The Otoe County Roads Department hosted a tire recycling drive on April 22 and 23. Ryan Neemann with the Roads Department said that the department receives a state grant to do the tire recycling event from every two to three years.
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca eighth graders, Bridget Donovan, Mayson Sprague, Jailei Walker and Haleigh Werner placed first in the Junior Division (7th and 8th graders) at Nebraska History Day April 9, 2022, at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln qualifying them for the National History Day competition.
In any discussion of ‘bulb’ plants, the most important distinction to make is between hardy and tender bulbs. Hardy bulbs, including tulip, daffodil, crocus, ect., are planted in the fall and can be overwintered in the ground. Tender bulbs, like gladiola, dahlia and canna, are planted in the spring and must be dug up each fall; they are not cold tolerant enough to survive in the ground during winter.
4-29 Arbor Day 4-30 Library Open 9 – 11 a.m. 5-4 Food Bank near the Park 5-4 Star Wars Day – “May the Fourth Be With You” 5-5 Library Open 5 – 7 p.m.
Frankie Hendricks will graduate from Colorado State University on Friday, May 13, 2022, with a bachelor of arts degree in political science. Earlier that day, Hendricks will receive her commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force and will be stationed at Aviano NATO Air Force Base, Italy, as an aircraft maintenance officer.
If you haven’t been to the Otoe County Museum of Memories, you are missing out. That is the message the board and volunteers want to communicate.
Weather permitting, work will begin May 2 on N-50 south of Syracuse, from reference post 37.89 to reference post 51.84, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Constructors Inc.
The second session of the 107th Legislature adjourned sine die April 20. Senators leaving the Legislature due to term limits are: Henderson Sen.
Saturday I remarked within grandson Dustin’s hearing that I thought this was a very unusual spring. Dustin laughed and said “Grandma – I think you say that every spring!” Maybe I do, but I do believe this spring of 2022 is the strangest one I have experienced in my 91 encounters with the season.
A downed power line has been identified as the cause of one of the largest grass fires in recent Otoe County history. The fire, which began at 1:03 p.m.