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A familiar face will return to the Summerland district for the 2021-2022 school year Krista Holliday, former science instructor at Ewing Public Schools, will return to the classroom. Holliday will replace Mary Leisy, who has accepted a position at Atkinson West Holt Public Schools. Principal Greg Appleby said Holliday is "excited to come back and work as our science teacher." Holliday's tenure at Ewing began in the 1996-1997 school year. She resigned at the end of the 2019-2020 school year....
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Lucille Allemang 1928 - 2021 Lucille "Lucy" Allemang, 92, of Neligh, died Friday, May 7, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, May 15, at 10 a.m., at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Neligh, with the Rev. Pat Nields officiating. Interment will follow at St. Theresa's Cemetery, Clearwater. Visitation will be Friday, May 14, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at the church, with a 7 p.m. wake service. Memorials are suggested to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Pope John Catholic...
LUANN SCHINDLER lschindler@ summerlandadvocate.com Brad Thoendel has always been interested in teaching. The Wayne State College senior, originally from rural Ewing, said he wasn't sure if he would ever have an opportunity to stand in front of a classroom and present a lesson. The Chambers Public School graduate said dyxlexia - a learning disorder that affects areas of the brain which process language - nearly prevented him from following his dream. Thoendel will receive his degree from WSC,...
Summerland Board of Education approved two resignations from longtime employees during the board's April 12 meeting, in Clearwater. Letters of resignation from Nancy Harpster and Jeff Shabram were read at the meeting. Harpster has served as an administrative assistant at Ewing for 38 years and said she has had an opportunity to work with many "wonderful people," including students, parents, staff, administrators and board members. Harpster wrote, "I am going to miss those daily interactions at...
The Lawrence Goscha Scholarship Fund, an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation, has established scholarship opportunities for area high schools and their graduates. These schools include Clearwater, Orchard, Elgin Public, Ewing, Neligh-Oakdale, Pope John XXIII Central Catholic and Wheeler Central. Scholarships in the amount of $3,750 will be awarded to successful applicants. Graduating seniors and those graduates in his or her second or subsequent year of post-secondary education are encouraged to apply. For an application or...
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...
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...
Ann Nordby, a senior nursing student at Bryan College of Health Sciences, in Lincoln, has been named to the dean’s list for the Fall 2020 semester. The list is composed of students who were taking 12 credit hours or more and received a 3.5 grade-point average or higher. Nordby, the daughter of Ed and Mary Jo Nordby, is a Ewing Public Schools graduate....
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...
The search for a new superintendent at Summerland Public School is on track, according to representatives from McPherson & Jacobsen, a consulting firm from Omaha, hired by the local school board, to coordinate the search. Summerland board of education members will meet Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m., at the Ewing site, to review comments from input groups, including students, staff and community members; examine interview questions and finalize candidates. Alan Ehlers, superintendent of Madison Public...
If 2020 vision existed, the past year may have turned out differently. Or, maybe we needed this year to define our strengths and guide us toward a revision of what we deem as normal. The year 2020 caused us to slow down and realize what matters most. While coronavirus - and all its implications - dominated the news cycle, other news items drew attention: groundbreaking for the new school site, cruise nights honoring graduates, new businesses opening and surviving a pandemic, pumpkin patches spro...
Duaine L. Bollwitt, 78, of Monticello, died Dec. 19, at Monticello Nursing and Rehab after a lengthy struggle from the results of a stroke. Public graveside services will be Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 4 p.m., in Monticello Sacred Heart Cemetery. Masks are mandatory for attendance and social distancing. ~~~ Duaine was born June 19, 1942, in Ewing, the son of Victor and Mabel (Urban) Bollwitt. He attended Wheeler County Schools and enrolled in a two-year tech school in Kansas City, where he met the...
