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What a better way to acknowledge the great people in our community who continue to go above and beyond in their daily lives, than to nominate them for the Heart City Heart Award. This award will be presented at the 78th annual Valentine Coronation.

We begin the final quarter of 2021 with the beautiful autumn that we were blessed with. Have you ever seen such colors, and for so long? October We left off last week with VHS Homecoming...crowned King was Tagg Buechle, and Queen Becca McGinley.

To visit with Gary Smith about his life, it sounds like a spirograph. The vintage toy where circles with holes and gears and different colored pens create artistic graphics as they circle around a pivotal start.

We begin our look back on 2021, with America’s birthday being celebrated in July. We’ll also look at August and September.

The Valentine City Council met for their monthly meeting, Thursday, January 13, 2022 at their new time, 6:00 p.m., in the City Library Meeting Room. The following were in attendance: City Clerk Deanna Schmit, City Manager Shane Siewert, Councilmemebers Kyle Arganbright, Kalli Kieborz, Neil Wescott, Dave Dent, and Ross Brockley.

Ainsworth, Nebraska, January 14, 2022 — Ainsworth U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting Executive Director Regina Beck reminds livestock producers of program resources to assist those impacted by 2021 drought conditions. The deadline to apply and complete paperwork for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) is Jan. 31, 2022.

OMAHA,(AP), Jan. 14-Gov. Pete Ricketts issued a public health order on Friday barring the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha from performing scheduled, non-emergency surgeries, one day after the hospital announced that it had activated its crisis plan because of the pandemic.

At the dawn of a new year, it's not uncommon for people take inventory of their personal health and strive to make positive changes. Being more conscientious of the foods they put into their bodies is a start, but some individuals may wonder if supplementation can help them go one step further.

LINCOLN—With abundant natural resources and a diverse landscape, Nebraska’s good life is home to some of the nation’s best agriculture. To highlight the state’s number one industry, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) is asking students to enter its annual poster contest. The contest is open to all Nebraska students (public, private and home school) in first through sixth grades. This year’s theme is “Nebraska Agriculture Makes the Good Life Great.”

Valentine High School First Semester Seniors: *Anton Andersen, Seniors: *Anton Andersen, *Gunnar Battershaw, *Lindsey Boes, *Cassius Browning, *Tagg Buechle, *Benjamin Butcher, *Sarah Butler, *Kassity Denbo, *Renee Fisbeck, *Conner Fowler, Fayth From, *Matt Gibson, *Dylan Haase, *Hayes Hammond, *Brooke Henkenius, *Alyssa Hockenbary, Cameron Jordan, *Sophia Jordan, Grace Kelber, *Dakota Krogman, *Tessa Krolikowski, Alice Landino Doimo, *Hayden Larabee, *MaKenzie Long, Becca McGinley, *Cody Miller, *Courtny Morgan, Haydon Mudge, *Holden Mundorf, *Tobin Olson, *Madelyn Pilakowski, *Ava Reagle, *Emma Richards, Grady Russell, *Mya Shelbourn, *Ian Slama, *Sean Springer, *Akosha Ward, *Tyson Welch, *Kaylee Wenig, *Nicole Williams Juniors: *Ashlee Bacon, *Mekallyn Juniors: *Ashlee Bacon, *Mekallyn Bancroft, *Taylor Battershaw, *Saylor Biltoft, *Hanna Bitner, *Alexis Borer, *Jaycie Cox, *Lainey Egelhoff, *McKenna Elliott, *Lakeisha Enriquez, Logan Harp, JD Holmes, *Bryan Keller, Kailee Kellum, *Armani Koltz, *Connor Kreutner, Cayden Lamb, *Jack Lancaster, *Ashton Lurz, *Lee Major, *Grace Maunu, *Casey Miller, *Malika Monroe, *Logan Muirhead, Nathan Perrett, Jackson Ravenscroft, *Taycee Reimers, *Sheldyn Rodgers, *Catherine Salters, *Lauren Schadel, *Alyssa Schubauer, *Cole Simon, *Ethan Sprenger, Gracey Taylor, Logan Witte, *Payton Witte, *James Woodraska, *Joslyn Yarbrough Sophomores: *Kaetryn Bancroft, *Grant Boes, Ciana Colvin, *Traven Fletcher, Abbigail Grooms, Kaylee Hanson, Caden Hein, *Addison Kierl, *Jessa Klabenes, *Mitchell Kluender, *Lex Larsen, *Alexis Long, *Caitlynn Mack, Mataya Morrison, *Finley Mosner, *Sadi Osnes, *Alivia Patterson, *Dane Pilakowski, *Isabella Ringhoff, *Will Sprenger, *Grant Springer, Preston Stoeger, Seth Vavra, Tatiana Williams, Hailey Witte Freshmen: Kennedie Assman, *Brayden Battershaw, Syre Beauvais, *Courtney Billings, Wambli Brown, *Neeley Cronin, Clayton Elliott, *Harvey Dean Fast Horse, *Tacey From, Savannah Fullerton, *John Lloyd Fulton, *Jenalee Garwood, *John Gibson, Jocelyn Jordan, *Cooper Jordan, *Emma Kreutner, *Doc Lancaster, *Titus Maunu, *Kimber McGinley, *Cinch Miller, Quinton Nelson, Christopher Palmer, *Cadence Swanson, Thane Taylor, *Marybelle Ward, Devlin Welch, Talia Wenig *Denotes 93% or higher Valentine Middle School Second Quarter 5th Grade High Honor Roll: Colin Bailey, Devahney Belville, Kelsey Birch, Cole Boes, Aiden Buckendahl, Bayley Burdick, Maren Cronin, Payten Daugherty, Taylie Fletcher, Kaden Garwood, Nash Hesse, Ara’vani Johnson, Isabella Johnson, Lilyan Kornely, Alexandra Monroe, Jacob Nickisch, Rylie Peterson, Gage Sandoz, Ruby Shelbourn, Mia Sherbeyn, Tylee Tinant, Kealy Titus, Parker Wackler, Chason Wenig. 6th Grade High Honor Roll: Leticia Alvarez, Brenden Battershaw, Clarrah Beebout, Camilla Brown, Austin Deibler, Reegan Eggert, Danika Janssen, Ellison LaDeaux, Mali Morrison, Haddison Mundorf, Annalena Nelson, Lilybet Rolfe, Addison Stec, Raken Tinant.