Developing communication skills to improve relationships will be the focus of a two-part virtual workshop hosted by Nebraska Extension’s Women in Agriculture program in June. The workshop, “Tools for Effective Communication: Allowing You to Enhance Your Relationship with Yourself and Others,” will hold its first session from 1 to 3 p.m.
On Wednesday, May 18, the Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Education Association presented awards to staff and community members. The two recipients of the community service award were the Parent-Teacher Organization and Troy Nichols. The recipient of the most outstanding service to the district award was Jason LaFollette.
The Office of the Registrar at Northwest Missouri State University announced students named to the Academic or President’s honor rolls at the end of the 2022 spring semester. To be included on the Academic Honor Roll a student must carry a minimum of 12 credit hours and attain a grade-point average of 3.50 or above on a 4.00 scale.
SDSU Extension, Kansas State research and extension and Nebraska Extension will host a series of Diversifying with Small Ruminants workshops June 7 in Salina, Kan.; June 8 in O’Neill; and June 9 in Chamberlain, S.D. The program will go from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and lunch will be provided.
Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce has set the date for the 2022 City Wide Garage Sales in Nebraska City for Saturday, June 11. NCTC staff members are compiling a list of participants and will create a master map to be distributed around town.
Peru State College has announced its president’s and dean’s lists for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters. Students representing Nebraska, 28 other states, Puerto Rico and five foreign countries were on the lists.
The Syracuse Area Health Auxiliary celebrated its thrift shop success on Friday, May 20th at the Syracuse Country Club. The Thrift Shop store opened in 2007 and, besides celebrating 15 years of operation in 2022, the store hit the one million dollar sales mark on May 13.
The Park Hill Cemetery cannon Burk Farley Friday, July 5, 1907. Senator Elmer Jacob Burkett of Lincoln, Nebraska, submitted an application to the War Department for a piece of condemned Civil War weaponry to be used as decoration for the Park Hill Cemetery at Syracuse.
Park Hill Cemetery will be the site of Syracuse’s annual Memorial Day service beginning at 11 a.m. Monday, May 30. Pastor Andy DeGolyer, commander of VFW Post 5547, is scheduled to deliver the invocation and the benediction at Monday’s service. Vietnam War veteran Bill Farmer is set to serve as master of ceremonies, and Boys State delegates Cole Walters will read General Logan’ orders and Kayden DeGolyer and Burk Farley will read the Gettysburg Address. Major Kathy Knake, US Army Reserve Iraq War veteran, is scheduled to present the Memorial Day Address during the service.
Fusarium head blight (FHB), also called head scab, is a fungal disease that infects wheat during flowering, which typically occurs between mid-May to early June in this area. This year, early maturity varieties and earlier planted winter wheat fields started heading on May 15 and likely will be flowering by May 21. Over the past 15 years widespread FHB epidemics occurred in Nebraska in 2007, 2008, 2015, and 2019. Southeast Nebraska is particularly prone to FHB issues. In addition to yield loss as high as 50%, FHB reduces grain quality and the received price at the elevator due to damaged kernels or presence of a mycotoxin.