Sports

The 31st annual Cherry County Hospital Foundation Golf Tournament was held Thursday, June 8, 2023 at Frederick Peak Golf Club and raised $18,777.00! The goal of this year’s fund raising campaign was to raise funds for an upgraded Safe Place Infant and Pediatric Security System for Cherry County Hospital. Keeping newborns and children safe and ensuring a secure, welcoming environment for families is the most basic function of patient security. The Safe Place Security System does just that by protecting their smallest patients, giving families peace of mind, and reducing the risk of abduction through safe and reliable exit monitoring for patients wearing these small, lightweight transmitters.

Seeing young wild animals alone is common this time of year. Though some may wish to “rescue” these animals, don’t.

Valentine’s Ashton Lurz will be playing on the West Team for the Nebraska All-Star Football game that will be played at Bearcat Stadium, June 10, 7:00 p.m..

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National Senior Pro Rodeo Association will have an approved Timed Event Rodeo in Valentine, at the Cherry County Fair Grounds, on June 17-18, 2023. There will be two rodeos each day at 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on June 17, and two hours after the morning session ends on the 18th.

The annual Cherry Co. 4-H Livestock Judging contest was held on May 30 and the clinician was Doug Smith from NCTA in Curtis. Results are as follows: Clover Kids participating were Jake Kime, Josie Smith, and Zander Barnes.

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The Cody-Kilgore Unified School held its biannual Alumni Banquet on Friday, May 26, 2023 at the Cody Gymnasium. There were 63 Alumni in attendance.

Thanks to a new Summer of Youth grant that Valentine Community Schools received, students in Valentine will get to expand their learning in unique ways this summer. Beyond School Bells, an initiative of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Education, has selected Valentine Community Schools Badger Cub Club as one of the Nebraska communities to receive a Summer of Youth grant to support summer learning opportunities.

“I am so honored to have a spot in the Nebraska Department of Education Fine Arts Education EXPRESSIONS spring newsletter,” said art teacher Joan Swim. The spring newsletter shared the following: When you meet Joan Swim from Valentine Community Schools, you can just feel her energy, enthusiasm, and passion.