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Boone Central Chapter of National Honor Society held a tapping ceremony last Thursday, April 25, to induct 18 new members. The new members are (front, l.-r.) Riley Nelson, Sydney Spangler, Dayna Sharp, Ciara Baker, Madison Reilly, Miranda McGill and Elissa Reynoldson; (middle) Averie Luettel, Cody Andreasen, Brogan Benes, Grant Kuta and Myah Rankin; (back) Edwin Naranjo Aranda, Jacob Miller, Connor Christo, Logan Spence, Addyson Winter and Katelyn Krohn.

Boone Central Middle School’s speech team won the team sweepstakes at the Norfolk Junior High Tournament on Friday, April 19. Ten schools and over 150 students participated in the meet.

On April 11-12, Boone Central’s SkillsUSA team attended the Nebraska Leadership and Skills Conference in three events. Virgil Brengelman and Maxwell Grosch took part in Robotics Urban Search and Rescue.

Community Builders will hold its next meeting in Petersburg on Wednesday, May 1. Registration begins at 3 p.m.

Area 4-H members working on their 2024 livestock projects will be featured at the “A-Rama” shows on the weekend of May 24-26 in the Niewohner Arena on the Boone County Fairgrounds. The Swine-A-Rama will be held Friday, May 24.

Growth of the Boone Central TeamMates program over 21 years provided cause for celebration at the annual TeamMates Banquet Sunday evening, April 21. The chapter has grown from two mentor-mentee matches during its first year, 2002, to reach a record 75 mentor-mentees in 2023-24.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency waiver that will allow the sale of E15 fuel nationwide during summer 2024.

Gov. Jim Pillen was in Albion Sunday, but he wasn’t here to talk about state policies or legislation.

Several years ago, I moved from the back office cubicle to the front office cubicle. I was excited to “move on up”! I could see all the coming and going of people entering the office.

Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences held its annual State Science Fair on Thursday, April 18, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus. Several Newman Grove students attended this event.