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Lincoln – Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Division of Public Health announces that the Vital Records Team has launched a new on-line portal for ordering certified copies of birth records.

LINCOLN, Neb. (June 3, 2021) – A young Nebraska boy’s personal account of his life with polio is featured in “American Experience: The Polio Crusade,” airing at 8:00 p.m. CT, Tuesday, June 15, on Nebraska Public Media.

Katelynn Patton’s high school graduation ceremony was held May 28 at the Lakeview Church with a reception following. She is the daughter of Ron and Becky Patton. Katelynn’s siblings were all home for the occasion, Allen and Kristen Patton and Khloe of Indiana; Heather and Rob Deeter of Alaska; Cynthia and Brady Cope of Little Eagle, SD and Laura and Alex Bad Bear. Tom and Shauna Brewer also attended as well as other relatives. Congratulations Katelynn!

Nebraska Extension will host a risk management workshop for cattle producers on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the West Central Research and Extension Center, 402 W. State Farm Rd., North Platte. Cattle producers will learn strategies designed to reduce risk exposure to achieve a profitable outcome in uncertain times. Topics covered during the workshop include current issues and opportunities in the cattle industry, trends in grazing land cash rental rates and managing price risk for cattle with futures, options and insurance.

We think of community as people and places. Maybe your neighborhood, your local park—it could just be a local hangout. Whatever it is, when that community starts to change, you know it. But what happens when your community is rapidly changing, and no one else seems to care?

Cancer prevention starts on your dinner plate; actually, it starts in the garden. Growing your own nutrient-rich cancer fighting vegetables allows you to grow pesticide-free vegetables, harvest them at their peak, and use them right away, ensuring the highest nutrient value and best flavor.

Valentine High School Second Semester Seniors: *Tamara Benedict, *Giorgia Brugali, *Faith Buer, *Sadie Cadwallader, Xandra Conroy, *Paige Dunkel, *Tim Egelhoff, Hanna Fischer, Mason Harp, *Haley Hesse, *Michaela Keller, Hank Lancaster, *Fletcher Larsen, *Josiah Maunu, *Biyantai Nadeau, *Ryan O’Kief, *Jonah Perrett, Logan Pettigrew, Samantha Phillips, *Shauna Radant, *Haylee Richards, Riece Rivera, *Delaney Robison, *Hadley Rodgers, *Blaine Sage, Izzy Salters, *Kenny Shelbourn, *Sean Shepler, Jennifer Sinnett, *Elli Springer, *Calvin Stoeger, *Shyanne Urbin, *Chris Williams, Rhett Witt, Madison York. Juniors: *Gunnar Battershaw, *Lindsey Boes, *Cassius L Browning, *Tagg Buechle, *Benjamin Butcher, *Sarah Butler, *Renee Fisbeck, *Conner Fowler, Matt Gibson, *Dylan Haase, *Hayes Hammond, Brooke Henkenius, *Cameron Jordan, Grace Kelber, *Dakota Krogman, *Tessa Krolikowski, *MaKenzie Long, *Becca McGinley, *Cody Miller, *Courtny Morgan, *Holden Mundorf, *Tobin Olson, *Maddy Pilakowski, *Ava Reagle, *Emma Richards, J’Angela Riley, Grady Russell, *Mya Shelbourn, Ian Slama, *Sean Springer, Akosha Ward, *Kaylee Wenig, *Nicole Williams.

Add productive garden space and raise your planting bed with straw bale gardening. This technique allows you to create a raised bed garden on the patio, lawn, or poor compacted soil. Straw bale gardening has been around for centuries, but thanks to Joel Karsten’s book Straw Bale Gardens it has gained new popularity.

COVID-19 disrupted both inperson learning and routine wellchild visits for many children over the last year. As a result, too many children have fallen behind on receiving recommended vaccines. We all want our kids to be back in school safely, and that means getting caught up on vaccines that were missed over the last year.

Pastor Mark and Dawn Langenbach, Michaela and Evan will be moving to Michigan on Thursday. There will be a potluck supper/ farewell party for them on Wednesday night at 6:00 at the Lakeview Community Hall, and everyone from the area is invited to attend and wish them the best.