November 2022

Heartland Workers Center’s Health & Safety Training Institute (HSTI) offers the region’s only bilingual workplace safety training authorized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Additionally, HSTI is the only health and safety training program in the area that conducts the training sessions at the employers’ workplaces during employees’ working hours or at Heartland Workers Center’s training facility.

The Nebraska City FCCLA is once again hosting a Holiday Tour of Homes as a fundraiser for its leadership conferences. The event will be Saturday, Dec.

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Nebraska City City Administrator Lou Leone submitted his resignation to Mayor Bryan Bequette and the City Council.

The Angel Tree Project, a Nebraska City initiative which distributes Christmas gifts to less fortunate families, is collecting gifts for the holiday season. To participate, take a new unwrapped to one of the following drop off locations: Little Teds, The Wheel, Bings, The Downtowner, Dinty Moore’s, West Central, and Pin High (at Table Creek Golf Course). Donations of cash are also excepted. For more information about the Angel Tree Project, email Beth Ervin at bjewell@neb. rr.com.

Anxiety affects millions of people worldwide. The Anxiety & Depression Association of America indicates anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million adults age 18 and older every year, which equates to around 19.1 percent of the population. What is an anxiety disorder?

Winter sports season is wildly popular. Sports such as basketball, hockey, swimming, and track and field attract talented student-athletes each winter, making the season one of the most fun times of year for kids, their families and their classmates.

Peru Theatre Company wraps up the Fall 2022 season with Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom by Jennifer Haley. The film is directed by a senior student, Austin Martin (Falls City). It features a cast of fifteen new and returning Peru Theatre Company members. Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (or N3RD as we call it) is a dark comedy that is set in Suburbia, the world of an online horror video game. Relationships between parents and their children break down with increases in teens’ addiction to the game. As the rules of the game, reality, and virtual lines blur, we are compelled to question our own relationships and ask: “Who do I think you are?”

As part of the National Rural Health Day celebration, CHI Health St Mary’s announced it had been recognized with a 2022 Performance Leadership Award For Quality. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards honor top quartile performance (e.g., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in quality, outcomes and patient perspective.