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Changes to the way Nebraska students learn about civics went into effect Sept. 1, revamping a law which originally entered the books in 1949. A school board's committee on Americanism is now known as the committee on American civics, thanks to passage of Legislative Bill 399, introduced by Sen. Julie Slama, of Peru. The bill requires two committee meetings per calendar year, where public testimony can be entered into the record for each district. Slama, who did not respond to a SAM request for...
Preliminary enrollment figures for area schools were released recently. Enrollment at Clearwater Public Schools, Ewing Public Schools and Orchard Public Schools show a decrease from 2018-19 numbers. Clearwater Public Schools All three schools in the Unified District report fewer students. Superintendent Dale Martin listed the number of students per grade at each respective site, in a report released Aug. 21. Clearwater Public Schools boasts the largest enrollment of the Unified schools, with...
After a mild day for a parade and coronation, Mother Nature cut loose in Ewing, Aug. 30, causing a rain delay in the Renegades versus Hartington-Newcastle football contest. The game will continue Sept. 20, at 2:30 p.m., in Ewing, with the Renegades leading 14-8 with 10:33 remaining in the third quarter. Earlier in the day, students in kindergarten through 12 grade participated in the annual parade and pep rally. Wyatt Wagner and Tiana Thramer were crowned homecoming king and queen,...
Orchard Economic Development Association, along with Orchard Young Men's Club, will sponsor the village's annual rib fest and vendor fair, Saturday, Sept. 14. The vendor fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Windom Street. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and include Creighton Locker dogs, chips, dessert, bar or cookie and a drink for $5. Entrants for rib fest will begin cooking at 9 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m. Judging will occur from 5:15 to 6 p.m. The public is invited...
Sometimes, life sends you on a single journey, and other times, the path resembles a slip knot: a loop here, another there, an endless spiral of thread that pretzels together, forming a solid knot. Cosetta Laws knows a bit about slip knots. On YouTube, she hosts the popular Setta's Place, where crochet is interspersed with remnants of wisdom and love. Laws visited Clearwater recently, as she weaves her way from her former Virginia home, en route to Alaska, where she will renew Haven of Grace, a...
Ewing Public Schools graduate Sarah Hawk has received the Dr. Robert W. Waters Memorial Scholarship. Avera St. Anthony's Hospital announced the award Aug. 22. Hawk recently completed a program as a mentor to young health care students at Central Nebraska Area Health Education Center at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. She has been accepted to the University of Nebraska Medical center College of Allied Health, where she will continue her education in clinical settings. Hawk is the daughter of...
Make plans now to attend St. Theresa's Catholic Church's annual breakfast, bake sale and raffle Sunday, Sept. 15, in Clearwater. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Scrambled eggs, pancakes, French toast, sausage, coffee and juice will be served. A raffle drawing will take place at 1:15 p.m....
The annual St. John's gun show will be Saturday, Sept.7 and Sunday, Sept. 8., at St. John's Catholic Church, in rural Clearwater. The show will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday. Mass will begin at 11:30 a.m. Organizers report new vendors will be in attendance and additional tables will be filled with displays....
The Waterhole and The Summerland Advocate Messenger will host a cornhole tournament, Saturday, Sept. 7, in the SAM parking lot, in Clearwater. Registration is required, with tournament play scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.. Food and drinks will be available....
Friday evening didn't turn into the start of the season the Cyclones were hoping for. After a bit of back and forth scoring routes, the Warriors took control of the game, picking up a 36-22 win at home. Neligh-Oakdale's Hunter Charf landed in the end zone first, scoring on a two-yard run. The PAT failed. Eli Macke answered for the Cyclones, taking it in from the 10-yard line. The PAT failed. Charf found the end zone again, when he connected with Julien Hearn for a 60-yard pass. The PAT was...
The Bobcats took control in the triangular, defeating Elkhorn Valley, 25-21 and 25-20, and sweeping the Lady Huskies with identical sets of 25-13. Tiana Thramer and Ashley Koenig each nailed five kills against EV, while Nilson added a dozen set assists. Against West Holt, Sidney Stallbaum mopped the floor with seven kills. Avery Cheatum provided outstanding defense, picking up 16 digs. Statistics v. Elkhorn Valley: Kyra Nilson: 12sa, 1a, 2d Sidney Stallbaum: 4k, 1bl Tiana Thramer: 5k, 2bl, 1a...
Two defendants, who appeared for hearings in the Antelope County District courtroom at Neligh last Wednesday, had bond revoked and were remanded to the custody of the county sheriff by the Honorable James Kube. Pre-court urinalysis showed the presence of methamphetamine in both defendants. Patrick Carney of Norfolk, public defender, represented both men. It was a repeat performance for Jeff J. Wilson, 42, of McCook, who was scheduled for sentencing on assault and disturbing the peace offenses, along with arraignment on a charge stemming from a...
Three Ewing Public Schools musicians spent a month traveling Europe, as part of the Nebraska Ambassadors of Music program. Allison Schrunk, Hailey Rotherham and Emily Kurpgweit, accompanied by Ann Kurpgeweit, tourned seven countries and performed in various venues across Europe. Emily Kurpgeweit said the Ambassadors of Music program has existed for 40 years. "They work with 35 different states organizing trips to Europe," she said. Trips alternate throughout summer months. The Nebraska touring...
One of my childhood icons celebrates 60 years of entertainment and controversy in 2019. Barbie originally featured strawberry blonde hair, pulled back into a ponytail, with a tightly curled poof of bangs. Her painted on blue eyeshadow, cherry red lipstick, black and white striped one-piece swimsuit and cat eyes mascara were on fleek for the time period. By the time I received my first Barbie® as a gift, she'd grown up a little - or at least her clothing choices kept evolving with the times....
I love sitting outside looking over my garden and am usually wearing a smile. I do have complaints in life and probably the biggest is not enough gardening programs on television or printed articles sharing Nebraska flower gardens. I'm Bev Wieler and my husband and I are nestled in the countryside of rural Nebraska, sharing the hobby of gardening. No matter what season it is we have found ways to splash color in the flower bed situated out our back door and luckily for us, outside our kitchen...
I am an enthusiastic gardener. My goal was to have a serenity garden- a place where I could go after work to fill up my senses and calm and refresh my spirit. This is what I had for a long time, and then came The Gophers...a plague of gophers. The awful thing about gophers is how they destroy with no apparent purpose. Unlike rabbits, who eat lettuce because they are hungry, gophers seem to take joy in destruction. I asked local gardeners what to do: "Put mothballs down the hole.” Okay. The next day there was a neat little pile of rejected m...
