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A cleaning lady was applying for a new position. When asked why she left her last employment, she replied, “Yes, Sir, they paid good wages, but it was the most ridiculous place I ever worked.

There are about 38 million people in the U.S. that have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

From the Collection of Pat Young A young girl came home from a date looking sad. She told her mother, “Dan proposed to me a few minutes ago.” “Then why are you so sad?” her mother asked.

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Winter officially ended this year with a blizzard. Here in Gothenburg, we were spared most of the storm and had only the wind with little snow.

Greetings District 43! Here's the latest from your State Legislature. Here is a brief recap of bills heard last week in the committees I serve on.

The Inheritance Due to inherit a fortune when his sickly, widower father died, Charles decided he needed a woman to enjoy it with. Going to a singles’ bar, he spotted a woman whose beauty took his breath away.

Previously I wrote about the Cornell Lab and one of their Citizen Science projects called the Great Backyard Bird Count. Each year, building up to the four-day event in February, a “mascot” bird is chosen for the poster that advertises the event. Because thousands of people in hundreds of countries participate in the project the chosen mascot has to be common throughout the world. This year that bird was the barn swallow.

Greetings District 43! Here's the latest from your State Legislature. Here is a brief recap of bills heard last week in the committees I serve on.

February is the shortest month for almost every profession in the world, but in education February can seem to drag on forever. I actually heard someone say the other day that it was January 45th. Schools have sickness circulating, activities keep kids scrambling to stay caught up, and the lovely Nebraska weather can lead to seasonal depression. During this time of the year, more than any other, it is imperative to look for the good in the world around you.