Monday was potluck hosted by Ilene Collins and Bev Brown. March birthdays are Bev Brown, Donna Soncksen, Dakota, Joanne Miller. Bingo will be March 19. The next potluck hostesses will be Virginia Cookson and Ilene Collins. The program was interesting on honoring our home state and St. Patrick’s Day with the true meaning of the shamrock. A wonderful lunch was enjoyed.

The Beaver City Community Building will be the location of the Furnas County GOP Convention. Registered Republicans are welcome to attend on March 15th at 7:00 p.m.

Arapahoe Speech students competed at District Speech in Loup City recently and the final results are: Freshman OID (Cadence Carpenter, McKenzie Ewoldt, Lael Rathbun, Sage Larson and Paisley Zodrow) placed 6 overall, Sophomore Titus Goshert placed 5th, Senior Leslie Hillman placed 5th, Senior Alese Williams placed 4th and Senior Hannah Whitson is on her way to State!!! She was the Serious Prose Champion!

Sunday dinner guests of Emma Crawford at Prairie Pines dining room were Emma’s daughter, Marilin Crawford of Papillion, NE and Emma’s son, John Crawford and wife, Julie Crawford of Arapahoe. George Probasco also ate

MISSION MALL Thrift Store, 509 Nebraska Ave., Arapahoe, NE. Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 1:00-5:00 p.m.

RIVER VALLEY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Nathan Goshert, Pastor 1201 Elm St., Arapahoe, Ph. 962-7730.

Thursday, March 10: Potato soup, ham salad sandwich, relish, apricots. Friday, March 11: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes/gravy, peas and carrots, butterscotch dessert.

The Cambridge Lions hosted an appreciation dinner at the Cross Creek Golf Course on February 28 with guests from the Holbrook and Bartley Lions Clubs. The clubs celebrated a job well done during the recent Lions Christmas Project that involves all three clubs and surrounding communities and also discussed upcoming chapter events such as the Holbrook Lions Consignment Auction. (Right) Lions District Governor, John Rundel, was an honored guest and presented Vicky Brown, Cambridge Lions President, with an award for membership growth earned by the Cambridge club. If you are interested in finding out more about Lions, the largest service organization in the world, you may speak to any member or contact Lisa Dutt at 697-3585. We’d love to have you join us in making a difference in our communities!

Kezie’s Kids, Day & Night Care is now open for business. Mackenzie Gonzales, of McCook is now a licensed childcare provider. Kezie’s Kids has the capacity to care for eight children in total and currently is serving three children and their families.

The saying goes “time heals all wounds”, but what happens when a wound does not heal? Wounds go through many stages while healing and complications at any step can prolong the process. The first step is stopping the bleeding.