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Two Summerland students participated in the Bloomfield High School Rodeo, Aug. 28 and 29. Kylie Hewitt finished seventh in goat tying on Saturday, finishing in 9.030. On Sunday, Hewitt placed eighth in breakaway roping, with a time of 3.590 and ended 13th in goat tying. She finished in 9.860. Kaci Wickersham placed 10th in Saturday’s goat tying category. She completed her run in 9.42. Wickersham also placed 11th in pole bending, running 23.222. On Sunday, Wickersham ran 7.820 to place second in goat tying. In pole bending, Wickersham placed 1...
A community journalist with Nebraska ties joined the Advocate-Messenger staff, July 22. Mark Mahoney, an Omaha native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate, will cover the Antelope County Commissioners and general beat articles. Originally a biochemistry major, Mahoney realized science wasn't for him after taking a 100-level biochemistry class aimed at weeding out people from that program. "I looked at other possible majors and I realized I was a good writer, so I considered English and...
A team of Nebraska Air and Army National Guard members arrived in O'Neill and Bloomfield Friday. Their mission: complete critical COVID-19 testing. North Central District Health Department assisted with the event. According to a media release, received April 16, NCDHD stressed testing events were not due to a large number of COVID-19 cases in the district. "Nebraska National Guard has been in contact with local health departments ... to set up these testing events to gain a clearer picture of...
A one-time testing event will be held Friday, April 17, in O'Neill and Bloomfield. North Central District Health Department will oversee the event, with assistance from the Nebraska National Guard. According to a media released, received April 16, NCDHD stressed the presence of the National Guard and testing events are not due to a large number of COVID-19 cases in the district. "The Nebraska National Guard has been in contact with local health departments across the state of Nebraska to set up...
Three football players with ties to area schools have been selected for the Northeast Nebraska All-Star Classic. OC's Eli Macke will join Clay Curtis of Royal, who plays for the Creighton Bulldogs and Josh Klabenes, of the CWCE Renegades, in the June 13 classic. The game will be played at Veteran's Memorial Field in Norfolk. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. Mike Sunderman, president of the event's board of directors stated the board will continue to plan for the game. A final decision will be...
Jackie Olivan may be the funniest girl around. Judges in the Niobrara Valley Conference voted her the top speaker in entertainment speaking during the conference meet, March 2, at Keya Paha School in Sprinview. Olivan was the lone Cyclone medalist in the 14-team meet. On March 7, the OC squad traveled to Creighton for the Bulldog Invitational. Olivan placed third in entertainment speaking in regular finals. In the next-in finals grouping, the oral interpretation of drama team comprised of...
Nine Bobcat grapplers earned medals Saturday at the Battle Creek Invite. Summerland scored 82 points, tying Crofton-Bloomfield for fifth place. The host school claimed the top spot, scoring 192.5 points. Howells-Dodge took home the runner-up award, with 141 points. Elkhorn Valley finished third, scoring 115.5 and Oakland-Craig placed fourth, accumulating 107 points. Other teams competing included Pender, Stanton, Battle Creek junior varsity, Lutheran High Northeast, Scribner-Snyder and Niobrara/Verdigre. Colton Thiele led the Bobcats with a...
The Bobcat wrestling squad competed in the Battle Creek duals meet, Saturday. In round one, Ansley/Litchfield eked past Summerland, 39-36. Wyatt Chipps lost, by fall, in :28 to Zyruss Fauss in the 220 division, while Collin Arehart earned a 7-1 decision over Tyler Bellar in the 160 class. Hunter Arehart pinned David Arroyo in :28 in the 170 division and Kolby Larson topped Colton Thiele, by fall, in 2:51. Spencer Kester pinned David Lewis, by fall, in 5:12, in the 132 class. Ansley/Litchfield cl...
Nebraska Extension and USDA Farm Service Agency in Nebraska will host a series of farm bill education meetings next month to assist producers as they begin to make farm bill-related program decisions. The 2018 Farm Bill, signed into law last December, reauthorized the existing agriculture risk coverage and price loss coverage safety net programs that were in the 2014 Farm Bill, however producers will need to make new program enrollment decisions over the coming months. While the ARC and PLC programs under the new farm bill remain very similar...
The Honorable Donna Taylor sentenced several defendants when she presided over Antelope County court Wednesday, Nov. 6. Falisha A. Dewey, 31, of Afton, Missouri, appeared for arraignment on a Class 1 misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault, related to an incident at the Riverside Park campground in Neligh on July 31. Dewey, represented by Patrick Carney, Antelope County public defender, pleaded no contest to a charge of third-degree assault, fight by mutual consent, reduced pursuant to terms of a plea agreement with Joe Abler, Antelope Count...
Summerland cross country runners competed in Class D-4 district competition, Oct. 17, at Rolling Hills Golf Course. In this first year of competition, two runners qualified for the state meet, set in Kearney this Friday. Kaci Wickersham and Eli Thiele both placed in the top 15 in their respective divisions to advance. Thiele completed the course in 18:09, finishing seventh. Crofton's Connor Arens won the boys' individual title. Summerland finished 11th in team standings, with 160 points....
