Thought for the week: If you consider the only alternative to growing old, aging is glorious. We were blessed with some nice rains this weekend.

Ainsworth Community Schools held its annual Homecoming activities throughout the week - September 12th - 16th. Included in these events were Royalty Night, pep rally, homecoming parade, wearing different themed clothing each day of the week including class color day, volleyball triangular, cross country meet, football game with the homecoming coronation following at Lila McAndrew.

Brown County Fair Agriculture & Horticulture Division Superintendent Brenda Goeken stated the entries were down this year due to the weather this summer. There were 54 participants entering 277 exhibits.

In general, yes all vegetable plants are compostable. Most flowers are compostable too but, I never put my iris leaves in my compost because they can carry diseases. I also do not like to put any kind of seed heads in my pile because I do not manage my pile very well, meaning that I do not turn the compost to maintain a high enough temperature to ensure that the seeds are killed. The temperature of a compost pile should be between 130 degrees and 160 degrees, this is accomplished by the green matter heating. It should be turned once or twice a month to ensure that the whole pile is heated and does not have a cool center. This will also keep any odor down by getting oxygen to the center and therefore no methane gas is created.

Brown County Fair Open Photography Contest Results have been submitted by Superintendent Barbara Good-Small. The Brown County Fair had 24 contestants with 134 photo entries.

Summarized - All Cases Include $ 50.00 Court Cost Alejandra Alonso Cruz: Failure to Use Child Passenger Restraints, $25.00 Fine; Nebraska State Patrol - Officer Reagan Wiebelhaus. Reyes Escarcega Molina: Violate Stop or Yield Sign, $75.00 Fine; Speeding 11-15 MPH, $75.00 Fine; Brown County Sheriff’s Office - Deputy Ian Calder.