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40 and 8 awards nursing grant

The local Voiture of the 40 and 8 has awarded a financial grant to Jillian Briley of Nebraska City to be used toward her training to become a registered nurse.In addition to the grant, Briley received two commemorative pins from the 40 and 8: The first is a 2024 Nurse’s Training Pin, which depicts a wounded World War I Doughboy sitting down with his service rifle and a nurse standing behind him and offering comfort.

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Jon Volkmer discusses research process for novel at MJPL

A mention of a 1950s picnic and baseball game in Julian by his older brother put author Jon Volkmer on a research path that resulted in his new novel, “Brave in Season,” which is available from the Morton-James Public Library and from booksellers nationwide.Volkmer, who grew up in Nebraska City, is now a professor of English and director of the creative writing program at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa.

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