2025 Homecoming Royalty

 

The 2025 Homecoming Court were Babe Weber, Brett Kallhoff, Queen Taylin Schluter, King Hunter Svehla, Selah Petersen, and Christian Conley.

EMF FB Lose Homecoming Game Against Sutton

 The Bobcat football team lost their homecoming game 26-34.

Photos courtesy of Leesa Bartu.

What's New on the Library Shelves | Romance Edition

 Check out some new novels at the Exeter Public Library.

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn’t know he’s her best friend’s younger brother. Lucy and Felix’s chemistry is unreal, but the list of reasons why they need to stay away from each other is long, and they vow to never repeat that electric night again.

It’s easier said than done.

Each year, Lucy escapes to PEI for a big breath of coastal air, fresh oysters and crisp vinho verde with her best friend, Bridget. Every visit begins with a long walk on the beach, beneath soaring red cliffs and a golden sun. And every visit, Lucy promises herself she won’t wind up in Felix’s bed. Again.

If Lucy can’t help being drawn to Felix, at least she’s always kept her heart out of it.

When Bridget suddenly flees Toronto a week before her wedding, Lucy drops everything to follow her to the island. Her mission is to help Bridget through her crisis and resist the one man she’s never been able to. But Felix’s sparkling eyes and flirty quips have been replaced with something new, and Lucy’s beginning to wonder just how safe her heart truly is.

Home Again by Kristin Hannah

At the center of Home Again is Madelaine - a brilliant cardiologist, a loving mother, a tender friend, and a woman full of self-doubt. It is also the story of her confused and angry daughter, Lina, and of the two very different men Madelaine loves: Francis, a priest searching for his faith, and Angel, a talented but cynical man with a broken heart. When tragedy suddenly brings them all together, they must learn to forgive the betrayals of the past and find the courage to love again.

Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah

This richly nuanced novel tells of an ordinary man faced with an incredible dilemma - to save his wife's life he must risk losing her forever.

Michaela, beloved wife and mother of two, lies in a coma. Doctors have told her husband Liam not to expect a recovery, but he maintains hope that love can accomplish what medicine cannot. Day after day, he sits by her bedside, holding her hand, sharing the stories of their life together.

Then he discovers the evidence of his wife's secret past - a long hidden first marriage to international movie star Julian True. When he sees photos of her glowing happiness with Julian, he knows the actor was more than simply Michaela's first husband. He was the love of her life. Liam senses that Julian is the one person who can bring her back to life, but at what cost? Can Liam love his wife enough to risk losing her to a man no woman could resist?

On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah

On the day her daughter leaves for college, Anne Colwater's husband of 20 years announces he wants a divorce. Her roles of wife and mother suddenly gone, Annie retreats to her childhood home of Mystic, Washington, to heal. There she finds her old friend Nick, suddenly widowed and unable to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter, Izzie.

Annie agrees to look after Izzie, and soon finds herself caring for both father and daughter with a joy and passion she never expected - and she finds her love returned with a fervor she had never even hoped for. But love is never simple, and it is not until Annie learns a hard lesson from her own grown daughter that she finds the strength to claim the happiness she has earned.

MUDECAS Volleyball

 Pictures courtesy of Leesa Bartu.

New Faces at EMF

 EMF Public Schools welcomed 10 new staff members this year.

Front Row L-R: Morgan Jess, Jennifer Katuls, Megan Weber, Simone Marget, and Cortney Novak. Back Row L-R: Hannah Merrick, Kirsten Fike, Mallory Gregory, Josiee Sobotka, and Katherine White.

Kitchen Staff

Jennifer Katuls - Dishwasher

Morgan Jess - Head Cook, Exeter 

Elementary

Megan Weber - Paraprofessional

Josiee Sobotka - 3rd Grade Teacher

Hannah Merrick - Preschool Paraprofessional

Cortney Novak - Preschool Teacher, Friend

Simone Marget - Preschool Teacher, Exeter

Junior High/High School

Katherine White - Math

Mallory Gregory - FCS

Kirsten Fike - Social Studies

Bobcat XC Races at Ravenna

25 schools were represented at the meet on hilly Ravenna Golf course on Thursday, September 18! Medaling for the Bobcats was sophomore, Emily Bartels, finishing 20th place out of 81 varsity runners.  

The boys race had 130 runners and the Bobcats finished 11th out of 20 teams. Making the biggest impression was Beau Becker, running a 20:57.1 on the toughest course he has ran so far this year. Titus Petersen finished 29th and improved his time on this course by 50 seconds with a 20:06.7.

