A Clearwater man was injured in a farm accident on Monday afternoon.
The Antelope County Sheriff's Department received a 911 call at 2:12 p.m. Monday, reporting that a man fell off a tractor pulling a wagon and the wagon ran over his arm, said Sheriff Bob Moore. Clearwater Rescue transported him from a farm near Clearwater. According to News Channel Nebraska, paramedics transported Fred Schultz to an area hospital and he was the only person injured in the accident. His condition is unknown at this time. The dairy cows and calves at Thiele Dairy near Clearwater had a special guest last Wednesday.
Governor Pete Ricketts, along with the director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Steve Wellman, toured the Thiele Dairy as part of Dairy Month during June. "June is Dairy Month, and we're making the rounds on our Ag Adventure, here," Ricketts said . Thiele Dairy is a fourthgeneration family-owned dairy operation outside of Clearwater. Bill Thiele explained that his grandparents and parents both farmed there. Bill and Tom Thiele started on the operation in 1977 with hogs. "We went through the '80s with inflation and all of those things, and that wasn't going well," Bill explained. "Although we always milked cows here, forever, we were in hogs mainly." When Ron Thiele graduated from high school in 1979, the family converted a horse barn into a dairy stanchion barn and kept adding cows along the way. Eventually, the family quit hogs and combined dairy herds. With the operation finally moving to its current facilities in March of 2016, Bill said it's been a gradual expansion. Currently, Thiele Dairy is milking about 1,800 cows on the farm three times a day, as well as raising almost all of its own feed. The dairy also works with other dairymen and farmers to help graze heifers and raise the calves. The tour included the freestall barn, calf barn and the milking parlor. "It's a modern design, comfortable for the cows. It has sand for the cows to lay down, misters with the fans to generate wind and cool everything down," said NDA Director Wellman about the freestall barn. “And then in the winter time, they close all that up, and it’s heated by the livestock themselves, so it’s a great system. And it’s really great to not only see that, but to see the passion behind it, the families here all operating at Thiele Dairy.” Ricketts commented, “It was actually pretty comfortable even though it’s a rather warm day. It was pretty comfortable inside [the freestall barn], especially when you’re standing close to those misters, and it actually smelled pretty good, too.” Bill Thiele explained that one of the mantras on the farm everyday is to do what they can to keep the animals clean, dry and comfortable because they are producing food. “Farmers, the original conservationists,” said Ricketts. He explained that the idea of the Ag Adventure Tour is “to promote dairy, to get the word out that Nebraska is a great place if you want to be a dairyman, a great place to be a dairy processor, because we want to attract more of both because that’s that value-added agriculture that grows our economy and creates more jobs.” He went on to say that one of the things Nebraska can do to keep the dairy industry alive in the state is to try and attract more processors. “If we’re uncompetitive in regards to how far, for example, the milk is going, it costs more, and that actually drives away larger operations so people make up for that differential. The more that we can site processors closer to our dairies, that will help us keep those smaller, family owned dairies,” Ricketts said. The vision for Ricketts’s administration is to grow Nebraska. “Our number one industry is agriculture — the heart and soul of what we do here in our state,” he said. “To grow Nebraska, we have to grow agriculture.” This is why the Ag Adventure tour started - to promote the industry as value-added agriculture. As part of the tour, Governor Ricketts and his team visited Jisa Farmstead Cheese by Brainard to promote processing within the dairy industry, Larson’s Dairy near Creston to focus on the technology aspect of the industry, Hiland Dairy in Norfolk to see the ice cream operation, and finished the day at Thiele Dairy to see how a traditional dairy farm operates. “Not every state gets out there like that and hustles for their ag people, and so it’s a great thing for us,” said Thiele. Maurice Palmer hasn’t missed a Clearwater Rodeo since it started 51 years ago. Palmer, who celebrated his 100th birthday in March, attended the 51st annual Clearwater Rodeo this weekend with his granddaughter, Alison, and her family. However, he has been going to rodeos even longer than that. Before the Clearwater Rodeo, Palmer went to the Burwell Rodeo with his family and said he has attended rodeos for about 62 years. “I can’t tell you just when we started, but my oldest boy is 65, and we probably took him when he was 3 years old,” he said. “So, we’ve been going for a long time.” Palmer used to take his late wife, Marjorie, and three children, Mark, Tracy and Renee, to the rodeo. As the family grew, he took his three grandchildren, Alison, Ryan and Whit, and now he brings his great-grandchildren. Palmer has eight great-grandchildren: William, Connor, Amelia, Madiline, Lucas, Sarbestian, Kane and Sloan. When the Clearwater Rodeo started in 1967, Palmer, who resides near Albion, said they decided to go to it instead of Burwell since it wasn’t as far away. “We had been interested in rodeos, and we had gone to Burwell. So, the Clearwater Rodeo is closer, and we kept going to that,” he said. Not only has he been to the same rodeo every year, but he has also sat in the same location, the top of the south side bleachers. According to Palmer, he sits there so he can get more air on hot days and it keeps him from facing the sun. It’s also close to the handicapped parking area. Although, on Saturday night, he said he decided to switch things up so he could watch his great-grandchildren as they hung out by the fence. “Saturday night, we were on the fourth row because my great-grandchildren were sitting down on the fence line, so we wanted to be close to them,” he said. On Friday, the rodeo announcer described Palmer’s apparel and pointed him out in the crowd for his dedicated attendance at the Clearwater Rodeo.
