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There will be a Good Friday service at Lakeview Church on April 15 at 7:00 p.m. and Easter service will be Sunday, April 17 at 10:00 a.m.

April 1, 2022, we completed day 52 of our 60 day session. With time growing shorter, so are tempers. I do not think I have ever seen this many filibusters used in a session. Because of all the time spent doing this, quite a few bills will never get a chance to be placed on the agenda and heard. Senators are upset by this and I don’t blame them.

Bison are once again roaming the Refuge along the entrance road near the visitor center. Each spring, bison are moved from the Wilderness Area north of the Niobrara River back into the south side of the refuge. Bison will spend the spring and summer on the south side of the refuge. Within the next week, most of the herd (around 350) will be in the area around the visitor center. Cows will soon be giving birth to calves, and by early May, little red bison will be scattered among the herd. It will be a great time to view bison but please stay in your vehicle as bison can be dangerous, particularly when cows are looking after their calves. After more than two years, the

Midlands Contracting, Inc. continues preparations to mobilize two crews onto the IN VALENTINE project.

Change can be good, sometimes it’s even great. And sometimes it’s really best for all involved. With that, Cherry County Hospital and Clinic, and Valentine Medical Clinic have made the decision to merge. They anticipate the change sometime in May.

Illegal drugs are a serious business. Their purpose is to make the cartels and drug manufacturers rich. The cartels and drugs themselves are not concerned at all about your health, your bank account, your home life, your children - unless they’re users; friends, unless they’re users. To them a person using drugs is simply a customer and cash cow.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved 2022-2023 waterfowl hunting season recommendations at its March 23 meeting in Nebraska City. Staff recommended opening duck season in zones 2 and 4 a week earlier than the 2021-2022 season.

Saturday, March 26, 2022, Cody-Kilgore held their prom with the theme Fiesta! The prom was held at the Elephant Hall and their feast was Mexican Tacos. Royalty was crowned and are pictured above: Princess Kassidy Roseberry, Prince Dylan Naslund, King Gage Davis, Queen Riley Jones..

Cody-Kilgore and Valentine were just two of the school track teams competing at the 11th annual Ainsworth Relays held Friday, March 25, 2022 at Ainsworth East City Park. The temperatures were in the mid 50s with northwest winds of 24-35 mph.

March 4, 2022, marked the end of a fund raiser Valentine Elementary School did for the American Heart Association which started February 14. After taking a year off, some first through fourth graders at the elementary took part in Kids Heart Challenge, previously known as Jump Rope for Heart, which is a fund raiser to help the American Heart Association do research in order to help with heart sickness and diseases.