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The Village of Ewing will hold a pet vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 20, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Ewing Feed and Supply. Dr. Amy Halsey, of Chambers, will be on site and the village clerk will be present to register your pet....
Members of Nebraska Unified District #1 board answered roll call for the final time, May 11, as the board held its last meeting before the three member schools go separate ways. Clearwater and Orchard will become part of Summerland Public Schools, along with Ewing. Verdigre will operate on their own next year. President Peggy Liska called the meeting to order, with four members present. Marty Konopasek, of Verdigre, was excused. Superintendent Dale Martin discussed a waiver of Nebraska Departmen...
Ewing Sanders Legion Post 214 will not hold the annual Memorial Day service, May 25, due to COVID-19. Legion members ask that you remember all deceased military members and their families on your own time and at a safe distance....
Ewing Young Members Club and FunFest Concert Committe received a $1,000 grant for Ewing's 150th Summer FunFest celebration from Elkhorn Rural Public Power District's Operation Round Up. Rita Anson, a member of the concert committee, said EYMC member Craig Bollwitt asked her to submit an application to the utility company. Sarah Ahlers, a trustee for the fund, notified Anson of the award. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, representatives from ERPPD were unable to personally deliver the check. "EYMC...
Funeral services for Gloria LaRene (Napier) Montgomery, 90, of Ewing, will be held on Monday, May 18, at the United Methodist Presbyterian Church in Ewing at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Mike Durre will officiate. Burial will be in Ewing City Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, May 17, from 2 to 7 p.m., at Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Clearwater. Gloria died Tuesday, May 12, with her family by her side, at Arbor Care Nursing Center in O’Neill. Snider Memorial Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Condolences may be directed to the family at w...
Powdery particles of soil sifted through the air Friday afternoon, as school officials broke ground on the Summerland school project. Summerland Board Committee members, along with original boards of education from Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard, each tossed a shovel full of earth to commemorate the occasion, while practicing social distancing measures throughout the ceremony. Dirt work on the site, situated at the intersection of 513 Avenue and Summerland Road, began nearly six weeks ago....
Private family services for George E. Keller, 89, of Kingman, Arizona, will be held at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, South Dakota. George died April 22 at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital. George was a former teacher and principal at Ewing Public Schools....
When Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard seniors went to school March 16, they did not know it would be the last time they attended school with their classmates. The three school districts announced they would be closed, due to coronavirus concerns, for a two-week period beginning March 17. A week later, administrators announced the remainder of the school year would be completed at home, based on recommendations from local health officials, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts and Dr. Matt Blomstedt, comm...
Ewing Public School class of 2020 will be honored guests during a cruise night. The event is planned May 2, the group's previously scheduled graduation date. Cruise begins at 6:30 p.m. From 8:10 until 8:30, football field lights will brighten Ewing's skyline. DW's Pub will offer evening specials. Attendees are asked to practice safe social distancing guidelines during the cruise....
Ewing Public Schools Graduation will be held Sunday, July 26, at 2 p.m. School officials noted the ceremony will either be a regular graduation ceremony, a limited attendance ceremony or some type of virtual/diploma pick up ceremony. "We will honor the class of 2020, the last graduating class of Ewing Public Schools," according to a statement issued by the school on social media....
Ewing Public School class of 2020 will be honored guests during a cruise night. The event is planned May 2, the group’s previously scheduled graduation date. Per discussion at the April 16 Ewing Board of Education meeting, formal graduation plans, after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, have not been decided Cruise begins at 6:30 p.m. From 8:10 until 8:30, football field lights will brighten Ewing’s skyline. DW’s Pub will offer evening specials. Attendees are asked to practice safe social distancing guidelines during the cruis...
On May 12, vote yes twice to approve the LB840 Economic Development Program Plan and LB840 tax in Ewing. What is LB840? LB840 authorizes the village to collect and appropriate local sales tax dollars, if approved by the voters, for the community to use for economic development purposes. The LB840 program is locally controlled. It is run by a local citizens’ advisory committee that makes the decisions on where the funds should be spent and what businesses should be assisted. Who Benefits from LB840? LB840 provides numerous benefits to individual...
On a typical Easter, local churches fill with worshipers celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. This year, Easter was anything but typical. Church doors were shut during Sunday's services, highlighting the impact of COVID-19 on God's houses. Instead, local pastors offered online services, streaming on smart devices and computers in Summerland-area homes, rejoicing as the stone was rolled away from the front of the tomb and the light of the world reappeared. Mark Hoffman, pastor of Ewing Full...
