25 Years Ago February 29, 1996 The home of Bill and Kathy Lewis and family at Wilsonville was destroyed by fire on Saturday. Ryne Norton is the new county executive director of the Farm Service Agency in Beaver City, replacing Deana Petersen who is now CED of the Otoe County office in Syracuse.

10 years ago Jared Crosley earned the honor of Eagle Scout on Sunday held at the First United Methodist Church in Arapahoe. Crosley, son of Jim and Lynn Crosley earned 54 badges.

10 years ago There is no problem in reaching the goal of $260,000. “It tells us that we’re doing the right thing and that people want the store back.” Cambridge fifth graders got a lesson on electric conservation.

10 years ago The crew from Watts Electric completed their portion of the new electric feed into Elwood as lines were rolled out and pulled up to the last of the new poles in Elwood. A member of the Elwood Pirates Speech Team Michaela Clark received a fifth place medal in Informative.

10 years ago The Southwest FFA chapter competed in contest held February 23 at Curtis and won the welding contest. At the Southwest School Board of Education meeting Clayton Waddle was offered the Superintendent’s position.

McCook, NE —After eight months of partnership, and more than 1,400 tests completed, Community Hospital has stopped offering the TestNebraska service. This service is still available throughout the state. Those in need of testing, please visit www.testnebraska.com for dates and times in the area.

Tri Valley Health System will be offering a COVID-19 Moderna vaccination clinic on Friday, March 5 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Cambridge Community Building at 722 Patterson Street. This clinic is available for: Individuals 65 and older, and those 18 years and older who have “high risk medical conditions”.

The health and safety of our residents, patients, employees, visitors, and communities is a top priority at Tri Valley Health System, while we also understand how important the support of loved ones and friends are to health and wellbeing. Effective Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Tri Valley Health System will be revising visitor restrictions at all Tri Valley Health System locations. All visitors must be 12 years or older, wear a cloth mask, clear a health screening, and have a temperature check. No visitors will be allowed for patients on isolation precautions, patients with COVID-19, or patients awaiting COVID-19 test results.

The annual Blue and Gold Banquet was held Saturday afternoon at the Ella Missing Community Center. A cake auction was held with Mark Hamel of Heartland Partners as the auctioneer. There were some creative cakes made by the Scouts and the auction was a great success. Awards were handed out to each Scout at the conclusion of the cake auction. (Top photo) Elliot Hoefs held the cake that his son Ethan made and Mark holds the microphone for Ethan to tell what kind of cake it was. (Middle) Stefanie Hoefs handed out an award to Brayden Hamilton and gave each Scout the special Scout handshake. (Bottom) The Scouts lead everyone in attendance in the Scouts honor. were Logan Beck, Boede Soncksen, Ethan Hoefs, Elizabeth Magorian, Quorra Hearn, Jaxtyn Soncksen, Brayden Hamilton, Molly Leising and Emma Houser.

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