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After cancer treatment, woman reopens Lincoln ice cream shop PAT SANGIMINO, Lincoln Journal Star March 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) When Amy Green was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer last spring, doctors told her that one of the side effects to her chemotherapy might be the loss of taste. “I almost didn’t do the treatment because of that,” she said. The owner of Ivanna Cone, the ice cream shop appropriately located in the Creamery Building at 701 P St., was only half kidding. After all, what would be the point if she couldn’t taste-test her frozen concoctions from parlor favorites like sweet-cream vanilla and Dutch chocolate to the outrageous caramelized onion cheesecake to determine if they are worthy to be listed on the shop’s chalkboard menu, which always features 15 flavors? ....
Offutt E-4B Nightwatch planes moved to Lincoln airport March 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) The U.S. military’s four “doomsday” planes have been moved to their new temporary home in Lincoln from Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha as the base undergoes a $144 million runway replacement. The E-4B Nighwatch aircraft serve as aerial command centers for top military officials in case of a catastrophic national emergency, such as a nuclear attack. Air Force Lt. Col. Derek Ligon, deputy commander of the 595th Command and Control Group, said the move to Lincoln’s airport was the logical choice, as it has a nearly 13,000-foot runway that can handle the big planes. And it’s only about an hour’s drive from the base. ....