Inside the March/April 2006 Issue
Here are the stories that appear in our March/April 2006 issue. Click on Prairie Wilderness to read an excerpt from the March/April issue, or click on Firesky Images at the bottom to see our web-only feature.
Bellevue Old and New
Offutt
Air Force Base turned sleepy Bellevue into a fast-growing city. But can
Nebraska’s oldest settlement keep its small-town soul?
By David Bristow
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Conversation is lively at the S&C Salon in Olde Towne, which stays busy with both military and civilian customers. |
Prairie
Wilderness
At Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, some of North America’s best-preserved
grasslands are getting even better.
By Stephen R. Jones
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| Sunlight reflects off retreating storm clouds at Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge. |
Restoring
a Piece of the Prairie in Suburban Nebraska
How a Bellevue homeowner created a small replica of the tallgrass prairie that
once blanketed eastern Nebraska.
By Kristine Nemec
Gauging
the Wind with the Flying Hoffmans
Huffy’s Airport Windsocks are made on Spencer’s Main Street…
and in the hog barn.
By Curt Arens
Still
Working the Ranch
Omaha ceramic artist Jess Benjamin draws inspiration from chores on her family’s
Cozad ranch.
By Molly Garriott
“Black
Jack” Pershing’s Lincoln Legacy
Long before Gen. John J. Pershing commanded U.S. forces in World War I, the
ironwilled soldier led collegiate cadets in Lincoln. Today’s cadets haven’t
forgotten him.
By Curt Arens
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Pershing in 1921. Courtesy of Nebraska State Historical Society. |
One
Part Angel
In the sequel to the bestselling In the Land of Second Chances, the
mysterious Vernon Moore returns to fictional Ebb, Neb.
A book excerpt by George Shaffner
Discovery
Along the Dismal
Wildlife in the Sandhills of the Nebraska National Forest.
By Ron Marquart
Old
Standbys
Grandma and Grandpa modernized their farm, but avoided dependence on technology
they couldn’t control.
By Mark Beech
Zac
Tobias and His Four-Legged Cowboys
A Sargent rancher trains cattle-herding border collies.
By Sheryl Schmeckpeper
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens (Recipes and stories), Nebraska Traveler (with Travel Tips by Mary Ethel Emanuel: Nebraska's Community Theaters), Flat Water News (Madden Easter Egg Hunt, Madrid's Nebraska, How to Build a Big City), Poems by Amy Plettner-Lind, Dwaine Spieker and Mary Avidano, the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo by Thane Kirchhoff and Carol Swigart.
On Saturday, March 25, 2006, from 5 to 7 p.m., you’re invited to join Thane, Carol and Nebraska Life Magazine staff at a free public reception for their photography exhibit at the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, which spans I-80 near Kearney. The exhibit will be displayed at the Archway during the entire month of March – the peak of sandhill crane migration season along the Platte River.