BY NPPD | January 14, 2021
Columbus, Neb. – Mary Harding of Plattsmouth was elected as Chair of Nebraska Public Power District’s Board of Directors for 2021 following that body’s annual election of officers Wednesday in Columbus.
Also elected were Jerry Chlopek of Columbus as first vice chair, Melissa Freelend of Kearney as second vice chair, and Ed Schrock of Elm Creek as secretary. NPPD Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Traci Bender was elected treasurer.
“I look forward to working with our Board, management team, and customers during 2021 as we look to the future, serving Nebraskans with low-cost, reliable and sustainable electric power,” Harding stated.
York artist s Mt. A painting put on public display in perpetuity
By Steven Porter
YORK, Maine When she spotted the painting at the George Marshall Store Gallery in the fall of 2019, Cynthia Hosmer knew immediately she had to buy it. Not for herself. For her town. I don t think it was five minutes after I walked in there that I grabbed Michael and Mary and said, I really want that painting to be in the public, Hosmer said.
The acrylic painting, titled West from Mount Agamenticus by York artist Michael Walek, stands 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide, and it depicts a slice of scenery from the top of one of York s natural beauties.
Seacoast arts: Survival stories of 2020 s mighty struggle
By Jeanné McCartin
This was an unrivaled year in the arts; exhausting, bewildering, and more painful than a horrific production of Hamlet starring a relative - no way out.
Keeping it local and to topic, the pandemic has been devastating on all art and culture concerns. Hundreds of artists, instructors and support staff are affected. Many are unemployed and others have limited opportunities.
The venues, galleries, companies hang by a thread. Each turned itself inside out to make things work - cleaning, closing, opening and doing it all over again. From March on, we lost most festivals, and many camps were cancelled or greatly diminished.