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Summerland Public School Superintendent Kyle Finke will not be returning when his contract expires June 30, 2024. The administrator submitted his resignation, Dec. 13, following a 93-minute executive session, for discussion on his evaluation, during the board of education's regular monthly meeting. Discussion on Finke's biannual evaluation was listed on the board's agenda under new business. Two additional agenda items were added Dec. 12, as required per state statute, prior to the 24-hour...
A funeral service and celebration of life for Marjorie Beed, 89, of Neligh will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at Faith Community Church in Neligh, with the Rev. Bruce Phillips of Neligh officiating. Interment will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Neligh. Visitation will be at the church, from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. ~~~ Marjorie Ann Huebert was born on a farm in Holt County, near O'Neill, on Feb. 26, 1934, and died at Arbor Care Center in Neligh on Dec. 13, 2023, surrounded by family. Marjorie...
Campbell was represented by Ronald Temple of Norfolk. Crystal J. Diedrich, 35, of Grand Island, waived her right to counsel, pleaded no contest and was found guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, operating a motor vehicle during time of suspension. Burdick fined her $100 and taxed $50 costs. Diedrich was cited April 1 in O’Neill. Erin Hanlin, 39, of Gregory, South Dakota, was allowed to plead guilty by waiver, to a charge of issuing a bad check to Ewing Family Foods on March 24, 2020. She was fined $250, taxed $50 costs and ordered to pay $207.84 re...
While community members and students gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Friday, at Summerland School, it seemed only fitting that background music for the event was supplied by a combine spilling golden kernels of corn into a semi-trailer. The completion of the school is the culmination of a decades-long attempt to consolidate the three schools into one, including multiple feasibility studies, straw votes by community members and varying district alliances. For different reasons, the...
Superintendet Dale Martin presented board members with information about health education standards proposed by the state board of education. Martin said, “I guess in my mind, this is a draft form and keep that in mind. They took input on the draft and now going back to committees. They’ll rewrite those and maybe several rewrites.” The superintendent said the proposed standards drew public input about standards being “too graphic ... and some things that parents should take care of and not the school.” If the proposed standards are approved by...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION JUNE 15, 2021 Summerland Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, June 15. President Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the June 9 paper, to order at 6:03 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Board members present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele and Jeremy Wagner. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the boardroom. Possible motion on board member absence. All members were present. Moti...
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Barbara Roland, who taught at Ewing and Summerland schools for 33 years, died Thursday, May 27, at her home, after battling cancer for 11 years. Roland taught third grade and, later, served as the Title I reading instructor. In August, she told the Advocate- Messenger her battle with cancer began in 2009, when she was having dental issues and was sent to Dr. Jon Stineman, an oral surgeon in Norfolk. She was sent to Creighton University's School of Dentistry in Omaha, to work with Dr. Stephen Hes...
PUBLIC NOTICE Nonpublic School Notification Summerland Schools On June 9, 2021, at 9 a.m., a meeting conducted by Summerland Public School will take place at the district office in the Orchard School at Orchard. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide an opportunity for parents and representatives of nonpublic schools to participate in the development of a plan for providing special education services to children with disabilities who attend nonpublic schools and home schools which are within the Summerland district for the 2021-2022...
Relocating science classroom materials to the new Summerland School site will resemble a chemical equation, of sorts, with the right amount of atoms bonding for a safe trip instead of creating a potential danger zone. Science instructor Mary Leisy presented information to board of education members, May 10, regarding proper disposal of items at all three sites and transportation to the new school once they are ready to be moved. "There are 900 chemical items between all three sites," Leisy...
Junior and senior high school students may begin the 2021-2022 school year in Ewing, if the new Summerland school isn’t completed when the first bell is scheduled to ring in August. Superintendent Dale Martin told board members the construction project sounds like “it’s on track for the elementary to be out there.” “The high school, still not as confident yet. Still could happen that we start there, but we should at least plan ... as a contingency plan.” Martin said administrators met and dev...
One year after area schools featured virtual and socially-distanced graduation ceremonies, Summerland School superintendent Dale Martin said 2021 commencement exercises will not have restrictions. "No special rules," he said. "It does sound like we will live stream all three graduations." Graduation ceremonies will be held at each site, beginning Friday, May 7, in Clearwater. Orchard and Ewing sites will hold Saturday events. Clearwater Ten Clearwater seniors are expected to receive diplomas...
