The Blarney Commission once again will bring you the big St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Presho on Saturday, March 16th! The day will start off at 8am with a rummage sale at the American Lutheran Church. At 10am, registration will start up for the Shamrock Shuffle at Jet Lanes. At noon, the shuffle will start in front of Jet Lanes. At 12:30, Too Drunk To Fish will perform at Jet Lanes. Parade lineup will start at 1:40 at the corner of Main and Willow Street. The grand parade will commence at 2pm on Presho’s Main Street. Neo Johnsons will perform at Jet Lanes later that night starting at 7pm. If you have questions, call Vince Koenig at 680-2224.

The next RC&D meeting will be held on March 13th at the Bassett, Nebraska City Office meeting room. The meeting will start at 1:40pm. Community members throughout Brown, Keya Paha, Rock, Cherry, Boyd and Holt Counties are welcome and encouraged to attend the meeting.

Farmers and ranchers are invited to attend a free farm finance clinic in Ainsworth, Nebraska on Tuesday, February 26th. This is an opportunity to speak with an experienced ag law attorney and an ag financial counselor. For more information or to sign up, call Michelle at 1-800-464-0258.

A “kegs and corks” event will be coming to Gregory on Friday, February 15th beginning at 6:30pm at the Gregory Community Room. They will be doing some wine and beer tasting along with a live and silent auction. If you have questions, call Suzanne Braun with the Gregory/Dallas Chamber at 605-831-9773.

The Winner School Board members will gather for a meeting tonight. Meeting time is 7pm at the Administration building. Chamberlain School Board members have a meeting starting at 7pm tonight at the Chamberlain High School Library. Valentine School Board members have a meeting on Wednesday, February 13th, beginning at 5pm at Valentine High School.

The 1st annual Chamberlain Farm, Home and Sports Show will be held Friday, February 22nd through Sunday, February 24th at the Arrowhead Cedar Shore Resort in Oacoma. There will be many vendors from in and outside of the area. Seminars will be held each day from the Game Fish & Parks, Farmers Business Network and Farm Bureau Financial Services. Sanford will be doing heart screenings on Friday, the 22nd and Saturday, the 23rd.

The Colome Music Boosters are selling fruit as their spring fundraiser. Delivery will be approximately March 15th. If you would like to place an order, please contact one of the following ladies: Cheyenne Heath at 842-1624, Dee Temple at 208-6484 or Kathy Hrabanek at 842-5258.

A “kegs and corks” event will be coming to Gregory on Friday, February 15th beginning at 6:30pm at the Gregory Community Room. They will be doing some wine and beer tasting along with a live and silent auction. If you have questions, call Suzanne Braun with the Gregory/Dallas Chamber at 605-831-9773.

There was a water line break that occured on Wednesday, February 6th at El Tapatio Restaurant in Winner. That water line break has been fixed and they will be resume their normal business hours today.

The Colome School District members voted on Tuesday, whether or not a new school building would be built. The bond to build the new school failed at 50.4 percent. In the Colome precinct, there were 151 ‘yes’ votes and 87 ‘no’ votes. In the Witten precinct, there were eight ‘yes’ votes and nine ‘no’ votes. in Wood, there were six ‘yes’ votes and 66 ‘no’ votes.