The Lewis and Clark Expedition was not all work and no play.
In the evening around campfires the silence of the newly explored territory was broken by the sounds of fiddles and singing.
On Friday June 30, in the Crofton city auditorium, that music will come alive again as the Discovery String Band from central Missouri performs at 7:30 pm.
Journal on 06.22.06 @ 09:35 AM CST [more..]
Same old story, different year.
Broken record.
Viscious circle.
However you wish to term it, the debate conserning Native American symbols as school mascots re-surfaced last week with an article in the Norfolk Daily News. The article, written by Kathryn Harris, told of how the Neligh-Oakdale school system is revamping its school mascot in an effort to discontinue the Native Ameri-can “Warrior.”
It is a subject that seems to erupt as regularly as Mt. St. Helens belches volcanic ash. This is not the first time the subject of Native American mascots has been hashed before the public’s view, and it probably won’t be the last.
Journal on 06.14.06 @ 09:01 AM CST [more..]
Supt. Randy Anderson presented a list of new teaching and extra-duty contracts to be approved by the Crofton board of education at the Monday, June 12, meeting.
Bill Schroeder, a Crofton alumnus, was approved as the new social science teacher as well as assistant football and track coaching positions.
Anderson recommended business teacher Ann Kramer for the position of activities director. She has been taking courses to qualify her for the position and Anderson feels she will do a good job. She was approved as well.
Journal on 06.14.06 @ 08:59 AM CST [more..]
South Dakota calls itself the “Land of Infinite Variety,” but if one were to ask M.J. Eberhart which state has provided him the most “variety” on his current venture, he’d probably answer, “Neb-raska.”
Eberhart, who goes by “Eb,” is a retired optometrist from the middle of Missouri who is walking the return route of Lewis & Clark.
Yes, walking.
Journal on 06.14.06 @ 08:56 AM CST [more..]
Thrice as nice.
Threepeat.
Third time’s a charm.
Use whichever, or all the cliches you can think of ... the sole fact is Crofton reigns once more over the Class C field in girls track and field.
The Lady Warriors scored their third straight team title at the State Track Meet over the past weekend, May 19-20. Crofton outpointed Kearney Catholic and Omaha Brownel-Talbot by three points. CHS scored 43 while the other two schools carded 40 points each to tie for runnerup honors. The top 10 in the Class C team chase was: Crofton 43, Kearney Catholic 40, Omaha Brownell-Talbot 40, Howells 33, Exeter-Milligan 30, Lincoln Lutheran 25, Yutan 25, Concordia 24, Grand Island Central Catholic 22.5, and Randolph 22.
Journal on 06.07.06 @ 07:26 AM CST [more..]
There’s a new addition on the Crofton Community School website - an alumni area.
There are a variety of message boards: alumni association news, class reunion notes, general chat, help, as well as boards to get in touch with other alumni by decades.
The Crofton Alumni Association News section will have upcoming all-school reunion information. The class reunion notes section is a quick place to put news about any upcoming class reunions your class may be planning.
Journal on 06.07.06 @ 07:25 AM CST [more..]
The use and abuse of 4-wheelers within the city limits was one of the main topics of discussion at the Monday, June 5, monthly meeting. During last month’s meeting, councilmen expressed concern over the use of 4-wheelers or all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in the city limits. They asked city attorney Dale Riesberg to research any legal avenues they could use to control the ATV traffic.
Riesberg pointed out that it “boiled down” to a few who drive the vehicles with reckless abandonment, which make it tough for the rest of the ATV owners. He reviewed state statutes and told the board ATVs were exempt from vehicle registration.
Journal on 06.07.06 @ 07:24 AM CST [more..]
“Smoking the sewer lines.”
Sounds like some covert language used among druggies.
Actually, the two days early this week that was spent “smoking the sewer lines,” the city maintenece workers and a few helpers, were doing just that -- running smoke through the city sewer lines.
“Doing this tells us if there are broken sewer lines in the system,” said Jim Heyen, from Wahoo, who is a wastwater technician with the Nebraska Rural Water Association (NRWA).
Journal on 06.07.06 @ 07:23 AM CST [more..]
Amber Hegge, a junior at Crofton High School, and the daughter of Bob and Helene Hegge, was named as the Nebraska High School Female Athlete of the Year by the Omaha World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal-Star. To read the articles from each of those papers (printed in their Sunday, June 4 editions, see the rest of this story.
Journal on 06.07.06 @ 07:22 AM CST [more..]
