The new school year at Shelton Public School brings new faces to the staff. Four new teachers greeted their students for the first time on Tuesday as classes at Shelton got underway, three of which are Shelton High graduates.
The Aksarben Farm Family Award is given to farm families that have continually owned farm property in Nebraska for over 100 years. The awards are sponsored by the Aksarben Foundation and Nebraska Farm Bureau and are given at the county fair in the county where the farm is located.
The west side of Gibbon was a noisy, smoky location full of fun for the large crowd of all ages that attended the annual Gibbon Tractor Pull on Friday, August 1. The Gibbon Tractor Pull Association hosted the annual event that featured Outlaw truck and tractor pullers with nine classes of tractors. Mother Nature came through with comfortable temperatures for the event which provided great entertainment all evening long. (–photo by Steve Glenn)
Ready of not, the 2025-26 school year is set to begin next week at Gibbon, Shelton and Wood River schools with a flurry of events and activities in the lead up to the first week of September.
Local astronomer and astrophotographer Bob Runyan earned a pair of medals at the 32nd Annual Nebraska Star Party held July 20 through 25 south of Valentine at Merritt Reservoir. This year’s event saw record attendance with 430 enjoying their time exploring the night skies. Mr. Runyan’s pair of photos of solar activity on the sun garnered him a second place medal in the Solar System Imaging category. He was also a recipient of a third place medal in the Smart Telescopes/Electronic Assisted category for a photo of the Pelican Nebula which is located an estimated 1,800 light years away from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The contest featured five astrophotography categories with 75 photos submitted with a registered online voting system. (–photo by Steve Glenn)
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