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Sunday

HIGH 90° / LOW 51°
Sunny, with a high near 90. Windy, with a southwest wind 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.
SUNRISE…SUNSET
5:45 a.m. to 8:17 p.m.

Monday

HIGH 85° / LOW 48°
Sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy. Monday night ­— clear, with a low around 48. Breezy.
SUNRISE…SUNSET
5:45 a.m. to 8:17 p.m.

Tuesday

Senior Lunch Menu

The breakfast and lunch menu for the Las Vegas/Pecos Senior Centers,
with 2 percent milk served with all meals. Menu for June 12 to June 16.

MONDAY
Breakfast: Scrambled egg, cheese, bacon, juice, and tortilla
Lunch: Green chile cheeseburger, pork and beans, corn, and yogurt

TUESDAY
Breakfast: Bagel, cheese, juice, and cereal
Lunch: Open face turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, and diced pears

By Kelli Rolling
The Grand Island Independent

HASTINGS, Neb.  — Some people may find anything that crawls repulsive, including spiders, cockroaches and worms. Vanessa Cox thinks of those critters as the opposite: cute and cuddly.

The recent May Hastings College art graduate raises cockroaches and mealworms, and has three pet tarantulas, a chihuahua and a handful of cats. She loves and appreciates her critters so much that she even featured her cockroaches and worms in her senior art project.

I learned long ago that it is a small world out there, in so many ways. I have been a Rotarian for 20 years, and I have yet to hear a boring program at a meeting. Last month’s meeting was yet another reminder of that.

The director of accreditation for Highlands University, E.J. Choe is a classical musician and an unbelievable pianist. The upright piano got a workout and then some at the Plaza Hotel during our lunch-hour meeting there.