Inside the May/June 2009 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our May/June 2009 issue. Click on Catching Crazy Horse for videos and slideshows, Wildflowers of the Panhandle, Downtown Dining in Grand Island or Our Town: Gothenburg's Feisty Swedes for slideshows of more images and to read excerpts from the May/June issue. Click here to subscribe to Nebraska Life Magazine and receive this issue delivered to your mailbox.
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Our photographic journey of nature and spring in the Panhandle region of Nebraska. By Kristen Friesen Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
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Some say this great Oglala Sioux warrior was buried in these hills near Hay Springs. This is the story of how he might have gotten there. By Sheryl Schmeckpeper Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
The Capitol City Marathon
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13 or 26 miles, a spring run through Lincoln. Story and photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
Downtown Dining in Grand Island
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Australian beachside pizza, a German supper club and more from downtown Grand Island. Story by Kristen Friesen |
Meadowspark
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With style, grace and a golden splash of attitude, our state bird: the western meadowlark Story by Alan J. Bartels |
Our Town: Gothenburg's Feisty Swedes
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Building an oasis of a community on the Platte River. Story and photographs by Christopher Amundson |
Santa Lucia's Enduring Grace
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Omaha’s Santa Lucia Festival is a time-honored, sacred tradition. Story and photographs Alyssa Schukar |
No Ordinary Outfit
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How the Bruce and Sue Ann Switzer ranching family of Loup County Story and photographs by Alan J. Bartels |
The Oldest Romance in the West
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The oddly beautiful relationship of the yucca plant and its namesake moth. By Paul A. Johnsgard Photographs by Bob Rooney |
Suited for Soccer
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This south Omaha soccer team has heart on and off the field. Story and photographs by Alyssa Schukar |
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens, Storyteller ('Divine Remembrance'), Nebraska Traveler (A Taste of Omaha that is sure to fill, Norfolk Great American Comedy Festival keeps Nebraska in stitches, and Palmyra's Old Settler's Picninc is a blast from the past) Flat Water News (Cottownwood Canoe: Is History in the Making, Carhenge:Seeking Old Plates), Poems by VerLynn Kneifl, Maureen Kingston, Ardiss Cederholm and Neil Harrison plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Steve and Bobbi Olson
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