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Cherry Hills Estates and Modern Woodmen of America honored this year’s Hometown Hero, Dick Shamis, at the annual Football Supper and Pep Rally held Thursday, September 7, 2023, at Cherry Hills Estates Assisted Living.

Wonderful smells wafted up from the Valentine City Park,Saturday, September 9, 2023, as grillmasters began their craft of BBQ for the win! There were three categories along with sides for the public to come and taste.

The VFW Post 5138 is the new charter of the Cub Scouts Pack 288 and it was great to be able to get the two together doing good in the community. A service project was recently done together repairing a flag pole in town and raising a new flag. The Cub Scouts were also taught flag etiquette. Appreciation goes to Don and Virginia Nelsen for donating the flag, halyard, paint and hooks. Appreciation also to the Valentine Fire Department for the use of their ladder.

by Cody Creech, UNL Department of Agronomy/Horticulture in Scottsbluff; Amanda Easterly, Department of Agronomy/Horticulture in Sidney; and Brian Maust, Department of Agronomy/ Horticulture in Lincoln

LINCOLN (09/08/2023) - A tradition started years ago at the Nebraska Department of Insurance (NDOI); each year, experts from our department travel across the state before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace open enrollment in November.

In 1930, President Hoover signed the Plant Patent Act into law. For a plant to be patentable, it must be cultivated and capable of asexual propagation. Some plants are sold with labels that include a patent number or a phrase such as “Propagation Prohibited” or “Plant Patent Applied For (PPAF).” The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants plant patents for a nonrenewable period of 20 years starting from the date an inventor files the patent application.

Valentine-As the summer winds down, the Niobrara National Scenic River is announcing that the visitor center will soon be closed on the weekends to reduce operating hours in the off season. September 23 will be the final day that the visitor center will be open on the weekends in 2023. After that day, the visitor center will be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. until Memorial Day 2024.

Students who attend Financial Aid Program webinars are eligible to win one of six $500 scholarships Lincoln-EducationQuest Foundation announced the dates and times of a series of virtual events this fall focused on financial aid and college planning. All events are free, and the public is encouraged to attend.

Best of Show awards and Special Recognition by departments are as follows: Design Decisions, Wesley Willert; Entomolog, Tilden Foster; Floriculture, Jenalee Garwood; General Foods, Elyse Cochran; Photography Level 1, Focus on Photography, Ivy Jackson; Woodworking, Layfe Slagowski; Youth in Motion, Darby Murphy.

The Cherry County 4-H and Open Class Dog Show was held on August 7, 2023. The 4-H dog leader is Jamie Seipel.