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The Callaway TeamMates chapter officially kicked off a new school year with a pancake breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 13. The purpose of the breakfast, according to program coordinators Karen Weverka and Abe Hinman, was to welcome mentors and mentees for another year and to encourage others to become involved.

The budget and tax levy request were the key items on the Callaway School Board’s Sept. 11 agenda. However, neither of those discussions generated as much attention as an announcement made by one of the school administrators.

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Have you found a home to purchase, but you need down payment assistance to make homeownership a reality? Then our Down Payment Assistance Program may be just for you! Central Nebraska Housing and Economic Developers (CNHED) provides down payment assistance funds, and minor rehabilitation funds, to income-qualified families who are looking to purchase a home. These funds are available to households in our 14-county region, which includes: Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Keya Paha, Loup, Rock, Sherman, Valley, and Wheeler Counties.

Homecoming for the South Loup Bobcats is set for Friday, Sept. 15, and the students at Callaway High School invite everyone to join them for a Homecoming parade to help cheer on the team that day.

The goal of the Custer County Foundation, Inc. is to improve the quality of life in the Custer County area by supporting the needs of the communities.

Employees of The First Interstate Bank of Callaway submitted a grant application recently from the First Interstate Bank Foundation for assistance with the wind storm cleanup. The bank foundation granted them $5,000 for that purpose. The funds must be run through a 501 (C) (3) In order to be dispersed. That's where the Callaway Community Foundation comes in.

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It was a busy weekend for high school rodeo contestants, including Callaway’s Dawson Doggett. Doggett competed in Grand Island on Labor Day Monday, winning the steer wrestling in a time of 7.2 seconds. The young cowboys and cowgirls also competed in rodeos at the Nuckolls County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday.

My son is a Boy Scout. Hopefully, he will become an Eagle Scout like his dad, his grandpa, his uncle, and not to mention eleven of the twelve men that walked on the moon. Whether he does or not, it has been an honor seeing the program help him and other boys mature into responsible young men.