Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more informationNow is the time when more and more people are enjoying the outdoors. Keep in mind that prolonged exposure to the sun has the potential of causing skin cancer.Skin cancer is a serious disease that can affect anyone.

Property Tax Relief

REPRESENTING YOUGovernor Jim Pillen recently announced that he intends to call the Legislature back for a special session focused on providing property tax relief for Nebraskans.

Politics Yield Bad Border Policy

REPRESENTING YOUIllegal immigration is not a victimless crime. An influx of illegal immigrants can drive down wages for working Americans, drive up drug and human trafficking, and strain government resources meant for American citizens.

Work Hard

BETH’S BITSThis weekend was less busy than some as I didn’t have anything to cover for the newspaper. Luckily it was Homestead Days in Beatrice, and they had special speaker Sean Astin. Some of you (who are close to my age or older) may recognize his name from the movie “Rudy”.

Road Construction

The rising temperatures and the longer days all indicate that we are entering into the summer season. If you are out and about you will also notice the signs (literally!) that we are entering into another season, road construction.

Do You Trust Technology?

There was quite a stir a few weeks ago about a new AI feature that Microsoft was building into Windows 11 called Recall. It will take screen captures every few seconds and you can use it to see what you were doing on your computer earlier in time.

Growing Up Around the Diamond

I grew up around the softball diamond.My family spent most weekends at the ballfield. My sister played on various all-star teams throughout the years and we would pack the family in the minivan and spend many a Friday, Saturday and Sunday watching softball games.Her teams were good.

Working on a Farm Bill for Nebraska

Congress is supposed to pass a new Farm Bill every five years. The Farm Bill is crucial and complex. It deals with everything from conservation to crop insurance to trade and nutrition programs. The current Farm Bill will expire this fall.

Celebrations

BETH’S BITSThis last weekend, which is also Fathers’ Day, is usually the weekend of two town celebrations and a family reunion. Needless to say, as a newspaper owner, work deems we do the town celebration in our county. My hometown celebrated 150 years this weekend. Happy 150th Cambridge, Nebraska!

I Have the Best Job in the World

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOKI have to say that I have the greatest job in the world. No, not as a newspaper owner (don’t get me wrong, I love what I do), but I am talking about being a dad.As a dad, I get to mold my four — soon to be five — kids to be productive members of society.