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NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF PAGE, NEBRASKA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a meeting of the chairman and Board of Trustees of the Village of Page, Nebraska, will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 11, 2024, at the village office. This meeting will be open to the public. An agenda for such meeting, kept continuously current, is available for inspection at the office of the village clerk for the Village of Page. A complete copy will be posted no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting and may also be viewed at www.pagene.us or pagenebraska.com....
Like other communities in the Summerland region, garbage rates for the Village of Page increased, effective Feb. 1. Trustees approved the new rates, for service with J & J Sanitation, of O’Neill, during its Feb. 12 meeting. Regular residential rates will run $23 per month. A senior citizen rate of $19 will also be in effect. Each additional trash can will cost $8. Business rates will begin at $95 for a 1.5 yard dumpster. A two-yard dumpster will cost $125. A two-yard dumpster, emptied m...
Two Antelope County commissioners will face opponents in the 2024 election. Incumbent Charlie Henery of Neligh, who serves District 4, will face Harlan Brandt, Republican. Matthew Klabenes has filed on the Democrat ticket. In District 2, incumbent Eli Jacob is the lone Republican running. Merlin Bolling, who registered on the Democratic ticket, also filed. One incumbent filed for reelection to the Summerland School Board. Nate Schwager, of Orchard, tossed his hat into the ring again. Three...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF PAGE, NEBRASKA Feb. 12, 2024 The regular monthly meeting of the Village Board of Page was held Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at the village office. This meeting was conducted in compliance with the Nebraska Open Meetings Act and the Open Meeting Laws are posted at the Village Office. Chair Linquist called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Trustees VanEvery, Tyrrell, Campbell and Leichleiter present. Also present: Matt Kellum and Cora Calkins. Absent: None. Motion by Tyrrell, second by Campbell: approve minutes of the Jan. 19, 2024,...
Approximately 2,390 students at the University of South Dakota are being honored for high achievement during the fall 2023 semester. Taelyn Switzer, Clearwater, and Hadley Cheatum, Page, have been named to the dean's list. A 3.5 grade-point average or higher is a requirement to be named to the list....
REGULAR PROCEEDINGS Village of Clearwater BOARD OF TRUSTEES February 12, 2024 The Board of Trustees of the Village of Clearwater met for a regular meeting Monday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m., in the fire hall meeting room. Meeting opened at 7 p.m. Notice of meeting was given in advance by publication in "Summerland Advocate-Messenger," was posted at US Post Office in Clearwater, Clearwater Market and Cornerstone Bank-Clearwater and was given to board members prior to meeting. Public was informed of location of Open Meeting Act poster. Present: Cody...
Jose A. Trejo Jr., 19, of O’Neill appeared in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on Feb. 13 on two cases. In the first, he had previously pleaded guilty and was fined $300 for possession of marijuana and $100 for possession of drug paraphernalia, both committed Oct. 29, in O’Neill, as well as $49 costs. He was granted time to pay the fines and costs but had not done so by the Feb. 6 due date. Trejo chose to sit out the fines and costs in the Holt County Jail, at the rate of $150 per day. In the second case, Trejo was charged with Count I, mi...
Page United Methodist Church will host Lenten Lunch & A Lesson on Wednesdays during the Lenten season. The first lunch will be held Feb. 21. A light lunch will be served....
Summerland Public School Board of Education will consider contracts for a teaching position and accept a staff resignation when they meet in regular session, Monday, Feb. 12. The meeting is set to begin in the school’s board room at 7 p.m. The board will also take action on contracts for elementary principal Cathy Cooper and junior/senior high school principal Zach Rosenboom. Other items of interest include discussion on the 2024-2025 school calendar, summer lawn care and the school’s Ret...
More than 6,800 University of Nebraska–Lincoln students have been named to the deans' ist for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year. Qualification for the deans' list varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. Area residents named to the list include: Kierra Bearinger, senior, Clearwater, College of Education and Human Sciences, elementary education and early childhood education. Jacob Behnk, junior, Clearwater, College of Arts and Sciences, Spanish and g...
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF PAGE, NEBRASKA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a meeting of the chairman and board of trustees of the Village of Page, Nebraska, will be held at 7 p.m., on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at the village office. This meeting will be open to the public. An agenda for such meeting, kept continuously current, is available for inspection at the office of the village clerk for the Village of Page. A complete copy will be posted no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting and may also be viewed at www.pagene.us or pagenebraska.com....
While who will be interviewed for the superintendent position at Summerland Public Schools won't be determined until tonight, the format for the interview process has been established. SPS board of education members were slated to meet in special session, Jan. 31, at 6 p.m. in the board room. Based on the agenda for the meeting, the board may enter executive session before taking action on applications. According to Shari Becker, director of search services for the Nebraska Association of...
