Following last week’s district contest, five Centurions are slated to return to the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) State Speech Championships at Kearney High School this Thursday. Seniors Hope Mc-Donald and David Hadenfeldt and juniors Ella Simon, Lauren Suntych, and Shiloh Smith qualified for state at last Tuesday’s District C1-5 competition in Grand Island.

GENE WHITEFOOT of Boelus celebrated his birthday at Whitefoot Market in Boelus last Thursday. A large crowd attended the event, which included several surprises, including a note from longtime central Nebraska television news personality Colleen Williams.

The Howard County Historical Society is launching a campaign to raise funds to construct a building on the historical society grounds north of the present agricultural building. The 40’x100’ building will cost around $200,000. A building fund account was established in 2007 when the society received donations specifically given for an additional building. The new building will be called the Schubert-Nielsen Exhibit Hall in honor of two individuals who left funds to the Howard County Historical Society in their estates.

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