Summerland School to host auction

Clearwater site will host an auction this weekend. Items up for bid include furniture, shop equipment, technology, educational items, kitchen equipment, building items and nostalgic specialty items, including Clearwater Cardinal base drums and championship banners.

Also part of the auction, scheduled to begin at the school, located at 501 Iowa Street, at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, June 13, are three tracts of real estate, including sections where grain bins and a basketball court were previously located and the former practice football field. All three tracts are zoned as residential areas.

Access to tract three, as it is listed on the auction sale bill, printed on Page 10 of this week's Advocate-Messenger, has been a discussion topic amongst Antelope County Commissioners and school officials during June 1 and June 8 commissioners' meetings. Current road access to the

practice field, via a private driveway along the north side of the school, will be unavailable once Educational Service Unit 8 assumes ownership of the school building, June 15.

During Tuesday's commissioners' meeting, in Neligh, an agreement to allow access to the property was given, with the condition there is a minimum equal exchange of square footage from adjoining property. Possible access may be created between property owned by the county and Virginia and the late Duaine Filsinger.

Commissioner Dean Smith's motion followed more than 30 minutes of discussion.

Eli Jacob seconded the motion, which passed unanimously Commissioner chairman

Charlie Henery told the board the Filsinger family is willing "to make an easement work for whoever buys the ground." Henery said approximately

66 feet of a potential entryway to the tract would be on county property.

Road superintendent Aaron Boggs said that's approximately one-quarter of the county's lay down yard.

"My biggest concern is where I have products stored," Boggs said.

Summerland School Board member Marty Kerkman said school officials were asking for a verbal agreement to be in place prior to Sunday's auction.

"It should be understood, when this sells, and there is a survey, the school is paying for the survay and there is no cost to the county," Henery said.

Commissioner Regina Krebs questioned if an entrance could be developed off Nebraska street and run along the western edge of the school's property line.

Clearwater principal Mike Sanne said told the board the fence line is not the boundary line.