Lifestyle

Graduate and undergraduate degrees were conferred for 739 spring graduates at University of Nebraska at Kearney’s (UNK) commencement exercises on Friday, May 8th at UNK’s Health and Sports Center.

NEBRASKA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS recently recognized three students who qualified for last month’s NSAA State Speech Championship in Kearney. Sophomore Honey Rae Merchant qualified in Informative Speaking. Senior Lincoln Grantham competed in Humorous Prose, earning a fifth-place finish.

The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets now to help hospitals and transfusion centers stay prepared to help all patients. Donors of all blood types and those looking to give for the first time are encouraged to book an appointment in the coming days or weeks ahead.

The National Day of Prayer is observed annually on the first Thursday in May. This day of observance, designated by the United States congress, asks people “to turn to God in prayer and meditation.”

Hectic schedules and hurried breakfasts don’t have to be part of the morning routine when students start back to school, according to Renette Wardlow, MU Extension human development specialist. “Organization and good communication are a must in busy families with schoolaged children.

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10 YEARS AGO Nebraska Game and Parks, with the assistance of the Merrick County Sheriff’s Office, were able to identify and cite three Hall County individuals for abandonment of waste, which is a Class III misdemeanor.

Young entrepreneurs at Palmer Public Schools (PPS) were given the chance to sell their wares last week at the PPS Craft Fair.

The public is invited to join the Central City Area Chamber of Commerce for “Destination: Central City,” a special community presentation Friday, May 1, at 8:30 a.m. at the Central City High School Performing Arts Center (PAC).

MERRICK COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER Director Amy Kucera accepts a donation from Archer Credit Union representatives Kiki Fasbender, Jill Church, Tory Enevoldsen, and President/CEO Mike Kezeor on Monday.