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Landowners interested in the Special Landowner Deer Season must access their customer profile and update their land information on the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s new permit system, which went live in 2023.

Looking up in awe at the night sky, the stars and planets pop out as bright points against a dark background. All of the stars that we see are nearby, within our own Milky Way Galaxy. And while the amount of stars visible from a dark sky location seems immense, the actual number is measurable only in the thousands. But what lies between the stars and why can’t we see it? Both the Hubble telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) have revealed that what appears as a dark background, even in our backyard telescopes, is populated with as many galaxies as there are stars in the Milky Way.

Ainsworth Library Board to Meet The Ainsworth Library Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, September 13th at 5:00 p.m. at the Ainsworth Public Library.

Chef Salad Available Daily Thursday, September 7th: Polish sausage, sauerkraut, baked beans, jello with fruit and milk. Friday, September 8th: Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, spinach, mandarin oranges, muffin and milk.

402-387-1294 Activities Thursday, September 7th: 10:30 a.m. - Let’s Paint A Picture; 2:30 p.m.

Youth from the BKR 4-H Club presented entries at the 2023 Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. Following are individual results: Kimberlyn Doke of Ainsworth: Design Decisions - stone marker blue.

The Ainsworth Board of Education received the Nebraska Association of School Boards “Board of Excellence” award for the 2nd year in a row. The Board received their plaque on August 22nd while attending the area membership meeting in Valentine. To receive the award, all members of the Board of Education must be involved and committed to attending professional development activities throughout the year.

My son is a Boy Scout. Hopefully, he will become an Eagle Scout like his dad, his grandpa, his uncle, and not to mention eleven of the twelve men that walked on the moon. Whether he does or not, it has been an honor seeing the program help him and other boys mature into responsible young men.

Organizers of an effort to have Nebraska voters weigh in on whether to use taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition scholarships said Wednesday, August 30th they have more than enough signatures to put that question on the November 2024 ballot.

The 88th Annual Brown County Fair and Rodeo is scheduled for Labor Day Weekend. The festivities start with entry day on Friday, September 1st, and continue through Labor Day Weekend, finishing on Monday, September 4th.