While traveling in the Third District in recent weeks, I have been encouraged by the expertise and creativity our communities possess and sobered by the challenges we face. We have much to be thankful for, but there is also no shortage to the adversity we must overcome.
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca High School graduated 39 students at commencement on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The Syracuse Symphonic Band led by Brandy Hall played Pomp and Circumstance as seniors entered the middle school gym and took their seats at the 134th annual commencement.
5-13, Legion Baseball Hamburger Feed 5-14, Library Open 9-11 a.m. 5-19, Library Open 5-7 p.m.
The Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca boys’ golf team competed at the Nebraska Capitol Conference Tournament at River Wilds Golf Course north of Blair on Friday, May 6. It was hosted by Fort Calhoun. The boys place fifth with a team score of 372. Yutan won the tournament with a score of 330.
The Rocket track teams traveled to Yutan on Tuesday, May 3, for the Nebraska Capitol Conference meet. Senior Kennedy Stanley continues to break records in the pole vault. This time clearing 10’6. Senior Lily Vollertsen broke the record in the shot put with a toss of 43’. The girls’ team finished as runner-up with 108 points to the champion Arlington with 124 points. The boy’s’ team took fourth place and was highlighted by a firstplace finish in the discus by senior Jace Voorhees, 142’.
University of South Dakota Twilight Meet, Vermillion, SD Bella Hogue (2020 Conestoga Grad), Nebraska Wesleyan University, 200m dash, 3rd, 24.21 seconds, 2nd in NCAA DIII; 4x100m relay, 1st, 3:50.34, 8th in NCAA DIII. Lauren Meyer (2020 SDA Grad), USD, Long Jump, 7th, 18’¼”; Triple Jump, 1st, 39’7 ¾” Meredith Clark (2019 SDA Grad), USD, Shot Put, 1st, 48’5 ½”; Hammer Throw, 5th, 179’1” GPAC Conference Meet, Crete, NE Allie Binder (2018 Auburn Grad), Doane, 10,000m run, 1st, 37:59.41, NAIA provisional qualifying mark; 5,000m run, 2nd, 18:56.84 Grace Damme (2020 SDA Grad), Doane, Javelin, Grace Damme (2020 SDA Grad), Doane, Javelin, 7th, 117’3” South Dakota competes in the Summit League Championships, May 12-14, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Syracuse native Katy Zahn Biehl ran in the Boston Marathon on April 18, 2022. Finishing the race in 3:54, Biehl said she was right in the middle of the pack of over 30,000 male and female runners.
The 107th Legislature, Second Session adjourned for the year on April 20th. Last column, I discussed a few legislative wins in a record year for Southeast Nebraska. This week’s column will highlight some of the tax relief legislative wins.
It is natural for some people who see a young wild animal apparently abandoned by its mother to want to rescue it. The correct course of action is to leave it alone.
Nebraskans have long been strong supporters of the right to keep and bear arms. Nearly 85 years after it was enshrined in the Second Amendment at the federal level, Nebraska’s leaders chose to make our stance on gun rights crystal clear.