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Since we're writers, we, at SAM love lists. Trust us, we keep and use them every single day. But, how does one determine which articles should be at the top of the yearly list? In the past, we've based it by reader count from our website. This year, we're still relying on reader count, featuring the top-read article by month. We wrote nearly 2,000 articles in 2023 and, while some of our favorites don't appear on the list, we're sure these are a newsworthy representation of the Summerland region....
The University of Nebraska at Kearney announced students who earned a place on the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester. Students who are on the dean’s list must have completed 12 credit hours or more of classes with a 3.5 grade-point average or better on a 4.0 scale. Students earn a 4.0 for an “A,” 3.0 for a “B” and 2.0 for a “C.” Area students named to the list include Ryann Haburchak, Adrienne Parker, Bre Bartak and Michelle Koenig, Ewing and Trisha Hoffman, Royal....
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney Pride of the Plains Marching Band has announced its season schedule, which begins with the Sept. 9 home football game against Northeastern State. Adrienne Parker, a 2023 Summerland Public School graduate, from Ewing, is a member of the band. In addition to performing at all Loper home football games, the Pride of the Plains will perform Sept. 23 in the annual UNK Band Day Parade. The parade begins at 10 a.m. in downtown Kearney. Other scheduled per...
The Nebraska School Activities Association recently announce the student recipients of the Spring 2023 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Academic All-State Awards. Each year, NSAA and NCPA recognize students during fall, winter and spring seasons who are nominated by their schools for their individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions in the NSAA activity in which they participate. Summerland students receiving the honor include: Barrett Stearns, boys’ golf; Lenora Kester and Adrienne Parker, music; L...
Circle May 6 on the calendar. Be prepared for increased traffic near Summerland School. Be on alert for selfie-seeking seniors donned in commencement caps and gowns. A graduation ceremony for the class of 2023 will begin at 3 p.m., at the school, situated at 51293 857th Road, near Ewing. The program will begin with a slide show. Summerland band will play the processional. Superintendent Kyle Finke will present the administrative welcome and the senior welcome will be given by the salutatorian....
Summerland music students traveled to Ainsworth, Friday, for the district music contest. Of the 13 solo or group entries, performers earned ones, or superior ratings, in a dozen of the events. High school music instructor Emily Heithoff announced the band and choir each earned a superior rating. Adrienne Parker, Lenora Kester and Emma Petersson all received a one for vocal solos. Parker and Kester presented a duet and received a one. Jadyn Hobbs joined Parker for a duet and earned a one....
The Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska State College System recently announced the 16,149 recipients of the 2022-2023 Nebraska State Colleges Multi-Activity Student Award. The award recognizes students in grades 9-12 who participate in at least three NSAA-sanctioned activities during the academic year. Each high school student who participates in at least three NSAA activities will be recognized and awarded a certificate of achievement by the NSAA and the Nebraska state colleges. Activity participation will be tracked using...
Summerland speech team members competing in last Thursday's Class C2 state championship in Kearney finished the season by earning superior ratings. Faith King finished ninth overall after preliminary rounds in informative speaking, with a presentation on nostalgia. King received a total of 143 speaking points out of a possible 150. Judges ranked her third, sixth and first in preliminary round competition. Olga Mendoza finished ninth overall after preliminary rounds in serious prose. She...
Faith King, Olga Mendoza and Adrienne Parker will be among the 1,153 competitors descending on Kearney, Wednesday through Friday, for the 2023 Nebraska School Activities Association State Speech Championships at Kearney High School. The three Bobcat speakers qualified for this week's Class C2 state competition last Wednesday, as 14 Summerland speech team members traveled to Plainview to compete in the C2-3 district speech competition. Seven students broke finals in 10 events. Following the...
Summerland's National Honor Society chapter welcomed new members, Monday, during an induction ceremony. (l-r): Selected for membership are Carter Bergman, Preslie Robertson, Aislynn Kester, Carlee Livingston, Talya Nilson, Kelsey Schlecht and Lydia Robertson. Current members of Summerland NHS include (front row, l-r): Alanna Doll, Adyson Mlnarik, Schlecht, Ellie Dougherty, Nilson, Livingston, Austin Muff, Preslie Robertson; (back row, l-r): Bergman, Adrienne Parker, Kester, Lydia Robertson,...
Summerland "speechsters" earned four medals at the Creighton Speech Invite, held Friday, Feb. 17. Champs finals medal winners included Faith King, third, informative speaking and poetry interpretation; Olga Mendoza, third, serious prose and Yuliana Olivan, fourth, entertainment speaking. Award winners in the next-in division included Brandon Pruden, fourth, humorous prose; Carlee Livingston, fourth, entertainment speaking and Adrienne Parker, Audrey Parker, Talya Nilson and Olivan, fourth, oral...
Summerland Public School hosted the Niobrara Valley Conference speech tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 15. The Bobcat "speechsters" placed sixth as a team behind Pope John, Stuart, West Holt, Elgin and St. Mary's. Medal winners from Summerland included: Olga Mendoza, third, serious prose interpretation and poetry interpretation; Yuliana Olivan, third, entertainment speaking; Faith King, fourth, poetry; Adrienne Parker, sixth, persuasive; and Talya Nilson and Irelyn Bearinger, sixth, duet...
