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PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Sept. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, Sept. 13, following the budget and tax request hearings, in the school board room. President Nordby opened the budget hearing, which was published in the paper on Sept. 8 at 6:28 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele. Absent: Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the absence of Jeremy Wagner. Voting aye:...
The Summerland School District will operate on a $13,331,200 budget in 2021-22. Board members approved the proposed budget and tax levy request during Monday's regular board meeting, the first held at the new school facility. During the budget hearing, held prior to the regular meeting, Superintendent Kyle Finkle said land valuations remained steady, except in Holt County, which saw a 9.24% decrease. "The proposed budget is to decrease general asking from 65 cents and change to 55 cents and...
Summerland School District will feature five new staff members in the 2021-2022 school year, including one elementary and four high school educators. Staff members met for inservice training, in Orchard, Aug. 16 and 17. On Aug. 23 and 24, staff and students moved materials from the three former sites into the new facility, in preparation for the Aug. 30 start date. Jacob Goldfus His first impression of the Summerland School system and new facility can be summed up in one word: incredible. Okay,...
BRETT WESNER Chair of the National Newspaper Association, a community newspaper organization and president of Wesner Publications, Cordell, Oklahoma A little-noticed initiative by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, and six other senators would boost local jobs, accelerate sales and improve economies. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, S. 2434, is designed to help local news media support their newsgathering missions. One provision goes far beyond offering aid to community newspapers,...
This summer I attended the celebration of life service for Dr. Rick Holm, the original Prairie Doc who founded this newspaper column, a radio show and a television show now entering its 20th season. He died from pancreatic cancer in March 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic and thus, there was no public service at the time. Many friends and family gathered to celebrate Rick. We sat on lawn chairs, shared tales and sang songs in a beautiful park on a gorgeous evening. We recalled...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of 59 new COVID-19 cases in the district since last reporting period on Aug. 16. Case count update as of 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 23, includes: 4,723 total cases, 4,500 recoveries and 76 deaths, to date; and 101 total cases reported in the last 14 days. NCDHD is no longer ableto release county-based data in our districts due to HIPAA standards. Previously, the health depaprtment was granted special privileges to release the county- based...
North Central District Health Department has set times for walk-ins during vaccination clinics. Individuals who already have a scheduled appointment time should arrive at that time. Clinics will dispense Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson and/or Moderna vaccines. Walk-in locations and times include: Aug. 31: Greater Sandhills Family Healthcare - Atkinson, 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m., Moderna and Pfizer; Avera Creighton Hospital, 1 to 3 p.m., Moderna; Rock County Clinic, 1 to 4:15 p.m., Moderna;...
The Rural Broadband Association recognized Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company, at the NTCA Marketing eXcellence Awards, as the second runner up in website redesign. Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company is a member of NTCA, the premier association representing nearly 850 independent, community-based telecommunications companies in rural communities across America. The Marketing eXcellence Awards recognize the vital role marketing, sales and communications play in the broadband industry and are...
North Central District Health Department personnel have announced walk-in clinic dates and times at sites throughout the district. NCDHD will now require insurance card information prior to administering a COVID-19 vaccine. A photocopy of the front and back of the insurance card is necessary. Individuals without insurance are still eligible to receive the vaccine. Anyone who has questions is urged to contact the HCDHD office at 402-446-2406. Walk-in clinics will be available at the following sites: Aug. 20: NCDHD office, 422 E. Douglas St.,...
As summer days get hotter, more and more kids are leaning toward public pools to cool off. In our area, The Orchard Swimming Pool is one of the options to stay cool. Erin Schwager, manager of the pool, said the staff and village officials weren't even sure if the pool was going to open this year. "We didn't have many returning staff members, so we didn't have much experience coming into this. You have to be at least 15 to lifeguard and it was hard to find high school kids that wanted to be...
North Central District Health Department personnel have announced walk-in clinic dates and times at sites throughout the district. NCDHD will now require insurance card information prior to administering a COVID-19 vaccine. A photocopy of the front and back of the insurance card is necessary. INdividuals without insurance are still eligible to receive the vaccine. Anyone who has questions is urged to contact the HCDHD office at 402-446-2406. Walking-in clinics will be available at the following...
Nearly a year after many 4-H youths were not able to compete in event due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Holt County Fair is returning with a bigger and better schedule, according to fair officials. Fair events will begin Saturday. Saturday, August 7 4-H shooting sports events will begin, with competition in 22, trap, smallbore, pistol and muzzle loading slated to take place. The competition will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with registration scheduled for 8 a.m. Sunday, August 8 A second day of...
Since the Advocate-Messenger's first edition hit your mailboxes on July 25, 2019, our newspaper has had a single mission: Bring community stories to the forefront. We've shared our region's success stories and we've covered the moments when we all have faced struggles. We share photos from sporting events, document engagements and weddings, promote area businesses and record community history. One of the biggest challenges we collectively have faced is the COVID-19 pandemic. As a small...
