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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today announced the winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for the Third District of Nebraska.

Joplin (Carpenter) Higgins of Scone, NSW Australia, daughter of Lee & Anne Carpenter, granddaughter of the late Kenneth Carpenter and Dolores (Olmsted, Carpenter) Wurm. Great granddaughter of the late Kenneth E & Fern Carpenter and Lloyd & Georgia Olmsted.

Frenchman Valley Coop, along with CoBank, has donated $10,000 to the Nebraska FFA Foundation to support local FFA programming. Kimball, Creek Valley, Perkins County, Chase County, Wauneta-Palisade, Dundy County, Hayes Center, McCook, Southwest, Hitchcock County, South Platte, Potter-Dix ad Sidney FFA chapters were all selected by Frenchman Valley Coop to receive funds in this special project.

More nice moisture! The Hill received .60 Sunday night and another .17 Monday night. We’ll take it! Actually, from here on out for the next week or two, rain is a mixed blessing. The wheat is ready, or at least near ready to harvest and really doesn’t need rain. The fields are golden and lots of combines cam be seen sitting in the yard, ready to roll. Prayers for a safe, bountiful harvest for all.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) was notified that the Delta COVID-19 variant has been detected in the nine-county health district. This highly contagious strain was first detected in India and has now made its way into the United States and Nebraska. This strain is being carefully monitored by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the CDC because it is more easily spread than the original COVID-19 strain seen at the beginning of the pandemic. This strain has also been affecting children in greater numbers.

A Funeral Service for Maynard L. Falk will be held on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at the Wilcox Community Church in Wilcox, Nebraska with Pastors Craig Cedar and Brian Jenkins officiating. Interment will follow at the Salem Cemetery, in rural Kearney County, Nebraska, near Axtell, Nebraska.

Leon E. Wright, age 78, of Indianola, NE, passed away at his home surrounded by family on June 23, 2021. He was born in Dodge City, KS on June 12, 1943, to James and Jessie (Schofield) Wright. The family moved to St. Francis, KS where Leon attended School. Leon attended Central Technical College at Hasting and studied welding. He later went to the University of Nebraska and studied concrete construction and concrete.