Harvest of Harmony

By Sophie Hsu

LDNE student

From left to right front row Logan Olsen, Chloe Coates, Mason Lami, Bailey Hayes, Cierra French, Natalia Castle-Gosch
L-R Second Row-Maggie White, Cassidy Mentink, Rusty Hardeman, Brennan Fergusen, Bow Whitley, Aaron Williams
Photo Credit/John Mayo

On  October 5 , 2013 15 Northeast music students went to Harvest of Harmony. They  got up at 5 a.m. and went to Grand Island. It was a very cold day but they really enjoyed the parade.The students watched more then 100 bands in the parade! After the parade, they went to the field marching competition. That was really great !

O-C students rallying community members to be safe drivers

HELP Oakland-Craig Public Schools WIN BY COMMITING TO BEING A SAFE DRIVER!

Commit to being a safe driver on behalf of new drivers in Oakland and Craig.

Students at Oakland-Craig are rallying community members to commit to safe driving.  Supporting Oakland-Craig shows we are working hard to reverse the startling statistic that car crashes are the number one killer of teens in the US and Canada.

Oakland-Craig is committed to keeping teens safe on the road, and that’s why they are participating in Celebrate My Drive®, a program that’s all about celebrating the fun of getting your driver’s license while teaching all drivers positive habits to help avoid car crashes.

Bryce Uhing, OCHS junior and Student Council member, “This program is one step in a positive and fun direction in making our community a safer place.”

You can help Oakland-Craig win a $100,000 grant and possibly a concert by Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson in our own town!  Log on to www.celebratemydrive.com  to make a safe driving commitment once a day, every day, between Oct. 18 and Oct. 26.  The more safe driving commitments our community makes on behalf of Oakland-Craig, the better our chance to win $100,000 and host the Kelly Clarkson concert.

About Celebrate My Drive:

Celebrate My Drive® is a different approach to a leading public health risk.  Car crashes are the number one killer of teens, and a teen’s first year on the road is the most dangerous. Using research as a guide, State Farm is approaching teen driver safety, a winnable public health battle, by engaging teens while they learn to drive in a supportive and positive way.  It’s a community celebration of safe driving habits emphasizing the benefits of safe choices as teens celebrate the freedom that comes with getting a drivers’ license. Learn more about the initiative at www.celebratemydrive.com.

About State Farm:
State Farm and its affiliates are the largest provider of car insurance in the U.S. and is a leading insurer in

Canada. In addition to providing auto insurance quotes, their 17,800 agents and more than 65,000 employees serve 81 million policies and accounts – more than 79 million auto, home, life and health policies in the United States and Canada, and nearly 2 million bank accounts. Commercial autoinsurance, along with coverage for renters, business owners, boats and motorcycles, is also available.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies.

State Farm is ranked No. 44 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit http://www.statefarm.com or in Canada http://www.statefarm.ca.

About Kelly Clarkson:

Since bursting onto the music scene 10 years ago, Kelly Clarkson has released 5 studio albums (Thankful, Breakaway, My December, All I Ever Wanted, Stronger), 1 Greatest Hits album, sold over 20 million albums worldwide, 10 million albums in the US and has had 10 singles in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. She is the recipient of 3 Grammy Awards, 4 American Music Awards, 3 MTV Video Music Awards, 2 Academy of Country Music Awards, 1 Country Music Association Award and 12 Billboard Music Awards. Clarkson’s last studio effort Stronger debuted at #2 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Digital Albums Chart. The album produced the smash singles, “Mr. Know It All” and “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” which marks Kelly’s 9^th and 10^th Top 10 hit. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” was #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart for two consecutive weeks (3 weeks total) marking her 3^rd #1 on the Hot 100 chart.  Clarkson’s Stronger was certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A. and won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. Clarkson released Greatest Hits – Chapter 1 last year which featured 3 brand new tracks as well as a compilation of some of her greatest hits to date.  Kelly spent the summer touring with Maroon 5 and recording her very first Christmas album Wrapped In Red, which is set for release on October 29^th.

Oakland-Craig food drive

 Oakland-Craig food drive wants you!

            The Oakland-Craig high school Student Council is once again asking for your help to refill the shelves of the Oakland and Craig food banks. This is a great way to give back to your community and every little bit can help someone in a big way.

The student council has put together a competitive food drive that will involve the preschoolers all the way up to the high school seniors. This will be taking place from October 21 to October 31. The student council will then deliver the all the items to the food banks of Oakland and Craig. Everyone can help out by bringing non-perishable food items to their elementary classroom or Jr/Sr High reading period.

