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  • After 17 years, exchange student makes return trip to Clearwater

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Aug 24, 2023

    As sunlight trickled through the window at the Bob and Rita Kester home on a recent Sunday morning, Helar Duran felt like he was transported to 2006, felt a sense of familiarity and peacefulness reminiscent of being home. "It feels like I'm 16 again. Waking up at the farm ... it's a good sensation," Duran said. The Cucúta, Colombia, native spent a year as an exchange student at Clearwater Public Schools. He recently returned to celebrate his host parents' 50th wedding anniversary. When Duran...

  • Tick Testers: UNK researchers study tiny pest that can cause big problems

    May 25, 2023

    As the weather warms, more Nebraskans head outdoors to enjoy activities such as fishing, hiking and camping. But they're not alone. There's another creature that's most active during spring and summer months. Nebraska is home to a growing number of tick species. When these arachnids cross paths with humans, consequences can be dire. "Tickborne disease is on the rise in the United States. We have more tick-borne vectored disease than mosquito-borne vectored disease. We tend to think about mosquit...

  • Finding independence under the Argentina sun

    Erin Schwager, Journalist|May 4, 2023

    Lauren Behnk, of Clearwater, always knew she wanted to travel and experience life outside of Nebraska, especially in a Spanish-speaking country. Several people introduced travel as a way to study on Behnk's radar. Leenda Thiele, Behnk's high school Spanish teacher, shared her journey of coming to the states from Puerta Rico. Thiele encouraged her to experience travel for a better opportunity to learn. Behnk's cousin, Valley, also traveled and spurred her interest in seeing the world. Finally,...

  • Exchange student acclimating to area

    Erin Schwager, Journalist|Oct 24, 2019

    Getting kids involved with other cultures and people from different countries is one way many schools benefit in the United States. Orchard Public Schools is blessed with a second foreign exchange student for the 2019-20 school year. Silvia Bode-Garcia, an 18-year-old from Margarita Island, Venezuela, joins Madleen Repein, from Germany. Bode-Garcia will reside with Sam and Barb Schwager during the school year and will be a member of the senior class. Silvia wanted to become an exchange student...

  • Exchange student makes return trip to Ewing

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Aug 22, 2019

    In 1986, Christian Eggeling, of Germany, boarded a plane destined for the United States. Final destination: Ewing, Nebraska, where he would spend the school year living with the Larry and Louise Nordby family. Eggeling has made the trip across the pond several times. Most recently, he visited his host family in Ewing, Saturday, Aug. 17, and even after 33 years, the extended family slipped into conversation that became so familiar years ago. Once an exchange student, always a part of the family....

  • Orchard advisory board adopts policy, pass prices for Summerland Bobcat activities

    Sandy Schroth, Editor|Aug 15, 2019

    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...

  • Repein ready to discover a new world

    Erin Schwager, Journalist|Aug 15, 2019

    Not every day do you get to talk to someone from a different country, but students from several communities will get the opportunity every day. Maddy Repein is a foreign exchange student from Cologne, Germany, and she is living with Bob and Bev Krutz of Orchard until June 2020. Repein is only 15 years old, and she will be a senior at Orchard Public Schools. Maddy would be a sophomore back in Germany, and she does not receive credit for spending a year in America. When she returns to Germany,...