SMH KBRX School News

Kayla Ryan and Katie Cameron

March 7, 2001

Good afternoon, this is Kayla Ryan and Katie Cameron with this segment of post-spring break news.

The SMH track team started practice on Monday, March 5. The girls team will be

coached by Mrs. Quana Laursen. The boys will be coached by Mr. Tony Allen. This first

week will consist mainly of handing out sweats and conditioning. The first meet will be

the Spencer-Naper Early Bird on March 24.

This year’s O’Neill Golf Team had a meeting at OHS on March 5th to discuss and

distribute the handbook and view a video. The team’s members from St. Mary’s are

Steven Binkerd, Tom Fletcher, Chris Havranek, Tyson Chohon, Nathan Eby, and Jesse

Peetz. Varsity golf meets are usually held on weekdays and the Junior Varsity meets will

be on the weekends. The first golf meet is set for Thursday, March 29th at 2:30 in

O’Neill.

Four SMH students qualified for the State speech competition on Monday, March

fifth at the 2001 District D-1 Speech Contest. District Champions and State qualifiers

were Katie Cameron in Poetry, Britt Chohon in Informative Speaking and Britt Chohon

and Mary Crumly in Duet Acting. District medalist Ashley Braun placed third in

Humorous Prose. The team placed fourth out of eight teams. State Speech will be held

Friday, March 16 at the University of Kearney campus. Good luck, girls! Capture the

gold!

We would like to congratulate the Chambers Lady Coyotes for capturing the D2

State Runner-up Basketball Title last Saturday. We would also like to wish the

Spencer-Naper Pirates and the Ewing Tigers good luck as they compete in the Boys State

Basketball tourney.

St. Mary’s band is preparing for their upcoming clinic to be held in Butte. This

Niobrara Valley Conference West band clinic is to be held Tuesday, March 20. The

Honor Band will be conducted by Mr. Dennis Carlson. The rest of the conference band

will be led by Mr. Dick Davis. The clinic will conclude with a concert at 7:00 p.m.

Perpetual Adoration has begun. Please start your weekly visits to Jesus in the

Eucharist. Remember to sign in during each visit.

Anne Willis is the senior highlighted for this week. She is 18-years old and has

attended St. Mary’s for 13 years. Anne is the daughter of Keith and Carole Willis of

O’Neill. She participated in volleyball, cheerleading, FBLA, FTA, and one-acts earlier this

year. Now she is involved in track and the school musical in her spare time. She is also

the President of the Student Council and the President of FBLA. After graduation Anne

plans to major in elementary education but is undecided in which college she would like to

attend.

The end of the third quarter will be this Friday. Report cards will go home a week

from then.

A Home and School meeting will be held tonight at 8:00 p.m. in the grade school.

St. Mary’s students can look forward to a late start on Tuesday, March 13th, due

to a teachers’ meeting.

The FBLA students will be leaving on Wednesday March 14 at 6:30 a.m. for a trip

to Lincoln.

We want to let you know that our broadcasts are posted each week on the SMH

web page.

This has been Kayla Ryan and Katie Cameron. Thank for tuning in to this week’s

edition of St. Mary’s news. We would like to thank SunMart and the Clothing Company

for sponsoring our news this week. Be sure to check out the recent edition of The Marian

Outlook, our newspaper, for more information about St. Mary’s.