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A blood drive will be held in Ewing, Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Ewing Village Hall. Summerland Future Business Leaders of America are sponsoring the event....
Three items of business related to the Ewing Cemetery were tabled Monday, during the village board meeting. Trustees reviewed bids for paving of both driveway entrances, submitted by A & R Construction, of Plainview and Spalding Construction, Inc., of Spalding. Chairman James Ramold said rock has been laid on the sections but heavy rains wash it away "Can we swing it?" Trustee Dustin Wright asked. Village Clerk Sharon Swails said after reviewing keno usage rules, she does not believe those...
St. Peter’s Catholic Church, in Ewing, will host its annual bazaar, Sunday, Nov. 14. Soup, sandwiches and desserts will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bake sale items and raffle tickets will be available....
A public input session for Ewing residents will be held Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m., at the village hall meeting room, 209 E. Nebraska Street. Community goals and priorities will be the main discussion point. The village’s comprehensive plan for 2022 to 2032 will also be discussed. A zoning information session will follow the meeting....
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 Summerland Public School The Summerland Public School Board of Education will meet, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at 7 p.m., at Summerland Public School, 51293 857th Road, Ewing, NE 68735. A copy of the agenda, kept continuously current, is available at the superintendent’s office. Published November 11, 2021 ZNEZ...
Merton L. "Cap" Dierks spent years serving as an advocate for agriculture and rural Nebraska issues, including education, wind energy development and the right to life. The longtime Ewing resident and former Nebraska legislator, died Friday, Oct. 22, from complications following a stroke, at Arbor Care Center, in O'Neill. Dierks was 89. His love of rural Nebraska began at birth, at his family's ranch, comprising six sections near Goose Lake, in southeastern Holt County. The ranch included a sod...
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...
ML "Cap" Dierks 1932 - 2021 A funeral mass for former State Sen. ML "Cap" Dierks, 89, of Ewing, will be Friday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ewing, with Rev. John Norman presiding. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery with military rites provided by the Ewing American Legion Sanders Post 214. Visitation will be Thursday, Oct. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church, with a parish rosary at 7 p.m. Cap died Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at the Arbor...
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAME STATE OF NEBRASKA Trade Name: Ewing Feed and Supply and Trailer Sales Name of Applicant: Terry Kaczor Address: Box 68, 214 Nebraska St., Ewing, NE 68735 Applicant is: Individual If other than an individual, state under whose laws’ entity was formed: Not applicable Date of first use of name in Nebraska: April 1, 2014 General nature of business: Feed, lumber, hardware and trailer sales STATE OF NEBRASKA ss SECRETARY’S OFFICE Received and filed 10/04/2021 at 8:23 p.m. #2110284316 Terry Kaczor App...
Trick or treaters will not want to miss the trunk or treat event sponsored by the United Methodist Presbyterian Church in Ewing. Join in the fun, Oct. 31, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m....
A potential purchase agreement between Summerland School and the Village of Orchard is down to the fine details, school board members learned at their Oct. 13 meeting. Superintendent Kyle Finke said he recently shared with board members, a revised purchase agreement from KSB attorney Steve Williams, for the purchase of the Orchard building. "We need to put some dollar figures in," Finke said. Other details also need to be hammered out. A buyer's inspection and investigation of property, with...
The local communities of Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard joined together in November 2019 with the passage of a bond to create one new school called Summerland Public School. The Summerland Bobcats broke ground on the new $34.3 million dollar bond-issue project in spring of 2020. To celebrate the completion of construction, the school is holding a public ribbon-cutting ceremony, Friday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. The ceremony will include remarks from Superintendent Kyle Finke, school board members and...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL OM Tech, laser engraver/accessories (Perkins Grant), 4,141.85; Amazon, tech sup, 1,130.68; Amazon Capital Services, Inc., Sup, 1,358.33; Antelope Memorial Hospital, transport physical, 156.00; Black Hills Energy nat gas, 362.19; Bud’s Sanitary service, eight-yd dumpster and pickup fees, 1,925.00; Canon Financial Services, Inc., Printer lease, 22.81; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup/reg/bkgrnd checks/fees, 8,676.58; ColdType Publishing, print, 384.69; Computer Hardware, Inc., Sup, 79.00; Corner Hardware & M...
Peter Turla, a NASA engineer and time management guru once wrote, "A plan is what, a schedule is when. It takes both a plan and a schedule to get things done." From the beginning of the Summerland School building project, the plan was clear: construct a 130,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility. A schedule was set, too, with a completion date of December 2021 circled on the calendar. To complete the building project nearly four months ahead of schedule, especially during a global pandemic,...
