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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS FEB. 23-24 - In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo, Jack Blum poses with his mother, Gertrude, and a brick carved by his father, the late John Blum in Hastings, Neb.

The photo was taken Tuesday at Good Samaritan Village Perkins Pavilion, a short distance from the former site of the Polenske Brothers-Schellak & Co.

Famous Nebraskans are a staple of conversation in the Cornhusker State, a way to measure ourselves against the outside world and affirm our notion that, yes, geniuses, creators, leaders, aces, experts, world beaters and world changers indeed come from the neighborhood.

Mike Hoffman unloads harvested corn into a grain cart driven by his brother-in-law Tom McKinney on their field south of Juniata Monday.

Ord, NE Resident Paul Clayton Lambert, 88, of Ord, NE, died Sat., Apr. 7, 2012, at the Valley View Living Center in Ord.