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Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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Changes are coming to communities served by Catholic parishes that are part of Rural Family K, including St. Theresa's in Clearwater, rural St. John's and St. Peter's in Ewing. In a letter sent to parishioners March 1, Rev. John Norman said a proposal developed by the Family Pastoral Planning Team has been granted tentative approval from Archbishop George Lucas. The plan includes canonical and structural changes. Through the Journey of Faith process, two priests will serve the family of...
Nebraska's powerlifting scene will bring the best of the best to Orchard. Set to take place April 1, the 2023 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet will be held at the Orchard Community Center gym, at 4th and Rusk streets. Lifting will begin at 9 a.m. Several Summerland-area lifters will compete in the event. In 2022, 118 lifters, representing 14 teams participated in the 15th annual event....
Summerland speech team members competing in last Thursday's Class C2 state championship in Kearney finished the season by earning superior ratings. Faith King finished ninth overall after preliminary rounds in informative speaking, with a presentation on nostalgia. King received a total of 143 speaking points out of a possible 150. Judges ranked her third, sixth and first in preliminary round competition. Olga Mendoza finished ninth overall after preliminary rounds in serious prose. She...
The 2023 ESU 8 kindergarten to 12th-grade art show will be held at the Antelope County Fair Grounds Building in Neligh. The show will be open to the public for viewing from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day starting Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2. Student artwork will be displayed from Antelope, Boyd, Holt, Madison, Pierce, Stanton and Wheeler counties, all served by ESU 8. The show will represent approximately 30 schools and more than 5,500 students in the seven-county area. There is no fee...
Organizations and non-profit groups in Antelope County applying for funding through the county’s Antelope County Visitors Improvement Fund will need to familiarize themselves with new rules regarding improvement fund disbursements. Antelope County commissioners, during a March 7 meeting, approved and authorized chairman, Charlie Henery, to sign a resolution that will “hold fund-request applications until the balance of the fund is above $5,000, at which time the application requests will be con...
How many brackets were busted over the weekend as the field of 64 narrowed? I'm not talking about college hoops. I'm talking about voting in the Nebraska Beer Bracket, a 64-brewery tournament that aims to "crown the best beer in Nebraska." The brainchild of Sarah Baker Hansen, a former Omaha World-Herald food writer, the bracket extends beyond Omaha and divides the state into four regions: Omaha, East, West and Capitol. Baker Hansen, along with the graphic design team from Hanscom Park Studios,...
The Legislature is now halfway through the current Legislative session. Public hearings were held this past week on two bills that I introduced in the Appropriations Committee. As amended, LB 766 would appropriate $1.625 million annually in American Rescue Plan Act dollars, over the next two fiscal years, to the Department of Environment and Energy as a follow-up to the reverse osmosis grant program created by the Legislature with last year's LB 1014. Under LB 766, NDEE would award a grant to an...
The consumption tax, or the transaction tax, or maybe it's the EPIC tax, has reared its ugly, shortsighted head again. Call it what you will, but elimination of the highly sustainable three-pronged tax system that has been on the books since 1976 and cost Governor Norbert Tieman his political future, is simply not a good idea. First introduced in the 1990s as the so-called brainchild of a McCook businessman, the "transaction tax" never got out of committee. A couple years ago it came back as...
Before my junior year in high school, I returned from a Boy Scout canoeing trip to discover my sister had been killed in a car crash. I will never forget the sadness of the moment when I walked into the house that was filled with what seemed like half the caring and wonderful town of De Smet to find my mom and dad there grieving. It was near the end of that summer, but the beginning of a long period of mourning for my family and me. There were lessons that came to me after my sister’s death. I...
Funeral services for Merle J. Sehi, 83, of Elgin, were held Tuesday, March 21, at St. John's Catholic Church, rural Clearwater, with Rev. John Norman officiating. Interment followed at St. Patrick's Cemetery, rural Clearwater. Merle died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Levander Funeral Home, of Elgin, was in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.levanderfuneralhome.com. ~~~~~ Merle John Sehi, son of Albert J. and Erma (Zegers) Sehi, was born...
Clearwater Public Library received a gift of 100 new children's books, ranging from prekindergarten through early readers. The books were a donation from the Brownstone Book Fund, a private foundation in New York City, interested in fostering early reading, a love of books and encouraging parents and children to read together. Stop by the library to see new titles added to the collection....
Brennon J. Coleman, 39, of Neligh appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on March 15 for first hearing on a Class 3A felony, third-degree domestic assault, second offense. Coleman requested court-appointed counsel. Taylor appointed Martin Klein of Neligh. Preliminary hearing is set April 5. Bond was set at $20,000, 10% cash, with conditions including no contact with alleged victim and written permission from resident where he intends to reside. Coleman was remanded back to the custody of...
The spring season can be an ideal time to prepare for the future, which is why Nebraska State Treasurer, John Murante, is encouraging families to upgrade savings by creating a college savings plan. Assisting with those efforts - a new mascot named Nester, and a video series called “Ask Penny,” to help families navigate saving for a loved one’s future. “The rising costs of higher education make it imperative that families either start planning or develop a strategy to increase contributions to its NEST 529 College Savings account,” said Mura...
