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The 2020 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was June 27, nearly three months after the original April 4 date set on the calendar. Twenty-two Summerland Bobcat powerlifters competed in this year's AAU championships, bringing home the first place team trophy. "These 22 lifters had an outstanding day for the home crowd, setting numerous personal bests and even some state records. The entire field of competition saw eight different lifters set a total of 34 state records and one American record on...
A quest to visit all 531 incorporated towns in Nebraska has turned into a geography lesson for residents of the state. University of Nebraska-Omaha college students Seth Varner and Austin Schneider, of Wahoo, got the idea after college classes moved to online learning in March, when the coronavirus pandemic curbed traditional learning and sent college students back home for the semester. The statewide road trip is similar to a venture Varner took with his dad nearly a decade ago. "We were going...
KIERRA BEARINGER Members of the school board, administrators, faculty, staff, parents, family, friends and members of the class of 2020: I would like to start off by thanking everyone in attendance - whether in person or virtually – for helping to celebrate the ending of our high school career and the beginning of the next chapter of our lives. It has truly been a crazy road to get to this day, but we made it and we are here. Many changes have occurred since we began our first day of kindergarte...
The inaugural school board meeting of the new Summerland School District featured a flurry of firsts, when its six members gathered in Orchard, June 9. Since the passage of a consolidation bond issue in November, the oversight/board committee has been working behind the scenes, preparing for the district's first official day, which was Saturday, when the agreement for Nebraska Unified District #1 expired. After taking the oath of office, the group elected its first president. Ed Nordby, of...
The family of Marvin Haswell request a card shower to celebrate his 90th birthday on June 27. His family includes wife, Maxine; sons, Scott (Sherilyn) of Delavan, WI, Brett (Cheryl) of Aledo, TX, daughter, Angela (Larry) Kummer of Creighton, NE; 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Cards will reach Marvin at P.O. Box 94 • Orchard, NE 68764....
SANDY SCHROTH sschroth@ summerlandadvocate.com Rebecca L. Preister, 32, of Oakdale faced the Honorable Donna Taylor Wednesday, June 3, for a preliminary hearing on a Class 3A felony count of third-degree assault on an officer. Pursuant to a plea agreement with county attorney Joseph Abler, she pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of resisting arrest, a Class 3 misdemeanor. Taylor ordered a presentence investigation and set sentencing Aug. 5. Bond filed May 18, in the amount of $50,000, 10% cash, is continued. According to an affidavit, officers...
Gage Clifton and Madleen Reipen are named Orchard Public School top male and female senior athlete of the year, respectively. Clifton participated in basketball and golf. Reipen competed in volleyball and basketball and was set to compete in track before she returned to Germany, due to the pandemic....
According to the New York Public Library directors, “The Snowy Day” is the most checked out book from their collection. Using data retrieved from their circulatory system, they were able to compile this information. Both the Orchard Public Library and the Clearwater Public Library use computer systems to keep track of all their information. The systems keep track of all books in a library’s circulation, when a book is checked out or renewed and the number of times a book is checked out. Conco...
The Orchard public swimming pool will finally open after the Orchard Village Board of Trustees made the decision during its June 2 meeting. If all goes according to plan, pool manager Anita Tabbert will open the pool June 22. At the end of May, previous restrictions placed on swimming pools were lifted and looser rules were put into effect, starting June 1. The Orchard pool will follow the latest directed health measures. "The biggest change is limiting the number of people in the doors and...
A global pandemic, social distancing and threat of a thunderstorm didn't keep the senior class at Orchard Public Schools from walking across a makeshift stage to accept their diplomas, June 6. Family members watched from seats on the football field, as Chance Boelter, Gage Clifton, Ira Lampert, Eli Macke, Houston Marino and Gage Switzer became the last class to graduate from OPS. Exchange students Silvia Bode-Garcia and Madleen Reipen were not present. Both students returned to their respective...
Charlie Henery, chairman of the Antelope County board of commissioners, told his peers, when they met at the courthouse last Tuesday, June 2, that the condition of a road north of Clearwater embarrassed him. Discussion on 854 Road began as commissioner Eli Jacob asked the road superintendent his timeline for grinding a two mile stretch of 516 Avenue, from Clearwater north to the cemetery. Road boss Aaron Boggs said he first needed to know "where we're going with it." "Well, we either have to...
Graduation different in midst of pandemic CHANCE BOELTER Valedictorian Family, friends, faculty and staff, welcome to the commencement ceremony for the graduating class of 2020. Thank you to those that were able to make it today, and I am so sorry to those that aren't able to join us under these special circumstances. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands in time of challenge and...
Antelope County road personnel will start work on 516 Avenue, north of Clearwater, Monday, June 15. The road will be closed from Highway 275 to 854 Road. Motorists are asked to detour to 519 Avenue - the Royal road - or 513 Avenue - the Orchard road. Antelope County road superintendent Aaron Boggs said, "854 Road between 515 and 516 Avenue, will remain closed to thru traffic also....
