Top 3 Teams from the Holbrook Carp Shoot are pictured as follows, L-R: Jake Whipple and Jessy Alexander, Cliff Jorgensen and Don Loy, Matt and Dan Pearson..

As Nebraska’s fiscal year is about to end on June 30, 2022, perhaps now is an opportune time for local fire districts and fire departments to consider applying for state funds to aid in the purchase of fire protection and emergency response equipment.

Have you ever heard of the early settlement of Williamsburg that one time was the county seat of Phelps County? It used to exist in the Northwest part of Phelps County just south of the Oregan Trail. In August of 1874, a post office was established at Williamsburg and by 1878, it boasted a population of around 250. It had a schoolhouse, good general stores and a weekly newspaper. However, in 1879, it was voted that the county seat be moved to Phelps Center. The 20 by 14 frame courthouse was then physically picked up and moved the roughly 10 miles from Williamsburg to Phelps Center only to be again relocated to Holdrege in 1884. I went out to the location of Williamsburg and visited the cemetery. There is also a little country Methodist Church by the cemetery. As I walked around the cemetery, I saw a number of graves dated in the late 1880s. I do not know exactly where the settlement was located but it appears that it was just north of the cemetery which is farmland at present. Some of this information comes from Jim McKee.

Kids participating in the Holbrook Carp Shhot are pictured as follows, L-R: Merek Miller, Madux Miller, Brody Meier, Miles Stanton, Gauge Andrews, Gavin Andrews, Dakota Bufford, Not pictured Bryer Mowry

The 2022 Phelps-Gosper Public Premier Animal Science Exhibition Senior Skill-a-thon team competed in Lincoln, NE on June 22. The team consisted of Marie Ford, Garrett Scholz, Lane Schoff, Leah Schutz, and Logan Schutz led by coach Sara Scholz. They competed against 11 other teams where they placed 4th overall and received the top score in Evaluation Marketing. Through the 4-H PASE Skill-a-thon contest, youth have an opportunity to go through six different stations where they test their knowledge on breeding animal evaluation, breeds and equipment, feeds and feeding, market animal evaluation, meats, and quality assurance.