Photo credits go to Hope Bartels who runs 4+ miles every meet to capture the amazing photos!

Bobcats Win Against Southern

 The Bobcat football team had a rainy win against Southern, 64-18. Photo courtesy of Leesa Bartu.

What's New on the Library Shelves | Thriller Edition

 Check out these new novels at the Exeter Public Library.

An Inside Job by Daniel Silva

Gabriel Allon has been awarded a commission to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice. But when he discovers the body of a mysterious woman floating in the waters of the Venetian Lagoon, he finds himself in a desperate race to recover a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.

The painting, a portrait of a beautiful young girl, has been gathering dust in a storeroom at the Vatican Museums for more than a century, misattributed and hidden beneath a worthless picture by an unknown artist. Because no one knows that the Leonardo is there, no one notices when it disappears one night during a suspicious power outage. No one but the ruthless mobsters and moneymen behind the theft -- and the mysterious woman whom Gabriel found in a watery grave in Venice. A woman without a name. A woman without a face.

The action moves at breakneck speed from the galleries and auction houses of London to an enclave of unimaginable wealth on the French Riviera -- and, finally, to a shocking climax in St. Peter's Square, where the life of a pope hangs in the balance. An elegant and stylish journey through the dark side of the art world and the Vatican's murky finances.

The Crash by Freida McFadden

Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn't realize she's heading straight into a blizzard.

She never arrives at her destination.

Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.

But something isn't right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn't what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.

And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself—and her unborn child.

Obituary: Lanny E. Ackerman

 Lanny's family will have a Celebration of Life will be held at the Senior Center in Exeter, Nebraska on Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 2:00 to 4:00pm, open to all family and friends. In respect of his wishes burial will be private. The family requests no flowers. All memorials may be directed to Exeter Fire and Rescue in Exeter, Nebraska.

It was Lanny's wishes to be cremated.

Lanny Edmond Ackerman was born to Edmond Ackerman and Geniza Irene (Albro) Ackerman on May 27, 1947 in York, Nebraska and passed away on August 19, 2025 at his home in Exeter, Nebraska.

He group up in Fairmont, Nebraska, graduating from Fairmont High School in 1966. After graduating high school, he proudly served his country. Lanny entered the Marine Corps where he attained the rank of sergeant and earned his rifle expert badge and Marine of the Month award for July 1968 before receiving an honorable discharge in August of 1968.

After the Marine Corps, Lanny returned to Nebraska where he enrolled in Fairbury Junior College, eventually transferring to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and married. While attending the University, he began working at Goodyear and continued there for over 32 years until retiring. During school, Lanny met his lifelong friend, Mike Jensen. Mike, along with Mike's wife, Jan, and their daughters, were a second family for Lanny. 

Lanny enjoyed employing his carpentry and construction skills to undertake many home improvements; including finishing the basement of his family home, and building a shed and clubhouse for his boys. Later, he developed a cycling interest, participating in several years of BRAN and the inaugural, and many subsequent, "Tour de Nebraska" rides.

Upon retirement, he moved to Exeter, Nebraska and renewed an earlier passion for hunting and reloading. His sons will attest that competition for his "favorite" likely belonged either to his retriever "Red," from his early years; or "Dutch" his chocolate labrador companion later in life.

While living in Exeter, Lanny devoted his time and knowledge to the local Boy Scout Troop, joined the Fairmont American Legion and served as the county zoning officer for Exeter.

Lanny is preceded in death by his parents; his sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Gayle Calusha; and his sister, Nadine. He is survived by his sons, Nicholas Ackerman of Kansas City, Missouri and Gregory Ackerman of Exeter; his sister and brother-in-law, Nina and Robert Bartu of Exeter; his nephews, Tom Galusha and Thad Galusha; his nieces Tricia Galusha Chapman and Darci Bartu McCarter; great nephews, cousins, and several lifelong friends.

Bobcat Girls Golf Team Defended Title at JCC

The Lady Bobcats defended their title at the JCC Invite on Thursday, September 18 despite battling the rain.   

Individual medalists:

Abby Klooz (2nd)

Kate Pribyl (4th)

Hadley Sladek (6th)

Bristol Sladek (10th)

JV Division

Sydney Engert (1st)

Sadie Brandt (4th)

Pictured L-R Sydney Engert, Kate Pribyl, Abby Klooz
Dylen Collier, Hadley Sladek, Bristol Sladek, Sadie Brandt
and Hannah Petersen