First Central Bank and First Central Bank McCook is excited to announce the promotion of two employees. These promotions took place on Friday, May 12, 2023.

Cambridge – Nurses at Tri Valley Health System were honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses . The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate care nurses provide patients and families every day. The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.

The Holbrook Class of 1943 attending the alumni banquet on Saturday was Leola Mooney. It has been 80 years since her graduation! .

The Nebraska Cooperative Development Center (NCDC) would like to invite anyone interested in working in the Homecare Industry to a public meeting on June 6 at 6 pm at Prairie Pines, 1010 2nd Street, in Arapahoe NE. The meeting will focus on the proposed organization of the Republican Valley Homecare Cooperative. This group of caregivers has been working with NCDC through the steps from exploration to creation of a worker owned Homecare business.

The Sons of The American Legion Squadron 343 of Edison held their regular meeting May 25. The squadron is making plans to participate in several local parades and serve root beer floats before the Arapahoe fireworks on July 4.

The Arapahoe Area Foundation along with the Arapahoe Gala Committee presented the Arapahoe-Holbrook Public Schools with a check of $37,850 from the Gala Event held in April. These funds will go towards helping the school complete a new additional playground area for older children. This will be located east of the basketball courts with plans for completion by the beginning of the school year in August.

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Summer Happenings in Edison will be Food Truck Fridays. The schedule for this is as follows: June 16: Lone Wolf BBQ June 23: Braxton’s Smokehouse June 30: Hangries LLC July 7: Tacos Y Salsas Los Forasteros Trucks will be paked on 1st street south of Edison City Building. Serving starts at 5:00 p.m.

The Arapahoe City Council met on Tuesday, May 23 at 7:30 pm. In the mayor’s report John Koller said he spoke with Kyle regarding the possible annexation of land as well as Jess Hurlburt of Olsson’s.

Cooper Schutz, a senior majoring in Agribusiness at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, was awarded the Michael S. Turner $2,500 scholarship given by the Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation.