Saturday, January 18, 2020

Exeter Village Board Discusses Cleaning Up Properties


The Exeter Village Board met on Tuesday, January 7 at 7 p.m. with all members present.

After approving the minutes and the invoices the board discussed the League of Nebraska Municipalities midwinter conference before addressing the marshals report.

The board discussed the quality of surveillance cameras available and asked Clerk Erdkamp to contact the company the school uses to get information on their system.

Board member Justin Harre broached the subject of the board dealing with some of the abandoned property in town, “This year are we going to try to focus on sinking our teeth into a house and get one done?”

Chairman Michl was sure that one of the police officers would be able to serve in the legal capacity to inspect the properties.

After board member Kathy Erdkamp asked if the board was looking at their top three houses on the list, Michl remarked that the office could approach all three property owners to see if one or more would agree to have their property cleaned up.

Maintenance Supervisor John Mueller reported that the water tower was inspected, “It looks fine, it has some wear but it is fine.

He also, along with Michl, noted that the original well water sample was retested and the arsenic levels were lower than the first test.

Mueller reported that he and village employee Terry Salyer have been working on the fire hall.  They have raised the ceiling, installed ceiling fans and worked in the bathrooms.  They plan to replace the rotting wood around the overhead doors next.

Clerk Erdkamp reported that sales tax for October was $11,779.37 and keno for November was $290.44.  She has several office furniture representatives who are planning to share some ideas for replacing her desk.

The board set the next meeting for February 11th at 7 p.m. at the Exeter Village office.

Friday, January 17, 2020

Timberwolves win first round at MUDECAS lose second round

 Exeter-Milligan was seeded #1 in the B division of the tournament.  They opened the tournament by beating Meridian 58-32 and then drew Southern in the second round.  Southern defeated them 55-48.  Their next game will be Saturday at 2:45 at the Beatrice Auditorium.











Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Exeter-Milligan Update: State Report



Pictured are Maddux Milton, Clayton Pribyl and Kalvin Lock presenting their state reports to high school students Markus Krupicka and Cade Kresak.

State Report Project
By Laura Steuben, Exeter-Milligan 3rd Grade Instructor

Exeter-Milligan’s 3rd-6th graders have been working on a state book report project in library class. Each student chose a state to investigate and completed a portfolio about that state. The portfolios included numerous facts and a paragraph about their state. After our school wide “Better Together” celebration, each student had the opportunity to share his or her report with some of Mr. Brian Murphy’s high school History students.  This was also an opportunity for the students to work on their presentation skills. 




Monday, January 13, 2020

Exeter-Milligan Update: E-M Students Chosen to Perform at Doane Fall Festival of Winds


Two Exeter-Milligan students, Braden Capek and Caitlin Murphy, participated in the Doane Fall Festival of Winds in November.  Braden performed in the Festival Band under the direction of Dr. Larry Blocher from Troy University.  Caitlin performed in the Honor Band under the direction of Dr. Jay Gilbert.