CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge, Hi-Line and Southwest girls golf teams teed off their seasons last Thursday at the Cambridge Invite. The tournament was just nine holes of play as athletes benefitted from an abbreviated tournament to begin their season or in the case of Hi-Line, their program.

By Todd Whitney Best management practices, like cutting alfalfa in the morning to speed drying to preserve sugars and starch for higher quality hay, are followed by most producers. However, timing the last fall alfalfa cutting seems to vary among growers; since the forage quality does not change as rapidly in later cuttings compared to earlier cuttings.

Biden-Harris leadership has led to high prices and open borders. Vice President Kamala Harris can’t run from her radical record. As Vice President, she’s cast more tiebreaking votes than anyone else in Senate history. These votes allowed the Democrats’ most radical and expensive plans to pass.

This week, I signed into law a series of bills, including those that will provide funding for property tax relief. The main bill, LB34, includes caps on local spending authority for cities and counties. LB34 also frontloads the Property Income Tax Credit to property tax statements. This means Nebraskans will no longer loan the government money. They will see a direct decrease in taxes paid. That step alone will allow 45 percent of Nebraskans to receive a 20 percent tax savings that they have never realized. That’s a big win.

It’s August. You might notice the crispness in the air or the slight yellowing of the leaves or maybe even the wafting fragrance of roasting meat.

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer (not counting skin cancer) in both men and women, only behind prostate in men and breast in women. Although it is the second most common, it remains the leading cause of cancer death in America. Approximately 1 in 5 cancer deaths a year are attributed to lung cancer. More Americans die every year of Lung cancer than colon, prostate and breast cancer combined.

Zoe Gaghagen, Blue; Capri Sayer, Blue; Tate Weatherwax Weatherwax, Purple; Shalissa Bigham, Blue; Austin Woods, Purple; Tayley Becker, Purple; Dierks Sayer, Blue; Brenna Deterding, Purple; Ellie Weatherwax, Blue; Aislyn Koch, Purple; Brynn Baily, Purple; Natalee Holste, Blue. Champion: Aislyn Koch.

Recently, the Nebraska Legislature moved forward a modest property tax package. Originally, the intent of the revenue committee was to remove certain sales tax exemptions to broaden the base of the sales tax, gradually lower the levy from local government, and have the State take up a bigger burden of funding our schools.

Henderson State Bank, headquartered in Henderson, Nebraska and Community First Bank, headquartered in Maywood, Nebraska, announced their merger agreement. The announcement was made jointly by Kevin Postier, Chairman & CEO of Henderson State Bank and Kathleen Thuman, CEO of Community First Bank.

OXFORD - Every summer dozens of kids busy their vacation by showing livestock and competing in the Furnas County Fair. However, Southern Valley student Tayley Becker keeps busier than most by showing all four livestock species at the county fair.