National Library Week will be observed from April 4th – 9th with the theme of “Connect at Your Library”. This is the perfect time for the Ainsworth Public Library to connect you with all the new STEM/ STEAM items added to the Public Library.

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Safe Connections Act, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) that will help survivors of domestic violence and other crimes cut ties with their abusers and separate from shared wireless service plans, which can be exploited to monitor, stalk or control victims.

The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is reminding drivers to watch for agriculture producers working near and traveling on Nebraska’s roads. “Agriculture is Nebraska’s number one industry for a reason: the hard-working men and women around our state who have dedicated their lives to farming and ranching,” said Colonel John Bolduc, Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol.

It’s hard to believe that it is time already for the AHS Junior-Senior Prom to be held this weekend, Saturday, April 2nd. From football jerseys, track outfits, volleyball and basketball uniforms, wrestling gear, etc., the students at Ainsworth High School will change their appearances with the men putting on tuxedos and suits and the ladies dressing in long formals, fancy hair dos and jewelry.

As of this date, we are on day forty-seven of a sixty day session. We have thirteen legislative days left. Of the 593 bills introduced this session, there are 106 priority bills. If a priority bill is advanced by the committee, it is normally guaranteed to make it on the agenda. There has been a lot of filibustering going on this session, more than I have ever seen. This has wasted a great deal of time. For the first time in my six years in the Legislature there will be quite a few bills that will not make it to the agenda before we adjourn Sine Die. This will hurt bills on both ends of the political spectrum. With no end in sight to the ongoing filibusters, the speaker has a very tough job trying to sort out the agenda.

The Ainsworth Senior Center has hired Briana Lawrenz to fill its managerial vacancy. The center also hired John Mead as the cook in the last two months.