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• Enders Lake area gearing up for first big holiday weekend

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    It’s usually Enders Lake Recreational Area’s biggest weekend of the summer.    That’s Memorial Day weekend, and it arrives in just a few days.    Supt. Bill Christensen, who oversees the Enders area ...

• Industrial arts teacher retires

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    For 34 years students at Chase County Schools, formerly Chase County High School, have learned industrial arts from Ed Fisher. As of next fall, his classes will be taken over by fellow teacher Lynn Rinehart.  ...

• Interim study suggested to evaluate benefits of restructuring NRDs

      State Senator Beau McCoy of Omaha introduced LR 181, a resolution to initiate an interim study to evaluate the restructuring of natural resources districts (NRDs).     “The study would answer the fundamental question of whether the structure o...

• NRCS extends sign-up for organic farming, ranching

      The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is extending the sign-up to June 12 for farmers and ranchers wishing to apply for financial or technical assistance related to organic ag production, said Steve Chick, State Conservationist for NRCS...

• Grasshoppers damage more than crops

  By Robert TignerSW4 Agricultural Extension Educator    A few samples and recent questions to the UNL Extension Office have brought an unusual tree predator to my attention, grasshoppers.     Over 100 species of grasshoppers occur in Nebraska, but fo...

• Enders farm one site for UNL wheat plot meetings

      Wheat producers will have several opportunities to assess new wheat varieties and get the latest information on winter wheat production practices during the 2009 University of Nebraska–Lincoln wheat plot meetings, said a UNL specialist.    Sta...

• First Insight to expand patient care with addition of two optometrists this summer

  By Jan RahnThe Grant Tribune-Sentinel    As a steadfast business with offices in Grant and Imperial, First Insight Eyecare is about to become even more entrenched in the communities when two new professionals come  on board to expand patient care.  ...

• School out for summer; keep kids active

  By Jan Schultz, The Imperial Republican News Editor   This Thursday marks the final day of the 2008-09 school year at Chase County Schools, and youngsters are about to embark on another summer of fun.    Hopefully, they’ll make it a summer of activ...

• Preschoolers learn about newspapers

  Twenty-two youngsters who attend All Stars Preschool were special guests last week at The Imperial Republican, as they toured the newspaper office May 13 and learned how the weekly issue is put together and printed. Above, teachers Mary Fortkamp, at right...

• No Lady Longhorns headed to state track this year

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    For the first time in many years, Chase County won’t be sending any girls to the state track meet.    The Lady Longhorns were in a tough C11 district last Thursday in Bayard, from which Perkins County emerg...