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With school beginning next week, summer's end is in sight. What did you do over summer vacation? While the question may be a first-day ice breaker, a teacher's response may surprise you. Several teachers run their own side business in the summer to keep them busy and gain a little extra cash. Kindergarten teacher, Taryl Bazelman stayed busy throughout the summer by offering car detailing and creating custom T-shirts. She also makes shirts throughout the school year. Individuals interested in...
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Summerland Public School, District 02-0115, Board of Education, will hold its regular board meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. The public meeting will be held in the board room at 51293 857th Rd, Ewing, Nebraska. An agenda, kept continuously current, is available for inspection at the office of the superintendent during normal business hours. Additionally, a link to the agenda is available on the district’s website – District Inf...
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES July 22, 2022 The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in a special session July 22, 2022, at 8 a.m., in open and public session at the village hall. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss purchase of the Ewing School properties. Chairman James Ramold called the meeting to order at 8 a.m. Notice was given to the location of the posted open meetings law. Board members present were Dustin Jorgensen, Kane Fry, Dustin Wright, Bill Graber and James Ramold. Also present were Kent...
Orchard Community Club will give a nod to area farmers during the 2022 Orchard Free Days Celebration, with events scheduled to begin Friday, July 29 and continue through Sunday, July 31. Orchard Historical Society will host the Remember the Fallen exhibit at the Rex Theatre. The moving memorial opened to the public, Tuesday and will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. July 27 and 28. On Friday, July 29, the District 57 School will open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the same time, visit the Remember the Fallen...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES July 11, 2022 The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in regular session, July 11, 2022, at 7 p.m., at the city hall. Notice of the meeting was published July 6, 2022, in the Summerland Advocate-Messenger. An agenda was kept current and on file at the village clerk’s office. Chairman, James Ramold, called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Notice was given to the posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Kane Fry, Dustin Jorgensen and James Ramold. Bill Graber arrived a...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION The Summerland Board of Education held a regular meeting, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the July 6, 2022, newspapers to order at 7 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Present: Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: Candice Hoke. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Wagner, to approve absence of Candice Hoke. Voting aye: Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager,...
• APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND SCHOOL AgEdNet.com, sub renew, 465.00; Amazon Capital Services, Inc., sup, 53.23; Antelope Memorial Hospital, bus driver physicals, 468.00; Austin T. Good, June mowings, 560.00; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 263.94; Bluum USA., Inc., sup, 30.54; Bomgaars, sup, 23.68; Canon Financial Services, Inc., printer lease, 33.41; Capital One Bk(USA), NA, sup, 2,722.63; ColdType Publishing, print, 135.41; Corner Hardware & More, sup, 2,403.84; Dusty’s, fuel, 83.00; Egan Supply Co., gym floors’ resurfacing, 7,932.00; Elkho...
The Village of Ewing will not be the new owners of the former Ewing School site. One item - discussion of Ewing school property - appeared on the agenda for a special meeting, held Friday, July 22, at 8 a.m., at the Ewing city hall. Village Chairman James Ramold told trustees he, along with trustee Kane Fry, met with Summerland School superintendent, Kyle Finke, earlier in the week. "They rejected all the offers at their (school board) last meeting. It sounds like the school board wants to...
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Summerland Public School Board of Education will hold its regular board meeting Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at 7 p.m. The public meeting will be held in the board room at 51293 857th Road, Ewing, Nebraska. An agenda, kept continuously current, is available for inspection at the office of the superintendent during normal business hours. Additionally, a link to the agenda is available on the district’s website at district information-board of education-agenda & minutes Published July 7, 2022 ZNEZ...
NFPW Communicator of Achievement director Karen Stensrud and NPW COA director Ruth Brown contributed to this article. LuAnn Schindler of Clearwater received the 2022 Communicator of Achievement Award from the National Federation of Press Women. This prestigious award has been given for 65 years. Schindler received the honor during a celebration at the organization's annual conference, held June 23 to 25, in Fargo, North Dakota. Now in its 85th year, NFPW is a nationwide organization of...
Faith King, a senior at Summerland Public School, landed in the top seven in the nation last week. King, along with Julie Olivan, represented Nebraska and Summerland at the National Leadership and Skills Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia. King competed in Job Demonstration A, where a contestant explains an entry-level technical skill used in an occupational area. She performed the Heimlich maneuver. "I know how important it is to be able to perform an emergency procedure, if something would...
GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE & OFFICES TO BE FILLED BY ELECTION AND FILING DEADLINES I, Lisa Payne, Antelope County Clerk/Election Commissioner, hereby give notice of the offices to be filled by election that will appear on the 2022 General Election Ballot to be held November 8, 2022, in Antelope County, Nebraska, as per State Statute 32-601. Notice is also given that the filing deadline for such offices are: July 15, 2022, for incumbents and Aug. 1, 2022. for non-incumbents. An incumbent is anyone serving in an elective office, even if they are...
The Antelope County Library Association presented its annual reports and review to the Antelope County commissioners at the June 14 commissioner meeting at the Antelope County Courthouse. Cindy Simeon, current association president spoke first. She represents the Raymond A. Whitwer Tilden Public Library. She noted that the library’s numbers are increasing in stats, programming and visitations and returning back to normal since the pandemic. She explained how county funding helps meet the n...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION June 14, 2022 The Summerland Board of Education met in regular session, June 14, 2022, in the school conference room. President Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in June 8, 2022 papers, to order at 7:30 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the boardroom. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: Steven Thiele. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Hoke, to approve absence of board member Thiele. Voting aye:...
