The event is an annual affair at Platte Valley District 8 rural school. The tradition is old at the school, where four generations of Star's family have been educated. Some parents sell concessions, some hand out ribbons and schedule placings, some set up the equipment and rototill the pits for the competition. Thirty-three students from Platte Valley competed, as well as students from Miller rural school from south of Hershey and Rosedale rural on North River Road. District 44 near Lake Maloney normally attends, but students there had to prepare this year for a spring program.
Grandmas like to come and the kids like to run.
It's really something the community looks forward to. Copyright 1999 North Platte Telegraph Online and The Associated Press. All rights reserved.