Elizabeth Tegtmeier, candidate for Nebraska State Board of Education District 7, announced an upcoming meet and greet in Ainsworth. Residents of Brown, Rock, and Keya Paha Counties are invited to meet Elizabeth Tegtmeier on Wednesday, January 12th at 7:00 p.m.

Taco or Chef Salad Available Thursday, January 13th: Salmon patty, cubed potato, green beans, pears, roll and milk. Friday, January 14th: Lasagna, lettuce salad, pineapple, garlic bread and milk.

Thought for the week: “A person doesn’t have to change who he is to become better.” -- Sidney Poitier 1927-2022 The weather has been bitter cold this past week. It did warm up later in the week and this coming week is going to be warm for January.

Imagine a condition with symptoms that present differently in each person who has it and no currently approved lab test can definitively confirm the diagnosis. Imagine that the symptoms can flare up and then mysteriously disappear, including fatigue, low grade fevers, joint pain, and mouth sores. All these symptoms overlap with multiple other conditions further complicating a diagnosis. Imagine that the best available method for diagnosing this ailment is a manual checklist of eleven criteria and if the patient suffers from at least four, they receive a diagnosis on a scale of definite, probable, or possible.

NE Local student and the Missoula Theatre performed the play The Emperor’s New Clothes on Saturday, January 8th in the Ainsworth Community Schools Learning Center. There were two performances of the play based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale.

Looking back at last year’s forage management and production can help us learn what to improve to make it better this year. Stick around and I’ll give you some ideas to consider.