🌱 How a Hastings toy drive nearly broke a United Way record

Hello Hastings! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Hastings toy drive nearly broke a United Way record

Also on today's calendar: Tim Javorsky.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Hastings? Post it to Hastings photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 52 and low of 28 degrees.
• Wednesday: Clouds and sunshine, temps: high: 53, low: 31.
• Thursday: Very windy; sunshine, colder, with a high of 37 and low of 21 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Heartwell Renewables, United Way deliver near record-breaking toy donation in Hastings (newschannelnebraska.com) — Families in Hastings will see a big boost this Christmas thanks to more than 1,000 donated toys and $3,000 in contributions from Heartwell Renewables and its contractors to United Way’s local holiday programs. The gifts, delivered to the PEACE Center, support Adopt-a-Family and Toys for Tots, with approved families returning Tuesday to choose presents for their children.
   

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📸 Around Hastings

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hastings

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• No December Family Outdoor Club — Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor & Agricultural Learning
  Prairie Loft Center, 4705 Dld Rd, Hastings
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday December 30

• Tim Javorsky
  The Heritage at College View , 1100 N 6th Ave , Hastings
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• HS BB @ Gibbon
  Silver Lake Public Schools Roseland, NE 68973
  4:30 pm
• Lindsey Stirling
  Heartland Events Center , 690 E Stolley Park Rd , Grand Island
  6:00 pm
• Hastings SOLIDWORKS User Group (HASTSWUG) 12/16/25 Meeting
  Mid-America Pump & Supply Inc , 211 Rd 3168 , Hastings
  6:00 pm
• Christmas Mixology Class
  Paul's Cigar Bar , 201 N Lincoln Ave , Hastings
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Hastings Area Hellbound Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics Meetup
  Blue Moon Coffee Company , 635 W 2nd St , Hastings
  8:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Christmas Music Bingo @ Steeple
  Steeple Brewing Co. , 717 W 1st St , Hastings
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Flatwater Fracas
  Heartland Events Center , 690 E Stolley Park Rd , Grand Island
  9:30 am
• HS BB @ Kenesaw
  Silver Lake Public Schools Roseland, NE 68973
  4:30 pm
• LOS PESCADORES DEL RIO CONCHOS
  Diamond Reception Hall , 423 W 3rd St , Grand Island
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Grand Island Ugly Sweater Cocktail Party
  Liederkranz , 401 W 1st St , Grand Island
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Hastings. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Wendy's Shift Manager in Hastings. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hastings here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Grand Island

• $120,000 Nebraska Pick 5 winning ticket sold in Grand Island (ksnblocal4.com)
• Community Christmas Dinner to serve 1,000 meals at St. Pauls Lutheran Church (nebraska.tv)
• South Locust Street to reopen for the winter season (ksnblocal4.com)

Aurora

• Holdrege boys wrestling team medals three in Duster Invitational (ruralradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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