| I am proud to bring a solid background of family business and small-town common sense to represent you on the Papio-Missouri River NRD board today. I was born and raised fourth generation in a farming community in northeast Nebraska. I grew up in the house my Grandfather built and where my Father lives today. I learned the hard work ethic early, taking an active role on the farm and cattle operations, and working alongside my Father in the family truck and equipment business. For over 150 years, my family has trusted Nebraska natural resources to sustain our needs and improve the quality of our lives. We had to be good stewards of the land to survive - for conservation, responsible land use, and to manage our water quality and quantity. I would appreciate your vote on November 2 for the privilege to continue to serve you on the NRD Board. Barbara A. Nichols |
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| Environmentally responsible flood control is paramount in the flood- prone Papio watershed. We need common-sense policies based on sound decisions today to ensure a safe and healthy future tomorrow. |
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| PLEASE VOTE RE-ELECT NICHOLS for NRD NOVEMBER 2 |
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| My Daddy was a self-made man. He believed that nothing was impossible. He was brilliant, sometimes a dreamer, but he didn't forget his roots were in the land. |
| Conservation was important to him. He built terraces on the hillsides, and used no-till before it was the thing to do. Underground springs in the fertile glacial till soils gave us bumper crops. |
| He taught me to believe I could do anything, and that I should do everything. |
| Ten years ago the Papio NRD used the power of eminent domain to condemn 80 acres of our family farm for a flood control dam. I was there beside Daddy to defend and protect our property rights. Together, we successfully vacated the eminent domain action and resolved a number of issues for a reasonable settlement. |
| IN LOVING MEMORY of MY FATHER Robert T. Sklenar July 6, 1927 - September 28, 2004 SKLENAR TRUCK & EQUIPMENT CO. Tekamah, Nebraska |
| My Daddy was a wealth of knowledge. He gained national acclaim as a fair and honorable businessman and was frequently consulted for his expertise about a diverse field of vehicles and equipment. He was particularly proud of his role in the Omaha Retro bus restoration project, and of one of his rare buses on permanent display at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. You may have bought trucks and parts from him, or talked to him at a Jack Nitz or Taylor & Martin auction. You may have called us when you couldn't find what you needed anywhere else. Or you may have come to him just for advice and friendly conversation. |
| That is what motivated me to run for the NRD Board. Daddy taught me to lead and to serve. He was proud of what I have accomplished on the NRD Board. |
| Please help RE-ELECT me to another four years of using my Daddy's guidance and my hard work ethic to do what is best to conserve, manage, and enhance our natural resources. |
| Thank you for being MY Daddy, for everything you taught, or tried to teach me, and for always being there for me and believing in me. |
| I stayed home from school in the spring to help plant corn, and in the fall to fill corncribs with harvest. I tended cows and carried buckets of corn to feeder calves. In the July heat, I stacked hay for the winter. Daddy provided a good life. |
| My Daddy is a BURT COUNTY LEGEND. I have always had to share him with that. |
| People from all around remember me working alongside my Daddy, helping him to drive or tow home the trucks and equipment we bought at MUD, OPPD, and City and County surplus auctions. |
| He taught me to be persistent. |
| He taught me to stand up for what I believed in. He taught me to dream too, and to bring them to life. |
| He spent one more night, alone in his truck, under the fall Harvest Moon, until a passing motorist alerted authorities mid-morning the next day. |
| He taught me to work for justice, and to help others whenever I could. |
| His work was done here. |
| Two weeks ago he was found slumped over the steering wheel of one of his trucks. At age 77, he had just come down the hill from unloading a van off a cab over tilt bed truck when he apparently suffered a heart attack. |
| Vision was probably the most valuable lesson I learned from him - to see the big picture, to think outside the box. |