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An important early literacy effort is making progress thanks to Arnold High School senior Eli Rogers. He has devoted his time to expanding the Dolly Parton Imagination Library (DPIL), a program that mails free, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five. Eli helped establish Nebraska Early Reading Development (NERD) and built a partnership with Link to Literacy, a Lincoln-based nonprofit. Through this model, DPIL now reaches one-third of Nebraska, with a framework designed for long-term, statewide growth.

It’s deer season and my cousin Scott was lamenting that, contrary to the State’s motto, everything isn’t always bigger in Texas. His lament was that Nebraska’s white tail deer were larger than those he was hunting in Texas. He is correct. Nebraska bucks can be 50 to 100 pounds heaver than those from Texas.

Bells will start ringing this week in Custer County as the Salvation Army kicks off their annual bell ringing campaign on Friday, Nov. 21.

The Callaway junior high band and senior high choir performed patriotic numbers during the Veterans Day program on Nov. 11.

*Editor’s Note: As the Courier pays tribute to our veterans, we decided that it should warrant more than just one day or one week. We continue our series of veteran profiles this week with reflections from lifelong Callaway native Raymond Kolbo.

The Callaway District Hospital Foundation, with the generous support of community member Mark Buss, has provided a new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to the Seven Valleys Senior Center. This donation highlights the Foundation’s mission to enhance community health and safety throughout the region.

The Callaway Volunteer Fire Department was called to the Chuck Schoene residence in Callaway on Nov. 13, where a fire completely destroyed the original part of the house. The Schoenes were in the new addition of the house sleeping when the blaze occurred, and were not injured.

A possible grazing management strategy that can be used is to do simple rotational grazing where cattle are periodically moved to a new winter pasture. This will allow for a more consistent diet quality when winter grazing.

Grazing stockpiled winter range or pastures has several benefits. It is much less costly compared to feeding hay. On native range, there is little risk of damage to the grasses because they are dormant and winter stocking rates can be somewhat higher compared to the summer. Often, you will notice that native pastures only grazed during the winter are the most vigorous and productive.

I would like to tell you of the benefits of that plain little old bottle of 3% peroxide you can get at any drug store. My friend’s husband has been in the medical field for over 36 years, and most doctors don’t tell you about peroxide.