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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Village of Ewing Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, at 9 a.m., for Ordinance #440, imposing the 1% sales tax on all taxable sales within the village. An agenda, kept continuously current, is available in the village clerk’s office. Sharon Swails Village clerk Published December 1, 2022 ZNEZ...
The search for a new high school principal at Summerland Public School is underway. Greg Appleby, longtime Ewing and Summerland administrator, announced he will retire at the end of the current academic year, after a career spanning more than 30 years in education and 29 in the Ewing and Summerland districts. The board of education accepted Appleby's resignation during its Nov. 15 meeting. In his letter to the board, Appleby wrote, It's been my honor and pleasure to serve Ewing Public Schools an...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL Amazon Capital Services, Inc., lib books/sup; 521.22; American Speech-Language Hearing Association, dues, 253.00; Appleby, Greg A., mileage, 850.00; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 260.65; Bomgaars, sup, 55.09; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup/wkshps/fees/etc., 4,842.06; Clearwater Market, sup, 194.88; ColdType Publishing, printing, 449.80; Daktronics, rep to buzzer horn in main gym, 776.25; DAS State Acctg-Central Finance OCIO, internet charges, 300.94; Eakes Office Solutions, copier exp, 195.98; Egan Supply...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES Nov. 14, 2022 The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in regular session on Nov. 14, 2022, at 7 p.m. at the City Hall. Notice of the meeting was published Nov. 9, 2022, 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 p.m. Notice was given to the posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Dustin Jorgensen, Dustin Wright, and James Ramold. Absent were Bill Grabe...
Two initiative measures - one requiring photographic identification, one increasing minimum wage - were passed by Nebraska voters during the Nov. 8 General Election. Initiative 432 amends Nebraska's constitution, to require voters to "present valid photographic identification" prior to voting. Nebraska's Legislature will hammer out the details, according to language in the measure. Voters also approved Initiative 433, which will gradually raise the state's minimum wage from the current rate of...
A decision on proposed planning and zoning regulations in Holt County will wait until at least Nov. 16. That's the next time county supervisors will meet in regular session, at 9:45 a.m., at the courthouse in O'Neill. For more than two and one-half hours area residents presented testimony, covering carbon dioxide pipelines, solar farms and wind energy, during an Oct. 31 public hearing. At the conclusion, county lawmakers failed to advance a motion, by Doug Frahm, which would have accepted all...
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ewing will be held Monday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., at the city hall meeting room 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. Sharon Swails, Village Clerk Published...
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Summerland Public School, District 02-0115, Board of Education, will hold its regular board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, 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 during normal business hours. Additionally, a link to the agenda is available on the district’s website – District Inf...
Polls open at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 8, for voters to cast ballots in the 2022 general election. Summerland-area precincts include the American Legion, Clearwater precinct; city hall, Ewing precinct; fire hall, Orchard precinct; fire hall, Page precinct and Royal Auditorium, Royal precinct. Races on the midterm ballot include local and state offices. On the state level, area voters will select a representative for the third district, governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state,...
The Rural Northwest Deanery Council of Catholic Women and the Omaha Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women is in the process of accepting and evaluating applications for their annual scholarship award. The RNW Deanery will award $250 and the winner will be forwarded to the OACCW for competition for an additional $500 scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to a deserving high school senior Catholic woman. Application forms have been provided to area high school guidance counselors....
As results are tabulated at the Antelope and Holt County courthouses, SAM will update ballot counts. Summerland Board of Education: Early voting results in Antelope and Holt County: Jeremy Wagner, 85 LuAnn Schindler, 73 Austin Twibell, 67 Scott Thiele, 61 Mark Ramold, 58 Mia Bergman, 40 Summerland Board of Education (Royal and Brunswick precincts combined) Jeremy Wagner, 29 LuAnn Schindler, 31 Scott Thiele, 34 Austin Twibell, 50 Mia Bergman, 39 Mark Ramold, 14 Summerland Board of Education...
A Holt County man who was found to have nearly three dozen unregistered firearms last year will spend several years behind bars. Acting U.S. Attorney Steven Russell said 43-year-old Jared Hoerle, of rural Ewing, was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 19, in federal court by U.S. District Judge Brian Buescher to 24 months in prison for receiving and possessing an unregistered firearm. After his release from prison, Hoerle will begin a three-year term of supervised release. On May 25, 2021, troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol executed a search...
Need breakfast inspiration? Look no further than the Ewing Fire Hall. This Sunday, Ewing Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department will serve pancakes, eggs, sausage and a drink from 8 a.m. to noon. A freewill donation will be accepted....
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL Amazon Capital Services, Inc., sup, 533.74; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 184.97; Bomgaars sup, 78.88; Bud’s Sanitary Service, trash serv, 1,464.50; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup/rooms/meals/etc, 2,250.42; Central Community College, backflow certification class, 85.00 Clearwater Market, sup, 52.63; ColdType Publishing, print, 335.08; DAS State Acctg-Central Finance OCIO, internet line, 411.70; Dusty’s, fuel, 492.02; Eakes Office Solutions copier exp, 2,596.76; Egan Supply Co., sup, 1,025.70; Elkhorn Rur...
