Thursday, May 12: 10:00 a.m.-TF Districts @ Southern Valley. Friday, May 13 Noon-Play Day.

Tri Valley Health System is starting a medication safety initiative to ensure patients are safely taking the correct prescribed and over the counter medications. Tri Valley Health System will be giving out medication bags at rural health clinic appointments. Tri Valley Health System will be educating patients about bringing in all of their medications to their appointments.

Week May 16 – May 20 Monday – cook’s choice. Tuesday – fried chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, 3-bean salad, baked apples, and wheat bread.

The Village of Oxford board approved the hiring of lifeguards for the season. Trustee Chad Cunningham said he had spoken with manager Lacey Rice. They had seven total applicants. They hired Keira Wasenius as an assistant manager.

After a two year hiatus the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is back on. Leave your non-perishable food donations out for your rural letter carrier on Saturday, May 14.

Making the long drive to Norfolk, NE to compete in the AmericKids District Gymnastics Championship at Northeast Community College, Quinn competing for Horizon Gymnastics of Holdrege, NE, was back to vie for her third All Around Championship. Lauren won it in 2019, (cancelled 2020 for Covid) and 2021.

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. The bid up for approval is $64,907.36 and includes the equipment and floor. Superintendent Bryce Jorgenson said they are not supposed to get billed until it is complete and he made clear it would not get paid for until after September with the new budget. He also said if they commit to this, they should not have to touch it for 20 years. AD Marquez said the kids are using the weight room. High School principal Jeff Linden said the kids will take some pride in it but it still takes the person getting them into the weight room. Marquez also said if they are going to do it, now is the time before things get any more expensive. Jorgenson said it is a lot of money and it could be looked at as curriculum for classes and non-curriculum 2022 Alum for athletes using it. The idea of fundraising was brought up also. Jorgenson thought they should use the money they raised for something else. Marquez also said they do the auction and plant sales to get away from all of the fundraising that had been done before.

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.