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.

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.

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.

RIVER VALLEY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH - Nathan Goshert, Pastor; 1201 Elm St., Arapahoe, Ph. 962-7730.

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First Baptist Church 212 Randolph Ave., Holbrook, NE Pastor Dale Whitson Church Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m..

Pot luck was held on Monday and they had 13 present and one guest, Dane McCoy. Hostessses were Ruth Beck and Sherry Saylor. The theme was St. Patrick’s and the Blue room was beautifully decorated in green.