.jpg)
March 26, 1986
LAUREL — Five Laurel mother/ daughter sets competed in the Nebraska Women’s State Bowling Tournament held recently in Grand Island.
Mothers competing were Pat Schaer, Phyl Dirks, Faye Loeb, Naomi Peterson and Cherry Urwiler. Daughters in the state tourney were Nancy Sherman and Sally Roberts (Schaer), Vee Lage (Dirks), Marcia Hirschman (Loeb), Kristy Peterson (Peterson) and Mina Swanson (Urwiler). Also attending the tournament were Katie Neese, Jean Gadeken, Mary McCorkindale, Linda Heitman and Dolores Erwin. Pat Schaer received a participation award for her 20th year of bowling in the State Tournament.
March 26, 1986
LAUREL — Roger Jensen put together games of 234, 256 and 247 for his high 737 series at Hillside Bowl. Roger bowled his high series in the Starlight League Thursday night.
March 27, 1991
LAUREL — The 13th annual contest, sponsored by the Nebraska Mothers Association, was held at the Northeast Community College Campus in Norfolk. Ellie McBride of Laurel was a first place winner in the sculpture division of the art contest. She was presented her award at a luncheon held in the Student Center Cafeteria on Saturday, March 9. First place winners are eligible to compete in the National competition in St. Louis, Mo., April 25-29.
March 27, 1991
LAUREL — History day competitors Diane Boysen, Stacy Nixon, Missy Mursick, Jennifer Fritz, Wendy Carstensen, Matt Kessinger and Courtney Thomas will be competing for state honors April 20 in Lincoln at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Nixon, Carstensen, Mursick, Thomas and Fritz earned first place for their group drama and Boysen and Kessinger received third for a duet.
March 27, 1991
LAUREL — The Laurel Thinclads performed exceptionally well at the Wayne Indoor Invitational Friday, March 22. The boys placed third teamwise , finishing ahead of Battle Creek, Hartington Cedar Catholic and Emerson-Hubbard and behind Wayne and Madison. Dean Heydon, Jeremy Klausen, Dustin Roberts and Kelly Arens completed in the 440 meter relay and finished first at the indoor track meet.
March 27, 1991
LAUREL — Effective April 1, the new federal minimum wage rate will become $4.25 per hour for most employees. The new rate replaces the current hourly figure of $3.80.
March 27, 1991
LAUREL — Workers interested in future job possibilities in the Persian Gulf should visit their local job service or employment service office, the U.S. Department of Labor has announced. Although few job vacancies exist at this time, the network of 1,700 offices which make up the U.S. Employment Service is prepared to accept applications from workers interested in positions in the Persian Gulf.
March 27, 1991
LAUREL — A shipment of 500 trout was stocked in Elm Creek March 19, said Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Fisheries Division Southeast Supervisor Dave Tunink. The fish were distributed along the five-mile stretch of creek in Webster County. The stocking was one of three planned for 1991.
