February 2022

NCPS board approves boiler replacement using ESSER funds

Nebraska City Public Schools will use some of its Elementary and Secondary school Emergency Relief (ESER) Fund money to replace boilers at Nebraska City High School and Hayward Elementary in the coming months. The NCPS board of education approved a $695,635 bid from Facility Advocates of Omaha to replace the more than 50-year-old boilers, along with several heat pumps at Nebraska City Middle School, during the regular board meeting on Feb.

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Meth, fentanyl discussed at February Hot Topics

Nebraska law enforcement agencies are working together to try to combat drug crimes that affect all Nebraskans. Otoe County Sheriff Colin Caudill and Otoe County Deputy/Chief Investigator Brian Briley were the featured speakers at the February Hot Topics presentation on “Violence Protection and Awareness and Concerns over the Drug Epidemic.” Briley said he believes that the U.S.

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Did you know?

Though all vegetables contain vitamins, minerals and fiber that can serve as the foundations of a healthy diet, perhaps no veggie packs as nutritious a punch as spinach. Spinach is an excellent source of calcium and iron and is also loaded with antioxidants, which are substances that can prevent or slow down cell damage. According to Medical News Today, a single cup of raw spinach can provide adults with their full daily requirement for vitamin K, which plays a major role in blood clotting and can be used to prevent and treat weak bones. That same cup of spinach also contains high amounts of vitamin A, a powerful antioxidant that can positively affect brain function and various organs, including the skin, heart, kidneys, and lungs. And that same cup doesn't stop there, as it also provides significant amounts of vitamin C, magnesium and folate. A 2015 study from researchers in Canada found that spinach also may help to lower blood pressure and promote heart health.

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Sin or God Conscience?

Hebrews 10:1-2 “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.” KJV

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