Articles from the May 4, 2023 edition
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Summerland commencement ceremony planned for Saturday
Circle May 6 on the calendar. Be prepared for increased traffic near Summerland School. Be on alert for selfie-seeking seniors donned in commencement caps and gowns. A graduation ceremony for the...
Finding independence under the Argentina sun
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...
Top athletes
Hadley Cheatum and Trevor Thomson receive the Bobcat outstanding senior athlete awards, Friday, during the school's athletic awards banquet....
-Isms: Views on life in rural America
I’ll keep it short and sweet this week. Someone once told me not a lot happens in our small towns every week. Working from a hospital bed for three days last week, I can tell you otherwise. I have a full page of articles to prep for upcoming p...
School financing: Did somebody really push the easy button?
It seems way too easy a solution to a problem that has plagued the Legislature for years, school funding. But lawmakers have advanced Governor Jim Pillen's proposal for the state to pay public school...
The case for iodized salt
Imagine how just over 100 years ago, nearly one-third of people in the upper Great Lakes and upper Midwest regions walked around with a goiter on their neck. A goiter is a lump on the throat, which...
In the Mailbag
Dear Editor: I am sure everyone who is getting the new underground fiber optics are excited about the new reliable services being installed in your local area. It will be great to finally have an end to the unreliable satellite dishes hanging on ever...
Budget proposal includes 2.3% spending increase
The Appropriations Committee advanced its finalized recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 biennial budget to the full Legislature. This proposal calls for an average increase of...
May Day is welcoming Earth's flower season
It seems like I've been waiting for months for this. Now it feels so good as I open my front door and feel the heat of the spring sun on my skin. I know that the soil in my garden, too, is feeling tha...
Sixth-grade class investigates careers
Summerland sixth-grade students held a career fair for the elementary school, April 24. Each sixth-grade student presented information on what is included in a career and provided hands-on...
Orchard man receives probation for terroristic threats
An Orchard man, who has spent most of 2023 in the county jail, was sentenced to specialized probation by a district court judge last week - along with time already served and restitution. Michael D. Fox, 37, appeared before the Honorable James Kube...
A new megadonor family is silently changing Nebraska political races
A Nebraska family has plowed more than $1.6 million into the Lincoln mayor's race, an unprecedented sum and latest burst in a multi-year deluge that, at the federal level, rivals the political...
Bobcat boys claim team title, girls finish second at Summerland Invitational
The Bobcat boys' track team scored 163 points en route to winning the team title at its April 25 home meet. North Central finished second, with 95 points and Boyd County finished third with 91. Trevor...
Classic Effort
Four Bobcat athletes represented Summerland at the 2023 Northeast Nebraska Track and Field Classic, April 27, at Norfolk Senior High School. Bailey Ahlers competed in high jump and earned a silver...
Golf team one away from trophy contention at conference meet
"It was a tough day for the Bobcats." That's how coach Bill Tabbert described competition at the Niobrara Valley Conference golf meet, held April 25, at the Antelope Country Club, in Neligh. The...
Runner-up
Summerland golf team members rebounded from the conference meet by earning the second-place trophy at the 2023 Osmond Invitational, held April 26 at Rolling Hills Golf Course....
Tracksters finish third in conference
Coach Shannon Schumacher's boys' and girls' track and field teams had a "fantastic showing" at Saturday's Niobrara Valley Conference meet in Atkinson. Both teams finished third in their divisions....
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ewing will be held Monday, May 8, at 7 p.m., at city hall and will be open to the public. An agenda is kept...
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF PAGE, NEBRASKA
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF PAGE, NEBRASKA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a meeting of the Chairman and Board of Trustees of the Village of Page, Nebraska, will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 8, 2023, at the village office. This meeting will be...
O'Neill woman's drug case goes to special court
A 22-year-old O’Neill woman has been given the opportunity to resolve her felony case through the North Central Problem Solving Court. Problem-solving courts are an alternate route through the criminal justice system for nonviolent drug-related o...
Junior Bobcats compete in West Holt Invite
The Summerland junior high golf team participated in the 2023 West Holt Junior High Invitational, April 27. More than 100 golfers competed in the tournament. Summerland 1 finished eighth in team standings, shooting 214. Summerland 2 ended in 17th...
Area students set to graduate from Wayne State College
Wayne State College will hold commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students on Saturday, May 6 in the college's historic Willow Bowl ampitheater. The graduate student ceremony will...
Upper Elkhorn NRD awards scholarships
Each year, the Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District awards three scholarships to graduating high school seniors in the district. "These are students who have chosen to pursue a career in a field related to agriculture, natural resources or the en...
Supreme court hears arguments in O'Neill
The Nebraska Supreme Court listened to arguments in two cases, April 27, in O'Neill, as part of Law Day. Twenty-six Summerland students, along with sponsors Dan Roeber and Patty Sukup, got a...
Artistic design - merit winners
Summerland students earned judge's merit awards at the Niobrara Valley Conference art show, held in Elgin last Thursday and Friday....