APPROVED BILLS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL Adaptive Tech Solutions, sup, 116.60; Amazon Capital Services, Inc., sup, 9,264.89; Apple, Inc., Apple Ipad/sup, 1,088.00; Appleby, Greg A., mileage reimb, 281.97; Austin T. Good, May mowing, 560.00; B.E. Publishing, software renew, 1,842.95; Black Hills Energy, nat gas, 614.66; Bomgaars, sup, 54.23; Bud’s Sanitary Services, trash, 1,300.00; Canon Financial Services, Inc., printer lease, 22.81; Capital One Bk(USA),NA, sup, 11,926.87; CEV, lic renew 2022-2023, 850.00; Clearwater Market, sup, 214.90; C...
VILLAGE OF CLEARWATER APPROVED CLAIMS General Checking: Fry Brothers Fertilizer, sup, 266.55; Applied Connective Tech, srv, 80.25; Thiele Electric, srv, 2,627.03; Bomgaars, sup, 225.51; EMC Insurance, ins, 5,003.70; Reinke’s Farm & City Service, sup, 93.79; Herley & Reinke Accounting, srv, 11,280.00; Carhart Lumber, sup, 209.95; Verizon Wireless, srv, 76.00; WEX Bank, fuel, 1,305.29; Intuit QuickBooks, srv, 374.49; Eakes Office Solutions, sup, 107.98; Appeara, sup, 48.13; Farmers Pride, fuel, 825.86; J&J Sanitation, srv, 1,714.40; NNTC, u...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES June 6, 2022 The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in regular session on June 6, 2022, at 7 p.m. at the city hall. Notice of the meeting was published June 1, 2022, in the Summerland Advocate-Messenger. An agenda was kept current and on file at the Village Clerk’s Office. Chairman, James Ramold, called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Notice was given to the posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Dustin Wright, Kane Fry, Bill Graber, and James Ramold. Absent J...
One day after listening to community comment about a potential purchase of Ewing School property, Village of Ewing Board of Trustees voted to offer the Summerland School District, $10,000 for all Ewing school property and contents, contingent on passage of a 1% sales tax in this November's election. The motion was made following a short executive session and passed 4-0. Trustee Dustin Jorgensen was absent. Summerland School Board of Education approved a sale of the Orchard School property at...
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Summerland Public School, District 02-0115, Board of Education, will hold its regular board meeting Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. The public meeting will be held in the board room at 51293 857 Road, Ewing, Nebraska. An agenda kept continuously current is available for inspection at the office of the superintendent during normal business hours. Additionally, a link to the agenda is available on the district’s website – District Inf...
NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONSULTATION MEETING NOTICE On June 14, 2022, at 9 a.m., a meeting conducted by Summerland Public School will take place at 51293 857 Road, Ewing Nebraska. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide an opportunity for parents and representatives of nonpublic schools to participate in the development of a plan for providing special education services to children with disabilities who attend nonpublic schools and home schools which are within the Summerland district for the 2022-2023 school year. Parents of a home-schooled...
Summerland 7-12 Principal Greg Appleby was recognized, May 23, as Outstanding Principal of the Year for Region 3 of the Nebraska State Association of Secondary School Principals. Fifty school districts comprise the region, with five regions through the state. As the Region 3 award winner, Appleby will be eligible to earn the state award that will be announced in December 2022. A committee will select the the state award recipient. Kyle Finke, superintendent of Summerland Public School, said,...
April was National Autism Awareness Month and National Adopt a Pet month. Zekiel Kaiser, a preschooler at Summerland Public School, was successful bringing a light to both causes last April. Kaiser was born on Jan. 5, 2016. When he was brought home, his mother, Courtney Soper, noticed he would eat and immediately vomit everything up. "He couldn't keep anything down and progressively got worse. He wasn't gaining weight and in general, was 'cranky,'" said LuAnn Schindler, Zekiel's grandmother....
Clearwater Public Library has an exciting summer planned, full of reading, learning, and exploring "Oceans of Possibilities." Events will begin Wednesday, June 1, at 10 a.m., at the Clearwater American Legion. Polka Dot Entertainment will present the "Balloon Animal Adventures Show – Under the Sea." The show will be a live presentation featuring animal balloons, with actors in the spirit of Jack Hanna, Steve Irwin and the Kratt Brothers. The second event, "Wildlife Encounters," will take p...
The decision to dismiss classes 15 minutes early, as a severe storm moved into the area, May 12, was a topic of discussion during the Summerland Board of Education’s May 17 meeting. A wall of dirt and debris swept through the region, mid-afternoon, on May 12. Classified as a derecho by the National Weather Service, storm created blackout conditions, brought heavy rains and hail and seemed to build in intensity. A derecho is described as a quick-moving line of thunderstorms coupled with a w...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION May 17, 2022 Summerland School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Summerland School. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the May 11 papers, to order at 7:02 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele and Jeremy Wagner. All board members were present. Motion by Wagner, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented....
