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There’s a new resident in Lakeview! Clara Rae Schubauer was born Friday, Oct 29 in Valentine. She weighed 6 lbs 11 oz and is welcomed home by parents Jason and Lizzie Schubauer and big sister Ella. Happy grandparents are Rick and Peggy Medema, Janel Schubuaer and Mike Schubauer of Valentine. Welcome to the world Clara Rae!

“Rock Paper Scissors” by Alice Feeny “The Living and the Lost” by Ellen Feldman “The House of Ashes” by Stuart Neville “Striking Range” by Margaret Mizushima “Over the Falls” by Rebecca Hodge “A Fire in the Night” by Christopher Swann “The Missing Hours” by Julia Dahl “The Heron’s Cry” by Ann Cleeves.

The University of Nebraska Extension in Cherry County hired a new Beef Systems Educator. Ryan Benjamin started September 1, 2021.

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90 and the Valentine Lions Club will be hosting a free will Chili and Soup Supper to honor and celebrate our veterans, Thursday, November 11, 2021, on Veterans Day! The public is welcome and encouraged to come. Funds raised during this dinner will be divided between the two service organizations.

Valentine High School will be hosting a Veterans Day program at 10:15 a.m., in the high school auditorium, Thursday, November 11, 2021. This program is open to the public to honor the veterans in attendance.

Circle K Motor Company held their Ribbon Cutting Friday, October 22, 2021, located at 209 W. Highway 20, Valentine, NE.

THANKSGIVING! It’s nearly here! Right on the heels of this wonderful holiday is Shop Small Saturday and Valentine’s own Christmas Parade of Lights. The parade will be held Saturday, November 27 at 6:00 p.m. Lineup will be at the south entrance of Cherry County Fairgrounds with the parade proceeding north on Green Street to the high school parking lot and returning on the same route. There will be two categories for entries: Individual and Float, paying our for first and second place in each category. Prizes will be $100 and $50 in the form of Chamber Bucks.

Valentine, NE – The Valentine Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that they will hold their yearly contest to determine the artwork for the official Valentine’s Day card from Valentine for the year 2022.

The wreath laying for Wreaths Across America is held annually on the second or third Saturday of December. Each of the balsam bouquets on each veterans wreath represent ten special qualities: Their faith in God, their love for each other, their strength, work ethic, and character, their honesty and integrity, their humility, their selflessness and modesty, their ambitions and aspirations, their optimism for America, their concern for the future, their pride in their duties. The simple balsam wreaths symbolize longevity and endurance, each one is adorned with a red bow that signifies their great sacrifice. The circular shape = eternity. The final wreath symbolizes their hopes and dreams.

LINCOLN – Cherry County has received another membership dividend, this time in the amount of $10,608, from the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association (NIRMA), the County’s property, liability and workers’ compensation coverage and risk management services provider. The dividend was part of a $1 million distribution shared with 81 Nebraska counties and nine county-associated agencies during NIRMA’s annual membership conference October 21-22, in Kearney.