Wood River Rural High graduate Madeline Luehr-Smith will be among six talented young musicians who will grace the stage a 4:00 p.m. this Sunday, July 11, at the Grand Island Senior High auditorium, the first performances there since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in March 2020.
Father Jonathan Sorensen, a Kearney native, recently assumed duties of priest at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wood River and Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shelton.
The 2021 Howard County Fair is set to get underway on Wednesday, July 14, and run through Thursday, July 22.
Members of the Queens and Jokers Club took top honors with the winning float in the Shelton parade. The lively group won with their colorful and patriotic float, and with the enthusiasm they showed throughout the parade route. Participants in the annual Shelton Stampede Run also showed many forms of patriotic flare, as shown at right. The many Fourth of July activities will be highlighted in the annual special section in next week’s Clipper. (—photos by Lynn McBride and Steve Glenn)
The community of Gibbon celebrated Independence Day as well as its 150th anniversary with a parade and other activities on Saturday and Sunday, July 3 and 4. The parade included members of the Gibbon Heritage Center (above, left) on one of the entries. Many parade entries threw candy to youngsters along the parade route, bringing smiles to those there to collect the sweets. A full feature section highlighting Gibbon’s celebration will be included in next week’s Clipper. (–photos by Dennis Walker)
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