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Riggs Coble and Deco Espiritu, Platte Center preschoolers, are battling leukemia. A Red Cross blood drive will be held May 8 in their honor at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall. Courtesy photo

Port buddies
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Emerson Krings, a senior at Humphrey St. Francis, signed a letter of intent last week for track at Southeast Community College. The SCC track team and Coach Phillip Duncan welcomed Emerson to his signing. Pictured, front row, left to right, are his mother, Ashley Krings, and Emerson. Back row, Emerson’s father Steve Krings, and SCC coach Duncan. Courtesy photo

Emerson Krings heading to SCC for track
Emerson Krings is heading to Southeast Community College. He earned the Walter Scott Pathway Scholarship, and will be in the auto collision repair program at SCC Milford. He also will be a member of the track team, which is based out of the Lincoln...
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St. Francis made itself at home, winning the Flyers Invitational Thursday. Pictured, left to right, are Tyson Wietfeld, Carson Wessel, Matthew Brockhaus, Andrew Kosch, Jacob Keller, Wyatt Brandl and Jett Dunn. Courtesy photo

Flyers win home invite
The St. Francis golf team participated in its own invite Thursday held at Steepleview Golf Course. Under windy conditions the Flyers were able to shoot a team score of 371 to finish 3 strokes ahead of Howells-Dodge and finish 1st overall in the 10-...
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Alvin William "Bones" Bender

Wed, 09/23/2020 - 4:00am

Alvin William Bender, known to family and friends as “Bones” passed from this life to eternal rest on Sept. 14, 2020.

Services were held Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at Holy Family Church in Lindsay, Neb., with Father Eric Olsen officiating. Visitation was 5-7 p.m. and the Mass of Christian Burial was Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. Burial was at Holy Family Cemetery in Lindsay, Neb.

Alvin was born on June 18, 1926, to John A. and Elsie (Coldwell) Bender. He was one of five children and lived on the family farm near Cornlea, Neb., for 84 of his 94 years. Alvin graduated from Humphrey High School in 1945 and went on to serve in the United States Army 6th Division, 80th Field Artillery Battalion Supply from 1945 to 1947, training at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. When he returned from service, he courted Celine “Boots” Beller. They were married on May 17, 1949, at Holy Family Church in Lindsay, Neb.

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