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Highline Electric General Manager Dennis Herman, left, presents an oversized check representing $2,000 to Brianna Pribbeno and Doug Gaswick, committee members of the Imperial Community Foundation Fund to support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. Also present for the presentation was Pearl Pribbeno, a CCS kindergartner. Although she is no longer age eligible, she’s excited to help her three-year-old sister, Prairie, learn to read with the age-appropriate books.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library coming to county

Committee members of the Imperial Community Foundation Fund (ICFF) agreed without hesitation to sponsor Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) program.

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CCS second grader Peyton Banks received the Governor’s Choice award in the state’s NDA annual poster contest celebrating National Ag Week.

Poster picked ‘Governor’s Choice’

Winners were announced in the 2021 annual poster contest celebrating National Ag Week in March, and one of them is a local student.

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As the fire burns north of Enders Lake, a Wauneta Rural Fire District unit is ready on standby.

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Kelsey Weiss, 2nd assistant chief with the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department, demonstrates to other firefighters how a drip torch works during Saturday’s prescribed burn near Enders.

Learning a major part of prescribed burn at Enders

Not only did Saturday’s prescribed burn near the town of Enders lessen the risk of wildfire potential near the lake and the community, it also provided valuable training for several groups.