Opinions

We are so excited to welcome you back to Central City Elementary School! Our SecondAnnual Open House and Back to School Barbeque was a huge success! It provided parents an opportunity to not only tour the building and meet their child’s teacher, but also provided an event where families could get to know each other. We are all a community and our school community is so special.

As we dive headfirst into another week, I find myself pondering the parallels between our community’s ongoing discussion about the future of Litzenberg Memorial Long Term Care and the anticipation surrounding the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ season opener against UTEP this Saturday. Both involve strategy, passion, and, let’s be honest, a fair share of armchair quarterbacks who think they know best – myself included.

Loren Lippincott The special legislative session called by Gov. Pillen to address out of control rising property taxes is now over, having achieved much less than its ambitious original goal.

Editor: I try to keep a neutral stance on a majority of public topics, but I can no longer remain silent regarding the now seven year old Litzenberg Long Term Care (LTC) project. Merrick County entered into a lease with Bryan on 02/23/2017 on the original site along HWY 14.

Litzenberg Memorial Long Term Care This Thursday, as our newspaper, hopefully, hits your mailbox, I’ll be celebrating my 33rd birthday. Yes, that’s right—33 trips around the sun, and I still can’t figure out how to properly fold a fitted sheet.

Central City Public Schools has been a state leader in implementing a drug and alcohol program. The Drug and Alcohol Program was first introduced at Central City Public Schools in 2011, making us one of the first schools in Nebraska to address drug and alcohol issues. This program was developed through the collaboration of community members, medical professionals, administrators, teachers, and coaches in Central City. This team then compiled information on successful drug and alcohol models from across the nation. At the time, only two other schools in Nebraska had similar programs. Since then, our program has served as a model for many others.

A fine line to walk on taxes We are now about three weeks into the special legislative session called by Gov. Jim Pillen to find measures to lower local property taxes in Nebraska.