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4-H Static Exhibits Results Best of Show Awards by Department: Horticulture – Maysa Jones; Photography – Mahaya Jones; Food & Nutrition – Cash Jenkins; Family Consumer Science – Laramie Foster; Visual Arts – Tate Ward; STEM/ Ag – Eli Ormesher. State Fair Qualifiers Textiles – Emeran Tenhouse, Kayleigh Harms, Shyanne Dawson, Ella Brennemann, Cadence Swanson, Case Larson, Adley Swanson, Charlene Metcalf, Laramie Foster.

Madysyn Bopp shared what she wanted to be the very first day of second grade, and it was a Rodeo Queen. Fast forward several years, and her dream has come true when she wa s crowned Teen Miss at the 2026 RCA/Nordeon Rodeo Royalt, August 16, 2025.

Aleena Wagner, 2025 Cherry County Rodeo Queen Aleena resides in Bridgeport, NE on her family ranch. Aleena has completed her Associates Degree of Animal Science from Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture and plans to continue her pursuit toward a veterinarian degree.

ALLIANCE – Contestant and Little Sister applications are now available for the 2026 Miss Alliance and Miss Alliance’s Teen Pageant to be held Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 6:00 p.m., at the Alliance High School PAC. The Miss Alliance pageant is an official local pageant under the Miss America and Miss America’s Teen competition. It is designed to promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living, and community involvement for America’s young women.

The Sparks NE Spurs of the Cowboy Fast Draw Association conducted a town folk alley at the Keya Paha County Fair in Norden allowing the public to shoot .45 Ruger and Pietta long colt pistols with wax bullets in a contest to give away a Pietta 1873 pistol and a Peacemaker CO 2 Airgun.

CKBeat Friday, September, 12th, Cody Kilgore hosted the Santee Warriors during Homecoming 2025 at Cody Athletic Park and won their first game of the season by the score 82-6, which finally brought the losing streak to an end. This game hopefully will mark the beginning of many more wins to come.

Not so many years ago, or so it seems, we were basically in the dark ages as far as technology is concerned. Our first introduction to efficiency was probably the use of a typewriter. If you would visit your local court house, you will find large books containing copies of deeds, mortgages, court proceedings and the like, all documented by hand…usually done in beautiful script hand-writing. These documents are always dated with the time completed at the end, many of which were completed at 10:30 p.m., or odd hours.

Well, it’s no secret that last week was a rough one for our country, but the Sandhills sadness settled even deeper with the word of the passing of Jerry Adamson. Jerry was Cherry County, steeped in its history, yet never keeping his eye off the future of the industry. He was a tireless promoter of our cattle country. He never knew a stranger, and didn’t care if you were a day worker living out of your pickup, or the largest breeder in the country, he treated all with respect and saw value in everyone. Visitation will be held this Friday, September 26, 2025 at Sandoz in Valentine from 2:00 9:00 p.m. Services are scheduled for Saturday, September 27, at 2:00 p.m. CST at the Valentine Methodist Church. Sympathy is extended to his family and his many, many friends.

Available Daily Cards • Board Games • Pool • Men’s coffee at 9:30 a.m. •Bingo, Monday, 7:00 p.m., $5.00 per card with 16 chances to win.

The construction project on West 4th Street (HWY 83 North) begins its final phase. Phase 4 construction, building the southbound lane between the Minnechaduza Creek bridge and the intersection of Edna Street is in progress.