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Olivia Beel, of Johnstown, Nebraska represented the BKR counties at the Nebraska State Fair by exhibiting two market gilts. Olivia Beel received a blue ribbon in Senior Swine Showmanship. She also received blue ribbons for her market gilts “Oreo” (shown in the picture) in Class 17 and “Pinky” in Class 15. One of Olivia’s favorite memories of Nebraska State Fair 2022 is the opportunity to share her passion for pigs with those who stop by the swine barn while visiting the fair. This year, she got to visit with a family from Brazil. The families two young children very so happy to learn so much about swine and have such a great experience with animals at the state fair.

Nebraska’s grasslands lost more than 419,000 tons of forage production in 2019 due to woody encroachment by species like eastern redcedars. The same year, 19 out of 25 counties in the Sandhills were on a trajectory of decreasing forage production due woody encroachment.

387-0777 Taco or Chef Salad Available Thursday, September 8th: Tuna fish sandwich, potato salad, cheesy green beans, pears and milk. Friday, September 9th: Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, corn, pineapple, biscuit and milk.

For three days, all of the Bud and Ruth Trobee children got together at Lake McConoughy the last weekend in August. Those attending were Bud and Ruth from Johnstown, Gary, Kim and Drake Trobee of Colorado Springs, CO, Todd and Tara Trobee of Ord, Nat and Serena and Tyler of Colorado, Janette Miller of Ord, Janine and Heather Larson of Ainsworth, Kara and Chuck John of Ord, Shelby Jones, Brent McGee of Gregory and Ethan John of Ord. On Saturday they enjoyed playing music together. A grand time was held by all.

Diverse hunting opportunities await Nebraska’s upland bird hunters again this fall, and those willing to adapt to the changing weather and habitat conditions should find success in many areas of the state.

By Andrew Ellsworth, M.D._ After a visit about aches, pains and various medical issues, a patient was commenting on getting older.Similar to other patients, I expected him to say something like, “It’s no fun getting older.”To my surprise, the patient said, “I’m 85. That means I have a lot to be thankful for.” Some people are almost always positive, and some are usually negative.Those that are positive have been found to have better outcomes and seem to enjoy themselves more while unfortunately, those that tend to be more negative do not do as well.

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1900: 122 Years Ago “News from Nebraska” “Lillie Armstrong, a little girl about 8 years old, while playing show at Beatrice with several youthful companions, was hypnotized by one of them after the prescribed method which they had witnessed at a hypnotic exhibition. The youthful hypnotist announced that he would hypnotize Lillian and put her to sleep and, to his own surprise, succeeded in doing so it so frightened him that he was unable to bring her out of the spell and all efforts by members of the family had no effect.

David Prosper September skies bring the lovely Summer Triangle asterism into prime position after nightfall for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. Its position high in the sky may make it difficult for some to observe its member stars comfortably, since looking straight up while standing can be hard on one’s neck! While that isn’t much of a problem for those that just want to quickly spot its brightest stars and member constellations, this difficulty can prevent folks from seeing some of the lesser known and dimmer star patterns scattered around its informal borders.

Ainsworth Airport Authority Meeting Ainsworth Airport Authority will meet in regular session on Tuesday, September 13th at 7:00 p.m. at the Ainsworth Conference Center.