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Albion’s annual Smoke n’ Chrome Car Show had nearly 100 vehicles on exhibit this year despite some overcast and rainy weather last Saturday, June 15. The show is an annual attraction for Alumni Saturday in Albion, and this year’s event again featured a wide variety of cars, pickups and motorcycles.

Boy howdy - you Boone County Folks know how to have a good time, and it’s, apparently, always a big time too! Weekend after weekend of shows, music, cars, displays, gatherings, fun events and now, with my first “County Fair” edition that almost didn’t make it! It’s been proving to be a difficult transition simply because of all the amazing things that are going on around the county! Economic Developmentally speaking, it’s awesome to see a community like Albion become a “hub” community, and to have the entire county utilize and patronize the fun things going on around the area all the time. The Boone County Fair edition is a big one here at the office - I was warned, and I fear I was found lacking for the first time in a long time.

A Gallup Poll published last October revealed that 63 percent of U.S. adults agreed with the statement that the Republican and Democratic parties do “such a poor job” of representing the American people that “a third major party is needed.”

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19: Pulmonology-Dr. Stritt, BCHC.

Boone County Health Center (BCHC) has announced the appointment of Dana Cox to its Board of Directors. Cox, a community leader and business owner, brings valuable experience and a commitment to advancing healthcare services in our local area.

Anhelina Umanska (right), a fifth grader at St. Edward Public Schools, was the first place winner for her age group in the recent Nebraska Wildlife Federation Poster Contest. She is shown with her teacher, Terri Osborn. Over 150 students in grades 4, 5, and 6 participated in this contest. Nine students’ posters were selected, three from each grade. Anhelina received first place in the fifth grade contest. Students were asked to research an endangered species in Nebraska and draw a poster of that animal. Anhelina drew an outstanding picture of a Whooping Crane. Anhelina, with her parents and Steve and Terri Osborn, attended the awards ceremony in Lincoln, NE on Saturday, June 15. Conservation & Education Committee Chair Russ Souchek presented the award.

Midstates Data Transport, LLC (d/b/a Stealth Broadband) has announced it has been awarded a Capital Funds Project (CPF) grant of nearly $2.2 million to bring high-speed fiber Internet to unserved areas of Boone County.

Bigger and better every year. That’s become a tradition for the Boone County Fair each year, and the 2024 fair will again have a stellar lineup starting Saturday, July 6, and continuing through Wednesday, July 10.