The Valentine Chapter of Teammates mentoring program will be celebrating their fifth year of mentoring in the schools on July 22^nd with a golf social at The Prairie Club southwest of Valentine. The event will be a fund raiser to help cover the costs of the mentor program and college scholarships for youth who participated in the program. The Teammates program was started by Tom and Nancy Osborne in 1991 in an effort to provide support and encouragements to school aged youth. The Valentine Chapter has thirty matches that meet during school hours, sharing a variety of activities.

The golf and social event on the 22^nd will include access to the Horse Course from Noon to 7 PM that evening and a social on the veranda of the Prairie Club from 6 to 8 PM. A $25 ticket will include Hors D Oeuvres from Chef Eric at the Prairie Club and a drink. There will also be a small silent auction during the event. Mark the date, July 22^nd on your calendar for the Teammates Golf Social. Tickets are available at Sandhills State Bank, KVSH Radio and Valentine Middle School office.  For more information contact Teammates board members, Monty Neiffer, Suzy Beel, Wayne Harris, Mike Burge, Jamie Isom, Bonnie Rothleutner or Jeff Sayer.

the music students from Valentine High School performed at District Music Contest in O'Neill.  Here are the results:

Receiving Superiors on their vocal solos were:        Emilee Hughes, Emily 
Perrett, Sydney Dunn, Savannah Jackson, Kolton Brown, Jed Fuller, and 
Angela Cruz.

Receiving a Superior on their vocal trio were:        Emily Perrett, Lindsey 
Fay, and Shaniya DeNaeyer.

Receiving a Superior for their vocal performance was the triple trio.  
Members are: Sydney Dahl, Emilee Hughes, Lindsey Fay, Sydney Dunn, 
Sophie Lopez, Savannah Jackson, Angela Cruz, Kylla Sharp, and Jaydn 
Hollenbeck.

Receiving a Superior plaque and State Medals was the Valentine High 
School Combined Concert Choir!

Receiving a Superior rating and certificate was the VHS Heart City 
Choraleers.

Receiving Superiors on their instrumental solos were:        Mary McQuistan, 
Emilee Hughes, and Kassidy Linabery.  (Mary McQuistan also received an 
Honorable Mention award for her trumpet solo.)

Receiving Superiors on their piano solos were:        Savannah Jackson and 
Sydney Dunn.

Receiving Excellent ratings were the Freshman/Sophomore Choir, The 
Junior/Senior Choir, the VHS Concert Band, the flute choir, and the 
clarinet choir, and the vocal duet of Jade Fusselman and Jaydn Hollenbeck.

Winner Regional Healthcare Center says it has received a gift of more than $3 million from the estate of two brothers who spent their lives farming in the area.   Raymond Erickson and John Erickson named the facility as the sole beneficiary of their estate.   Interim CEO John Osse says the hospital is filled with gratitude for the men who chose to bestow the gift of health on the community.   Winner Regional Healthcare Center, a member of the Sanford Health system, serves a seven-county area. It includes a not-for-profit hospital, long-term care facility and rural health clinic and employs more than 200 people.   John Erickson died in 2009 when both brothers had retired and moved to Winner. Younger brother Raymond, who was John's sole beneficiary, died in November 2011.

This year’s annual Cherry County Relay for Life will be held on June 22^nd at the Valentine High School Football field. A change this year will be the hours of the event. Activities will officially begin at 6pm on the 22^nd and conclude at 1am the following morning. To help kick off the fund raising event, KVSH hosted the 2^nd annual Ranchers Challenge during the Comment program. Ranchers phoned in pledges ranging from 50 to 500 dollars. Challenges also came from law firms, banks, home based businesses and ranch hands. After about 35 minutes of pledges, $5,500 was raised for the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life.

Those donations can be dropped off at the studios of KVSH or sent to either Kim Epke or Vicki Green. Kims address is 604 East 5^th Street and Vicki’s is 110 Lakeshore Drive, both in Valentine. If you need more information you can call 376-5852 or 376-3678. It would be appreciated if donations can be mailed or dropped off as soon as possible. A big thank you from the Relay for Life Committee for all the contributions for this hears event.