December 2022

Money management tips for retirees

What constitutes a perfect retirement is different for everyone. Some people may imagine spending their golden years fishing their days away, while others may aspire to finally embrace their inner globetrotter. Though individuals’ retirement dreams differ, every retiree will need money, which only underscores the importance of a wise and disciplined approach to money management.

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Advances in surgery

My son is one of the many Americans with cleft lip and palate. The specifics of each affected individual’s situation vary, but one thing they have in common is that they will be having surgery. Lots of surgery. Although most individuals with orofacial clefts, including my son, are otherwise healthy and lead normal lives, the process of restoring a normal smile, normal speech, normal chewing, involves many steps from birth into adulthood.

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Midwest Crops Conference Delivers Cutting Edge Research

The Midwest Crops Conference (formally Northwest Missouri Crop Advisors Conference) provides the opportunity for farmers and crop advisors to hear about the most up-to-date research from 3 Universities. Planned by specialists in agriculture fields from University of Missouri Extension, Kansas State Extension and University of Nebraska Extension the conference gives an overview of research conducted at all three Universities. Topics cover four areas of concern for producers: nutrient management, soil and water, crop management and pest management.

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Repeating Itself

with Phyllis Buell Hearing and reading about the snowstorm that shut down western Nebraska last week, I thought about other years when there were other memorable winter storms. My ancestors didn’t take time to record happenings in their personal lives.

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Nonfiction Options Available

The Hamburg Public Library has a collection of nonfiction books to tweak the interest of readers in categories from amazing facts to self-help, from cookbooks to gardening, from crafts to collecting, or from Iowa and Midwest history to biographies.

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