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The Sandhills Prairie Refuge Association (SPRA) will be sponsoring repairs of the turtle fences along Highway 83 through Valentine National Wildlife Refuge. Work is planned for June 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th. Volunteers are needed who can work one or more days on the project. The fences, built to reduce road kill on the highway, are in need of repair due to high water, ice and vehicle collisions. SPRA has raised funds to purchase 250 feet of chain link fence to replace damaged sections. SPRA will host a cookout with a speaker following work on Saturday, June 11th. Volunteers will also get a Blanding’s turtle t-shirt. If you would like to volunteer, contact by email at sandhillspra@gmail. com with the day or days you will volunteer and the meeting place, time and what you need to bring will be sent to you.

“Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire.

The 5th Annual Ainsworth Golf Course Memorial Tournament was held on Sunday, June 5th. The tournament honored Bob Micheel with 26 teams competing. Tournament weather wasn’t ideal with heavy mist and rain at times during the Sunday tournament.

Nick Martin shot a three-under 33 to lead the field Thursday, June 2nd during Men’s League Golf at the Ainsworth Municipal Golf Course. Other low rounds for Men’s League were posted by an evenpar round of 36 for Cody Goochey.

The Ainsworth Ladies Golf League held its second competition of the summer on Wednesday, June 1st. Low scores for week two were: 41 – Jen Martin; 42 – Stephanie Kinzie; 43 – Heather Lutter; 45 – Darlene Ehlers; 46 – Julie Micheel; 47 – Jen Marlatt; and 48 – Ashley Martin.

Question: I am interested in planting some Alliums, what can you tell me about them? The word Allium means onion in Latin so it is no surprise that alliums are ornamental onions. They send up stalks that vary in height by variety that are topped with an almost round flower head containing up to one hundred florets.

The Ainsworth City Council will meet for its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 8th at 5:00 p.m. in the Ainsworth Conference Center.

Five classic or custom cars left Ainsworth on Friday, June 3rd to join 400 other NRCA members on the 2022 Tour Nebraska, a 600-mile ride to raise awareness for the association, which has grown to over 1,800 members in Nebraska and surrounding states since its inception 30 years ago.

Governor Pete Ricketts and First Lady Susanne Shore revealed the design of the next general issue Nebraska license plate. The design is a mosaic pattern depicting the Genius of Creative Energy and is based on artwork inside the Nebraska Capitol Building.

The best high school rodeo athletes in the state will make their way to Hastings, Nebraska June 10-12 to compete for the title of Nebraska’s best. The Nebraska High School Finals Rodeo features the top thirty contestants in each of thirteen events (top sixty in the team roping.) The high school students have accumulated points throughout the fall and spring seasons.