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FHS Journalism Earns JEA Recognition
Three Fairbury High School students earned Excellent awards in the 2020 Journalism Education Association winter contest announced this week. Senior Josephine Blatny won an “Excellent” award for her newspaper layout for “State Champs – Softball.” Senior Carson York received “Excellent” recognition for his Sports/Action Photography for coverage of State softball. …
Girls basketball goes 2-1 at Conference
Fairbury Girls Basketball played three games in this season’s Southern Nebraska Conference (SNC) tournament over a six-day period and pulled away with two victories. The Jeffs had home-court advantage against first-round opponent Wilber-Clatonia when they rolled to a 46-16 win on Monday, Feb. 3. Senior Sara Huss lead in scoring …
Drones raise concerns in Nebraska
Recently, drones have been showing up out of nowhere in Eastern Colorado and across Nebraska. These drones have been making the local people in the area paranoid. For many locals, it is their belief that it is the government or a random company that is behind the drones. “I think …
FFA Members earn state degrees through extensive preparation and interviews
Senior FFA Members travelled to Milford yesterday to interview for their state degrees. The students had to explain their Supervised Agricultural Experience Projects (SAE) and how the Agricultural Education course they take all connect. Preparing for the interviews is a rigorous process according to FFA President Kennedy Deboer ’20. “We …
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The Dead Don’t Die was frankly one of the worst post-apocalyptic movies known to man
As an avid zombie-apocalyptic film watcher, I was expecting the film The Dead Don’t Die to be a decent movie. However, I was thoroughly disappointed. With all of the fairly popular actresses and actors in the film, I figured it would be way better than it actually was. Among the …
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Jeffs fall to ranked Mustangs
The boys varsity basketball team lost to top 10 rated Sutton at Fairbury, 55-42 on Thursday, January 23. Sutton took the lead early in the game outscoring Fairbury 12-4 in the first quarter. Fairbury hung tough in the second quarter, but ended the half down 30-21. “Overall we played very …
Helping those in need stay clean
Over the past week, the Jeffs’ Market located outside of Dr. Emily Winter’s room has been collecting some promising goodies for students – hygiene products. This helpful drive was promoted by Dr. Winter, as well as the Energizers’ sponsor Emily Steinhoff. All Period 8 classes were encouraged to bring in …
Icy roads prove difficult for student driving
Extra caution should be taken when driving on the roads due to the icy conditions. The icy roads have proven to be a problem in Fairbury and may continue to be a problem if people do not take the issue seriously. “Ice is the prime motivator for people getting stuck,” …
BNFF wins dual against Northstar and recognizes senior diver
Last night BNFF won a home dual against Northstar. All the girl’s relays won, and the team brought home many individual championships and high placings. Mikya Lierman ’23 won her 200 IM and her 100 Fly. Josi Mans ’21 won her 500 Free and placed second in the 100 Back. …
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