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Lincoln-A webinar that will be presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Agricultural Profitability at noon on July 28 will cover tips, tools and strategies for successfully direct marketing meat to consumers.

The Lakeview Church and community hall were full of activity last week as Prairie Light Youth Camp was held – it’s 19th year. The theme was Lava, Lava, Luau from Children’s Ministry. There was an average of 39 kids each day with an overall county of 59 kids ministered to. A youth team from Faith Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center, IA brought a team of nine youth and four adults, the First Baptist Church of Sioux Falls sent three adults, and Stein Christian Reformed Church from Stein, MN sent an awesome 1 man team. Kitty VanderWey organized much of the camp, assisted by Sadie and Mikah Vanderwey, Marvanne Logterman, Heidi and River Doyle and Lily and Ivy Jackson, and the Walkling family helped with the clean up. The youth group did several service projects while here also, including stripping out floor and ceiling tiles from the local orphanage house, and cleaning up the grounds and painting play equipment and picnic tables at the playground at Little Horse Circle. All the kids and adults had a great time, and busy week.

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

The Valentine Classic Motor Club hosted a cruise, Sunday, July 3, 2022 where all the cruisers met at Cross Roads Assembly Church. Burgers and hotdogs were grilled before they began making laps around town.

On the evening of July 19, 2012, a lightning storm rolled through the canyons south of the Niobrara River near Johnstown that ignited an area of trees in a canyon of the Niobrara River Valley. Innumerous storms frequent Nebraska throughout the summer season, each bringing their share of lightning, thunder, hail, wind and other methods of destruction.

The Nebraska Star Party is coming up this July 24-29, 2022 at Merritt Reservoir’s Snake Campground. Wednesday, July 27, at 1:00 p.m. at the Valentine High School will be presenters and kids programs. These programs are free and open to the public.

A burn ban has been issued for Cherry County effective July 14, 2022. The ban primarily applies to permit required open burns such as brush piles, leaves, etc. All burn permits will remain suspended until the burn ban has been lifted.

The First Baptist Church will host Vacation Bible School “Jerusalem Marketplace” on July 18-22, 6:30-9:00 p.m.. Ages four years old through 12th grade are welcome to attend, 7th-12th grades will be assistants in the Marketplace. For more information or questions call 402-389-1582.

Douglas L. Zuspann, Lehigh, IA.

The University of Wyoming lists the following students from Nebraska on the 2022 spring semester President’s Honor Roll. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade-point average for the semester.