Exeter Legion Chooses Boys State Representative

Wm. Sullivan Post 218 names 2015 Boys’ State selection

Spencer Papik of Exeter-Milligan Public schools sponsored by Wm. Sullivan Post 218 will join nearly 400 other high school juniors across Nebraska participating in the American Legion Cornhusker Boys’ State, May 31-June 6, 2015 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln downtown campus. 

Spencer participates in football, band, Quiz Bowl, track and trap-shooting.

He is a member of St. Stephens Catholic Church.  

Spencer is the son of Doug and Melanie Papik. 

Exeter-Milligan Update: 5th Grade

Sara Lincoln's 5th Grade class at Exeter-Milligan has been hard at work the last few weeks getting ready to perform their play.  They have been studying the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolutionary War. After reading the chapters in the book and learning more about these events the students performed a play.  Each student had several parts in the play.  Many were an important figure during that time, others told facts about what happened.  Each student played a great role in preparing for this play.  Several painted the ship, built the fake fire, and made hats to wear.  The students performed this play in front of their parents.  It was such a great experience for all of them, they had a great time.

FCDC Update: Odego Class

Picture: Left to right Brandi Doling, Rebecca Svec, Heather Oentrich, Vern Kendell, Crystal Vavra, Marsha Jacobsen, Caitlyn Peterson, Wade Walters, Mckenna Coy, Marcus Rust

LEADERSHIP CLASS ATTENDS AGRICULTURE SESSION

FILLMORE COUNTY - The Odegeo…Leadership for Fillmore County class held their Agriculture session beginning at the Geneva Public Library March 17, 2015.  Christin Lovegrove, Heinisch & Lovegrove Law office, started the day talking about Estate Planning. She told the group one of the biggest issues is people thinking they don’t need a will because they don’t have much.

   Kevin Parde and Ed Marek from Heartland Bank talked to the group on Ag lending.

The panel discussed the different cycles in lending, and how technology had changed 

agriculture.

   Leaving the Geneva Public Library the members traveled to Geneva Implement were they enjoyed muffins and drinks provided by the class members in charge. Keith Shellhouse, manager of Geneva Implement, took the class on a tour and showed the class several large implements and talked about the technology that has changed farming.

  Next the class traveled to Harre Feed Yards where they met Kate Harre. Kate told the group that Bob and she had started this feed yard together 50 years ago. Twenty years ago they started commercially feeding cattle. Today they have the capacity to feed 7500 head.

   The group ate lunch at Sweetwater Café in Exeter compliments of Farmers Cooperative of Exeter before they began their afternoon tours.

    Allen Vavra was the speaker at Farmers Cooperative in Exeter. Farmers Cooperative, whose headquarters is in Dorchester have locations in Nebraska and Kansas and are one of the largest Cooperatives. The Exeter Farmers Cooperative takes in a large amount of white corn which is used in the food industry.        

    Traveling to Flint Hills Resources, a leader in refining, chemicals and biofuels, the members had Marcus Rust as their tour guide. He took the group on a tour of the ethanol plant and told about its operation.  The plant was opened in 2007 and acquired by FHR in 2012. The plant produces 120 million gallons of ethanol per year and 310,000 tons of distillers grains.

The group’s last stop was Nick’s Farm Store. Shelly & Conley Kennel, Scott Eichelberger and Nancy Eichelberger met the group in the new Golden Harvest building. After a tour of the building, Megan Jiskra a Syngenta Seed Advisor, talked to the members. The Golden Harvest building will house a seed corn business and also house the maintenance shop for Nick’s Farm Store. Nick’s Farm Store is a single dealership that has been in Geneva for 49 years and is one of Geneva’s oldest businesses.

  The April session of the Odegeo. . . Leadership for Fillmore County will be about Business and Industry in Fillmore County.  Persons interested in learning more about Odegeo…Leadership for Fillmore County may contact the Fillmore County Development Corporation by calling 402-759-4910 or emailing lentfer.fcdc@genevamail.com or go to www.fillmorecountydevelopment.org.

Exeter-Milligan Update: Smart Cookies

The "Smart Cookies" in Kara Myers' reading group this year have been "cooking" up a storm!  After every 5 reading lessons, they take an individual check-out to look at their fluency and accuracy in what they are reading.  If they pass their check-outs the first time, they are able to color a "cookie" to put in the "cookie jar".  As you can see, the cookie jar is getting pretty full!  Smart Cookies are (from left to right) Alexis Saatmann, Selah Petersen, Tucker Svec, Brett Kallhoff, Kiley Oldehoeft, and Kaydence Haase.