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The Lady Bobcat track team earned multiple medals at the North Central Sandhills Invite. The team traveled to Bassett for the meet, April 3. Summerland finished second in team standings, with 73 points. West Holt claimed the top spot, accumulating 154.5 points; Burke, South Dakota, finished third, with 62 points, followed by Ainsworth, 61 and North Central, 49. Hadley Cheatum was named outstanding female athlete at the conclusion of the meet. The University of South Dakota track commit earned...
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Summerland Public School, District 02-0115, Board of Education, will hold its regular board meeting on Monday, April 17, 2023, at 5:30 p. m. The public meetings will be held in the board room at 51293 857th Rd, Ewing, Nebraska. An agenda, kept continuously current, is available for inspection at the office of the superintendent during normal business hours. Additionally, a link to the agenda is available on the district’s website – District Inf...
Faith King, of Clearwater, has been awarded a Career Scholars Program Scholarship valued at $24,000 to continue her education at Wayne State College. King will be a graduate of Summerland High School in 2023. She is the daughter of Brian and Chantel King. King is involved in multiple extracurricular activities at Summerland School, including SkillsUSA, one-act play production, speech, Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society, Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Seminar, Cornhusker...
Summerland elementary students in grades four through six will have an opportunity to learn fundamental skills and techniques associated with track and field events during an upcoming clinic. The Summerland track and field team and coaches will host the clinic, Saturday, April 15, at noon. Beginning at 2:30, elementary students will be able to showcase newly-learned skills in a meet. Events available for competition include the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m races, long jump and shot put. Organziers...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2023 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was held Saturday, April 1 at the community center. "An awesome lineup of 160 registered lifters from across the Midwest competed," said organizer Jeff Shabram. "This year's meet was the largest sanctioned AAU meet ever in Nebraska, so three lifting platforms were required to accommodate the extremely large crowd in the Orchard gym. It was the 16th year for the Orchard meet." Twelve Summerland powerlifters competed Saturday. "These 12 lift...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP Summerland Public School March 27, 2023 Summerland Board of Education held a strategic planning workshop, Monday, March 27, 2023 at 6 p.m. at the school. President Steve Thiele called the meeting, which was advertised in the March 22, 2023, papers to order at 6 p.m. Thiele noted the Open Meetings Act psoted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Present: Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Scott Thiele, Steve thiele, Austin Twibell, Jeremy Wagner. All board members were present. Motion by...
Two Lady Bobcats returned to Summerland with two medals from the 2023 Dan Lennon Track Invitational, held at the University of South Dakota, in Vermillion, March 28. Senior standout Hadley Cheatum, a USD track commit for next season, earned bronze in the 60m hurdles, finishing in 9.88. She placed fifth in the 400m, running 1:02.86. Bailey Ahlers finished fourth in high jump, clearing five feet. In the majority of events, more than 100 athletes participated in the Class B division, featuring schools from Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa. Raina...
Summerland FFA Chapter members earned multiple awards at the 2023 FFA State Convention in Lincoln, March 29 - 31....
Cole Gaughenbaugh didn't always know he would become a teacher. The O'Neill St. Mary's graduate envisioned life as a chiropractor and enrolled in classes at Wayne State College in the fall 2019 semester. Seven months later, the pandemic struck. "The whole world got thrown for a loop," he said. Gaughenbaugh packed his bags and headed home, to O'Neill, to finish classes. He contemplated returning to college, deciding to seek a business degree. Call it divine intervention - or the Master's plan -...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2023 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School, Saturday, March 25. It featured 125 lifters representing 12 of the top Class D powerlifting schools in the state. "This was the largest Class D state powerlifting meet since 2005," said Jeff Shabram of Orchard. Class D schools represented included Blue Hill, Boyd County, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Centura, Fullerton, Harvard, Johnson-Brock, Niobrara/Verdigre, Red Cloud, Riverside,...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in regular session on March 13, 2023, at 7 p.m., at the City Hall. Notice of the meeting was published March 8, 2023, in the "Summerland Advocate-Messenger." An agenda was kept current and on file at the village clerk’s office. Chairman James Ramold called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Notice was given to the posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Dustin Jorgensen, Dustin Wright, Kane Fry and James Ramold. Absent was K...
Nebraska's powerlifting scene will bring the best of the best to Orchard. Set to take place April 1, the 2023 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet will be held at the Orchard Community Center gym, at 4th and Rusk streets. Lifting will begin at 9 a.m. Several Summerland-area lifters will compete in the event. In 2022, 118 lifters, representing 14 teams participated in the 15th annual event....
Summerland speech team members competing in last Thursday's Class C2 state championship in Kearney finished the season by earning superior ratings. Faith King finished ninth overall after preliminary rounds in informative speaking, with a presentation on nostalgia. King received a total of 143 speaking points out of a possible 150. Judges ranked her third, sixth and first in preliminary round competition. Olga Mendoza finished ninth overall after preliminary rounds in serious prose. She...
