WILLIAMS STREET JOURNAL

Special Points of Interest:

1st: 5th & 6th grade clothing drives begins

2nd: NAEP 4th grade, Assem-bly of God Senior Supper

3rd: NO SCHOOL

6th: MNAC Quiz Bowl

7th: District Livestock Judg-ing, Speech Night

10th: NO SCHOOL

13th: Board Meeting

14th: District Speech Meet

16th: UNK Track Meet

17th: ESU High School Quiz Bowl, Milkshakes for Mom

20th: Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart, Blood Drive

28th: MNAC Music Contest

29th: Spring Pictures

30th: Track at Arnold

31st: End of 5th & 6th grade clothing drives begin

In This Issue

Clothing Closet, What’s New at LCPS 2,3

What’s New at LCPS, Twin Loup Sports 4,5

Mystery Student, NE Triv-ia, Senior Spotlight 6

Menu, Activities Calendar 7,8

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! Congratulations to the Twin Loup Wolves for being the MNAC champions!

Extra, Extra Read all About it!

Beef it’s what’s for Dinner...

The Loup County students have enjoyed many delicious and nutri-

tious meals this school year through the Meal Booster Program.

Last spring one beef was donated and the processing was paid for

through monetary donations. The donated beef was used 3 to 4

times a month and we have 2 meals left at this time. Many commu-

nities and schools across Nebraska have seen the benefits of im-

plementing locally grown beef and pork into the school lunch pro-

gram. If anyone is interested in becoming a Loup County Meal

Booster by donating a beef or pork or by donating to the cost of

processing, please call the school at 942-6115. All meat used in

the school lunch program must be processed by a USDA certified

facility. Our goal is to have enough locally raised beef or pork to

serve in at least one meal per week for the entire school year.

Please consider becoming a Loup County Meal Booster and thanks

for supporting Loup County Public School.

Loup County Public Schools March 2017

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY RESULTS

First Christian Church 817 J. Street

Burwell, NE 68823

Contact: Kathy Mann

What? Clothing Closet Burwell Nebraska

Where? First Christian Church, 817 J. Street

Why? To serve people in surrounding counties with free clothing and shoes

How? People from surrounding counties donate clothing to the Clothing Closet

Who? Volunteers sort and display the clothing

When? People come to the Clothing Closet on the last Friday of every month between the hours of 3:00

and 5:30 to select clothing and shoes. All sizes from newborn to adult XXL are available.

FACTS:

The Clothing Closet gave away clothing and shoes to 555 people in 2016.

Over 80 volunteers helped sort the clothing to make it available to the public.

This project is provided by volunteer help from the community and several churches.

The clothing not used locally is given to the Toss Box. The Toss Box takes the clothing to the Lincoln Peo-

ple’s City Mission for the homeless. Clothing not used there gets baled and sent to warm and cool

countries. Unusable clothing is recycled into rags and stuffing for chairs and car seats.

This is a mission/recycling project that begins in Burwell and branches out to Lincoln and other parts of the

world.

MISSION PROJECT— Want to be a part of this project or start on of your own!

The 5th & 6th grade will be collecting new & gently used clothing and

shoes for the Clothing Closet at the 1st Christian Church in Burwell,

They will be collecting March 1st-31st!

What’s New at LCPS...

Speech Results

Ord Speech Invite 6th place-Jack, Novice Entertainment 6th place, Jack & Grace, Improv Duet

Red Raider Invite 6th Place-Jordan, Serious Prose

MNAC 3rd place-Whitney, Entertainment 2nd place-Paul, Humorous Prose

Spelling Bee

On February 15th, the annual Spelling Bee was held at the Loup County Auditorium. 17 students from grades 5th-8th participated, there was definite-ly some tough competition. Gray was our 2017 winner, Abi fought her way to the end but ended up second. Shelby 3rd, Tayton 4th, and Nekoda 5th. Gray will representing LCPS at the Omaha World-Herald Midwest Spelling Bee this spring. Each year, nearly 80 students from Nebraska and western-Iowa compete in the Omaha World-Herald’s Midwest Spelling Bee. We wish Gray the best of luck! Other winners for the Spelling Bee prelims were Gar-ret, 5th grade oral and written, Nekoda, 6th grade written and oral, Tory, 7th grade oral and written, Gray, 8th grade written and oral! We want to thank all our area businesses and organizations for supporting our Spelling Bee, we could not do it without your help!

