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Amazon Capital Services, Inc., sup, 2,134.11; Apple, Inc., 270 iPads - ECF grant through ESU, 80,730.00; Auto Glass Solutions, windshield, 349.00; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 2,439.36; Bomgaars, sup, 33.90; Canon Financial Services, Inc., printer lease, 22.81; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup, 164.86; Coldtype Publishing, printing, 181.11; Cooper, Catherine A., mileage, 407.70; Courtney Soper, mileage, 282.24; Dusty’s, fuel, 308.49; Egan Supply Co., sup, 1,489.82; Elkhorn Rural Public Power, elec, 6,958.96; ESU #8, SPED & workshop fees, 3...
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION January 18, 2022 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Summerland Public School board of education will hold a regular meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 6:40 p.m. at Summerland School, 51293 857th Road, Ewing, Nebraska. An agenda for the regular meeting is kept continuously current and is available for public inspection at the administrative office at school. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be enlarged later than 24 hours before the scheduled commencement of the...
January is mentoring month and the Summerland TeamMates chapter has teamed up with local dining establishments for "Dining Out for a Cause." Businesses will donate 10% of the ticket total to the Summerland chapter. Participating businesses and dates include The Den in Orchard, Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 6 p.m.; Royal Bar & Grill, in Royal, Sunday, Jan. 9; L Bar B, in Clearwater, Thursday, Jan. 13, during and after the home game; Dusty's in Orchard, Tuesday, Jan. 18, supper special; TeamMates soup...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION December 14, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 12 p.m., at the school. President Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Dec. 8, 2021 newspapers, to order at 12:06 p.m. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act, posted in the board room. Motion by Wagner, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman,...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL December 2021 Amazon Capital Services, Inc, sup, 3,210.28; AMGL, PC, annual audit fees, 16,200.00; Antelope Memorial Hospital, bus driver physical, 156.00; Bart Koinzan snow pusher, 1,250.00; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 579.11; Bomgaars, sup, 439.32; Bud’s Sanitary Service, trash, 1,462.50; Canon Financial Services, Inc., printer lease, 22.81; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup/rooms/meals,etc, 4,656.58; Clearwater Market, sup, 26.83; ColdType Publishing, print, 169.65; Courtney Soper, mileage, 564.48; DAS S...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION November 16, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at 7 p.m. at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Nov. 10 newspapers, to order at 7 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager,...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL Amazon Capital Services, Inc., sup, 1,743.60; Apple, Inc., deposit for apps, 1.00; Appleby, Greg, mileage, 832.80; Barnhill Piano Service, piano tuning, 400.00; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 425.37; Bomgaars, sup, 138.71; Butch’s Body Shop, towing van #23, 179.50; Canon Financial Services, Inc., printer lease, 22.81; Clearwater Market, sup, 30.60; ColdType Publishing, print, 148.11; Corner Hardware & More, sup, 149.68; Courtney Soper, mileage reimb, 705.60; Darin Wickersham, mowing, 185.00; Dusty’s, fue...
JARROD McCARTNEY RED CLOUD - It's not unusual to catch sight of a celebrity in Red Cloud, population 962, especially during the annual Willa Cather conference. First Lady Laura Bush has appeared here. So has writer Maya Angelou, Golden Globe-winning actor Paul Giamatti and a drumbeat of talk show hosts, TV stars, novelists and artists. And yet a tiny, energetic, elderly woman often stole the celebrity spotlight, holding court about the life and times of Nebraska's famed novelist. Antonette...
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. Approve agenda 3. Public participation (15 minutes allowed) 4. Consent agenda 4.A. Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time. 4.B. Minutes of the Oct. 13, 2021, meeting 4.C. Monthly financial report 5. Old business 5.A. Discuss, consider and take all necessary action on the Orchard building demolition bid and lease agreement 6. New...
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...
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...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Oct. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the school. President Nordby called the meeting, advertised in the Oct. 6 paper, to order at 6:30 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings At poster in the boardroom. Members present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Schwager, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby,...
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...
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...
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...
The Summerland School District will operate on a $13,331,200 budget in 2021-22. Board members approved the proposed budget and tax levy request during Monday's regular board meeting, the first held at the new school facility. During the budget hearing, held prior to the regular meeting, Superintendent Kyle Finkle said land valuations remained steady, except in Holt County, which saw a 9.24% decrease. "The proposed budget is to decrease general asking from 65 cents and change to 55 cents and...
Summerland School District will feature five new staff members in the 2021-2022 school year, including one elementary and four high school educators. Staff members met for inservice training, in Orchard, Aug. 16 and 17. On Aug. 23 and 24, staff and students moved materials from the three former sites into the new facility, in preparation for the Aug. 30 start date. Jacob Goldfus His first impression of the Summerland School system and new facility can be summed up in one word: incredible. Okay,...
NOTICE OF MEETING TAX REQUEST HEARING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School The Summerland Public School Board of Education will hold a budget hearing, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, immediately following the budget hearing, 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 September 9, 2021 ZNEZ • AGENDA 1. Call meeting to order 1.A. Nebraska Open Meetings Act 1.B. Roll call 1.C...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Aug. 17, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, at the Orchard site. President Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Aug. 11 newspapers, to order at 7 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act poster in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Hoke, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND SCHOOL August 2021 A To Z Vac N Sew, rep, 1,247.00; ACT, testing, 462.00; Amazon Capital Services, Inc., sup, 1,454.00; Antelope Memorial Hospital, bus driver physical, 145.00; Appeara, sup, 98.58; Apple, Inc., iPad PRO, 749.00; Austin T. Good, grounds maint, 850.00; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 225.15; BrainPOP, LLC, sub renew, 3,250.00; Bullseye Fire Sprinkler, Inc., sprinkler inspect, 280.00; Canon Financial Services, Inc., printer lease, 22.81; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup, 2,190.66; CEV, ag software, 850.00;...
As summer days get hotter, more and more kids are leaning toward public pools to cool off. In our area, The Orchard Swimming Pool is one of the options to stay cool. Erin Schwager, manager of the pool, said the staff and village officials weren't even sure if the pool was going to open this year. "We didn't have many returning staff members, so we didn't have much experience coming into this. You have to be at least 15 to lifeguard and it was hard to find high school kids that wanted to be...
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Aug. 17, 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Summerland Public School Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, July 17, at 7 p.m., at the Orchard site. An agenda for the regular meeting is kept continuously current and available for public inspection at the office of the superintendent in Orchard. 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 August 12, 2021...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION July 12, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, July 12, 2021, at the Ewing site. President Nordby called the meeting , which was advertised in the July 7 newspaper, to order at 6:03 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the boardroom. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye:...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL United States Treasury, 2018 ACA penalties, 31,610; Adams Book Company, sup, 449.17; Amazon Capital Services, Inc., sup, 1,268.35; AMG O’Neill, bus driver physical, 150.00; Appeara, sup, 97.04; Apple, Inc. IPad keyboard, 398.00; Austin T. Good, July 2021 grounds/maint, 850.00; Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital, bus driver testing, 134.00; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 374.99; Blick Art Materials, sup, 108.00; Canon Financial services, Inc., Printer lease, 38.20; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup, 2,185.76; Car...
