Inside the March/April 2007 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our March/April 2007 issue. Click on Row Big Red to read an excerpt from the March/April issue and to see a slideshow of additional Mike Whye photography, or click on Boys Town Sports Legacy to read an excerpt from the March/April issue.
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You have to get up early to catch
up with Nebraska’s collegiate rowers. By Mike Whye |
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How Father Flanagan’s barnstorming sports teams gained national fame.
By Leo Adam Biga |
Mud
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“I think
of it as the glue that binds winter to summer. It holds the promise of
spring – why should flowers get all the glory?” Photography and essay by Joel Sartore |
Tall Tale Contest
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Results from
the greatest contest in human history, direct from the National Liars
Hall of Fame in Dannebrog. By Roger Welsch |
Neighborly Dining Near Burwell
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Country Neighbor
serves home cooking in a historic schoolhouse. By Sheryl Schmeckpeper |
Alliance
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Don’t underestimate
these people when they get excited about something. By David Bristow |
The Milkweed Way
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Ogallala Comfort
Company finds success is there for the picking. By Linda Read Deeds |
The Sharpest Tools in the Shed
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Clarkson’s
master knife makers, Dale Novak and his Uncle Frank. By Jerry Wilson |
A Dozen Square-Tails and a Sharpy
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For Nebraska’s
best-known bird expert, this Sandhills square-off was “one of the
most interesting mornings of grouse-watching in my life.” By Paul Johnsgard |
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens (Recipes and stories), Nebraska Traveler (Rowe's Family Crane Carnival, Opera Omaha's Wakonda's Dream), Flat Water News (President Ford Remembered, The Panhandle's Vanishing Hills, Brule's Not Small, Life's Lessons from the Farm), Poems by Faye Cool, L.A. Evans, Mel Krutz and Lonn Atwood plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Girls and Boys Town
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