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Orchard trustees agreed to sponsor a community cleanup event when they met in regular session on June 10. According to village clerk Brenda Harrison, dumpsters are expected to arrive July 15. Additional information will be announced on the village's Facebook page. Trustees also approved hiring AMGL CPA, of Grand Island, to complete the yearly audit. The board requeted bids since Herley & Reinke CPA, of Norfolk, no longer conducts municipality audits. Harrison said three companies were...
There will never be another Rita. My first memories of the Orchard elementary teacher are from 2008, when I filled in during maternity leave for Kortney Sayers. Rita Shabram was one of the first people to welcome me. We’d stop to chitchat when we had a few moments. Occasionally, our lunch times would overlap and we’d talk about education and current events. The best times, though, were after school, when we’d venture to one another’s classrooms and spend an hour or two, talking about and bon...
The 2024 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was held last Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6. Organizer Jeff Shabram said "an awesome lineup of 170-plus registered lifters from across the Midwest competed." "This year's meet was a national meet, so two days of competition were required to accommodate the crowd of lifters striving for state, American and even world records," Shabram said. "It was the 17th year for the Orchard meet and the largest one ever." Eleven Summerland powerlifters competed...
The annual Orchard Amateur Athletic Union Powerlifting Meet will have a new look this year. Organizer Jeff Shabram said the event is now a national meet, with competition spread over two days. Lifters from across the U.S., including members of the Summerland powerlifting squad, will compete in squat, bench press and dead lift events, beginning this Friday at the Orchard Community Center gym, at 4th and Rusk. Lifting will begin at 1 p.m., on April 5, while Saturday's competition will start at 9...
The 2024 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School, Saturday, March 23. The meet featured 135 lifters representing 12 of the top Class D powerlifting schools in the state. "This year's meet was even larger than last year and the largest Class D state powerlifting meet since 2005," said Jeff Shabram. Class D schools represented were Blue Hill, Boyd County, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Centura, Doniphan-Trumbull, Fullerton, Harvard, Niobrara/Verdigre, Red...
Seven Summerland powerlifters traveled to Verdigre, Saturday, Feb. 24, to participate in the third annual Verdigre Powerlifting Meet. A total of 206 powerlifters, representing fifteen different schools from around the state, were in attendance. "It was an outstanding day of lifting for the Bobcat competitors," organizer Jeff Shabram said. Mathew Umphress was crowned outstanding male lifter of the meet by strength index, which is total weight lifted divided by body weight. That strength index of...
Several Summerland-area powerlifters will compete Saturday, in the 2024 Verdigre Powerlifting meet. Competition begins at 9 a.m., in the high school gymnasium. A concession stand will be available on site. Admission will be $3 for adults and $2 for students....
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska Dec. 12, 2023 Chairman opened the meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved minutes of the Dec. 5, 2023, BOC meeting. Correspondence was reviewed. Reports were reviewed: sheriff’s fee report. Review of claims. Approved payroll. Approved vendor claims. General: MELVIN AHLERS ar 24.00; AMERITAS LIFE INS CORP ins 19,177.68; ANTELOPE CO COURT ex 137.00; ANTELOPE CO SHRF ex 347.42; APPEARA ex 35.31; GORDON BAKER ar 72.00; BLACK HILLS E...
Some area residents have taken part in the Cornhusker State Games in the past, as well as this summer. Jeff Shabram, of Orchard, has taken powerlifters to compete in the past. In fact, Shabram mentioned he remembers Dave Mlnarik making an appearance when his nephew, Cade, competed in powerlifting. "We'd still be taking participants, but can't since the director changed powerlifting affiliation from Amateur Athletic Union to USA Powerlifting, which has more adults," remarked Shabram. "But it was...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2023 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was held Saturday, April 1 at the community center. "An awesome lineup of 160 registered lifters from across the Midwest competed," said organizer Jeff Shabram. "This year's meet was the largest sanctioned AAU meet ever in Nebraska, so three lifting platforms were required to accommodate the extremely large crowd in the Orchard gym. It was the 16th year for the Orchard meet." Twelve Summerland powerlifters competed Saturday. "These 12 lift...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2023 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School, Saturday, March 25. It featured 125 lifters representing 12 of the top Class D powerlifting schools in the state. "This was the largest Class D state powerlifting meet since 2005," said Jeff Shabram of Orchard. Class D schools represented included Blue Hill, Boyd County, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Centura, Fullerton, Harvard, Johnson-Brock, Niobrara/Verdigre, Red Cloud, Riverside,...
Nebraska's powerlifting scene will bring the best of the best to Orchard. Set to take place April 1, the 2023 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet will be held at the Orchard Community Center gym, at 4th and Rusk streets. Lifting will begin at 9 a.m. Several Summerland-area lifters will compete in the event. In 2022, 118 lifters, representing 14 teams participated in the 15th annual event....