No tricks, but multiple trunks, filled with spooky treats await visitors, in Ewing, on Halloween. Ewing United Methodist Presbyterian Church invites area residents to decorate any vehicle - the trunk, a pickup, side by side, four-wheeler - set up a table in the church or bring yourself and a bag of candy and join in the "skele-fun." Trick or treaters are welcome to visit between 5 and 7 p.m., Oct. 31. Hot dogs, chips and hot cider will be served....
Kevin and Heidi Cheng will present a piano and violin concert, Sunday, Oct 30, at 3 p.m. The Ewing United Methodist Presbyterian Church will host the event. The Chengs have been featured eight times on New Channel Nebraska’s “Quarantine Tonight.” The duo will play bluegrass, gospel, country and classical music. Kevin, born in Taiwan, attended Nebraska Christian School, in Central City. He was selected to be guest pianist with the Hastings Symphony. He attended the University of Nebraska-Kearney and received an art council grant to premi...
A Kansas trucker received hefty fines for an overweight load in Holt County after leaving the scene of an Aug. 10 traffic crash site in another county. A Nebraska State Patrol carrier enforcement officer cited Robert A. Bradfield, 46, of Clay Center, Kansas, for offenses including two counts of overweight single axle/group of axles - actual weights of 33,100 and 36,000 pounds (legal weight allowed on each – 20,000 pounds); one count of having no law enforcement escort; and a count over c...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES October 10, 2022 The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in regular session on Oct. 10, 2022, at 7 p.m., at the city hall. Notice of the meeting was published Oct. 6, 2022, in the “Summerland Advocate.” An agenda was kept current and on file at the village clerk’s office. Chairman-Pro-Tem, Bill Graber, called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Notice was given to the posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Dustin Jorgensen, Dustin Wright, Kane Fry and Bill Grabe...
The answer was no. After months and months of collaborating, planning, meeting and devising a possible solution to continue celebrating Mass at eight area Catholic parishes, the local Pastoral Planning Committee was told their changes were "inadequate." Father John Norman, current pastor of six parishes, soon to be eight; told attendees at a town hall meeting in Ewing, Saturday evening, that Fr. Scott Hastings, vicar for clergy and judicial vicar for the Archdiocese of Omaha, said no to a...
Ewing village trustees faced a light agenda during Monday evening’s meeting at city hall. Village clerk Sharon Swails presented a proposed fee schedule to trustees, based on information from the Nebraska Rural Water Association. She told trustees she has questions about the suggested rates and will need to speak to Randy Hellbusch from NERWA before trustees approve the rates. “We’ve been playing phone tag,” Swails said. Rates will be addressed next month, since an ordinance needs to approve...
A windbreak, of sorts, will eventually provide shade and protection along the west service driveway at Summerland Public Schools. On Oct. 5, elementary students planted 10 trees received from the Ten Free Trees program through the Nebraska Forest Service and Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. James Ramold, of Ewing, applied for the grant, which stipulates trees must be planted on public property and “provide clear public benefit.” Great Plains Nursery, of Weston, delivered trees to the site. Ele...
Dillon E. Perry, 34, of Ewing, who was in custody in Madison County Jail on other charges, appeared in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh for arraignment on a count of driving under suspension, alleged May 28, in Clearwater. Perry waived his right to counsel and entered a guilty plea. The Honorable Donna Taylor fined him $100 and assessed $52 costs. Perry had been granted a continuance July 6 when he called saying he had no ride to the courthouse. Then, on Aug. 3 he failed to appear in court and a warrant was subsequently issued for his...
The village of Ewing received five trees through the a grant from the Nebraska Forest Service and Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. A Kentucky coffee, two red oak and two American linden trees were planted in Schmidt Park, Oct. 2. Dustin Jorgensen steadies a tree while Renee Ramold smooths dirt around it. Alan Potter, Matthew Potter and Sharon Swails also assisted with the planting....
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Summerland Public School, District 02-0115, Board of Education, will hold its regular board meeting on Monday, Oct.17, 2022, at 5 p.m. The public meetings 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 during normal business hours. Additionally, a link to the agenda is available on the district’s website – District Inf...
Don Spahn, 89, died Sept. 25, 2022, in Hillsboro, Oregon. For the past five years, he resided at Jennings McCall Retirement Community in Forest Grove, Oregon. He and his family were long-time residents of Hillsboro. Don was born in Nebraska to Ewald and Theresa (Gokie) Spahn and grew up on a family farm. He was drafted into the Army after graduation from Ewing High School and served during the end of the Korean War. While stationed in Austria, he met his future wife, Elly Verhunc of Germany....
