Each week Elwood Public schools send food packs home with students in need, provided to us by Foodbank for the Heartland. These food packs are pre-packaged, processed foods. We would like to add iems to these food packs to increase their nutritional value but we need your help. We invite families to donate any of the following canned items on the night of our PK-12 Christmas program on Tuesday, November 28th at 7:00 p.m.

Ten Cattlemen Selected LINCOLN, NE (November 21, 2023) – Nebraska Cattlemen is proud to announce the Young Cattlemen’s Connections (YCC) Class of 2024. The selection committee chose ten emerging leaders for the prestigious two-year program to help these participants develop a solid foundation of industry knowledge and to strengthen the future of Nebraska’s beef industry.

Southwest students Charlotte and Lydia performed at the Lied Center in Lincoln as part of the All-State Children’s Choir on November 16. Thanks to Mrs.

Forty-five Arapahoe high school FFA members and 11 JH FFA members went to Curtis for CDE #1 and had a great day of competitions! JH Livestock Judging~90 total individuals - 5th place as a team - Kayden Yeager~4th place - Cydney Carlson~21st place - Sawyer Shafer~25th place - Hunter Larson~32nd place JR Livestock Judging~110 total individuals - STATE QUALIFYING 5th place as a team - Kolter Eidson~5th place - Trey Downey~28th place - Wyatt Soncksen~34th place - Clara Hilker~ 35th place - Taydem Zodrow~ 39th place SR Livestock Judging~70 Total individuals - STATE QUALIFYING~5th place as a team - Cadence Carpenter~15th place - Eli Shafer~16th place - Chris Hermes~22nd place - Trenton Roskop~23rd place - Grayson Koller~28th place Agriscience (freshman only) - Carter Blickenstaff~12th place~Blue ribbon - Briggs Hill~33rd place~Red ribbon - Trey Downey~ White ribbon - Wyatt Soncksen~ White ribbon Natural Resources * Hunter Jorschumb~23rd~Blue ribbon.

Students at Arapahoe-Holbrook Public School participated in a Coin Challenge organized by Mrs. Stagemeyer, raising $2062.88 for the Bade family, who recently lost their home to a fire.

On October 13th, the Frontier County Ambulance Service was granted an Advanced Life Support License through the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health. Since 1973, the Frontier County Ambulance has served the Curtis, Maywood, Stockville, Wellfleet, and Moorefield areas.

John Strand’s basketball team is carrying on the tradition of collecting food for the Arapahoe Food Pantry around Thanksgiving each year. The pantry board is thankful for what the school and community does to help keep their shelves full.

The Cambridge Rotary Club had the pleasure of having their District Governor, Glenn Knuth, join them at their meeting. He spoke with them about trying to get their membership numbers up for their club. District 5630 is faced with needing more members or looking at the possibility of having to be merged with another district. If anyone in the surrounding communities would like to learn more about what Rotary does and what they can do for your community, please by all means reach out to any of their club members. Pictured (L to R) – Russ Wood, Sam Jaeger, District Governor Glenn Knuth, Reg Warner, Debbi Runner and Kathy Benson.

Maywoof FFA members had a great day at the district career development events day! Lots of great learning and performances by Maywood FFA students. All agriscience competitors earned ribbons (top half of the contest) and our top 4 scores compiled of the District 11 Agriscience Championship Team! The top 4 will represent our chapter at the state contest in April.

“Going back to the basics” was the theme of the Basic 4-H Horsemanship Workshop held recently on Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) in Curtis, NE. Ten youth and 5 adults learned/reviewed many different horse topics from Frontier County 4-H horse volunteer, parent, & 4-H alumni -Kyle Sheffield.