Exeter Scouts attend National Treasure Event

 Exeter Webelos Scout Eric Olsen and his dad, Kent, wait in line for pizza at the National Treasure Event at the Nebraska History Museum.

 Friend Boy Scout Liam Noel (left) and Webelos Scout Seth Noel listen to Friend Webelos Den Leader and Assistant Scoutmaster Cynthia Cassel describe about hides and furs at the Nebraska History Museum.

 Webelos Scouts Joey Bartu (left) and Travis Gilliam look for clues while Tiger Cub Ben Bartu points the way.

Carol Capek, far left, watches her children, Tiger Cub Braden Capek and his sister Briana Capek mold clay into pots at the Nebraska Treasure event.

One night in two museums clues and crafts were plentiful in Lincoln.  With close to 600 cub scouts attending the Nebraska History Museum and the Lincoln Children's Museum were overrun Friday evening.

The Cornhusker Council of the Boy Scouts of America planned and sponsored the two museum event billed as the Nebraska Treasure.  The scouts were given a guidebook at the door depending on their age. Siblings and parents also attended to help search for the clues hidden throughout the two museums.

It was all about decoding during the evening.  The scouts had to break the codes found in the clues they were given by finding the museum displays where the clues were hidden.  Each floor of the museum had a different type of code to break. Along with the codes there were crafts and activities for the scouts and siblings to complete.

After the scouts "broke" the codes and discovered the password they progressed to receive a sticker that held part of the final clue. As the scouts headed to the Children's Museum they learned about Braille, cryptography and secret messages hidden in disappearing ink.

Once the scouts had all four stickers they discovered the final clues: Nebraska History Museum, Seek the Arrow, Chief Akela and First Floor.  They were able to attend a brief presentation by the Golden Sun Lodge of the Order of the Arrow and learn more about Boy Scouts.

Seven Exeter scouts attended the event with their parents and leaders.

Exeter Scout Pack 218 tours Fire Hall

 Exeter Fire and Rescue Department member Mark Beethe gave the Exeter Pack 218 Cub Scouts a tour of the Exeter Fire Hall Monday night.Pictured left to right are Tiger Cubs Ben Bartu, Braden Capek, Alec Schlueter, Wolf Cub Jackson Beethe, Mark Beethe, Trystan Brandt, Webelos Peytan Brandt and Joey Bartu.

 Beethe showed the scouts all of the gear the firemen wear in a fire.

 Beethe explained to the scouts that if they are ever in a fire and see someone wearing all of the equipment that they won't be able to understand the fireman but they should do what he says.

 Webelos Scout Peytan Brandt tests the weight of an air tank while Fireman Mark Beethe looks on.

 Tiger Cub Alec Schlueter proudly stands in front of his dad, Lin Schlueter's, locker at the Fire Hall.

The Exeter Cub Scouts got an indepth look at all of the fire equipment as well as lots of safety tips during the tour of the Exeter Fire Hall.

Exeter Cub Scouts got a tour of all of the fire and rescue equipment from Fire and Rescue Department member Mark Beethe on Monday evening.

The scouts started the evening asking Beethe a few questions about his training and his experience in the fire department. Beethe explained the many hours he spent training and testing to receive his EMT certification.

The scouts wanted to know about the worst fire he had experienced and if he had ever been frightened. After answering their questions Beethe led the scouts to the rescue unit. The boys were able to get inside the unit as Beethe explained how the calls are answered and how the patients are transported. 

From there the group toured the attack truck. Beethe donned his fire garb and then brought out a tank and a mask for the boys to see.  He modeled the equipment and showed how the mask garbled his words encouraging the boys to make sure they follow the direction of a fireman if they are ever in a fire - "he's not an alien," said Beethe.  In other words they shouldn't be afraid of the strange voice and the scary mask if they are in a fire.

Beethe showed the boys the jaws of life and some of the other equipment the department uses on their calls.  Next the boys moved on to the two large fire trucks.  Beethe showed them the trucks inside and out, noting the water canon on the large truck and he also showed the boys how the side tank comes out on the tanker truck to provide extra water capacity onsite.

After taking a group photo, the boys thanked Beethe for the informative night.

Exeter-Milligan Students Chosen

The Exeter Milligan Team recently competed at the District level.

