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Slaymaker named Extension Educator

Nebraska Extension has announced that Pamela Slaymaker has started as the Food, Nutrition, and Health University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Educator located in Antelope County. She will serve the acc ountability region of Boone, Nance, and Knox Counties in addition to Antelope County.
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New tune to celebrate new births at BCHC

Boone County Health Center (BCHC) recently announced a heartwarming new tradition. If you hear the gentle tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” during your visit, it means a baby has just been born at the hospital.
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Boone 4-H’ers capture Aksarben stock show Quiz Bowl title

Extension Educator in Boone & Nance Counties. The Senior Livestock Quiz Bowl team of Cassidy Maricle, Aidan Choat, Ryan Cumming, Nicholas Groeteke, and Kahnen Pelster captured Champion honors during this year’s Aksarben Stock Show Livestock Quiz Bowl competition held in Grand Island.
Members of the Champion Aksarben Stock Show Livestock Quiz Bowl Team (L-R): Kahnen Pelster, Nicholas Groeteke, Ryan Cumming, Aidan Choat, and Cassidy Maricle.

Rural Populations growing thanks to immigration

WAKEFIELD – It’s lunch, and Rosa Brambila rings up an order of enchiladas and rice for a man from Guatemala, here in Nebraska to work. She pours a beer for a woman from Nicaragua, then brings out a burrito for the town’s only newspaper reporter.
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Local companies compete for charity

Applied Connective has a tradition of hosting an annual internal food drive competition, and this year, the company decided to challenge another local business to see who could collect the most items for the local pantries.
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Cornhusker Power donates funds to three local groups

Cornhusker Power Goodwill Fund trustees awarded $2,541 to 12 organizations at the August 12 meeting. Cornhusker Public Power District CEO/GM Clay Gibbs said, “These organizations are doing great things in the community, and we are very proud to be a part of it.
Cornhusker Public Power District trustee Cindy Hemmer (left) presents $200 to Boone County 4-H Robotics for computer cases. Accepting the check is Organizational Leader Sarah Moeller (right).

St. Michael’s teacher wins boat in radio prize event

The Boatload of Prizes summer promotion for News Talk WJAG, 106 Kix and 97.5 KEXL, came to an end on Saturday with an Elgin woman, Tina Thiele-Blecher, winning the top prize, a Lund fishing boat from Krotter Auto and Marine of O’Neill.
Boatload of Prizes grand prize winner Tina Thiele-Blecher (left) sits in her new Lund fishing boat at Krotter Auto and Marine on Saturday in O’Neill.
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