The Southern Valley School board approved a revamp of the weight room 5 – 0 during their meeting on Monday, May 9. The board previously heard from coach Dexter Becker with a proposal to redo the weight room. The original bid for his “dream” weight room was over $80,000.

I don’t know what I was doing last week, but remembering to do the news didn’t happen. How grateful we are for the rain we received last week.

Brie Shald presents her mother with a rose. Kassidy Wilcox shoots off confetti as Bailey Oltmer looks on.

ARAPAHOE – The Arapahoe-Holbrook school board held their monthly meeting on May 9 and approved the purchase of new chrome books for 5-12th grades with ESSER funds for the 2022-2023 school year. The plan is to purchase chrome books for K-4th grade for the 2023-2024 school year.

During the monthly Elwood School Board meeting on May 9, Superintendent Daren Hatch announced that summer school will be held from May 23-June 2. He also shared that work to improve the track field will begin in June.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) would like to encourage residents to plan ahead to stay healthy and avoid injuries during emergencies, including natural disasters.

Elwood City-wide garage sales are June 3rd & 4th! If you would like to hold a garage sale, please request the form by email from Ann at sabea68937@gmail.com. Forms must be returned by Friday May 27th to be included on the map!

BEAVER CITY – The city council held their regular meeting on May 2, 2022 and approved the minutes from the last meeting and the claims as presented.

Over the course of my career, I have performed countless pelvic exams on women of all ages from all walks of life. There are two common patient behaviors that I have observed. First, most women leave their socks on.

I know I have been absent from these for a while and thank you to all seven that read these each time for pointing out that I need to get back to it. It has been an incredibly hectic six weeks.