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Body March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor the strength, resilience, and contributions of women across generations. It is also a meaningful opportunity to talk about something that often goes unspoken, women’s mental health, especially later in life.

Body Did you know that there are lizards that don’t have legs? Yep, there are, and there is one species, known as the western slender glass lizard, here in Nebraska. Worldwide there are over 200 different kinds of legless lizards.

Body The Callaway Legion Consignment Sale will be held March 20, due to the bad weather last weekend. The Legion Auxiliary members will serve yum-yums, pie, and coffee at the Legion Hall during the event.

Body The Callaway American Legion Auxiliary’s monthly meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. at the Callaway Legion Hall on March 9, 2026. Those of us that could meet, got together at 5:30 to take on the task of judging our Legion Auxiliary scholarship applications.

Body When I headed home on Thursday afternoon, I thought that the focus of this week's column would be the budget battle taking place in Lincoln. That’s what I was prepared to write about.

Body For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

Body Some people may not be aware of the planning and behind-the-scenes work that goes into selecting the curriculum used in the classrooms of public schools.

Body I am going to take my column space this week to talk about a very serious subject. It may not be a topic of conversation at the dinner table or coffee shop, but it is one that hits close to home for me.

Body The community of Callaway has several little gems that make up the backbone of the town. A wellstocked locally owned grocery store and hardware store, a state-of-the-art medical facility, an outstanding school system, and a high-quality nursing home, to name a few.

Body Editor’s Note: The following poem was written by Callaway teacher Tina Donegan and will be performed by a Callaway High School speech student. There were 12 of us sitting on the cold pews in the courtroom.