KEARNEY – Graduate and undergraduate degrees will be conferred for 702 spring graduates at University of Nebraska at Kearney commencement exercises 10 a.m. Friday, May 17, at UNK’s Health and Sports Center.

The Furnas County Sheriff ’s Office, with funding from the Nebraska Department of Transportation/Highway Safety Office, will be participating in the Make It Click Enforcement campaign that will run from May 20-June 2, 2024. Additional Deputies will be working during this time period to enforce seat belt and child restraint violations with the goal of reducing the number of injuries in traffi c accidents from not being restrained.

(Hastings, Neb.) – Central Community College-Hastings honored about 345 graduate candidates May 10 during its 57th annual commencement ceremony. Fifty-one of the degree candidates achieved an accumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher during their college career and graduated with honors.

(Grand Island, Neb.) – Central Community College-Grand Island honored about 380 graduate candidates May 10 during its 38th annual commencement ceremony. Thirty-six of the degree candidates achieved an accumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher during their college career and graduated with honors.

Special recognition awards were presented April 30 at the Student Awards Gala at Central Community College-Hastings. Program Honor Students Recipients are selected from each academic program for good academic standing, outstanding ability in their major area of study, and strong leadership and citizenship skills.

There was some discussion about the state of the lights at the baseball field during the Monday, May 13 meeting of the Oxford Board of Trustees. Mike Quinn was in attendance and said he was there “to address the condition, the responsibility and the ownership and how we are going to get something done”.

Southern Valley looking at roof and flooring repairs The Southern Valley Board of Education met for their regular meeting on Monday, May 13 at 7:30 pm. The board heard from Alyson Adams, 2024 graduate and art student who is a congressional art contest winner. She attended the meeting with her grandparents. Adams spoke to the board saying her portrait drawing of her grandparents won first place and she gets to go to Washington DC. The plane ticket is paid for, but she would like help with hotel costs. Superintendent Bryce Jorgenson said the board has done this for other contest winners in the past. Jorgenson will make the hotel reservation at a place closer to the capital. The board congratulated Adams.

The Arapahoe City Council met on Monday, May 7 at 7:30 pm for their regular meeting immediately following a CRA meeting. There was some brief discussion on the pine needle mulch that has been ordered for the new planters downtown.