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  • Bearinger recognized as top actres

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 25, 2021

    Summerland play production team's production of Zink: The Myth, The Legend, The Zebra finished third at the Niobrara Valley Conference East Divison One-Act Contest, Nov. 16, at Elgin Pope John. The Bobcat's play received ranks of first, third and third and tallied 169 rating points. Neligh-Oakdale's presentation of Puberty: The Game Show earned ranks of one, two and five and received 170 rating points to take home the conference championship. Pope John kept the runner-up trophy, edging out out S...

  • Bid deadline extended for Orchard building demo

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 25, 2021

    Summerland School will be searching for a new speech pathologist for the 2022-2023 school year. Board members accepted the resignation of Sheila Kropp, who has worked in education for 44 years. In her resignation letter, Kropp wrote, “After much deliberation, I have decided to retire at the end of the current school year. I have enjoyed working with Ewing, Clearwater, Orchard and Summerland in my 44 years as a speech pathologist.” Finke told board members, “You don’t find many people lasting...

  • Supervisors forward easement resolution to county attorney

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 25, 2021

    When Holt County Supervisors meet Nov. 30, the board may finally consider a resolution on land-use development concerning conservation easements. During the Nov. 16 meeting, supervisors agreed to forward the resolution, for review, to Holt County Attorney Brent Kelly. The item appeared on the agenda in October, also. The board may also consider a wetland reserve easement for Bar K Bar, LLC, located near Goose Lake. In October, supervisors tabled discussion on the easement, requested by Melvin...

  • -Isms: Views on life in rural America

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 25, 2021

    During a week when gratitude is at the forefront, it seems strange to be viewing and reading about toxic positivity. News about the psychological phrase is plastered everywhere, or so it seems. ICYMI: Toxic positivity is defined as an excessive and ineffective overgeneralization of an optimistic state. Toxic positivity creates a false narrative and minimizes interpersonal communication. The problem with always putting on a happy face is complicated and unhealthy. It's unnatural. Responding in...

  • Hard-working entrepreneurs deserve our support this holiday season

    Kim Preston, Lending services director Center for Rural Affairs|Nov 25, 2021

    The holiday season is upon us, and for many people that means making purchases for gift exchanges and planning the menu for family and work gatherings. But, for our nation's small business owners, preparing for the biggest and busiest time of the year can take months of hard work and involves more than just inventory on the shelves. While consumers make their lists and check them twice, entrepreneurs have been working behind the scenes to prepare. They've spent nights and weekends learning how...

  • Practicing gratitude

    Kelly Evans-Hullinger M.D.|Nov 25, 2021

    I love Thanksgiving. I love preparing the food all day and enjoying it while sitting around a table with some of the people I love most. And, there is one holiday tradition I have grown to adore. As we sit down to eat, we share one thing we feel grateful for this year. Practicing gratitude has been shown to improve aspects of mental health and our sense of well-being and it isn't hard to understand why. Saying or thinking "I am grateful for..." feels really good and doing so regularly can help...

  • Patrick McLain

    Nov 25, 2021

    Patrick McLain 1934 - 2021 Funeral services for Patrick J. McLain, 87 of Ewing, were Saturday, Nov. 20, at St. John's Catholic Church at rural Ewing.Father John Norman officiated. Burial was at St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery, with military honors by Sanders American Legion Post #214 and Legion Riders. Pat died Nov. 16, 2021, in Omaha. Snider Memorial Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Condolences may be directed to the family at www.snidermemorialfh.com ~~~ Patrick Jules McLain was born...

  • Trip to Colorado offers colorful view

    Bev Wieler|Nov 25, 2021

    A recent trip to Colorado gave me time to enjoy the fall colors before a hard freeze zaps the show from shrubbery and trees. The burning bushes were an intence blazing red while many trees dotted the landscape with gold and rust tones. It was breathtaking and we were traveling west, not into the eastern United States known for the fall show of colors. Arriving at home and looking out my kitchen window, the temperatures had dropped enough while gone to drain the last color from marigolds and...

  • Business receives restitution for seven-year-old bad checks

    Sandy Schroth, Editor|Nov 25, 2021

    The Honorable Donna Taylor cleared three cases from the Antelope County court docket when she presided over the Nov. 17 court session in Neligh, including one dating back to 2014. Joe Wylie, 66, of Cozad, formerly of Ewing, was charged in April 2015 with two felony counts of issuing insufficient-fund or no-account checks (second offense) to Mr. S’s in Oakdale one year earlier. A warrant for Wylie’s arrest, issued in May 2015, was served in Hall County on Nov. 3 of this year. Pursuant to a plea agreement with Antelope County attorney Joe Abl...