“It was a great honor. I had no idea I was going to be honored,” he said. “I felt good, it made me feel real good. There was a lot of shaking hands and people were very polite.” Since his first time there, Palmer said he has appreciated the enthusiasm of people who attend, as well as the set-up of activities. “In my first experience, it was such a well-run rodeo, it seemed to have all of the facilities that it required for a good rodeo,” he said. “The people were great and very friendly. It was very interesting and there were large crowds.” Over the years, Palmer said the events have remained mostly the same, but its facilities and number of contestants have improved. He said people in the audience are “very attentive and they show a great interest in the events.” While the crowd is great, what Palmer said he really enjoys is watching the horses and roping events. This interest goes back to when he rode horses with his family. “In my days, in our horse shows, we did a lot of barrel racing and had a lot of family events. I had all of my family on horseback and we rode in a family class,” he said. On his farm, 7 Hills Ranch, which he started in 1974, Palmer raised quarter horses for horse shows. He also has a team of draft horses that he said he shows in the Albion Boone County Fair Parade. “I bred and raised quarter horses; I trained them. I put my entire family in the saddle and we showed quarter horses around the area – family style – my wife and my three children,” he said. “We raised cattle also. It’s been a family operation from the beginning and still is a family operation.” Palmer was born and raised in Fairfield in Clay County and then went to college in Chicago at Northern Illinois College of Optometry, where he studied and entered the field of optometry. From there, he started Eye Associates, which is now called Eye Physicians, in Albion in 1949 and worked part time in Neligh’s location. He is now retired, but his business remains in the family and was passed down to his son and now granddaughter. “I operated it in ‘49. My son, Mark, took over in ‘94 and Alison took over in 2016. So, it’s a three-generation office,” he said. While he has retired from Eye Physicians, his work on the farm hasn’t ended. At 100 years old, Palmer continues to go strong in helping Mark with the farm’s cattle and pasture ground. “I help my son with calving. We have about 100 head of cows to calve and I was up every morning this spring helping to calve,” he said. “We began in February and it was kind of cold and stormy then, but I was up every morning helping.” When he’s not working, Palmer said he enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, including taking them to the rodeo. In this year’s rodeo, there wasn’t anyone who he was especially rooting for, but he said he knew two of the people participating. Palmer also said he was pleased with the Clearwater Rodeo Queen crowning of Macy Zentner on Friday, as her family is close to where he lives in Albion. “Cedar Rapids is just 6 miles from here,” he said. “I felt good about it; it’s a good family. And, her brother is a race fan. He puts cars on our race track every Friday night.” With steer wrestling, barrel races, rodeo queen announcements and many other activities, his time at all 51 of the Clearwater Rodeos has made for an interesting experience, he said. “It’s a complete rodeo,” Palmer said. “They have everything necessary, and they have the manpower to put it on.” Clearwater’s 51st Annual Rodeo kicked off on Friday night with mutton bustin, the crowning of the rodeo queen and some great rodeo action.
