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The Callaway Chamber of Commerce Yard of the Month Winner for August is Allen and Judy Meredith! They want to say thank you to their son, Travis and his friend Kim, and also thank you to Janet Rosentrater for all their help in making the yard look so pretty. Be sure to drive by and take a look for yourself. Remember, nominations for the Yard of the Month are due on the 10th of the month, and September will be your final opportunity to nominate a yard. Call, message, or stop into First Interstate Bank and place your nominations with Stacey or Kelsey.

Everyone is invited to share in the celebration of yet another milestone in Callaway, as the Chamber of Commerce hosts a ribbon cutting on Sunday, Aug. 27 for the 7 Valley Kids Childcare. The new childcare will welcome the community to an Open House at 301 Morse St. from 1-3 p.m., with the ribbon cutting at 1 p.m.

Callaway’s annual Kite Flight celebration is little more than a week away, and the Chamber of Commerce is asking for volunteers to help get the grounds ready for the big event. On Tuesday, Aug. 29, those willing to help are asked to meet at Foster Smith Field at 5:30 p.m. for Kite Flight clean-up night. Please bring rakes, and we’ll be putting in posts and flags for the boundaries.

Callaway is the place to be on Labor Day weekend! The 32nd Annual Kite Flight will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at Foster Smith Field, located four miles east of Callaway on Highway 40. Saturday night will also feature a “Night Flight” beginning at 10 p.m.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is asking the public to be on the lookout for unexplained death or illness of deer, pronghorn, elk, and bighorn sheep. Due to conditions in certain areas of the state, deadly diseases may spread easier among big game populations.

A number of years ago a group of individuals built a cement track just north of the baseball field in Callaway to be used for offroad motorsports, primarily go-kart racing at the time. However, the track has not been used for some time and has become overgrown with weeds and small trees. Now a new group of community members is stepping forward to revitalize the track and make it usable once again.

The Callaway Rescue Squad spent the day at Callaway Public School on Monday, Aug. 14, and this time it was the teachers who were the students.

Custer County 4-H and FFA kids saw all their hard work pay off as they displayed their exhibits and showed livestock at the Custer County Far. Last week we featured the first half of the results of the Callaway and Arnold Tail Twisters and Western Riders club results. Here are the rest of those 4-H member results.

With third cutting alfalfa right around the corner, Erin much to my chagrin, suggested that we make some small square bales. While it is true I don’t particularly care for them, they are nice to have around. Square bales work well to call cows when it’s time to move pastures or stalk fields, and they also work well to feed a cow penned up in the calving barn during a snowstorm. And really, for any other general emergency arising that may call for a square bale. Even so, I have a difficult time driving past a field of square bales without mumbling some sort of joke about the hay.