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  • Sidney teacher receives NFBF award

    Jun 29, 2016

    LINCOLN – Two Nebraska teachers were awarded by the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation to an all-expense paid trip to the National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference, June 20-24 in Litchfield Park, Ariz. Anica Brown from Pound Middle School in Lincoln received the trip in conjunction with 2016 Teacher of the Year honors from the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation. Each year, the Foundation recognizes two outstanding teachers that incorporate agriculture into their classroom environments. “The conference deepened my understanding and com...

  • Fishing's Great

    Jun 29, 2016

    Cole Hanley found the bridge railing to be a perfect vantage point to fish at Legion Park Pond....

  • Keeping students active during the summer vacation

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Jun 29, 2016

    Cool Kids Club’s (CKC) partnership with the Cheyenne County Extension Office helps to keep students active during the summer. Each day, Haley Zabel, a University of Lincoln student and intern for the Extension office, puts together a curriculum based program geared to keep youth active. A scavenger hunt in the park Monday, helped CKC kindergartners learn about their five senses. “Learning about touch, “ said Zabel, “we asked kids to find things that were, hard, soft, smooth, rough, sticky, squishy and small.” Inside the brown paper sack stud...

  • Keep on Swimming

    Don Ogle|Jun 29, 2016

    A slip of her goggles could not slow Karalyn Stevens in the girls 100-freestyle during the Stingrays’ meet....