Exeter Days: Sunday

 

 

    

“Throwback” was the theme for this year’s Exeter Days.  It was definitely a throwback to a great family fun weekend for the entire community.

 

The weekend began on Friday with discounted Lemony Split drinks and wine and spirits tasting in the Legion.  A meal was served at the Legion sponsored by the Exeter Area Community Foundation with a free will donation to sponsor Liberty Johnson, and Kiley Oldehoeft for their upcoming ambassadors trip as well as Jozie Kanode’s mission trip this summer.

Kids could enjoy the “Oceans of Fun” art experience at the Legion to help get them in a water mindset.

The beer mile relay started at 7 p.m. and was definitely a hot ticket with heat indexes over 100 degrees.

To end the evening “Finding Nemo” was shown outdoors for everyone to enjoy.

Saturday was jam packed but had a bit of a rocky start with a thunderstorm that dropped nearly two inches of rain in Exeter coupled with high winds.  There was no damage and some quick rearranging allowed for most of the days activities to begin.  The color run was postponed to a later date but the three on three tournament was moved inside the Exeter-Milligan school gym.

The fire department held their annual bake sale, the car show started a little late along with the vendor fair.  The food trucks arrived just in time to set up for lunch and hometown author Allison ‘Michl’ Bitz was available to sign her book at the library.  The grand parade started at 12:30 and the candy started flying.  The “Throwback” theme was evident as there was a trailer with Exeter, Exeter-Milligan, Friend and Milligan jersey’s represented and next came a trailer of current Exeter-Milligan and Friend students sporting their new Bobcat gear.

After the parade there was pie (homemade by Exeter Woman’s Club members) and ice cream (served by the Handy Hands 4-H club)in the legion along with a polka band. 

A cornhole tournament and a rib cook off were popular events along with bingo on Saturday afternoon.  Dan Votipka came in first in the rib contest with Jim Mueller in second place.

The evening street dance featured a meal at the Legion and the band “DadRock” making a repeat appearance at Exeter Days.

Sunday began with Community church service in the park and lots of food trucks.  The Triathlon was held in the park with multiple age divisions.  Winners included:

6 and under – 1^st place Shiloh Carver, 2^nd place Kolbie Kahlandt

7 – 10 – 1^st place Tommy Kallhoff, 2^nd place Paul Kallhoff

11 -14 – 1^st place Wil Kallhoff, 2^nd place Collin McCoy

15- 18 – 1^st place Troy Kallhoff, 2^nd place Aidan Vavra

19 and Up – 1^st place Jordan Pella, 2^nd place Darth Kanode

 

After the triathlon was finished the kids enjoyed a huge water balloon fight in the park with an Exeter fire truck making a special appearance to add more water to the fight.

 

The Exeter Senior Center held a 25^th year celebration lunch fundraiser at the Legion for lunch and then there was a poker tournament for Sunday afternoon entertainment.

The entire weekend was planned and executed by the Exeter Community Club who worked hard all year and definitely earned the communities appreciation for an excellent “Throwback.”

 

Throwback Thursday 07/28/2013

 

07/28/2013

 

Forty Boy Scouts and leaders from the Cornhusker Council left Sunday morning for the 2013 Boy Scout National Jamboree which will be held for the first time at the Bechtel Summit in West Virginia.  

 

One scout, Joey Bartu, of Exeter registered with Friend Troop 270 is a member of the contingent. The scouts will spend 10 days at the Summit experiencing everything from the longest zip line in the world to hiking, white water rafting and fly fishing.  Also at the new summit location are a skateboard park, a biking course and a canopy tour.

 

The GFWC District IV Woman's Club Workshop was held at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wilber on July 19, 2013.  There were 30 present from seven clubs.  Mary Keller of Wilber welcomed the group to Wilber and Karen Chapman, District IV International Outreach Chairman, of the Exeter club, gave the response.  Those attending from the Exeter club were Reba Toothman, Karen Chapman, Patty DeMoss, Elaine Oldehoeft, and Bonnie Cudaback.

 

 

Esther Deterding celebrated her 100^th birthday with family and friends on July 19^th at the Exeter Care Center where she now resides, but she lived and worked for all of her life in the Friend area.

Exeter Area Community Foundation Intern featured on television program

 Same Otte, this summers Exeter Area Community Foundation intern was recently interviewed for a segment on 10/11's Pure Nebraska.  Click here to see the interview and the sights of Exeter along with others from our community.

Exeter Days: Saturday

above:

Jameson Trauger served as emcee of the parade after he sang the National Anthem with the color guard present leading the parade.

Below – The Exeter American Legion and the Sons of the Legion provided the color guard to lead the parade for Exeter Days.

 

below – Kenny Krasser directs his riders from left: Emmett Schlegelmilch, Keenan Petersen and Easton Schleglmilch, to toss candy to a few bystanders.

above: The Wince boys rode their motorized vehicles through the parade. Pictured riding on their motorized vehicles in the parade are the Wince boys, from the left: Rexton, Ryker and Reed Wince.

above – Matt and Chris Harre and family find some shade to enjoy the parade at Exeter Days.