The monthly meeting of the Ainsworth Lion’s Club was held a 6:30 p.m., April 19th, at Canyon Creek and via Zoom. Lions Club Vice-President Bob Beatty called the meeting to order, with 13 members present at Canyon Creek, and six members present through Zoom.

Hannah E. Miles: Possess Marijuana One Ounce or Less, $300.00 Fine; Possess or Use Drug Paraphernalia, $100.00 Fine; Agency and Officer Not Found.

April 18 - 24, 2021 Saturday, April 18th Responded to a report of possible animal neglect. The dog was found to have adequate care.

“FFA State Qualifiers and Placers” Please take a look at the recognition dedicated to the Ainsworth FFA State Qualifiers and to those who placed at the Nebraska State Virtual Competition this year. Results can be found on page 6 in this week’s edition.

There have been three property tax reduction bills debated on the floor of the legislature this month. There will be more coming up. Two of these bills advanced to the next round of debate, and one has been killed. LB 408 by Senator Briese was killed by a filibuster on a 29–8 vote. Thirty-three votes (two-thirds of all 49 senators) are required to invoke cloture and defeat a filibuster.

Lawmakers Take Important Step Toward Treating At-Risk Youth Lawmakers have amended and advanced a package of bills that will keep the Nebraska Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Centers on track toward becoming treatment-based instead of correctionsbased facilities. Back in the day, “bad boys” went to Kearney and “bad girls” went to Geneva after the scarce number of local social services agencies and the court system had pretty much given up on them.