MISSION MALL Thrift Store, 509 Nebraska Ave., Arapahoe, NE. Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 1:00-5:00 p.m.

RIVER VALLEY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Nathan Goshert, Pastor 1201 Elm St., Arapahoe, Ph. 962-7730.

Thursday, March 10: Potato soup, ham salad sandwich, relish, apricots. Friday, March 11: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes/gravy, peas and carrots, butterscotch dessert.

The Cambridge Lions hosted an appreciation dinner at the Cross Creek Golf Course on February 28 with guests from the Holbrook and Bartley Lions Clubs. The clubs celebrated a job well done during the recent Lions Christmas Project that involves all three clubs and surrounding communities and also discussed upcoming chapter events such as the Holbrook Lions Consignment Auction. (Right) Lions District Governor, John Rundel, was an honored guest and presented Vicky Brown, Cambridge Lions President, with an award for membership growth earned by the Cambridge club. If you are interested in finding out more about Lions, the largest service organization in the world, you may speak to any member or contact Lisa Dutt at 697-3585. We’d love to have you join us in making a difference in our communities!

Kezie’s Kids, Day & Night Care is now open for business. Mackenzie Gonzales, of McCook is now a licensed childcare provider. Kezie’s Kids has the capacity to care for eight children in total and currently is serving three children and their families.

Friday High 24 Low 0 Mostly sunny, brisk and cold Saturday High 46 Low 20 Intervals of clouds and sunshine Sunday High 55 Low 26 Milder with sunshine and patchy clouds.

The Elwood Area Foundation is hosting the 11th Annual Elwood Spring Gala on Saturday, March 19. The event features a dinner, silent and live auction, and a dance featuring The Innocence.

BEAVER CITY – The city council held its regular meeting on March 7, 2022, and approved Will and Sabrina Speth’s request for a T-Ball team for kids. The council also approved three building permits: Karen Hardenbrook’s deck expansion request at 608 10 th St., and two requests made by JR Laborie on behalf of Laborie Land Works, LLC.

Wayne Sayer, family formerly of Holbrook but now lives in Idaho, recently contacted Kathy Cobb about the possibility of a Veterans Memorial in Village Park for his brother Terry who was killed in Vietnam. Cobb liked the idea of honoring past, present and future veterans and ran with it. She received her first donations from Sayer and an another for a 20x20 concrete pad for the memorial.

The National WEather Service had issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of southwest Nebraska and much of South Central Nebraska as a winter storm was forecast to strike the region Wednesday. Forecasts called for 5-10 inches of snow throughout Frontier, Red Willow, Furnas, Gosper and Harlan counties with blustery winds and frigid temperatures on the back end of the precipitation, pushing wind chills Wednesday night and Thursday night below zero.