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Clearwater industrial technology students attended the Niobrara Valley Conference tech day, Feb. 12. Rafe Grebin earned two top awards, finishing first in the building construction and welding tests. Colby Hupp finished first in computer aided drafting, while Lena Bolling ended second and Emily Ahlers, fourth. The quiz bowl team, comprised of Grebin, Anthony Umphress, Hupp and Trenton Fletcher finished second. In the high school airplane hang time contest, Grebin ended third and Umphress, fourth. Christian Behnk won the junior high airplane...
Cyclones speech team members have been fine-tuning performances for competition. Jackie Olivan displays a first-place medal she won at the Stuart Speech Invite, Feb. 8. Olivan, a member of the OC Speech team, was the lone medalist for the Cyclone team. Cyclone junior varsity speakers earned hardware in the novice division at Saturday's Wausa Invite. (l-r): Earning medals were Jacob Behnk, sixth, entertainment speaking; Brynna Umphress, fifth, duet acting; Faith King, fifth, duet acting and...
Summer Schroeder, of Clearwater, has been awarded a dean's commitment scholarship, valued at $2,000, to continue her education at Wayne State College. Summer, the daughter of Brian and Kam Schroeder, will graduate from Ewing Public School in May 2020. Schroeder is involved in multiple activities, including volleyball, basketball, track, student council, National Honor Society, TeamMates, choir, art Future Business Leaders of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Ewing Letterman's...
Orchard eighth-grade students are named artist of the week. Instructor Shannon Schumacher said students recently made tape sculptures. "Students had to wrap each other in plastic wrap, part by part. Then they would cover the plastic wrap with clear tape. When finished with tape, they cut it off and started assembling bodies....
Ewing speechsters brought home hardware in six events and the varsity team ended seventh of 15 teams at Saturday’s Stuart Speech Invitational. In varsity competition, Katie Hawk and Sidney Stallbaum earned silver in duet acting. Hawk teamed with Skylar Eacker, Liz Nordby, Kyra Nilson and Emily Nordby to earn the silver medal in oral interpretation of drama. Allison Schrunk picked up the bronze medal in informative speaking. Stallbaum ended sixth in persuasive speaking. She was unable to p...
Katie Hawk, a senior at Ewing Public Schools, recently won the school's Poetry Out Loud competition. Ewing Public Schools participates in the program annually. Students memorize two poems and recite them. One judge scores accuracy, while a panel of judges rate each student on physical presence, voice and articulation, dramatic appropriateness, evidence of understanding and overall performance. In addition to Hawk, Olga Mendoza finished second and Adrienne Parker, third. Other classroom winners...
Members of the Orchard junior class will host a prom closet dress exchange, Saturday, from 1 to 6 p.m., at the Handlebend building in O'Neill. Individuals wanting to sell or donate gently used prom dresses may drop them off at Orchard High School, Clearwater High School, KBRX or Joy Boutique in O'Neill, The Salty Blonde Salon in Atkinson or Antelope County News in Neligh. Individuals who are selling dresses are reminded to fill out a dress card, available at The Prom Closet: Formal Dress...
Members of the Orchard FFA chapter competed in District 4 livestock judging recently. The junior team finished fifth of 16 teams. Levi Cronk finished 13th with 440; Maddy Melcher, 19th, 439; Cassidy Bearinger, 14th, 436; Dillon Moser, 41st, 417; Logan Mueller, 38th, 421 and Ty Rix, 60th, 397. The senior team ended 11th of 15 teams. Competitors included Joseph Ferris, 91st, 328; Collin Mullins, 80th, 421; Gage Switzer, 67th, 452; Taelyn Switzer, 12th, 525 and Kaci Wickersham, 27th,...
The stereotype was established more than a century ago. Home economics curriculum focused on making life at home more efficient and included coursework covering nutrition, cooking, sewing construction and child care. In fact, The Morrill Act of 1862, which established land-grant colleges, led to the offering of domestic science courses adapted for farmers' wives, who were expected to maintain the household while assisting with the family farm. By 1945, home economics leaders pushed for the...
Two hundred twenty-seven students completed their degree, diploma or certificate programs in Summer and Fall 2019 from Northeast Community College. One hundred-fifty completed during the fall term while another 70 completed in the summer. Area students receiving degrees include Faith Woslager, Clearwater, Associate of Science Degree; Stacy Long, Ewing, Associate of Science Degree; Blake Kester, Clearwater, Associate of Applied Science Degree in agriculture - diversified ag and Caleb Krebs,...
