2020 Home for the Holidays

2020 Home for the Holidays LINCOLN DAILY NEWS November 25, 2020 Page 55 Reach out and touch the brother who needs you --- if you dare. Reach out and touch a friend who is weary a seeker unaware; your own self if you dare.. Reach out and touch and let the smile of God touch through you.” Reach out – look up in faith because there is always a rainbow after the rain – may you see yours in this Thanksgiving and Christmas Season and even in 2021. Tonita “Toni” Reifsteck --- From Nila Smith President Logan County Tourism Bureau Co-coordinator Logan County Ribbon Cutters For the past few years, I have had the honor and the privilege of being involved with two really good community groups, the Logan County Tourism Bureau and the Logan County Ribbon Cutters sponsored by Lincoln Daily News. The first group promotes all the wonderful and unique aspects of our community while the second serves to hold up and encourage new business growth as well as celebrating the milestone accomplishments of our seasoned business owners. In 2020, both groups have been stifled by the coronavirus. This pandemic has hurt our entire community both emotionally and financially. It’s a hard pill to swallow when we can’t be the best of ourselves because we are being held back by circumstances beyond our control. But, a new year is on the way, and with all good luck, we will see an end to the coronavirus in 2021. What we’ve gone through the last several months reminds me of a story that I heard many years ago. It has stuck with me, and I drag it back to the foreground of my brain when times get tough. There was one a great king whose land was suffering a terrible trial. He wanted to lead and to comfort his people, but he lacked the words. He called together all the wisest men in his land and charged them to give him the words that would help his people through this awful time. The men waxed prophetic before the king, but alas, nothing they said struck the Continued n