The elementary and junior/senior high classes that bring the most amounts of items will receive a pizza party! This is going to benefit your community! The student council will be making a bar graph to be displayed in the cafeteria for the students to see how their class is doing in the competition.   Last year, O-C students donated over 3,400 items to our food banks.

Items needed: 

Spaghetti and other pastas
Spaghetti sauce
Paper towels
Toilet Paper
Juices
Macaroni and cheese boxes
Variety of canned fruit
Peanut butter
Flour
Sugar
Salt and Pepper
Oil
Crackers
Jell-O and pudding
Kleenex
Ramen Noodles
Cake and brownie mixes
Soups
Ketchup
Mustard
Barbecue Sauce
Salad dressings
Miracle whip
Velveeta Cheese
Pie filling
Pasta side dishes
Rice side dishes
Tuna
Hamburger helper, Chicken helper, Tuna helper

Bancroft-Rosalie Homecoming Coronation

Don’t forget that Bancroft-Rosalie’s coronation is tonight. The evening begins with a free hamburger feed at 6:00 p.m. the football field followed by a community pep rally and crowning of homecoming king and queen at 7:00 p.m.

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All of the American Government students with Mr. Lahm, instructor. Photo Credit/Wendy Simpson.

Parents and Guardians of the Senior Class,

P.S. – Please ask your son or daughter about their project. It may be a great topic of conversation.

Taylor Fuston with his project. Photo Credit/Wendy Simpson.

Tatiana Harris and her project. Photo Credit/Wendy Simpson.

Sara and her project. Photo Credit/Wendy Simpson.

David and Dakota with their project. Photo Credit/Wendy Simpson.

Alex Brehmer and Bobby Simpson with their project. Photo Credit/Wendy Simpson.

Devan Collins and his project. Photo Credit/Wendy Simpson.

Alexis and Vanessa with their project. Photo Credit/Wendy Simpson.

 

Cancer walk

During homecoming week, the LDNE students and staff participated in a cancer walk. Some of the pictures were posted at the time. Kat Country Hub has obtained the information regarding the cancer walk.

“It is a walk we have done the last couple of years to honor survivors and those we have lost to the disease,” stated Pat Sharp, a teacher at Lyons-Decatur Northeast. “We talk about healthy lifestyles to make a difference and walk, skip and hop in the gym for 30 minutes to great music.”

The student council handed out granola bars and fruit snacks to everyone preschool through seniors that attended.

There were many participants at the cancer walk held in Lyons during LDNE homecoming week. Photo Credit/Pat Sharp

Pep band

PEP BAND! PEP BAND! PEP BAND! This magnificent group of people are keeping the Cougar spirit at it’s peek, with songs like My Sharona, Sweet Caroline, and Iron Man,

Lyons-Decatur Northeast Pep Band. Photo Courtesy LDNE.

they are keeping it pumping. Pep Band is great to come see at every home game whether it be Football, Basketball, or Volleyball because they keep the crowed pumped up. and chant to every cheer the Northeast Cheerleaders do! So come listen to the wonderful music of the Northeast Pep Band next Friday October 4, 2013!

This year the Lyons Decatur Northeast Pep Band is competing in the First Annual Battle of the Pep Bands, wich is being held at Bancroft-Rosalie, with Pep Bands from Pender, Homer, Logan View, David City, Lyons-Decatur and Bancroft-Rosalie. We also would love to see more schools join in. All schools have to sign up by October 18, 2013.

Music Technology Students: New picture

Left to right, back row Jessie Mutum, Madie Ronnfeldt, Amelia Schlichting, Bow Whitley. The front row left to right Taylor Fuston, Shyanne French, Jacob Swanson, Sophie Hsu. Photo Couresy LDNE.

Music Technology is an exciting class where some of the students play music such as Same Love or Sail on IPads. The Northeast iPad Ensemble is glad to present the iPad music to you with some of our best music students. The iPads are the newest and now may be the greatest part in the music department. The students in Music Technology are in charge of writing articles for the school website. At the concert we perform and also control all of the sound system.

Also, the Music Appreciation class is coming together to play some of the best songs on there guitars. The Northeast Guitar Ensemble will be performing Sweet Home Alabama, and Cruise. They will be performing at our next concert which is played on October 17, 2013 at 7:00 P.M. We hope to see you there.

Vanessa Peterson and Aaron Williams. Photo Courtesy of LDNE.

A unique band picture from LDNE Homecoming Pep rally

I thought I would try something new on my camera. Here it is!

Unique band picture. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.