The weather was great for the 2nd Annual Morrill County Fair Rubber Check Race on Saturday. Six teams entered the competition involving riding horses, all-terrain vehicles (ATV) and wheelbarrows.
Several people attended the open house for the Broadwater Library on Sunday. Rachelle Eversole stated, “I’d like to thank all those that came to see the upgrades that have been made to improve the Library and learn about the new services they have to offer.” Attendees watched a demonstration on how to put a sublimation image on a coffee mug using the equipment in the innovation studio.
The annual Hometown Heroes game, started three years ago as something for the community to look forward to during Covid cancellations and lockdowns, is planned for tonight (July 19) at Dalton and will be played this year for a special little girl named Kennedy Roelle, 10-year-old local fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Kennedy has played in each of the previous Heroes game, but due to treatments is unable to be in attendance this year.
On July 11, 2022, solar cars participating in the American Solar Challenge 2022 on the Oregon National Historic Trail came through Bridgeport on their way to Scotts Bluff National Monument in Gering. The stop at the historic location, a partner of the American Solar Challenge, was for the public to view the vehicles in a road rally style event. The cars, some single occupant vehicles with space only for a driver, and some for multiple occupants, followed the trail from Independence, MO, with eight stops before reaching Twin Falls, ID. There were two scheduled public events in Nebraska, with one in Grand Island over the weekend.
It was a match up of the two Bulldog twelve and under baseball teams earlier this month when Todd Eichthaler’s team took on Ryan Shultz’s team on the local field. Both sides wacked away at the ball at bat, pitchers poised on the mound ready to throw some strikes and . defense ready to field some plays. The two teams were most evenly matched, but the score board went on the fritz and the final tally is a mystery. A good time was had by all.
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