SCHOOL LUNCH & Breakfast Menus
Lourdes Central Catholic School Menus January is National Be Kind to Food Servers Month, and all LCC student lunches remain free for the 2021-2022 school year, per the USDA, regardless of income. Tuesday, Jan.
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Nebraska Medicaid seeks community feedback on programs
Nebraska Medicaid seeks community feedback on Kevin Bagley, Director of the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care (MLTC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced a statewide listening tour for Medicaid’s managed care program.
State Patrol investigating shooting in Kimball
The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating a shooting that occurred Monday evening, Jan. 3, in Kimball.
Public Records
Arrests Jan. 3, 2022: Glenn Tovar, Britt, Iowa, suspicion of theft, receipt of stolen property (value of $5,000 or more).
The average shelf life of various nonperishable foods
Many nonperishable foods can be stored for quite a while. But even the most resilient items should be used or replaced after a certain period of time. FEMA suggests the following timeline for emergency preparedness food stores. Use within six months:
Answering questions about added sugars
Thanks to the internet, the average consumer now has access to more information than ever before. In the days before the internet, trust factored heavily into the consumer-business relationship. Though trust still has a place in that relationship, consumers can now access product reviews on seemingly anything, removing much of the risk associated with buying a product or service. However, many consumers are not making the most of that access, particularly when it comes to buying food.
80th Birthday Card Shower
Happy 80th Birthday to Lu Marcotte on Jan. 12, 2022.
New solutions for old challenges
Life’s mysteries unfold in odd ways, don’t they? The Wall Street Journal reports that churches by the thousands are signing up for a service to do to us what corporations and other private groups have done for years – select their targets based on specific, revelatory and actionable data that you might have thought was your own darned business. Feeling blue? Marriage going down the tubes? The big algorithm in the sky can pick up on that based on your search history, and it might send you an ad for a lovely cruise.
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
Here’s a fun fact I just read it in new book called The Blue Zones Challenge by Dan Buettner. Most New Year’s Resolutions last for 4-6 weeks. Then people go back to their old habits. So there are two ways to approach this problem. You can do what the experts who follow the people who live the longest suggest and make meaningful changes in sustainable ways, like changing your environment, support group, etc. so that your every move becomes measurably better.
National Garden Bureau Announces its 2022 “Year of” Plants
Since 1980 the National Garden Bureau has developed a “Year of ” plant program, with the goal of educating and inspiring gardeners to try new crops. Over the years, the program has grown to include six plant classes – houseplant, bulb or bulb-like, annual, perennial, vegetable and shrub – with one specific plant per class featured each year.