MNAC Art Show

Our art students have been working very hard the last few weeks trying to get there projects done for the MNAC art show in North Platte. We had many students place and get honorable metions on their projects. Hailey 3

rd hand built t pottery, Macy honorable mention photography, Abby

1st water color and 4

th pencil drawing, Abigail 5

th wheel pottery, Shelby

5th Acrylic painting, Keegan 4

th black and white praying manias, and honora-

ble mention in color drawing.

Speech 2017

These are the dates for speech contests that LC Speech Team will be attending:

March 7th Public Performance Night @ 7:00pm

March 14th–D2-4 District Speech Meet @ Loup City

March 24th– D2 State Speech Meet @ UNK, Kearney

**Most meets begin at 8:00am!

Other News

The GLW Speech Meet will be

Thursday, April 27th at 9am. This is

mandatory for 5, 6, 7 & 8thgrades

and open to any student or any

4Her enrolled in Loup County.

What’s New at LCPS... FFA District Career Development Event Contest Results On Monday, February 13th Loup County FFA attended District Career Development Event Contests at Central Community College in Grand Island. It was a very successful day as LC FFA qualified 2 teams for state (Floriculture and Welding) and will also be able to compete in the non-qualifying events of Agronomy and Meats at State. LC FFA received a total of 1 Purple Ribbon, 7 Blue Ribbons, 6 Reds, and 3 Whites. *Floriculture = State Qualifying 3rd Place Purple Ribbon Team! Students had to identify flow-ers, answer test questions, and create both a boutonniere and a corsage. These four girls will compete at the state competition in April where they will have to also make a wedding bouquet. - Hailey Glidden (Blue), Macy Brown (Blue), Jordan Dockweiler (Blue), Emily Sheldon (Red) *Welding = State Qualifying 5th Place Team! Welding students had to take a written test and then complete a T weld, Butt weld, and Lap weld using their respective welding machine. - Braden Strohl (4th Place Blue Arc Welder), Paul (Blue at Oxy Acetylene), Raif (MIG/Wire) - Matt Deidel (Also competed individually in Arc Welding and is an Alternate to State) *Agronomy = 4th Place Team also competing at State. Students had to identify crops, crop seeds, weeds, diseases, insects, and machinery related to the Crop Science industry. - Ethan Allen (Blue), Paul Sandoz (Red), J.D. Meeks (Red), and Brady Brown *Livestock Management = (7

th Place Red Ribbon) Students had to take 6 tests as a team.

Tests were given over Beef, Swine, Horse, Poultry, Dairy, and Sheep. - Whitney Steckel, Brady Brown, J.D. Meeks, Grace Strohl, and Macy Brown *Meats = Students had to identify cuts of meat from Beef, Pork and Lamb. They also had to judge and rank cuts of meat based on marbling, quality, and yield. - Whitney Steckel (Red), Hunter Kraus (White), Ethan Allen, and Jordan Dockweiler *Food Science = 6th Place. Students were tested over the food science industry, they had to identify food aromas, and complete tastes tests deciphering which of 3 items was differ-ent. - Emily Sheldon (Red), Hailey (White), Madison Guest, and Alicia Thoman *Vet Science = Students had to identify Veterinary Equipment, Diseases, Breeds of Ani-mals, as well as take a Vet Science Term Test. - Jack Simpson

