Members of the Grant Volunteer Fire Department accepted a check from the PCCFF in the amount of $1,000 to purchase the above, Zoll 12-Lead ECG Vitals Monitor. Pictured are GVFD members (l-r): Travis Ogg, Dalton Zimmerman, Jason Noyes, Fred Reichert and Rick Dreiling.
With inflation on the rise, everyone is strapped for money, including emergency services entities in Perkins County.
In July 2020, ferocious winds estimated at 70-80 mph ripped off about half the roof of a two million-bushel metal grain storage building at Scoular in Madrid. The building was eventually removed from the site and work began on restoring the storage space. Utlilizing the existing cement wall slabs and concrete floor, the contractor poured pillars all around the sidewalls.
The pillars outside of the sidewalls were then used to support a metal roof truss system which was then covered with fabric to protect the grain inside. The structure is approximately 150 feet wide by 800 feet long. A conveyor runs along the roofline and a diverter is used to direct the flow of grain throughout the facility.
Workers are preparing space on the other side of a dividing wall at the west end of the facility in anticipation of wheat harvest. The cement divider slab allows for more than one type of grain to be stored in the facility.
The town smashes down the waste in the roll off periodically to get more in it. This is Tom Tines in the pay loader. When the roll off is available, it gets used extensively.
The Village of Venango, a recipient of $5,000 in 2019 from the PCCFF, has used the funds to help with community cleanup and beautification.
Area famers can take part in a pair of field plot tours being held here next week by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Perkins County Chamber Treasurer Dawnya Dreiling presents Andy Long of Cultivating Rural Leaders the traveling trophy for being recognized as the business spotlight for the month of May.
Andy Long of Cultivating Rural Leaders was present at the monthly chamber meeting on Thursday May 20 where he was recognized as May’s business spotlight.
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