February 20, 2008 - Jordan Fowlkes takes the crown at State Wrestling, Sheldon Boschen places 6th.

February 20, 2008 - The City Council discusses a proposal for a recycling program.

Both bowling teams do very well

February 6, 2008

Community Club discusses Senior Center possibilities

Kenneth Purscell

In a meeting on February 1, the Community Club expressed an interest in brokering a negotiation whereby the physical plant of the Newman Grove Senior Center could become a community center for Newman Grove.

The negotiation would have to include the board of the Senior Center, the Community Club, and the City of Newman Grove.

Dennis Fowlkes, chair of the Community Club, recounted some of the history of the Club's attempts at establishing a community center facility. “We have had money sitting in an account for about twenty years now,” he said, “but it is only about $29 thousand.”

The Club does own property that it hoped at one time to develop, but “we will never raise the money for a completely new building without a grant of some kind,” he said. “I'd like to see us use the money to buy the Senior Center and turn it over to the City.”

As noted in last week's Reporter, the Senior...

 

February 6, 2008

Fellowship Bible Church appoints new pastor

This past Sunday, Fellowship Bible Church welcomed Scott Carlson as its new pastor.

Scott and his wife Kristin bring with them their fi ve children: Ellen, 4; Joab, 7; Saul, 9; Honey, 11; and Salem, 13.

Scott most recently served in Lincoln, where he worked with Capitol Ministries, a service providing chaplains to state governments.

He is a native of Laurel, Nebraska. Kristin is originally from Mead, Kansas.

Scott has been an elder at Faith Bible church for over 5 years. He is a graduate of Grace University in Omaha. Scott is a graduate of The Master Seminary in Los Angeles.

We welcome the Carlsons as part of our Newman Grove Community.

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