of Brookefield Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation were in attendance for the morning assembly at St. Paul Public Schools last Wednesday, October 5th, to present the district with a $500 donation. Pictured with Brookefield Park staff and leadership are members of the SPPS third grade class. The third graders make frequent trips to the long-term care facility in St. Paul.

St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) seventh-throughtwelfth graders spent sixth period last Wednesday in the high school gym, where professional speaker and attitude expert Aaron Davis, who had been a member of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers’ 1994 championship football team, spoke to them about the importance of having a “Champion Attitude.”

THREE AREA BANDS— Centura, Elba, and St. Paul— stepped off on Saturday morning as a part of the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Harvest of Harmony Parade. This year’s parade featured over ninety bands. In total, the eighty-first iteration of the event included 203 entries. Above, members of the St. Paul Marching Band make their way down Third Street. Bottom left, Lilly Lehman marches with the Centura band. Bottom right, Elba’s Raven Lewis lends the Bluejays’ drumline a hand on Saturday.

Lee Obermeier retired on September 29th after just under thirty-five years of employment with Howard Greeley Rural Public Power District (RPPD). Obermeier had served as operations manager at Howard Greeley for the past sixteen years, in which capacity he had led the operations of the power district’s thirteen field employees and five office employees and interacted with customers throughout the district’s coverage area in Howard and Greeley counties.

Former Nebraska football player Aaron Davis presented to students at St. Paul Public Schools last week..

At Charlies Station last Tuesday morning, Elba High School graduate Bryce Pearson was presented an honorary coin in recognition of his service in the United States Navy. Pearson served from 1953 until 1957.