Congrats to all students and to the Floriculture and Welding teams for qualifying for state. Loup County FFA thanks Jackie Ropers and the Forget-Me-Not Shoppe in Sargent for donating time and supplies to help prepare the Floriculture team and also thank you to Cory Beran for chaperoning and helping put on the Beef Management Contest. State Degree, Proficiency, and Star Award Results

On Wednesday, February 15th Agriculture Instructors and High School Senior State Degree Candidates from District 8 FFA chapters gathered at Ord High School. These senior students were interviewing for the chance to receive their FFA State Degree. Earlier in Febru-ary was the District 8 Proficiency Application Review. High School Students can apply for spe-cific awards for their Supervised Agricultural Experiences. Both awards require keeping great financial records over their projects and fill out an application explaining their SAE.

In order for a student to receive their state degree they must have made or produc-tively invested $3,000 from their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). They also had to attend around 50 FFA events and do 25 hours of volunteer community service during their high school career. Then they must go through an interview explaining their involvement in their SAE and the FFA.

Students interviewing for the State Degree from Loup County High School included Whitney Steckel, Ethan Allen, Paul Sandoz, and Hailey Glidden. Whitney’s SAE project was her commercial and registered Hereford Breed- ing Cattle. Ethan’s SAE included work-ing for his Grandparents, Uncle, and cousin on their Farm and Ranch as well as working for his dad. Paul’s SAE included building fence, shingling houses, and other ranch and carpentry work. Hailey’s SAE included lifeguarding at the Sargent Pool and working with her goats that she shows at county fair. Congratulations to all four students who will receive their State Degree at the State FFA Convention in Lincoln this upcoming April.

Loup County High School also had a student (Whitney Steckel) apply for a proficiency award. In the proficiency area of Beef Entrepreneurship, Whitney Steckel received a Gold. Whitney owns a cow herd that includes show heifers, cows, and bulls that she raises to sell. She dedicates many hours to her cattle project to ensure that her business continues to suc-ceed. She also applied for the State Star Farmer award and she has made it past the district level. Whitney will have her applications judged at the State level in March with the possibility of being one of three finalists in those respective areas to make it to Nebraska State FFA Conven-tion for a final round of judging. Congratulations to Whitney for all her hard work in her projects and good luck in the next round of judging. Next Up…

FFA Students are now enjoying National FFA Week (Februray 18th-25th) as well as preparing for District Livestock Judging on March 7th in Ord. Then the attention will turn to State Convention coming up in early April.

Twin Loup Sports Girls Basketball The Twin Loup basketball girls had their final game Tuesday night playing

Riverside in Burwell. It was an exciting game with the score going back

and forth the entire game. The score at the end was heart breaking leav-

ing our lady Wolves behind by two. Coach Kozeal said in the locker room

that he was very proud of how far they have come and that he was excit-

ed that he was able to watch the senior learn and grow in the last four

years.

Boys Basketball We are the CHAMPIONS!! First off, we would just like to congratulate our boys on

being the 2017 MNAC Champions! What an accomplishment, and what a GAME!

The boys have been so much fun to watch this year, there have been games of

triumph and heartbreak, but none the less they have showed outstanding sports-

manship! Twin Loup nation has been proud of your season and we wish you the

best of luck with your next sports season!

Junior High Sports The JH girls and boys ended their basketball sea-son and are now looking forward to track this spring! Both coaches agreed that there was major improvement with boys and girls! They are proud of their teams! We look forward to watching the

junior compete in track and wish them the best of

Boys Wrestling South Loup Invite 1/20/17

106 Results

1st Place - Ryan Patrick of Sutherland

2nd Place - Teven Marshall of Mullen

3rd Place - JD Meeks of Twin Loup

4th Place - Bryce Lamb of Twin Loup

1st Place MatchOrd Invite 1/27/17

Ryan Patrick (Sutherland) 19-0, Sr. over Teven Marshall

(Mullen) 15-5, Fr. (Fall 0:49).

