The 2024 Spring Gathering for the Central Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Nebraska Synodical Women’s Organization will be held on Saturday, April 13th at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The theme for the gathering is “Open Our Hearts; Listen, Be Kind, Pray.” The chosen Bible verse is 1 Peter 5:6-7: “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him; because he cares for you.” Churches from the following towns will be represented: Albion, Columbus, Creston, Leigh, Madison, Newman Grove, Norfolk, Platte Center, St. Edward, Genoa, McCool Junction, Rising City, Stromsburg, York, Aurora, Central City, Dannebrog, Grand Island, Hampton, Hordville, Marquette, Ord, St. Paul, Polk, and Wolbach.

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2014 The first-ever Greeley-Wolbach/North Loup-Scotia middle schoold play will be presented next week in the Scotia gym. The Sunday, April 13th presentation of “The Princess and the Pea” will be at 2:30 p.m.

UNK University of Nebraska at Kearney students won six events and once again claimed the top chapter award during a statewide business competition. Lopers also earned six second-place awards, with a total of twenty-two top-five finishes, at the Nebraska Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate State Leadership Conference.

Roads discussion and public hearings made up the bulk of a relatively brief regular meeting of the Howard County Board of Commissioners last Tuesday, March 26th. During Roads discussion, Howard County Highway Superintendent Janet Thomsen said that, in the wake of the spring snowstorm that beset the county early on the morning of March 25th, the county roads crew had been working to keep the county’s roads clear.