Laurel Advocate

LINCOLN – Dan Griffith is just scraping by.

Are your pastures better off or worse than they were this time last year? How about the year before that? And before that? As humans, long term memory has never been a strong suit. Maybe you were able to answer a simple better or worse question 3-4 years out, but when we start getting more detailed in our analysis, answering gets even harder. Did the species present change in any way? How much difference was there in yield between years? Has any production been lost due to invasive species like spurge or cedar?

LINCOLN – Biologists are continuing to tag and track walleye and sauger in the Missouri River and Lewis and Clark Lake between Fort Randall and Gavins Point dams as part of an effort to understand declines in the fishery following historic flooding in 2011.

Law Log:

(above) Matt Phelps, of Madison, S.D., drives his truck, The Dirt, and gets its nose up in the air during a run in the Outlaw Truck & Tractor Pull at the Dixon County Fair on Thursday. (right) The judge talks to a young competitor during the bucket calf show at the Dixon County Fair on Thursday. (below) Isabella Figueroa, 6, rides the Bulgy the Whale amusement ride at the fairgrounds. She and her mom, both from Chicago, were visiting friend Nancy Hartnett of Coleridge and decided to take in the annual event in Concord.

HARTINGTON – One more event checked off the list in preparation of the 2023 Cedar County Fair.

HARTINGTON – The region has been experiencing lower than average rainfall over the last several months and one heavy irrigation pumping season could result in significant declines in groundwater levels. Dry conditions lead to increased irrigation use, which puts increased pressure on the groundwater resources of the district, and potentially results in decreased groundwater recharge. It is important to keep in mind how pumping may affect other groundwater users. Conservation of water resources should be a high priority for all.

HARTINGTON – The construction of Cedar County’s new emergency communications tower has been completed, but work at the site continues.

Coleridge Middle School students will be building new playground equipment this fall.

HARTINGTON – What do Coleridge’s picnic tables, Bow Valley’s community hall and Randolph’s Honey Fest have in common?

For the folks who know my wife of 36 years, this next statement won’t come as much of a surprise.

HARTINGTON–Thestaticwater levels of 34 irrigation wells located throughouttheLewis&ClarkNatural Resources District are measured in the spring and fall each year.

CONCORD – Plan to attend the Haskell Ag Lab’s Soil Health School August 1-2 in Concord, NE.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is inviting the public to participate in its annual summer turkey survey July 1-Aug. 31.

As part of the Nebraska Press Association’s 150th anniversary celebration, Gov. Jim Pillen proclaimed June 26-30 as Nebraska Community Newspaper Week.

You just never know how the people you meet will have an impact on your life.

Dixon County Fair begins July 5

LINCOLN – As part of the Nebraska Press Association’s 150th anniversary, Gov. Jim Pillen proclaimed June 26-30 as Nebraska Community Newspaper Week.

LAUREL – The Laurel Catholic church will no longer have weekend Mass under an Archdiocese reorganizational plan that will take affect this week.

LINCOLN – The process to fill the vacancy left by Judge Douglas Luebe’s retirement continues with an application date set for July 19.