Celebrating the National Guard

GOVERNORWhen you are elected Governor of a state, you take on an awesome responsibility – that of commander- in-chief. It’s not something you get the chance to prepare or train for. It has been an eye-opening experience, in discovering all that our soldiers and airmen do.

Nebraska Christmas Traditions

REPRESENTING YOUAs the year ends, families and friends will reunite across our state to celebrate the holiday season. One of my favorite things about Christmas is that each person, family, and community has its own special traditions.

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more informationA child’s physical and mental health are both important. It is easy for parents to identify their child’s physical needs such as nutritious food, warm clothes, and bedtime at a reasonable hour.

Goals for 2025

ALAN’S ANECDOTESThe new year is almost here. What will 2025 be like? We’ll have a new president, but that probably won’t be the most important change we’ll experience.Last week I talked about unexpected changes our family experienced in 2024. Life is more than a string of things that happen to us.

District 24 Is Moving Offices

REPRESENTING YOUI would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and New Year! I pray that everyone has safe travels and can enjoy this season of celebration.The District 24 office is celebrating a move out of the 10th floor of the Capitol to a temporary office space on the 1st floor.

End of Year Thoughts

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOKWe are days away from changing over to a new year and putting a new calendar on the wall.Don’t leave Christmas in December. Take it with you into January and beyond.It is so easy to take down the Christmas tree and put all the decorations back into storage.

Time Flies, But Hope Does Not

ALAN’S ANECDOTESChristmas has come quickly this year. I’ve learned to recognize that if I blink after Thanksgiving, it will be New Year’s Day, but it still feels like Christmas has snuck up on me this year. But as I think about it, the whole year has been like that.

Merry Christmas!

BETH’S BITSMerry Christmas! This is our Christmas issue as you may notice by all the greetings from our sponsors. We do appreciate them all year around.I hope you are done with your shopping or close by the time you read this. I think I am done with my shopping, as of this writing.

Christmas As A Chicken

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOKChurches all over the nation have been gearing up for Christmas. It is one of the few days where people who may not regularly attend a service will find themselves in a pew.Last weekend our church held the children’s Christmas program, and it went off wonderfully.

Offutt Air Force Base’s Role Grows

REPRESENTING YOUIn 1916, Omaha native Jarvis Offutt entered officer training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.The United States had not yet entered World War I, but tensions were simmering at home and exploding abroad. No doubt the Offutt family was carefully following news of the Great War.