3rd Place Match

JD Meeks (Twin Loup ) 15-5, So. over Bryce Lamb (Twin Loup )

7-10, Fr. (MD 10-2).

106 Results

Guaranteed Places

1st Place - Caydon McCracken of Battle Creek

2nd Place - Caleb Smith of Broken Bow

3rd Place - Colton Rowse of Ord

4th Place - JD Meeks of Twin Loup

1st Place Match

Caydon McCracken (Battle Creek) 37-2, So. over Caleb Smith

(Broken Bow) 32-10, Jr. (Fall 3:20).

3rd Place Match

Colton Rowse (Ord) 20-6, Fr. over JD Meeks (Twin Loup) 18-7,

So. (MD 15-2).

Ainsworth Invite 1/28/17

No placings

MNAC Conference Wrestling Results for Twin Loup 2/3/17

106 - JD Meeks (20-10) placed 2nd and scored 12.00 team

points.

Round 1 - JD Meeks (Twin Loup) 20-10 won by fall over Alys-

sa Shaw (Hyannis) 3-16 (Fall 1:01)

Round 2 - JD Meeks (Twin Loup) 20-10 received a bye ()

(Bye)

Round 3 - Teven Marshall (Mullen) 24-12 won by fall over JD

Meeks (Twin Loup) 20-10 (Fall 2:

285 - Raif Ruppert (2-7) placed 2nd and scored 10.00 team

points.

Round 1 - Raif Ruppert (Twin Loup) 2-7 received a bye () (Bye)

Round 2 - Raif Ruppert (Twin Loup) 2-7 received a bye () (Bye)

Round 3 - Jordan Hajj (Brady) 10-8 won by fall over Raif Rup-

pert (Twin Loup) 2-7 (Fall 0:46)

NSAA - Class D - District 2 Results for Twin Loup 2/10-

11/17

106 - JD Meeks (21-12) place is unknown and scored 4.00

team points.

Champ. Round 1 - JD Meeks (Twin Loup) 21-12 re-

ceived a bye () (Bye)

Quarterfinal - Alexander Smith (Oakland-Craig) 28-11

won by major decision over JD Meeks (Twin Loup) 21-12

(MD 9-0)

Cons. Round 2 - JD Meeks (Twin Loup) 21-12 received

a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Round 3 - JD Meeks (Twin Loup) 21-12 won by

fall over Oscar Medina (Harvard) 15-21 (Fall 2:47)

Cons. Semi - Preston Acton (Southern) 25-10 won by

decision over JD Meeks (Twin Loup) 21-12 (Dec 8-5)

Congratulations to all the boys and their awesome season!

Mystery

Student...

Can you guess which

LCPS student this is?

Favorite food?

Pizza

If you could have any

magic power, what

would it be?

Invisibility

How many family mem-

bers do you have?

4, well 5 if you count the

dog. 4.

Do you shave your

legs? Why?

Yes, cause I want to!

What is your favorite

hobby?

Music & drawing.

Last Month’s Secret Student

Jack Simpson

Senior Spotlight

Hailey

What are your future plans?

I plan to attend Wayne and take my generals.

Most memorable moment at LCPS?

When the senior girls put a Mexican Santa outside of Mr. Yilk’s door.

What will you remember most about LCPS?

The family like atmosphere.

What advice would you give other stu-dents?

Fill your life with adventures, not things.

NEBRASKA TRIVIA

What year did Nebraska become a state?

Nebraska was the _____state admitted to the union.

On what date did Lancaster, Ne (later changed to Lincoln) become the state capital?

Ne state flower: Ne state mammal: Ne state Bird:

Ne state Insect: Ne state Tree: Ne state grass:

Ne state Gem: Ne state song: Ne state Motto:

This fossil is the world’s largest and was found in NE..what is it?

In 1927,. Edwin Perkins of Hastings invented this?

