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Greetings from Golden Oaks! If you enjoy walking but are not able to walk outside, please feel free to come to the center and walk. The size of our room allows you to get in a lot of steps. You …
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Jami Method
Golden Oaks
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5/18/23
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Greetings from Golden Oaks! If you enjoy walking but are not able to walk outside, please feel free to come to the center and walk. The size of our room allows you to get in a lot of steps. You …
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Jami Method
Golden Oaks
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5/18/23
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One year ago, Oakland-Craig Public Schools requested input from community members, parents, students, and staff to determine strengths of the district as well as areas in need of improvement. This …
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Jess Bland
O-C Superintendent
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5/18/23
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What an exciting time of year as school is out. Seniors have received their diplomas and summer is on the horizon. But not today. Today is cool and cloudy with a mist in the air.
With all the …
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Curt Hineline
Editor
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5/18/23
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Three of the Gospels tell us the story of the storm on the Sea of Galilee, the frightened disciples, the sleeping Savior, and the stilling of the tempest. At the end of a busy day the tired Master …
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Pastor Toni Meyer
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5/18/23
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Saturday will mark the 15 th graduation I have attended for the Oakland Independent. This one will be extra special as our middle son, Owen, receives his diploma. He is not our first to graduate, but …
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Curt Hineline
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5/11/23
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Mothers Day is this week and I just want to tell all you mothers just how amazing you are! The Apostle Paul recognized a mother’s faith through a letter he had written to a young man named …
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By Paster Toni Meyer
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5/11/23
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I believe that to most people relationships are a bond we make to help keep us from being lonely. Once in these relationships we get so used to them that we think that we will never be without them.
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Jason Redding-Geu
Lyons Mirror-Sun
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5/11/23
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They say that funerals often bring families together unlike any other occasion. That was evident for my family recently as we gathered to remember my uncle and aunt, Tob and Sue Robinson. The couple …
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By Curt Hineline
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5/4/23
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I have written about it before and I am sure I will write about it again. Over scheduling! We all do it and we all complain about it. But the only people that we have to blame is ourselves.
But …
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Jason Redding-Geu
Lyons Mirror-Sun
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5/4/23
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Psalm, 119:18 asks God, “Open my eyes, so that I may behold such wondrous things.”
Here we are with our amazing young people, some graduating high school, others are graduating with …
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By Pastor Toni Meyer
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5/4/23
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My grandpa said to me on multiple occasions that if you were to swat a fly three more show up for the funeral.
When I was younger I always thought that he was talking about flies and that alone, …
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Jason Redding-Geu
Lyons Mirror-Sun
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4/27/23
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If you read the Lyons-Mirror Sun newspape r, d o you read the minutes of the meetings? This month Therese posted the April Board minutes on Facebook, so you can read the minutes along with comments.
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Debbie Krutilek
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4/27/23
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John 16:20 “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice.”
The season of Easter is a time of celebration. We look back at the resurrection of …
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By Pastor Nathan Henschen
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4/27/23
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Editor’s Note: This article resurfaced while researching the history of 10 years ago. Out of curiosity, I read the opinion to see if things have changed for the better. You be the judge of …
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4/27/23
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It’s Wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m. A decision is made whether to get out of bed or have a parent come in to quietly nudge me awake. It is time to get ready for another day as a …
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Michelle Burton
Secondary Principal
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4/27/23
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As a young boy in the temple, Samuel served the priest Eli. He had not yet come to know the Lord and therefore didn’t recognize his voice when God called to him. Although he heard the voice, he …
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Curt Hineline
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4/27/23
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More than just a weekend mechanic, my dad was also a great negotiator when it came buying the used parts he needed to keep our vehicles on the road while growing up. Needless to say for those who …
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4/20/23
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It has been many years since the story of The Velveteen Rabbit filled my thoughts. Gazing into a mirror recently, it became apparent to me that I had become real. Though not quite as old as the 1922 …
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Curt Hineline
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4/20/23
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Do you know that feeling you get after you work really hard on something, and then when it is all over you get the sense of relief? The only why that feeling gets any better is when it all goes …
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Jason Redding-Geu
Lyons Mirror-Sun
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4/20/23
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Hello! It has been a busy week here at Happy Days and a good one! On Tuesday we had an audit from a representative from Northeast Nebraska Area Agency on Aging. This was my first visit from the …
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ByCarmen Druckenmiller
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4/20/23
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For t his week’s story time we’ll be reading the books “ Someday a Tree ” written by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Ronald Himler, where we follow a young girl and her parents …
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By Mrs. Hollman
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4/20/23
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Recently I had an interesting conversation and some good suggestions of websites to find grants or low interest loans. As a member of the Maple Villa B oard I feel the need to find available funding. …
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ByDebbie Krutilek
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4/20/23
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Acts 4:1-12 “And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and …
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By Pastor Nathan Henschen
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4/20/23
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I think that everyone has been told at one point or another that tomorrow is never a given. But sometimes I wonder how many people really understand what that means.
How many times …
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Jason Redding-Geu
Lyons Mirror-Sun
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4/13/23
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