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A 39-year-old Minnesota man was bound over to Holt County district court last week on six felony charges incurred in an April 6 chase that began in Ewing. Luke E. Rothering of Harmony waived his right to preliminary hearing and was bound over by the Honorable Kale Burdick when he appeared for first hearing in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill last Monday, May 7. Burdick waived jurisdiction of seven misdemeanor counts to the district court. District court arraignment was set May 13, with bond continued in the amount of $300,000, 10% cash. R...
Summerland fifth-grade students graduated from the DARE program, Thursday, May 9. John Shaver, Ewing police chief, taught the class. During the ceremony, several students shared their work about leading a drug-free lifestyle....
Nonpublic School Consultation Meeting Notice On May 21, 2024 at 10 a.m., a meeting conducted by Summerland Public School will take place at 51293 857th Rd, Ewing, NE. 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 2024-2025 school year. Parents of a home-schooled child or...
Community helpers have been teaching the first grade students about their jobs, so students can learn about careers. A photographer, Jamie Thiele, taught students about taking photos and showed her camera equipment. She owns Jamie Thiele Photography. Jaimie Hartigan, a hair stylist from Ewing who owns Shear Attitude, taught us how to style and make a mohawk. She also styled girls' hair! LuAnn Schindler and Scott Schindler, publishers of the Summerland Advocate-Messenger, came and taught us how...
Life for Jorden Barlow comes full circle. The 2014 Ewing High School graduate owns and operates The Lush Body Spa, in the administrative office suite, at the former school building. The spa officially opened April 2. She's booking appointments on Mondays through Thursdays, as well as Saturdays by appointment only. Barlow earned an associate degree in chiropractic massage in 2017 from the Myotherapy Institute in Lincoln. Since then, she's worked in salons, spas and chiropractic settings in...
Reprinted with permission from UNMC Communications Edson DeOliveira still remembers walking out of the house on his first day of third grade. He caught the faint scent of manure and spotted a cattle trailer on a neighboring lot. "We're not in Atlanta anymore," he thought. Not only was the DeOliveira family's home in Ewing, Nebraska, a stark contrast from their last home in Atlanta, but it also was a far cry from their first home in Angola. But growing up in the rural Nebraska village ended up...
Last week, a jury convicted a Ewing woman of making terroristic threats against a former romantic interest, stemming from incidents that happened between Sept. 28 and Oct. 9, 2023. Jessica J. Snyder, 41, was found guilty of terroristic threats, a Class IIIA felony. Jury selection began May 1, with testimony commencing that morning. On Thursday, May 2, the jury deliberated for approximately two hours and found Snyder guilty. According to Holt County Attorney Brent Kelly, two minor children were...
Scholarship Recipients CHRISTIAN BEHNK UNL Husker Power Scholarship UNL O & G Kammerer Scholarship Paul D. Cooper Scholarship KELTON BRUHN Northeast Community College Livestock Judging Scholarship ALANNA DOLL Creighton University Award Scholarship Menard Family Business Scholarship Father John Labaj Scholarship The John Greer Memorial Scholarship Timothy J. Thramer Memorial Scholarship AISLYNN KESTER NECC Scholastic Contest Waiver Clearwater Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Scott L. Reynolds...
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES Notice is hereby given that the Village of Ewing Board of Trustees will meet in regular session, Monday, May 13, at 7 p.m., at the city hall and will be open to the public. An agenda is kept continuously current and available for public inspection at the office of the village clerk. 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 8, 2024 ZNEZ...
Summerland Public School introduced the salutatorian and valedictorians during Saturday's commencement ceremony. Adyson Mlnarik was named salutatorian. She welcomed faculty, students, parents and guests at the beginning of graduation activities. Co-valedictorians include Kelsey Schlecht, Aislynn Kester and Preslie Robertson. Their speeches are included below: Kelsey Schlecht: Good afternoon family, friends, faculty, staff, and board of education. Since Aislynn, Preslie, and I are all sharing...
Summerland Public School will bid farewell to its graduating class, Saturday, May 4. Commencement exercises will begin at 3 p.m., at the school, located at 51293 857th Road, Ewing. Summerland band, under the direction of Emily Heithoff, will play the processional. Superintendent Kyle Finke will present the welcome and the senior welcome will be presented. Principal Zach Rosenboom will announce senior scholarships, followed by the valedictorian's and salutatorian's addresses. Honor graduates...
Residents in the Holt County communities of Ewing and Page will have an opportunity to have pets immunized during upcoming pet clinics. Amy Halsey, DVM, from Chambers, will be available in Ewing, Wednesday, May 8, from 6 to 7 p.m., at the Ewing City Office. On Wednesday, May 15, Halsey will be in Page, from 6 to 7 p.m., at the fire hall. Village clerks will be available both evenings to license pets. All animals within village limits are required to be licensed. Animals should be brought on a leash or in a carrier to minimize the disruption...
Wayne State College will hold commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students on Saturday, May 4, in the college's historic Willow Bowl amphitheater. The graduate student ceremony will be at 10 a.m. and the undergraduate ceremony will be at 1:30 p.m. In case of inclement weather, the ceremonies will be held in Rice Auditorium. The ceremonies will be livestreamed at www.wsc.edu/watch-live. A total of 569 degrees will be conferred by Wayne State President Marysz Rames. Those...
