‘Compliments to the Chef!’

BON APPÉTIT! Falls City native Dave Knaup, right, poses for a picture with University of Nebraska head volleyball coach Jon Cook after receiving the 2012 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Washington Cornhuskers.

A former Falls City and current Seattle, Washington resident recently received one of two 2012 Volunteer of the Year Awards from the Washington Cornhuskers, a group of Nebraska alumni and fans who gather to support all things Big Red.

More than $18,000 raised at annual Cancer Fund event

The Past Exalted Rulers Association of Falls City Elks Lodge #963 sponsored the 8th annual BBQ and Auction for the benefit of the Richardson County Cancer Fund, Saturday, March 23, at the lodge. To say it was a success would be an understatement. The evening netted more than $18,000 for the Cancer Fund.

FC Journal moves forward with added online services

New appearance of www.fcjournal.net with the E-editions tab to the right of the screen.

As many of you know (or knew I should say), the Falls City Journal’s website was down from mid-September of last year until just recently (March 10th to be exact). There are a cornucopia of reasons for the prolonged absence, but I will save you the trouble and get to the nuts and bolts of why. We’ll come back to this.

 

Survey suggests ag land boom slowing down

Despite an extreme drought and indicators of weaker agricultural earnings on the horizon, Nebraska’s agricultural land markets remain strong, with an overall increase of 25 percent in the last year, according to preliminary findings from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.