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Wed
25
Aug
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Some fun facts about water you might not know

Some fun facts about water you might not know

Loetta bought this card game that’s basically trivia for facts. It’s incredible and a lot of the facts are awesome (some are also weird and/or creepy). Now, when I say fun facts about water, I mean bodies of water (rivers, ponds, lakes...you name it!)

There was this one particular fact that started this column idea, so buckle up and here we go!

• Lake Natron in Tanzania turns animals into statues. Due to having a high soda and salt content, combined with temperatures reaching up to 140 degree Fahrenheit, animals who unfortunately find themselves near (or crashing into) it are almost instantly calcified. (if you Google this lake, images of these animals come up and they are hauntingly beautiful).

Wed
18
Aug
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Sometimes this job is a head scratcher

Sometimes this job is a head scratcher
Sometimes this job is a head scratcher

Throughout my career in the newspaper business, whether it was a high school kid writing some sports for my parents’ newspapers in Shelton and Gibbon, or in my younger career, and even yet today as I stare down the barrel of my 57th birthday, there are just situations and days that really cause me to scratch my head.

Most of it centers around the so-called “coffee shop talk,” in other words, the gossip of any community that I’ve lived in and worked in, yes, even in Lincoln, Omaha, Phoenix or Colorado Springs.

I’ve been around some amazing journalists and have worked with some of the best, and if there’s one thing that we all scratch our heads about is misinformation that bleeds out into the community, even after a story is written in a community newspaper, or even the bigger daily publications.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wed
18
Aug
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Ready for fall, Halloween

Ready for fall, Halloween

Well, school has officially started (or will start depending on when you read this), and that means I am ready for fall. Usually, I’m ready for fall to be here because it’s my favorite season, but this year I’ve really been craving the feeling of fall and all that comes with it.

Maybe it’s because the weather this summer has tried to melt our faces off, or...

...it could also be because lately these Halloween and autumn-themed posts have been popping up on my social media outlets—which I’m not mad about by any means—and it just makes me want to skip forward a couple of months.

It also probably doesn’t help that I’ve been playing Halloween/horror-themed movies almost non-stop when I’m home, which is just adding fuel to the fire of wanting Halloween here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wed
11
Aug
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And...We’re off and running

And...We’re off and running
And...We’re off and running

Shockingly, this summer has flown by. I’ve heard that sentiment so many times over the past couple of weeks. There have been recent days in my mind that it just seemed like I walked off the track at Burke Stadium in Omaha and took a big breath and sigh of relief that my 12th school year in Clay County was complete.

That was yesterday right?

Then reality hit...that sigh of relief was two and a half months ago. This week all fall sports teams are lacing it up for football, volleyball and cross country as the 2021-22 school year is less than a week away. As you will see this week in our back to school special section, school in both Sutton and at Sandy Creek welcomes students back next Tuesday, Aug. 17. Harvard officially begins on Thursday, Aug. 19, while the Sutton Christian School welcomes students back next Wednesday, Aug. 18.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wed
11
Aug
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Stagflation 2.0

Stagflation 2.0

Smith

Since President Joe Biden took office inflation has increased every single month. At a time when our nation is trying to rebuild and recover in response to COVID-19, the Biden Administration and Congressional Democrats don’t seem to mind that the price of everyday goods and services are on the rise while Nebraskan’s paychecks are worth less. These things do not just happen. Inflation reaching a thirteen-year high is a direct result of poor leadership by Democrats, and the ripple effect is only going to get worse.

President Biden pushed his $1.9 trillion spending package, the American Rescue Plan, through Congress and signed it into law earlier this year under the guise of “emergency” spending. Since then, his administration has continued to propose even more spending while simultaneously instituting economic policies that exacerbate worker shortages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wed
11
Aug
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The difference between growing and dying towns

(The following editorial was a copy of an editorial given to the Stockton, KS Sentinel so it could be published and passed on.)

“You want to help your town prosper. You don’t want it to die. You’d really like to help. But what do you do?

You can consider the advice of a former Kansas State University professor who studied why some communities prosper while other communities wither away. After extensive research, Dr. Cornelia Flora has found the traits that result in ‘winners’ and ‘losers’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wed
11
Aug
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Nebraska economy rebounding, but you will have to wait for sushi

Nebraska economy rebounding, but you will have to wait for sushi

Schmidt

A sign in the truck stop restaurant said the lack of staff could result in delays in seating and service. A friend said they had a 45-minute wait for sushi at a favorite restaurant. What does it say when you have to wait for raw fish?

Nebraska’s top two economists – well, they’re the most vocal ones – say that labor shortages are the main challenge to post-pandemic local and state economic recovery.

Ernie Goss of Creighton University and Eric Thompson of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said that Nebraska has had the lowest unemployment rate in the country all but one month this year. The June rate of 2.5 percent was the lowest it’s been in more than 20 years.

Goss said a smaller labor force than pre-pandemic is part of the reason the unemployment rate is so low in both Lincoln and Nebraska as a whole. He said the lower labor force participation is “a significant and negative factor slowing growth in the state.”

 

 

 

 

 

Wed
04
Aug
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Being an aunt is the best

Being an aunt

One of the best things to ever happen to me was becoming an aunt, and being the oldest of six siblings, I’m the aunt to quite a few amazing kids.

Now don’t get me wrong, they are amazing but they’re still kids and drive me crazy once-in-a-while. I think it’s programmed into kids to completely forget how to listen occasionally, but that aside, I’d do anything for them in a heartbeat.

I became an aunt while in college when my niece Aubree was born, and that firecracker of a girl is closing in on 8 years old (I can hardly believe that). Her sass level is unmatched but so is her big heart, and she’s a good big sister to her brother Jayson and newest brother Quintyn!

My brother and sister-in-law had their fourth child Monday, Aug. 2, and he is as handsome as all get out and has so much hair!! I’m excited to meet him!

Wed
04
Aug
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Upcoming ‘Herd that’ Women’s Ag Conference

Upcoming ‘Herd that’ Women’s Ag Conference

This week I’ve decided to highlight a new conference that is coming to Lincoln for women involved within the agricultural industry, with a specific focus on women in beef production. This sounds like an excellent program as the following information and a specific agenda can be found on the UNL Women in Ag website.

The Nebraska Women in Agriculture program along with the Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance Program are excited to announce the first annual Herd That! Conference on Sept. 15, in Lincoln.

The conference will focus on the five areas of risk management specific to livestock. The highlight of this year’s inaugural event will be a live cattle handling demonstration with Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Colorado State University and Dean Fish, Ph.D., ranch manager, Santa Fe Ranch.

Wed
28
Jul
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What I miss about my growing years

What I miss about my growing years
What I miss about my growing years

Nostalgia often times can be a bit overwhelming, but when you’re thinking back about the “good ole’ days,” no matter what era you grew up in, perspective is the biggest point of view, at least in my mind, in what leaves you about nostalgia.

A week after my annual vacation break, I caught myself thinking back to the era in which I went through my youth-growing years. Things were just different, as we didn’t have the distractions like social media, smartphones and other devices that keep kids inside these days.

I grew up outside, and honestly, it wasn’t unheard of that the neighbor kids, or friends of mine would run out the back door and we all converged on somebody’s sandbox.

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