September 2022

Cooler weather arrives just as prime entertaining season heats up. Those who will be hosting gatherings soon can expand their recipe repertoire to feed guests and keep them satisfied. Borrowing some flavors from the season can make entertaining festive and even more flavorful.

Modern homes look a bit different than those of generations past. Rather than several small rooms divided by walls, modern homes offer open-concept floor plans. That means the boundaries between spaces are not so defined, allowing rooms and activities to blend into one another.

First and third Mondays: NC City Council, Gary White Memorial Room/Council Chambers, 1518 Central Ave., 6 p.m. 402-873-5515.

The most valuable rare stamp in the world is the British Guiana 1c Magenta. The stamp was auctioned in 2014 and sold for $9.48 million, though that price tag dipped considerably when it was auctioned again for a price of roughly $8.3 million in 2021. According to Invaluable. com, the stamp was included in an 1856 emergency run that was produced after the initial shipment of 1c magenta stamps went missing. That emergency run included a small boat on the stamp, which can be seen in the lone remaining stamp from that run that is now so valuable. That lone stamp was discovered by a young boy in 1873. Nearly 150 years later, the world's most valuable stampcan be purchased via fractional ownership, a method through which unrelated parties can share in the ownership of a high-value tangible asset.

Drought conditions in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continued throughout the month of August. Per the Master Manual and the Sept. 1 System storage check, winter releases from Gavins Point Dam will be 12,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), as part of the overall water conservation measures.