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Callaway students Jazlynn Bechtold and Jaxon Guthrie are hosting an FCCLA event at the Callaway Public Library designed to allow children and parents to read to one another. It will be held every Tuesday in the month of March from 6-7 p.m. to celebrate Read Across America week.

The Custer County Board of Supervisors held their regular meeting on Feb. 14, highlighted by a public hearing regarding the one-and six-year plans for county roads. The plan involves bridges, asphalt development, and drainage and culvert improvements.

Beginning in February, each CHS senior is doing a career presentation, in which they share their future plans and life goals - a requirement for the Senior College Prep class. The seniors then give the presentation to the entire student body. We want to spotlight our CHS seniors by sharing their future plans with you.

As a letter from the Callaway Chamber of Commerce Board states, “Very few communities are blessed with the attributes that make Callaway, Nebraska, such a wonderful place to live, work, play and retire. It has been said about Callaway, you may visit once but you’ll return for the rest of your life.”

Hmmm…Nebraska, according to Jeff Foxworthy: If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you may live in Nebraska. If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t even work there, you may live in Nebraska.

Beginning this month, each CHS senior is doing a career presentation, in which they share their future plans and life goals - a requirement for the Senior College Prep class. The seniors then give the presentation to the entire student body.

My family has always loved to do puzzles. Typically a table or large board is set up during the holidays for everyone to join in. As a child, it could only hold my attention for short periods but I loved the thrill of finding a piece that belonged. That small sense of accomplishment would reinvigorate my attention and motivate me to keep looking for another.

As part of the American Red Cross Future Blood Donor program, students at Callaway Public Schools are learning about the importance of blood donation and are encouraging community members to give blood on Friday, Feb. 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the school.

Hard to say how many trees are growing within the Lower Loup NRD, the largest Natural Resources District in Nebraska. What we do know is that since the founding of Natural Resources Districts in Nebraska in 1972, the Lower Loup NRD has planted more than 12 million trees.

Whether through service projects or community gatherings, National FFA Week is a time for FFA members to raise awareness about the National FFA Organization's role in developing future leaders and the importance of agricultural education.