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PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION April 17, 2023 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, April 17, 2023. President Steve Thiele called the meeting, which was advertised in the April 12, 2023, newspapers to order at 5:30 p.m. Thiele noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the board room. Board members present: Ed Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Austin Twibell, Jeremy Wagner. Scott Thiele was absent. He joined the meeting at 5:32 p.m. Motion by Nordby, seconded by Schwager, to approve the agenda...
A Butte man was convicted in Holt County district court last week of animal cruelty, after he failed to properly care for two herds of cattle. Jeffrey K. Reiser, 48, pleaded no contest when he faced the Honorable Mark Kozisec in the O’Neill courtroom April 17, was found guilty by Kozisec and was fined $1,000 on each of six Class 1 misdemeanor counts of cruel neglect of animals in January and February. He was also ordered to pay $87 costs of prosecution. About 400 head of black and red cows were seized Feb. 9 by chief Holt County deputy Ed N...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP Summerland Public School March 27, 2023 Summerland Board of Education held a strategic planning workshop, Monday, March 27, 2023 at 6 p.m. at the school. President Steve Thiele called the meeting, which was advertised in the March 22, 2023, papers to order at 6 p.m. Thiele noted the Open Meetings Act psoted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Present: Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Scott Thiele, Steve thiele, Austin Twibell, Jeremy Wagner. All board members were present. Motion by...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION March 14, 2023 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. President Steve Thiele called the meeting, which was advertised in the March 8, 2023, paper, to order at 6:30 p.m. Thiele noted the open meeting act posted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Members present: Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Scott Thiele, Steve Thiele, Austin Twibell and Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Nordby, seconded by Scott Thiele, to approve...
A foundation supporting Summerland School is one step closer to fruition following a February meeting of the Summerland Board of Education. Board member Ed Nordby, working with district patron Laura Ferguson, presented options to the board, Feb. 15. Nordby said a foundation can be formed in one of two ways: A separate entity or as part of the school district. “I think (a separate entity) is going to be the best thing for us,” Nordby said. Ferguson said the idea of forming a foundation ori...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Feb. 15, 2023 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Feb. 15, 2023, at the school. President Steve Thiele called the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. Thiele noted the Open Meetings Act poster posted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Members present: Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Scott Thiele, Steve Thiele, Austin Twibell, Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Nordby, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Thiele,...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in the school’s board room. President Ed Nordby called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act poster in the board room. Members present: Nordby, Nate Schwager, Scott Thiele, Steve Thiele, Austin Twibell and Jeremy Wagner. Nordby turned the meeting over to Superintendent Finke for election of officers. All board members took the oath of office. Discuss, consider and t...
Summerland Public School students will go green next year - at least on one route - as an electric bus is added to the district's fleet. Board of education members approved acceptance of a $395,000 grant that will cover the purchase of a bus and a charging station to be installed at the school. The district was notified earlier this fall it was one of six Nebraska recipients of a grant to purchase an electric bus. Other districts receiving the grant include Hay Springs, Hershey, McCool...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Dec. 14, 2022 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Dec. 7, 2022, newspapers to order at 5:46 p.m. Board members present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele and Jeremy Wagner. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the board room. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Hoke, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye:...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Nov. 15, 2022 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was published in the Nov. 9, 2022, newspapers to order at 6 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 Wagner, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke,...
An application for active law enforcement officers, dedicated to reduce law enforcement response time to active school shooting incidents, was a topic of discussion during public participation at the Oct. 17 Summerland Board of Education meeting. Board president Ed Nordby presented the Hero911 app to the board more than a year ago. "I think it's a really good thing the school should look into," Nordby said. Summerland patron Daniel Parker, who works as a Nebraska State Patrol investigator, said...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION October 17, 2022 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at the school. President Ed Nordby opened the meeting, which was advertised in the Oct. 12, 2022, newspapers, to order at 5 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act poster posted in the board room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Hoke, to approve the agenda as...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Sept. 14, 2022 Summerland School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at the school. President Ed Nordby opened the meeting, which was advertised in the Sept. 7, 2022, papers, at 7:40 p.m., following the budget hearing. He noted the Open Meetings Act poster posted in the board room. Roll call was taken at 7:30 p.m. Members present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele and Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Hoke, to approve...
A Neligh man sustained injuries in a Thursday morning accident south of Ewing. At approximately 10:50 a.m., Chad Shabram, driving a 2005 International truck pulling a hay grinder, was southbound on 508 Avenue, approximately 2.7 miles south of Ewing, when the vehicle he was driving left the roadway to the right. The vehicle hit the end of a guard rail on the Cache Creek bridge and continued moving along the rail, hitting the bridge rail before coming to rest. The trailer tipped to the right,...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Aug. 10, 2022, newspapers, to order at 7:31 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the boardroom. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. All members were present. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES August 8, 2022 The Ewing Board of Trustees convened in regular session, Aug. 8, 2022, at 7, in the City Hall. Notice of the meeting was published Aug. 3, 2022, in the Summerland Advocate. An agenda was kept current and on file at the village clerk’s office. Chairman James Ramold called the meeting ot order at 7 p.m. Notice was given tot he posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Kane Fry, Dustin Jorgensen, Dustin Wright, Bill Graber and Ramold. Also present were V...
Who will eventually purchase the former Ewing school property remains unknown as Summerland Board of Education members voted to reject all offers, "because of irregularities." The decision was announced following an executive session which lasted 73 minutes. "Not one of the offers is the same to the others," Superintendent Kyle Finke said. The board also directed Finke to take one of two courses of action. “Supt. Finke may make a counter offer or set an auction date,” President Ed Nordby sai...
The septic field at the Summerland School is not performing "as expected" and hasn't been since October. Brian Degen, of Olsson Associates, and Jacob Sertich, of Wilkins Architecture Design Planning, met with Summerland Board of Education members, July 12, to explain possible fixes to the problem. According to Degen, two elements - gallons per day and percolation rate - are key to the system's design. Prior to the system's construction, engineers intially estimated 8,000 gallons per day. After...
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,...
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...
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....
The first class of Summerland seniors to spend a school year together, under one roof, received diplomas, Saturday, in a 4 p.m. ceremony in the school's gymnasium. Seniors entered the gymnasium to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," played by the Summerland band, under the direction of Emily Heithoff. Superintendent Kyle Finke welcomed students, family and guests. He asked seniors to think back to the first day of classes in August, when he announced one word to describe the year:...
It took two motions and nearly an hour of discussion for the Summerland Board of Education to approve the sale of the Orchard site to the Village of Orchard. The sale, for $10,000, was approved April 12, during the board's monthly meeting. Per the motion, the village will retain all contents in the school building. The sale also includes the parking lot, across the street, to the south of the site. Prior to the meeting, Village of Orchard officials presented a proposal for the building purchase...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION April 12, 2022 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the April 6, 2022, newspaper, to order at 7:01 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the room. Roll call was taken at 7:01 p.m. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Wagner, to approve the...
The future of the former Orchard school hit a potential hurdle last Tuesday, as board of education members rejected bids submitted to demolish the former building and move the heating, ventilating and cooling system. Bids received were from OCC Builders, of Wayne, $398,510; O’Neill Transportation and Equipment, of Grand Island, $468,000 and Rutjen’s Construction, of Tilden, $568,040. Board member Nate Schwager said called the increase in bids “mind blowing.” “It’s extremely frustrating...
