Dear Editor: As a retired education professional, who still volunteers as a Teammates mentor, I am dedicated to ensuring that our local youth receive optimum education opportunities. As a taxpayer, I think it's also important that we adhere to sound financial management. This letter addresses some of the issues that have come up in regard to the recent bond issue.

After nearly twenty years of parish ministry, I entered the world of health care, which, I learned, abounds in acronyms. My first clue was in chaplaincy training, known as “CPE” (Clinical Pastoral Education), the required education for most hospital and hospice chaplains. CNA, SoB (Shortness of Breath), PRN, HoH (Hard of Hearing), and a myriad of other acronyms are now part of my own vernacular. QoL (Quality of Life) is the ‘big’ one in hospice, sometimes called “comfort care.” When quantity of life becomes diminished, it’s all about quality.

Last week, I shared how the One Big, Beautiful Bill keeps Nebraskans safe and our communities secure. Today, I want to highlight another top priority: how this new law delivers real, lasting tax relief for Nebraska families.

Dear Editor, “But of everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and of him to whom they have entrusted much, they will demand the more.” is a quotation from the Bible. The premise of the quotation emphasizes that those entrusted with more wealth, talents and/or knowledge are expected to use these resources responsibly and for the benefit of others. Although we may not all be blessed with material wealth, everyone has talents and/or knowledge they can use to make a positive impact on their community.

Dear Editor, More than five years ago, I was center stage in the Cambridge auditorium wearing a knee-high medical boot dancing to 1950s music during a prom scene for our rendition of the musical “Grease.”

Dear Fellow Taxpayer, I would like to share just a couple of thoughts with you concerning the school bond election. If this bond passes, it will take over $500,000.00 dollars a year out of our local economy.

To the editor: There has been a lot of conversation happening around the Cambridge School Bond, and that’s great! But it’s important we distinguish truth from fear. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but opinions and assumptions are not facts. When it comes to making decisions that impact our school, students, and our community’s future, we must look at the facts.

Have you ever stood up too quickly and felt the room spin? Or rolled over in bed and suddenly felt like you were on a merry go round you didn’t ask to ride? Maybe you’ve started to notice you feel a little unsteady when walking or need to hold onto furniture “just in case.” If that sounds familiar, you are not alone. And more importantly, you are not without options.

Last week, the House and Senate passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and sent it to the president’s desk to be signed into law. Today, I want to highlight how this new law delivers for Nebraska’s producers who fuel and feed our nation.

Carpenter ants are often misunderstood. While many people view them as pests, they actually play an important role in the natural breakdown of decaying wood.