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Lindsay community will be celebrating its annual Pivot Days on Friday and Saturday, June 28-29, with a wide variety of events. Preceding the celebration, the special auction of a Lindsay pivot point, with panel, span and overhang will be held Wednesday, June 26.

It doesn’t seem like the wage per hour issue in this country will ever really be finished. There’s not enough capital to make consistent or persistent wage increases, and if everyone just raises everything all the time, it’s actually the same as doing nothing.

Dr. Jim Ridgeway of Albion (center), a retired U.S. Navy veteran, was recently presented a Quilt of Valor for serving in the Navy during the Korean War. Navy veterans Jerry Leifeld, l., and Larry Swerczek, r., helped to present the quilt. The quilt squares were made by Jim’s wife, Kay, and completed by Sandi McMillan and Carol Kusek.

Boone Central School Board on June 10 tabled an agenda item for various policy updates to allow more time to review the changes. These include policies on complaint procedure, compulsory attendance and student cell phone use.

Tracy K. Hedlund, 48, of Albion passed away Monday, June 10, 2024 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, surrounded by her family.

A Mass of Christian Burial for LeeAnn M. Dozler, 85 of Elgin, was held Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at St.

Charles Linford Sweet passed away in Omaha on Monday, June 10, 2024, from pancreatic cancer. A celebration of his life will be scheduled for a future date in Albion.

Filling Albion’s downtown is now more colorful after planters were filled last week on behalf of the Albion Chamber of Commerce by, l.-r., Shelley Lueken, Lori Krohn, Michelle Devine, Cheryl Andreasen, Emma Nelson and Tiffnay Curry.

Boone County Assessor’s office has released the county assessment sales/ratio statistics for the coming assessment year. Residential property will be assessed at a median of 95%; commercial property will be valued at 100% of median and agricultural land will be assessed at 69% of its value.

Albion/Boone Central Alumni will be returning for their annual banquet this Saturday, June 15, and many special events are planned in town that day. The schedule opens in the morning with a breakfast featuring the Waffle Man starting at 8 a.m.