Someone pointed out the other day that 200 to 300 pigeons have been counted on the roof of the Otoe county courthouse and the town may have to have a piegon shoot.
We have a few that roost and splatter the second floor window sills on the south side of the News-Press building. Perhaps they could be "entered" in the shoot.
The best place to get rid of pigeons we know of is at Paul's tavern in Paul, Nebr. And if you haven't been to Paul's on a Saturday night, then you've missed the gang.
The Wehllngs served free roasted pigeon and dressing the last time we were there.
That was the same night that Al Schmitz said he had so many phone calls on his News-Press want ad of an old Plymouth for sale, that he sold the car to a caller and had to leave the house because of the continued calls.
We will look forward to seeing Gary Blakeman re-seated on the Board of Education. He's an asset to the school system. He also has a personal interest because he has two children of his own.
Wayne Brown, board president, said Blakeman was the choice to fill the year and a half term of Mort Porter who resigned, because he had just gotten off the board last spring and is well acquainted with school work.
It was a tough decision for the board because the other two named candidates were Glen Cohn and Don Wolfe, Union, who wanted the job bad enough last spring to file for the office in the City election.
There may be one obvious unmentioned point in Blakeman's appointment — labor negotiations. That will be coming up soon. It takes a great deal of night meetings and much patience. Blakeman is experienced as manager of American Meter company and he also has served as chairman of the school's negotiating team.
Nebraska City volunteer firemen and rescue squadsmen said a big "thanks to everyone" for the votes that carried the bond issue on a new city building.
The Optimist poll said the issue would carry by 59 percent. It carried by 56 percent.
Actually, it didn't carry by any wide margin. In fact, it barely made it over the hump regardless of the simple majority rule.
Understand there were at least 10 firemen (and perhaps their wives) who did not vote. Nebraska City has about 50 firemen.
Congratulations to George Lathrop, Dick Niemann, Carl Overton, Bill Porter and Guy Mickle. They will be recognized with 50-year Masonic pins next month by Grand Lodge officers.
We joined the few people who were at Grundman airport when former governor Frank Morrison landed here the other day on a campaign trip.
It brought back memories when two DC3's circled over the Otoe county courthouse and landed at the airport carrying Sen. Eugene McCarthy and his camp to Nebraska City.
The planes are the largest to land at Grundman's. And they didn't land on the 2,500-foot asphalt strip. They landed on the sod next to the strip. The pilots said it was "no trouble at all."
Sen. Robert Kennedy was here also only he came in a motorcade. Both the Democratic presidential candidates spoke to voters and surely fans, on the courthouse lawn.
Bud Wilkins, publisher of the Syracuse Journal - Democrat wrote some complimentary remarks about B.A. Johnson that we'd like to second.
"The Syracuse high school band under B.A. Johnson is like old man river . . . it just keeps rolling along and piling up Division I trophies until there is a question as to space to put them.
"One reason for the continued success is a strong Cadet and Beginner program. Replacements from these bands have filled graduation gaps with remarkable success. The long victory skein has produced another thing working for continued success. That is the tradition of victory. Nothing succeeds success like success.
"There is also one other big factor in the band's success. That is B.A. Johnson himself. Perhaps Jack Snider of the University Band best expressed when he wrote Johnson, 'they (the band) responded as only you could get them to do.'
"Since B.A. got his A.B. degree only lately it kind of puts the crimp in that argument that people must possess a Master's Degree before they can really teach."