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Lincoln– The Department of Health and Human Services recognizes May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. As the spring and summer months are the primary tick season in Nebraska, DHHS urges all residents to be mindful of ticks and to share information with their community on how to stay safe. Common tickborne diseases include Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Alpha-Gal Syndrome, and Tularemia.

ACTIVITIES Cards/Board Games/Pool available daily. Men’s coffee group daily at 9:30 a.m.

Vernon and Marlys Walkling went to Rapid City on Friday to visit Prairey and Jamie Brennan and family, and attended Norah's dance recital on Saturday. Dean and Sheryl Noteboom enjoyed time with Jay and Desirae Noteboom at Pierre on Friday and attended the graduation of their granddaughter, Hailey Ludwig.

As unique is our loss is as unique is our grief. What do we do when one day we can smile, laugh, and look back at memories with fondness and thankfulness for the life we shared with our loved one; the next day we feel paralyzed by our pain and sadness? We feel broken and feel as though we may never be our “old self” again? We may not like the answer…we feel what we feel. There is no twelve steps, timeline or prescription for our grief. New research supports that as unique as we are as humans, as unique as our relationships are, as unique as our brains, is as unique as how we will process our grief.

ACTIVITIES Cards/Board Games/Pool available daily. Men’s coffee group daily at 9:30 a.m.

Dakota and Kayla Walkling traveled to Utah for the NASP national tournament with two 5th grade archers. This is their first year of competitive archery. Dakota received an invitation to the national tournament after learning the girls qualified in the top 10 for elementary girls at the state tournament in Spearfish, SD for the 3-D competition. Congratulations!

Mulching helps our gardens, trees, and flower beds with weed control, conserving moisture, and reducing erosion and water runoff. Organic mulch such as straw, grass clippings, or wood chips are much preferred over materials like plastic or rubber. Use 2-4 inches of mulch material and make sure to leave the base of your tree or plant more open resulting in a concave bowl shape versus a volcanoshaped mound. Too much mulch and you will suffocate your plant as oxygen and water are unable to reach the roots.

Lincoln – The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will continue to cover child care workers’ fingerprinting fees until April 30, 2029. The $45.25 fee is required by the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) for background checks.

Technology has come a long way in the past 200 years. The telegraph was invented in 1837 and made rapid long range communication possible. Messages could be sent around the world through a series of connected wires. The telegraph had medical applications in the Civil War. It was used to order medical supplies and report information about injuries and casualties to medical teams. This was cutting edge technology at the time, but it now is considered an obsolete method of communication.

Working as an RN in inpatient rehab, I am often called upon to care for patients who have had a cerebrovascular accident, or more commonly called a stroke. I have observed that every stroke patient experiences a unique combination of symptoms but the one of the most important tasks they accomplish in rehab is learning how to be adaptable.