Sandhill Crane

One of the largest current issues in the United States is the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Keystone XL pipeline is a system designed to carry up to 830,000 barrels of tar-sand oil a day from the oil sands in western Canada to the United States. Half of the system is already built, including a pipeline that runs from Alberta through North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. The major debate is if they should continue building a 1,179-mile addition to the pipeline. This pipeline should not be built…

For my honors enrichment project, I have choose to do a photo contest. The photo contest I entered in was the Zeiss. The picture I entered in the contest was a marsh which I took when I visited Pinckney Island. Marshes are usually found on the edge of a stream, pond, or lake. They often flood and if the surrounding area gets too dry, they feed the water from the flood back to stream, pond, or lake. A marsh is a type of wetland, an area of land where water covers ground for long periods of time.…

One evening in 1887, a small group of women gathered together in the home of Nora Jones. The group met in her home to have a Bible study. The conversation quickly shifted from the planned bible study to current events. They soon began to cover a wide array of local and national events in their informal meetings. The group began to grow as more and more women wanted to be in the club where women were discussing the local and world news. This was the humble beginning of the Kearney Woman’s Club.…