the World Is a Stage”? But stages, in all shapes and sizes and for all purposes, are stages of life, in the same way sta …
As we look down Central Avenue in Kearney, Nebraska, we see an endless roadway with a clear path forward. This limitless horizon encourages us to reflect on our community and its culture – how we got …
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“Our bodies are designed to move and there’s something intrinsic within us that wants us not only to move, but to move rhythmically.” ~ Bob Miller