In an unconventional year, graduation ceremonies at Orchard Public Schools will have a different look June 6, due to directed health measures in effect. Commencement exercises will begin at 2 p.m., on the football field. Members of the class of 2020 include Silvia Bode, Chance Boelter, Gage Clifton, Ira Lampert, Eli Macke, Houston Marino, Madleen Reipen and Gage Switzer. Bode and Reipen, exchange students, have returned their homes. Class members selected purple and silver as class colors, with...
The Holt County 4-H public speaking contests were originally scheduled for April, but due to COVID-19, for the first time the contest was held virtually. Junior division winner, with a purple ribbon, was Eisley Mlady, Atkinson. Emersyn Mlady, Atkinson, was named intermediate division champion. Carlee Jo Livingston, Orchard, earned the reserve title. Landyn Mlady, Atkinson, won the senior division. Public service announcement junior division champion went to Brooke Carey, Atkinson. In the intermediate division, Miya Carey, Atkinson, was named...
Associate degree nursing and practical nursing students were recognized for receiving their nursing pins during a special ceremony recently at Northeast Community College in Norfolk. During a normal year, nursing students receive their pins from family members and close friends who have helped them along their journey. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was necessary for the ceremony to be broadcast virtually this year. Amanda Schaaf, of Orchard, received the associate degree nursing...
Orchard High School will have its graduation ceremony, Saturday, June 6, at 2 p.m., on the football field. Graduates will have a limited number of invited guests and they will be the only ones allowed to sit outside on the field in attendance. If the weather is inclement, graduation will be moved to the gymnasium, same date and time, also with limited numbers of invited guests in attendance....
Plan to pick up dinner, June 12, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church drive-through Windsor loin supper. Serving will begin at 5 and continue until 7 p.m., at 230 Cherry Street, in Orchard. Windsor loin, hash brown casserole, homemade buns, macaroni salad and dessert will be served for a freewill donation, with $10 per plate suggested. Pickup will be available north of the fellowship hall....
Orchard Public schools recently announced award winners in scholastic courses. Scholarships and Awards - Denise Meyer Marine Corp Award for Male Distinguished Athlete: Gage Clifton Scholarships: Chance Boelter • UNK Distinguished Scholar Award - $3,000/year/4 years • Northeast Community College Dean’s Scholarship - $500 Gage Clifton • O & G Kammerer Scholarship to UNL - $500 • Bank of Orchard Scholarship - $500 • Loren Wilson Family Academic/Sports Scholarship - $100 Ira Lampert • Susan Thompson Buffett Scholarship - $2,350/semest...
Tessa Glatte, of Orchard, received a Bachelor of Science Degree in biomechanics, from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Glatte graduated cum laude during the May 8 virtual ceremony....
In what may well become Antelope County's first election by mail resulted in voter turnout of 47.62%, according to county clerk Lisa Payne. Of the 4,488 registered voters in the county, 2,137 individuals cast their choice for candidates, with 1,751 early voting ballots. Three hundred eighty-six were cast at polling sites across the county. Incumbent Eli Jacob, of Clearwater, received 153 votes for district two commissioner, while Bob Krutz, of Orchard, finished with 132 votes. Donald Lallier, of...
Nebraska School Activities Association recently released student recipients of the Spring 2019-20 Nebraska Chriopractic Physicans Association Academic All-State award. To be nominated, a student must be a varsity player or organizational leader who has played a significant role during the season and must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 93%, or 3.7, on a four-point scale. Area students honored include James Kester and Eli Thiele, Clearwater, boys' track and field; Charlie Anson...
The 47th commencement of Northeast Community College will take place Saturday, May 16, at 10 a.m. Due to ongoing directed health measures that are in effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's event will be a virtual ceremony. As of May 4, some 891 students, including those earning more than one degree, and 220 who completed their studies this past summer and fall, are listed in the commencement program. The 891 students earned 983 degrees; 59 students earned two degrees, 12 earned three...
Orchard school board members completed their final business for the school Monday, May 4. Orchard advisory board members Candice Hoke, Nate Schwager, Kristi Schutt and DeAnna Clifton were joined by Unified District #1 representatives Terri Hergert and Terra Williby to wrap up district business remotely via Zoom. Hoke and Schwager will continue to serve as board members on the new Summerland consolidated district’s board of education, while tenures of the other board members will end when the new board is seated in June. The only official b...
Members of Nebraska Unified District #1 board answered roll call for the final time, May 11, as the board held its last meeting before the three member schools go separate ways. Clearwater and Orchard will become part of Summerland Public Schools, along with Ewing. Verdigre will operate on their own next year. President Peggy Liska called the meeting to order, with four members present. Marty Konopasek, of Verdigre, was excused. Superintendent Dale Martin discussed a waiver of Nebraska Departmen...
