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Convert landscape and garden trimmings into valuable compost. Incorporate this soil amendment into garden soil to improve drainage in clay soil and increase waterholding ability in fast draining sandy soils. It also promotes healthy plant growth more resistant to insect and disease problems and keeps plant-based kitchen scraps and garden waste out of landfills.

Kansas City, MO — Many Americans look to the Labor Day holiday weekend as the unofficial end of summertime. No matter how you plan to celebrate the end of the season this year, make sure you plan it safely. This Labor Day, The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Region 7, which includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is participating in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over impaired driving awareness campaign. This joint effort will run from August 18 through September 6, 2021.

LINCOLN—The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) in Columbus, Nebraska. The insects were discovered in an NDA trap used to monitor the spread of EAB across the state. This is the first detection of EAB in Platte County. EAB, an invasive beetle that attacks and kills ash trees, was first discovered in Nebraska in 2016. Since that time, EAB has been confirmed in Cass, Buffalo, Dodge, Douglas, Hall, Lancaster, Sarpy, Seward, and Washington counties.

Lincoln – As the fall semester begins at colleges across Nebraska, it’s more important than ever to have a frank conversation with your college-bound teen about alcohol. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the first six weeks of a student’s first year in college are a vulnerable time for harmful and underage college drinking and alcohol-related consequences because of student expectations and social pressures at the start of the academic year.

Hay is a valuable commodity this year. So, as you bring in your round bales for winter storage and feeding, store them to minimize weather losses.

Lincoln – The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Calamus Reservoir in Garfield County and Iron Horse Trail Lake in Pawnee County. Wirth Brothers Lake (Site 27) in Johnson County is still on health alert.

Wednesday, August 25 Class officer meetings at end of period 3 10:15 a.m. Volleyball, Football, XC, Girls Golf practice after school XC, Girls Golf, Cheer pictures taken after school Girls Golf Senior Banner pictures taken Thursday, August 26 Valentine Fishing Club meeting 7:30 a.m.

Cody-Kilgore School Monday, August 30 - Breakfast: Cody-Pancake on a stick, cereal, toast, yogurt, fruit, juice, and milk. Kilgore-Cheese omelet, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk.

I sometimes call Dana a “concierge pastor.” He’s willingly on call as a caretaker of souls. One Saturday in June 2016, we got a call from someone saying that her friend’s fiancé was in a “touch and go” situation in ICU at our local hospital. She couldn’t locate the one rector that may have known them. Did we know someone who could come? Of course Dana immediately said, “I’ll come!” He put away the lawn mower, cleaned up and drove to the hospital.

In the summer of 1970, I had an enjoyable job as a wrangler on the Moose Head Ranch in the heart of Jackson Hole, WY. This lovely guest ranch was 120-acres of deeded land, with the distinction of being the only privately owned land within the confines of Grand Teton National Park. It also had access to many miles of riding trails in the Park and on the adjoining Bridger-Teton National Forest. Earlier that spring I had graduated from Gordon High School. Compared to growing up on a Nebraska Sandhills working ranch that ran Hereford cattle, this new dude-wrangler occupation in the mountains seemed like a paid vacation.