Even in the best of times, staging a live performance requires suspension of belief, pulling audience members into a mystical realm situated beyond the fourth wall. This year - 2020 - may be remembered as the worst of times for aspiring performers, as concerns about safety take center stage. Summerland School's play production team and coaches have learned to adapt to on- and off-stage challenges so the show may go on. Director Julie Harley said the initial adaptation came with play selection....
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...
Antelope County’s annual audit report was released by the Nebraska auditor of public accounts office early this month. Auditors once again advised segregation of duties for the county, overall. The NPA recommended officials weigh the cost to hire additional personnel against the benefit of segregating duties. Drafts of the report outlining auditors’ findings were provided to county officials to review, giving them an opportunity to respond, according to a letter, dated Nov. 2, from Deann Haeffner, assistant deputy auditor. Only one issue ide...
Are masks giving people a false sense of security? The question was posed to Summerland School Board of Education members during its Oct. 12 meeting in Clearwater. During public participation, three district patrons offered comments, asking questions about the school mandate, which requires students in all grades to wear masks during the school day. The mandate went into effect Sept. 28. Sara Lemburg asked the board to be "objective and practical." She acknowledged COVID-19 is a dangerous...
Cancer cannot keep Barb Roland out of the classroom. The K-6 Title I teacher and literacy coordinator for Summerland Public School in Ewing has been battling various oral cancers for the past 11 years. However, that has not stopped the Oakdale woman from teaching and working with students, which is her passion. "I enjoy helping children grow and learn," Roland said. "My doctor told me to do what I love, and this is it. I am taking precautions with COVID, as we all are doing." Her battle with...
Only one of the three Summerland Public Schools sites has seen much in the way of building repair projects this summer. The school locations in Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard underwent normal summer cleaning, repair and maintenance, according to Superintendent Dale Martin. "In addition to that, there have been some building repair projects necessary to get us to the next step," Martin said. "The Orchard site has a sewer project where a line was getting plugged fairly regularly last year during...
Summerland Public Schools will begin classes, Thursday, Aug. 13. A 2 p.m. dismissal is scheduled that day. Clearwater site The school building will open at 7:45 a.m. and breakfast will be served at this time. Students not eating breakfast at school or being supervised by a teacher should not arrive before 8 a.m. Classes will end at 3:32 p.m. Preschool classes, in Clearwater, are set to start Monday, Aug. 17. Mike Sanne serves as site principal. Ewing site Regular dismissal times will begin Aug....
The class of 2020 has left the building. With diplomas in hand, the last class to graduate as Ewing Tigers spent Sunday afternoon together, surrounded by family and school personnel, during a 2 p.m. graduation ceremony. Principal Greg Appleby welcomed guests and reported while the class faced adversity during the final quarter of school, its legacy will be the accomplishments the graduates made throughout their high school careers. "These young kids - young adults, actually - are tough, they are...
Katie Hawk Ewing Public Schools valedictorian Faculty members, fellow students, family and friends, welcome. To my fellow class members: I am proud to say that we have crossed the finish line. For the last four years, we have been waiting and anticipating this day; praying for it to come faster. However, now that it's here, I'm sorry it is, because it means leaving behind a school that has given me so many opportunities, friends who have pushed me and teachers who have mentored me. These halls...
ASHLEY KOENIG Ewing Public Schools salutatorian Ladies, gentlemen, parents, friends and faculty, good afternoon. Today we celebrate the Ewing High School class of 2020.... the final roar. It is crazy to think that I was supposed to be giving this speech 85 days ago. That was the day the class of 2020 was supposed to graduate, but then a global pandemic happened. It robbed this class, and so many other senior classes, of the end of their senior year. We never got to have an awards banquet, a skip...
Each year, the Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District awards scholarships to graduating seniors who live in the district. Students chosen intend to pursue a career in a field related to agriculture, natural resources or the environment. Emma Hollenback, a Ewing Public Schools senior, is a recipient. She will attend Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, entering the veterinary technician program. She is the daughter of Levi and Ashley Hollenback. Taylor Peter, daughter of Mike and Deb...
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...
