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Harvard celebrated its 16th annual Veteran’s Car Show Saturday, July 31 with many activities, including a parade. Here, members of the Harvard American Legion march down E 7th Street while residents of the Harvard Rest Haven and Harvard House Assisted Living look on. LOETTA SWANSON | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Above, attendees of the Harvard Veteran’s Car Show admire the many vehicles sitting at the park, while at the right, Austin Malesa attempts to get a ring around a pop bottle during activities in the park Saturday afternoon.

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The Sutton Farmers Market is making final plans this week for a special celebration of National Farmers Market Week for it’s market on Saturday in Sutton’s City Park pavilion.

The events, which begins at 8 a.m., will feature unique vendors, along with numerous special events during the four-hour-long market including the following vendors:

• Stone Quality Produce;

• The Local Harvest Pastries, Coffee and Espresso and Wild Flowers;

• Glory Girl Goat Milk Soaps & Alpaca Products;

• 402 Boutique a local mobile clothing boutique;

• Color Street Nails by Robin Griess;

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Every year the US Department of Agriculture proclaims the first week of August as National Farmers Market Week with the goal to increase awareness of the role local farmers markets play in creating healthy communities and in building prosperity among farmers and small businesses.

This year, the 22nd annual National Farmers Market Week falls on August 1-7. Despite the disruptions of 2020, farmers markets have remained pillars of our communities, exhibiting resilience and adaptability.

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The 16th annual Harvard Veterans Memorial Car Show is set to begin at 10 a.m., this Saturday at the Harvard City Park (505 East Walnut St).

Registration is 10 a.m.-noon with the show running until 3 p.m. Food on-site is sponsored by the United Church of Christ.

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The Overturf family of rural Edgar had three generations of pullers take part in the annual Edgar Lions Club antique tractor pull Saturday, July 24. The Edgar club is also celebrating its 90th anniversary as a Lions Club Chapter this year. Pictured on the tractor is Dawson Kucera, as his uncle Jordan Overturf and great-grandfather Kenny Overturf watch on, as Kucera works his way down the track Saturday afternoon.

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Clay Countians that frequently use Highway 6 between Sutton and the Harvard 18A spur are going to have to wait a little longer for the resurfacing project to repair that stretch of the highway in Clay County, as the projects start time has been pushed back to the spring of 2022, according to Wes Wahlgren, the District-4 Engineer, based in Grand Island for the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT).

Wahlgren shared that when the bid was let to Vontz Paving Company of Hastings, they were awarded the bid with a window of 175 working days to complete the project.

“Vontz has shared with me that the Harvard to Sutton project will be one of the first, if not the first project the company will do in the spring of 2020,” Wahlgren shared.

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Briley Griess focuses on helping her teammates at the Beef Fitting Contest during the Clay County Fair July 10. LOETTA SWANSON | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

The 16th annual Harvard Veterans Memorial Car Show will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 31, at the Harvard City Park (505 East Walnut St).

Registration is 10 a.m.-noon, with the show running until 3 p.m. Food on-site is sponsored by the United Church of Christ.

The show, hosted by the Clay County Kruzerz, is open to all types of vehicles, including cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Proceeds from the show will help maintain the Harvard Veterans’ Memorial Wall.

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Sandy Creek and Lawrence-Nelson students will continue to not be able to access school-provided Wi-Fi while riding buses.

During its regular meeting on July 14 at L-N High School in Nelson, South Central Nebraska United School District #5’s Board of Education discussed an opportunity to provide internet connectivity on its school buses at no cost to the district.

Students are currently unable to use their school-issued laptops while on the bus.

School buses are parked within the district’s communities during the school year. The proposed Wi-Fi would allow connection with approved devices within a 100-foot radius of the bus. The internet connection would carry the same use filters and password protection as onsite at the school.

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Allegro Wolf Broadway Academy is back and in person this year in Sutton; staff welcomed 24 students Sunday for the week-long academy.

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