MISSION MALL Thrift Store Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 1:00-5:00 p.m. Saturdays 9:00 am -1:00 p.m. Limit to 10 shoppers in store at a time and social distancing. Masks Required and No Children under 12. 509 Nebraska Ave. Arapahoe, NE.

Open Tuesdays and Fridays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 210 7th Street, Arapahoe, NE 308.962.7296. To observe social distancing during the COVID 19 pandemic, call the number posted outside the building and wait for the volunteer staff to bring out your box of groceries.

Cozad, Elwood and Overton NE | March 1, 2021 — Security First Bank in Cozad, Elwood and Overton, with the help of their customers and employees, collected over 500 items of food to benefit the Cozad Food Pantry, Gosper County Food Panty and Overton Christian Church Food Pantry through their recently completed “Feeding Hearts” food drive. From February 1st through the 14th, Security First Bank collected canned goods and non-perishable food items at each of their 26 bank branch locations and 12 insurance offices throughout Nebraska and southwest South Dakota.

Weather permitting, a crack seal project will begin March 8 on N-283, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Crack sealing is a process of cleaning and filling open joints and cracks in the surface with sealant to prevent entry of moisture and debris.

The Gosper County Spelling Bee was held on Thursday, February 25 in the EHS Gym. Judges were Sandy Dean, Darin Exstrom and Kilah Deaver. Dennis Seberger was the coordinator and pronouncer. The top 4 spellers from 5th thru 8 grade participated in the Spelling Bee. Placing were 3rd Gavin Tilson - 8 grade, 2 Simon Scharf - 7 grade and 1 was Kara Brockman -6 grade.

Our Redeemer Lutheran — Missouri Synod Elwood Pastor Michael Wolff ourredeemerelwood.com Friday, March 5: 9:0o a.m.-Exercise Group; World Day of Prayer. Sunday, March 7:10:00 a.m.-Communion Worship.

Thursday, March 4-Saturday, March 6: State Girls Basketball. Monday, March 8: D1-4 District Speech @ Elwood.

The Gosper County Senior Center is open for in-house meals. Oh it seems like a long time since we’ve been open! Good to have you back. We are serving 12 or so in house for dinner. Would love to see your smiling face here too. As long as our Gosper County numbers stay down we can remain open. The Gosper County Senior Center will continue to serve meals for delivery or pick-up. We are following the guidelines that WCNAAA has suggested for our Center. If you would like to have a meal to pick up or have a meal delivered please call the Senior Center at 785-2500. Thanks for your continued support.

The YELP (Youth Engaged in Leading People) youth leadership class of 2020/2021 celebrated commencement on Thursday, February 25th, with the successful completion of coursework and a community service project. Class requirements for graduation included learning about leadership skills and community involvement, while planning a service project from beginning to end.

The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District’s board of directors approved participation during Monday’s monthly meeting in a project to improve the boat ramp and access to East Phillips Lake, a small lake along Central’s Supply Canal about four miles east of Johnson Lake.