Someone said the other day the football "craze" has hit Nebraska City.
Brother, you're not kidding.
Poor ole' Len Hoskins is spinning his wheels just trying to keep track of which teams play which night at Hayward Park.
And Ken "Spud" Clark, football boss at Hayward, moans everytime he looks at the sod: "We needed rain badly this summer and we didn't get it."
As Len mentioned the other day, a lot of his help in sports comes from coaches. Hayward park has become such a busy place that covering football games is no simple task any more. Coaches are most helpful.
For example, at Hayward park there were five games last week, including a doubleheader. And according to Len's schedule, this week will be just about as active.
As a side note, it is worth mentioning that while all the boys were playing at Hayward last week, all the Lourdes teams were out-of-town.
We've just gotta slip in a plug for the film, "For Pete's Sake," which opens Sunday at the Pioneer Theater.
It's a Billy Graham produced film and deals with spiritual growth in a family. It's not a shoot-'em-up show, but it does have its exciting moments.
Carl Baltensperger, rural Nebraska City, has headed the local committee. Opportunities to "step forward for Christ" will be available at the theater. And there will be counselors there for those who attend.
Mr. Baltensperger has been advised by the experts that the large number of those who step forward for counseling, may be surprising to the local committee.
That would please the 73-sponsoring church representatives.
The other day our youngest asked for some help to find pictures on pollution from the Beaumont Library of Books, Magazines and Mostly Junk.
We were caught off guard on our thinking about pollution. It's so large and staggering, we don't notice it.
As a member of the family quipped the other night.
"If you took all the cigaret, cigar and pipe smokers in the U.S., put them all in Nebraska City and each one puffed just once, the sky along the Missouri river would turn black."
That's pretty smart, we opined, but we liked the second remark about tobacco chewers and snuffers. The Missouri river would be like molasses, we had to agree.
But, back to the pictures.
We found "pollution" in most every picture. Maybe the meaning of the word has gone kooky. I never thought of milo dust or chaff from a combine as pollution. I always thought the stuff just itched like blazes.
The KNCY radio show.
My apologies to Joe Kafka and his listeners for not being able to join Joe and Larry Parker and Len Hoskins of the News Press in a radio program.
The rescue call came first.
I'm told there was a question about "no flowers" on obituaries in the News Press.
Well, tain't true.
We don't print "no flowers." We do however print, "the family suggests memorials etc."
The reason is, we like the Bertholds and we hope they will stay in business, pay taxes and read the News Press.
Little Bucks
Mrs. Richard Kimmel will have a show soon at the Cengas office in Lincoln. Among the artwork on display will be the popular midwestern "culture," the outhouses. Since the first painting, she now has a collection of 18 different water colors. The paintings have become a popular conversation piece. I get a bang out of watching the expressions on the faces of people who see the paintings for the first time. Ellis Mears, Nebraska City's one-woman police force, is truly a dedicated officer. Friends and relatives will attest that she gives them tickets.
An announcement may be made soon that a firm has leased the facilities at Ocoma Foods company. At present, the now shutdown Ocoma plant is under the management, supervision and watchdogging of our friend Bill Nixon. Bill turned down a fine company promotion to "stay at home."