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LINCOLN-Stories about 94-year-old twin brothers who collect and carve petrified wood, a museum that honors the life of the beloved late-night comedian Johnny Carson and a special season finale episode about the 50th anniversary of Title IX legislation are featured in May on Nebraska Public Media’s award-winning, local television series “Nebraska Stories.”

Halsey-Effective immediately, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions are in effect for the Nebraska National Forest at Halsey (“Bessey”) and the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest. Fire danger is high and increasing. The restrictions, when followed, are intended reduce the risk of a human-caused wildfire.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has set a record in offering more than 6,800 universitywide scholarships to the 2022 graduating class from Nebraska high schools and other first-year admits. Nearly two out of three first-year admitted resident students have been offered an academic scholarship for the upcoming school year.

Wednesday, April 27 Girls Basketball meeting 7:20 a.m. Thursday, April 28 Interact blood drive in multi-purpose room 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Cody-Kilgore School Monday, May 2 - Breakfast: Cody- Tornado, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk. Kilgore - Breakfast sandwich, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk.

“Lessons from the Edge” by Marie Yovanovitch “The Diamond Edge” by Kate Quinn “Cover Story” by Susan Rigetti “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus “What Happened to the Bennetts” by Lisa Scottoline “Memphis” by Tara Stringfellow “True Biz” by Sara Novic “Booth” by Karen Joy Fowler.

Lincoln-The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Nebraska Cooperative Development Center is collaborating with the Northwest Cooperative Development Center, based in Olympia, WA, to create an online academy that walks rural communities through creating homecare co-ops in their communities. The six-session academy begins May 4 and runs weekly through June 8. Sessions will be available on Zoom for free.

Our church family grows as friends invite friends; and one day, eight years ago, was to be a new friend day for me. Have you ever met someone you didn’t want to leave? That’s how I felt about Hildreth. She had come alone to our home church by driving herself on that Sunday at the ripe young age of 80. During our delightful chat I learned that she had a master’s degree; and that she became a single mom (widowed) when her younger child was two years old. Heartbroken over her husband’s death, Hildreth determined to move her young family from their Jamaican home to New York.

I wonder if my columns are a jinx. The past two columns I’ve written were about health issues. Well, here comes another one, but while the two previous columns were about elected stays in the hospital, this latest one was not.

LINCOLN – Monday, April 18, 2022, Governor Pete Ricketts hosted bill signings for LB 1015 and LB 1023e at the State Capitol. LB 1015 authorizes construction of a canal and reservoir system to protect South Platte River water flowing into Nebraska from Colorado. LB 1023e approves water projects put forward by the Legislature’s Statewide Tourism and Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability (STAR WARS) Committee.