Youth News

Remember when you first started to read. Wasn’t that an exciting time? To promote young children’s delight in talking, listening, reading and writing, adults need to provide a variety of interesting language experiences. Children who have reading difficulties in the primary grades often had limited early-literacy learning experiences. Children with reading difficulties have: • Less…

Minnesota’s State Champion 4-H Dairy Knowledge Bowl team from Meeker County beat 19 other state champion teams from throughout the United States to win the National 4-H Dairy Knowledge Bowl at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky. on Nov. 8. This is the first time that Minnesota has won this contest in…

Holy Cross School held its annual Walk-A-Thon for Non-Public Education on Saturday, Oct. 14. Though the wind was a bit sharp, the event was well attended by parents and students. Participants stopped at each mile marker and prayed, and the local Knights of Columbus served a meal after the walk. The Walk-a-thon is the school’s…

Navy Seaman Recruit Jason P. Hoff, a 2004 graduate of Eden Valley-Watkins High School, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Hoff completed a variety of training which included classroom study, practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety, survival, shipboard and aircraft…

Marine Corps Pfc. Douglas F. Berthiaume, son of Darlene G. Berthiaume of Watkins, part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), recently conducted operations in Najaf, Iraq, while stationed at Forward Operating Base Hotel, Iraq. Members of the 11th MEU battled against Muqtada al-Sadr and his militia in the opening days of fighting in a…

The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. Feb. 1, at the Kimball Church of Christ. President Kyrstal Mackereth called the meeting to order and pledges were said. The treasurer’s report was read and approved. Old business Share the Fun practice will begin at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 15. Margaret Arnold attended the Federation meeting…

Kim Ostby’s third-grade class learned mapping skills and letter writing over the last year. They wrote to Kimball semi-truck driver Brian Gageby and followed his travels. Gageby wrote postcards once a week. Each time he wrote, he would address a certain student. This student was responsible for reading the postcard aloud to the class, tracking…