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Annual event features sixty-eight entries On Monday evening, in the high school commons of Central City Public Schools (CCPS), the district’s budding young scientists met to show off the fruits of their scientific pursuits, displaying their hard work to myriad family members, peers, teachers, curious visitors, and a panel of judges. The Central City Science Fair, held at 7:00 on March 2nd, is an annual tradition for the district, giving students the opportunity to present on projects months, and sometimes years, in the making and to prepare for the regional and state Nebraska Junior Academy of Science (NJAS) Science, Engineering, and Agriculture Research Competitions later in the year.

MEMBERS OF THE HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS speech team pose after the Crossroads Conference Speech Meet where OID team members Peyton Hofmann, Rylee Hofmann, Madi Zerr and Garyt Lesiak were champions. Hofmann and Zerr won the duet title; Zerr placed second in POI; Hofmann placed third in entertainment; Jerry Carlson placed fourth in entertainment; and Rylee Hofmann placed fourth in informative. The team finished fourth in sweepstakes. Pictured above are (back row): Jerry Carlson, Colin Howell, Garyt Lesiak, Bowdy Glasser, Ellee Grigsby, and Brianna Cazares Vallejo; (front row): MaCadden Turner, Peyton Hofmann, Madi Zerr, Rylee Hofmann, Brooklynn Welch, and Jayden Engler

For the first time in program history, the Amundsen Lab’s hop research program at the University of Nebraska– Lincoln has created a hop variety suitable for commercial sale. Margie, a hop developed from a Nebraska wild variety, is “a beast in the field,” much like the pitbull-German shepherd mix it’s affectionately named after.