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Callaway Community Wide Garage Sales are set for Saturday, June 10. Though that may seem far off, it will be here before we know it! Registrations are available now at Callaway True Value. Registration fees are used to pay for advertising. The Chamber is asking everyone who has a garage sale to register and help pay for advertising to get people to Callaway that day. The Community Wide Garage Sales are hosted by the Callaway Chamber of Commerce.

Callaway’s very own Shotgun Annie's Saloon & Grill has been selected as a stop on the Nebraska Beef Council's Beef Passport Program. The Nebraska Beef Passport program runs May 1 through Sept.

To understand the benefits of talk therapy, you must first understand what talk therapy is. Verywell Mind explains that talk therapy, also known as psychotherapy, is the use of verbal techniques designed to help improve the quality of life for those it serves by reducing or eliminating symptoms, helping to build coping skills, and improving communication.

Callaway residents will have an opportunity to come together for a time of “neighborly exercise” while helping others. The Walk For Life is scheduled for Saturday, May 6 at Morgan Park. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the one-mile walk will get underway at 10 a.m. Anyone wishing to walk further than one mile may walk the route as many times as they would like. Registration fee is $50, which includes a t-shirt, and all proceeds go to the Women’s Resource Center in North Platte.

While the issue of expanding the existing preschool program from a half day to full day at Callaway Public Schools has been laid to rest for the time being, at least one community member is not ready to give up on the idea quite yet.

Representatives from First Interstate Bank recently donated $500 to the Callaway Youth Soccer Association. The Callaway Youth Soccer Association is a new, free community program offered to youth pre-kindergarten through sixth grade students.

The Nebraska Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) met for their annual State Leadership Conference April 2-4 in the Lincoln Haymarket area. Nearly 1,100 students and advisers from 90 Nebraska schools attended the conference to grow their leadership skills, celebrate their accomplishments from the past year, and prepare for their future careers. Melvin Adams was the keynote speaker for the event. His message focused on resilience and never letting one’s circumstances prevent them achieving their dreams.

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.

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