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The N.V. Helping Hands 4-H club met recently at a picnic shelter in Indian Cave State Park. Members were reminded that all 4-H entries for the Otoe County Fair needed to be done online. Dates for Zoom workshops on how to complete online entries were provided. Following the business meeting, 4-H leader Monty Lovelace discussed and showed pictures of Nebraska birds, their feet, skulls, and calls using materials from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The members dissected owl pellets and then took a hike in the park looking and listening for birds.

Avid readers know that a good book can be a great escape. In addition to being a go-to hobby on rainy days and a great way to get away from the daily grind, reading can have a profound impact on mental health.

To say that COVID-19 transformed daily life would be an understatement. Few, if any, aspects of life were untouched once the virus hit.

Sarah Browning, Extension Educator Strawberry plantings can produce for several years, but yields decrease with each year of harvest. Diseases, weeds and weak plants limit the life span of a single planting, so do not expect a bed to maintain its quality for more than three fruiting seasons.

As tensions rise as a result of Russia’s occupation of Ukraine and China’s military exercises in the waters and airspace around Taiwan, our very own homeland security is at risk of being overlooked. Alarming data from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) reveal CBP encountered a record 239,416 individuals attempting to enter our country illegally at our southern border during the month of May – an increase of 32 percent over CBP encounters in May 2021 and a staggering 930 percent over 2020.

Five members from the Syracuse FBLA chapter and adviser Susan Wellman attended the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Chicago, June 28-July 2. They traveled on six charter buses with over 350 other Nebraskans.