10 years ago Cambridge TeamMate Mentors were recognized on Saturday night at the basketball game. Present were Christina Houghtelling, Marty Teter, Cathy Peterson, Georgia Dutt, Chris Pritchard, Ken Dutt, Jason Houghtelling, Betty Jorgensen, Tom Carpenter, Reverend David Feddern, Karen Gottsch, Angie Hagedorn, Brenda Miller, Don Sackett, Amanda Shultz, Deanna Snyder, Desiree Wineland, and Marlene Witte.

10 years ago Seventh grade students at Elwood High School, Austin Probasco, Kallen Nickell, and Katie Kleine made the Second Quarter and Semester Honor Roll. 20 years ago Sarah Burkhalter works with children that have enrolled in the day care facility in Elwood, Little Angel Christian Child Care.

10 years ago A letter of resignation from Ron Casper, effective at the end of the contract year, was read and accepted with thanks for his 37 years of service in the Southwest Teacher’s Association. Re-written classic fairy tales were fun for both the players and their audience Monday night as the Southwest high school drama department put on by their One Act Plays.

100 Years Ago January 26, 1922 Mrs. Avon Arnsberger has purchased the north frame school building.

25 Years Ago January 16, 1997 The Southern Valley Lady Eagles dominated the boards Tuesday evening at Stockton, KS with a 60- 27 win. Lindsey Stineman led SV scoring with 23 points.

Members of the Holbrook Fire Department met Friday, January 14th for their annual Christmas party at HoJo's in Holbrook. The crew is pictured in their new personalized all-weather jackets. Dale Long was presented with a plaque commemorating his 50 years of service to the department. Pictured (l-r) Dale Long, Chris Rich, Thomas Ahrens, Wesley Hock, Tiffany Hock, Jesse Hamel, Keith Andrews, Kari Schulz, and Matt Schulz.

The Elwood Speech Team brought home some hardware from the Doniphan-Trumbull meet recently. Entertainment: Lauren Hickey 1st place and Emily Winter 2nd place. Novice Poetry: Kassandra Salisbury 2nd place. Novice Serious Prose: Delaney Collins 3rd place. Informative: Brooke Brockman 4th place.

Our Redeemer Lutheran – Missouri Synod Elwood ourredeemerelwood.com Friday, January 21 9:00 a.m.-Exercise Group. Sunday, January 23: 10:00 a.m.-Worship Monday, January 24: 9:00 a.m.-Exercise Group.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 12, 2022 – _The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is continuing an effort to enhance the adoption of soil health practices through the establishment of Soil Health Management Demonstration Projects. Landowners interested in applying for funding to establish a soil health demonstration project should submit their application to NRCS by Feb. 18, 2022.

(Grand Island, Neb.) – Central Community College has announced the names of full-time students who earned spots on the President’s and Dean’s honor lists for the 2021 fall semester. The students were enrolled at one or more CCC locations, which include the Columbus, Grand Island and Hastings campuses; Holdrege, Kearney and Lexington centers; and Ord Learning Center.