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March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Hundreds of Nebraskans die each year from this type of cancer that is preventable, treatable and beatable. Colorectal cancer screening is the answer to saving lives. Approximately 60 percent of colorectal cancer deaths could be prevented if people age 50 and older are screened routinely. For the month of March, the Panhandle Public Health District is working with partners in the Panhandle Cancer Coalition and the...
My journey to Nebraska was filled with changing landscapes and exhaustion as I drove half-way across the county. I drove through the mountains of Georgia and Tennessee, the hills of Kentucky and the flatter land of Indiana and Illinois. I stopped in Illinois to visit a friend and to get some much-needed rest. After packing and storing most of my stuff for days, I was tired. I enjoyed the visit, and the sleep, but after only 12 hours off the road, it was time to move on. The flats and hills of Iowa greeted me soon. The windfarms that were scatte...
Students at Sidney’s North Elementary enjoy Dr. Seuss Day this week. Activities highlighted things that a reader might find in the books The Lorax and Bartholomew and the Oobleck . Children enjoyed getting their hands gooey while making Oobleck green goo in the lunchroom and then after washing their hands, they went on to play a few Dr. Seuss games on computers in the lab. In other rooms, children made colorful masks and mustaches, while other children drew their versions of the truffula tuft tr...
Farmers received no relief from a new Farm Bill in 2012, but one senator from Nebraska has introduced a bipartisan regulatory relief for Nebraska farmers that could save producers up to $3.4 billion. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) announced that she has introduced the Farmer’s Undertake Environmental Land Steward (FUELS Act) that would modify the rules set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The current Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule applies to any facility that has a fuel storage capacity of more than 1...