Name the coach and name the tradition he started with the Huskers that involved a contrasting

jersey worn by the defensive.

Extra credit: What season (year) was the coach in when he started it?

Name the 5 Army Forts open to the public in Nebraska:

FUN FACTS

Fun Fact: Nebraska’s Chimney Rock was the most often mentioned landmark in journal entries

by travelers on the Oregon Trail.

Fun fact: Chevyland USA near ElmCreek , Ne is the only museum dedicated to a single line of

cars.

Fun Fact: Nebraska is the birthplace of the Rueben sandwich and Runza Hut!

Fun Fact: Nebraska was the first state to complete it’s segment of the nations mainline interstate

system, a 455 mile stretch if 4 lane highway.

Fun Fact: The 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was developed

and first used in Lincoln.

Su Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa

“USDA is an equal

opportunity pro-

vider and

employer”

Menus may be

subject to change

Days with ** are

the beef used from

the Meal Booster

Meal Program

(MBMP)

1

Sloppy Joes

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Breakfast on a

Stick

2

Beef & Bean Burrito

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Grab & Go Egg &

Meat Tortilla

3

No School

4

5 6

Chicken Alfredo

Veggie/fruit/Milk

Pancake/Cereal

Fruit/Juice/Milk

7

Mini Corn Dogs

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

PB & J

Fruit/Juice/Milk

8

Sweet & Sour Pork

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Egg Stravaganza

Fruit/Juice/Milk

9

Tomato Soup &

Grilled Cheese

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Breakfast Bites/Cereal

10

No School

11

12 13

Chicken Tenders

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Scones/Cereal

Cheese Sticks

14

Mac & Cheese &

Ham

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Early Riser/Cereal

15

Pork Patty

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Cereal/Cheese

Sticks

16

Sub Sandwich

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Breakfast Sandwich/

Cereal

17

BBQ Chicken

Drummies

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Cheese Omelets

18

19 20

**Hamburgers

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Tornadoes/Cereal

Fruit/Juice/Milk

21

Chicken Patty

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

French Toast Stixs

Fruit/Juice/Milk

22

Corn Dogs

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Breakfast Cookie

Cheese Stick

23

Chili

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

PB & J/Cereal

Fruit/Juice/Milk

24

**Roast Beef

Sandwiches

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Donuts/Cereal

25

26 27

Chicken Fajitas

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Egg Stravaganza

Fruit/Juice/Milk

28

Spaghetti

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Breakfast Burritos

Fruit/Juice/Milk

29

Pizza

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Breakfast Bites

Fruit/Juice/Milk

30

Taco Salad

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Early Risers/Cereal

Fruit/Juice/Milk

31

Ham & Cheese

Veggie/Fruit/Milk

Cereal/Cheese

Sticks/Yogurt

March 2017

March 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

5th & 6th grade

clothing drive be-

gins

ESU Jr. High Quiz

Bowl

2

GBB Champion-

ships-Lincoln

NAEP grade 4

Assembly of God

Senior Supper-6:30

3

NO SCHOOL

4

5 6

MNAC Quiz Bowl

@Sandhills/

Thedford

7

District Livestock

Judging @Ord

Speech Night-7pm

8

History Day

@Kearney

9

BBB Champion-

ships-Lincoln

10

NO SCHOOL

11

12 13

End of 3rd quarter.

Board Meeting-

8pm

14

District Speech

Meet @Loup City

15

16

UNK Track Meet-

1pm

17

ESU High School

Quiz Bowl

Milkshakes for

Mom-1pm

18

19 20

Jump Rope and

Hoops for Heart-

10am

Blood Drive-

12:30pm

21 22 23 24

State Speech

@UNK

Track @Wilcox-

10am

25

26 27 28

MNAC Music Con-

test @Hyannis

29

Spring Pictures-

10:45am

30

Track @Arnold-

Mullen Invite-11am

31

End of 5th & 6th

grade clothing

drive.

1

Sargent Prom