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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.

When Artistry Snowballs

Jorn

Hastings photographer Jorn Olsen captures Nebraska by storm.

Story by Kristen Friesen Photographs by Jorn Olsen



On the (Country) Air with RFD-TV

RFD-TV

Omaha’s television network reaches 30 million homes with “good old family entertainment.”

Story by Molly Garriott


Valentine’s Vision

Valentine's Vision

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

Chuck

Saving rural America with Chuck Hassebrook.

Story by Jerry Wilson Photographs by Christopher Amundson



One Man’s Music Boxes

Cigar Box Guitars

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

Mac McCune

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
Road Trip

A road trip to Milligan, Geneva, Fairmont and Grafton.

Story by Lisa Munger Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson


Taking the Plunge at Meadville
Meadville

First shock, then exhiliration, then “you feel warm the rest of the day.”
This Keya Paha County ghost town celebrates winter by “diving” in head first.

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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