Graduation: Journey to Adulthood

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOKI’ve been checking the mailbox every day for the last month. My invitation to speak at graduation probably got lost in the mail. But, never fear. I have a pretty nice platform to address the soon to be graduating class of 2024 right here in pages of the good old PCN.

Health Care Bills

REPRESENTING YOUThe Nebraska Legislature relies heavily on the involvement of Nebraskans, who are commonly referred to as Nebraska’s “Second House” within our Unicameral legislative system.

Time to Rebuild

REPRESENTING YOUI never expected that after attending a couple events in Omaha I’d be rushing to a friend’s basement for cover from massive tornadoes at the end of April. But that’s what thousands of Nebraskans were doing that weekend.

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more informationSleep Tips: 6 steps to better sleep 1.) Stick to a sleep schedule - Having the same sleep schedule, weekends included, will help to regulate your body’s clock and could help you fall asleep and stay asleep for the night 2.

Businesses Need to Communicate Better

BETH’S BITSRecently I have contacted several businesses, who never contact me back. I’m up to three different businesses, all in different towns in Nebraska.One finally contacted me back when I didn’t pay the entire bill.

Tornados and Conferences

BETH’S BITSThis past weekend I had a double header of conferences. Friday and Saturday was both my state genealogy conference and our state newspaper conference. I decided earlier to split and do one day of each. Friday I went to Columbus for genealogy, and Saturday to Lincoln for newspaper.

Recognition and Inspiration

ALAN’S ANECDOTESLast week was a special week for our family. It started with our daughter winning an award on Wednesday, our son winning several on Thursday, and then on Saturday Beth and Rick received a number of honors for their work at our newspapers.

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more informationEvery 40 seconds, someone in America has a stroke. Every 3 minutes, 42 seconds someone dies of a stroke. Stroke warning signs are: · Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body.

Divided Attention

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOKI may have spent some time at a newspaper conference on Friday and Saturday, but my biggest lesson was learned after I returned home.School was back in session on Friday and Saturday.

Prioritizing Nebraska’s Infrastructure

REPRESENTING YOUGrowing up, my dad was a civil engineer for the Nebraska Department of Roads.As kids, my brothers and I loved learning about his work. My dad would take us on Sunday road trips across Nebraska for “inspection tours” to check up on our state’s infrastructure.