Clearwater Rodeo fans said goodbye to former Clearwater Rodeo Queen Catelyn Hall of Neligh as a new queen was crowned in the rodeo's opening night on Friday. Macy Zentner of Cedar Rapids was named the 2018 Clearwater Rodeo Queen. She is the daughter of Tracy Zentner and the late Mark Zentner. Jessica Lange of Crofton earned runner up. Zentner was also chosen for the horsemanship award. The miss personality award went to Shyann Worm of Taylor and Morgan Erhardt of Clearwater won the appearance award. The fun continued on Saturday with activities during the day, followed by a full night of rodeo and a concert on Main Street, featuring headliner Dylan Scott. The rodeo action concluded on Sunday. One of the highlights of the evening featured Garrett Wickett of Norfolk who covered both of his bull rides, including his ride on the $1,000 bounty bull. Clearwater Rodeo results: Bareback 1.Whitten Hoover, 74, $439.92 2.Tanner Tupprecht, 64, $293.28 Calf Roping 1.Riley Wakefield, 9.5, $721.03 2.Lane Day, 10, $596.71 3.Dustin Schrunk, 10.1, $410.24 3.JT Adamson, 10.1, $410.74 4.Cody Rieker, 11, $223.77 5.JT Bradley, 11.1, $62.16 5.Cody Henderson, 11.1, $62.16 45 Calf Roping 1.Rusty Kluender, 11.4, $453.96 2.Arden Garwood, 14.5, $340.47 3.Dwight Doffin, 15.1, $226.98 4.Mark Lovitt, 15.7, $113.49 Team Roping 1.Dusty Forre and Justin Vogel, 5.5, $903.67 2.Eli Lord and Jade Nelson, 5.8, $747.86 3. Tyler Brockman and Cody Ware, 5.9, $592.05 4.Blaine Finney and Brady Graff, 6.6, $436.25 1.Weston Jones and Jhett Hillman, 6.9, $280.45 2.SpencerJobman and Monte Jamison, 7.2, $155.80 Breakaway 1.Kelly Kohl, 2.5, $658.87 1.Jan Brown, 2.5, $658.87 2.Emily Knust, 2.8, $348.08 2.Megan Turek, 2.8, $348.08 2. Bailey Brown, 2.8, $348.08 3.Charlie Sierks, 2.9, $41.44 3. Bodelle Mueller, 2.9, $41.44 3.Alex Christen, 2.9, $41.44 Saddle Bronc 1.Derek Kenner, 75, $384.93 2.Tristan Eklund, 73, $320.78 3.Sage Miller, 72, $256.62 4.Zane Smith and Wyatt Kunker, 63, $160.39 Steer Wrestling 1. Justin Nokes, 4.7, $464.57 1.Travis Kester, 4.7, $464.57 2.Austin Madison, 5.2, $333.09 3.Devin Dibbern, 6.1, $245.43 4.Jeff Johnston, 6.4, $122.72 4.Reed Krueger, 6.4, $122.72 Barrel Racing 1.Samantha Flannery, 15.23, $915.94 2.Jamie Molesworth, 15.65, $758.02 3.Taylor Lagasse, 15.75, $600.10 4.Ginalee Tierney, 15.76, $442.18 5.Dori Hollenbeck, 15.82, $284.26 6.Tracy Paulsen, 15.84, $157.92 Bull Riding 1.Dillon Micheel, 80, $757.64 2.Garrett Wickett, 80, $757.54 3.Preston Bussey, 69, $378.82 Click "Read More" to see all of the photos from the Clearwater Rodeo. As part of Clearwater Public Library's Summer Reading Program, children gathered at Clearwater's park at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday to pet furry friends and ask the Holt County Animal Shelter members questions.
Diana Kohl and Paula Davis from the animal shelter answered a variety of questions, even whether or not it's safe to feed a dog a hotdog. In light of 4th of July coming up, they discussed how to be safe shooting off fireworks with dogs around. At the end, they told the kids their motto, "adopt, don't shop." Kohl and Davis encouraged them to adopt pets from the animal shelter rather than purchasing bred puppies. As a thank you, children were asked to bring items from a list the shelter provided, including collars, canned dog food, hand sanitizer and more. After showing some love to the dogs and taking pictures of them, the program then released butterflies. Clearwater has released its honor roll for the 2017-18 school year's fourth quarter and second semester.
