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CSC Announces Fall 2022 President’s and Dean’s Lists

Chadron State College has announced the names of students who qualified for the institution’s Fall 2022 academic honors lists. The President’s List consists of 225 students with a 4.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Read Across America Week to be Observed at Ainsworth Public Library

Read Across America Week is March 2nd - 6th, with Ainsworth Public Library celebrating Tuesday, February 28th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This yearly observance serves as a reading motivation and awareness program for children of all ages.

It’s Healthy to Talk About Bodily Functions

One summer during my college years, another premed student and I got a job at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, as nurses’ aides. At that time, the guys were called orderlies, but we were part of the nursing department. We were taught how to clean patients’ private parts without making the patient feel self-conscious, and how to place urinary catheters mostly in old men with prostates that had overgrown and were blocking urinary flow.

National FFA Week

The Ainsworth FFA Chapter celebrates National FFA Week, February 18-25, 2023. This National FFA Week embraces more than 95 years of FFA traditions while looking forward to the organization’s future.

Low Oxygen Causing Problems for Sandhills Lakes

Winter Storm Diaz, the massive blizzard that moved across Nebraska in December 2022, now has claimed less visible victims — countless fish in at least 20 Sandhills and Panhandle lakes. Low oxygen levels have been recorded in many of the regions’ shallow, highly vegetated lakes, said Al Hanson, fisheries supervisor for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s northwestern district.

Legislative Notes

I introduced two bills this session that I think address the two most important rights Americans have. These rights are protected by the first and second amendments of the Federal Constitution, and article one, sections one and four of the Nebraska Constitution.

Kat’s Korner

“Forgetter Be Forgotten” Every now and then, I get an e-mail from a friend who says the e-mail relates to them, but sometimes I think maybe they say that meaning it is really meant for me. After I read the one below, I decided I would run it because there are many people out there who can probably really relate to it.

News Briefs....

Long Pine City Council to Meet Long Pine City Council will meet in regular session on Thursday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m. at the Long Pine Community Center.