Community

Farmers State Bank sponsored their annual In the Park After Dark event, which was held this year at the Community Center due to the winter weather storm rolling in. Over a hundred children attended the event with parents and grandparents in tow. The children were dressed in various costumes, with many of the adults also dolled up for fun. Winners of the contest were Bridgeport Public Schools in first place, Waddell and Reed in second, and Plummer Insurance in 3rd place. Three prizes were given for most original costume and those winners were Walker Dermer as a porcupine, Violet Collins as Cindy LooHoo, and Alexis Liras as Mary Sanderson from Hocus Pocus.

The October pumpkin carving contest was a huge success at the PWCC, with dozens of entries and four top prize winners. In the Pre-K & K division, 1st prize went to Ryan Noonan and the Angry Bird pumpkin. Honorable mention was given to Kassandra Perez and Aspen Schluterbusch. In the 1st-3rd grade category, 1st prize was earned by MaKayla Soto and her Elsa pumpkin. Honorable mention went to Isabella Dominguez and Laurel Pohl. For the 4th-6th grade division, 1st prize went to Cammie Rader (not pictured) and the cool spider pumpkin. Honorable mention went to Gabriel Ramirez and Kenley Verbeck. Finally, in the adult category, 1st prize went to Andrew Gosselin with the Great Pumpkin. Honorable mention went to Amy Craig and daughter, Aspen.

Thanks to the Free Trees for Fall ReTree Planting program, an effort of the Nebraska Forest Service and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, the community of Bridgeport received 10 trees again this fall for the ReTree Bridgeport project. Each year, the City of Bridgeport strives to plant additional trees to help promote the value of healthy trees for a healthy community. We are so thankful for the benefit of receiving these quality trees at no cost through this grant program.