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15th and D street area

actually it’s my roommate’s cat.

Logan got out last night and hasn’t returned.

he’s black with white in a few places. he has no collar and no name tag. my roommate never got around to getting his tags since he’s pretty much broke all the time.

we live at 15th and D and we miss him a whole bunch.

if a miracle happens and anyone gets a lead on his whereabouts, call 402-742-2537. if i find a pic i’ll post it here asap.

THANKS

All right yall lets get the baschturds who ganked the cookies.

Article

Nearly $160 worth of Girl Scout Cookies disappeared from a 29-year-old’s car late Friday.

Police say the woman stopped to visit friends in the 1000 block of North 48th Street at 11 p.m. When she returned to her car about an hour later, 45 boxes of Peanut Butter Patties, Carmel deLites, Thin Mints, Shortbread cookies and Cinna-Spins that had been inside were gone, Office Katie Flood said. The car was left locked, but the cookie thief was able to get into the car through a partly opened window.

Police have no suspects, but may be wise to be on the lookout for a trail of cookie crumbs.

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“The big thing for bicyclists is to recognize that they are a vehicle on the street. They need to follow the same rules and regulations as if they were in a car – stopping at traffic signals, following all the rules. Constantly watching for the car no matter whether the car is in the wrong or the right. The car is much bigger, and if somebody is (going to get in a collision), we know who’s going to be the loser in that.”

Hat tip to Mr Wilson

Don’t forget about tonight’s total lunar eclipse. The show starts around 7:45pm, with totality reached at 9:00pm. The total eclipse will last 52 minutes.

NPR mentioned it as well. It might be partially cloudy, but can easily be seen with the naked eye or binoculars. Oh and unlike a solar one, you can stare into it all you want.

That picture there is the beginnings of the paved section of the Jamaica North trail next to my house. Fuggles looks a little bummed cuz we are not moving. Since the ground has been wet all winter we have not gotten out on the trails much and I just run her on the newly paved 4th street many times a week as long as it is not icy or freezing cold.

The trail is getting really close to being done. I am very excited to have it on my block. I will use the crap out of it.

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The Beatrice City Council recently voted to accept the donation of an 8.5-mile abandoned railroad corridor from Pickrell to Cortland from the Nebraska Trails Foundation, thus acquiring the last unfinished stretch of trail from Lincoln to Beatrice.

“We charged them the ridiculous price of one dollar,” said Ross Greathouse, president of the Nebraska Trails Council, which started the foundation.
Greathouse said he actually gave the city $10 out of his own pocket to complete the transaction. He joked that Beatrice officials made money on the deal because they didn’t give him change.

posted over on the forum

Lippstreu’s DN article

It makes sense that people will read this series close. It’s interesting, even exotic in a way. There’s undeniably something romantic to the idea that Lincoln’s big enough to have its very own “ghetto.” The place where you don’t go after dark for fear of being robbed or shot. The place where everything is so very different, there’s no way the “normal Lincolnites” can blend in or feel safe.

There’s only one problem: We don’t have that place here.

Article and video here

SUSAN DENTZER: At that time, Thomas had started down the road to the next phase, with something called the Eden Alternative. The approach revamped the nursing home in various ways, most visibly with plenty of green plants and even animals.

What Thomas came up with next was what he called “Green Houses,” small, homelike settings where care for elders, rather than the demands of the institution, came first.

DR. BILL THOMAS: This house really, for me, is a dream come true.

SUSAN DENTZER: Today, that vision is a reality, here at this Green House in Lincoln, Nebraska. It’s operated by Tabitha Health Services, a Lutheran-affiliated nonprofit focused on long-term care.

The puppy is refusing to speak to the press at this time

LJS article

When a 19-year-old woman arrived home to her apartment at 2300 bock of C Street early Monday, she was sure a burglar had broken in.

Her new puppy was on the deck, but the door had been closed when she left. Inside, the place had been ransacked, Christmas presents were everywhere, Police Chief Tom Casady said Wednesday.

She reported a break-in to police.

When the officer began to investigate at the scene, she found the suspect’s prints all over the counter (they turned out to be of the canine variety) and bite marks on the presents.

The suspect turned out to be Macy, the 9-month-old Labrador puppy she’d adopted from the Humane Society the day before.

He’d found a way to let himself out the back door.

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On paper it’s the shortest way, but it crosses track after track, and these rail lines are busy. The road is curvy and gravel and not made to handle this kind of traffic.

Hey thats my secret route :p But at least you get to see the fanchy sculpture. Have noticed a few cars on that street. I am pretty lucky my street is a couple blocks from there and I have not seen an increase in traffic. The route they talking about does rule though.

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hat tip to FFL

This is so fricking lame on so many levels. I was in wilderness during that time. Think I am gonna have to wear a flak jacket out there. That is two shootings out there in less than a year.

Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputies took a report of a deer being shot from the road Sunday afternoon at Wilderness Park.

Two witnesses saw it happen shortly before 4:30 p.m. near First and Calvert streets. When deputies arrived, they saw a white-tailed deer, southeast of the intersection, trying to crawl away.

One of the deputies shot the deer.

Witnesses said they saw two men wearing orange hunting jackets in a green ’90s model, short-box Chevrolet truck at the intersection. The driver leaned out of the pickup window and shot the deer with a long rifle, according to an incident report.

Then the truck sped away.

The sheriff’s office has no suspects.