  • Defendants fail to appear, warrants issued, bonds revoked

    Sandy Schroth, Editor|Nov 25, 2021

    Warrants were issued by the Honorable Donna Taylor for two defendants who failed to appear in the Antelope County court last Wednesday, Nov. 17. Angela Flores, of Neligh failed to appear for a bench trial on a City of Neligh junk ordinance violation alleged Aug. 1. Taylor issued a warrant for Flores’ arrest, with a $1,500, 10% bond, after a motion was filed by Joe McNally on behalf of the city. McNally testified Flores had called his office 20 minutes prior to the scheduled trial, indicating she had to work. The attorney alleged he had seen h...

  • Thirty-year-old given chance for turnaround

    Sandy Schroth, Editor|Nov 25, 2021

    A 30-year-old O’Neill resident has been given the opportunity to have his year-old case transferred to drug court. Mykel J. Brown withdrew his not guilty pleas to three Class 3A felony counts committed Oct. 7, 2020, possession of controlled substances - concentrated THC, methamphetamine and cocaine. He appeared before the Honorable Mark Kozisek in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill on Nov. 8. Pursuant to a plea agreement reached with Holt County attorney Brent Kelly, Brown entered guilty pleas to the three counts and Kelly ref...

  • Section 00 10 00 Invitation to Bid 2021 Pavement Repair

    Nov 25, 2021

    SECTION 00 10 00 INVITATION TO BID 2021 PAVEMENT REPAIR Sealed proposals for the construction of “2021 Pavement Repair, Brunswick East, Clearwater North, for Antelope County, Nebraska,” JEO Project Nos. 210460.00, 210457.00, 210458.00, QuestCDN No. 8064613, will be received by the Antelope County Clerk at 501 Main Street, Rm. 6, PO Box 26, Neligh, NE 68756-0026, until 10 a.m., on the 7th day of December 2021, and thereafter will be read aloud. The work is generally described as follows: Pavement repair and concrete pavement. Opinion of probable...

  • Proceedins Summerland Public School Board of Education

    Nov 25, 2021

    PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION November 16, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at 7 p.m. at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Nov. 10 newspapers, to order at 7 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager,...

  • Approved Bils Summerland Public School

    Nov 25, 2021

    APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL Amazon Capital Services, Inc., sup, 1,743.60; Apple, Inc., deposit for apps, 1.00; Appleby, Greg, mileage, 832.80; Barnhill Piano Service, piano tuning, 400.00; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 425.37; Bomgaars, sup, 138.71; Butch’s Body Shop, towing van #23, 179.50; Canon Financial Services, Inc., printer lease, 22.81; Clearwater Market, sup, 30.60; ColdType Publishing, print, 148.11; Corner Hardware & More, sup, 149.68; Courtney Soper, mileage reimb, 705.60; Darin Wickersham, mowing, 185.00; Dusty’s, fue...

  • Notice of Meetings County Board of Commissioners Antelope County, Nebraska for the Month of December 2021

    Nov 25, 2021

    NOTICE OF MEETINGS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the county board of commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska will hold meetings in the county commissioners’ meeting room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska, on the following dates and times: Dec. 7, 2021 at 9 a.m. Dec. 14, 2021 at 8 a.m. Meetings will be open to the public. An agenda, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the Antelope County Clerk’s office and...

  • Historical Society gears up for Giving Tuesday

    Nov 25, 2021

    A transformation has begun on the empty building at the intersection of Main and Nebraska streets, in Clearwater. The future home of the Clearwater Historical Society's museum features a new roof, a security door on the back and several new windows. Inside, plaster walls and lathe have been removed and a new pour of concrete evens the floor. "It's a beginning," said society secretary LuAnn Schindler. "But we still have a long way to go." Additional windows on the front of the building are on...

  • Nebraska: The most valuable brand in college athletics

    Nov 25, 2021

    Peyton Thomas Unlimited Sports/Nebraska News Service LINCOLN--While the Collegiate Brand Value Index ranks the University of Nebraska-Lincoln the most valuable school in the nation, success in the world of name, image and likeness is far from guaranteed. "There are lots of different lists out there, right of likes, who has the most social media followers, the highest level of revenue, and all kinds of things," said Matt Balvanz, a writer at Navigate Sports Business, who created a metric to...

  • Judith Napier

    Nov 25, 2021

    Funeral Services for Judith L. Napier, 82 of Lincoln, will be Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m., at United Methodist Presbyterian Church in Ewing, with Craig Huffman officiating. Visitation will be held an hour before the service at the church. Burial will be in Ewing City Cemetery. Judy died Nov. 26, 2021, in Lincoln. Condolences may be directed to the family at www.snidermemorialfh.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Calvin Crest Camp, 2870 County Rd 13, Fremont, NE 68025 ~~~...