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Weather, market conditions should mean good harvest
(Editorial ~ 09/09/10)
year's harvest that dragged on until spring, corn farmers are poised to have a great year. In a story you can read on today's Agriculture page, page 8, state climatologist Al Dutcher spells it out. Nebraska's corn crop is far ahead of last year, when much of it got caught by freezing temperatures in October, followed by wet weather that kept the combines out of the field...
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Independent faces uphill battle
(Editorial ~ 09/09/10)
A new congressional candidate should be appealing to conservative voters in the 3rd Congressional District -- and that includes most of them. Unfortunately, because of the way our political system works, a vote for the independent candidate, Dan Hill of Grand Island, will actually benefit the candidate farthest from the voter's preference...
- 'America first' means knowledge (Letter to the Editor ~ 09/09/10)
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Miniature sculptures available
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/09/10)
As readers are aware, the George Norris Home was sponsored by the George Norris Foundation several years ago. The supplement funding, miniature sculptures were sold to the public for $125 each. At that time, the Tennessee Valley Authority folks in Alabama ordered 20 of the "little Georges" to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the TVA...
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Constellations of autumn appearing
(Column ~ 09/09/10)
The sun is setting earlier and rising later each morning as we draw closer to the Autumnal Equinox. Summer is fading and the constellations of summer have passed to the western side of the meridian. The meridian is an imaginary line that runs from due south to due north overhead, it marks the middle of the sky dividing it into the eastern half and the western half...
