The Bartley Village board met briefly for their first meeting of the new year. Newly appointed Chairman Ed Cochran called the 7 p.m.

BEAVER CITY — The Regular City Council meeting was called to order on January 18, 2021 by Mayor Leighton Schmidt with all six city council members present. Three City staff were in attendance: Teresa Youngquist (City Clerk), Jackie Mayberry (Deputy Clerk), and Grant Jurgensen (Utility Superintendent). Visitors present were: Ben Ellis (Lion’s Club), Kale Shafer (Beaver City Volunteer Fire Department), Angie Woodring (Beaver City Manor Administrator), Laura Mclnturf and Isaac Watson (Cow/Calf Operation), and Guyla Mills (Valley Voice).

There was definitely news in The Valley this week! But certainly not the kind of news we like to hear. As if the winds weren’t bad enough Thursday, they caused an electric wire to break and ignite a fire.

On Thursday, January 14 at approximately 10:00 p.m., the Bartley fire department was paged to Road 710 six miles south of Bartley. A power line from a shop building had broken in the wind, arc’d and started corn stubble and pasture ground on fire. Combined with high winds of over 5o mph, mutual aid was called in from Indianola, Cambridge, Red Willow Western, Wilsonville, Beaver City and Beaver Valley.

ARAPAHOE - After interviewing two different interim superintendent candidates at a special meeting Monday, the Arapahoe Board of Education offered a one-year contract to Brian Gegg, who most recently served as the superintendent at Shelton Public Schools from 2016 until last June.

90 Years Ago January The high school dropped its first basketball game of the season to Mascot, 26-15. The second team won 15-13.

25 Years Ago January 11, 1996 More than 100 people attended the first annual Volunteer Banquet Friday night at Escher Hall. Lorenda Forbes, Gene Wyatt, Bill Weaver and Virginia Hunt were presented volunteer awards.

10 years ago Students in the third grade at Arapahoe Public Schools will begin Newspaper In Educations project with the Arapahoe Public Mirror. The students will answer a newspaper quiz once a month and also receive the Arapahoe Public Mirror each week.