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FAIR FIGHT
OMAHA—The Nebraska State Fair is already settling into its new home in Grand Island, but the courts have yet to settle the question of whether the move was legal. The Nebraska Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Feb. 9 about whether the 2008 law requiring the fair to move from Lincoln to Grand Island is constitutional. In the meantime, the state fair staff will continue preparing to hold the first fair outside of Lincoln in 110 years. By Josh Funk.
GRANDMA JAILER
WAHOO—Sgt. Bobbi Soukup still laughs about the situation. It happened while her son and twin granddaughters were eating at a Burger King in Sioux Falls, S.D. Her son was trying to get the young girls to finish their food so they could get to Grandma Bobbi’s house in O’Neill. By Tammy Real-McKeighan of the Fremont Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature.
MILITARY FAMILIES
FREMONT—Judy Daughty was miserable the first time her husband, Patrick, was deployed. “I had a lot of anger,” the Fremont woman said. “I didn’t eat. I kind of isolated myself. I didn’t sleep.” By Tammy Real-McKeighan of the Fremont Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Moved in advance for weekend use.
MISSIONS ACCOMPLISHED
BEATRICE—A man walked into the National Resources Conservation Services field office and greeted Wally Valasek by saying, “Hello, old man.” Wally replied, “I’m not that old.” By Luke Nichols of the Beatrice Daily Sun. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Moved in advance for weekend use.
MUNDY’S LAW
HASTINGS—Monty McCord says the name Joe Mundy just came to him one day. He gave that name to the main character in “Mundy’s Law,” a Western novel and McCord’s first work of fiction. “Nebraska 1876. The western frontier is wild and needs a lawman who can tame it. Joe Mundy is such a man,” says a teaser for “Mundy’s Law.” By Charis Ubben of the Hastings Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Moved in advance for weekend use.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— YANKTON WATER—The South Dakota city of Yankton has gotten approval from Nebraska to draw water from wells on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River.
— SEX ASSAULT—A Columbus man has been sentenced to up to 45 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teen girl for more than a year.
— CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS—An expert on Christian-Muslim relations will speak in Omaha at a program being held on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus.
— PEANUT BUTTER HUNGER—ConAgra Foods is encouraging families to pack peanut butter sandwiches instead of buying lunch on Wednesdays during February and donate the savings to fight hunger.
— NO-TILL CONFERENCE—The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension has prepared two conferences on no-till farming.
— PHYSICS GRANT—A University of Nebraska-Lincoln physics professor has won a grant to study how plants convert photons of light into energy.
The AP, Omaha.
