July 2024

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Adventure Begins at Your Library was the theme for the 2024 summer reading event hosted by the St. Edward Public Library June 25-28 at the St.

July 11--- American Legion Post meeting, 8 p.m. July 11--- Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Albion Congregational Church July 15--- St.

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (RNeb.) recently announced that her staff will hold local office hours for constituents in Nance and Boone Counties on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

With the Boone County Fair on deck for next week, the Boone County Raceway will be holding the annual Tanner Pelster Memorial event this weekend, July 7. This year’s event will feature a number of specialty payouts sure to attract some racers – a Late Model Payout; Hobby Stock Payout and Stock Car Payout and more have upped some of the prize money to $1,311, $1811 and $6,111 as of Monday.

Nebraska Raptors 14U softball team, playing out of Silver Creek, recently claimed the District 5 softball championship in Grand Island to earn a spot in the Class C State championships. Team members are (front, l.-r.) Jaedyn Friesen, Brielle Wiese, Emma Preister, Brecklyn Kurz and Chloe Schott; (back) MacKenzie Kurtenbach, Caitlyn Ferris, Sierra Reardon, Adalyn Bishop, Lily Thieman and Kaleigh Rickard-Fischer. The players are from Fullerton, Genoa, Silver Creek, St Edward, Petersburg, Humphrey and Lindsay.

Nitrate levels in parts of Nebraska, including areas within the Lower Loup Natural Resources District, are on the rise, according to the most recent LLNRD newsletter, Water Matters. The Safe Drinking Water Act requires that nitrate concentration in drinking water does not exceed I 0 milligrams/liter (often cited as IO parts per million, or IO ppm).

Like many of you, I’m sure you’ve had a host of cellular phones. They used to come in all shapes and sizes and even colors if you wanted it - now we’re all stuck with these super computer flat things that cost way too much and break way too easily.

On Sunday, June 23,2024, the Piecin’ Pals Quilt Group, with funding help from the Nebraska State Quilt Guild and the Boone County Visitor’s Promotion Fund, hosted a fun afternoon with Fremont’s Scott Flanagan of 4th and Main Designs.

After listening to the presidential debate last Thursday, June 27, I’m more convinced than ever that the American people should have a bona fide third party candidate. But it still won’t happen this year.