Workers with Mid-Continental Restoration Co. were in St.

The deluge of fall rains that hit lower precincts of Greeley County began Wednesday afternoon in the northern part of the Spring Creek tributaries, with gauges showing totals ranging from five to more than twelve inches. Flooding on the Spring Creek watershed hit this community early that evening. The two main bodies of Spring Creek from the north and northwest join near Wolbach and Mary’s Creek watershed from the northeast join within the village limits. The late-night hours had the creek out of its banks and flooding the acres of Cottonwood Park, causing heavy damage in debris and sending park equipment, including picnic tables and railroad ties, outside the area…The water depth was estimated to be near six to eight feet in the park in most areas…Cottonwood Park ponds receded to near-normal levels by late Friday afternoon, when the drainage structure allowed the water to be sent into Spring Creek in an underground culvert system.

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.