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Riggs Coble and Deco Espiritu, Platte Center preschoolers, are battling leukemia. A Red Cross blood drive will be held May 8 in their honor at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall. Courtesy photo

Port buddies
Some friendships run a little deeper than others. Although Riggs Coble and Deco Espiritu don’t fully understand what they are going through, they know they are buddies — port buddies. The two preschoolers at Platte Center Elementary School have...
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Emerson Krings, a senior at Humphrey St. Francis, signed a letter of intent last week for track at Southeast Community College. The SCC track team and Coach Phillip Duncan welcomed Emerson to his signing. Pictured, front row, left to right, are his mother, Ashley Krings, and Emerson. Back row, Emerson’s father Steve Krings, and SCC coach Duncan. Courtesy photo

Emerson Krings heading to SCC for track
Emerson Krings is heading to Southeast Community College. He earned the Walter Scott Pathway Scholarship, and will be in the auto collision repair program at SCC Milford. He also will be a member of the track team, which is based out of the Lincoln...
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St. Francis made itself at home, winning the Flyers Invitational Thursday. Pictured, left to right, are Tyson Wietfeld, Carson Wessel, Matthew Brockhaus, Andrew Kosch, Jacob Keller, Wyatt Brandl and Jett Dunn. Courtesy photo

Flyers win home invite
The St. Francis golf team participated in its own invite Thursday held at Steepleview Golf Course. Under windy conditions the Flyers were able to shoot a team score of 371 to finish 3 strokes ahead of Howells-Dodge and finish 1st overall in the 10-...
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Democrat photos Bill Mimick, left, paces the sidelines during Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family’s game against Walthill Friday in Lindsay. Brandon Kirby, center, and James Droescher, right, are hands-on during practice. Kirby gives the linemen instructions, and Droescher gets under center on offense.

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Sunday evenings are spent watching film and going over scouting reports for the next game at CVA. From left, assistant coach James Droescher, head coach Bill Mimick and assistant coach Brandon Kirby prepare for the upcoming game by preparing what they’ll need to teach their team during the following week’s of practices. Democrat photos

So, You Want To Be A Coach?

Wed, 09/28/2022 - 12:00am

Do you like doing laundry, late night film sessions, sleepless nights? Then coaching might be for you.

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Kaitlin Collins and Mark Kallweit

WEDDINGS

Wed, 09/21/2022 - 4:00am

Kaitlin Collins, of Portland, Oregon, and Mark Kallweit, formerly of Humphrey, Neb., were united in marriage. The afternoon ceremony took place on Aug. 28, 2022, at Coopers Hall in downtown Portland. Friend of the couple, Timothy Vleisides officiated the ceremony.

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Carter Classen

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Emma Classen

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Jocelyn Dunn

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Leah Kosch

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Lexi Morfeld

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Tessa Deets

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Mrs. Schumacher

What Grandparents Day means to us

Wed, 09/21/2022 - 4:00am

Grandparents Day is officially observed on the first Sunday after Labor Day, which was Sept. 12 this year. As I have assigned my journalists are writing about their own grandparents and we recently celebrated Grandparents Day, I became curious about the day itself.

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