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Saturday, September 04, 2010
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Fire engulfs barn
|  | | Flames engulf hay bales and machinery in a barn owned by Ron Gade in the early morning hours of Aug. 29. Firefighters worked for a good part of the day to get the fire under control and to keep it from spreading to a machine shed. |
Seward Fire and Rescue was called to barn fire just off of Alvo Road near the Highway 34 and Matzke Highway intersection in the early morning hours of Aug. 29.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
| News
| | Enrollment rises at Seward, Malcolm schools | Enrollment rose for some area public schools and fell for others as school started this fall.
The biggest surprise came for Milford Public Schools, which saw a drop in enrollment after a few years of increases.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |  | | Church organ out for first time in 40 years | When the organ comes back, it will be better than ever.
Originally installed in 1917, the Hinners pipe organ at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Staplehurst, is out of commission for the moment as it's cleaned and repaired for the first time in about 40 years.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | | | Tasty treats featured at chili cook-off | Extra spicy chili, deer chili, chicken chili and a wide variety of other recipes were available for tasting at the 2010 Goehner Volunteer Fire Department's chili cook-off.
"This year we wanted to think of something that nobody else would do. We went with deer because we both like to hunt," said Dustin Blecha, who, working with Jared Koranda, entered a chili made with deer.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | | | Accident claims life, closes highway | A fiery three-vehicle crash on Highway 34 around 5:30 p.m. Aug. 23 claimed one life and closed the highway for more than an hour while crews worked to clean up the scene.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | | | Centennial starts first class of preschoolers | After seeing the need in the community, Centennial Public School decided it was time to add a preschool program.
"The board saw a need with some of the kids we have coming into kindergarten and the fact that some families have not been able to do preschool," Centennial Superintendent Tim DeWaard said. "We have kids whose families couldn't afford preschool or can't transport their kids to preschool or Head Start. It's a good step to try to address that need."
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | |
| Sports
| | Defending state champs handle Jays | A young, relatively inexperienced Seward High football team took the field for its first game of 2010 against the two-time defending state champion Aurora.
Although the Jays battled hard, the Huskies were too much, handing SHS its first loss of the season 48-13.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | | | Milford corrals Mustangs in opener | The Milford defense kept Raymond Central out of the end zone, and the Eagle offense kept finding the end zone as Milford defeated Raymond Central 47-7 to open the 2010 football season.
Although Milford didn't score on its first possession, it was able to finish on its second when Kyle Herman ran the final four yards of the drive for the touchdown. The drive started with a 10-yard pass from Boone Anderson to Taylor Klein that loosened up the defense, Coach Marty Hingst said.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | | | Centennial opens softball season 2-2 | Centennial's softball team opened the season with a pair of wins and a pair of losses in its first week of play.
"Its tough to lose two one-run games," Centennial Head Coach Tony Conell said. "I'm excited about the year. We didn't finish how we wanted, but we're pretty young."
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | | | Malcolm comes up short against Yutan | Even though the Malcolm football team ran 82 offensive plays in its first game of the season against Yutan Aug. 27, the team couldn't execute a win, falling 27-22.
"We executed half of a game is basically the way I look at it," Head Coach Scott Amen said.
Amen said his team needs to be able to open up its offense a little more.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | | | SHS softball second at home invitational | The Seward softball team suffered its first loss of the season Aug. 28, losing to Friend 6-5 in the championship game of the Seward Invitational.
The game was a match-up of the defending Class C state champion Bulldogs and the Class B state runner-up Bluejays, and each team had a big inning, Seward Coach John Moody said.
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