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Poems & lyrics celebrating Kansas Flint Hills land & people by Annie Wilson – the “Flint Hills Balladeer”

CHADRON, Neb. Chadron State College (CSC) students and employees gathered for the ninth annual Rising Sophomore awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 17. Dr. Jim Powell, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Chadron State College, was the keynote speaker. He came to CSC in 2015 as the Dean for Assessment, Accreditation, Curriculum and Education, Human Performance, Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work. Powell, who became the Vice President for Academic Affairs in 2020, is retiring at the end of June. Grady Fox, of Severy, was among the list to receive an award, under the subject of history. He is pursuing a degree in Social Science, grades 7-12.

The Greenwood County 4-H Meat Judging Teams traveled to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday, April 13, to compete in the 2024 Midwest Invitational Meat Judging Contest. The contest was attended by teams from Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. The Senior Team, consisting of Hannah Perrier, Addison Westerman and Cort Decker, placed 3rd in the overall contest with Hannah Perrier individually placing 9th overall.

Upon Settling The Soul

On Monday, April 22, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) planned to begin a resurfacing project on U.S. 400 in Greenwood County. The 16.3-mile project starts at the Butler- Greenwood County line and continues east to the east K-99 junction. Project activity includes surface recycling with an overlay. Flaggers and a pilot car will direct one-lane traffic through the work zone. Expect delays of 15 minutes or less during weekday daylight hours until July.

Volunteers at the Greenwood County Historical Society take on many different roles and jobs as they contribute to the work done to benefit the museum. Joyce Bills, the volunteer of the first quarter of 2024, has been a dedicated volunteer for many years. Bills has designed displays; recommended speakers to come and make presentations for the community; worked on family research for genealogical research requests and currently keeps obituary files upto- date. She is ready to answer the phone when needed and directs museum visitors to exhibits that will interest them. Another of her projects is keeping the indexing of The Eureka Herald going, which is a very large project and very important to the Historical Society.

Pneumonia Is Serious Illness

The Eureka Music Club met Monday, April 8, at the Eureka Christ Lutheran Church, with fourteen members present.

The Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating circumstances behind an incident that resulted in the death of a 66-year-old Derby man.