LOURDES CENTRAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL MENUS All LCC student lunches remain free for the 2021- 2022 school year, per the USDA, regardless of income. Tuesday, March 1: K-2 unbreaded chicken on bun, 3-12 roast pork loin, herbed rice, Mardi Gras dessert.
Dogs are wildly popular pets. The American Pet Products Association says there are 63.4 million households in the United States that have a dog, and with the exception of 2002 and 2015, that number has steadily risen since 2000. Certain breeds remain especially popular among dog owners. In August 2021, the pet insurance provider Trupanion released the most popular dog breeds of 2020, and the top five breeds were:
Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce, Inc., is currently seeking nominations for the 2022 Arbor Day Honoree and Tree Planter of the Year. The deadline for nominations is Friday, April 8.
The Nebraska City Rotary Club had a chance to learn a bit of western history, as well as the history of St. Joseph, Mo., during the club's Feb 23 meeting.
Morton-James Public Library was the site of a Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce mini ribbon cutting on Monday, April 5, 2021, to celebrate the library’s reopening to patrons and the start of National Library Week. Pictured from left are Pam Frana, Donna Kruse, Connie Sackles, and Tammy Partsch. Courtesy Photo
Pacie Lee could have been satisfied with what she had done before last week’s first-ever NSAA Girls’ State Wrestling Championships at Omaha’s CHI Health Center. She won the Nebraska City program’s first district title to get to state and her season had been loaded with dominant wins.
Thanks to a 99-year-old agreement that was approved by Congress, Nebraska can build a canal in Colorado to bring water from the South Platte River to the state and store it in a reservoir here. The agreement, called the South Platte River Compact and signed by Nebraska and Colorado in 1923, Neb is entitled to 120 cubic feet of water per second from the South Platte from April 1 to October 15 annually for irrigation use.
We will officially be halfway through our legislative session on February 23rd. This column will highlight some of the bills that I presented to committees in the past couple of weeks that will directly benefit rural Nebraska and District One.
Earlier this month, for the first time in history, our national debt exceeded $30 trillion. For far too long members of both parties have put off the tough decisions needed to get our country’s fiscal house in order, passing the buck to future generations.
Yesterday morning on my way to church I saw something I didn’t dream I would ever see. There, in the roadside ditch sat a regal bald eagle enjoying a breakfast opossum! I had heard there had been some sightings in our immediate area but didn’t think I would see one so close up and personal.