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Celebrating The Season in Callaway

A few years ago, I was sitting on the campus of Wesleyan University in Lincoln enjoying myself while I watched two black squirrels being…well, squirrelly. It was my first time seeing black squirrels.

Nebraska Extension will offer a comprehensive three-part webinar series titled “Fundamental Knowledge for Successful Calving Season”.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is a program for young students, instructed by uniformed law enforcement officers. D.A.R.E. instructors work with students to raise their self-esteem, teach them how to make decisions on their own, and help them identify positive alternatives to drugs.

I don’t know who the genius is who first decided to include a camera in a smartphone, but that was really … smart. Now, millions of people have a good quality camera within arm’s reach at any given moment, day or night. Selfies are great, I guess. Cat videos, too.

Sunday, Dec. 8 - Advent Sunday at Callaway United Methodist Church - all are invited to 9:00 a.m. church followed by a pot-luck brunch. After the brunch there will be Christmas crafts and a movie complete with popcorn. All are welcome.

Recently a baby spoon found its way to the Callaway Museum via an interesting route. The spoons' travels towards home began with Ken and Jill Pitkin of Callaway volunteering at Crossroads Mission Avenue, a thrift store in Kearney.

A successful calving season does not begin at calving, rather it begins much earlier, with the management of the cow herd months prior.

The Custer County 4-H Recognition Night was held on Sunday, Nov. 17 at the 4-H Building in Broken Bow. The event is sponsored annually by the Nebraska State Bank and Trust Co. and Arrow Seed Co., Inc., in conjunction with the Nebraska Extension in Custer County and the Custer County 4-H Council.