Mudjacking corrects problem

According to Village Maintenance Supervisor the engineers and architects of the pool design approved the mudjacking efforts used to straighten the poured pit walls that had tilted once their forms were removed (for more information read the Notes from the Village on the sidebar). Their all day efforts were finally successful just before 7 p.m. Thursday evening. This picture was taken around 6:00 p.m. as they were still working on the project. On top of the pump pit is Dave Henke from JEO Consulting while John Mueller is looking at their work. Tom Ekeler is standing next to the cab of the excavator.

Zero entry section of the pool started

Work began this week on digging out the zero entry section of the pool. If you drive by or look at the picture you can see that this area is very close to the existing sidewalk. The sidewalk and parking in this area will have to be removed. There will no longer be a baby pool as the zero entry area will serve that purpose. In addition it will allow pool guests who have disabilities or injuries to walk or be wheeled into the pool. Lots more loads of rock and special fabric were being placed in the zero entry area while this picture was taken.

Timberwolves have a tough loss at finals of CRC tournament

The Exeter-Milligan Twolves battled the Giltner Hornets in
the Crossroads Conference Championship game. The TWolves
came up short losing 52-41 in overtime.
Scoring for the TWolves:

Kelsey Moore: 11
Amber Filipi : 10
Heather Pribyl: 6
Tina Kassik: 5


The Timberwolves next game is Friday Home vs High Plains.

Fillmore County Development Open House

Open House
Celebrating 20 Years
of the
Fillmore County Development Corporation

February 6, 2009
4:00-6:30 p.m.

at the
Log Cabin - 1402 E ST, Geneva, Nebraska

Walls of the POOL poured Monday morning!!

The pumper truck spent most of the morning at the Exeter Pool Site on Monday. The walls of the deep end of the pool were poured into site built forms.

Lots of Activity at the Pool Site

Wednesday found lots of activity at the pool - more piles of dirt, sand being moved, lots of things formed up at the actual pool site and lots of people working.

Some cement was poured as well.

Cement Cement Cement!

There were three rounds of cement trucks see coming and going at the pool construction site on Thursday. The floor of the pool was poured along with the footings for the outside walls for the bathhouse. The Odell pumper truck spent the day directing the cement where it should go. If you have kids you don't want to let them watch a pumper truck work. First of all it is a fascinating piece of machinery and second of all the guy who runs the truck and the whole pump system controls everything with a joystick remote control that hangs around his neck. It is a prime excuse for kids to use - "playing video games is on the job training, Mom and Dad"

According to the website survey the majority of you, 67% are positive about the pool being ready sometime this summer. We will check on the construction schedule if there is such a thing and let you know where the progress stands so far.

Exeter-Milligan Girls Basketball Post another Win

The Exeter-Milligan Girls played Meridian on Tuesday, January
20. The Timberwolves came out on top by winning 61-49.
Heather Pribyl led the T-Wolves with 22 points and 13
rebounds.
Other scoring included:
Tina Kassik 14 points
Amber Filipi 12 points
Maddy Emshoff 5 points
Kelsey Moore 4 points.

Exeter-Milligan Junior High Girls Basketball

The Exeter-Milligan Junior High girls won the CRC
Championship Tuesday January 22. The girls beat the Giltner
Hornets by a score of 41-21. Scoring for the Junior High T-wolves
were:
Jennifer Pribyl 2 points
Taylor Erdkamp 6 points
Megan Zwickl 6 points
Elly Korbelik 5 points
Megan Waldron 8 points
Logan Zeleny 10 points
Jackie Luzum 4 points

The girls' last games will be in the Exeter-Milligan
tournemant which is February 7th.

Footings Poured for Bathhouse

At 12:15 on Wednesday Roth and Troyer were busy digging out the final footings for the interior walls of the bathhouse and by 2:30 the pumper truck was in place and 24 yards of cement were in the process of being pumped in to complete the footings for the interior walls of the bathhouse. Meanwhile the pool area is a mesh of rebar and crushed rock. Today the excavator came up out of the hole and all of the fabric is in place on the bottom of the pool along with the crushed rock and rebar. They plan to pour the bottom of the pool on Wednesday just after 10 a.m. with the exterior wall footings of the bathhouse being poured in the afternoon. The weather has been beautiful for the construction so far, but the predicted cooler temperatures may stall things for a few days. When the village board was questioned late last year on building a pool during the winter months the board responded that pool construction companies prefer to work in the winter because the concrete is easier to work with (it has a longer hardening time) and it cures slower and thus stronger.