As the mercury begins to rise and planting continues across the Loup Valley, leaders with one local irrigation district are starting to prep for what they predict will be a busy irrigation season. At the Farwell Irrigation District (FID), General Manager Matt Lukasiewicz said last Monday, that employees were hard at work in the early stages of “spring work”—including spring repairs and maintenance, weed burns, etcetera— as the district continued to prepare to distribute water through its irrigation canals later this month.

It was a heart-warming May Day to open my front door and find a bright and cheery May Basket filled with lots of goodies and the paper beside it. Thank you.

I would like to extend my gratitude to Bridgett Lassen and Riley Peters for nominating me for the Rotary District 5630 Interact Member of the Year Award; also, thanks to Bridgett for driving our Interact Club members to the Rotary District Conference in Broken Bow last weekend and enthusiastically sponsoring us on Saturday. In addition, I would like to thank both Riley and Bridgett for all of their leadership efforts in co-sponsoring our Interact Club this year. Additionally, the support of the St. Paul Rotary Club continues to be appreciated! It has been my pleasure to serve as Interact president this year, especially surrounded by such an outstanding group of peer leaders and community change-makers! Sincerely, Aiden Anderson ——————————

Wayne State College (WSC) recently announced that forty-eight students have been chosen for the highly selective Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) for the fall 2023. Students selected for the program come from rural Nebraska, know the unique needs of their community, and are dedicated and passionate about their home state and its rural health care needs.

Central Community College will hold commencement ceremonies at its Columbus, Grand Island, and Hastings campuses on Friday, May 5th. The keynote speakers will be this year’s Outstanding Alumni Award recipients.

On April 24th, Katherine Bauer, a junior from St. Paul, presented at Concordia University Nebraska’s twelfth annual research symposium.

Barbara Tuma was a brief Friday afternoon visitor of Adeline Jonak in St. Paul.