For more details contact the NPTelegraph. By George Lauby The North Platte Telegraph Six members of the Platte Valley parent's club organize it each year. More of them come for the day, measuring softball tosses and standing long jumps.
Teachers help out and grandparents attend.
A longstanding annual country tradition continued northeast of North Platte Friday, when about 50 kindergarten through eighth-grade students participated in as many as nine outdoor events at a track meet. It's kind of a 'breaking out' for everybody. 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.