When I meet with hospitals and health care viders around Nebraska, both prior to and during the current pandemic, the impact of unnecessary regulations on their ability to care areas at the top of their list of concerns. Over the last four years I have appreciated working with the Trump administration on these issues because of their persistent willingness to listen to rural Americans, take these concerns seriously, and act. We cannot afford to go in the other direction.

79 years after they lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor, two young men are coming home. A moving article in the December 7 Omaha World-Herald tells the story of Fireman 1st Class Louis Tushla and Seaman 2nd Class Charles Alan Jones, two Nebraskans who were serving on the USS Oklahoma when the attack began.

CAMBRIDGE - The Valley Voice newspaper is pleased to announce that it has launched a website at valleyvoicene. corn.

Sappa Peak has an elevation of 2,231 feet and is located in Harlan County. In 1869 the 5th Calvary Lt. Jeff Volkmar discovered a stone man approximately 25 feet long that depicted a man holding a spear and a shield and wearing a medal around his neck. It is believed that a native American tribe of the Blackfeet constructed the stone man. However, this sacred monument was destroyed in 1879-80 an early American settler who took stones from this site on Sappa Peak and loaded them in a wagon to be hauled four miles north to build his house on what is now half way between Stamford and Orleans on highway 89. There is some interest in restoring the stone house.

Arapahoe was recently selected as 1 of 14 communities by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) to receive Planning grants under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for 2020. The awards total $510,985. Arapahoe received $43,000 for a Downtown Revitalization Study.

Furnas County Clerk Kennis McClelland issued the following statement to the Valley Voice, regarding a reported investigation into the disposal of some election envelopes from the primary election in May.

History Nebraska is pleased to announce that the results from the 2020 historic surveys for Fillmore, Furnas, Garfield and Howard Counties are complete. History Nebraska periodically conducts official historic surveys in communities across the state.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) has received reports of two additional facilities, Chase County Community Hospital and Dundy County Hospital, that have contracted to do free testing for COVID-19 through TestNebraska. This will make a total of 5 facilities in the health district providing COVID testing for residents if they are unable to be tested at their medical provider’s office.

The family of Pat Snyder would like to honor her with a card shower for her 90th birthday, December 13th. If you would like to help her celebrate, please send cards to: Good Samaritan Society, c/o Patricia Snyder, P.O. Box 448, Arapahoe, NE 68922-5572

The family of Keith and Bobby Maaske would like to honor them for their loth anniversary on December 4th by having a card shower. You can send it to 42553 Rd 731 Arapahoe Nebraska 68922..