Arnold Rotary News
The Rotary is a very active group. The members are busy each week planning the next big event.
What’s Happening
Joint Rotary and Interact Club Meeting
On Thursday, May 23rd, the Arnold Rotary Club and the Central Nebraska Interact Club held a joint meeting. President Buzz Lohmiller called the meeting to order, did some weekly Rotary business, discussed RYLA...
Celebrating Our Teachers
With mental health being the priority of Rotary, Creating Hope in the World, we wanted to support the teachers in our community with a token of appreciation.
4-Way Test: Improving the Village of Arnold
On Thursday, May 9th, the Rotarians invited the winning 6th grade students and their parents to attend the Rotary meeting to read their winning essays and receive their awards. In front of a crowd the students proudly read their essays and...
Book Buddies with Preschool and 2nd Grade
Book Buddies is a joint reading project between the Arnold Public School and the Rotary Club. It started for second graders but has grown to include preschool children. The Rotarians consider this as one of their favorite projects. Every year, the Rotarians buy a...
Rotary Honors the Class of 2024
The Rotary invited the Arnold Senior Class of 2024 for nice meal at Grazers. After a dinner of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and salad bar, Ms. Lange gave an inspiring presentation to seniors. Kiersten Lange, Banker at Heartland Bank in Kearney, Nebraska, was the...
50th Annual Pancake Feed
Arnold Rotary reports that they fed 320 people at their 50th Annual Spring Pancake Feed held March 21 at the Arnold Community Center. The event grossed $1,830, with Rotarians donating about $400 of expenses, the net ended up at about $1,430. Most of the profits will...
Paula Witt of Rotary Student Exchange
On April 18th, Paula Witt traveled to Arnold for the Rotary meeting, as well as to meet with sophomore Interact student Eli Rogers. Following the district conference, Rogers became motivated to promote the Rotary Youth Exchange program within our school again. He...
T.L. Jones Mercantile – 1914
“T.L. Jones Mercantile” – 1914 BrewBakers Coffee House & Gifts – 2016 T.L. (Tucker Lon) Jones came to Arnold on March 13, 1912, to manage a general merchandise store that Duckett and Maddox (Custer Hotel site) had rented to Omar Helton and Thomas...
Center School District #185 – 1892
In 1892, Center School District 185, was located about 4½ miles southeast of Callaway, Nebraska, and about 3 miles north of the site of the old village of Lodi. It stood on the south side of the South Loup River in the west-central portion of Custer Township or...
Custer Hotel – 1928
Grand Central Hotel, built by Robert Probert in 1887 was just south of Unganst’s Hardware store, which he had also built, in 1884. Both buildings were on the corner of the present Custer Hotel lot. A series of folks managed the hotel until it was sold in 1903 to...
