ARAPAHOE – Even with gas prices escalating, Calvin Pemberton and his wife, Nancy, made a quick trip to the nation’s capital earlier this month and plan to make the 1,392.9-mile trek again on April 1.

10 years ago Rachelle Clason of Beaver City, Marcia Foley, and Nathan Goshert of Arapahoe are making plans to go to Africa in July to help Missionaries Brad and Ellie Harris with their Bible School program.

10 years ago Seventeen firefighters from Cambridge and others from Arapahoe, Edison, and Bridgeport attended a Wildland Fire Tactics Training course Saturday in Cambridge. 20 years ago Dave Houghtelling stops in at the new Medicine Creek Bank on Monday morning.

10 years ago Brittany Fattig, Tandia Remmenga, Brittany Kussman, Mikaila Smith, and Taylor Gydesen participated in the Women in Science Conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln sponsored by the Nebraska’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.

10 years ago Bartley Village Board president Jim Morris revealed that after interviews last Monday, the board had hired Ronni Harding to be new Bartley Village Clerk. At an Indianola City Council meeting the board purchased two solar powered flashing speed limit signs at a cost of $12,010 each.

100 Years Ago March 16, 1922 Rev. Jas.

25 Years Ago March 6, 1997 Donna Dixon retired February 28 after 16 years as Furnas County Clerk Magistrate. The Beaver City Fire Department responded to a tractor fire at the Dennis Clason farm Monday.