Three local SCC students to be honored

Six SE Community College students – three originally from Richardson County – will be honored as members of the 2013 Phi Theta Kappa All-Nebraska Academic Team during a ceremony April 10 at the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel in Lincoln.

‘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.