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The Rex changes hands
OROFINO — In 1955 my grandfather, Al Wagner, bought the Rex Theater in Orofino. My dad, Port Wagner, was just coming home from the service and my grandfather wanted him to run the theater. Soon after my father got home from the service Grandpa developed Parkinson’s disease. Dad hired Ray Norton to be the manager and he managed the Rex for several years.
Midlands Voices: Nebraska needs to take action to reduce excessive drinking
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, but what do Nebraskans know about excessive alcohol consumption, its impact on our health, and its impact on the health and safety of our neighborhoods? For starters, we know that Nebraska is consistently one of the worst states for binge drinking (drinking 4+ drinks for women and 5+ for men on an occasion). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we are currently the seventh-worst binge drinking state in the country.
So, You're Gonna Do... What, Exactly?
I’m Gonna Hike the AT, That’s What. I figure I should get that out of the way up front. It’s still a little hard to believe sometimes, but if you don’t say it you can psych yourself out. Hi, I’m Chris. Those who know me know that my online social media presence up to this point in life has been, shall we say, limited. Or to use another, perhaps more accurate, word: nonexistent. And I was more than a little surprised to find myself filling out the application to be a Trek blogger.
VISION POSSIBLE: A New Paradigm in Computing?
I’m a child of the ’80s. The first computer I touched was an IBM PC. The first I owned was an Atari 800XL. The first I truly fell in love with was the Amiga 1000. I’ve programmed and worked with practically every major platform since. New technology rarely surprises me. Yet, every year around the first week of June is always a special time of anticipation as I wait to see what Apple will roll out at WWDC. Even so, Apple really hasn’t come out with something truly new of any scale in nearly a decade.
Opinion: Murphy’s social media ban for kids doomed to fail Original
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. Associated Press Recently, a bill was introduced by Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy that prohibits kids under 13 from being on social media and requires parental consent and prohibits algorithms for kids 13 to 17. He introduced this bill along with Democratic colleague Sen. Brian Schatz, of Hawaii, and two Republican senators, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Katie Britt of Alabama, in a show of surprising (and increasingly rare) bipartisan support.
Meet The Teens Lobbying To Regulate Social Media
Dec 15, 2022 Meet The Teens Lobbying To Regulate Social Media Emma Lembke has teamed up with Brown University sophomore Aliza Kopans to found Tech(nically) Politics, a youth lobbying and advocacy group that pushes for social media regulation. Read the article here. Related
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Dec 1, 2022 Kids’ Screen Time Rose By 50% During The Pandemic: 3 Tips For The Whole Family To Bring It Back Down A newly released review comparing children’s screen time before and during COVID, shows children’s screen time spiked by a whopping 52% between 2020 and 2022. Read the article here. Related
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