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On Wednesday, April 27th, the Annual Volunteer Tea was sponsored by the Brown County Hospital in recognition of the outstanding service provided by the Hospital Auxiliary to the Brown County Hospital and the community.

The Ainsworth Alumni Scholarship Fund is proud to announce that the recipients of the 2022 Ainsworth Alumni Scholarships are Eden Raymond, Ben Barrow and Maren Arens. Eden is the daughter of Chris and Wanda Raymond.

The Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize students who have been nominated by their schools, for their individual academic excellence, leadership, and significant contributions in their NSAA activity. NSAA member schools may nominate two students for each NSAA-sponsored activity. To be considered for this award, a student must be a varsity player or organizational leader who has played a significant role on the team or in the organizational activity. Honorees must attain at least a 93% cumulative grade point average on a 100% scale or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale.

Brown County Community Foundation Fund has announced Donor-Advised Scholarship recipients for 2022. Scholarships awarded include: • Adkisson Family Scholarship – Alyssa Erthum.

May 2022 Thursday, May 12th 10:00 a.m.: District C-5 Track in Atkinson. Teams: Ainsworth, Battle Creek, 10:00 a.m.: District C-5 Track in Atkinson.

1897: 125 Years Ago “You don’t want to miss seeing the Vitascope Tuesday, May 18th at the Court House. It is one of Edison’s latest and greatest inventions.” Vitascope was an early film projector first demonstrated in 1895, and it was purchased by Thomas Edison’s company to project his Kinetoscope films.

KBR Rural Public Power and Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) is encouraging farmers to look up and look out for powerlines heading into spring planting season. As farmers make their way back out to the field for planting season, NPPD is asking equipment operators to be aware of any powerlines located along the fields they are working in to ensure they can complete their work safely.

Ainsworth Area Chamber of Commerce met in regular session on Monday, May 2, 2022. Board members in attendance were Sheena Ferris, Brittany Martinsen, Ashlie Wright, Hunter Martin, Mallory Sansom, Katie Owen and secretary Jami Haskell.

Long Pine City Council held their regular meeting on May 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Present were Mayor, Ed Brown, Council members Linda Alberts, Dave Cheatum, Andrea Collatos and Kathy Papstein.

The Ainsworth Community Schools Board of Education held its regular meeting on Monday, May 9th at 6:00 p.m.; earlier than usual due to that evening’s High School Fine Arts Awards Night. School board members Jim Arens, Mark Johnson, Frank Beel, Jessica Pozehl, Scott Erthum and Brad Wilkins and Superintendent Dale Hafer were present.