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We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported our Annual Car & Motorcycle Show. Your generosity, time and commitment have made a lasting impact. Whether you donated, volunteered, or helped spread the word you played a vital role in our success. We raise $13,500 to support improvements and cover operating costs. Thank you to Joyce & Larry Petersen, Carlyle & Amanda Petersen, Steph & John Tumlinson, Steve, Judy & Brent Powers, and the Independent Club staff for organizing and preparing the BBQ. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to KDG Tools for their generous donation of the Snap On Master Series Toolbox. Thank you from the State Theater Foundation!

“Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem: and let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. So Boaz took Ruth,andshewashiswife:andwhen he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. And the women said unto Naomi, BlessedbetheLORD,whichhathnot left thee this day without a kinsman, thathisnamemaybefamousinIsrael. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, andObedbegatJesse,andJessebegat David.”

Ruth 3:10-18 KJV “And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

It began with a monument—a solitary cottonwood, remembered not for its grandeur but for the shade it gave weary travelers. It stood quietly for decades along the Platte River, a sentinel for westbound pioneers, a sacred meeting ground for the Pawnee, and a landmark that could be seen for 25 miles in any direction. That tree, known as the Lone Tree, may have fallen in a storm in 1865, but in 1988, its spirit rose again—this time in the form of a celebration.

The Nebraska Association of County Officials (NACO) recognized Merrick County Supervisor Jan Placke, at this year’s NACO County Board Workshop for successfully earning her level one County Board Member Certification.

The Nebraska Department of Revenue, Property Assessment Division, is reminding property owners across the state that valuation protests must be filed on or before Monday, June 30, 2025. Each year, county assessors are required to mail a Notice of Valuation Change to property owners if the assessed valuation of their property has changed from the previous year.

Nebraska Wesleyan University has announced its 2025 spring semester academic honors list recognizing undergraduate students with superior academic performance. Students earning at least a 3.75 semester grade point average while completing a full-time course load of as least 12 credit hours of graded work are eligible for consideration.

2:13-23 NKJV “Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my Lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.” Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her; and she ate and was satisfied, and kept some back. And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.