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Join Callaway District Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions this May as we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to spread awareness and help break down the stigma surrounding mental illness. We live in a rapidly changing world that can be complex to navigate.

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Delaynie Laible is one of the members of the now-graduated Callaway High School Class of 2024. She is the daughter of Tom and Gina Laible, sister to two brothers and three sisters, aunt to two nephews and one niece, and has a Great Pyrenees named Marley. Dalaynie shared this information, as well as plans for her future and a summary of her time at CHS, during her senior presentation to the student body.

It’s official. With yesterday, May 15, being the last day of school summer break has begun! The state track meet in Omaha this week will be the final activity of the 2023-24 school year for Callaway students.

Callaway High School held a program Tuesday morning, May 7, to honor the academic and fine arts achievements of its students during the 2023-24 school year. A special ceremony was also held during the program to induct new members into the prestigious National Honor Society.

Diplomas and certificates were conferred on more than 1,100 University of Nebraska Medical Center students during ceremonies held May 2 in Lincoln, Norfolk, and Kearney and May 4 in Omaha and Scottsbluff. The following is a list of area graduates organized by college, degree, and hometown.

Farmers planning to use chemigation (fertigation) to apply fertilizer or other chemicals to crops have a deadline of June 1, 2024, for permit renewal from the Lower Loup Natural Resources District. Completed chemigation permit applications must be received by the Lower Loup NRD on or before that date.

The legacy of Robert D. Booker, a hero from Callaway, was recently honored in a special ceremony in Aberdeen, Maryland on April 18, 2024.

The following cases were heard and closed in Custer County District Court during the month of April 2024. April 5 - Amy M.

ELLEN MORTENSEN Courier Editor On Friday, April 26, the world turned upside down for many of our neighbors in eastern Nebraska. I was at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln attending the Nebraska Press Association convention at the time the tornadoes hit.