By Roy Nuhn  Legend has it that many an Irishman, upon departing his native village to go to America, would pause for a second and tuck a bit of turf into his slender luggage. Thus, though in time he became an American citizen, a piece of his beloved Emerald Isle would always be near his heart.  This love for both […]

By Roy Nun The world’s favorite married couple, Blondie and Dagwood, have been living in our neighborhood for over 70 years now. Chic Young’s seemingly immortal “Blondie,“ whose continued appearance in over 2,000 newspapers around the world makes it the most popular comic strip of all time, was first seen on September 15, 1930. Appearing in the dailies and Sunday […]

In March, monarch butterflies begin their spring migration. As winter ends and the days grow longer, the monarchs become more active, beginning to mate and often moving to locations lower on the mountainsides. They leave their Mexican roosts during the second week of March, flying north and east looking for milkweed plants on which to lay their eggs. These monarchs […]

March—  WOMEN’s HISTORY MONTH March 1 The Articles of Confedertion, the United States’ first constitution, came into force after being ratified by all 13 colonial states (1781). 154th Anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park as the world’s first national park (1872) March 2 Read Across America Day March 5 Boston Massacre (1770) March 11 Congress establishes Army Corp […]

By Carol Mobley Ambrose Hadley aka Capt. Fred Hadley was my great grandfather and married to the Circassian Girl, Lizzie Metz.  He was notable for a number of things, Civil War Veteran, Nebraska Pioneer and Tatooed Man.  That’s right, my great grandfather was the tatooed man in the circus from 1882 to 1884.  I never knew him, he died long […]