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MNAC All-Academic Honorees

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Honorable Mention (25-26 Composite on ACT) Selections for the 2025 Mid-Nebraska Activities Conference All-Academic Teams were recently announced. Callaway High School is represented by three all-academic students. The complete list is as follows:

CHS Quiz Bowl Headed to State

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The Callaway High School quiz bowl team has had an outstanding season, and is now in the process of preparing for the state competition in Hastings on April 30. This year’s team consists of seniors Dawson Mason, Uotong Haidle, and Addison Bailey; and juniors, Neltje Reiff, Cheney Dishman, Dylan Pandorf, Caleb Furrow, and Nyachay Haidle.
The Callaway Quiz Bowl team has qualified for the state meet next week in Hastings with team members, from left: Coach Cathy Leibhart, Chenney Dishman, Nyachay Haidle, Dawson Mason, Uotong Haidle, Addison Bailey, and Dylan Pandorf. (Photo by Brandy Mason)

ALCC Plans Sixth Compost Days

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Adams Land & Cattle (ALCC) is excited to be sharing their nutrient-rich and organic compost with local gardeners during their sixth annual Adams Compost Days. Custer County residents are encouraged to bring buckets and stop at their loadout facility, just north of the South Lot entrance on Highway 21. They will be giving out compost on Saturday, May 3 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, Sunday, May 4 from Noon to 3:00 pm, and Saturday, May 10 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

COURT REPORT

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NOTICE: The Custer County Courthouse and all offices will be closed on Friday, April 25, in observance of Arbor Day. The following cases have been listed as closed by the Clerk of the District Court of Custer County for the month of March 2025.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

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Callaway placed second with 97 points and Ansley finished first, scoring 122 and ½ at the Callaway Girls’ Track Invitational hosted Friday, April 18. Four new records sparked the wintery- spring day Friday, marked in the discus, 80-yard hurdles, 880 relay, and the mile.
BLAST FROM THE PAST

American Legion Auxiliary Announces Girls State Selections

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Aubrie Birkel, daughter of Heath and Amy Birkel, and Neltje Reiff, daughter of Mike and Erin Reiff, have been selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker Girls State representing the Callaway American Legion Auxiliary. Both girls are juniors at Callaway High School.
ABOVE LEFT: Neltje Reiff, left, and Aubrie Birkel have been selected to represent the Callaway American Legion Auxiliary at Cornhusker Girls State 2025. ABOVE RIGHT: Chenney Dishman, left, and Angel Johnson have been chosen as alternates for this year's Cornhusker Girls State by the Callaway Auxiliary. (Photo courtesy CPS)

Callaway Welcomes New Provider

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Callaway District Hospital and Medical Clinics have been serving the Seven Valleys area since 1952, though it has not always operated under that name. There were also two years, between 1972 and 1974, when the community did not have a medical facility until Dr.
Bethany Collins is the newest medical provider to join the team at Callaway District Hospital and Medical Clinics. She and her fiance, Andrew Rheiner, relocated to Callaway in February when she started her new job. She is now seeing patients full time at the clinic and says she is loving it! (Courier photo by Ellen Mortensen)

Black from the past

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50 YEARS AGO: The new Junior-Senior High School at Callaway was dedicated Sunday afternoon, April 13. The senior band, under the direction of Frank Swathel, played the “Star Spangled Banner” and Father James Janovec gave the invocation to begin the program.
20 YEARS AGO:
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