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Driver Scott Bergmark in front of his derby vehicle on the left and brother Jamie’s on the right, that they ran at Cornhusker’s Chaos in Kearney this year, on a trailer near his Phillips home. Bergmark started racing as an 11-year-old child and competed in demolition derby since 2016.

Driver Scott Bergmark in front of his derby vehicle on the left and brother Jamie’s on the right, that they ran at Cornhusker’s Chaos in Kearney this year, on a trailer near his Phillips home. Bergmark started racing as an 11-year-old child and competed in demolition derby since 2016.

Bergmark races, wrecks ahead of competition

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Scott Bergmark of Phillips has been racing for about 15 years and crashing in demolition derbies for the past seven, enjoying every minute of it.  “All in all, racing/derbying is in my blood,” Bergmark wrote via email. “Once you do it, you just can’t stop.
The demolition crew forces out a window frame from the top floor as they slowly work to clear the sections nearest the event center.

The demolition crew forces out a window frame from the top floor as they slowly work to clear the sections nearest the event center.

End of an era in Hordville

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
A sporadic thud reverberated throughout Hordville on a chilly morning Jan. 19. Residents could be seen walking around the former school building as a construction crew chipped away at the exterior walls.
Hordville High School

Hordville High School

Hordville school to come down

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The former Hordville school building will soon be coming down. Village board members voted last week to accept a bid from G & G Dozer, based in Caney, Kan., to demolish a three-story brick structure, parts of which have stood for more than a century.