The publisher of one of the state's newest weekly newspapers has been named the Nebraska Press Women Communicator of Achievement, according to Ruth Brown, NPW COA director. LuAnn Schindler, who publishes the Summerland Advocate Messenger in northeast Nebraska, received the award at the NPW fall conference, Saturday, Oct. 9, in Grand Island. The award recognizes achievement in the communications profession, service to the community and industry and leadership in the organization. A native of Clay...
A local mentoring program is searching for adult volunteers. TeamMates, the Tom and Nancy Osborne mentoring program entering its 23rd year of operation, matches adult mentors with students. During the 2021 school year, the Summerland TeamMates program will add students from the Ewing community. Program co-coordinator Mike Tabbert said, “This will increase our current mentee count from around 40 to 60. That means we need a minimum of 20 new mentors.” Mentoring is easy, according to Tabbert. “Al...
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School The Summerland Public School Board of Education will meet, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, at 6:30 p.m., at Summerland Public School, 51293 857th Road, Ewing, NE 68735. A copy of the agenda, kept continuously current, is available at the superintendent’s office. Published October 7, 2021 ZNEZ ~~~ SUMMERLAND AGENDA 1. Call meeting to order 1.A. Nebraska Open Meetings Act 1.B. Roll call 1.C. Possible motion on board member absence 2. A...
Chambers State Bank, along with the Ewing branch, will host a customer appreciation lunch, celebrating the bank's 120-year anniversary. Lunch will be served at the Ewing Bank, Thursday, Oct. 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Friday, Oct. 8, in Chambers, lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Stop by and have a burger on us for our 120 years of continuing service to the community as a thank you to all customers," bank officials said....
North Central District Health Department will hold walk-in vaccination clinics in the upcoming week. Individuals who already have a scheduled appointment should arrive at that time. Clinics dates and locations include: Sept. 30: Knox County Courthouse in Center, drive through, 12 to 2 p.m., all vaccines; Cherry County Hospital specialty clinic, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Moderna; Oct. 1: NCDHD office drive through in O’Neill, enter the alley across the street from Torpins, 1 to 6 p.m., all vaccines;Oct. 4: Summerland School drive through, 2:30 to 5...
Josh Napier, of Ewing, claims the week five Husker football prediction contest. Napier predicted Michigan State to prevail, 21-20. He was two points off the final score, as the Spartans relied on a field goal, in overtime, to down Nebraska. To enter the weekly contest, visit the SAM Facebook page on Fridays. The individual selecting the winning team and closest final score reigns as the weekly contest victor. The weekly winner will receive a cash prize from SAM and a gift certificate, courtesy of Sly’s Family Bar and Grill, in N...
Join us for a 70th birthday open house for Marv Steskal. Saturday October 9th, 2-4 p.m. at the Summerland Golf course in Ewing. Please consider this your invitation, no gifts please....
The Village of Ewing will receive 10 trees for a park project thanks to the Free Trees for Fall Planting program, an effort of the Nebraska Forest Service and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, . The new trees will replace old trees that are dying, add shade and beautify the park. Despite providing a wide range of social, economic and environmental benefits, most Nebraska community forests have been in steady and sometimes dramatic decline. Many challenges contribute, including extreme weather, insects, disease and lack of diversity. The...
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:...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL Summerland Public School, misc. reimb - operating acct, 2,203.93; IXL Learning, sub renew, 4,392.00; Renaissance Learning, sub renew, 9,430.00; Stadium Sports, 2 score tables for gyms, 6,880.00; ESU #8, SPED, 34,291.46; Amazon, sup, 3,739.24; Antelope Memorial Hospital, bus driver physicals, 691.00; Appeara, sup, 147.87; Austin T. Good, grounds maint, 850.00; B.E. Publishing, software, 1,375.47; Barco Municipal Products, Inc., flashing speed signs, 1,054.05; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 323.96; Canon...
A memorial Service for Lenice Savidge was held Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 at St. John’s Catholic Church at rural Ewing. Father James Kramper officiated. Burial was in St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery. Lenice May (Jaeke) Savidge, 93, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at Arbor Care Centers-Valhaven in Valley, Nebraska. Snider Memorial Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Condolences may be directed to the family at www.snidermemorialfh.com. ~~~ Lenice was born May 31, 1928, to Arthur and Inez Jaeke of Clearwater. She graduated from Clearwater High Sch...
