February 2023

Senior Center Menu

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging has released the senior lunch menu. The menu for the next week is as follows: Friday, Feb. 17: Cook’s choice. Monday, Feb. 20: Center closed for Presidents’ Day. Tuesday, Feb. 21: Meat loaf, baked potato, mixed veggies, fruit.

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Entering the 118th Congress

This month marks the beginning of the 118th Congress, a fresh opportunity for the U.S. Senate to unite and accomplish important goals for the American people. My priority this new Congress will remain the same: to advocate for the people of Nebraska. As a mom, rancher, former schoolboard member, and former State Senator in Nebraska’s Unicameral, I am committed to delivering results that benefit our great state and its residents.

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Pro Life and Voter ID

Today marks day 22 of the 90-day legislative session. Although the legislature has nearly surpassed a quarter of the remaining days, my colleagues and I have already debated some of the most significant issues facing Nebraskans: protecting innocent life and voter ID.

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A return to normalcy

One month into the 118th Congress, we are forging ahead with our Commitment to America. In order to restore a strong American economy, we are working to exercise oversight over reckless federal spending and the failed White House policies that have hamstrung recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the severe inflation and large-scale layoffs we’ve seen throughout the first 23 months of the Biden presidency. Despite the fact President Biden declared “the pandemic is over” in an interview with 60 Minutes last September, he has since extended the Public Health Emergency (PHE) while pursuing harmful proposals such as student loan debt cancelation and heavy-handed vaccine mandates. This week, the Republican-led House took action to check these abuses of executive power and uphold government accountability.

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GENEVA AILES

Geneva Ailes, age 91 of Nebraska City passed away Monday evening, January 30, 2023 at Prestige Care Center in Nebraska City. Geneva was born on August 25, 1931 at Payne Junction, IA; the daughter GENEVA AILES of James F.

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JERI L. GOODMAN

The family will greet friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 at Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City. Jeri L. Goodman, 65, of Union, NE, formerly of Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Grand Island, NE, passed Church Outreach Program. away on January 23, 2023. Remembrances may be left at www.gudefuneralhomes. com. A celebration of Jeri’s life will be held at her home on Gude Mortuary, Nebr. City, NE in charge of the arrangements. March 25th from 1-4 pm. Jeri was born March 23,

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