Elyse Foster (Indianola) accepts the Thomas Ediger Award on behalf of the Peru State Theatre during the Peru State College Student Senate Banquet held in April. .

The Cambridge Board of Education met on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. All board members were present.

Scout Pack #236 enjoyed a fun evening in Arapahoe when they got to build rockets and launch them in the air. Back row (l-r) Aiden Steinhour, Jaxtyn Soncksen, Emma Houser, Molly Leising. Front row (l-r) Jentzen Soncksen, Owen Houser, Jay Farquhar, Carolyn Farquhar, Lilian Farquhar, Madison Leising and Kaylee Leising.

The Southern Valley TeamMates were about 75 strong at their End of Year Breakfast! They met to celebrate the end of a great year and recognize their 8 seniors who recently graduated. Three of those seniors received TeamMates scholarships from the National Office to help with their education expenses. The chapter has grown to 42 matches this year, but still have another 23 kids who are signed up and waiting for a mentor to volunteer. If you have 30 minutes a day during the school year to meet with a student and play a game of UNO, we want YOU! Find out more or apply online at www.teammates.org to come join the fun and make a difference in our community

By Erin Laborie, Livestock Systems Extension Educator The horn fly is a major pest of pasture and rangeland cattle in Nebraska and throughout the U. S. Once horn fly numbers get above 200 flies per animal, cattle alter grazing patterns and behavior, reducing milk production and weight gain. In Nebraska, horn flies can be present on cattle well into September and early October, with thousands of flies per animal. Now is the time to develop or re-evaluate a horn fly management plan for 2024.

These Arapahoe elementary students earned 100 AR points in Reading and were rewarded with a pizza party during the last week of school. Front (l-r) Easton Strand, Cody Einspahr, Molly Leising, Abby Helms, and Nevaeh Wendland. Back (l-r) Elizabeth Magorian, Dax Hillman, Kinley Christensen and Elsie Strand.

These students at Southern Valley are the winners of the Oxford American Legion Coloring contest that was done by the womens auxiliary. .

During the Medicine Valley School Board on Monday, May 13, there was discussion regarding the use of cell phones in school. According to Superintendent Scott Trimble, several schools have opted to ban students from having access to them in the classroom.

The Southwest Public Schools Board of Education met on May 13th at 7:30 p.m. To begin the meeting board members approved the absences of Jason Kloepping and Jennifer McConville, the agenda, prior minutes as written, and various claims.

The Southern Valley Jr. Shooters 2024 Spring Trap season looks quite different than it ever has. This year the SV Jr. Shooters board voted to join the USA Clay Target League. This league has teams in all the lower 48 states which puts us into the Nebraska State High School Clay Target League. This is a relatively new league and currently there are only 6 Nebraska schools that compete, but there are 110 competitors. Southern Valley has 37 athletes registered, and are 3 weeks into league competition and currently have three shooters in the top 10. They decided to join this league for numerous reasons, the two main reasons being coaches felt the kids deserved better opportunities and needed a driving force to improve their skills. They felt it was important to join the league in it’s infancy versus waiting until it grew bigger, which they anticipate it to grow quickly. Prior to this year they have never competed before going to the Cornhusker State Trap in Doniphan which consists of over 2,500 athletes from 5 states; coaches felt these athletes needed more competition and overall skill and score improving versus practicing for 6 weeks for just one competition. What they are doing now is 2-3 weeks of practice, 6 weeks of competition, and one day of competing at the league state competition which will be in Doniphan on June 8th, 2024.