10 years ago The Elwood Swimming Pool will be the location for the Duck Dive during the Gosper County Fair. PandaMania, Where God is Wild About You! was the theme for Vacation Bible School at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elwood.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWN-PHD) and their partners are seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases and in the number of people wanting to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination rates across the health district have reached 40%. This number includes fully vaccinated as well as partially vaccinated individuals. A partially vaccinated person is someone who has received one dose of the two-dose vaccine series.

Lelia Haussler turns 100 years young on August 15, 2021! Her immediate family will gather the weekend of August 13-15 at Hunt Nebraska and she will also be honored at the McCoy Family Picnic on August 15th at the Ella Missing Center, both in Arapahoe, Nebraska. The family requests a card shower to help her celebrate. Please send cards to Lelia Haussler, 1010 2 Street-Apr. 115, Arapahoe, NE 68922-2237.

On August 8th 2021 the Martin - Bruening Reunion will be held at the Beaver City Community Building, Beaver City, Ne. The doors will be open @ 11:00 am and dinner will be served at 1:00 pm. We welcome all who wish to come and enjoy the festivities. There is still concern of Covid in the area; so please be responsible for your own health conditions. It will be a potluck dinner, bring your own tableware, drinks will be furnished. See you there. Tom and Deb Martin.

In 2016 when Clarence Courtright died, his son John in Los Alamos, NM, contacted a member of the Furnas County Genealogical Society regarding 68 bound volumes of the Beaver City Times Tribune’s that were stored in the attic of his father’s home. WHAT A FIND! They were ultimately moved to my basement by Jim and Seth Gustafson. I mentioned this at a gathering and the care taker of Gordon John said she had seen six books in his home. I contacted his son Terry after Gordons’ death and he put them with the others. Terry also found five books in this father’s shop located in Beaver City. This gives us a total of 79 volumes dated from 1914 to 2009.

10 years ago Sam Hunt of Beaver City showed his Grand Market Lamb, Emily Whipple had Reserve Champion. and Shaynee Klein had Grand Champion Rate of Gain.

10 years ago Larry Weaver is serving Arapahoe Public School as Interim Superintendent. Lifeguards in Arapahoe are Christen Williamson, Makayla Wendland, Heidi Thomas, Dakota Welch, Aubriel Loomis, Paige Jenkins, Ian Thomas, Kaitlyn tenBensel, Danielle Schutz, Heidi Mues, Alyssa Downey, Rochelle Wendland, Carley Chapman, Jessica Jording, Amy Breinig, and Stephanie Paulsen and Managers of the Arapahoe Plunge are Maryka and Todd Weverka.

Paula and Melvin Kennicutt are celebrating 50 years of marriage on August 14th. Please help us celebrate by sending cards to 72204 Hwy 283, Arapahoe, NE 68922.

10 years ago Arapahoe native, Tyler Haussler is currently working a rotation at Tri Valley Health System in Cambridge. Best performance in the Performing Arts Showcase was this trumpet trio performing “Camptown Races” were JoAnn Teel, granddaughter of Mr.

We would like to thank all who took part in the memorial service for Ilene. Thanks to all who sent cards, gave memorials and flowers, and offered words of condolence. God bless you all. The Family of Ilene Tegtman