The Pender Times

07/30/2024

PENDER PLAYS FOR AREA 2 TITLE TONIGHT IN TOWN
Your Post 55 Seniors will need to be beaten twice tonight by Wakefield starting at 5 pm for the Area 2 title at David Nitzchke Memorial Field. Both teams will automatically advance to the Class C State Tournament as Wakefield hosts it August 3-7.

LEMONADE STAND TONIGHT
A lemonade stand with young proprietors Harper Haymart and Brynn King will be available at the field tonight with proceeds going to the new Pender Fire Hall fund drive.

07/22/2024

PENDER JUNIORS ANGLING FOR THE DRIVER'S SEAT
The Pender Post 55 Juniors are now 2-0 in the Class C State Tournament in Hartington. They will play the only other unbeaten team — perennial powerhouse Malcolm — at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday, July 22). The winner will have the driver's seat toward Wednesday's championship. In this Pender Times photo taken in last night's 7-0 win over Loomis, Zander Welsh slides safely in for a score on a close play at home plate.

07/18/2024

The American Legion Post 55 Pender Juniors (an impressive 25-4 on the season) have earned another trip to the Class C State Tournament and will start play on Saturday afternoon up in Hartington at 1 pm versus St. Paul.

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06/28/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend, and all month we've been digging into the archives to celebrate a bit of Pender High School's history. Here's one more . . . .

PHS's 100th anniversary was celebrated 30 years back in June 1994, and these young ladies led the Pender High Centennial Parade. Do you recognize them?

06/27/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

Here's a look at the PHS 30-year class, 20 years ago, at their 10-year. Sorry, that was confusing. Who are these members of the Class of 1994 who attended the 2004 alumni banquet?

06/26/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

Tradition holds that the 15-year class hosts the Pender High School Alumni Banquet, so today we give a shout out to the Class of 2009 with this shot of their Homecoming court. Can you name the Pendragon royalty?

06/24/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

With the celebration continuing on with last year's inaugural car cruise and free Saturday night live band, we're going to give the Class of '83 a little love today for their efforts in adding those events a year ago. Who are these senior volleyball and football players from the Fall 1982 season?

06/21/2024

One week from today!

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06/21/2024

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06/19/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

It's been a decade since the Class of 2014 tossed their caps in the courtyard of Pender High School — Here's to hoping we'll see many of these faces at next weekend's banquet for their 10-year reunion. Name as many as you can!

06/15/2024

PENDER ALUMNI WEEKEND CELEBRATION JUNE 28-29-30!

We can't wait to see all of your faces in Pender soon. Note the live music both Friday and Saturday night, along with the car cruise Saturday evening. WELCOME HOME ALUMNI!

06/14/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

The farther back we go, it gets a little murkier . . . But Round 7 landed us 60 years ago with these Future Farmers of America. Do you know who these livestock judging team members were from the Pender High School FFA Chapter in 1964?

06/13/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

It's Round 6, and we'd be remiss to forget this year's 25-year Pender High School class. These members of the PHS Class of 1999 graduated with academic honors. Can you name them?

06/12/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

In Round 5, we head back ~ gulp ~ 50 years in the old PT time machine and find ourselves in February of 1974. This group of Pender High Schoolers had just won the East Husker Conference Speech team title. Who are they?

06/11/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

1994 was a year to remember in popular music, so we're hitting the flannel shirt generation for Round 4 and some PHS singers. These Pender High School swing choir members earned a gold trophy at a jazz festival in Crete and placed 2nd at a festival at the University of South Dakota. Who are they?

06/10/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

In Round 3, we go back a bit farther to 1984. These Lady Pendragons went 20-4 and qualified for the Class C State Tournament. Who are they?

06/07/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun.

For Round 2, we go back to 2014 and the Pender Dragon Flames. How many of these dancers can you name?

06/06/2024

CAN YOU I.D. THIS PENDER TIMES PHOTO?
It's Pender Alumni Weekend month and to celebrate we're going to be looking back all through June with some "Can you ID this photo?" fun. These fellas captured the 2004 East Husker Conference golf title 20 years ago. Who are they?

