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We appreciate each of you who donates to the St. John’s Food Pantry.

On a beautiful autumn day, Gage Sandoz was playing his guitar as people filed in to the Valentine Presbyterian Church to watch the commissioning of Pastor Gary Smith. The definition of commission is: an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people. Pastor Smith has been the Valentine Presbyterian Church’s interim pastor but his duties were made official that Sunday.

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Valentine City Council Notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the Council of the City of Valentine, Nebraska will be held on the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the Valentine Public Library, 324 North Main Street, Valentine, Nebraska. The meeting will be open to the attendance of the public. An agenda for the meeting, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s office at 323 North Main Street, Valentine, Nebraska. Deanna Schmit, City Clerk 19484-7, 14, 21, 28 ZNEZ

Jean Burge Not much news this week as many in the area spent the weekend getting cattle, feed and property ready for the anticipated storm this week. It sounds like a doozy! Last week we received about seven inches of snow.

Around this time of year, Rose Keiko Higa often finds herself making holiday cards for family and friends. An art history major at Oberlin College, in Ohio, she uses cut and layered paper to craft Christmas cards, and paints traditional Japanese New Year's cards on watercolor paper.

Wreaths, door swags, garlands, and containers filled with evergreens have long been part of winter celebrations and displays. Keep them fresh and looking their best throughout the holidays with minimal effort.

ACTIVITIES Cards daily at 1:00 p.m. Men’s coffee group daily at 9:30 a.m.

Merriam-Webster defines humanity as “compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior or disposition.” It is also defined as “the quality or condition of being human.” The first definition is what people want in a health care provider. We all want to be taken care of by a caregiver who is compassionate, kind, sympathetic, and generous with their time and knowledge. Health care providers spend countless hours taking care of patients. In order to do this, at times we ignore our own needs for rest, sleep, and food. We recite mantras of “first do no harm” and “the patient comes first.” Many of us strive for this vision of the “perfect” provider or to be a “health care hero” as we were called during the pandemic.

by Laura Vroman The drought makes it hard to not like the snow! Right?! Especially if you’re not a snow lover to begin with. The good news is the snow that fell Thursday, December 8, 2022, was packed with .71 inches of moisture which translated into seven inches of sloppy, slippery, wet snow!