Our ‘Steers for Students’ program is off again for a second year. This program is directed to the youth of the Sandhills for nutritious lunches and education about how beef gets from the pasture to your plate.

On Wednesday, March 8th, the Ainsworth High School speech team competed in the C2-3 District Speech Contest in Plainview. This was a difficult day of competition for the speakers! In order to qualify for the state tournament, the speakers must make it into the final round of competition, which is made up of the six highest ranking speakers in each event, and then place in the top three speakers of their events.

toward learning hard skills in the classroom and continues to make learning fun! She works hard and is kind to friends. Mindee’s optimism and positive attitude are absolutely infectious.

It is easy to get excited about planting vegetable seeds and transplants in the vegetable and flower gardens, even when it is too early to plant. This frustration is one of the most common comments that I receive from gardeners that call into the Extension Office. Slowly but surely, the weather is warming up. Along with warming air temperatures, our soil temperature is warming up too. This is key to the timing of planting vegetable crops for success.

The Ainsworth Wrestling Club competed in the Nebraska District 3 in O’Neill on March 4th. District 3 had 738 wrestlers competing which included 20 wrestlers from the Ainsworth Wrestling Club.

Warmer weather and longer days are starting to show up, giving so many of us hope and excitement for the new growing season. Even though it is very tempting to start yard and garden work to clean up from the winter, we need to beware of “False Spring”, where the warm days can be followed by cold snaps and potential spring blizzards that will visit the region at some point in March and April.