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Robert Lee Prime Jr., 80, of Bridgeport, Nebraska passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 27, 2023 at his home.

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Labor Day is an opportunity to acknowledge and show appreciation for the contributions of the American workforce. Unfortunately, American workers don’t have much to celebrate this Labor Day. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1.2 million workers have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. Some 5.2 million workers across the United States are “not in the labor force who currently want a job.” Real wages have decreased 4 percent since President Biden took office, overall prices are up over 16 percent, and interest rates are soaring. This is the reality families everywhere are faced with as the Biden administration touts “Bidenomics.” No wonder a recent CNN poll found the majority of Americans are feeling pessimistic about the economy.

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For the first time since 2017, the Bridgeport Girls Golf team brought home the Western Trails Conference Golf Team Champion trophy last Thursday. Mitchell has taken the top spot two of the past three years, and Kimball has taken it twice.This year’s tournament was played in Rushville.

Bridgeport welcomes home a former Bulldog, 2008 graduate Jase Dean, to the fifth-grade classroom. Dean was born and raised in Bridgeport, and, following graduation, attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. During his university days, Dean played football as a Nebraska Husker, and graduated with a bachelors in Fisheries and Wildlife in 2013. He is currently working towards obtaining his teaching certificate through the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

Playing in front of the home fans for the first time this season, the Bridgeport High School football team was edged 20–14 by Perkins County last Friday night. A pair of touchdown runs in the fourth quarter helped rally the Plainsmen past the Bulldogs. It marked a season-opening win for Perkins County, while Bridgeport fell to 0-2. Last season the Bulldogs also started 0-2 before reeling off six straight wins to qualify for the state playoffs.

Bridgeport girl’s golf opened their season at Bayard with twelve schools competing at the Chimney Rock Golf Course. Hershey took the top spot with the low score of 471, followed by Chadron with 472, Perkins County with 479, and North Platte St. Pats with 538. Bridgeport ended in fifth place with a score of 551.

On Thursday, August 24, 2023, Dorene Rice, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at the age of 86 in the Skyview Nursing Home at Bridgeport Nebrasksa. Her memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 1, 2023, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Broadwater, with Pastor Bev Adam and Pastor Bud Gillespie officiating. Inurnment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Broadwater with Pastor Jonathan Seng officiating. It is respectfully requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials in Dorene’s honor be made in care of either the church or to the cemetery. Online condolences may be made by viewing Dorene’s memorial page at bridgmanfuneralhome.com.