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Five classic or custom cars left Ainsworth on Friday, June 3rd to join 400 other NRCA members on the 2022 Tour Nebraska, a 600-mile ride to raise awareness for the association, which has grown to over 1,800 members in Nebraska and surrounding states since its inception 30 years ago.

Governor Pete Ricketts and First Lady Susanne Shore revealed the design of the next general issue Nebraska license plate. The design is a mosaic pattern depicting the Genius of Creative Energy and is based on artwork inside the Nebraska Capitol Building.

The best high school rodeo athletes in the state will make their way to Hastings, Nebraska June 10-12 to compete for the title of Nebraska’s best. The Nebraska High School Finals Rodeo features the top thirty contestants in each of thirteen events (top sixty in the team roping.) The high school students have accumulated points throughout the fall and spring seasons.

As the weather and seasons change so do the types of calls to the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. During the summer months, poison centers manage more calls about bites, stings, plants, and pesticides than other times of the year.

Ainsworth Library Board to Meet The Ainsworth Library Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 8th at 5:00 p.m. at the Ainsworth Public Library.

Humanities Nebraska announces a free public program on how climate affects different sectors in Nebraska at 7:00 p.m. CST on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln and livestreamed online. The event will include audience Question & Answer.

The Committee for the Brown County Hospital Community Garden has been working on their community garden for the fourth year. The hospital is excited to provide “healthy food choices, exercise and a sense of community pride to everyone who enjoys the garden.”

Although alfalfa is relatively drought-tolerant, irrigation makes it possible to produce higher yields. This perennial forage does not have specific critical growth stages when less sensitive to water stress. When moisture stressed, the plant will slow or stop growing and go dormant. Then, when water becomes available, growth resumes.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have concluded the annual Click It or Ticket campaign with a busy weekend across the state. During the two-week initiative, troopers removed from the road 40 impaired drivers and cited 47 people for seat belt or child safety restraint violations.

Solstices mark the changing of seasons, occur twice a year, and feature the year’s shortest and longest daylight hours - depending on your hemisphere. These extremes in the length of day and night make solstice days more noticeable to many observers than the subtle equality of day and night experienced during equinoxes. Solstices were some of our earliest astronomical observations, celebrated throughout history via many summer and winter celebrations.