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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Syracuse resident awarded Nebraska Wesleyan’s CORE

Diane Hawkins, assistant controller, was awarded Nebraska Wesleyan’s CORE Award at the December staff meeting. The CORE Award recognizes a staff member whose efforts and contributions significantly exceed expectations in demonstrating or promoting one or more of those values: excellence, liberal arts, and personal attention to students, diversity, community, and stewardship.

4-H Weather and Climate School Enrichment

Students from across Otoe County have been learning about weather and climate through the 4-H school enrichment program Weather and Climate Science, said Erin Steinhoff, Otoe County 4-H Extension Assistant. Students from the Syracuse sixth grade and the Skyview Learning Academy first, second, sixth and seventh grades learned the difference between weather and climate. They experimented with how colors of surfaces, both natural and manmade, influence how fast an object warms up.

Kick off New Year with First Day Hikes

Kick off the new year in the great outdoors by participating in First Day Hikes at Nebraska’s state parks Jan. 1. Join in one of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s planned hikes and enjoy the activities that go along with it, or create your own adventure by exploring trails, watching wildlife, or snapping photos at any state park. Activities include a fruitcake fling and gnome hunt at Ponca State Park, snowball toss at Indian Cave State Park, sledding at Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area, or a scavenger hunt at Red Willow SRA, among others. Bring your dog, but be sure to keep him or her on a leash. Hikes are planned at: Buffalo Bill State Historical Park, Calamus SRA, Chadron SP, Fort Kearny SRA, Indian Cave SP, Johnson Lake SRA, Lake Ogallala SRA, Louisville SRA, Mormon Island SRA, Platte River SP, Ponca SP, Red Willow SRA, Rock Creek Station SHP, Schramm Education Center, Sherman Reservoir SRA, Wagon Train SRA, Wildcat Hills SRA, and Windmill SRA. Branched Oak

Ask Amy with Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: This little thing has nagged me for many years. My son has had two marriages… both of his wives have never felt comfortable calling me “Dad,” or by my first name. Instead, they have called me “Grampa” in text messages, and even when we’re together.

Wrestlers competed in tournaments

The Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca wrestling team competed in tournaments last week at Platteview and Logan View. S-D-A finished sixth as a team with 91 points at Platteview. Individual placers where Barret Brandt, 138, first; Cy Petersen,152, second; Jackson Nordhues,195, second; and Jace Goebel, 120, fourth. S-D-A took seventh with 91 points at Logan View. Individual placers were Barret Brandt, 138, first; Cy Petersen, 152, third; Jackson Nordhues,195, third; and Jace Goebel, 120, fourth. Kirt Manion CherryRoad Media

Harold R. Post

Harold R Post, 87, was born on the family farm southwest of Syracuse, March 6, 1934, the son of Carl & Ella (Reimer) Post, the youngest of four children. He peacefully passed away surrounded by family on December 15, 2021…

The Case Against Court Packing

Earlier this month, eight months after President Biden created a group to study “Supreme Court reform,” the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States finally released its report. The far left has been waiting eagerly for this moment for months.

What a week

I’ve heard about “going off of the grid.” I thought it was something you could choose to do. I didn’t expect to be thrust into the lion’s den with no way to contact the outside world except my cell phone (the two of us aren’t exactly “best friends”). The whole thing wasn’t my idea.