The 2022 Bull Bash People’s Choice Quilt Show will be held February 12, at Nelsen Furniture on Valentine’s Main Street. Organizers are calling for community quilts.

Valentine placed second at the Chadron Dual tournament Friday, January 21, 2022. The Badgers lone loss came to a 24-1 Scottsbluff team. “I would have liked to have wrestled them with our full line-up, I think we would have fared better. The Badgers defeated a good Mead, CO team in the semifinals. That was our best dual of the day. I thought we wrestled pretty good against them,” said Coach Shane Allison.

Boys Team Scores First place, Valentine, 165.0; second place, Mead, 31.5; third place, Ogallala, 115.0; fourth place, Campbell County, 105.0; fifth place, Gordon-Rushville, 95.0; sixth place, Chase County, 85.0; seventh place, Bayard, 71.5; eighth place, Chadron, 63.0; ninth place, Newell, 51.0; 10th place, Perkins County, 45.0; 11th place, Bridgeport, 35.0; 12th place, Garden County, 33.0; 13th place, Alliance, 32.0; 14th place, Crawford, 26.0; 15th place, Kimball, 21.0; 16th place, Hemingford, 18.0; 17th place, Hay Springs, 14.5; 18th place, Morrill, 1.0. Girls Team Scores First place, Chadron Girls, 75.0; second place, Mitchell Girls, 72.0; third place, Ogallala Girls, 62.0; fourth place, Valentine Girls, 60.0; fifth place, Pine Ridge, 54.0; sixth place, Bridgeport Girls, 38.0; seventh place, Hemingford Girls, 28.0; eighth place, Bayard Girls, 26.0; ninth place, Garden County Girls, 22.0.

The Valentine Area Arts Council event scheduled for Sunday, January 30, 2022 has been canceled due to the artist having covid..

A unique dining experience is in store for those who visit the Raine Motel Restaurant and Lounge. They will be serving Indo-American food. Owned by Mona Chanchal Shukla, a pharmacist, who has had experience working in an Indian restaurant in Oregon and New York.

To visit with Gary Smith about his life, it sounds like a spirograph. The vintage toy where circles with holes and gears and different colored pens create artistic graphics as they circle around a pivotal start.