When about two dozen members of Beatrice High’s Class of 1961 recently gathered for their 65th reunion, it was more than the usual redux. For many, it marked the first time in years that they had set their eyes on a cinematic time capsule — a feature-length documentary chronicling their 15-year class reunion that coincided with the U.S. bicentennial 50 years ago.

“Reunion ’61-’76” was made for and broadcast on Nebraska Educational Television (now Nebraska Public Media) then largely vanished, save for a few screenings at class reunions over the decades. 

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Scientists working to save a coral species from extinction transported 30 pieces from nurseries off the Florida coast to a hatchery on land Wednesday, fearing that warming waters could trigger a mass bleaching event this summer that could wipe them out.

Even before the Free Food and Many Blessings Food Pantry in Grand Island starts distributing food in the morning, coordinator Jim Elrod said, people are lined up outside its doors. It typically stays that way until the pantry shuts down operations for the day.

Last year, the pantry distributed roughly 109,000 pounds of food to the community, and Elrod said the need appears to be increasing. 

But many Nebraskans seeking assistance soon may be cut off from a critical source of donated food if the state adopts proposed federal guidelines.