4th Quarter Honor Roll: 7th Grade: Lena Bolling, Kellen Minarik and Bryna Umphress. 8th Grade: Calissa Kester. 9th Grade: Rafe Grebin, Hunter Klabenes, Maryssa Long and Eli Thiele. 10th Grade: Kierra Bearinger, Taylor Ann Bolling, Tyler Hupp and James Kester. 11th Grade: Zach King, Grace Rittscher and Katie Stearns. 12th Grade: Travis Rudloff. 2nd Semester Honor Roll: 7th Grade: Lena Bolling, Kellen Minarik and Bryna Umphress. 8th Grade: Calissa Kester and Colton Thiele; 9th Grade: Morgan Erhardt, Rafe Grebin, Hunter Klabenes and Maryssa Long. 10th Grade: Kierra Bearinger, Taylor Ann Bolling, Tyler Hupp and James Kester. 11th Grade: Chris Kester, Zach King, Grace Rittscher and Katie Stearns. 12th Grade: Brooklynn Chipps and Travis Rudloff. 4th Quarter Principal’s Honor Roll: 7th Grade: Emily Ahlers, Joe Ahlers, Madison Kester, Faith King, Harper Klabenes and Alex Thiele. 8th Grade: Jacob Behnk and Dillon Moser. 11th Grade: Jake Long, Taylor Sanne and Julia Thiele. 12th Grade: Haley Blecher, Brooklynn Chipps, Allison Kerkman, Liam Odell and Andrew Steskal. 2nd Semester Principal’s Honor Roll: 7th Grade: Emily Ahlers, Joe Ahlers, Madison Kester, Faith King, Harper Klabenes and Alex Thiele. 8th Grade: Jacob Behnk and Dillon Moser. 9th Grade: Eli Thiele. 11th Grade: Jake Long, Taylor Sanne and Julia Thiele. 12th Grade: Haley Blecher, Allison Kerkman, Liam Odell and Andrew Steskal. Kathy Patras enjoyed viewing wildlife while she drove the school bus, as well as spending time with children.
“I like the wildlife we have in our area … and the kids, and that I could squeeze it in before and after a full-time job,” Patras said. Patras dedicated 35 years working as Clearwater’s bus driver but decided spring of 2018 was her final semester. Not only did she retire as a bus driver, but she also retired as a preschool para for Orchard and Clearwater. ”I originally decided to retire from being a para first because I work nine and a half, 10 hours of the day. There were hardly any breaks,” Patras said. At first, Patras wanted to give up the para job and keep driving the job, but decided it wouldn’t work out because it would still take up too much time. Patras attended Clearwater High School and pursued her career in teaching by taking online classes through Northeast Community College and Lincoln’s Southeast Community College. She said she was inspired by her experience teaching Sunday school and working with Girl Scouts. “I taught Sunday school, Girl Scouts and that kind of thing,” Patras said. “It drew me into wanting to teach.” Initially, Patras was going after an associate degree, but began teaching for 10 years at a private preschool in Clearwater before she received her degree. Upon discovering she needed training, she worked at Head Start in Neligh for 16 years as a preschool teacher. She then learned she would be required to get a bachelor’s degree, so she decided to be a para. “So, I had started taking classes to get an associate degree, but it went fast when the school decided to put preschool into the school,” Patras said. “They wanted a bachelor’s, and so that’s when I decided to just take a para job at Clearwater.” According to Patras, Clearwater was starting the reading mastery program and needed more paras when she took on the job. “So, I worked there seven years as a para, and then the preschool job opened back up,” Patras said. “That’s when I ended up there. And I started driving a bus in ‘82 or ‘83.” Patras split her day, spending mornings as a preschool para in Clearwater and afternoons in Orchard. She taught a variety of lessons to students, mainly using hands-on methods. “We teach letters, sounds, colors. Of course, play is the biggest part of preschool. Let them play and it’s hands-on teaching,” Patras said. As a bus driver, Patras said she used to drive 35 kids, ages 5 to 17, on her bus route. But in recent years, the amount went down to 13 to 14 students. From home to school, Patras said she transported students on morning and afternoon routes, as well as turnaround routes between Orchard and Clearwater for three years while the schools were together. The routes were not difficult for her to remember. “Once you drive them, you know pretty well what they are because I always drove south of Clearwater,” Patras said. Patras said she enjoyed building relationships with kids and admired their enthusiasm. “When you’re a bus driver, you don’t change families,” Patras said. “Basically, I think we figured I drove for like 69 families and a lot of those kids get on when they’re kindergarteners, and they still have them until they start driving to school.” Comical memories of children on the bus and animals outside filled her 35 years of serving as a bus driver. “If you drive a school bus for 35 years, there’s lots of funny things, like how