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Beth’s Bits

Beth’s Bits

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Alphabetical cats

Beth Sparrow
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Yesterday was a sad day. Sunday evening when I put my very old cat down off my lap, she struggled to walk. Her back legs weren’t working properly; she was limping. Monday morning, it was worse; she was dragging her back legs and rear around.
Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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Carrying out the death penalty humanely

Loren Lippincott
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
During my Air Force pilot training we once went into an altitude chamber to discover how our individual bodies reacted to a lack of oxygen to the brain, a condition known as hypoxia.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Birthday celebrations and snow days

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Today is my 41st birthday. My kids are more excited about it than I am. For me, it is just another Wednesday. I go to work and I spend most of my day in the office working on newspaper stuff. But to my kids a birthday means cake and ice cream. It means birthday dinners and presents.
Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

Loren Lippincott represents Legislative District 34 in the Nebraska State Senate. Read his column in the Nance County Journal.

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Tackling tenure in higher education

Loren Lippincott
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
While I was a pilot at Delta Air Lines, every nine months every pilot would have to return to Atlanta for two days of intense simulator training. We would spend six hours each day in a full motion simulator with a 180-degree 3D visual.
Beth Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read her column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Beth Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read her column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Snow memories

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
As we just got about a foot of snow, this reminds me of memories of snow. When I was a freshman in college, Halloween was cancelled due to snow. When I was teaching school, I got two days off in April (around the 10th) due to snow.
Alan’s Anecdotes

Alan’s Anecdotes

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Alan’s Anecdotes

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
I’m sitting down to write on Monday evening. We got a lot of snow today with more expected overnight. School has already been cancelled for tomorrow for most of our schools. Of course, this will all be in the past now that you’re reading it. Will we remember the snow of 2024 many years from now?
Capitol View

Capitol View

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Capitol View

J.l.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
The hole keeps getting deeper. Remember when I suggested someone should give the governor a shovel so he could dig a deeper hole for himself? That was when he had refused to read a published report on high levels of nitrates on his pig farms because it was written by “someone from Communist China.
Andrew Ellsworth, M.D. is part of The Prairie Doc team of physicians and currently practices family medicine in Brookings, South Dakota. Follow The Prairie Doc at www.prairiedoc.org

Andrew Ellsworth, M.D. is part of The Prairie Doc team of physicians and currently practices family medicine in Brookings, South Dakota. Follow The Prairie Doc at www.prairiedoc.org

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Benefits of Pasteurization

Andrew Ellsworth
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
My father-in-law is a farmer. He grew up on the family farm in southwest Minnesota, where his dad grew up, too. Blessed by fertile soil, the farm has provided for the family for several generations.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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You can’t negotiate with terrorists or a tired toddler

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
We have all heard that you cannot negotiate with terrorists, but add tired toddlers to that list. Timmy is my two-year-old. He is all boy.