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Wednesday, May 5 FBLA officer meeting 7:30 a.m. High School Rodeo meeting 3:35 p.m.

Valentine High School Monday, May 10 - Breakfast: Egg and cheese taco roll, cereal choices w/Goldfish Grahams, Smucker’s peanut butter and jelly Uncrustable, peaches, juice and milk choices. Lunch: Baked ham and cheese sub, sloppy joe, grill chicken sandwich, crinkle cut fries, baby carrots, fruit of the day, and choice of milk.

These lovely May days take me back to my childhood and fun backyard play. My mother was so creative! She gathered large rugs, pinned them to the clothesline at right angles and … voila! I had a play house complete with a roof. My dolls would come out with me and have nap time in the cool of that “Rug home.” Sometimes a friend would get their own Rug home and we could “visit” each other.

The time was late fall of 1972. My second cousin, John Fairhead, was working on the Monahan Ranch northeast of Hyannis, and it was the day of Monahan’s annual Hereford bull sale. My parents, Bob and Elaine Moreland, and I had driven down to attend the event. John Fairhead’s dad, Joy, had also driven down in another car, and I don’t recall if anyone else had gone with him or not.

Washington, D.C. — U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s Joint Address to Congress: “While I appreciate President Biden making his first address to Congress, I am disappointed his message was one of larger, more controlling government, and that his vision for bringing America together seems to be imploring Republicans to support his far left agenda.

Kennedy School Class I - first place, Bronx Burney; second place, Katelyn Blackford. Class II - first place, Breckyn Burney; second place, Carter Anderson.

On 04/19/2021 at 6:15 p.m., an officer was requested to respond to the 500 block of West 3rd Street. Following an investigation, a 58 year old Valentine woman was cited for 3rd degree assault.

LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that Nebraska has experienced a decade of solid growth. Over the last 10 years, Nebraska’s population grew 7.4 percent, which is the second best decade of growth in the last 100 years.