Concerns about road conditions leading to the new Summerland School site resurfaced Tuesday, during the Antelope County Commissioners meeting, in Neligh. District patron and Antelope County resident Brian Brodersen, of rural Ewing, asked commissioners if a speed reduction or road repairs are planned before the first bell rings next school year. Brodersen, who resides along Summerland Road, said, “For one, it’s not wide. There’s no lines. The holes get to be tremendous. And the speed ......
After listening to multiple parents address Summerland School's mask mandate during the public participation segment of the March 16 school board meeting, members voted to make masks optional for students and staff, effective March 17. Patron Dustin Wright asked board members if they had changed their minds about the mandated mask policy since the last meeting. "I feel like we've been through this three times already," he said. Several patrons listed area schools that have recently relaxed mask...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION February 15, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, Feb. 15, at 12 p.m., at the Ewing site. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was published in the February 10, 2021, newspaper, to order at 12 p.m. The Nebraska Open Meetings Act was noted in the room by Nordby. Roll call. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. All board members were present. Possible motion on board member absence....
The search for a superintendent is over. Kyle Finke, elementary principal at Battle Creek Public Schools, will assume the position in official capacity, July 1. The announcement was made during Monday's Summerland School board of education meeting in Ewing. Finke attended the meeting and will begin to implement a transition plan he presented to board members during a Feb. 8 formal interview. He will assume the position following the retirement of current superintendent, Dale Martin, who...
A motion to remove a mask mandate for Summerland students in preschool through third grade failed during Monday's board of education meeting. The vote ended in a 3-3 tie. A handful of parents and patrons addressed the policy during public participation, and again, when the board addressed the agenda item. District patron, Seth Anson, of Ewing, said currently, masks are only a recommendation from the local health department. "It should be the parents choice to take the masks off our kids," he...
One Summerland administrator and six educators submitted letters of resignation that were read during Monday's school board meeting, in Ewing. Mike Sanne, who has served as principal at Clearwater for 15 years, has accepted a position as superintendent of schools at Boyd County Schools. In his resignation letter, Sanne, a Clearwater native, wrote, "Having my kids attend school where I attended school was a wonderful blessing." He credited the Clearwater community for its support. "To my staff,...
The search for a superintendent is over. Kyle Finke, elementary principal at Battle Creek Public Schools, will assume the position in official capacity, July 1. The announcement was made during Monday's Summerland School board of education meeting in Ewing. Finke attended the meeting and will begin to implement a transition plan he presented to board members during a Feb. 8 formal interview. He will assume the position following the retirement of current superintendent, Dale Martin, who...
Summerland Public School Board of Education will interview four candidates to fill the superintendent's position beginning Monday, Feb. 8. Candidates, narrowed from a field of 17 applicants, were announced during a Feb. 3 special meeting, in Ewing. Kyle Finke, elementary principal at Battle Creek Public Schools, will interview Monday. A Peru State graduate, Finke earned a Masters of Education 7-12, from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, in 2003 and added PK-8 in 2006. Finke earned an...
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Summerland School students and staff will receive an early Christmas gift this season. The final day of first-semester classes has been adjusted and holiday break will officially commence once school is dismissed, Thursday, Dec. 17. Superintendent Dale Martin reported administration requested a calendar change, “due to our staff working so hard first semester in dealing with COVID and everything that they have been asked to do as a result.” “December 18 had been scheduled as a half day for s...
Five instructors in the Summerland district have indicated they will participate in the early retirement incentive program. The announcement was made Monday, in Ewing, during a special meeting, which lasted approximately 52 minutes. Superintendent Dale Martin announced last week he would submit a letter of resignation to take the incentive. Clearwater instructor Bonnie Wies and Ewing educators Ed Johnson, Jan Miller and Barb Roland will also retire at the end of the school year. Martin said he e...
Potential class options, and the implications of each, were presented to Summerland Board of Education members, Nov. 9, during the board's regular meeting in Ewing. Kendra Shrader, Summerland-Clearwater counselor, along with senior transition and business educator, Amy Selting, and Summerland-Orchard counselor, Denise Meyer, presented multiple schedule options. While compiling data, Selting said schedules from schools of different sizes, within the state, were reviewed. "We did take from the...
Summerland Public School will search for a new leader after superintendent Dale Martin announced he is leaving the district. Martin shared his decision with staff members, via email, Monday, after an agenda for a Nov. 23 special board meeting was released and appeared online. Martin said, "It was a fairly quick decision." The veteran educator told the Advocate-Messenger he will opt for the district's early retirement incentive program, which requires individuals to submit a resignation. "The...
