Elkhorn Valley earned seven outstanding actor awards at the Niobrara Valley Conference East One Act Tournament at Elgin Public on Tuesday.
Outstanding actor awards were presented to: Liz - Carney Black Barb - Amber Miller Janie - Angel Qualset Anna - Taylor Haseboock Sally - Ruth Vigil Cue Card Girl - Haley Fleetwood Frank - Mitchell Petersen The cast performed "The Middle School Dating Game," under the direction of Elizabeth Hansen and Kayleen Amend, for an eighth place finish. The Tilden community held a special ceremony to honor their veterans Wednesday at Elkhorn Valley schools.
The local VFW, along with numerous veterans, were saluted and commemorated for their service in front of community members, students, teachers, staff and families during Wednesday's ceremony. The junior high and high school bands performed patriotic songs. The fourth, fifth, sixth grade and high school choirs sang patriotic songs and senior Mitchell Petersen read from his scholarship winning essay about the importance of voting. Check out our photo gallery of Wednesday's special event. Nadine Neely, a lifelong resident of Tilden, celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday.
Being 100 years old is not without its hardships, as the driver for Prairie View Assisted Living explains. He said when he took Neely to her last doctor’s appointment, she had to fill out paperwork. He explained that the receptionist kept giving her back her form, telling her she needed to put in her date of birth, not the date. Neely kept telling her, “That is my birthday!” Neely was born east of Tilden on a farm that homesteaded by her grandfather, P.V. Lewis, Sr. She went to country school through eighth grade and then graduated from Tilden High School in the class of ‘35. Once she married her husband Dave in 1941, the couple moved in to town and never left. Throughout her 100 years, Neely has seen many changes in the town of Tilden. “A lot of businesses have closed,” she said. “Bigger ones have taken over.” “We must’ve had a half dozen filling stations. We had dentists and three doctors, and we had a hospital, clothing store,” Neely remembered. Along with the changes she has witnessed in Tilden, Neely says the biggest change to her was the telephone. “It used to be the box on the wall, and there’d be about 10 people on the line. You had to take your turn, or if it was an emergency, you could ask for the line,” she said. She even remembers her parents’ number. “2712, and the one was a long ring, and the two was short ones,” she said. Some things Neely said she could adjust to, but not the new phones. “They got the cell phone, all the buttons to punch, and it brings up pictures and everything. It’s really different,” Neely said. In her 100 years, Neely said she never once worked away from home. “I was just a homemaker so I cooked and canned and cleaned.” Her and her husband, Dave, had three children who all graduated from Tilden. Neely’s favorite memories growing up are of her dad taking her and her sister to the local fairs and Fourth of July celebrations. “He’d ride on everything with us,” she reminisced. Neely also loved to sing and dance. “I’ve always enjoyed music. I used to sing quite a bit. I sang in the church choir, and I sang for funerals and weddings,” she said. Neely remembers years ago when people didn’t need a driver’s license to drive. “My sister and I both learned how to drive on a Model T,” she said. Neely fondly remembered a time she was picking up her mother to run errands in town. “I had to swing around (the driveway). There was just a lean-to for the garage. I was going too fast and couldn’t get stopped, and I hit the front end of the garage and knocked it out,” she said. “I looked out and dad was coming with an axe, and I thought, ‘Oh boy, I’m going to really get it!’ But he just went around and pounded the garage back in and went back to the barn.” When asked what the secret to living such a long life is, Neely said to “just try to lead a healthy life.” Neely’s mom lived to 93, and Neely’s sister was 99. “My sister wanted to be 100, but she was within six months, and she was asthmatic and passed away,” Neely said. Neely’s best piece of advice is to just “never give up, I guess.” Four Elkhorn Valley students were selected to participate in Hawkfest, a new music festival at Northeast Community College in Norfolk.
Angel Qualset, Mitchell Petersen, Christian Yaw and Amaya Smith were selected for the festival’s honor choir. Hawkfest will be held Monday, Oct. 22 and will feature more than 80 students from 17 area high schools. The honor band will be under the direction of Kevin McLouth, director of instrumental studies at Northeast, while the honor choir will be led by Stewart Cramer, Northeast’s director of vocal activities. They will rehearse throughout the day and give a public performance of their work at 5:30 p.m. in the Lifelong Learning Center on Northeast’s Norfolk campus. The performance is free and open to the public. Participating high schools include Battle Creek, Columbus Lakeview, Elkhorn Valley, Neligh-Oakdale, Norfolk, O’Neill, Osmond, Orchard, Pender, Pierce, Plainview, Randolph, St. Edward, Shelby-Rising City, Wakefield and Winside. The Tilden Young Men’s Club’s Night of Terror will be Sunday, Oct. 28 from 5-9:30 p.m. at the City Auditorium in Tilden.
Those wanting only a mild scare should attend from 5-6:30 p.m., while those wanting a more aggressive scare should wait to attend from 6:30-9:30 p.m. The event is a free will donation. A Tilden man was arrested early this morning after he was found in a Norfolk couple’s bedroom.
Norfolk residents awoke at 4 a.m. to a stranger lurking in their bedroom doorway. When officers arrived at the home, Kody M. Bromley, 28, was found in the living room of the home, according to a press release by the Norfolk Police Division. Bromley was arrested for first-degree criminal trespass. He was housed in the Norfolk City Jail and later transferred to the Madison County Jail. U.S. Bank® and the Nebraska School Activities Association are proud to announce the 2018-19 local school winners of the Believers and Achievers award. Every member school is able to submit two senior students for recognition in this awards program.
Prestin Vondra and Amber Miller have been chosen to represent Elkhorn Valley. The announcement of the 48 statewide winners of the U.S. Bank® Believers & Achievers award will be announced by the NSAA at a later date. The Tilden Young Men's Club has rescheduled the Youth Outdoor Expo to Sunday, Sept. 23 from 12-3 p.m. at the Horseshoe Pond in Tilden.
Hotdogs and chips will be ready around noon. Several activities will be sponsored by the Nebraska Game & Parks. Amber Miller and Mitchell Petersen were crowned 2018 Elkhorn Valley homecoming royalty on Friday afternoon.
Miller is the daughter of Tony and Kristi Miller. Petersen is the son of Bob and Tonya Petersen. The other 2018 queen candidates were Destiny Beard, Kimberly Frey, Hannah Ollendick and Sierra Rystrom. Selected as king candidates were also Joshua McFarland, Brock Schaecher, Julio Sierra and Prestin Vondra.
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