Inside the March/April 2009 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our March/April 2009 issue. Click on Hidden Treasures of the State Capitol or Hosting the Cranes for videos and slideshows, A Front Porch in the Sky, Wakefield's Winning Team or The Pedal Clinic for slideshows of more images and to read excerpts from the March/April issue. Click on For the Love of Reading for audio files. Click here to subscribe to Nebraska Life Magazine and receive this issue delivered to your mailbox.
Hidden Treasures of the State Capitol
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While it's hard
to miss the Sower balanced on top of the State Capitol, visitors have
to look closely to see some of the Capitol's other treasures. By Sheryl Schmeckpeper Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
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A
rare breed of flyers float above Nebraska: The Nebraska Balloon Club. Story and photographs by Mike Whye |
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How a Doniphan farm family plays host to one of the world's great bird migrations. Story and photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
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Proclaimed the baseball capital of Nebraska in 1996, Wakefield is a community of team players. Story by Whitney Keyes and Kristen Friesen Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
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A Pawnee City couple's obsession with antique pedal-powered cars and tractors. Story and photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
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For two hours a week Bonnie Faimon sits in a closet-sized recording studio and reads books and magazines for the Nebraska Library Commission's Talking Book and Braille Service. Story and photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
Ash Hollow State Historical Park
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This quiet, spring-fed canyon near the Panhandle town of Lewellen has lured humans here for thousands of years. Story and photographs by Stephen R. Jones |
In Pursuit of Tri-City Railroad Tales
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Our Road Trip staff heads to Grand Island, Hastings and Kearney in search of railroad fans, food and tales of yore. By Kristen Friesen Photographs by Mike Nyffeler |
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens, Storyteller ('Into the Wild Blue Yonder' and Other Airplane Stories), Nebraska Traveler (A Local Look at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Two Concerts Scheduled for Avoca's Tuneful Twosome) Flat Water News (Champeen Prevaricators: 2009 Tall Tale Contest, The World's Longest Basketball Game: A Win for Grand Island's Heartland Lutheran, Woodland Trails: A Path to Native American Art), Poems by Hannah Kenny, Amy Jo Barker and Ardiss Sederholm plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Steve and Bobbi Olson
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