TRAIL CITY NEWS

The weather over the week in Trail City has finally been sunny allowing some of our snow to melt. Wally, Jackie, Wayde, Lauren, and Blaine Grage were over for the weekend at Bill and Lynn Hahne's house.

OUR THANKS

Thank you to all who came and donated their time, talent and treasure to the World Youth Day Crew at the Dessert Silent Auction and Soup Fundraiser on Saturday. We couldn’t have done it without you! Natalie Biegler, Carlie Lawrence and families

Lesmeister reports from legislative session

Well, folks, we are now two weeks into session and things are really starting to get busy. The committees are working bills through and we have been taking them on the House and Senate floor for further debate and/or action.

The Topic is sold at these area locations:

Timber Lake: Country Market & Biegler’s TLS Service Isabel: Locken Oil & The Occidental General Store Eagle Butte: Eagle Butte Co-op, Eagle Stop/Taco John’s, Lakota Thrifty Mart & Vilas Pharmacy Mobridge: Payless Foods & The Pit Stop Convenience Store Ridgeview: Ted’s Service McLaughlin: Dakota...

Calendars

February is more than just basketball, although there are a lot of games on the monthly calendars for Timber Lake-Isabel and Dupree. The calendars are on pages 6 and 12 in this issue.

No school

Timber Lake will have no classes for students on Friday, February 3 but teachers will have a day of in-service. Friday, February 17 will be a day off (comp day) for students and teachers. Teachers will have parent-teacher conferences on Wednesday and Thursday, February 15 and 16 from 4-7 p.m.

Board vacancies

The Timber Lake City Board has one vacancy to be filled this year; the seat is presently held by Jess Schlosser. The Isabel Town Board has two vacancies for seats held by Ryan Maher and Dan Gifford. All terms are three years. The deadline for filing petitions is February 24.

Dustan Biegler killed in small plane crash

Two Nebraskans were killed after the small plane they were in crashed last Wednesday, Jan. 11, according to the Nemah County Sheriff's Department. Killed in the crash were the pilot, Colton Hill, 24, of Kearney, NE, and Dustan Biegler, 41, of Valparaiso, NE.