Sometimes I sit back trying to figure out how to resolve problems that come up quickly inside our fledgling newspaper.

There are not many people around who have started a newspaper and know the answers.

Luckily, I have the advice of a man who did start a newspaper right here in Gering back in 1887.

Of course I’m talking about good old A.B. Wood.

Three years ago a good friend Bill game me a wonderful present for my birthday. It was the original clipping book that belonged to A.B. back in the 1890s.

In this day and age of mass media and instant communication around the globe, it is still amazing what some people say.

Oct. 21 Gering’s Mayor Susan Wiedeman gave her “State of the City” address to the members of the Gering Business Club.

In part of her address Wiedeman was talking to the community’s business leaders about new businesses that have opened in Gering over the past year.

For Halloween this year I thought I’d share one of the deepest and strangest tales of my life with you.

Last week the North Platte Natural Resources District met and discussed the proposed Yensen Drain Project.