Fourteen members of the Summerland speech team competed at the West Holt Invitational on Saturday, coming in seventh of 18 teams. Earning top honors in entertainment speaking was Yulianna (Julie) Olivan, who earned a first-place rating from both judges in preliminary rounds and also from both judges in the final round. She earned 197 of a possible 200 rating points. Other medal winners were as follows: Faith King, fourth, poetry interpretation; Olga Mendoza, fourth, serious prose and sixth,...
Six Summerland students will play in the 2023 Class C All-State Band, in Kearney, on March 18. Musicians selected include (front row, l-r): Amor Zermeno, junior, clarinet; Jadyn Hobbs, freshman, flute; (back row, l-r): Adrienne Parker, senior, trumpet; Lenora Kester, sophomore, flute; Aubrey Parker, sophomore, flute; and Raina Krebs, sophomore, trombone. This is the second time Krebs has been selected....
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Summerland hosted its own speech invitational, Saturday. A dozen teams competed in the meet. Summerland placed fourth behind West Holt, 318 points; Stuart, 258 points; and Elgin Pope John, 214 points. Summerland earned 158 points and O'Neill St. Mary's was fifth with 152. Other schools competing were Stanton, Neligh-Oakdale, Creighton, Verdigre, Wheeler Central, Boyd County and Rock County. Olga Mendoza earned the gold medal in serious prose. Two Bobcat speakers placed second,...
Members of the Summerland speech team compete and judge, Saturday, at the Stuart Novice Speech Tournament. The novice oral interpretation of drama team participated in the meet. Varsity speakers Adrienne Parker and Olga Mendoza judged events. Attending were Sydni McConnell, Parker, Irelyn Bearinger, Mendoza, Emma King and Brandon Pruden....
Fitting in, finding acceptance and making critical choices - as told by a group of misfits struggling with the consequences of bullying - is the message of Summerland's 2022 play production, "Freak." Monique, played by senior Brynna Umphress, describes a scene she faces each day at 10:43 in "the scariest place on earth," the school hallway. The constant torment wears on her psyche. The character says, "I know I should just suck it up and ignore it. Just pretend ... What did I do? What makes me...
Summerland School students will explain what veterans mean to them during a Veterans Day program, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 11, at 10:30 a.m. Area veterans, as well as the public, are invited to attend Friday's ceremony in the Summerland School gym. The student-led program will include the "Star Spangled Banner," performed by Lenora Kester and Adrienne Parker, recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, presentations by members of the American government class, musical tribute by the school's band...
Lenora Kester and Adrienne Parker will represent Summerland Public School at All-State Choir. The event will be held in November in Lincoln....
Disney claims, "Beauty and the Beast" is "the most beautiful love story ever told." The O'Neill Community Theater had a busy summer with practices, and was rewarded by crowds supporting performances of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," Sunday, July 17 and Monday, July 18, in O'Neill. The North Central Nebraska Arts Council chose "Beauty and the Beast" to be performed during O'Neill's Summerfest celebration. Two Summerland English teachers fell into the roles of being directors for the musical. "I...
Six Summerland students were named to the Spring 2022 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Academic All-State list. Each year, NCPA and the Nebraska School Activities Association recognize students during each activity season who are nominated by their schools for individual academic excellence, leadership and contributions to NSAA events. Named to the list are Lenora Kester and Adrienne Parker, music; Trevor Thomson and Levi Cronk, boys’ track and field and Hadley Cheatum and Natalie Stallbaum, girls’ track and fiel...
The first class of Summerland seniors to spend a school year together, under one roof, received diplomas, Saturday, in a 4 p.m. ceremony in the school's gymnasium. Seniors entered the gymnasium to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," played by the Summerland band, under the direction of Emily Heithoff. Superintendent Kyle Finke welcomed students, family and guests. He asked seniors to think back to the first day of classes in August, when he announced one word to describe the year:...
Summerland musicians competed in the district music contest, Friday, at West Holt. Director Emily Heithoff said the band received straight ones, or superiors, from a panel of three judges. The high school choir received a one (superior) rating. Five soloists received superior ratings, including Calissa Kester, Adrienne Parker, Cassidy Bearinger, Lenora Kester and Emma Kerkman. Three duets earned superior ratings, including Calissa and Lenora Kester; Cassidy Bearinger and Lenora Kester and...
Summerland speech team competed in the District C2-3 competition at Hartington-Newcastle, March 1. Four speakers earned medals and one will advance to the NSAA State Speech Championships in Kearney. Jacob Behnk qualified for the state contest after earning the silver medal in extemporaneous speaking. Also breaking into the final round were Adrienne Parker, fifth, persuasive speaking; Julie Olivan, sixth in entertainment speaking and Faith King, fifth, informative speaking. Behnk will compete...
Summerland juniors and seniors who have accumulated a 3.5 grade-point average through their junior or senior year are named to the Niobrara Valley Conference Principal's All-Conference Academic Team. Students receiving the honor include (front row, l-r): Emily Nordby, Dillon Moser, Mason Hoke, David Arroyo, Cassidy Bearinger, Charlie Anson, Jacob Behnk, Madison Melcher, Calissa Kester; (middle row, l-r): Emily Ahlers, Danielle Schrunk, Emma Hoffman, Emma Funk, Lena Bolling, Harper Klabenes,...