A call for volunteers to sew face masks, due to a shortage, caught the attention a Ewing resident who has a background in sewing. Nancy Harpster said after school dismissed March 16, she came across a Facebook page coordinated by an Omaha-area nurse practitioner. "She was looking for volunteers to sew face masks." Harpster, who serves as bookkeeper at Ewing Public Schools, joined the Facebook group and volunteered to sew marks. Harpster had extra fabric stashed away from quilting projects. "I re...
Nearly 54 years after Hinrichsen Sand & Gravel began production, its owners, Lawrence and Sharon Hinrichsen, have delivered their final truckload of products. On March 31, the Ewing family sold the business to Jason Jacob, who will operate Spud Sand & Gravel. The following information was compiled by Sharon, shared with SAM and will be included in the Ewing 150th Sesquicentennial book. In the spring of 1966, Lawrence and Sharon Hinrichsen moved from Chambers, where they had baled and sold hay...
On April 11, Ewing Full Gospel Church distributed canvas shoes to all 156 students of Ewing Public Schools. Pastor Mark Hoffman said each student's feet were measured Feb. 12 and on Saturday, students received shoes, along with a pair of socks. The church also distributed lunch to students. Hoffman said, "We have been working on this project over the course of several months, between Ewing Full Gospel, Ewing schools and Convoy of Hope - Rural Compassion."...
Six area students received Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association and Nebraska School Activities Association academic all-state honors for winter 2019-2020 activities. James Kester, a Clearwater senior, received the award for wrestling. Ewing senior Ashley Koenig and Orchard junior Avery Cheatum were recognized for girls’ basketball. Ewing seniors Katie Hawk and Liz Nordby received the award for speech participation. Students are nominated by coaches and the nomination is based on individual academic excellence, leadership and c...
Ewing Young Members Club will hand out hand out bags of eggs to hide at home and a treat for each child while supplies last, Saturday, April 11, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., in front of the Ewing Village Hall. This will replace the annual EYMC Easter egg hunt, traditionally held at the park, due to COVID-19....
How do we make our community better? That's a question many of our community leaders ask themselves every day. And most days that question goes unanswered. However, there is one program that rural Nebraskans are finding to be a useful tool in community development and that is the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act, or what is more commonly referred to as LB 840. Most economic development projects are done using tools available in a community. Those tools are limited in many...
Ewing Board of Education will meet Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be available via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/4023405842 Meeting ID: 402 340 5842. AGENDA 1. Open meeting 2. Open Meetings Act 3. Roll call 4. Consent agenda A. Approve minutes of March 16, 2020 regular meeting B. Approve April 16, 2020 agenda C. Approve financial report D. Approve board bills of April 16, 2020 E. Excuse absent member(s) 5. Correspondence 6. Recognize visitors 7. Superintendent’s report 8. Principal’s report DISCUSSION ITEMS: Board topics, Sum...
Elly Herley knew she wanted to see instructor and coach, Scott Leisy, one more time. And, she wanted the rest of the Bobcats girls' basketball team to visit, too. "I wanted to do something for him so he knew how much I cared about and for all he had done for me," Herley said. "I knew from COVID-19 we couldn't gather in a group." So Herley, a junior at Clearwater Public Schools, made a few phone calls and organized a Saturday quarantine cruise night, April 4. One phone call snowballed into...
Chubby Checker's 1959 classic "The Twist" blasted from cars, pickups, SUVs and the occasional minivan traveling the main drag in area towns Saturday night. Unlike a scene from the 1950s or early '60s, carloads of teenagers didn't unload and fill a local malt shop, sharing cheeseburgers and sipping chocolate shakes from separate straws. In the age of COVID-19, participants of the Coronavirus Cruise Night, sponsored by KBRX, in O'Neill, remained in their vehicles, took a few whips along Main...
Celebration of life services for Joan Thramer, 88, formerly of Ewing, will be at a later date, due to the present healthcare precautions. Joan died March 20, at Arbor Care in O’Neill. Snider Memorial Funeral Home, in Clearwater, is handling arrangements. Condolences may be directed to the family at www.snidermemorialfh.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Peter’s Christian Mothers....
Holt County supervisors are considering the engagement of a human resources firm to help navigate employment issues. A telephone conference was held with Chad Thies from Zelle Human Resource Solutions in Lincoln during the March 16 meeting at the courthouse in O'Neill. After hearing what the firm offered in services, chairman Bill Tielke asked Thies to submit a proposal. Supervisor Steve Boshart estimated an annual cost of $36,000 to $40,000. "It will be high," Tielke said. "But the thing is, if...
Don't panic. That's the message Ewing Principal Greg Appleby wants parents and students to follow as the school transitions into a continuity of learning plan. The plan went into effect Wednesday, April 1. Students picked up assignments and textbooks on Monday. "I feel good about what our teachers have planned," Appleby said. Students have been out of the building since March 17. Enrichment activities were distributed then, with work set to wrap up March 30. Appleby said those activities came...
