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Preparations are being finalized for the annual Albion/Boone Central Alumni Banquet this Saturday,June 15, in the school gym. The schedule will include school tours at 4 p.m., a social hour at 5 p.m.

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Albion’s Downtown Summer Concert Series will be opening on Thursday, July 4, with special entertainment by two specialty acts at The Venue on Fourth Street. “SongBlast, Dueling Guitars” will entertain from 5 to 7 p.m.

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.