Give the Gift of Life at the Bloodmobile in Exeter Monday Afternoon

Drop-ins are welcome at the American Red Cross Bloodmobile on Monday from Noon until 5:30 p.m. Feel free to check in at the desk to see if there is a time available later in the day or if you can donate blood right away. Save a life, GIVE BLOOD!

Did you know Fido and Fluffy need a license?

According to Exeter Village ordinance 6-101 any dog over the age of 4 months has to be licensed within 30 days of ownership. Cats have to be licensed within 4 months of ownership according to 6-113.

The licenses are available at the city office Monday through Thursday from 8 -5 and are just $1.00 for male dogs, spayed female dogs and all cats. Unspayed female dogs cost $3.00 to license. This is an ANNUAL fee. Licenses are due each May 1st and are delinquent June 1st.

Why should I get a license for Fluffy and Fido? Well, they need to have their license on their collar in case they get loose in town. According to ordinance 6-105 "Uncollared dogs found running at large shall be killed or impounded in the Municipal Dog Shelter by the Municpal Police."

So, if your dog or cat doesn't have a collar with a license if caught they can be impounded or killed. If the dog is impounded ordinance 6-106 requires that the owner pay impoundment fee of ten dollars plus licensing within the first 24 hours, after that a reclaiming fee of ten dollars is added on to that. After 72 hours the dog may be destroyed by the Village Police.

In obtaining a dog license owners must present proof of the dogs current rabies shot for the village records.

Here's a great stocking stuffer for Fluffy and Fido, a bright shiny new license from the Exeter Village.

Demolition Begins!!!!

Check out the Pool Demolition Slideshow for lots of pictures on the demolition that started today. Check daily for more new pictures!

Exeter Pool Demolition to Start on Monday

The Exeter Pool demolition is scheduled to start on Monday. See the slideshow to the right for pictures of the current demolition on the inside of the bathhouse. Check the Village of Exeter website daily for videos and pictures of the demolition and construction progress.

G.F.W.C. Presents Program on Bullying

Tuesday evening the G.F.W.C. Exeter Woman's Club welcomed Linda Allen, MS, PLMHT, NCC, and a counselor from Louisville, Neb. for a presentation on the topic of bullying at school.

Allen spoke to the large gathering of women representing the Exeter G.F.W.C. Woman’s Club and the Fairmont G.F.W.C. as well as members of the community. She started the discussion with encouraging attendees to define a bully and then asked them to share a few of their thoughts with those sitting around them.

After giving an official definition of bullying Allen described some of the traits of the behavior. She also explored the reasons why kids bully and why adults should care.

Some of the more startling statistics include the future of those who bully. According to Allen, “Studies have found that 60 percent of boys who were bullies in middle school had at least one conviction by age 24 and 40 percent had three or more convictions.”

After describing the health consequences that those bullied often face, Allen explored the topic of cyber bullying. This bullying usually occurs through email, instant messaging, text messages, blogging or chat rooms and is become more and more common. Allen explained that this behavior is very disturbing for two reasons. “Cyber bullying messages and images can be distributed quickly to a very wide audience and children and youth can be anonymous when cyber bullying.”

Allen encouraged parents to keep a close eye on children when using the Internet and continue to monitor Internet usage, as they become teenagers. She encouraged parents not to erase any communication that is threatening but make copies in case they are needed for future action. “This is a whole other ballpark for parents to understand,” said Allen.

Unfortunately Allen has found that bullying “starts early in our classes, I sometimes am using the word bully with Kindergarten parents.”

She emphasized that the reduction of bullying in schools requires a “change in the school climate” and “in norms for behavior.” Respect, trust, optimism and internationality (know why we do the things we do) were what Allen described for the school climate.

As far as norms for behavior she described two solutions, mentoring and consistency in discipline. She encouraged those in attendance to look online at several websites for more information on stopping bullying in our schools and homes.

Exeter-Milligan Players on the All Conference Volleyball Teams

Steph Briske and Claire White - First Team All Conference
Heather Pribyl and Kelsey Moore - Honorable Mention All Conference
Tina Kassik - Alternate for the All-Star Game

Fillmore Center/Exeter-Milligan Softball Honors

Maddy Emshoff

Lincoln Journal Star 1st team Super State

Lincoln Journal Star First Team Class C All-State and Co-Captain

Omaha World Herald First Team Class C All-State

SNC 1st Team All-Conference

Hastings Tribune Player of the year

Hastings Tribune All Area 1st Team

Mackenzie Thomsen

Hastings Tribune All Area Honorable Mention

Lindsay Eichelberger

Omaha World Herald Honorable Mention All-State

Lincoln Journal Star Honorable Mention All-State

SNC First Team All Conference

Hastings Tribune All Area 1st Team

Jenni Kleinschmidt

Omaha World Herald 2nd Team All-State

Lincoln Journal Star Honorable Mention All-State

SNC Second Team All Conference

Megan Bauman

SNC Honorable Mention All Conference

Exeter Housing Listening Session

Following up on a recent housing survey by the Fillmore County Development Corporation, Exeter community members had an additional opportunity to voice their opinion about the current housing situation in town.

The event was sponsored by the Exeter Chamber of Commerce and presented by the Fillmore County Development Corporation and Hanna:Keelan Associates.

Tim Keelan opened the meeting by presenting the results of the recent countywide housing surveys and also some demographic profiles that Hanna:Keelan Associates had compiled.

The full results of the housing survey and the Demographic Profiles are available in the slideshow on the right side of the page.

For the full story see The Friend Sentinel

Exeter-Milligan D1-2 All-District Football Team Members

First Team Offense

Dalton Brandt
Josh Sluka

Second Team Offense

Dillan White
Ryan Harre

Honorable Mention Offense

Shane Manning

First Team Defense

Dalton Brandt
Dillon Rischling

Second Team Defense

Ethan Kattes
Mitchell Horne

Honorable Mention Defense

Shane Manning

Second Team Special Teams

Travis Yound
Ryan Harre

Exeter Village Board Approves Bids for Pool

The Exeter Village Board has chosen nearly all of the contractors for the pool construction and finished approving them in a special meeting Friday evening.

Special guest at the meeting was Dave Henke, supervisor of the aquatics division of JEO Consulting, the engineers for the project. Henke tabulated all of the proposed bids for a grand total of $1,275,000. He reminded the board that this did not include "shelters, slides, painting or any engineering fees during construction."

Part of the reason that the slide was not included in construction is because of a problem with current slide design and some recent legislation that will require the re-engineering of every slide made. Once the manufacturing changes have been made Mayor Alan Michl expects the "biggest push to be for the slide."

The board had already approved both the electrical contractor and the pool builder. During the meeting they approved the carpenter's bid, plumbing contractor and the footings and wall construction. Houlden Remodeling out of Friend will be doing the carpentry, Kelch Plumbing and Heating of Exeter will be the plumbing contractor and Roth and Troyer Construction out of Milford will do the cement work for the footings and walls of the bathhouse.

According to Village Maintenance Supervisor John Mueller demolition is scheduled to start the week of Thanksgiving. Look for daily updates on the website.

The Village Board will have their next regular meeting on Tuesday, December 2nd at 7:30 p.m.