Eight Art Guild members met March 11th at the E-Free Church for their monthly meeting. The Art Guild’s Annual Spring Show is scheduled for April 15th at the Ainsworth Public Library. This is a juried show which qualifies several artworks to be shown at the June conference of the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs. Each member of the Ainsworth Art Guild may enter up to four pieces of art. Bryan Doke of Ainsworth will judge this year’s spring show.

During the regular meeting of the Ainsworth Community Schools Board of Education meeing, Board Members - Brad Wilkins, Frank Beel, Scott Erthum, Jessica Pozehl, Mark Johnson and Bryan Doke, approved the teaching contract for 2023-24 to Elizabeth Salzman to fill the vacant middle school position.

For several months the Ainsworth City Council has been negotiating with Tower Alliance to continue leasing city owned property for its cell tower near Ainsworth’s Solid Waste Treatment Plant. The final lease agreement included: • Additional 5, 5 year terms; • Increased annual rent from $5,400 to $8,400 effective immediately; • Two percent (2%) rent escalation per year; • Ten percent (10%) revenue share on new tenants on the tower; and • One time signing bonus of $10,000.

Lifetime Brown County residents, Greg and Kathy Jochem have purchased J’s Keggers and renamed it Yogi’s Place. Located on Highway 20 at 635E.4thStreetinAinsworth, Jochems opened Yogi’s Place on Monday, February 6th.

KBR Leadership Academy held their entrepreneurship session in Bassett on February 15th. The class gathered at the Old Feed Store Art Center to kick off the day.

Gage Delimont of Ainsworth, one of the seniors on the Chadron State College men’s basketball team, was honored during the Eagles’ final home game of the season on February 23rd. He will graduate from Chadron State College in May and plans to teach and coach. The Eagles finished the 2022-23 season with a 19-10 overall record and a 16-7 conference record, both the best in 20 years.