April 2024

Newman Grove FFA members will be involved in many contests and activities at the Nebraska State FFA Convention this week, April 3-5, in Lincoln. State FFA Degree recipients from Newman Grove will be Trent Patzel, Austin Wiese, Cora Patzel and Christyan Anderson.

Expenses for ball field improvements and repair work for the city swimming pool were approved by the St. Edward City Council during its regular meeting Monday night, April 1.

Cindy Sorensen, social services director at Cloverlodge Care Center, St. Edward, was honored on her retirement from the facility with an open house event there Monday, April 1.

The Boone Central track/field teams opened their outdoor season with the Mansfield Invite in Albion March 28, 2024. After the (hopefully) last blast of winter roared through the area on Monday, the meet was postponed from Tuesday to Thursday.

Riverside continued the early portion of the 2024 track and field season at the Pleasanton Dick O’Neill Memorial Invitational held at Kearney High School. In tough fields of competing teams the Charger boys placed 4th with 50 points and the Lady Chargers finished 13th.

The St. Edward varsity track/ field teams continued their season this past Thursday, March 28, at the Osceola Invite. Some schools had been dropped out and added in because of a reschedule, but the athletes were able to complete the competition.

2024 Pleasanton Dick O’Neill Memorial Invitational 4- Riverside 50, 5Central Valley 42, 6- Ansley-Litchfield 34, 7- Amherst 27, 8- Shelton 18, 9- Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 5, 10- Pleasanton 3, 11- Arapahoe 2, 12- Sandhills/Thedford 1 Event winners & Riverside placewinners or best finish 100M Dash: 1- Kulhanek (Over), 10.69; 3- Jack Molt (Riv), 11.11 200M Dash: 1- Kulhanek (Over), 22.61; 2- J. Molt (Riv), 23.25 400M Dash: 1- Kulhanek (Over), 50.07; 20- Jordan Dodds (Riv), 1:02.90 800M Run: 1- Lopez (Ax), 2:06.52; 9- Turner Heikes (Riv), 2:22.34 1600M Run: 1- Hanson (Ax), 4:58.16 3200M Run: 1- Hanson (Ax), 10:48.00 110M Hurdles: 1- Halvorsen (Ax), 15.78; 7- Nicholas Berger (Riv), 18.10 300M Hurdles: 1- Halvorson (Ax), 41.05; 4- Drew Carraher (Riv), 45.32 4x100M Relay: 1- Kearney, 45.03; 2- Riverside (Berger, D.

Boone-Nance County 4-H teams were again among the best in the annual 4-H Horse Bowl, which was held during the Nebraska State 4-H Horse Stampede on the UNL East Campus, March 23. The Boone-Nance intermediate team of Tinsley Neidhardt, Josie Rother, Lora Sonderup, Luke Sonderup and Dorothy Smith outlasted all their competitors to capture the championship in their division, according to Steve Pritchard, Extension educator and coach.

Plans are being finalized for the 2024 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska, scheduled for June 7 and 8 in Scotts Bluff County near Minatare. This annual event raises funds for cancer research, showcasing rural Nebraska, and the love of beef..

A March ice and windstorm whipped through Cornhusker Public Power District’s service area on Monday, March 25, causing approximately 2,800 meters to be without power, many for two days. The storm started the morning of March 25 and did not let up until the evening of Tuesday, March 26.