August 2026

Body I really like history I’ve spent a better part of half my life recording it. Personal history - community history - the things we come from are fantastically important - “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” (My paraphrase.

Body Funeral Services for Ruthie Ann Essink, 84, of Chino Valley, Ariz., will be 9:30 a.m., Saturday, August 8, 2026, at Levander Funeral Home in Albion. Rev.

Body The memorial service for Dr. Ronald Eugene Gress, 76, and of Albion, and Phoenix, Ariz., will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building located at 16 Kent Gardens Circle, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, on September 19, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. (EST).

Body Funeral Services for Linda A. Lemburg, 75, of St.

Body There will be a Celebration of Life for Bonna F. Cox, 77, of Cedar Rapids, on Saturday, August 8, 2026 from 2-4 p.m.

Body A young Ron Cruise sat down one Saturday morning with his brother, Bob to watch a show called Great Plains Trilogy, a 1954 educational television show produced by the University of Nebraska and the State Historical Society.

Body The first of three sessions of Art Camp 2026 began with 3rd to 5th grade students at the studio of Jerene Kruse. The group “traveled” to Asia, Africa and Canada.