Sabetha High School golf team places first at regional meet

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The Sabetha High School golf team places first overall at the Regional Golf meet held at the Sabetha Golf Course on Monday, May 14. Team members proudly showing their Regional Champions plaque are (L-R) Tyler Ulrich, Kevan Herbster, Benji Stoller, Matt Manning, Nolan Keim, Kyle Stallbaumer, and Coach Randy Hall. Keim placed second with a score of 80, Stallbaumer placed fourth with an 81, Manning placed fifth with an 84 and Ulrich placed eighth with an 87. Nemaha Valley took second, and both teams will advance to State at Goodland next Monday, May 21. Photo courtesy of Jacque Stallbaumer Read More

Bern School 7-12 Spring Concert strikes a positive chord

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Bern High School Choir sings “Hallelujah,” “Song of the Sea” and “The Water is Wide” at the final Bern 7-12 Spring Concert Monday, April 30. The choir includes Geraldine Avila, Michael Baumgartner, Mitchell Baumgartner, Ashley Dayhuff, Guillaume deMonclin, Katalina Harvey, Amanda Haverkamp, Kristin Haverkamp, Matthew Haverkamp, Kristin Huffman, Trevor Huffman, Shelby Hundley, Jacob Leuthold, Edgar Martinez, Mayra Martinez, Claire Meyer, Darren Meyer, Eric Meyer, Isaac Meyer, Samuel Meyer, Marissa Mosqueda, Marissa Myers, Isabel Pacheco, Taylor Platt, Maria Rivero, Jessalyn Strahm,...

Health and Wellness Center would be 46,000 square feet

Sunday, May 6, 2012

The proposed Sabetha Health and Wellness Center would not only contain swimming facilities, but also a gymnasium area, workout facilities and equipment, an aerobics room, a recreation room and a walking track. Mike Ayars and Todd Ommen, representatives from Ayars and Ayars, presented a slideshow and detailed booklet containing information about two possible sites to locate the Health and Wellness Center, and what the outside and inside of the building would look like. Two possible locations were presented, one right next to the current outdoor pool on Bluejay Boulevard and one at the Sixth Street...

Volunteers take 30 truckloads to landfill

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The City of Sabetha and the Chamber of Commerce sponsored the annual city-wide clean-up Wednesday, April 25. Pictured are Sabetha High School seniors Troy Matson, Kayla Renyer, Emily Winkler and Meggie Hall. The volunteers took 30 truckloads to the landfill, an approximate 44,088 pounds total. Forty-one SHS seniors helped with clean-up, along with other local volunteers. Herald photo by Patty Locher Read More

MIDDLE FEATURE

Twin Valley League Board invites Troy, Doniphan West high schools to join TVL

Twin Valley League Board President John Whetzal confirmed that, at a special board meeting on Wednesday, May 16, the TVL board voted to extend an official invitation to Troy High School and Doniphan West High School to join the Twin Valley League. “I stress that nothing is finalized at this point and time, but all indications point towards both schools accepting that invitation,” Whetzal said. Story by Amber Deters, staff writer for The Sabetha Herald. Read More

Commission approves fireworks display

The Sabetha City Commission met at 6 p.m. Monday, May 14, in regular session. Alvin Thompson came before the board to request the use of the sports complex for the Independence Day fireworks display, which will be held on Saturday, June 30. Also, Thompson asked for permission to shut down the portions of 6th Street and Berwick Road around the fireworks’ shooting point from 9:50 p.m. until the conclusion of the display. The commissioners approved the request, as well as a $1,000... Read More

Local postal carriers’ food drive benefits Sabetha Food Pantry

Local letter carriers held their annual food drive on Saturday, May 12, and reaped 1,130 pounds of food to benefit the Sabetha Food Pantry. Area residents generously responded to the request to leave non-perishable food items in bags by their mailboxes on Saturday. “We at the Sabetha Food Pantry are again overwhelmed with the generosity of this community that we live in, and we thank each of you for your part,” said Beth Hartter, co-manager of the local pantry. This was the... Read More

Children Learn to Help with Family Laundry

You’ve taught your child to say “please” and thank you”; you’ve taught your child to read. It’s a gift to teach your children life skills like laundry so that they know how to care for themselves. Of course, how much they can help will depend on the age of the child. Here are some ways that even the youngest members of the family can pitch in: Sorting clothes. A child who can tell darks from lights can help with this... Read More

Scholarships are available for Sabetha High School graduates

Two scholarships are available for current college students who are graduates of Sabetha High School. Deadline to apply for these scholarships is June 1, and applications can be obtained on the USD No. 113 website at www.usd113.org. Completed applications need to be turned in to Sabetha High School. Additional specific eligibility requirements for each scholarship are as follows: Nellie Avery Memorial Scholarship: Applicant must be a college student in second, third or fourth... Read More

Gunner Werner receives suspended sentence for late 2011 incident

A Sabetha man, 18-year-old Gunner Werner, has received a suspended sentence in the beating case that sent another Sabetha man to the hospital in early December 2011. Gunner Werner was sentenced April 26 to 63 months in prison, but the sentence was suspended to 60 days in Nemaha County Jail and 36 months supervised probation. Werner also must complete inpatient substance abuse treatment. Werner was convicted on two felony charges — aggravated battery and aggravated intimidation... Read More

Wrestling

Trevin Edelman takes silver in 285-pound class at State Wrestling tournament

Trevin Edelman, silver medalist at 285 pounds at the Class 3-2-1A State Wrestling Tournament held at Hays, takes his opponent to the mat during one of his bouts on Thursday, February 23.

Basketball

Lady Cardinals end outstanding season with fourth place at Class 1A state contest

Wetmore High School girls’ basketball team members proudly showing their fourth-place medals at state competition are FRONT ROW (L-R) Kelsey Henry, Kaitlyn Bloom, Lindsey Hughes and Nichole Boden; ROW TWO (L-R) Dana Kramer, Chelsie Potter, Jordan Evans, Amber Meggison and Alayna Noe; BACK ROW (L-R) Shelby Hopkins, Keri Pfrang, Brianna Boden, Corinne Haverkamp [...]

Blog

Letting Go

With my due date rapidly approaching, I have been planning to step back from some of my duties here at The Herald… some temporarily and some permanently. However, letting go is hard. But if I was waiting for a sign, I certainly got it. On Wednesday, with the entire regular Herald staff on hand to [...]

Rural Life

K-State veterinarian says discovery of BSE shows that the U.S. testing system works

MANHATTAN, Kan. – A Kansas State University veterinarian wants consumers to know that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s discovery of a sick cow in California shows that the meat inspection system in the United States works. Larry Hollis said the April 24, 2012 news of a dairy cow infected with an atypical form of bovine [...]