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The First Baptist Church, 209 N. Green St. will host a Family Fun Fellowship Sunday, March 27, 5:00-6:30 p.m. Please come join us as we fellowship together around an awesome free evening meal. Following the meal we will be teaching the children the true meaning of Easter with story and drama. We will end our time together with a fun game. Adults are encouraged to participate.

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.

“Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” Romans 14:19 NIV The dictionary defines “edify” as “to instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.” (The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed.) The word comes from the Latin word aedificare, meaning to build, from whence we get the word edifice, and thus we are not far off when we say that we edify when we build others up rather than tear them down. But how best to edify our brothers and sisters? Perhaps the simplest and most direct way is to encourage them, especially when they are struggling.

Lincoln – For rural educators in Nebraska City, Lexington, and Valentine, mental health help for their students is on the way. The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Behavioral Health (DHHS-DBH) are collaborating with three Local Education Agencies (LEAs) of Lexington, Nebraska City, and Valentine to improve schoolbased mental health services.

Lincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of eight public health institutions chosen to participate in a pilot program to better identify and help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) during future public health emergencies.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock in Merrick County. Since the initial announcement of a detection of HPAI in a wild goose in Lincoln on March 7, additional cases of the virus have been confirmed in wild geese in Cedar and Douglas counties.

Cody-Kilgore School Monday, March 28 - Breakfast: Cody -Pancake on a stick, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk. Kilgore - Dutch waffle, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk.

Wednesday, March 23 Wayne State College rep here 9:00 a.m. Thursday, March 24 Football meeting 7:15 a.m.

Thank you to all the individuals and groups that showed up to help with Wreaths Across America cleanup. Also thank you to NK Waste for providing a dumpster at the cemetery.

Many gardeners are busy pruning shrubs to remove winter damage, control the size, or provide a bit of shaping before the season is well under way. Save some of the branches or cut a few from spring flowering shrubs to brighten your indoors. You’ll enjoy the added spring color provided by branches of forsythia, quince, pussy willows, and other spring flowering shrubs for bouquets and arrangements.