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The Centurion Speech Team returned from the Class C2 state contest on March 26th ranked number four in its class and holding its first individual gold in almost forty years. “This is our first gold since 1989,” noted Centura Head Speech Coach Kris Simon on Monday, “and actually our second ever.” In 1989, Celeste Ripp took the gold in Serious Prose.

COUNTY ROADS DEPT. UNVEILS On Friday, March 27th, the new Howard County Roads Department north of St.

Dry conditions, strong winds, and early-season heat led to a cluster of large, fast-moving grassland wildfires in western Nebraska in the month of March, burning an estimated 900,000 acres of pastureland over the last two weeks.

BROEDY STARKEY MEMORIAL EASTER EGG HUNT Over 10,000 eggs gathered at annual hunt More than 10,000 eggs were gathered Sunday at the Broedy Starkey Memorial Easter Egg Hunt, marking the largest number in the event’s five-year history. On Sunday, in the pastures surrounding the home of Broedy’s father, Mike Starkey, in rural Cushing, thousands of eggs were collected in just under two hours.

The Elba Bluejays continued to prove that they have the manpower to pick up points on the oval last week. On Thursday, the Bluejays joined eleven other teams at the Arcadia/ Loup City Invite, with both the boys’ and the girls’ teams having strong showings at the Rebels’ meet.

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Ten Years Ago, 2016 The Central Valley speech team has done well this season…At the State Class D-1 Contest on March 24th, two Cougars won medals. Chase Davis placed third in serious prose and Graeme Cuizon was fourth in poetry.

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