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Thought for the week: Be thankful because Jesus gave us another chance to be good people. His death cleansed us from our sins! To all the readers of the Ainsworth Star-Journal, I wish that you all have a very Blessed Easter season.

Question: When should I clean my perennial flower bed? Perennial beds should be cleaned out in early spring when plants are starting to emerge so that you can see where they are planted. Never walk in a garden or flower bed if the soil is wet, it can cause compaction.

The 2022 inductees for the Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame have been announced. The 11 men and women being inducted are Dave Cambell (deceased) of Wheeler County, Bill Gallino (deceased) of Cherry County, Walter E. Gibbons, Sr. (deceased) of Custer County, Dave Knight of Keith County, Bill J. Manning of Cherry County, Lowell Minert (deceased) of Blaine County, Mick Phillips of Garfield County, Mike Welker (deceased) of Cherry County, Bill White (deceased) of Grant County, Rita White (deceased) of Grant County and George Winters (deceased) of McPherson County.

Financial and Estate Planning Farmers and Ranchers are invited to attend a free clinic on Tuesday, April 19th in Valentine. The clinic provides information on legal and financial issues and is confidential.

Illegal drugs are a serious business. Their purpose is to make the cartels and drug manufacturers rich. The cartels and drugs themselves are not concerned at all about your health, your bank account, your home life, or even your children or friends – unless they’re users. To them a person using drugs is simply a customer and cash cow.

Many constellations are bright, big, and fairly easy to spot. Others can be surprisingly small and faint, but with practice even these challenging star patterns become easier to discern. A couple of fun fainter constellations can be found in between the brighter stars of Ursa Major, Leo, and Gemini: Lynx and Leo Minor, two wild cats hunting among the menagerie of animal-themed northern star patterns!

The Long Pine City Council held a regular meeting on Thursday, April 7th at the Long Pine Community Center. Council members Linda Alberts, Dave Cheatum, Kathy Papstein and Andrea Collatos were present, as well as City Clerk Jan Buoy, Mayor Ed Brown, Attorney Rod Palmer and Utilities Superintendent Jim Debolt.

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, was first listed as a medical diagnosis in 1980. However, it has been recognized and called by many different names throughout history. The first recorded description of PTSD is in the Epic of Gilgamesh which dates back to 2100 B.C. In The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer wrote about Trojan War soldiers exhibiting the symptoms of PTSD. Shakespeare described a character in King Henry IV who suffered from post-traumatic nightmares.

Teens 14 or 15 years of age who work on farms, or others who are interested in learning about safe farming practices, can register for a tractor safety training course offered at six locations across Nebraska from May 25th through June 10th.

From painting them bright colors, hunting them down, or just devouring them on the spot, eggs in all their forms are as much a part of Easter as a Sunday service and the meal that follows. But how did something secular become such a fixture of a religious holiday?