Inside the January/February 2010 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our January/February 2010 issue. Click here to subscribe to Nebraska Life Magazine and receive this issue delivered to your mailbox.
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Hastings photographer Jorn Olsen captures Nebraska by storm. Story by Kristen Friesen Photographs by Jorn Olsen |
On the (Country) Air with RFD-TV
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Omaha’s television network reaches 30 million homes with “good old family entertainment.” Story by Molly Garriott |
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The future of this Sandhills community depends on greater Cherry County. Story by Kristen Friesen Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
The Man At the Center
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Saving rural America with Chuck Hassebrook. Story by Jerry Wilson Photographs by Christopher Amundson |
One Man’s Music Boxes
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In his St. Paul workshop, Pat Cozad turns cigar boxes into guitars. Story by Alan J. Bartels Photographs by Alyssa Schukar |
Lincoln’s Big Mac of Music
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When Mac McCune lifts his trumpet to his lips and presses its valves, people listen. And they’ve been paying to listen for almost half a century. Story and photographs by Mike Whye |
Making Connections in Southeast Nebraska
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A road trip to Milligan, Geneva, Fairmont and Grafton. Story by Lisa Munger Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
Taking the Plunge at Meadville
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First shock, then exhiliration, then “you feel warm the rest of the day.” Story and photographs by Alan J. Bartels |
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens, Storyteller (The Elgin UFO), Nebraska Traveler (Lied Center’s Crystal Ball, Birdwatching that really “counts,” Elba’s Kolache Shootout,) Flat Water News (Shelby’s Olympic Bobsledder, Nebraska Memories for the Young and Forgetful, Nebraska Firefighters Museum Answers the Call, Saving Signatures, The Tweet Life ), Poems (Another Nebraska Winter, Glasscapes, Semi, It is a Saturday (for Ethan)) plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Christopher Amundson.
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