Bethel Church of Nebraska City is once again providing our community the opportunity to watch a fantastic series! “The Chosen” Season 2 will be shown at no charge on their church lawn to the public beginning Friday, April 22, at 8:30 p.m. Episodes will be shown every second and fourth Friday of the month.
LCC Anne Frank exhibit open to public Monday night “Anne Frank: A History for Today” will be open for public viewing at Lourdes Central Catholic School, 412 2nd Ave., on Monday, April 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. Pictured above is Mary Misner, one of four eighth-grade students who received docent training prior to the first public exhibition on Thursday, March 31.
The Easter bunny is a tradition that has been passed down for centuries. Symbolizing fertility and wealth, the Easter bunny became a holiday standard in Germany during the 16th century.
Many lawns contain a mixture of the roughly one dozen types of different grasses. According to the lawn care experts at Scotts®, knowing which type of grass they have in their yard can help homeowners more effectively manage and care for their lawns. But with so many lawns containing a mixture of grasses, how can homeowners know exactly what's making up that green carpet in their yards? Scotts® notes that lawns typically fall into one of two categories: warm-season grasses and cool-season grasses. Warm-season grasses are those that thrive in regions where the climate tends to be especially warm, such as the southern United States. Cool-season grasses are those that are at their best in climates that experience extreme temperature fluctuations. For example, cool-season grasses are most likely to be found in the northern United States, as much of this area of the country experiences cold winters and warm, and in some places very hot, summers. Homeowners who are uncertain about which type of grass they have can consult a lawn care professional for advice. Homeowners who learn which type of grass is in their yard can use that information to determine how frequently they should mow and water their lawns and which type of fertilizer is best-suited to their lawns.
With the weather improving, you may want to consider getting your fields sampled for soybean cyst nematode (SCN) this spring if you have never sampled them or if it has been a while; especially if yields may be lower than expected or if you have areas in fields that have spots that yielded poorly. These could be hot spots for SCN. It would be good to definitely sample these areas of the field.
Fans of Kay Nannen’s legendary cole slaw, take heart: The slaw and its creator are back in Nebraska City, this time at Pin High Clubhouse and Grill at The Golf Club at Table Creek. Nannen’s granddaughter Anna Hotsenpillar and her partner Amanda Hotsenpillar celebrated the restaurant’s official opening on Saturday, March 19.
The Southeast Nebraska Adult Drug Court program was the program topic for the March 30 meeting of the Nebraska City Rotary Club. Three members of the drug court team—Judge Julie Smith, Program Coordinator Christina Reece, and Probation Supervision Officer Marty Metschke—discussed the different aspects of the court, which meets weekly in Auburn and serves Otoe, Nemaha, Johnson, Richardson, and Pawnee counties.
Each spring, the annual return of “Backyard Farmer” to the airwaves is as eagerly anticipated as the return of Sandhill cranes to Central Platte waters. The show has been a shared Nebraska experience for generations, featuring practical lawn and gardening advice leavened by lighthearted fun. This year, it celebrates its 70th anniversary.
A Syracuse Eagle Scout project moved closer to completion during the March 29 Otoe County Board of Commissioners meeting as the board approved a $3,000 grant request from the county's KENO fund from Robert Shanks.
Northeast Community College sophomore softball player Abby Balfour, a Nebraska City High School graduate, continues to stir Pioneer pride with her excellence on the diamond. Entering Saturday and Sunday play against Iowa Lakes Community College, Balfour had already amassed 25 hits, including five doubles and four home runs with a .313 batting average while also being noted as tied for the most official at bats on the team at 80.