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These grant funds will be used to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and support immediate health care needs, to help prepare for a future pandemic event, and increase access to quality health care services, by completing work on a COVID-19 isolation wing and providing two new generators.

Wishing all the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, cousins, and caretakers - those who care for their children...regardless! It has been an interesting few years that moms the world over have had new experiences in child care. Interesting times, make for creativity, compromise, understanding, and a lot of faith and prayer! May you enjoy this Mother’s Day! Photo by Laura Vroman

Cherry County Emergency Management has issued a burn ban that was effective as of April 16, 2022. The ban primarily applies to required permits for open burns such as brush piles, leaves, etc. All burn permits will remain suspended until the burn ban has been lifted.

The Sandhills Area Foundation was pleased to present a $1,500 grant to Miles of Smiles, a school based oral health program that was started by the North Central District Health Department in December of 2012. This program serves 35 elementary and middle schools within the nine counties served by NCDHD, which include: Antelope, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Rock, Keya Paha, Knox, Holt and Pierce. Miles of Smiles provides free oral health education, oral screenings, fluoride varnish, dental sealants and homecare supplies. The program costs the NCDHD about $10 per child, and they anticipate serving 750 Cherry County students.

April 6-8 was the Nebraska FFA State Convention, in Lincoln, NE. The Valentine High School students received the following awards: Proficiency Awards Fletcher Larsen, first place in Beef Entrepreneurship.

The First Baptist Church of Valentine will be hosting Revival Services, May 1-5. The first service will be at 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning at the church located at Green and Second Street. The service that evening will be at the Cowboy Church at Valentine Livestock Auction. Then, Monday through Thursday, the services will be held each evening at First Baptist at 7:00 p.m.

Put away the harsh chemicals and work in concert with nature to manage pests in the garden. Create an inviting habitat for nature’s pest controllers to enlist their help with your gardening efforts.

The Mother Daughter Banquet will be held at the United Methodist Church in Valentine on Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 p.m. This year the theme is "Let The Son Shine In". Don't have a mother or daughter here in town? Invite a special friend to enjoy an evening together with a meal and entertainment.

Friday, April 22, 2022 was an incredible weather day. There was a record high temperature reached of 97 degrees which broke the old record of 96 degrees set in 1989, according to NOAA Weather. Meanwhile, the UNL Drought Monitor shows Cherry County split with the western half in a moderate drought and the eastern half in a severe drought. Counties further east including Brown, KeyaPaha, Rock swelling to Pierce and Madison counties on down to the southern border are in extreme drought.

In partnership with Niobrara Lodge and Mid Plains Community College and with proceeds from the Family Dollar TIF, the City of Valentine are adding approximately 2,000 feet of 5 inch thick, 6 foot wide sidewalk on the south side of Highway 20. The contractor is Daugherty Construction. Photo by Laura Vroman