Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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A trip to the 2020 Nebraska School Activities Association State Wrestlng Championships will be on the line for Summerland wrestlers when district competition begins Friday, at 3 p.m., in Plainview. Competition will continue Saturday, Feb. 15, at 10 a.m. In addition to Summerland, schools participating in the Class D-1 district include Arapahoe, Brady, Burwell, Cambridge, Clarkson-Leigh, Creighton, Elgin Public/Pope John, Elkhorn Valley, Fullerton, Meridian, Neligh-Oakdale, Niobrara/Verdigre,...
A strong core of polished speakers, along with an ambitious group of novices, comprise the 2020 Ewing speech team. Coach Julie Harley said a dozen students will fill spots on the team. Participants include Skylar Eacker, Katie Hawk, Elizabeth Nordby, Sidney Stallbaum, Kyra Nilson, Allison Schrunk, Emily Nordby, Natalie Stallbaum, Emma Hoffman, Olga Mendoza, Austin Muff and Adrienne Parker. The team will compete at Stuart on Feb. 8; Burwell, Feb. 15; Grand Island Northwest or Ainsworth, Feb. 22;...
A pair of Burwell men took the top prize in the St. John’s Men’s Club varmint hunt, held Jan. 18 and 19. Shawn and Tate Phillips accumulated the top points total in the contest, with bobcats, coyotes, badgers, raccoon, skunks, possums, rabbits and squirrels each assigned on the points scale. Brandon and Justin Funk, of Clearwater, ended in second place. Third place winners were Alex Hoepker, Bartlett and James Thornburg, Burwell. Two guns were given away. Tate Phillips, along of Cody Kirwin, of Butte, were winners....
Success breeds success and fuels momentum. At the moment, momentum and success for Summerland activities and events are cause for excitement. In the co-operative's inaugural year, the cross country program made major strides, drawing approximately a dozen students into competition and qualifying two athletes for the state meet in Kearney. If you have not attended a cross country meet, add it to your bucket list next season. What a great showing of dedication and determination! A definite sense...
Sometimes, big ideas develop when least expected. The seeds of what ifs were planted in the thoughts of several area residents after listening to Melissa Ohden, an abortion survivor, speak at an event in O'Neill in 2015. For two years, a group of volunteers cared for and nurtured a vision resulting in the opening of Beginnings Pregnancy Resource Center, in O'Neill, in spring 2018. The facility is housed at 203 West Douglas Street. Mandy Chavez, director, said the non-denominational facility is...
There was a flurry of activity at Ewing's rodeo arena, July 24. While cowboys had horses and a mule in tow, B.J. Robinson and Jerry Stewart, of Ponca, used the area as a campground instead of practicing team roping skills. The two are chairman of Ponca's Days of '56 rodeo and were en route to Burwell for Nebraska's Big Rodeo. Robinson and Stewart covered approximately 35 miles per day. They left Ponca July 22. Plans were to arrive in Burwell Friday evening, in time to promote Ponca's 51st...
In 2014, a little girl was sitting in the crowd at the Clearwater Rodeo. She watched as the new Miss Clearwater Rodeo, McKenzie Brozek, circled the arena. The young girl thought, "Man, I want to be like her someday: ride a horse, carry a flag, and dress all pretty." Five years later, Ashleigh Nelson's dream has come true. On Friday, June 28, at the 52nd annual Clearwater Rodeo, Nelson was crowned queen. Nelson 16, of Tilden, will be a junior at Elkhorn Valley Schools. Her parents are Gary and...
