Photographer Michael Farrell and former State Poet Twyla Hansen have collaborated on a unique exhibit seeking to provide “clear-eyed views” of rural Nebraska. “Seen in Otoe County” is a collection of 61 photographs accompanied by 30 poems in an exhibit that opened Friday, March 3, at the WallSpace-LNK gallery, at 1624 S.
with Phyllis Buell I’m Back! And – I’m hopeful that just maybe the Jinx that has followed me on vacations for years has finally run its course! Vacation “goofs” over the years would surely stretch the mind to make them up. But they were all true.
First Monday: Syracuse Chamber of Commerce member meeting, Syracuse Library, 496 5th St., noon. (402) 269-3242. Third Monday: Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Public Schools Board of Education meeting, elementary school conference room, 550 7th St., 7:30 p.m. (402) 269-2382. Every other Tuesday: Otoe County Board of Commissioners, Room 108, Otoe County Courthouse, 1021 Central Ave., Nebraska City, 8:30 a.m. 402-8739505. Second Wednesday: Syracuse City Council, Council Chambers, 495 Midland, 6 p.m. (402) 269-2173. Third Thursday: Otoe County Planning Commission, Syracuse Library, 496 5th St., 7 p.m. (402) 8739548. Friday, March 17: Knights of Columbus Fish Fry, St. Paulinus Catholic Church, 863 5th St. 5 to 9 p.m. 402-269-3382. Friday, March 31: Knights of Columbus Fish Fry, St. Paulinus Catholic Church, 863 5th St. 5 to 9 p.m. 402-269-3382. Sunday, May 28: S-D-A Alumni Banquet, S-D-A Middle School, 1430 Education Dr. 5 p.m. 402-2170316.
Ruth Elaine Jeffrey (Heft), 88, passed away on February 23, 2023 at CHI Health in Nebraska City, NE. Ruth was born on August 21, 1934 to Russell and Mildred Heft (Marshall) in Ohio. On December 26, 1952, Ruth married Robert Jeffrey. They were blessed with six children: Dixie, Marshall, Dennis, Donald, Nancy and Kenneth. Robert was in the Air Force and they lived on various bases before settling in Otoe in 1987. Ruth loved to read. A book or her Bible were always close by. Ruth attended Gentle Shepherd Baptist
Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (03/03/23). Prepare for a fruitful harvest this year.
Orlin Neels, beloved husband of Marilyn Neels, passed away one week after Marilyn, on February 23, 2023 at the age of 93. Orlin Victor Neels was born October 30, 1929 in rural Talmage, NE; the son of Hans G.
The No. 14 seed Lady Rockets traveled to Hastings on Friday, Feb.
Syracuse Cub Scout Pack 337 hosted a Pinewood Derby Sunday, Feb. 26 with boys in kindergarten through fifth grade racing cars and competing for quickest time and best in show.
The Highlight of My Job Constituents often ask me in person or in their letters what my favorite part of serving as your Senator is. I always give the same answer: returning to Nebraska and hearing directly from you, my fellow Nebraskans.
We all agree that our kids are our future. In every community across our state, no matter the size, we all want the same thing – a better future for our kids than we had. Our highest priority is to protect our kids and their adolescent minds until they are old enough to discern and make their own decisions. That is why I support Senator Kauth’s bill, LB 574, that will keep misinformed parents from allowing their kid to have irreversible, gender-altering surgery. There is a reason why kids in Nebraska must be 18 to get a tattoo or 21 to drink alcohol and buy tobacco products. We enact laws like this because we understand that kids lack the judgment necessary to make certain kinds of decisions.