In this week’s Ainsworth Star-Journal, you will see several thank you’s from businesses throughout the area to recognize our Heros, also known as Veterans, for their dedication and service to our country. These business owners have all had the opportunity to choose the profession they love to work in and to help our communities move forward.

One of the unspoken assumptions that many Nebraskans make every day is that we can call 911 and get an ambulance dispatched quickly if there is a medical emergency. Outside of the major population centers, this is not always true. Ambulance crews in Lincoln and Omaha do not have to hold fundraisers to provide the revenue they need to maintain their vehicles and equipment and operate their rescue squad. In rural Nebraska however, the local volunteer rescue squad is often all there is. If you get hurt and have to dial 911 in much of my legislative district, you are in for a long wait, over an hour sometimes. We had better MEDEVAC coverage in Afghanistan.

Prison’s Plumbing Problem Symbolic of a Broken System The Nebraska prison system has more than a plumbing problem. There are also problems with parole, personnel and programs that are just as serious as leaking pipes.

2021Ty Conroy, an Ainsworth native, is now offering taxidermy services at his new shop, Ty’s Taxidermy, located on High-way 20 in Ainsworth. Conroy started out in taxidermy about eight years ago as a hobby and as a way to remember his hunting adventures.

The following article, “Germany Signs Armistice Hostilities Cease, Kaiser Abdicates” was posted in the November 14, 1918 edition of the Ainsworth Star-Journal. It is retyped here (for legibility purposes) just as it appears in the original issue.

At the age of 18, one of our very own custodians, Joe McMurtrey, joined the Army and began a very colorful career. I am glad he came to talk to my class about his time in the military, or I would not have even known that he is a veteran. So I will describe as best I can to you about his training, his service history, and his favorite memories about the National Guard.