Northeast Community College in Norfolk has released the president’s honor list and dean’s honor list for both full– and part–time students for the fall 2023 semester. To be named to the president’s honor list, students must earn a grade-point average of 4.0 and be enrolled for at least 12 credit hours. Students named to the president’s part–time list attained a 4.0 grade-point average while taking at least six credit hours. Students named to the dean’s honor list earned a graded point average of at least 3.75 while taking at least 12 credit...
Funeral services for William S. Gillette Jr., 81, formerly of Clearwater, will be 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 29, at Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Clearwater, with Father James Kramper officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 29, before the funeral service, at the funeral Home. Burial will be in Clearwater Cemetery with military rites by Clearwater American Legion and Son of Legion Post #267. William passed away Jan. 24, 2024 at Norfolk Veterans Home in Norfolk. Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Clearwater is handling the...
The Page Community Day Club is hosting a soup cook-off on Sunday, Feb. 4 at the new firehall. All funds raised will go toward events scheduled during Page Community Day, which will be Saturday, July 20. Contestants are invited to cook a roaster full of their best soup recipe to be entered in the contest. The soup will be the entry fee. Judging will begin at 4:30 p.m., and doors will be open to the public from 5 to 7 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the top three entrants. Cost for individuals 13...
Will Summerland Schools be part of a new activity conference? Board of education members will answer that question when they meet Wednesday, Jan. 17. The meeting will be held in the board room at the school at 7 p.m. Discussion about a potential conference, which could include Elkhorn Valley, Hartington-Newcastle, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, Lutheran High Northeast, Neligh-Oakdale, Plainview, West Holt and Summerland has taken place at board meetings since November. In December, Superintendent...
Applications to fill a vacancy on the Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District Board of Directors in subdistrict seven will be accepted until Feb. 1. Keith Heithoff, who currently serves in the role, submitted his resignation after announcing he will be moving from the state next month. The subdistrict includes Clearwater, Ord, Stanton, Elgin, Oakdale, Burnett, Lincoln, Logan, Cedar and Grant townships, which includes the villages of Clearwater and Oakdale and the city of Elgin. A description of the position, including timeline for re-election...
Since we're writers, we, at SAM love lists. Trust us, we keep and use them every single day. But, how does one determine which articles should be at the top of the yearly list? In the past, we've based it by reader count from our website. This year, we're still relying on reader count, featuring the top-read article by month. We wrote nearly 2,000 articles in 2023 and, while some of our favorites don't appear on the list, we're sure these are a newsworthy representation of the Summerland region....
What does it mean to be authentic? Credible. Trustworthy. Real. Genuine. These synonyms for the 2023 word of the year, as selected by the folks at Merriam-Webster, make an important statement about the times in which we live. In an interview with the Associated Press, editor-at-large Peter Sokolowski said searches on the dictionary’s website for the definition of “authentic” are normally high. But in 2023, Sokolowski reported searches were “boosted to new heights.” “We see in 2023 a kind of cris...
NOTICE OF MEETING VILLAGE OF PAGE, NEBRASKA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a meeting of the chairman and board of trustees of the Village of Page, Nebraska, will be held at 7 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the village office. This meeting will be open to the public. An agenda for such meeting, kept continuously current, is available for inspection at the office of the village clerk for the Village of Page. A complete copy will be posted no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting and may also be viewed at www.pagene.us or pagenebraska.com....
Summerland Public School could potentially have a new superintendent selected for the 2024-2025 school year as early as the first part of February. The search is currently being advertised online by the Nebraska Association of School Boards, the organization selected by Summerland’s board of education to aide search efforts. The decision was made Dec. 20, during a special meeting held at the school. Board president Steven Thiele said following the resignation of Supt. Kyle Finke, at the Dec. 13...
It's soup season and The Waterhole, located at 503 Main Street, in Clearwater, is ready to tempt taste buds with scrumptious soups and comfort food. Co-owner Debb Pofahl said lunches will be served twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Jan. 2. Pofahl said the decision to serve lunches was customer driven. They asked and bar owners said yes. "We started serving lunches because of the limited availability for places to eat or have lunch," Pofahl said. "We feel adding lunches benefits...
This is kind of a Christmas story. It's a reflection on angels and the meaning associated with giving, it's about Gloria in excelsis Deo and shepherds and proclamations of good news. She first appeared before me on a mellow December evening, cast against an ebony sky. Something about her presence caught my attention. She looked wild, untamed even. Yet, at the same time she brought such a sense of peace. A yellow-gold aura of light outlined her form. I could not stop staring at her, feeling a...
Summerland Public School Superintendent Kyle Finke will not be returning when his contract expires June 30, 2024. The administrator submitted his resignation, Dec. 13, following a 93-minute executive session, for discussion on his evaluation, during the board of education's regular monthly meeting. Discussion on Finke's biannual evaluation was listed on the board's agenda under new business. Two additional agenda items were added Dec. 12, as required per state statute, prior to the 24-hour...
