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Football reigns supreme in the landscape of American professional sports, and that popularity also is prevalent in boys’ scholastic athletics. Data from the National Federation of State High School Associations indicates that football is the most popular boys high school sport in the United States, with more than one million participants during the 2018-19 school year, the last full season in which participation was not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Among high school girls, no sport was more popular than outdoor track and field during the 2018-19 school year. In Canada, one study published in the Journal of Safety Research in September 2021 revealed that the top three sport and recreational activities for boys were basketball, ice hockey and soccer, while girls’ most popular sports were dance, basketball and badminton

The VFW Auxiliary Post #5547 met Tuesday evening, July 5, 2022 at the Post Home in Syracuse with Senior Vice President Sharon Thorne conducting the meeting for seven (7) members in the absence of President Carol Wallman.

Duck hunters again must choose between two daily bag limits when they register for their Harvest Information Program number this year. Nebraska and South Dakota are entering the second year of a “two-tier” program for the regular duck season.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is offering two incentive programs providing up to $200,000 in student loan repayment for qualified medical care providers who agree to work in rural and underserved communities in state or federally designated shortage areas. No local match is required for the next few years.

Brendon Stinson of Syracuse has been awarded the Kelly Kreifel Industrial Technology Scholarship at Wayne State College. Stinson, a sophomore, is a 2021 graduate of Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca High School.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will accept applications for a 2022 bighorn sheep lottery permit through Aug. 5.

Southeast Community College will soon receive a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Apprenticeship Building America grant. This grant program was designed to strengthen, modernize, expand and diversify its Registered Apprenticeship Program to enable more workers to earn while they learn and find reliable pathways to the middle class.

The Otoe County Fair is July 28-31 with the theme ‘The Fair is the Place to Bee’. Are you ready to enter your project for Open Class on July 27? 4H and FFA have different times to enter projects, etc. If you have any questions or need entry tags, contact the Otoe County Extension Office in Syracuse. Hope to see you there, or at least your entry.

JULY 22, 2022 (Lincoln, Neb.) — During the month of June 2022, twenty-three people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, according to data collected by the Nebraska Department of Transportation.