During the regular meeting of the Brown County Commissioners on December 20th, the commissioners approved appointments. Hannah Smith recommended the appointment of Kelly Gambill to a three year term, replacing Gary Luther.

Post Drought Meeting for the Sandhills will be held at the Arthur County Fairgrounds January 9th with a social beginning at 5:30 p.m., meal at 6:00 p.m. and the program starting at 6:30 p.m. The program is being sponsored by Zoetis, Nebraska Cattlemen, and Nebraska Extension. There is no cost to attend the program, but you must register by January 7th to make sure we have enough food. You may register by calling (308) 532-2683 or emailing rsaner2@ unl.edu. The program topics and speakers are:

Next year, 2023, marks the beginning of the new license plate issuance cycle. Since the last plate issuance year, 2017, license plate options have significantly increased with the expansion of the number of available specialty plates.

This past week, Brown County residents along with most of Nebraska experienced extremely cold temperatures along with blowing snow. For the second week, Mother Nature provided blizzard conditions to north central Nebraska.

Merriam-Webster defines humanity as “compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior or disposition.” It is also defined as “the quality or condition of being human.” The first definition is what people want in a health care provider. We all want to be taken care of by a caregiver who is compassionate, kind, sympathetic, and generous with their time and knowledge. Health care providers spend countless hours taking care of patients. In order to do this, at times we ignore our own needs for rest, sleep, and food. We recite mantras of “first do no harm” and “the patient comes first.” Many of us strive for this vision of the “perfect” provider or to be a “health care hero” as we were called during the pandemic.

In the Mayor’s Report by Ainsworth Mayor Joel Klammer, during the regular meeting of the Ainsworth City Council on December 14th, Mayor Klammer reported he along with Councilman Shawn Fernau and Randall Rathe met with NDOT District Engineer Mark Kovar.