Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
ROYAL MEMORIAL DAY: The Royal Triangle Park was adorned with a powerful display of crosses on Monday, each honoring fallen soldiers from the area.
ROYAL MEMORIAL DAY: Two flags were given to honor soldiers who have passed this year. The flags were given in honor of David Yungbluth and Jim Johnson. Both flags were given to the brothers of these fallen soldiers, Terry Johnson and Buddy Yungbluth.
ROYAL MEMORIAL DAY: During the program Clay County Sheriff Chris Raveling gave the Memorial Day message. Raveling spoke on the sacrifices so many endured in order to fight for the freedoms we all so gratefully bear.
Pictured are students with their handcrafted Ukrainian flags, which they handed out during Family Fun Night events this year.
Pictured here are the Top 3 cookie sellers, from left to right: Lexius Jones, second place; Journye Teepe, first place, and Bentlee Tewes, third place.
CC/E preschool graduates share their talents with parents and guardians.
Piñata fun at CC/E preschool graduation.
Pictured here, Reicks (center) hands off a $3,000 check to Clay County 4-H Youth Coordinator Isabel Dehrkoop (left) and Clay County Youth Outreach Coordinator Jenna Keene (right).
CC/E students donate to Ukraine
Clay Central/Everly Elementary students have been on a self-started mission to give. Ever since the war erupted in Ukraine, CC/E students have felt a stirring within to do more and help as much as they can. Together the student body helped to raise $360.67 through their penny drive. All raised monies will be given to UNICEF.
Local Girl Scouts honored
Girl Scout Troop #10528 met last week at the Royal Community Building for its annual awards ceremony. Children and families enjoyed a 9-foot sub as they were each celebrated for this past year's achievements.
The trio received a trophy for their efforts. Certificates were also handed out throughout the evening for children who set good examples, helped others and were kind.
CC/E preschool Class of 2022
Clay Central/Everly held its preschool graduation program last Thursday. The program started with parents and children enjoying a banana and donut breakfast in the lunchroom. The program then moved to the preschool classroom where teachers and students went through their typical daily routine to show the parents/guardians in attendance. Children then sang numerous songs for the audience before a story was read aloud. Following story time, the children and teachers led the way to the outdoor Nature Learning Center.
Here the children lined up for some frigid yet fun attempts at breaking the candy filled shark piñata. Once the pinata was empty, the crowd headed back inside for the actual graduation ceremony. Children were awarded different certificates noting their special qualities throughout the school year. Following the graduation ceremony, everyone headed back to the lunchroom for pizza and conversation before heading home.
NEW Cooperative Foundation donates to Clay County 4-H
The NEW Cooperative Foundation showed its commitment to supporting local 4-H youth by donating $50,805 to 22 counties totaling to be 3,387 individual 4-H members. The money was donated for half of each 4-H youth's dues in NEW Cooperative's trade territory, which includes Clay, Cherokee and Dickinson counties, among many others.
"NEW Cooperative takes extraordinary pride in supporting our area youth 4-H programs. We strongly feel that 4-H helps these youth build the foundation to become future leaders in our local communities," said Holly Reicks, NEW Cooperative Communication Specialist, in a news release. "We are excited for them as they gain all the valuable skills and knowledge the 4-H program offers."
