December 2021

LOS ANGELES – A conservation group plans to purchase a scenic stretch of the Lost Coast in remote Northern California to save it from logging and preserve it for public use. Save the Redwoods League planned to announce Thursday that it’s agreed to purchase the historic DeVilbiss Ranch timberlands for $37 million if it can raise the money by the end of the year.

The stats are in and troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol took nearly 50 impaired drivers off� the road during enforcement eff�orts surrounding Husker football gamedays this season. The annual eff�ort is designed to assist with traffi�c fl�ow and roadway safety with thousands of fans traveling across the state to Lincoln for Husker football games.

Rosemary, Rosmarinus offi�cinalis, although not as popular as poinsettias, is common during the holidays. It combines ornamental beauty and the usefulness of a culinary herb in one attractive plant. It is often sold as small pine tree-shaped tabletop plants or in variously shaped topiary forms. It’s not surprising they are so popular, given their beauty and fragrance. Their fresh piney fragrance is refreshing, especially during the dreary winter months.

With days left in the Christmas season, Nebraska City’s own Margaret Spiers and her Christmas Wishes program keeps pressing forward to bring light and hope to as many as possible. As many readers already know, the Christmas Wishes program came about when Spiers found money on a street in Nebraska City and wanted to make sure it was put to good use.

Students in fi�rst grade at Lourdes Central Catholic have been learning about frogs through the 4-H school enrichment program “Amphibians,” said Erin Steinhoff�, Otoe County 4-H Extension Assistant.