Prescribed burns are planned this spring on many Nebraska Game and Parks Commission wildlife management areas, state parks and state recreation areas where weather allows. Historically, wildlife habitats were shaped by wildfires that occurred throughout the year.
This year Nebraska Extension in Nemaha County will be in its seventh year in southeast Nebraska with a pheromone trapping network to monitor black cutworm, variegated cutworm and true armyworm moths in southeast Nebraska. This is a local network of traps in southeast Nebraska during the 2022 planting season. Traps are being placed into service the first week of April, April 6th – April 8th in southeast Nebraska.
Rosita Ann Bartling Kreifels was born on May 20, 1935, in Unadilla, Nebraska to Herman and Rose (Stubbendick) Bartling. She graduated from Otoe County Schools in 1949 and then from Lincoln School of Commerce in 1954. She was married to Mark Kreifels on April 20, 1955, in Lincoln Nebraska where they made their home. Mark and Rosita had a double wedding ceremony with his twin brother Marvin (Skip) and wife Pat Kreifels. Pat and Rosita were best friends, so this wedding held lots of joy for everyone! Mark and Rosie had four children.
Concordia University Invite in Seward, April 8-9 Grace Damme (2020 SDA Grad), Doane, Javelin, 5th, 108’; 400 hurdles, 10th, 1:14.07 Allie Binder (2018 Auburn Grad), Doane, 1500m, 4th, 5:04.48 The next competition for Doane is Friday, April 15, in Lincoln at the NWU Vs Doane Dual. K.
This year marks the 54th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. The landmark civil rights law, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1968, made discrimination in housing transactions unlawful.
Pictured are members of the Junior High Boys’ B Team which placed second. From left are Sonni Hill, Dayton Graves, Kyle Holz, Nate Wemhoff, Ryan Kirchhoff, Xavier Apel, Drew Paulsen, Chris Paulsen and Melissa Apel. Courtesy Photo
Better-Ba-C’s 4-H club had fun learning about contour line drawing after the March 4-H meeting. Leading the lesson was Pam Pfeifer. At the next meeting, club members will tie fleece blankets to donate.
SDA menus The Seedling Cafe at Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools will be serving the following menu next week BREAKFAST Monday, April 18: No school. Tuesday, April 19: Pancakes, sausage patty, choice of cereal, graham crackers, choice of vegetable, juice choice.
Effective May 1st, 2022, Blue Rivers Public Transit, a division of the Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging, operating under the guidance of the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) and the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), is announcing that they will be increasing the fares for trips within the community to $3 one-way fare and the Inter-City Fare to $12 one-way. This increase will help to offset the increased labor and fuel costs incurred while maintaining the public transit system in our five counties: Thayer, Jefferson, Gage, Nemaha and Otoe.
A couple of weeks ago, I provided an update LB 825, a tax relief bill that failed to get the necessary votes to break a filibuster. This week, the story is quite different. The same $1 billion structural tax relief package (focused on addressing our income, property, and Social Security taxes) passed through the final round of debate this past Thursday!