The paper will be late this week, likely delivered on Thursday instead of Wednesday.
Sorry for the delay!
~BDC
Work contracted locally by the Crofton City Council is nearing completion right on schedule, just before the new school year
starts. The Council had agreed to strip, remove, resettle and re-pour the entirety of Fourth Street from Highway 12 to Iowa
between Crofton Elementary and St. Rose.
The Crofton Seniors Legion baseball team had won every single game since July 23. However, in the State tournament, the local Legion boys lost to Albion in the first round game, 3-1, in Wakefield, then lost again, 8-0 to Pender to end their run.
Read more about the Legion boys' State tournament in this week's The Crofton Journal! https://www.croftonjournal.com/o/the-crofton-journal/page/subscriptions
Crofton beat rival Wynot, 5-2 on August 1 to punch their ticket to another State berth. Serving as the representative number two from District 68, the Jays eliminated Wynot from State contention. To read more about the Bluejays returning to State, check out this week's edition of The Crofton Journal! https://www.croftonjournal.com/o/the-crofton-journal/page/subscriptions
The Crofton High School class of 2004 gathered for a reunion event on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Crofton Haymarket downtown.
As the final racers crossed the finish line mid-morning on Saturday, July 27, the 2024 Dam Race came to a close with around 314 competitors able to rest after a day of kayaking, running and biking, each to their own race. Results can be found on https://www.croftonsdamrace.com/
Crofton Community Schools’ track team hosted its first “vault camp” for aspiring pole vaulters on the team. Thirdteen vaulters from junior high, high school and college competed on July 21. They teammates were under the direction of two All-American college vaulters: Zach Zohner a 2-time NAIA National Champion and Mayson Ostermeyer, who was 5th at the Indoor Nationals.
Keith Kube of Crofton served as an alternate Delegate to the National Republication Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc. from Sunday, July 13 to Friday, July 19. Kube is on the state central committee for Nebraska, and joined 71 other delegates from Nebraska to cast the state’s vote for the Republican nominee for the 2024 General Election.
Following the demolition and removal of the old street, a bit of line repair under the street, and new leveling and compaction, trucks began bringing in concrete to continue progress on the repairs that were agreed upon in 2023 for the line running from Iowa Street to Highway 12 between the Crofton Elementary and St. Rose.
Get ready for this year's Crofton's Dam Race, coming this Saturday! Learn more about it by visiting croftondamsrace.com, or by signing up to the Journal with the link below: https://www.croftonjournal.com/o/the-crofton-journal/page/subscriptions
The Crofton Community Club recently added to the beautification efforts in Crofton’s South Park by purchasing and planting a new tree. The City of Crofton had recently removed a number of large, older trees that were beginning to die. A maple was planted just west of the basketball courts. “We are thankful to the Community Club members who make donations like this possible,” said organizers.
Class of 1964 – the 60 year graduating class of Crofton High school celebrated at the Warrior Reunion festivities over the July 4 weekend... Read all about it by signing up with the link below: https://www.croftonjournal.com/.../the.../page/subscriptions
This year’s 12-and-Under Crofton baseball team, top row (l to r): Coach Chad Reifenrath, Coach Brent Mueller and Coach Mitch Johnson; middle row: Jarrett Johnson, Easton Foxhoven, Gavin Mueller, Ethan Buschkamp, Jake Jackson, Caden Nohr and Logan Guenther; bottom row: Seely Thunker, Nash Drotzmann, Rex Sailer, Harrison Poppe, Joe DeBlauw, Leo Reifenrath and Dylan Doyle.
Darin Guenther has a whole new lease on life. At only 35 years old he has found a whole new life and is a whole new man. After waiting three and a half years, on January, 30 2024 at 10 A.M. Darin Guenther came out of an 18 hour heart surgery that forever changed his life. “Be patient, it will come,” said Darin Guenther. “I waited 3 and a half years but it came.”
With Darin being born with half a heart, throughout his life he has had seven different surgeries... Read about Daren's new chance at life by picking up this week's Crofton Journal!
Alumni from far and wide gathered for a number of local events and gatherings over the July 4 holiday weekend in Crofton. Numerous class events were held around the community, culminated at the Alumni Banquet - held in the St. Rose Fellowship hall this year.
Jon Zavadil and Dean Merkel of the Class of 1979 served as emcees for the program, including the introduction of the honored classes, and the oldest alumni present at the event. Two classmates from 1956 held the honor this year - Dennis Lockman and Bob DeBlauw, and they received a special presentation and honor at the event.
The Crofton 18U team won the 2024 League Tournament on Sunday, June 30 in Crofton at Crofton Volunteer Fields. The team won all three of its games, starting with Hartington (8-7). They will be participating in the USA Softball of Nebraska Class D State Tournament during the weekend of July 12-14... Get all the details in this week's Journal!
In case you've missed it, the Crofton Journal makes sure to take photos of all sorts of local sporting events, and make it able for you to freely view on SmugMug. If you want to do so, simply follow the link below: https://paperandink.smugmug.com/The-Crofton-Journal
The Crofton Volunteer Fields’ season rolled on with the organization’s teams getting plenty of games in during the week of June 24 through June 30. The 18U softball team won all five of their games, including both league games and all three league tournament games.
The remaining softball teams (10U Mueller, 14U Hames, and 18U Guenther) will continue preparing for the USA Softball of Nebraska State Tournament on July 12-14th. To stay updated on current and upcoming sporting events, be sure to sign up to the Crofton Journal with the link below: https://www.croftonjournal.com/o/the-crofton-journal/page/subscriptions
Congratulations to Clara Wuebben for making it as a Top 5 Finalist in the Junior Division of the Illustrated Presentation Contest! She presented at the Nebraska State 4-H Premier Communication Event in Lincoln on June 17th. Her presentation was on: "Classic Banana Split.”
The 2024 Knox County Scrap Tire Collection was considered a success with more than 135 tons of tires were collected at the Center County Shed on June 19.
Deputy Knox County Clerk, Krista Nix, said the grant approved from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy was for the collection of up to 150 tons with the low bid to Butler County Landfill where the scrap tires are ground and used to cover the landfill at David City. Nix said the 2025 grant process will begin later this week and an application will be submitted for Knox County.
To stay up-to-date on more local events, sign up to the Crofton Journal with the link below: https://www.croftonjournal.com/o/the-crofton-journal/page/subscriptions