Two years after Donald Trump won the 2016 president election, four Nebraska women joined to form a progressive political group in the state dedicated to holding lawmakers like those in the Nebraska Legislature accountable. "Something physically in my body had changed and I was compelled that I was never going to feel that way again," co-founder Christi Bradley said of the 2016 election. "I was never going to feel like I hadn't done enough to prevent something terrible from happening." The...
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health and the Nebraska Pharmacists Association continues to get lifesaving Narcan out to Nebraska residents in order to be prepared in the event of an opioid overdose. Since March 1, Narcan is available at no charge, at Kubat Pharmacy/Hilltop Drug, located at 108 W. 11th in Neligh. "Our partnership with Kubat Pharmacy and DHHS will allow anyone who is in a position to help someone who is experiencing an opioid overdose to access Narcan nasal spray at no cost, without...
The Bobcat golf season will wait until April 5 to tee off for the 2023 season when the team competes in the CWC quad at Summerland. Tee time is set for 1 p.m. Originally, Summerland was scheduled to compete March 28, in a triangular with Niobrara/Verdigre and Santee. That meet has been postponed. The team will compete in Class C2, according to head coach Bill Tabbert. Kris Tabbert will serve as assistant high school coach and lead the junior high squad. Cole Gaughenbaugh, a student teacher at Summerland, will work with the team as a volunteer...
Trinity Mosel, 22, of O’Neill was bound over to Holt County district court on two felony charges when she appeared in front of the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on March 14. Mosel faced the Honorable Kale Burdick on a Class 2A felony, possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, with intent to deliver; a Class 4 felony, possession of a controlled substance, concentrated THC; and an infraction, possession of drug paraphernalia, all alleged July 13, 2022. Mosel waived her right to preliminary hearing and Bur...
Guests at northeast Nebraska state park areas were treated to some improvements in 2022, with more set to be completed in 2023. The following is a roundup of those improvements and projects: Summit Lake State Recreation Area Summit Lake State Recreation Area near Tekamah saw aquatic habitat and angler access improvement projects completed to improve the fishery and guests' experience. The west and south sediment basins were excavated to restore them to their original capacity and prevent...
PLANNING WORKSHOP SUMMERLAND SCHOOL PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Summerland Public School, District 02-0115, Board of Education, will hold a strategic planning workshop Monday, March 27, 2023, at 6 p.m. The public meeting will be held in the board room at 51293 857th Rd, Ewing, Nebraska. An agenda kept continuously current is available for inspection at the office of the superintendent d...
This month’s State Board of Education meeting convened March 2 and 3 at the Marriott Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln. During Friday’s public meeting, Wakefield Community School, of District 6, was recognized for being one of two Nebraska schools, among 55 across the United States, named 2022 National Elementary Secondary Education Act Distinguished Schools. Crete Public Schools was the other Nebraska school. Wakefield Community School was recognized for exceptional student performance and aca...
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska March 14, 2023 Chairman opened the meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved payroll. Approved vendor claims. General: AMERITAS LIFE INS CORP ins 17,547.81; ANTELOPE CO COURT ex 384.00; APPEARA ex 34.70; APPLIED CONNECTIVE TECH ex 7,795.69; BLACK HILLS ENERGY ut 2,678.24; BCBS ins 64,742.94; OLTJENBRUNS INC ex 4,610.43; BOMGAARS ex 35.96; BUTCH'S BODY SHOP ex 259.00; CARHART LUMBER ex 45.99; CARNEY LAW ex 6,123.00; CITY OF NELIGH ut...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION March 14, 2023 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. President Steve Thiele called the meeting, which was advertised in the March 8, 2023, paper, to order at 6:30 p.m. Thiele noted the open meeting act posted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Members present: Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Scott Thiele, Steve Thiele, Austin Twibell and Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Nordby, seconded by Scott Thiele, to approve...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL 20/20 Technologies, LLC, remote support, 135.00; Amazon, sup, 230.92; Appleby, Greg A., winter 2023 mileage reimb, 265.93; Black Hills Energy - Clearwater, nat gas, 48.71; Bud’s Sanitary Service, trash, 1,300.00; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, AEDs/MH sup/travel exp, 5,170.27; Clearwater Market, sup, 47.30; ColdType Publishing, printing, 109.92; Corner Hardware & More, sup, 2,336.24; DAS State Acctg-Central Finance OCIO, internet line charges, 411.70; Dusty’s, fuel, 703.71; Egan Supply Co., Sup, 3,067.06; Elk...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF PAGE March 13, 2023 The regular monthly meeting of the Village Board of Page was held Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Village office. This meeting was in compliance with the Nebraska Open Meetings Act and the Open Meeting Laws are posted at the Village office. Chair Linquist called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Trustees VanEvery, Bartak and Tyrrell present. Also present: Cora Calkins and Diane Fox. Absent: Leichleiter. Motion by Bartak, seconded by Tyrrell, to approve minutes of the Feb. 13, 2023, regular meeting as...
Students at Summerland School will see new faces next fall as three teachers and one paraprofessional offered letters of resignation at the school board’s March 14 meeting. After 23 years, family and consumer science teacher Becky Eickholt will retire at the end of the current school year. Elementary special education instructor Bonnie Mitchell submitted a letter of resignation, noting she accepted a position at Neligh-Oakdale Public School. Morgan Schrunk, fifth-grade teacher, tendered her r...
