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THE ST. PAUL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE held its Christmas with a Jingle event over the weekend in downtown St. Paul. The celebration featured a variety of activities, the schedule for which was headlined by a visit from Santa Claus on Saturday morning. Above, Santa and Mrs. Claus pose for photos with a special visitor during Saturday’s event. Below left, kids of all ages enjoyed the kids’ rides set up on Sixth Street. Below right, a variety of decorated vehicles made their way through Saturday night’s Christmas Light Parade.

DeMoine Adams, the chief executive officer (CEO) of TeamMates Mentoring and a former Husker Blackshirt, stopped by St. Paul Public Schools last week to visit the local Team-Mates chapter. As part of Donuts with DeMoine, Adams and several local TeamMates mentors and mentees congregated in Superintendent Adam Patrick’s office before school last week to talk about their experiences in the program.

HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2014 (News story courtesy of the Greeley Citizen.) The Central Valley School Board continued the process of determining what to do with the abandoned buildings and properties at the Wolbach and North Loup sites at its regular meeting Monday night. The primary discussion about building demolition centered on the older three-story school buildings in each town.

ST. PAUL CITY COUNCIL

St. Paul’s newest downtown business not only offers products that reflect its founders’ shared passions, but, eventually, also looks to provide products that reflect the needs and wants of the community as a whole.