Articles from the October 31, 2019 edition
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Education opportunities, efficiencies fuel consolidation
"Strong schools attract families and feed a town." The observation, made by Cross County Superintendent Brent Hollinger, showcases how the idea of a cornfield school benefits educational...
-Isms
Most of us have one, that single being who keeps us grounded and offers support even when we don't deserve it. I'm talking about man's - and woman's - best friend that is not of the canine...
Alternative Assessment
When I submitted my column this past month, I presented the piece to one of my education professors to receive her input. As luck had it, the dissertation she spent three years researching and...
Letter to the Editor
I am a 78-year-old supporter of the school bond. We have an opportunity to unite three communities in one great school, keeping students close to home for all of us, while offeirng a better education. Please consider joining me and voting yes on the...
Letter to the Editor
I am a Page resident, grandparent of students, and landowner in the Orchard district. I think there were 103 kids in the Page school when my kids started there in 1993. A few years later, families started transferring out as classes got smaller....
Holt County district judge hands down sentences in drug cases
Andy J. Casperson, 41, of Norfolk was sentenced on two counts in the Holt County district court last Monday, Oct. 21. The Honorable Mark Kozisek ordered Casperson serve two years on probation for...
Harvest supper scheduled in Page
The annual Page United Methodist Church Harvest Supper will be Thursday, Nov. 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Country fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, dinner roll, salad bar and pie...
Renegades lasso Cyclones in regular season finale
Eli Macke found the endzone first, on a 20-yard run, giving the Cyclones their only lead of the evening, in a 57-14 loss to CWCE, Oct. 24. After Macke's score, the Renegades offense took control,...
Region's top honor musicians, vocalists perform at Northeast Community College
The Norfolk campus of Northeast Community College was filled with the sound of music early last week, as a number of the region's top high school musicians and vocalists had the opportunity to...
Bobcats drop conference championship match
The first set of the Niobrara Valley Conference championship belonged to the Summerland Bobcats, who battled back for a 26-24 win. But the next three sets were dominated by CWC, who repeat as...
Summerland picks up subdistrict first round win
Summerland swept Crofton in three sets in the first round of subdistrict play, Oct. 28, in Neligh. The Bobcats took the first set, 25-19 and added wins of 25-15 and 25-8 en route to a second round...
Students recognized for first quarter grades
Orchard Public School released its first quarter academic honors recently. Students receiving all A's are named to the principal's honor roll, including Cody Wickersham, Wyatt Shabram, Connor...
Clearwater Public announces first quarter honor roll
Six Clearwater students earned all A's during the first quarter of the 2019-20 school year. Named to the principal's list were Ava Rittscher, Lenora Kester, Hunter Klabenes, Aislynn Kester, Adyson...
Woman sent to jail on assault, truancy charges
An O’Neill woman was sentenced to jail when she faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom last Tuesday, Oct. 22. Jacqueline R. McHenry, 49, appeared on charges in three cases. Burdick sent her to the county jail for 45 days, with...
$50 drug sale results in eight-year prison sentence
A former Holt County resident will spend several years imprisoned in Nebraska Department of Corrections facility after recent convictions. Last week’s convictions cleared several cases dating back more than a year from both the district and county c...
Check your smoke alarms
As area residents prepare to fall back with the end of Daylight Saving Time, local fire departments remind everyone to check batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors and to test that th...
Bernadine Walnofer
A funeral Mass for Bernadine Walnofer, 87, of O'Neill, will be at Monday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m., at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ewing with burial to follow at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, south...
Two apply for Antelope County commissioner seats
Two Antelope County residents have submitted applications to fill the seats of recently recalled county commissioners Allan Bentley and Tom Borer. As of press time Tuesday afternoon, Antelope County Clerk Lisa Payne had received two applications,...
