Fighting Back against ALS Laura Lambrecht never expected to lose her father, Mark, in the way she did two years ago. Mark suffered from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, a devastating nervous system illness that slowly robs patients of their independence and ability to live a normal life.
As we enter a new year, we face new opportunities to strengthen Nebraska. Our state will soon convene for the second session of the 107th Nebraska Legislature.
Sight is a precious gift that enables a person to enjoy the world in a unique way. Yet many people are born with complete or partial vision loss, while others’ vision slowly dissipates over time.
The Nebraska City boys’ basketball team picked up a 79-44 win at Falls City public school on Tuesdsay night. After taking a one-point lead into the section quarter, the PIoneers scored 46 in the second and third quarters combined. Scoring for the Pioneers were Bradon Thompson, 23; Nyuon Thuokok, 22; Chase Brown, 13; Connor Causgrove, seven; Jayden Borns, four; Bradon Thorton, four; Chris Blum, two; Lucas Nielsen, two; and Kalan Fritch, two. Also in action on Tuesday was the Nebraska City gilrs’ team, which fell to the Tigers, 41-7.
Tuesday was not the first time this season that the Lourdes boys’ basketball team needed to be challenged by their head coach. They responded to that challenge against Johnson-Brock and went on to claim a 42-38 home win over the Johson-Brock Eagles. Lourdes scored just 10 points in the first half and seemed stuck on that number for quite some time. The challenge from Coach Trevor Krenk came at halftime with the coach reminding his players they are better than what they had shown in quarters one and two. The Eagles executed their zone defense well in the first half and Lourdes did not attack. It just had the coach confused a bit.
Jennifer Rae (Nostrant) Reeves was born September 26, 1972, in Trenton, Missouri. As her family moved around the country, she attended elementary schools in Missouri and California. When they moved to Peru, Nebraska Jennifer attended school and graduated from high school in Auburn, Nebraska.
Janet M. Frana, age 71 of Nebraska City passed away on Thursday morning; Dec.
Since 1980 the National Garden Bureau has developed a “Year of ” plant program, with the goal of educating and inspiring gardeners to try new crops. Over the years, the program has grown to include six plant classes – houseplant, bulb or bulb-like, annual, perennial, vegetable and shrub – with one specific plant per class featured each year.
Here’s a fun fact I just read it in new book called The Blue Zones Challenge by Dan Buettner. Most New Year’s Resolutions last for 4-6 weeks. Then people go back to their old habits. So there are two ways to approach this problem. You can do what the experts who follow the people who live the longest suggest and make meaningful changes in sustainable ways, like changing your environment, support group, etc. so that your every move becomes measurably better.
Life’s mysteries unfold in odd ways, don’t they? The Wall Street Journal reports that churches by the thousands are signing up for a service to do to us what corporations and other private groups have done for years – select their targets based on specific, revelatory and actionable data that you might have thought was your own darned business. Feeling blue? Marriage going down the tubes? The big algorithm in the sky can pick up on that based on your search history, and it might send you an ad for a lovely cruise.