The Golden Generation Center is holding an Event Gala Fundraiser event on March 20. Doors are set to open at 6:3o pm. A Prime Rib dinner will be served at 7:30p.m.. There will be seven local dancing groups performing for pride and a trophy during dining. Complete Weddings and Events will be providing music entertainment after the show for open floor dancing to the public. The doors will reopen to the public at 9 p.m. for those interested in dancing, but not dining. A silent auction will be on the west side of the Hilltop room, for guests to bid big and help the Golden Generation center fund the much needed roof repairs. Tickets for the dinner and show are 25.0o each and can be purchased at the center or with any board member. You can call (402)831-0954 or (308)824-3878 for ticket information. Tickets will not be available at the door for this event. The Long Branch Bar will be serving drinks independently throughout the night, for a fun evening. If you would like to follow along with sponsorship announcements and find out who in the area will be dancing, please follow the Golden Generation Center on their facebook page. Dancers and sponsors will be announced daily. Please come out, support the Senior Center and have a good time with us “Dancing Through the Generations”.

Monday, March 15 - Hot Beef Sandwich, Mashed potatoes, Carrots, Fruit Cocktail Tuesday, March 16 - Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes, Cookie Wednesday, March 17 - Chicken, Mashed Potatoes/ Gravy, Roll, Corn, Ice Cream Thursday, March 18 - Swedish Meatballs, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Apricots Friday, March 19 - Fish Sandwich, Chips, Pears, Pickle.

Monday, March 15 - Swiss Steak Tuesday, March 16 - Corned Beef & Cabbage Wednesday, March 17 - Fried Chicken Thursday, March 18 - Meatballs Friday, March 19 - Fish.

INDIANOLA - The Southwest Board of Education met Monday to approve a pair of resignations from the high school as well as to approve the hire of their replacements while also approving contracts for the rest of this year’s staff for next year.

My intention is to get news sent in on Monday’s. That often doesn’t happen. Tuesday morning was absolutely gorgeous and I forgot all about needing to get the news sent in. What a welcome day after Monday’s wind. We’ve seen worse, but it was a typical March day. Now if we can just get some moisture.Now, it’s deadline time, all I have time for is the greetings.

LINCOLN — Monday, Governor Pete Ricketts announced the results of a E30 demonstration project conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) with support from the State’s Department of Administrative Services (DAS). The ground-breaking research clearly demonstrates that E30, gasoline blended with 30% ethanol, is safe for long-term use in non flex fuel vehicles (FFVs). A summary of the research is available by clicking here.

Funeral Services for Beth Stephens were held on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska, with Chaplain DeWane Dow officiating. Interment will follow at the Orleans Cemetery, Orleans, Nebraska.

Lana Louise Kester of Oxford went to be with her Savior on March 2, 2021. She was 8o years old. Lana was born on June 8, 1940 in Chicago, IL to Dr. Howard L Kester DVM and May Louise (mayo Kester. The first few years of her life were spent in Cambridge, NE, Little Rock, AR and Silver Springs, MD. Her father was a Federal Veterinarian and in the Army. The family moved to Cambridge when the WWII ended. They moved to the family farm near Orafino in Frontier County. She attended grade school in Orafino. Then Lana moved to the Martin Luther Home in Beatrice, NE. In 1975 Lana moved to Oxford, NE where she spent the rest of her life living and working at the MidNebraska Individual Services.

Jeramy K. Underwood, 3o, of Lexington, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at his home in Lexington.

Cloyd Clark, 78, of McCook died Sunday, February 28, 2021, at Kearney Regional Hospital. Viewing was Monday, March 8, 2021, at Herrmann-Jones Mortuary.