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This year's Post Prom event will be held April 10, 2022 at the Valentine Middle School Gym. Post prom is open to all juniors and seniors, Prom Servers and their dates. There will be many games including cornhole, ping-pong, knockerball, card games, and several other fun activities including lots of food and prizes. This year students will earn tickets for participating in the various games and activities for chances to win numerous prizes.

Student artwork will be showcased on Wednesday April 6, 2022, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the multipurpose/wrestling room/building.

Kassidy Roseberry of Eli has been selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker Girls State June 5-11, 2022, on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Roseberry will study local, county and state government processes in this nonpartisan political learning experience.

The philosopher John Stuart Mill claimed that we should act in such a way as to maximize happiness (and minimize pain and suffering), and not just our own, but the pleasure and pain of everyone who might be affected by our actions. This means that we should try to predict the effects of our actions ahead of time, and to count ourselves in the equation, but not count ourselves any more than we count others. At times we may have to sacrifice our own happiness if we know that doing so will enhance the happiness of others or spare them pain. A similar type of calculation is often done in relationships, when we ask ourselves if we are getting as much out of the relationship as we are putting into it, or if the other person is contributing as much as we are. The idea that in love we shouldn’t be tallying up costs and benefits is romantic, and perhaps ideally, we shouldn’t, but it’s tempting to agree with the founder of Utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham, when he said that “Men calculate, some with less exactness, indeed, some with more; but all men calculate.” The fact that we all calculate may simply reflect that we all have an innate sense of fairness. We all know the feeling of being taken advantage of, when we feel that we put in more than others or received less. But perhaps we should try to calculate less, or at least feel good about putting in more and receiving less. For it is in giving that we receive, and those who give the most of themselves are invariably the happiest. “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” Philippians 2:3-4 NIV

The Valentine Ministerial Association will be hosting Sermons-ala-Carte. The service starts at 12:00 noon at the Episcopal Church, 372 N. Main St. Service ends at 12:30 followed by food and fellowship in the Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall Those who need to get back to work by 1:00 p.m. are invited to go through the line first.

In the U.S. News & World Report 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings released yesterday, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s primary care program ranked seventh out of 124 institutions across the country.

Valentine Middle School Third Quarter 5th Grade High Honor Roll: Colin Bailey, Azara Barton, Devahney Belville, Cole Boes, King Brown, Aiden Buckendahl, Bayley Burdick, Liam Cordier, Maren Cronin, Payten Daugherty, Taylie Fletcher, Kaden Garwood, Nash Hesse, Ara’Vani Johnson, Isabella Johnson, Lilyan Kornely, Alexandra Monroe, Rylie Peterson, Alecia Rabago, Gage Sandoz, Ruby Shelbourn, Mia Sherbeyn, Brayden Stec, Tylee Tinant, Kealy Titus, Parker Wackler. 6th Grade High Honor Roll: Leticia Alvarez, Brenden Battershaw, Clarrah Beebout, Madysyn Bopp, Camilla Brown, Austin Deibler, Reegan Eggert, Danika Janssen, Ellison LaDeaux, Mali Morrison, Haddison Mundorf, Annalena Nelson, Lilybet Rolfe, Addison Stec, Raken Tinant.

The Valentine Education Association will be offering a $250 scholarship to a local college student. Applicants must be majoring in education and be a junior or senior in college for the 2022-2023 year. Applicants for this scholarship must submit a letter of application stating goals and reasons for majoring in education, as well as a resume with current GPA and two letters of reference. One reference letter should be from a school employee and the other from the community at large. The letters may be included with the application or mailed separately. If you have further questions, email Ronelle Kilmer at rkilmer@vcsbadger.net. Scholarship applications are due May 2, 2022, to Ronelle Kilmer, Valentine High School, 431 N. Green Street, Valentine, Nebraska 69201.

Wednesday, April 6 Valentine Art Show in multi-purpose room FFA State Convention in Lincoln Thursday, April 7 MS Track at West Holt 12:30 p.m. UNK rep here 2:00 p.m.

Many people don’t realize just how much sugar and calories they drink in a day. Sugary drinks are the leading source of added sugars in the American diet. These sweetened liquids include regular soda, fruit drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, and sweetened waters. The flavored coffees and sweetened tea also count as sugary drinks.