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Eight Summerland powerlifters traveled to Verdigre this past Saturday, Feb. 25, to participate in the second annual Verdigre Powerlifting Meet. A total of 147 powerlifters representing 14 different schools from around the state were in attendance. "It was an outstanding day of lifting for the Bobcat competitors," said Jeff Shabram. Raina Krebs reset or tied every one of her previously-held school records. Krebs now squats 245 pounds, bench presses 120 pounds and deadlifts 340...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Three lifters from the Summerland Bobcats powerlifting team traveled to Lexington, Dec. 3, for the Lexington Powerlifting Championships. Coach Jeff Shabram said it was a large meet, with 230 lifters offering a line-up of very stiff competition. Gavin Whiting won bronze in the 242-pound class. Connor Thomson earned the fourth-place medal in the 132-pound class. Matt Umphress finished sixth in the 165-pound class. "With so many lifters competing, all of the weight classes had a...
It was business as usual as several motions passed during the Village of Orchard Board of Trustees meeting, June 13. Trustee Dwight VanOstrand was unable to attend the meeting. Shelly Strope and Bev Krutz talked with trustees about a proposed thrift store being housed in the former Orchard schoolhouse. Strope said after discussions with a lawyer, a lease to be located in the schoolhouse will be necessary. Strope asked if the thrift store could use the entire second floor Chairman Stephanie...
Gaven Gilsdorf received a special honor, Saturday, at the conclusion of the Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet. Gilsdorf was presented with the Beastmode Warrior Mentality Lifter of the meet. The award was presented by Maureen Jackman, of Ainsworth, in honor of her son, Conner, a former powerlifter for the Ainsworth Bulldogs. Conner died, by suicide, Jan. 1. His passion for weightlifting was evident when he competed. He wrestled and qualified for the state tournament as a junior. Conner also played...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2022 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was held Saturday, April 9, with a lineup of 118 registered lifters from around Nebraska and Iowa, representing 14 different teams. Organizer Jeff Shabram said, "It was the 15th year for the Orchard meet and this year was the largest." Eleven Summerland powerlifters competed Saturday. These 11 lifters had "an outstanding day of lifting in front of the home crowd, breaking six total state and American records and four Summerland school reco...
The 2022 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School, Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26, featuring 11 of the top Class D powerlifting schools in the state. Three Summerland lifters competed in the championships. The small, but mighty, Summerland Bobcat team earned fourth place overall. Special trophies were awarded to the outstanding individual male and female lifters of the meet, based on the Wilkes coefficient index. The outstanding male lifter of...
Seven Summerland powerlifters competed at the 2022 Verdigre Powerlifting Meet, Feb. 26. They won three team awards, including girls' division, third; boys division, second and co-ed division, second. Matt Umphress and Jacob Behnk were crowned outstanding male lifters of the meet, based on strength index....
Jacob and Christian Behnk traveled to Peru, Saturday, Jan. 22, to compete in the Peru State Powerlifting Meet. More than 192 lifters competed in the meet. Jacob Behnk finished fifth in a group of 14 lifters in the 198-pound class. He finished with a 330-pound squat, 255-pound bench press, 415-pound deadlift and a 1,000-pound total. Christian Behnk earned third in the 275-pound class, with a squat of 220 pounds, bench press of 145 pounds and a 320-pound deadlift. His combined total was 685...
Jacob Behnk, of Clearwater, earns a second-place powerlifting medal, last weekend, at the Cornhusker State Games, in Lincoln. Behnk competed in the men’s raw teen 105 kg division at Lincoln Southeast High School. According to the event coordinator, this was the largest group of powerlifters to compete in the meet....
Summerland Board of Education approved two resignations from longtime employees during the board's April 12 meeting, in Clearwater. Letters of resignation from Nancy Harpster and Jeff Shabram were read at the meeting. Harpster has served as an administrative assistant at Ewing for 38 years and said she has had an opportunity to work with many "wonderful people," including students, parents, staff, administrators and board members. Harpster wrote, "I am going to miss those daily interactions at...
The 2021 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was Saturday, April 10, with an impressive line-up of 113 registered lifters from Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa representing 14 different teams. Thirty Summerland Bobcat powerlifters competed in this year's AAU Championships. "These 30 lifters had an outstanding day for the home crowd, breaking 10 total state and American records and every Summerland school record, not to mention each lifter setting numerous personal bests," said Coach Jeff Shabram. The e...
The 2021 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School this past Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27. The Summerland Bobcat lifters competed in the championships and came away with the high school boys, girls and co-ed team championship trophies! Coach Jeff Shabram said, "All Summerland lifters had impressive performances, with everyone setting personal bests. Also, every school record was either tied or broken," he said. Three special trophies were...
Fourteen lifters from the Summerland powerlifting team traveled to Midland University, in Fremont, Saturday, March 13, for the All-Class Nebraska High School Powerlifting Meet. Coach Jeff Shabram said the meet featured 174 lifters representing 17 teams, "with a lineup of excellent competition from some of the largest high schools in Nebraska." "The Bobcat lifters competed very well and did an excellent job in representing our school and communities." In the end, the Summerland boys' team...
