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About 600 miles west of Ecuador, South America, in the Pacific Ocean are a group of small islands called the Galapagos Islands.
They came into existence millions of years ago when volcanoes on …
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By Larrie Stone
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4/7/23
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The donkey (aka burro or ass) is a hoofed mammal in the same family as the horse and zebra.
They have long, floppy ears and tend to be stockier than horses or zebras.
Donkeys come in a variety …
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By Larrie Stone
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3/31/23
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Out walking the other day, I saw a fence with a broken panel. It was only two or three boards that had fallen in, but I thought if they have a dog, they won’t for long!
And since we do get …
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By Steve Hopple, Preacher/Evangelist — Blair Church of Christ
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3/31/23
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This session has been unique in that we are more than 50 days into the 90-day session without a single bill ready for the governor’s signature.
When a bill gets voted out of committee, it …
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By Sen. Ben Hansen
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3/31/23
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This week marked the final week of hearings for over 800 bills introduced in the 108 th Legislature.
I completed this phase of the session by presenting two bills before the Appropriations …
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By Sen. Ben Hansen
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3/24/23
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In 2006, musical artist Mark Schultz released a song called “Broken and Beautiful.” The song describes that we are all broken. We have broken parts within our hearts, in our relationships …
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By Mark Degner
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3/17/23
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After Alfie's passing, when I arrived home from the vet, I started walking along our usual route through the park. I just had to keep moving, I could not be still. My heartbreak and anguish after …
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By Doug Cook
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3/17/23
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The only bill of mine that was referred to the Revenue Committee was heard last week without opposition. LB 529 made changes to what many call “the postcard bill.”
In September of …
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Sen. Ben Hansen
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3/17/23
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The "new kid on the block" in the world of astronomy is NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
This new, $10 billion, space observatory, was launched in December of 2021, and is the …
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By Larrie Stone
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3/17/23
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Corn (also called maize), like wheat and rice, is a grass that has become highly modified by artificial selection and recent genetic technology.
We use the seeds or "grains" for a variety …
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By Larrie Stone
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3/10/23
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We were finally able to engage in substantive debate last week with conversations surrounding LB 77. This bill would help Nebraska join 25 other states in allowing its citizens to carry a concealed …
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By Ben Hansen
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3/10/23
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I am reading a new diet book. (The authors would scold me hearing I used the word "diet." They prefertheir readers get away from using this word due to its often negative connotations.)
The …
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By Steve Hopple
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3/10/23
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I was thankful for the opportunity to present LB 42 to the Judiciary Committee last week as I work to narrow and clarify the definition of "neglect."
If we look at the reports of suspected abuse …
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3/3/23
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Spiders are easily recognized by the four pairs of seven-segmented legs.
There are more than 35,000 named species worldwide, including more than 3,000 in North America.
However, there …
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By Larrie Stone
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3/3/23
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In today's world, plastic is found everywhere and tons of it is produced every year.
It is cheap, versatile, easy to synthesize and can be molded into an almost unlimited variety of shapes …
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By Larrie Stone
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2/24/23
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While weather last week cancelled events and caused snow days across the state, the business at the Nebraska State Legislature continued as normal.
I had one bill up for a hearing that was heard …
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Sen. Ben Hansen
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2/24/23
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Scripture: Deuteronomy 9:13, The LORD said more to me: “I have seen this people. Look! What a stubborn people they are!
My granddaughter is almost 18 months old. She has a sweet disposition …
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By Gina Gile - First United Methodist Church, Blair, Neb.
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2/24/23
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It has been an eventful week in the legislature with a lot of emotional bills being heard. One of them, called the “Let Them Grow Act”, was heard in the HHS Committee.
This bill …
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By Sen. Ben Hansen
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2/17/23
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As I write this devotion, the vestiges of Valentine's Day, the day to celebrate love, are all around me.
Hearts and flowers of pink and red, supposedly the universally recognized …
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By Pastor Stuart Freese
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2/17/23
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Located in the heart of metropolitan Los Angeles, California, is one of the most interesting and unique city parks in all the world.
It is called Hancock Park and contains a group of smelly, …
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By Larrie Stone
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2/17/23
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This week I’d like to talk about two of my bills that were heard in committee, one dealing with school safety and the other with prescription refills.
The first bill, which pays for …
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Sen. Ben Hansen
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2/10/23
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There are few things in sports that I would consider “perfect” as they currently are. One of those is the NFL’s conference championship weekend. Two massive games, played on home …
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Chris Rhoades
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2/7/23
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Not to piggy back on an idea but I'm adding my hat into the “stepping away” ring to which couple of recent columns in this space have been dedicated.
I'm not stepping away in the sense …
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By Greg Forbes - editor@enterprisepub.com
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1/31/23
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At 10:30PM on October 29th, 1969 Charlie Kline sent the first internet message ever: “LO” That message sounds practically Biblical, like the start of some angelic announcement. The …
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1/13/23
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In an ideal world, I would use this space to babble commentary about the random thoughts that pop into my head each month. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world. Sometimes, things …
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12/6/22
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