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Cody-Kilgore School

Monday, March 21 - Breakfast: Cody -Tornado, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk. Kilgore - Breakfast bar, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk. Lunch: Cody - Chicken strips, fries, bread, fruit, salad bar and milk. Kilgore - Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, bread, lettuce, relish tray, fruit, and milk.

Valentine High School

Daily breakfast: Cereal choices w/toast, Smucker’s peanut butter and jelly Uncrustable, iced long john, banana chocolate chunk BeneFIT bar, mini chocolate and powdered donuts juice and milk choices.

Valentine Middle School

Daily breakfast: Cereal choices w/toast, juice and milk choices. March 21-25 breakfast entrees: Monday-Bacon and egg breakfast pizza, pineapple, Tuesday-Waffles w/syrup, applesauce, Wednesday-Glazed donut, peaches, Thursday-Biscuits and gravy, orange slices, Friday-Cinnamon roll, pears.

Valentine Elementary School

Daily breakfast: Cereal choices w/toast, juice and milk choices. March 21-25 breakfast entrees: Monday-Bacon and egg breakfast pizza, pineapple, Tuesday-Waffles w/syrup, applesauce, Wednesday-Glazed donut, peaches, Thursday-Biscuits and gravy, orange slices, Friday-Cinnamon roll, pears.

Valentine Senior Center

Thursday, March 17 - Sweet n sour chicken over rice, corn, cauliflower, bread, mixed fruit. Friday, March 18 - Turkey or fish fillet, mashed potatoes, squash, pumpkin bar, pineapple.

From seed to bouquet - grow your own flowers for cutting

You don’t need a lot of space or a big budget to grow and enjoy garden-fresh bouquets. Just fill a few vacant spaces, add an extra row in garden beds or fill a container with easy care flowers started from seeds.

Strategies to ease the burden of student loan debt

Student loan debt in the United States is growing. According to EducationData.org, federal student loan debt has grown at an annual average rate of just under 28 percent since the start of the 21st century. Private student loan debt also is a significant burden, totaling $132 billion by the end of 2020.

Without a word, Part 1

Cali was sick and in pain. Ashley had reason to cry. Her heart broke for her doggie-daughter friend of 15+ years. At 7.5 lb, Cali cuddling with us was easy and often. Those big brown eyes could communicate joy, empathy, sadness, curiosity, and a need to quiet – without a word.

A new life

Around last Thanksgiving, I wrote about my experience following a procedure to place two stents in a coronary artery. It was quite a week’s ordeal and it took some time to recover. Mary and I were pretty skittish about going back to finish the plan, that of replacing my aortic valve.

Smith announces 2022 Congressional Art Competition

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) invites high school students from across Nebraska’s Third District to submit their artwork for the 2022 Congressional Art Competition by Friday, April 1.