When I was in high school, I worked in the local supermarket of a small town in east Texas. Working my way through the positions of bagger, stocker and finally cashier, I learned the ins and outs of the grocery business. Though I had much fun and enjoyed the people, there was one job I loathed – the annual inventory. Each year on December 31st, the store was closed at noon so we could begin the process and count every single item on the shelves, as well as the store’s fixtures. There were literally thousands of items, which were also…

Kael Juelfs of Kingman is among the 620 students who qualified for Chadron State College’s Fall 2019 Dean’s List. The list consists of 322 students who earned at least a 3.5 grade point average. To qualify, students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework, be seeking their first bachelor’s degree, and have no incomplete grades during the semester. Chadron State College, which was founded in 1911, is the only four-year, regionally-accredited college in the western half of Nebraska.