Open Tuesdays and Fridays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 210 7th Street, Arapahoe, NE 308.962.7296. To observe social distancing during the COVID 19 pandemic, call the number posted outside the building and wait for the volunteer staff to bring out your box of groceries.

The Elwood Junior and Senior classes went on a field trip on Wednesday, April 14. After stopping at the Archway in Kearney they then traveled to Lincoln to meet with State Senator Dan Hughes. They also had the opportunity to tour the State Capital Building.

The Spring Concert was held at Elwood Public School on Monday, April 19, 2021. The 5th & 6th grade band played Majestic, Atlantis Overture and Rockstar. Members of the band are: Clarinert: Bree Corey, Adianez San Pedro; Alto Sax: Saamarha Barrow, Hailey Edwards, RiLee Schutz; Tenor Sax: Alex Jauken; Baritone Sax: Karter Tilson; Trumpet: Landon Hieter, Abigall King; Tuba: Kara Brockman; Percussion: Aiden Gruber. The Jr & Sr High Band played: To The Stars, Old Town Road, Themes from Pictures at an Exhibition, Chips and Salsa, Too, Ascensions, and Cape Breton March. Band members are: Flute: Payton Muegerl; Clarinet: MaKayla Buell; Alto Sax: Kennedy Brell, Connor Edwards, Jostin Grimm, Zailey Moler, Aniston Peterson, Aubrey Steinwart; Tenor Sax: Lauren Hickey; Trumpet: Jaci Muegerl, Kaden Nickell; Baritone: Alayna Moore; Percussion: Brooke Brockman, Maria Flores, Shannon Kennicutt, Ciara Lerdall, Julian Seberger.

Our Redeemer Lutheran – Missouri Synod Elwood Pastor Michael Wolff http://www.ourredeemerelwood.com Thursday, April 22: 8:30 a.m.-Preschool; Noon-Preschool. Friday, April 23: 9:00 a.m.-Exercise Group.

We are open to in-house meals and as long as our Gosper County numbers stay down we can remain open. The Gosper County Senior Center will continue to serve meals for delivery or pick-up for the month of April, but if you are out and about at other daily activities then pick –up meals will be limited. We are following the guidelines that WCNAAA has suggested for our Center. Please call the Senior Center at 785-2500 if you have questions. Thanks for your continued support. The pool table is open; the exercise bikes are humming; there is a puzzle out on the table and the dominos have been polished! Hope to see your smiling face here soon. On the 21 we will have board meeting at 8:00 a.m. and we will celebrate April birthdays and anniversaries at noon. Give a call and let us know if you want to join us at 785- 2500.

The Elwood Village Board held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Chairperson Tom Martin called the 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 22: District Music @ Southern Valley. Friday, April 23: District Music @ Loomis; Track & Field @ Lexington.

After several months of construction, the new Lexington Dollar Fresh store will open its doors to the public at 7 a.m. Friday, April 23, for its official grand opening.

Charlie Houser, Angie Corey, Bradyn Soucie.

The ESU #11 Gifted Department hosted their 6th annual Battle of the Books. There were 41 students present from 11 different districts. The students were able to visit with Lauren Wolk, author of Echo Mountain and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, author of Don’t Tell the Nazis. They all made Memory Boxes, an activity similar to the one in The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. All the books mentioned were one of the 32 books that were presented to the students. They had to read a certain amount to be able to participate in the final battle, based on their grade level. We are very proud of all of the students and amazed at how much they read. The big student winner of the day was Allegra Johnson from Wilcox-Hildreth, who read and completed activities on 22 books. The purpose of this activity is to get the students reading, and we’ve been very successful at that!! A BIG thanks go out to all of the schools for their support and help with this project. There were students participating from Cambridge, Arapahoe, Southern Valley, Wilcox-Hildreth, Franklin, Alma, Holdrege, Elwood, Bertrand, Eustis-Farnam, and Axtell.