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Now thru October – The Farmer’s Market is open on Thursday evenings at Market 23 from 4pm-7pm and Saturday mornings at Frankfort Square from 7:30am-12pm. Home grown, home made, home baked, crafted and up-cycled items available. Come out and support local farmers and vendors!
Wednesday, August 5 – The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive at the St. Isadore School Gym in Columbus from noon-6pm. To make an appointment, please call 402-270-2696, or go to redcrossblood.org. Please give the gift of life by donating today!
Wednesday, August 5 – The 18th annual Hamburger and Sweet Corn Feed will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Cooper Family Community Center in Pilger. All funds raised will go toward the Pilger Pool Fund. For more information, contact Ron at 402-380-0440 or Barb at 402-380-3577.
Monday, August 10 – The 2020 Platte Valley Cattlemen Golf & Grill will be at the Steepleview in Humphrey and Club 91 in Leigh. 12:30pm check in at 1pm shotgun start at Steepleview; 1:30pm check in at 2pm shotgun start at Club 91. Entries are requested by July 28. FMI contact Boyd Hellbusch at 402-920-0699 or bhellbusch@yahoo.com.
Wednesday, August 12 – The Polk County Health Department will hold an immunization clinic at the Polk County Health Department in Osceola from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. An appointment is required for compliance to the COVID-19 directives. Infant, Kindergarten, 7th Grade and college entry vaccines are available for VFC eligible children from birth through 18 years of age. Reminder – All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and a record of all previous immunizations is required. A small administrative fee will be charged, however services will not be denied to those who have a true inability to pay. Please call the Polk County Health Department at 402-747-2211 for further details or to schedule an appointment.
Thursday, August 13 – First United Methodist Church Mission Committee will be holding their Annual Salad Luncheon from 11am-1pm in the downtown Church parking lot! (2714 14th street) This will be a DRIVE-THRU event. The meal will be a portion of our famous hot chicken salad, bread roll, brownie and some fruit – just drive though the downtown church parking lot and pick up your lunch for a $7.00 donation. We will have a small group of people preparing and plating the food, using gloves and facemasks and social distancing in the Church kitchen, then we will serve the to-go containers to your car in the church parking lot on the West side of the church – enter the parking lot from the West side off 28th avenue, there will be traffic cones and people to guide you, exit onto 14th street. Thank you for supporting our missions!
Monday, August 17 – The Polk County Health Department will hold an immunization clinic at the Polk County Health Department in Osceola from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. An appointment is required for compliance to the COVID-19 directives. Infant, Kindergarten, 7th Grade and college entry vaccines are available for VFC eligible children from birth through 18 years of age. Reminder – All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and a record of all previous immunizations is required. A small administrative fee will be charged, however services will not be denied to those who have a true inability to pay. Please call the Polk County Health Department at 402-747-2211 for further details or to schedule an appointment.
Friday, August 21 – Granger Smith (featuring Earl Dibbles Jr) will be at US 30 Speedway in Columbus with special guests Forgotten Highway. Ticket information is available on Dirt Crown Promotions on Facebook. Enjoy a great night of racing and country music!
Sunday, September 20 – The 46th Annual Columbus Show N Shine Car Show will be held at Pawnee Park from 9am-4pm. Registration will be from 9am-noon and costs $20. Plaques will be given to the first 100 registered cars, and trophies will be given out at the end of the day. Free and open to the public to look at all the awesome vehicles! FMI call Carroll Adamy 402-367-7668.
Tuesday, September 22 – Runza is hosting the 3rd annual Runza® Feeds the Need. Ten percent of the day’s sales will go to local organizations to assist with youth hunger & food insecurity. Have lunch, mid-day pick-me-up, dinner, and late night snack to help with fighting hunger in our communities!
Friday, September 25 – The public is invited to the City of Columbus’ 12th Avenue Viaduct Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 2pm. Thank you to everyone for your patience with the project, and come out to see the finished viaduct!
Sunday, October 11 – Save The Date! The Annual Taste of Columbus celebration/auction will be held from 4:30pm-8:30pm. The beneficiary/partner this year is Central Community College. The event will be somewhat different this year, so keep watching for upcoming details!