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Maria Moseman, a senior at Riverside High School, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the International P.E.O. Sisterhood.

Boone County 4-Her Cassidy Maricle is one of 18 4-H members from throughout the state who recently won Nebraska 4-H Foundation Scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. “These 4-H’ers are commended for their outstanding accomplishments in 4-H, dedication to community service and high scholastic achievement,” said Steve Pritchard, Boone-Nance Extension educator.

Gov. Jim Pillen issued an emergency declaration on Sunday in the aftermath of severe weather that started April 25 and continued through April 27, resulting in damage from thunderstorms, high winds, rain and reported tornadoes. Counties covered in this declaration include Douglas, Washington, and Lancaster.

Boone County Fairgrounds in Albion will be the site of the 2024 Nebraska Junior High State Finals Rodeo on Thursday and Friday, May 16-17. About 100 contestants are expected for the rodeo events, which begin at 9 a.m.

Pat Miller and David Shipley, a couple from Lincoln, known as “The Benchwarmers”, provided musical entertainment at the annual salad supper hosted by Immanuel Zion Church, rural Albion, on Wednesday, April 24. They created a fictional story, which was a three-year project, about the beginning of the bounteous salads and scrumptious sweets from the first salad supper to the current one 150 years later.

Best Area Performances (Through meets April 29) Girls 100M Dash................ Ava Duerksen, Boone Central...................

Boone Central Schools provided the following updated and corrected list of students receiving the Multi-Activity Student Awards for 202324: Seniors - Taylor Beierman, Brant Benes, Parker Borer, Nathan Devine, Ava Duerksen, Joshua Erickson, Jackson Lipker, Emma Lordemann, Jose Luna, Cassidy Maricle, Isabella Meyer, Myranda Nelson, Benjamin Reilly, Natalie Schrad and Elizabeth Webster.

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Damage in the Primrose area from last Friday’s tornado included (left) the large storage building at Primrose Farms that collapsed on equipment inside; and (right) twisted sections of a center pivot system field near Primrose.

Newman Grove and Riverside will hold commencement exercises on Saturday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in their respective high school gyms.