Celebrate Public Transit Week
Perkins County Public Transit will be celebrating Nebraska Public Transit Week April 9-13.
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Library to celebrate National Library Week
Next week, Hastings Memorial Library will join libraries nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries lead their communities through the transformative services, programs and expertise they of
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Elmer Armijo (front row, center) poses for a team picture back in his professional soccer days in 1983.
Pastor reignites past profession to inspire youth
Perkins County students in the fifth through seventh grades will have an opportunity to get some soccer tips and practice with a professional.
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$10,000 raised for aquatic center
The March 23-25 production of “You Can’t Beat the House” raised $10,000 for the Perkins County aquatic center, with a total of 295 attending the production.
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Pictured is the Venango School students of 1913-14 in front of the original schoolhouse before the current school building was built in 1921. Lysle Hopkins, (first row, far right) uncle of Venango resident Merwin Dodson, was one of the three graduates who first graduated from the new building in 1922. Others include (front row, l-r): Walter Weyert, Donald Broughton, Edgar Weyert and Hopkins. Middle row: Corinne Nisely, Amelia Livingston, Eunice Morton, Alice (Wostenberg) Cox, Verna (Morton) Sanders, Hazel (Hopkins) Dodson, Ilva (Morton) Novak, Warren Watkins, Dale Nisely and Paul Smith. Back row: Teacher Roma Russell (Mrs. John Watkins), Teacher Lena Nay (Mrs. Arthur Watkins), Carlina Weyert, Lester Hawthorne, Alda (Wostenberg) Schroeder, Irene Broughton, Henry Weyert, Lake Hamilton, Lillian Weyert, Clara Cross, Ted Weyert, Eddie Morton and George Berges.
Venango Public School listed on National Register of Historic Places, holds memories for many
Venango Public School has recently been listed on the National Register of Historical Places.