04/03/2024

The P-T Chamber is bringing a lot of energy and new events to the community this year, such as this "Chamber After Hours" tonight at Frontier Bank. Swing by — would be fun to pack the place this evening with local business and fellow chamber members!

DO NOT FORGET! ☕️

Join us this Wednesday at Fronteir Bank for Chamber After Hours! Sip, support, and be social! 🍸 see you then!

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03/07/2024

The Pender Times celebrates Pender High School's latest state championship in our March 7, 2024 edition, which is hitting mailboxes today, newsstands now at Frazey's and Cubby's and viewable online at www.pendertimes.com.

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03/02/2024

THEY DID IT — AGAIN!

Pender is your Class D1 State Champion following a 39-25 win over Southern Valley to cap at 28-1 season. Congratulations Lady Pendragons, and look for a very special sports section in next week's Pender Times.

03/02/2024

The Pender High School girls top St. Mary's and are in the state finals for the second straight season! 9 AM | PINNACLE BANK ARENA | No. 1 Pender (27-1) vs. No. 3 Southern Valley (28-1).

02/29/2024

Pender flies by Bancroft-Rosalie and into the D1 state semifinals tomorrow (Friday) morning at 9 a.m. at the Devaney Center in Lincoln — a matchup of the No. 1 Pendragons (26-1) and No. 4 O'Neill St. Mary's (23-2).

02/23/2024

IT'S GAME DAY IN PENDER!

The Pender High School girls host Sandy Creek at 6 p.m. tonight for the D1-1 District Final and a chance to play in Lincoln on the line. Doors open at 5 p.m., tipoff at 6 p.m. and the programs are popping off the printer at the Times. Good luck to the host Pendragons and visiting Cougars.

01/17/2024

Please see the message linked (and pictured) regarding school at PPS on Thursday, January 18. Thanks and have a great day!

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01/16/2024

I NEED YOUR HELP! There isn't much to write about this week in The Pender Times with the storm putting much of the world on hold the past week. So you can expect a fair amount of snow pics! But I'd also love to reference some old storms Penderites and Thurstonites might recall from years past. My first and only big one was the winter of 2009-10 here — but I know there's more. Please feel free to share the year it happened and a memory of it that might just make my column when it prints tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.

12/07/2023

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11/16/2023

ATM THEFT ATTEMPTED IN PENDER (latest info)

A group of at least three individuals attempted to make a rather large withdrawal from the CharterWest Bank ATM in Pender this morning (Thursday, Nov. 16). The kind that brings the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Nebraska State Patrol and Thurston County law enforcement together.
At approximately 6:22 a.m. two individuals stole a pickup from a Pender business. Minutes later, at 6:38 a.m., one individual hooked the pickup to the ATM located at 610 4th Street and attempted to haul it away with the other behind the wheel, pulling it from its foundation and out into Elwood Street. This action also caused damage to a pillar supporting the bank's drive-thru canopy.
Sheriff Russell Briggs said a short time later, and without successfully taking any money from the machine, they left on foot and were picked up by a third invididual in a get-away vehicle described as a dark colored, small SUV.
The facedown ATM and stolen pickup were left sitting in the middle of Elwood Street.
The suspects wore hoods and face coverings, Briggs said.
The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is encouraged to call the Thurston County Sheriff's office at 402-385-3018.

07/17/2023

CLASS C STATE JUNIORS UPDATES + LIVE STREAM
Pender is now 1-1 in the tournament and will play host Imperial in an elimination game today at 5 pm (CST). Watch it live streamed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiycWqVcWxE

07/14/2023

Good luck to the Pender Post #55 Juniors who will be competing in the Class C State Tournament in Imperial starting tomorrow (Saturday, July 15). First game is against DCB at 10 AM (11 AM CT).

BRACKET UPDATES HERE: https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/0fb9-2988912/2023_State_C_Jr_Bracket.pdf?_gl=1*12dhxp0*_ga*MjA4NDU4ODk2OS4xNjI2MTA1MzUz*_ga_PQ25JN9PJ8*MTY4OTM0NDE3NS4xMS4xLjE2ODkzNDU3MzAuMC4wLjA. =2.121741195.1039407905.1689215062-2084588969.1626105353