There will never be another Rita. My first memories of the Orchard elementary teacher are from 2008, when I filled in during maternity leave for Kortney Sayers. Rita Shabram was one of the first people to welcome me. We’d stop to chitchat when we had a few moments. Occasionally, our lunch times would overlap and we’d talk about education and current events. The best times, though, were after school, when we’d venture to one another’s classrooms and spend an hour or two, talking about and bon...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES April 8, 2024 The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in regular session on April 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall. Notice of the meeting was published April 3, 2024, in the Summerland Advocate. An agenda was kept current and on file at the Village Clerk’s Office. Chairman, James Ramold, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Notice was given to the posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Dustin Jorgensen, Dustin Wright, Kane Fry, Katie Cunningham, and J...
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA Sealed proposals for the construction of one bridge superstructure replacement. The bridge superstructure replacement is a two-span superstructure replacement 20’-4” wide by 51’-10 ½” long on 499 Avenue over the Cache Creek – Bridge No. C004507505 – Project C45 (566). The sealed proposals shall include removal of the twin span superstructure at 857 Road and construction of the new superstructure including materials, labor, equipment, tools, along with appurtenances and accessories for Holt County, Neb...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL Amazon Capital Services, Inc., Sup, 1,341.02; Amazon Capital Services, Inc., Sup, 249.31; Barnhill Piano Services, piano tuned, 125.00; Boyd’s Electrical Service, Inc, serv/sup, 473.13; Bud’s Sanitary services, LLC, March/April, 2,496.00; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup/rooms/meals (partial reimb-activity), 5,317.32; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup/rooms/meals, 1,352.31; Clearwater Market, sup, 97.30; Climate Systems, Inc., Remote training, 150.00; ColdType Publishing, print, 392.70; Corner Hardware and Mor...
Summerland Public Schools will potentially add two vehicles to its fleet, using Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds to pay the bill. The district currently has $153,629 in untapped pandemic-related federal funds available. During the board's April meeting, held Monday, Superintendent Kyle Finke suggested the district purchase a 65-passenger Thomas bus with approximately 32,000 miles, for $92,650. "It's coming off a lease," he said. A year ago, the district purchased a bus...
The search is on. Actually, the search has been on since January, when Dave Timm announced he would be stepping down from the CORE Development board. During the Clearwater village board’s monthly meeting, held April 8, chairman Kelly Kerkman said an individual who expressed interest decided to remove their name from consideration. CORE formed in 1991, when Clearwater, Orchard, Royal and Ewing joined to promote economic development and “improve the quality of life in their communities by organizing CORE.” Any Clearwater resident inter...
On Friday, April 12, at approximately 7 p.m., the Holt County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Holt County Attorney’s Office, O’Neill Police Department, Atkinson Police Department, Nebraska State Patrol and Antelope County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant in Ewing. The search warrant was served at a camper located at the northeast corner of Highway 20 and Highway 45B. Substances alleged to be controlled substances and several items believed to be drug paraphernalia were found during the execution of the search warrant. Torrey Peterso...
"We had no idea anything was wrong." That's how Skylar and Cabre Reynolds describe the first few minutes of their daughter Teigyn's life. The 5-pound 8-ounce bundle of joy, the couple's first child, arrived Sept. 12, 2023, at Boone County Health Center in Albion. It would take approximately six weeks before the Reynolds would learn Teigyn was battling neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy, a rare disorder of the lungs. This Sunday, residents from Skylar's hometown will host a benefit for...
NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Double H Bakery, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Double H Bakery, LLC, a Nebraska Limited Liability Company, is organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The registered agent is Tamara Heim. The street and mailing address of the registered agent and designated office is 112 E Nebraska Street, Ewing, Nebraska, 68735. The general nature of its business is to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning any and all lawful business, other than banking or insurance, for which a limited liability company may be...
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES Notice is hereby given that the Village of Ewing Board of Trustees will meet in regular session, Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m., at the city hall and will be open to the public. An agenda is kept continuously current and available for public inspection at the office of the village clerk. 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 April 3, 2024 ZNEZ...
A one-vehicle rollover accident occurred Monday, March 18, at approximately 7:30 a.m., on 508 Avenue, south of Ewing. According to a report from chief deputy Ed Nordby, a 2014 Freightliner, driven by Connor Bentley and owned by Central Valley Ag, was southbound when it toppled over on the curve. The truck was loaded with fertlizer at the time of the accident. Bentley and an unidentified passenger were transported to Antelope Memorial Hospital by personal vehicle. "The truck and trailer...
Sentencing on a 90-year-old Tilden man’s latest conviction of violating a harassment protection order was delayed last week after court officials discussed his felony charge in Pierce County. The Honorable Donna Taylor granted a defense request to delay sentencing for the third time, in Denis Kerkman’s current Antelope County case, after hearing that a felony charge of violating of the same protection order in Pierce County had been bound over to district court. Local sentencing was previously scheduled Feb. 7 and Feb. 21 and was continued eac...
