Senior Center Menu Week July 11 – July 15 Monday – walking taco, Brookeville corn, fresh fruit and wheat bread. Tuesday – chicken & rice bake, beets, sunshine salad, applesauce, and wheat bread. Wednesday – Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, mixed veggies, strawberry salad, chocolate icebox dessert, and wheat bread. Thursday – meatballs, baked potato, banana, pea salad, and ice cream.

After tough competition at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Kearney, two members of the Cambridge FBLA chapter set themselves up for a chance at Nationals in Chicago, IL. Emma Rasmussen and Jacey Kent both placed 4th in an objective test– Rasmussen in Accounting I and Kent in Business Communications. Only the top three go to Nationals, and competitors can only go in one event. Rasmussen and Kent both lucked out as one of the three people ranked above them chose other events, making it possible for them to go to Nationals. Rasmussen opted out for personal reasons, but Kent went, accompanied by the Cambridge FBLA sponsor and her mother, Margo Kent.

ARAPAHOE - Sweltering heat couldn’t dampen the fun at Prairie Pioneer Days this past weekend and into the July Fourth holiday. Monday’s parade was led by the grand marshals, members of the local fire and rescue squads. Monday’s fun also included cardboard boat races and much more. Additional photos from all the festivities can be found on Pages 7-9.

LEXINGTON - Each year at the South Central Nebraska Baseball League’s All-Star Game in Lexington, league coordinators nominate a local volunteer or contributor to throw an honorary first pitch at the game.

The Furnas County Fair and Rodeo has come to 38-county once again! 4-H events will begin this year’s fun on Saturday, July 9. The Clothing and Fashion Show Judging is yet to be announced, but the Family and Consumer Science Judging Contest will begin at 8:30 am. The Favorite Food Revue will follow at 4 pm, and the Fashion and Talent Show for the public will take to the runway at 7:30 pm.

The 2022 Phelps-Gosper Public Premier Animal Science Exhibition Senior Skill-a-thon team competed in Lincoln, NE on June 22. The team consisted of Marie Ford, Garrett Scholz, Lane Schoff, Leah Schutz, and Logan Schutz led by coach Sara Scholz. They competed against 11 other teams where they placed 4th overall and received the top score in Evaluation Marketing. Through the 4-H PASE Skill-a-thon contest, youth have an opportunity to go through six different stations where they test their knowledge on breeding animal evaluation, breeds and equipment, feeds and feeding, market animal evaluation, meats, and quality assurance.

100 Years Ago July 6, 1922 Sunday evening a violent wind storm struck this section with tornado winds doing considerable damage at Orleans. 90 Years Ago July 7, 1932 A transaction was closed this week whereby Albert Risley purchased the Logston photograph studio.

25 Years Ago June 26, 1997 A large crowd of Beaver Citians gathered in the Gazebo Park to celebrate Fun Day (the first day of summer). The Maverick Band was on hand with music, the Chamber of Commerce served watermelon, iced tea and pop and Splash Cash sold 85 sack lunches with proceeds going to the swimming pool fund.

Have you ever heard of the early settlement of Williamsburg that one time was the county seat of Phelps County? It used to exist in the Northwest part of Phelps County just south of the Oregan Trail. In August of 1874, a post office was established at Williamsburg and by 1878, it boasted a population of around 250. It had a schoolhouse, good general stores and a weekly newspaper. However, in 1879, it was voted that the county seat be moved to Phelps Center. The 20 by 14 frame courthouse was then physically picked up and moved the roughly 10 miles from Williamsburg to Phelps Center only to be again relocated to Holdrege in 1884. I went out to the location of Williamsburg and visited the cemetery. There is also a little country Methodist Church by the cemetery. As I walked around the cemetery, I saw a number of graves dated in the late 1880s. I do not know exactly where the settlement was located but it appears that it was just north of the cemetery which is farmland at present. Some of this information comes from Jim McKee.

Arapahoe Public Mirror 10 years ago Shirley Polston has had a passion for hunting and guns for the majority of her life. On Friday evening Shirley was inducted into the Nebraska Trapshooting Association Hall of Fame.