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74 graduating Saturday

74 graduating Saturday

Clay County will see 74 students graduate Saturday May 8, in three separate ceremonies.

Beginning at 2 p.m., Harvard and Sandy Creek seniors will walk into their respective schools for the last time as students, while Sutton seniors will do the same at 4 p.m.

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Twenty-four students will earn their diplomas this weekend. Their class flower is a white rose.

Salutatorian is Ben Okraska; the Valedictorian is Ashley Nierman.

 

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Five students named champions at state journalism

Five students named champions at state journalism

Several students earned medals at the state journalism competition April 26 in Norfolk, with five placing first.

As a team, Harvard place sixth, with Sandy Creek earning seventh in the Clas C competition.

Kinzee Derr, Infographic; Ashley Nierman, Newspaper Feature Writing; Zahna Reutzel, Newspaper News Writing, all of Harvard, and the duo of Kyle Holeman and Avery Essink, Broadcast Public Service Announcement, placed first.

 

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Sutton planning and zoning approves 4 items for Sutton Council to consider

Sutton planning and zoning approves 4 items for Sutton Council to consider

St. Mary’s Catholic Church has submitted an application for a special exception use permit to operate a daycare within the facility. FILE PHOTO | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Members of the Sutton Planning and Zoning Committee met at Sutton’s City Hall on Wednesday, April 21 to consider four agenda items, three zoning permits and a special exception.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church submitted an application for a special exception use permit in an effort to open a daycare facility within the church.

Since the church is in a residential zone within the community, the special exception was needed to operate the potential daycare business within a residential area.

In the request, the church stated that a daycare for up to 12 kids is proposed to operate in the basement of the church hall. A kitchenette will be added for food service to the kids, as well as a playground on the grounds of the church. Members of the planning and zoning approved the request and passed it along to the Sutton City Council, which will discuss the application during it’s Monday, May 10, meeting.

 

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Spring fieldwork going full speed ahead

Spring fieldwork going full speed ahead

With the spring season starting to warm up the midwest, the start of the spring planting season has come to the forefront for many area ag producers. 

 

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Graduation section coming soon

Graduation section coming soon

The annual graduation section will be published in the May 5 edition.

 

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Countdown to fast-lane fun

Countdown to fast-lane fun

Youth and adults alike appeared to have a good time during the Sutton Cub Scouts Pack 164 “Past, resent and Future” pinewood derby races at the Sutton Fire and Rescue Department Saturday. Vetran and new cars raced down the track while kids sat along the sideline, as shown here, cheering on he cars as they went by. Boy Scout members include Rexx Meyer, Billy Meyer, Caleb Walters, Demetri keler, and Kyhler Gibbs. 

 

 

 

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SHDHD reports 30 cases in past week; positivity climbs

On Monday, South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported 30 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past seven days (April 13-19), bringing the cumulative number of cases in the four-county health district to 4,791.

The new confirmed cases for the seven-day period were 21 in Adams County, one in Clay County, and eight in Webster County. By county, the new cumulative totals are: 3,078 cases in Adams, 754 cases in Clay, 548 cases in Nuckolls, and 411 cases in Webster.

Bever also reported on overall positivity (number of positive tests divided by the number of tests performed). “In the health district for the week ending April 17, positivity increased to 4.1 percent compared to 3.1 percent the week before. If we look only at community testing, the positivity is 10 percent, up from 9.4 percent the previous week,” she said.

 

 

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Midnight house fire causes minor damage to Clay Center home early Monday

Midnight house fire causes minor damage to Clay Center home early Monday

Firefighters and EMS personnel search the roof of the home to ensure the fire is out while others standby. COURTESY PHOTO | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Midnight house fire causes minor damage to Clay Center home early Monday

Fire erupts out of a hole it created in the east portion of the home Monday night. COURTESY PHOTO | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Shortly after midnight Monday, April 19, the Clay County 911 Center received a 911 call reporting an active structure fire in the 300 block of Clay Ave. in Clay Center.

The caller had been walking in the area, observed the fire, and was in contact with the occupants helping them evacuate.

The 74-year-old male and female owners of the home and their 18-year-old grandson were inside the home at the time of the fire. They and their two dogs, evacuated without injury. The person who was walking and came to their home notified them of the fire and helped them evacuate. They had not been aware their home was on fire, and this citizen certainly saved their lives.

 

 

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SCUD Board makes Clay Center official owner of former school fields

SCUD Board makes Clay Center official owner of former school fields

RITA BRHEL | CLAY COUNTY NEWS Stan Essink passes out nameplates made by students working with 74 Creative, for SCUD Board members.

The City of Clay Center now officially owns the football and baseball fields, tennis court, and concession stand on the east edge of town.

South Central Unified School District #5’s Board of Education approved the sale of this real estate, located one block northwest of the former Clay Center Public School building, during a special meeting on April 14 at Sandy Creek’s main campus near Fairfield.

The city is purchasing this property from the school district at the price of $2,000.

Board member Chad Dane, of Clay Center, shared that this decision resolves a long-standing confusion of ownership. Both the school district and the City of Clay Center had assumed that the city owned the property. The city has long been mowing, maintaining, and paying liability insurance on this real estate, investing approximately $175,000 into the property.

 

 

 

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74 Creative: NCAPS student venture now open for business

74 Creative: NCAPS student venture now open for business

Leiah Mueller, Breanna Brennfoerder, and Emily Watts work on a T-shirt design for 74 Creative at NCAPS. RITA BRHEL | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

74 Creative: NCAPS student venture now open for business

Noah Shackelford edits a client’s video production project in the digital media lab at NCAPS. RITA BRHEL | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

This fall, Clay Center’s Noah Shackelford will head off to the University of Nebraska-Kearney to major in molecular biology with his sights set on med school.

But for now, the Sandy Creek senior sits in front of a large screen dissecting video and adding audio segments to the latest of a client’s commercial commissioned video through a new student-run business called 74 Creative.

“I think the business is a really great opportunity for students,” Shackelford, the creative director for 74 Creative’s video production team, said. “Whatever you can do to get people experience, it’s experience however you cut it.”

74 Creative is the latest addition to the Nebraska Center for Advanced Professional Studies (NCAPS), located on SC’s campus near Fairfield. NCAPS also provides career training, student mentorships with professionals, and dual-credit college classes to juniors and seniors from various high schools in the area.

 

 

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