Locke is a Louisville businessman who self-published his first book in 2009. He became the second writer this year to sell one million books on Amazon.com, through the company's Kindle Direct Publishing service.
The second commemorative quarter-dollar coin released in 2006 honors Nebraska, and is the 37th coin in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters Â® Program. Nebraska, nicknamed the Cornhusker State, was admitted into the Union on March 1, 1867, becoming our Nation's 37th state.
MaxPreps Mascot Mondays: Nebraska high school mascots. The Cornhusker State has no Cornhuskers. What it does have is a comic book character, people who find things, a Shakespeare quote and female Vikings. Just as important as a school's name and its location is its mascot. Options abound, and some teams go with the commonplace while others go with the truly unique. In Nebraska, there are 322 schools with mascots listed in the MaxPreps database.