The Bobcat golf season will wait until April 5 to tee off for the 2023 season when the team competes in the CWC quad at Summerland. Tee time is set for 1 p.m. Originally, Summerland was scheduled to compete March 28, in a triangular with Niobrara/Verdigre and Santee. That meet has been postponed. The team will compete in Class C2, according to head coach Bill Tabbert. Kris Tabbert will serve as assistant high school coach and lead the junior high squad. Cole Gaughenbaugh, a student teacher at Summerland, will work with the team as a volunteer...
PLANNING WORKSHOP SUMMERLAND SCHOOL PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Summerland Public School, District 02-0115, Board of Education, will hold a strategic planning workshop Monday, March 27, 2023, at 6 p.m. The public meeting will be held in the board room at 51293 857th Rd, Ewing, Nebraska. An agenda kept continuously current is available for inspection at the office of the superintendent d...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION March 14, 2023 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. President Steve Thiele called the meeting, which was advertised in the March 8, 2023, paper, to order at 6:30 p.m. Thiele noted the open meeting act posted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Members present: Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Scott Thiele, Steve Thiele, Austin Twibell and Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Nordby, seconded by Scott Thiele, to approve...
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Students at Summerland School will see new faces next fall as three teachers and one paraprofessional offered letters of resignation at the school board’s March 14 meeting. After 23 years, family and consumer science teacher Becky Eickholt will retire at the end of the current school year. Elementary special education instructor Bonnie Mitchell submitted a letter of resignation, noting she accepted a position at Neligh-Oakdale Public School. Morgan Schrunk, fifth-grade teacher, tendered her r...
Faith King, Olga Mendoza and Adrienne Parker will be among the 1,153 competitors descending on Kearney, Wednesday through Friday, for the 2023 Nebraska School Activities Association State Speech Championships at Kearney High School. The three Bobcat speakers qualified for this week's Class C2 state competition last Wednesday, as 14 Summerland speech team members traveled to Plainview to compete in the C2-3 district speech competition. Seven students broke finals in 10 events. Following the...
Irelyn Bearinger, a Summerland freshman, has been selected to sing the National Anthem at the Nebraska Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference opening session, April 3, in Kearney. FBLA Advisor Patty Sukup said she was notified of Bearinger's selection Friday. Bearinger is the daughter of Tammy and Jarod Bearinger, of Clearwater....
Summerland fourth-grade boys won the Plainview tournament, March 5. Team members include (front row, l-r): Corver Schueth, Trig Kester, Mervin Mast, Porter Watson; (back row, l-r): coaches Dana Kester and Dan Kerkman, Grayson Rosedale, Caden Schueth, Michael Sonnenfelt, Colten Stearns, Patrick Wagner, Callum Whiting, Jaxson Kerkman and coach Alan Schueth. The fifth- and sixth-grade team earned the runner-up trophy at the Plainview tournament. Team members include (front row, l-r): Robert Mast,...
Preslie Robertson represented Summerland in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals held at the Sheldon Art Gallery in Lincoln on Sunday. To earn the spot, she won her classroom competition and then the school competition. She then recorded videos of two poems which were evaluated by program representatives. Eleven state finalists were chosen from video submissions. Though not among the top three award winners, Robertson stated that she was nervous at first, "but then just had fun with it." Winning...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF CLEARWATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES March 8, 2023 The Board of Trustees of the Village of Clearwater met for a regular meeting Wednesday, March 8, at 8 p.m., in the fire hall meeting room. Meeting opened at 8 p.m. Notice of meeting was given in advance by publication in “Summerland Advocate-Messenger” and notice was given to board members prior to meeting. Public was informed of location of Open Meeting Act poster. Present: Kelly Kerkman, Marsha Hart, Cody Kester, Brian King, Jeff Schlecht. Others present: Kyle Petersen, LuA...
Thirteen Summerland youth wrestlers will compete in the Nebraska USA Folkstyle State Wrestling Tournament, Saturday and Sunday, at the Heartland Event Center in Grand Island. Qualifiers from district competition include (front row, l-r): Stacey Snodgrass, third place; Mason McKillip, second place; Gabe Kester, second place; Gus Ahlers, third place; Honor Meyer, first place; Landyn Coffey, fourth place; Liam Gallagher fourth place; (back row, l-r): Savannah Gallagher, third place; Ava Cleveland,...
Niobrara Valley Conference officials released the all-conference wrestling lineup last week. One Summerland competitor, Ethan Kester, was named to the second team in the 126-pound division. First-team wreslters include Wyatt Fowler, North Central, 106; Dylan Furstenau, Neligh-Oakdale, 113; Carter Beckman, Elgin Public/Pope John, 120; Mason Nitz, Elkhorn Valley, 126; Isaac Eckert, EV, 132; Nathen Halsey, EV, 138; Mavrick Hagemann, EV, 145; Caleb Davis, West Holt, 152; Levi Drueke, NO, 160; Aiden...
