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Dave Rish, after 46 years on CCVFD, retires. Rish over the years was the City clerk, an ambulance driver and EMT, a volunteer at the Litzenburg thrift shop and senior center, three years on the council board, and finally a volunteer at the fire department.

Nebraska Farm Bureau Calls for Legislative Fix to California’s Proposition 12

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Nebraska Farm Bureau (NEFB) is urging Nebraska’s congressional delegation to support a legislative fix to California’s Proposition 12 before the end of 2023. Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Board of Directors recently sent a letter to all members of the delegation outlining the critical need to address Proposition 12.

Nebraska Corn Statement on Commerce Lowering Duties on Phosphate Fertilizer

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The U.S. Department of Commerce announced last week, it was lowering duties placed on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco from 19.97% to 2.12%. The decision comes after the agency conducted an administrative review of the duties, which is performed annually by retroactively examining the price of shipments and other factors. Nebraska Corn Growers Association Chairman, Andy Jobman, testified to the International Trade Commission and spoke on a panel in Washington, D.C., relaying concerns about fertilizer tariffs and addressing the need for the reevaluation of the duties. As it stood, the negative implications for producers were determinantal to their operations.
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Central City Public Schools

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Social media use has become a staple of typical life on a global scale- Facebook now has 2.85 billion users. But with this increased usage comes the increased knowledge of the negative effects social media use has on individual and collective wellbeing. Facebook, Instagram, and other social media provide platforms for bullying, exclusion, the normalization of risk taking behaviors and unrealistic body images, and victimization. Repeatedly, studies have linked increased social media use to lower self-esteem, poor mental health, overall life dissatisfaction, and depressive symptoms.