Remembering Brad Ashford
Recently, Nebraska lost a good man too soon. Brad Ashford, a former state senator and U.S.
April 2022
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Pioneer track competes at Platteview
The Nebraska City girls’ and boys’ track teams were in action recently at Platteview with the boys’ team scoring 39 points and the girls’ team picking up 15 points. Individual medal winners for the boys’ team were MJ Nelson, fourth, 100, 11.8; second, 200, 23.5; and fourth, 400, 53.5; Alex Rico, fourth, 800, 2:10.14; and fourth, 1600, 4:52.56; Mason Houghton, second, 1600, 4:48.47; and third, 3200, 10:49.50; and Zach Ottemann, sixth, shot, 43’5”.
Pioneer girls’ soccer keep competitive fire
Although recent matches haven’t ended with the Nebraska City girls’ soccer team on top, those results continue to illustrate the traits of a Pioneer team which had refused to quit and has competed at every opportunity.
‘Walk a Mile in Their Shoes’ event raises awareness of sexual assault
First, you saw the shoes, and then you heard some of the stories. Participants in the first “Walk a Mile in Their Shoes” event in downtown Nebraska City on Saturday afternoon learned some of the statistics and the stories surrounding sexual assault in Nebraska.
Public alerted to potential corn diseases
It seems each year we learn of potentially new corn pests or diseases we need to be aware of. Well, 2022 is no different. In October of 2021, the corn disease “Tar Spot” was positively confirmed in seven Nebraska counties, including Richardson County, in extreme southeast Nebraska. They believe it may have even been in corn fields in southeast Nebraska in 2020.
NC baseball tops Plattsmouth, looking to put it all together
A run in the eighth inning broke a scoreless tie and sent the Nebraska City baseball team to a 1-0 win over Trailblazer Conference rival Plattsmouth on April 21. The Pioneers had six hits of offense in the win.
Smokeless Tobacco is a Cancer Risk
From Babe Ruth to John Wayne, Americans have seen chewing tobacco in popular culture for over a century. Spitting chew has been a trademark of cowboys and professional athletes alike and chewing tobacco use continues at high rates in the United States. In 2018 a survey showed 2.4 percent of American adults used smokeless tobacco, with snuff or snus pouch use on the rise and chewing tobacco on the decline.
Unusual?
Saturday I remarked within grandson Dustin’s hearing that I thought this was a very unusual spring. Dustin laughed and said “Grandma – I think you say that every spring!” Maybe I do, but I do believe this spring of 2022 is the strangest one I have experienced in my 91 encounters with the season.
State Patrol concludes impaired driving enforcement
The Nebraska State Patrol has completed a week-long awareness and enforcement effort focusing on drunk and drug-impaired driving. Troopers and dispatchers worked overtime performing high visibility patrols as part of the effort.
Pioneer tennis competes in three events
The Nebraska City tennis team played Omaha Gross and Blair in duals and also played at the Beatrice tournament in the week of April 18 to April 23. Valerie Bennie won 8-1 at No.