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Phelps & Gosper County 4-H partnered with Nebraska Extension’s College & Career Readiness team and ESU #11 to provide the Nebraska 4-H Connect the Dots program to over 250 10th grade students on October 15 – 16 at the Ag Center in Holdrege, NE. 11 schools participated including Alma, Arapahoe, Axtell, Bertrand, Elwood, Eustis-Farnam, Franklin, Loomis, Minden, Southern Valley, & Wilcox-Hildreth. Prior to attending, each student completed a career assessment to identify their top two career clusters. During this program youth engaged in workshops highlighting personalities in the workplace and motivated skills. Youth also had the opportunity to engage with collegiate representatives from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA), Central Community College (CCC), University of Nebraska Kearney (UNK), and the College of Agriculture Sciences & Natural Resources (UNL-CASNR) in addition to the US Army.

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Farmers and ranchers interested in preventing erosion, improving soil health, conserving water and wildlife, or making other natural resource conservation improvements to their property are encouraged to apply now for funding available from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Those interested in receiving funding this year should sign up before November 15, 2024.

I wish to thank my family and friends for all the cards, phone calls, gifts and the family-get-together for my recent birthday. It will always be a wonderful memory.

Thursday, Oct. 24: Chili w/cinnamon roll.

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About 15 were in attendance for the Southern Valley School Board meeting on Monday, October 14, 2024 at 8 pm in the auditorium. Most were there to talk about the football program. Football was on the agenda as a discussion item.

Gosper County Sheriff Jesse Naputi has resigned his position effective October 15, 2024. Naputi’s term was to run until January 2027. Naputi submitted his resignation to Gosper County on August 28 during their meeting. A special meeting was held on September 3 to accept the resignation.