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“The Wizard of Oz” is coming to Albion with the Missoula Children’s Theatre for two performances in June. Auditions will be held Monday, June 17, from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

Boone Central’s National Honor Society, FBLA, FFA, and FCCLA chapters encourage members to give back to the community throughout the school year.

Weather conditions were nearly ideal when runners and walkers left the starting line for the Cinco de Mayo run sponsored by the Boone County Health Center Foundation last Sunday afternoon, May 5. There were about 30 total participants in the run and walk.

It was a circus atmosphere at the Boone Central Gym last Friday, May 3, when the elementary students performed their annual spring music program “Welcome to the Boone Central Circus.” This event was moved into the competition gym and featured preschool through fourth grade.

Many businesses and volunteer organizations are dealing with a shortage of personnel these days. In Nebraska, volunteer firefighters and EMTs are in short supply.

Elementary students at Boone Central were excited Tuesday morning, April 23. That’s the day the books came.

If you’re a student planning a medical career, rural Nebraska wants you. That’s the message -- both from the state’s rural hospitals, and from the University of Nebraska at Kearney Health Sciences program.

Dayna Sharp, a junior at Boone Central High School, has been chosen to atend American Legion Auxiary Cornhusker Girls State, June 2-8, 2024, on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Sharp will study local, county and state government processes in this nonpartisan political learning experience.

Veterans Auxiliaries met on Monday, April 8, 2024 at the Vets Club at 6 p.m. for the Gold Star dinner.

Boone Central FBLA had one of their best state leadership conferences of all time last week, April 11-13, at Kearney. “The senior class reminded everyone why they are always a force to be reckoned with,” said FBLA sponsor Joel Sup.