Milestones and Sports

Here it is nearly the end of May. By the time you read this, I will be having another birthday. It’s one of those that end in 0. These seem more noteworthy than others, if you know what I mean.

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more information May is Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month. Asthma is a chronic disease in which the airways in the lungs become blocked or narrowed causing breathing difficulty and other symptoms.

What Makes a Great Leader

What is a leader? More importantly, what is a good leader? We can all likely name bosses or leaders that we’ve liked and ones we haven’t liked. So what are the characteristics or behaviors of a good leader?

Property Tax Package

The last few weeks of the First Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature will fill every second with floor debate on bills, often late into the evening hours.

Graduates, Count the Cost

Graduates, you have one life. It’s worth a lot. Spend it wisely. Here is some advice as you step out into the rest of your life. Learn to count the cost and be ready to spend it on things that matter. People say that the best things in life are free, but I disagree. Being a good spouse has a cost.

Graduation

This is graduation week for Polk County. Once again, I try to cover four graduations on the same day and get all the graduates in next week’s paper. Thanks to some wonderful yearbook sponsors and school staff, I will make it happen. It brings me back to my own graduations.

Words of Wisdom

Spring is always a weird time of year for me. The school year is winding down. Teams are making that last push to etch their names in the school record books.And another group of seniors wrap up their high school careers. I enjoy covering high school graduations.

Education Bills

This past week debate began on a package of bills from the Education Committee. The package, LB705, began with 18 bills included and ended up with 4 more added to it as amendments were adopted.

Community Connection

Melanoma/Skin Cancer Month May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer & Detection Month. More than 1.2 million people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the United States. Year-round sun protection is important. The sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation can penetrate many types of clothes.

Grads & Moms

Every year I get an email or see a TV commercial that advertises Grads and Dads. This has long confused me as most graduations I have known take place in May. I have never attended a graduation in June. I have attended graduations in May, August and December but never June or even heard of any then.