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The Ainsworth High School Quiz Bowl team competed at the ESU 17 Quiz Bowl on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. The AHS team defeated Rock County, Valentine and Keya Paha, to win the competition and earning a trip to the state quiz bowl in Hastings on Wednesday, April 26th.

More than 2,400 students in grades 6-12 are expected to compete in the 53rd Annual Cornhusker Trap Shoot April 27-29 on the home grounds of the Nebraska Trapshooting Association in Doniphan, Nebraska.

The Ainsworth Lions Club held its regular monthly meeting on April 17, 2023, at the Ainsworth Senior Center. Club President Dale Hafer called the meeting to order with 13 members present.

The Ainsworth City Council met on April 11th for its regular meeting and one of the first items discussed by the Council was the Law Enforcement agreement with Brown County. Mayor Joel Klammer started the Law Enforcement agreement discussion by saying, “I recommend not taking any action today on the Law Enforcement agreement with the county.” “Comments made at the last Commissioner’s meeting were not accurate,” said Mayor Klammer.

Speaker Joan Wells will present a program 'Cattle Trails & Songs of the West' on Monday, April 24th, at 2:00 p.m., at the Sandhills Care Center and again on Tuesday, April 25th, at 12:30 p.m., at the Ainsworth Senior Center.

Brown County Community Foundation Fund announces the annual traditional grants that have been awarded for 2023. These grants go to projects that support, but are not limited to, the priorities identified in Brown County’s current Strategic Plan.

This spring has been tough on farmers wanting to get into the field. The 50 plus inches of snow this past winter took its time melting and farmers who are usually done by this time with field work are still busy preparing fields for planting. Gary Taylor was busy Sunday afternoon, April 16th with his strip-till machine preparing his fields for planting. Taylor said, 'I usually start planting about the third week in April, but with the uncertain weather we have been having, I'm holding off getting the planter out.' Taylor has rollers in front of his tractor that help flatten the cornstalks and keep them from ruining his tires. Strip-till is a conservation system that uses a minimum tillage. It combines the soil drying and warming benefits of conventional tillage with the soilprotecting advantages of no-till by disturbing only the portion of the soil that is to contain the seed row.

Darrel Steele, Sr. (center) was presented his 60-year pin from the Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Nebraska. Steele became a member of Silver CordLodge#224inAinsworth on January 9, 1962 and was raised Master Mason on February 1, 1963. He was the Worshipful Master in 1968 and was very proficient in many of the degrees.

During the 2023 AHS Junior/Senior Prom, crowned royalty were King Ethan Fernau and Queen Lauren Ortner. “The Roaring 20's” was held on Saturday, April 15th. Other candidates for queen were Ally Conroy, Makenna Pierce, Kerstyn Held, and Saylen Young. King candidates were Dalton Jones, Landon Holloway, Joe Mixon and Colten Orton. Events for the night included the banquet, grand march, dance and post prom party. More pictures can be found inside this edition.

Brown County Report Week of April 9th through April 15th, 2023 Sunday, April 9th Responded to a report of an open door on Maple St. in Ainsworth.