Senators approved an increase in state spending on initiatives such as broadband, foster care reimbursement rates, pay for people who provide services under Medicaid and rail industrial parks during Nebraska’s 107th legislative session, which adjourned on May 27. Senators also focused on cutting taxes and designated a portion of the state’s FY 2021- 2022 $4.8 billion budget toward tax relief, according to the 2021 general fund budget summary. Sen. Dan Hughes of Venango said this session was different because there was more money to work wit...
When the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, the American colonies still needed to win the Revolutionary War to truly gain their independence from the British Empire. The war continued another seven years until Sept. 3, 1783. One of the deadliest threats to the Continental Army, however, was not the British Army, it was disease, especially smallpox. Boston had an outbreak of smallpox in 1775 from British Redcoats arriving to fight the rebellion. George Washington knew very...
NATHAN HAWKINS UNLimited Sports/ Nebraska News Service Bill Moos' time as Nebraska's athletic director is over. The University of Nebraska announced Friday morning that Moos will retire from the position, effective June 30. Moos was hired in October 2017 and his contract ran through the end of 2022. The announcement is sudden, as Moos had told the Omaha World-Herald in February that he planned to fulfill the entirety of his contract. Moos was at the helm of a major overhaul of Nebraska...
North Central District Health Department has announced dates for upcoming COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Locations in the Summerland area are listed below. Dates, location, times and type of vaccine available include: • Tuesday, July 6, Avera Creighton Hospital, call directly for an appointment, 1 to 3 p.m., Moderna • Wednesday, July 7, Niobrara High school parking lot, appointment not needed and walk-ins welcome, 10 to 11 a.m., Pfizer • Wednesday, July 7, Santee High School parking lot, appointment not needed and walk-ins welcome, 12 to 1 p.m...
Delta COVID-19 variant has been identified in the North Central District Health Department region. An individual living in the NCDHD region has been infected with the variant. Delta variant is one of the newest variants, in a long list of variants, that have developed due to mutations occurring in the COVID-19 virus. The CDC has identified Delta Virus as a variant of concern, due to its ability to be easily spread to others, because it has shown some resistance to some COVID-19 antibody treatments and an increased ability for those to become...
KLOEE SANDER Nebraska Press Association Every traveler has time to stop for ice cream. And when travelers make it to Potter, Nebraska, the ice cream shop adorned in red and white draws them in. The Potter Sundry old-fashioned soda fountain is home to a classic—the tin roof sundae, which is made of chocolate and vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, fluffy marshmallow cream and nuts. As weary wanderers walk into the Sundry, they are stepping back in time. The antique tin ceiling captivates them a...
Test Nebraska clinics will be held in O’Neill, on Mondays, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at North Central District Health Department. Access to the clinic will be through the alley on the north side of the NCDHD building. NCDHD will be ending Test NE services as of June 28th. After this date, testing can most readily be accessed through traditional healthcare access points. NCDHD has the following clinic times available for walk-ins.Thosw who have a scheduled appointment time for a clinic on this list, arrive at that scheduled time. These clinics w...
From the Wyoming/Nebraska border to the opposite side of the state, 432 miles along U.S. Highway 20, link the state’s Pine Ridge region, sandhills and Elkhorn River, before reaching Siouxland Freedom Park in South Sioux City. It’s a 432-mile walk Ken Hanel, of West Point, and Daryl Harrison, of Thurston, know well. The pair completed the walk Saturday, after starting May 11. The 432-mile route wasn’t selected by happenstance. In February 2020, Governor Pete Ricketts named Highway 20 as the N...
I’m not sure who first said this, but it’s true: You can’t have a million-dollar dream on a minimum wage work ethic. I know it’s true. Teaching and freelancing both required a high level of energy, with long and unpredictable hours. The news cycle, along with business owner responsibilities, exist 24/7, and like my father-in-law told me, “You work twice as hard when you’re responsible to earn your own living.” P.S. I’m not a millionaire … not yet (wink, wink) … and my million-dollar drea...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION May 10, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Monday, May 10, 2021, at the Ewing site. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the May 5 newspaper, to order at 6 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meeting Act posted in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: Steven Thiele. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Schwager, to approve the absence of Thiele. Voting aye:...
The North Central District Health Department released updated directed health measures, May 6. They will continue in effect through May 31. The first change does away with a requirement for entities sponsoring a large event to submit a plan to a local health department. A second change concerns quarantine measures for school-aged individuals. Per the DHM, a student who has been exposed to the virus may, in place of quarantine, wear a face covering or mask for 14 days following exposure and...
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Summerland Public School Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Monday, May 10, at 6 p.m., at the Ewing site. An agenda for the regular meeting is kept continuously current and available for public inspection at the office of the superintendent in Orchard. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be enlarged later than 24 hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting. Published May 6, 2021 ZNEZ ~~~ AGENDA 1. Call...
