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Healthier Central Nebraska Challenge

Wellness coach finds her own success

By ELLEN MORTENSEN
Chief Editor

   It is well proven that children learn by example. Two weeks ago we met Liana Hrupek, a young mom who has lost more than 100 pounds and gained a new lease on life. This week we meet her example.
   Like her daughter, and many of the rest of us, Pat Smith has struggled with her weight most of her life. She, too, had tried many different diet plans in the past, with little or no success.
   In 2008, she got serious and lost about 20 pounds. She managed to keep that weight off for a year. Then in January 2009, Pat made a resolution to get healthier. And this time - she meant it.
   “Diets are difficult because you go on and off of them. Getting healthier means creating a different lifestyle - always working toward your vision,” Pat explained.

Cedars pulls out

Thursday, 11 March 2010
• Lincoln-based agency announces Tuesday they will close Broken Bow office, but promise to work for transition of programs • Decision lands 11 in unemployment line By DEBORAH McCASLIN Chief Publisher Come June, Cedars of Central Nebraska will be no more. The Lincoln-based organization will be ending its presence in Broken Bow. The Child Reform Act put into practice by the state of Nebraska last fall changed the face of child welfare across the state and that has dictated how Cedars now needs to do business, explained Jim Blue, Cedars/CEO. “Cedars is the lead agency for South/East Nebraska and that is requiring our full attention,” he said. Each section of Nebraska has a lead agency and those lead agencies make the necessary decisions and give the necessary guidance for family focused services including foster care. Girls and Boys Home out of Grand Island is the lead agency for central Nebraska. Cedars currently has five children in foster care in Custer County. Those homes will now fall under the Girls and Boys Home umbrella. What it has comes down to is an economy of scale.
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Bow council gives Utility Board one year to study revenue and expenses

Thursday, 11 March 2010
By DEBORAH McCASLIN Chief Publisher The Utility Board requested and received a year to study man power usage, income and expenses by the City Council Monday. “We must replenish cash reserves to try and avoid double digit increases,,” said Mayor Mac McMeen. “An audit due the end of March may shed some light.” A study of the finances was triggered by a rate increase request by the Utility Board of 29 percent. The Council later approved an increase at 14.5 percent and launched a study of the department at the same time. “A no decision will not solve the problem,” said McMeen. Council President Mike Evans called the time a ‘golden opportunity’ for the council and utility board to communicate better. “We owe it to everyone to have a more precise accounting method,” he said.
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