Elba News
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308.968.3348 Last Sunday, Gary and Charlotte Rasmussen attended the Job’s Daughters baked potato bar in Central City. Jeanie Julesgard of rural St.
SMITH RECEIVES HONORS
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Noah Smith won the judge’s award for his interview, engineering design, and sportsmanship at the NPPD open robotics tournament in Norfolk..
Winery earns accolades at California competition
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Miletta Vista Winery recently took home a number of awards from the fourth annual Los Angeles Invitational Wine & Spirits Challenge, an international competition meant to “highlight the best of the best wine and spirits producers in the world.”
Comm. center may take over dispatch for Nance County
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At its regular meeting last Tuesday, the Howard County Board of Commissioners agreed to proceed with a plan to move Nance County dispatch operations into the Howard County Communications Center next fiscal year. The merger, which Commissioner Jessie Urbanski said would take a “big bite” out of the county budget in the short term but was expected to “pay off” in years to come, was approved 2–0 by the county board. Howard County Chairman Kathy Hirschman had left the meeting prior to the vote on the item.
THE STAGE IS SET
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THE ST. PAUL AREA COMMUNITY THEATER will be staging its first community play in multiple years this weekend at the Annex Building at the Howard County Fairgrounds north of St. Paul. This spring’s production is Gladys in Wonderland, written by Rosemary Frisino Toohey. The play will be performed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Above, Henry (Rick Harahill) expresses his marital grievances to Gladys (Val Killinger) at a rehearsal in the St. Paul Civic Center last week. Below, Gladys greets Myrna (Kandee Hymer) at the door. Read all about this year’s production on page sixteen of this week’s newspaper.
Community players to take limelight
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The St. Paul Area Community Theater will be staging its first play in multiple years this weekend, bringing a performance of Gladys in Wonderland to the Annex Building at the Howard County Fairgrounds on March 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. The Friday and Saturday performances will take place at 7:00 p.m., with doors to open at 6:00; the Sunday matinee will take place at 2:00 p.m., with doors to open at 1:00.
MEMORIALS
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Delvin and Lola Teter made a memorial donation to the Wolbach Parks and Recreation Fund in memory of Dona Ondracek..
LOCALS
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Harriet Steenson was a visitor with Marilyn Leslie at Spalding on Thursday afternoon..
AUXILIARY HOSTS MARCH DINNER
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Donna Rother, a planner of the March Dinner, had corned beef, mashed potatoes/gravy, sauerkraut, candied carrots, rolls, a variety of salads and desserts, and coffee on the menu. Auxiliary members in her group who donated salads and desserts and helped serve the meal were Rhonda Allen (subbing for Gayle Grossart), Vonnie Barr, Devon Rother, Staci Rother, and Donna.
AUXILIARY SPONSORS POPPY POSTER CONTEST
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American Legion Auxiliary Unit #236 from Wolbach sponsored the Poppy Poster contest for grades second–twelfth at Central Valley Public Schools (CPVS). The Auxiliary received twenty-two posters from elementary school students at Scotia and none from students in grades seven–twelve at CVPS in Greeley.