On Wednesday September 12, the police ran an undercover operation in Wilderness Park. The objective of this mission was to catch people for indecent exposure, and sexual harassment. Ten men were caught during the operation including 7 from the Lincoln area. There have been several complaints about such activities happening, and the police said that once in a while it’s necessary to do an operation such as this one. If these type of operations are done it kind of keeps the stuff happening to a minimum. Police announced this is not the only park in Lincoln where this sort of activity happens, and along with Lincoln other cities have the same things happen.
I think it’s good for the public that the police do these type of things. If these weren’t done, and complaints were just ignored then the problem would continue and likely worsen. If you are with your little kid who wants to go play in the park you shouldn’t have to worry about what’s going to happen there or what you might stumble across. This is a nuisance to the public. If I had a little kid and had stumbled across some of these things happen I’d be very pissed off. It’s good that the Lincoln police care as much as to take care of the problem. I’m sure in some big cities, the police over look situations similar to this because they don’t think it’s that big of a problem but the police here take their jobs serious and take care of all the problems. The community can feel better about itself, and also safer when the law enforcement does its job.

I would have never imagined there was so much interesting information about Aurora. A lot of the information in the Plainsman Museum was pioneers, and early settlers. There were covered wagons, and other artifacts used by some of the first settlers in Aurora. There were early guns, some being from the military and some were used to hunt. There was a replica of the jail that was in town when the early settlers started arriving. Being a farming community, another great deal of the information was about farming and agriculture. There were pieces of farm equipment that was used in the area, and I even saw a stuffed two-headed calf that had come from the area. One of the one-room school houses used in Hamilton County that was called Fairview. It was one of the last one-room school houses used, it was closed in 1954. There were also items in the museum that my great-grandfather, Fay Perry had donated so I thought that was a part of the trip that brought some special meaning. Two of the donations Fay made were miniature models he made by hand. One of the models was of the Nebraska state capitol building, and the other was of the Aurora courthouse. Fay took great pride in his work and used much detail. A blacksmithing shop was one more exhibit I visited on my trip to Plainsman museum. The blacksmith shop is in working condition and even used for demonstrations on special occasions.