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10
Jun
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Let’s get Nebraska growing...

Let’s get Nebraska growing...

Last year, Nebraskans came together in the wake of unprecedented flooding to prove the meaning of “Nebraska Strong.” After experiencing the most widespread natural disaster in state history during the spring of 2019, Nebraskans worked to rebuild bigger and better than before. The recovery was remarkable. By the last quarter of 2019, Nebraska had the fastest-growing economy in the midwest.

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Wed
03
Jun
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If things work out, lawmakers to gather July 20 to finish business

If things work out, lawmakers to gather July 20 to finish business

With the Nebraska Legislature set to gather again in about a month (July 20), the most frequently asked question is will they get anything accomplished with just 17 days left?

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Wed
03
Jun
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Allow protesters a voice; stop all the violence

I will never fully understand what it means to be any other color than white.

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Wed
27
May
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At-home projects, hobby ideas

At-home projects, hobby ideas

I watch a lot of YouTube and spend an unfortunate amount of time on the internet.

It’s an issue.

But I digress. In between spending time browsing my phone and working, I’ve come up with a few projects to accomplish and hobbies to pick up on while there’s honestly nothing else to do.

For instance, I’ve been baking a lot more than I think I ever did last year combined. I’ve lost count of the number of cookies that have passed through my oven, let alone the number of apple pies.

Everything is made from scratch, and every recipe for cookies is different. What happens if I add more of this or that? What happens if I leave this out? Etc. The cookies I made last week are by far the best I’ve created— just a little crunch around the edge and super soft in the middle.

 

Wed
27
May
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Needed: A vaccine for negativity

Needed: A vaccine for negativity

Expressions and opinions are a luxury that we all have. It’s part of living in a free country. We have the right, under the First Amendment within the Bill of Rights to express ourselves, no matter what that looks like.

In the First Amendment it says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

So with that reminder, I’m about to exercise my freedom of speech and of the press, being as I’m in the community newspaper business.

 

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Wed
20
May
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City of Sutton updates: Delay of pool opening

City of Sutton updates: Delay of pool opening

This is an unparalleled time in our nation, state, and city, in which every community leader is considering the best practice to protect the public health of citizens and those utilizing our pool facility and parks through a pandemic. A multitude of conference calls, Zoom meetings, and electronic data sharing has been occurring between Sutton leadership and the State of Nebraska DHHS, the governor’s COVID weekly conference calls, the South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD), updates from the League of Nebraska Municipalities staff, interaction between fellow NCMA colleagues and other sources. One of the many subjects discussed is potential the COVID-19 mandates would have on opening municipal public operated pools across the state. There are many logistical impacts and challenges that the Directed Health Measures, to protect the public health have created for city leaders to consider before opening pools.

Wed
20
May
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A Memorial Day salute, a different way

A Memorial Day salute, a different way
A Memorial Day salute, a different way

Memorial Day, a day that originally began as Decoration Day in the years following the Civil War, becoming an official holiday in 1971. It’s official recognition began after General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War Veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance in late May. The date of May 30 was the date selected in 1868 to begin what started as Decoration Day.

It was in 1968 that Congress passed the “uniform Monday Holiday Act,” which established Memorial Day as falling on the last Monday of May, to create what we now know as the three-day Memorial Day weekend. It officially became a federal holiday in 1971.

This year, as we honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, their lives, to protect our rights as American’s, Memorial Day takes on a completely different look.

 

 

Wed
13
May
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The backside of Mothers Day, 2020

The backside of Mothers Day, 2020

You’ve all read in my column, many times, the remembrance of my mother. Lucky for you, you get to hear about it one more time this week. The moment hit me pretty strong Saturday night while watching the seniors at Sutton High School parade through the community.

I will never forget waking up the Saturday morning of my graduation in 1983. To me, it was just another day. To mom, it was a big day. Her oldest “baby” was graduating.

Here is the strange part of that day. I was never an early riser, mom was, everyday. For some reason I was up and ready to go. Something clicked between she and I that morning though.

I remember sitting at the dinner bar, grant you not the dinner table, but the dinner bar. French toast, if I remember right; this is at sevenin the morning. Dad was still asleep grandpa and grandma were still fast asleep; my sisters, I’m not sure when they came in to the mix of that day.

 

Wed
06
May
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Appreciating our teachers

Appreciating our teachers

I hope you are all doing well and are healthy and happy.

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week.

It may not be so apparent to us when we’re kids or maybe even as teenagers, but teachers make a huge difference in our lives.

If you’ve been reading my column for a little bit, you know I’ve mentioned how I was not a great student in school—not a good test-taker, homework was done in a subpar way, and studying was almost nonexistent.

 

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Wed
06
May
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The primary election and our moms

The primary election and our moms

Clay County, as many of you know, next Tuesday, May 12, is your final chance to vote your mind in the 2020 Primary Election. All registered voters should have received their ballots in the mail in recent weeks.

Thankfully, given the current state of things, Clay County’s Board of Supervisors and our clerk’s office made the decision to go to all mailin ballots in 2020. Otherwise, they, along with us, as registered voters would be scrambling like so many other counties in Nebraska, as well as, throughout the country, to cast our votes.

Ballots must be mailed and in the possession of the Clay County Clerk no later than 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 12.

For even greater ease, the clerk’s office has a drop box located at the south entrance of the courthouse; just drive up to the box and drop your ballot off.

 

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