Articles from the April 29, 2021 edition
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Students earn SkillsUSA awards
Six Summerland School students earned state SkillsUSA medals. Awards were announced virtually, April 26. Competition took place between April 8 and 16. Three students earned gold medals, including...
Ewing Hall of Fame recipients announced
Two individuals who exemplify the definition of courage and service will enter the Ewing Hall of Fame. Sr. M. Joseph and Victor Funk will be honored during a May 30 barbecue, scheduled during the...
Time to hit the road Best of the Backroad Tour begins Saturday
A 10-county road trip, featuring more than 140 small businesses, including 11 Antelope County locations, begins Saturday and continues through Sept. 30.. The 2021 Best of the Backroad Tour of...
Thoendel completes teacher-in-training experience
LUANN SCHINDLER lschindler@ summerlandadvocate.com Brad Thoendel has always been interested in teaching. The Wayne State College senior, originally from rural Ewing, said he wasn't sure if he would...
State population growth mirrors nation percentages
Nebraska will retain three congressional seats, based on official 2020 U.S. Census data released Monday for purposes of congressional apportionment. The state’s population grew by 7.4%, with 1...
-Isms
What is enough? It's a deeply personal question, so I will give you a couple minutes to consider your answer. As Maria Shriver ponders in this week's edition of the Sunday Paper, "When do you know...
Property tax relief, school funding bills heard at statehouse
The Legislature passed the budget bills this past week. Governor Ricketts has five days (not counting Sunday) to decide whether to sign the legislation. The governor has the authority to line-item...
Briese bills debated during last week's legislative session
The Legislature debated several of my bills last week. On Tuesday afternoon, we debated my amendment to my LB 561, a bill to further define and implement the voter-approved initiative on casino...
Ricketts touts budget bill
Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a two-year state budget promoting tax relief and controlling state spending, into law, Monday. Budget growth was limited to 1.7% and set at $9.7 billion for the two-year peri...
Dynamic duo
Irelyn Bearinger and Talya Nilson placed second in duet acting/duo interp at the West Holt junior high speech invitational, Saturday, after losing a tie-breaker by points in the two-round, no-finals...
O'Neill man sentenced to 30 days for sexual assault of child
A 56-year-old O’Neill man, who was convicted earlier this year of third-degree sexual assault of a child, was sentenced Monday by the Honorable Mark Kozisek in the Holt County district courtroom. Kozisek ordered Ronald J. Ross Jr. to serve 30 days i...
NGPC programs seeking new enrollments
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is looking to provide additional hunting and fishing opportunities on private lands through its Open Fields and Waters Program. Landowners willing to allow...
Tracksters earn medals at Wausa Invite
Bobcat track team members brought home medals in four events from the Tom Martin/Wausa Invite, held April 22, in Pierce. Hadley Cheatum was a triple medal winner, securing medals in the 400m, 800m...
Bobcats finished third in quadrangular
The Creighton Bulldogs shot 176 to win the CWC golf quad, April 21, at the Summerland Golf Course. Braxton Brockhaus shot 37 to pace Creighton and teammate Gage Burns finished second, carding a 40....
Junior high golfers win triangular
Dalton Rotherham and Coy Wickersham tied for second, shooting 44, at Friday’s junior high golf invite at Bassett. Kol Otten, of North Central shot 42 to take top honors. Corbin Gillis, NC, finished f...
Honor student
Erin Schwager, of Orchard, a student at Wayne State College, was recently honored by two academic groups at the college. On April 19, she was inducted into Cardinal Key, the women's honor society and...
Bearinger finishes 13th at Osmond Invite
Daley Bearinger shot 95, 12 strokes off the lead, to finish 13th at Saturday’s Osmond Golf Invite, at Rolling Hills Country Club at Wausa. The Bobcats shot 403 and finished seventh in the 13-team f...
First communion held at St. Peter's, St. John's churches
St. John the Baptist church, in rural Clearwater, held the sacrament of first Communion, Sunday. Participating in the ceremony were (above, l-r): Father John Norman; Caden Schueth, son of Allen and...
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION CLEARWATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Clearwater Historical Society, Inc., (the “corporation”), a Nebraska nonprofit corporation, has been organized as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of Nebraska with the following registered agent and off...
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF CLEARWATER
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Clearwater will be held Monday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m., at the fire hall meeting room and will be open to the public. An agenda for the regular meeting is kept...
NOTICE OF MEETING COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS A COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA
Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska will hold a County Board of Equalization meeting in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska on Tuesday, M...
NOTICE OF MEETINGS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 2021
Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska will hold meetings in the County Commissioner’s meeting room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska on the following dates and times: May 4...
20-year-old man submits waiver to pot charge after arrest
SANDY SCHROTH sschroth@ summerlandadvocate.com San Oo, of Omaha, pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana, less than one ounce, first offense, committed in September 2020, by waiver. But the waiver came only after an arrest warrant was served. The...
4-H council announces scholarship recipients
The Holt County 4-H Council recently announced recipients of the 2021 4-H Council senior scholarship. Jordyn Laible and Logan Sanford will each receive a $500 scholarship contingent upon the receipt...
Students perform at district music competition
Summerland - Orchard students presented group and individual pieces at district music competition, Friday, at West Holt. According to director Emily Heithoff, both band and choir received a two, or...
