Throwback Thursday 07/21/2023

 

07/21/2013

Exeter 14 and Under team wins district softball tournament and takes fourth place at State.

Exeter Fun Days was held.  Some of the highlights included:

The Kid and Pet Parade was held at 5 p.m. downtown and the participants walked a block and then were announced as they entered the street dance area.  The Exeter Volunteer Fire Department held their annual BBQ serving pork sandwiches, hot dogs and chicken.  Also available in the street dance area were a dunk tank and a bounce house (sponsored by Perennial Public Power District).  Check in for the Bullhead tournament was held during the street dance.

 

Before the entertainment began, Exeter Chamber of Commerce President John Graham presented the Exeter Fun Days Citizen of the Year award.  This was the first year the award has been given.  Members of the Chamber nominated citizens who have made a difference in the community of Exeter and then voted on the winner.  The first winner of the Exeter Fun Days Citizen of the Year award was Erma Adamson.

 

Adamson spends hours each week picking up trash throughout the community.  She has also donated a number of very attractive trash receptacles in the downtown area.  She is always working hard to make sure the community looks great.

 

After the presentation, Rusty Nichol performed at the street dance followed by Who’s Bill Anyway.

 

Generations Bank in Exeter, Nebraska recently announced the addition of Robert Elzinc to the bank’s lending staff.  Elznic’s emphasis will be working with agricultural production and agricultural real estate loans.  In addition, Elznic will also be working with commercial, consumer, and residential real estate loans.   

Four Webelos Scouts from Exeter Pack 218 along with their parents stayed at Camp Cornhusker from July 7 – 10 for Webelos Camp.

 

Despite the hot weather, the scouts, Clint Oldehoeft, Blake Meyer, Braden Capek and Ben Bartu enjoyed participating in a number of activities.  They earned their Readyman badge, worked on their Aquanaut badge, took rowboats out on the lake, shot bb guns and did archery.

 

The scouts slept in tents they helped put up, did a lot of hiking and performed two skits, one of which was an original the boys helped create.  The boys did two leather craft projects and practiced their knife skills.  They also worked on learning the Boy Scout Law, Oath and Promise.

 

Perennial Public Power District recently sponsored three area teens at the Nebraska Rural Electric Association (NREA) Youth Energy Camp. The camp was held July 15-19 at the Nebraska 4-H Camp near Halsey, NE.

 

The teens sponsored by the utility were Jonathan Mounce, son of Vincent and Sherry Mounce; Spencer Papik, son of Doug and Melanie Papik; and Elliot Erdkamp, son of Paul and Becky Erdkamp, all of Exeter.

 

Recent graduate, Jackie Luzum, of Exeter-Milligan along with Exeter-Milligan Volleyball Coach Darcy White recently represented the RED team at the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star game.