Christen Curtis, of Royal and a Creighton Community School FFA member, finished second in district four juniors competition, held recently at the Chuck M. Pohlman Agriculture Complex at Northeast Community College in Norfolk. Four hundred eighty-eight contestants from 43 schools participated in the event. Michael Roeber, agriculture/livestock judging instructor at Northeast, said teams could have up to eight members, with the top four scores counted. “The top 25% of the teams in the district contest qualified for the state competition, which w...
A meeting of the Summerland Oversight/Board Committee will be held Wednesday, Feb.12, 2020, at 6p.m. at Orchard Public School. Agenda items include: 1. Review design of new school 2. Review the project timeline 3. Review bond strategy 4. Update on negotiations 5. Other Possible discussion topics: curriculum, technology, policy, staffing and transportation 6. Adjourn The tentative agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of distribution. A copy of the agenda reflecting any changes will be available for public inspection at the...
Niobrara Valley Conference officials recently announced names of students who qualified for the NVC Principal's All-Academic Team for 2019-2020. To be eligible, students must be a junior or senior with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or above. Seven Clearwater students were named to the list, including Kierra Bearinger, Lauren Behnk, Taylor Ann Bolling, Tyler Hupp, James Kester, seniors; and Hunter Klabenes and Eli Thiele, juniors. Nine Ewing students received recogniton including...
Congratulations to the Clearwater High School Quiz Bowl Team for winning the first match in the KTCH Radio Quizbowl Competition. The match began with Clearwater getting the first question. They racked up a point by correctly answering zinc as the element with the symbol “Zn” on the periodic table. David City countered by correctly answering nickel as the element with the symbol “Ni.” The Clearwater team was then asked the author of “Around the World in 80 Days,” which sadly they could not respond “Jules Verne.” This gave David City the lead,...
Rafe Grebin, a Clearwater junior, created an art speaker box. Grebin designed the speaker box in Shannon Schumacher's art class, built it in shop class and painted it in art class in the style of Jackson Pollock....
The TeamMates program always appreciates the adult mentors for giving time to be there for students in our communities. January is National Mentoring Month and a time we especially want to recognize and express our gratitude to them. Mentors understand their role is to be dependable, engaged, authentic and tuned in to the needs of the mentee. Studies show that mentees benefit from meeting with an extra encouraging adult, but what do mentors get out of the experience? Several Clearwater-Orchard mentors share their thoughts. Kate Watson When I...
Taylor Ann Bolling, a senior at Clearwater, is artist of the week. She is displaying two pieces she created. The one on the left is a large scratch art created from a personal photograph of Taylor and her friend, Emily. The second is a spray paint art project of outer space. Taylor used a large leaf she found outside the school so it was on something different than paper....
Ewing Public School announces students who landed on the 4.0, 3.5 and 3.0 honor rolls for the first semester of the 2019-2020 school year....
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;...
Area students have received scholastic honors for the fall 2019 semester. Wayne State College Wayne State College included more than 1,000 students on the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the past semester. Students listed are full-time undergraduate students who have achieved a 3.5 grade-point average or above on a 4.0 scale. An asterisk denotes a 4.0 GPA for the term. Area students on the list include Travis Rudloff * and Taylor Sanne, Clearwater; Skylar Reynolds, Jaidyn Schindler, Brad Thoendel, Alex Thramer and Derek T...
January is National Mentoring Month and Clearwater-Orchard TeamMates will host a soup supper, Friday, Jan. 24, in Orchard, to coincide with mentor/mentee recognition. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. and continue until 9 in the FCS room at the school. Chili, creamy chicken noodle and potato soups, sandwiches, bars and a drink will be served for a freewill donation....
Second quarter and first semester honor roll recipients from Clearwater Public Schools have been announced....
Orchard Public Schools has released names of students who qualified for second quarter and first semester honor rolls....
With regrets, the Ewing Board of Education accepted the resignation of science instructor Krista Holliday during the Jan. 13 meeting. Holliday's tenure at Ewing begin in the 1996-1997 school year. In her letter of resignation, Holliday wrote, "It is with remorse and excitement I submit this letter of resignation. Remorse because I am leaving a great institution and workplace behind and excitement because to retire at an early age in the career of my choice marks a personal goal complete." She...
It takes confidence to stand in front of a crowd and sing. It takes even more confidence to perform songs that challenge and push you to be a better performer. Area musicians had the opportunity to build their confidence Monday, as students from Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard choirs participated in the 75th annual Albion Choral Clinic, along with 275 students from 17 area schools. While Ewing may be the new kids on the block - students have attended for two years - Clearwater and Orchard choir me...