many times did we almost hit a deer or deers running beside the bus,” Patras said. “Or, we had elk out in the country for a long time that we would watch for. Kids do a lot of silly things.” In her years of driving, Patras said she never drove her own relatives. However, she had a sibling who lived next to the school, but the kids didn’t require rides except for other activities. She and her husband, Steven, have three children of their own named Stephanie, Amy and Sean, as well as eight grandchildren. Steven recently retired from the Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company in October. Patras said he has always been supportive of her work and he played a significant role in her decision to retire. “He was instrumental in wanting me to retire, because as a bus driver, you usually leave, well not this year, but there’s been years that you left on the bus route at 20 to 7 a.m. and you get home at 5 p.m.,” Patras said. “And, the roads are not good.” During her retirement, Patras said she plans to hopefully travel more and spend more time with her son in Chadron. Even though her time as a bus driver has come to an end, Patras said she still misses the kids and driving under beautiful morning skies. “I enjoyed the families that I drove for and the kids, and I really miss them,” Patras said. “I even miss driving in the morning – the beautiful outdoors.” It started gradually.
Then one day, in the quiet countryside while he was fixing a fence, it was loud and clear. Patrick Moser knew God was calling him to the priesthood. “I had thought about it before, but it really hit me one day when I was fixing fence,” the rural Clearwater native said. “I recognized it as something from God. The idea presented itself and I couldn’t really get it to leave me alone. It started to get more persistent.” Before this, he had pushed the idea aside, doubting his ability to serve as a Catholic priest. When he could no longer ignore the calling, he talked to his parents, and Father James Kramper, who was serving St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Church in Clearwater at that time. “I didn’t think I had the right skills,” he said. “I didn’t think I was good enough. One thing I finally realized, and Father Kramper pointed out to me too, is that it’s not just me, it’s Christ working in me and through me. It took me a couple years to do what God wanted me to do.” On Saturday, Fr. Patrick Moser was ordained into the priesthood by Archbishop George Lucas at St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha. The next day, Fr. Moser celebrated his first Mass in Clearwater and a reception followed in rural St. John’s social hall. “It’s a tradition for a newly ordained priest to celebrate his first Mass at his home parish, if he is able,” he said. “I talked to Fr. John Norman (the Clearwater priest), and he was already expecting that.” Several hundred people attended Fr. Moser’s Mass of Thanksgiving in Clearwater on Sunday afternoon. Among those attending were more than a dozen priests, including past and present priests from Clearwater, Elgin, Neligh, Tilden and other area communities. “It means a lot to begin your priesthood in the same parish community that you were baptized in,” he said. One of the most emotional parts of the service occurred following communion. After thanking everyone for attending his first Mass, Fr. Moser had a special presentation for his mother and father, who were seated in the front pew. He walked toward them holding a wooden shadow box containing a white linen cloth with a small, red cross and a purple stole adorned with gold edges, and read: “On the occasion of their first Mass, it is a tradition that the newly ordained priest presents a gift to his parents. To his mother, he gives the Maniturgium, which was used to cleanse his hands of Chrism, the holy oil used at ordination. The Maniturgium is given to the mother, because she was the first protector of the newly ordained priest, during his time in her womb. When the newly ordained priest’s mother is called home to God, she is buried holding the Maniturgium so that all in Heaven and on Earth will know that she is the mother of a priest. And on the last day when we are raised from the dead, she can present the Maniturgium to Christ the Lord and say, ‘My son too shared in your priesthood.’ To his father, the priest presents his first confessional stole. The stole is the sign of priestly office, and the priest wears it when he engages in holy things, like celebrating the Holy Eucharist and the Sacrament of Penance. It was the father of the newly ordained priest who first taught him about justice and mercy. And like the mother of the newly ordained priest, when his father dies, he is buried holding the purple stole so that all in Heaven and on Earth will know that he was the father of a priest. And on the last day when we are raised from the dead, he can present the purple stole to Christ the Lord and say, ‘My son too shared in your priesthood.’ I love you, Mom and Dad.” Fr. Moser hugged his parents and presented them with the gifts. When he returned to the front of the church, he wiped tears from his eyes. The son of Edward and Sandy Moser, he was raised in rural Clearwater as the middle child of seven children--Amy, Jennifer, Rachel, Patrick, Mark, Jill and Scott. He attended Clearwater Public School through sixth grade and then went to Elgin Pope John for grades 7-12. After high school, he attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanized systems management, graduating in 2010. Fr. Moser said he started considering the priesthood after his sophomore year in college. “I started to think about it a little more,” he said. “I became more involved in the Newman Center and joined a Bible study on campus.” It wasn’t until about a year after his college graduation, while employed by Kevin Rittscher of rural Clearwater doing general farm work, that Fr. Moser decided to act. “I had already discerned that I probably wasn’t called to marriage,” he said. “But it’s a similar consideration, ‘Am I ready to make this commitment?’ It’s not something to take lightly.” After talking with his parents and Fr. Kramper, he reached out to Fr. Paul Hoesing, the vocations director for the Omaha Archdiocese at that time. It was a little too late for the 2011 school year, so Fr. Moser entered Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis in 2012. He studied philosophy for the first two years at the seminary and theology for the last four years. After six years of study, Fr. Moser graduated from Kenrick-Glennon on May 12, 2018. “Through the seminary I’ve met a lot of great men who are ordained priests or who will be, God-willing,” he said. “Those are the people I’ll look to for support and guidance, and, hopefully, I can be that for them too.” Once his seminary formation was complete, he was ready for ordination. Fr. Moser received an official letter from the archbishop announcing his upcoming ordination about three months ago. The ordination was held on Saturday for Fr. Moser, Fr. Taylor Leffler and Fr. Padraic Stack. The ceremony included laying of hands by the archbishop and other priests, anointing of the hands with Chrism, receiving the stole and chasuble and the presentation of the chalice and paten. It was a full weekend for Fr. Moser. So what is the next assignment for the newly ordained priest? Fr. Patrick Moser is heading to St. Patrick’s Parish in Elkhorn on June 30. “He must be a good intercessor,” Fr. Moser said with a chuckle about the shared namesake. In the meantime, he plans to visit friends and family and attend a friend’s ordination. Fr. Moser’s future also includes serving as the priest for his sister Jill’s wedding this summer. “God has already done a lot of things in my life the last 30 years,” he said. “I look forward to seeing what He has in store for my priesthood. I’m sure there will be a lot of surprises and a lot to learn, but He’s always with me.” More than forty people gathered Sunday night at the Clearwater American Legion to celebrate the annual alumni banquet. Above is the Class of 1963: Roy Walter, Cheryl (Rice) Norhouse, Bonnie (Damme) Kallhoff, Sharon (Michael) Charf, Marvin Trease, Kenneth Twiss, Dennis Sanne, Jack Sehi and Larry Hoffman. Class of 1948: Jack Prater. Class of 1953: Doris (Yaryan) Neal. Class of 1958: Margaret (Peterson) Griffith, Sharon (Twiss) Wilkinson, Donna (Damme) Peterson and John Kruger. Class of 1968: Merlin Bolling, Janice (Trease) Bolling, Diana (Snider) Trosper, Barbara Moser, Joel Wilcox, William Michael, Dennis Mather, Timothy Kester and Gaylaird Myers. Class of 1973: Fred Thiele, Emmie (Thiessen) Powell, Kathleen (Rix) Ahlers and Linda (Patras) Hankla. Class of 1978: Diane (Wolfe) Price, Rosemary (Thiele) Patras, Gary Thiele and Ron Wrenholt. Class of 1993: John Rabe and Blaine Blecher. Class of 1998: Tina Thiele Blecher and Monica (Thiele) Pohlman. Class of 2003: Daniel Kerkman, Danielle (Kester) Johnson and Aaron Kruger. Class of 2008: Eric Kruger and Jennifer (Duff) Waller. Class of 2018: Jennifer Hickman, Allison Kerkman and Brooklynn Chipps.
Monday morning you could see the Clearwater bridge full of people and the American Legion honoring those who died for Memorial Day weekend.
Father John Norman officiated the service and a wreath was placed in the river in memorandum for those who served. The services were then moved to the Clearwater Cemetery where Father Norman gave a short sermon and Allison Kerkman sang a song. A lunch followed the services at the American Legion. |
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