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All remaining Nebraska School Activities Association activity practices and competitions, including district and state competitions, have been canceled for this school year. The organization made the announcement April 2. The cancellations are part of a new Directed Health Measure issued by Governor Ricketts. Bylaw 3.2.7 - summer activities - will go into effect May 26. In the interim, Bylaw 3.2.6.1 - school-year, out-of-season - is expected to be followed by all member school athletic...
Graveside services for Scott Leisy, 34, of Atkinson were held Thursday, April 9, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in Atkinson. A celebration of life service is being planned for a later date. Leisy died April 6, at his home, near Atkinson. Seger Funeral Home of Atkinson is in charge of arrangements. ~~~ Scott Russell Leisy was born Oct. 28, 1985, in Sidney to Lisa (Sterling) Lamb. He was adopted by Darrel and Wilda Leisy at four months old, and he always felt the utmost gratitude to his birth...
Ewing Public Schools, as well as the three districts comprising Nebraska Unified District #1 - Clearwater, Orchard and Verdigre, will not be in session, amid concerns of the COVID-19 virus. Classes were canceled, beginning March 17. Ewing Ewing Principal Greg Appleby said EPS will be closed until March 30. "At this time classes will resume on March 31," Appleby said. Future decisions about school closure will be communicated through media channels, Facebook and the school's JMC message system....
Organizations and institutions across Nebraska are taking precautionary measures amidst concerns about COVID-19. While no cases have been reported in Antelope, Holt or Wheeler counties, the North Central District Health Department has identified a presumptive positive case in Knox County. NCDHD received notification a Cherry County individual tested negative for the disease. Here is a list of cancellations, as of Friday, March 13: Fish fries On Thursday, the Archdiocese of Omaha requested its...
The Nebraska School Activities Association issued the following statement Monday, March 16: Effective Monday, March 16 all NSAA activity practices are suspended until Monday, March 30 and all NSAA activity competitions are suspended until Thursday, April 2. These suspensions may be extended should the conditions warrant. Member schools and student-participants are expected to adhere to the NSAA Constitution and Bylaws and activity manuals during this time. As more information becomes available,...
Rafe Grebin and Colton Thiele will represent Summerland at the 2020 Nebraska School Activities Association Class D State Wrestling Tournament after top four finishes in district one competition over the weekend. The Bobcats will compete at 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, at the CHI Center, in Omaha. A clear bag policy is in effect at the event center. Clear plastic bags, measuring 12 inches tall, 12 inches long and six inches wide will be allowed, as will small clutch-sized purses or wallets. The...
Bobcat football will face a challenging schedule during its inaugural season, according to football coach Jeff Shabram. The Nebraska School Activities Association released schedules for the 2020 and 2021 seasons last Wednesday. Summerland will open the 2020 season at Elkhorn Valley. In week two, Summerland will host St. Mary's and travel to CWC in week three. Weeks four and five will feature home contests against West Holt and Neligh-Oakdale, respectively. The Bobcats will face North Central in...
It was a meet of firsts. First districts competing as Summerland Bobcats. And for the first time in Summerland history, two wrestlers will don the blue and silver singlets at the Nebraska School Activities Association State Wrestling Championships. Colton Thiele and Rafe Grebin finished second and fourth, respectively, in their weight classes, to advance to this week's state party at the CHI Health Arena in Omaha. The Bobcats ended 11th in a field of 20 teams in Class D District one...
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,...
Orchard school board members took no official action, other than consent agenda items when they met in the high school business room Wednesday, Feb. 4. Orchard principal Cathy Cooper told board members negotiations with the teachers’ association had been completed, with the 2020-2021 base salary for Summerland teachers set at $35,000. Currently Unified teacher base is $34,700 and Ewing’s is $35,000. Cooper said it would basically be a raise for everybody. “The base went up or the salary schedule percentages increased,” she said. “One item that...
Summerland will enter post-season play as the third seed in the C2-7 subdistrict. On Monday, Feb. 17, Boyd County, the fourth seed, will meet fifth-seeded West Holt at 7 p.m., at O'Neill High School. The winner of that contest will play top-seeded Crofton, Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. Summerland will tipoff against North Central at 7:45. Winners of Tuesday's games will battle for the subdistrict title at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20...
The Holt County supervisors met Monday, Dec. 16, in front of a crowd of concerned citizens. Agenda items regarding a TC Energy road-haul agreement and some township road concerns drew the visitors. The supervisors heard an update on a bronze statue planned for the courthouse lawn by the “Finian Women.” They are a group headed by daughters of longtime Holt County resident, Doc Cook, who referred to himself as a Finian, according to county clerk Cathy Pavel. Natalie Cook Butterfield addressed the leaders regarding fundraising and planned placemen...
Ewing Public Schools seniors Ashley Koenig and Katie Hawk and Alyssa Moser, of Clearwater, a senior at O'Neill Public Schools were announced as school recipients in the Believers & Achievers program, sponsored by U.S. Bank ® and Nebraska School Activities Association. According to the NSAA, "All of the students nominated for the Believers & Achievers awards program represent the very best of Nebraska's high schools. All nominees this year are outstanding leaders within their schools and...
The Orchard advisory school board approved several policies when three members and Principal Cathy Cooper met last week at the school. Board member Nathan Schwager was absent. The policies included several to align activity policies in the three schools forming the Summerland Bobcat cooperative, Orchard, Clearwater and Ewing, along with changes recommended by the state school board association. Several statewide changes deal with electronic nicotine delivery systems, alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, look-alikes and products...
