Opinions

When I was going through the year-long Air Force pilot training program years ago, I found most of the instructor pilots to be patient, encouraging and helpful. However, the training was rigorous and the washout rate in my class of 63 was 42 percent. The stress level was extremely high, indeed!

Editor: The following is in reference to a Central City alum statement. “Our local schools should be teaching water testing so they can protect their health into the future”.

Editor: I am writing to you today in two capacities: first, as a proud member of the Central City community, and second, as a board member of the Nebraska Vocational Ag Foundation (NVAF), which operates The Leadership Center in Aurora.

Loren Lippincott, District 34 Senator Bills have been introduced in the current legislative session to regulate several substances that are currently sold over the counter in Nebraska but which have serious health risks associated with their use.

I’ve often considered what a grim task it must be to run one of those big-city newspapers. Imagine it—the soul-crushing skyscrapers, endless political turmoil, gloomy headlines served fresh each morning with your coffee. Each page filled with calamity and chaos.

It’s hard to believe it all started over a decade ago.

The noon whistle didn’t blow the other day. Neither did the 7, the 1, or the 6.

At Delta Air Lines where I was a pilot for many years, it is customary for the flight crew to stand at the door and greet passengers as they board or exit the plane.

Editor: Pivot and irrigation pipe orange crud sampling along with 3 water filters are complete now. They are in Lincoln now for Heavy Metals and Radioactivity tests.

There I sat, momentarily free from the chaotic world of sports, enjoying what could only be described as a brief and fleeting period of calm. But as anyone who knows me can attest, I don’t do “calm” for long.