Congratulations to Linsey Klemm, Jameson Trauger, Mariah Ruhl, Amanda Dinneen and Deidre Stevens who received acting awards.


Congratualations to D2-3 All District Football Players:

First Team Offense; Nolan White -E; Zach Jensen -QB
Second Team Offense: Landon Rhodes and Jacob Wilkins- L; Cody Soukup- E; James Sluka - RM
Honorable Mention Offense: Tyler Manning
Second Team Defense: Landon Rhodes and Robbie Androyna- L; Zach Jensen - LB/DB
Honorable Mention Defense: Nathan Bigelow

Exeter Kids Enjoy Halloween Story Hour Exeter Halloween Story featured the story of Spookley who was a square pumpkin. The kids listened to Spookley story, made Spookley snacks and made paper Spookley's. Pictured is Exeter Librarian Nina Bartu with from the right Caitlin Murphy, Ben Bartu and Jaiden Papik.

In addition to fun stories, crafts and treats the Halloween Story Hour participants enjoyed games like an eyeball relay and balloon race.  Pictured with the eyeball relay are from the left in the lead Ben Bartu, Jaiden Papik and Caitlin Murphy.

Exeter Halloween Story featured the story of Spookley who was a square pumpkin.  The kids listened to Spookley story, made Spookley snacks and made paper Spookley's.  Pictured is Exeter Librarian Nina Bartu with from the right Caitlin Murphy, Ben Bartu and Jaiden Papik.

Pictured with their square Spookley paper pumpkins are from left Jaiden "the witch" Papik, Ben "John Deere Tractor" Bartu and Caitlin "Dancer" Murphy.

UCC Women Hold Annual Bake Sale

 Joannie Manning (far left) and Diane Hanson visit at the UCC Women Bake Sale Saturday morning. You have to arrive at 9 a.m. sharp or you will miss the goodies.

 The ladies visited while enjoying refreshments Saturday morning at the UCC Church.

Pat Becker purchases some raffle tickets from Lois Ann Kuska for a beautiful quilt and a nativity scene afghan. The quilt was won by Pastor Ginny Adams and the afghan was won by Hope Androyna.

Exeter-Milligan School Update

Mrs. Audrey Betka-Mager's Sig. 1 reading group is learning
that reading is fun!  These eager to learn students complete
one to two lessons per day in Reading and Spelling in
Exeter-Milligan's Reading Mastery program.  Each day, they
learn some new vocabulary words and review words learned
earlier in the week.  Then they read a variety of stories at
their level and complete comprehension worksheets following
each reading.  Every 5 lessons, they have a check-out to
determine the speed and accuracy of their reading.  They are
working hard and enjoying learning to read! Those students
are: Alivia Hartmann, Cameran Jansky, Emma Olsen, Briana
Capek and Braden Capek.

Exeter-Milligan School Update

Exeter - Milligan High School Art by Jill Shipley

The art classes have recently completed an art project that
involved recycling milk jugs into art.  This is a project
that the cohort team came up with, so several schools will
be doing this project.  Schools involved include
Exeter-Milligan, Friend, McCool Junction, Dorchester and
Shickley.
It is a fun project because the students get to choose their
own creative idea as to what they will do with their milk
jug and we recycle at the same time.

Exeter Police Department Update

The Exeter Police Department is announcing the results of the Click It or Ticket campaign that was held from November 22nd to 28th.  Thirty-five traffic stops were conducted for violations ranging from child restraints and seat belts to speeding to various vehicle defects.  In addition, officers responded to several other calls for service including a gas drive off and recovered property. With the completion of the “Click It or Ticket” enforcement, the Exeter Police Department will be starting the “You Drink & Drive. You Lose.” selective enforcement which will run from December 3rd to January 1st.  Like the previous program, this enforcement will also be funded by a grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety and will focus on deterring people from driving while intoxicated.  For more information please visit the national highway traffic safety administration at http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/outreach/safesobr/ydydyl/.

Updates from Fillmore County Development Corporation

Mary Johnson and Patt Lentfer of the Fillmore County Development Corporation joined other rural Nebraskans at the Governor’s Conference on Rural Development in Kearney on November 19^th. The theme of the conference was “Rethinking Strategy for sustainable Communities.”

Keynote speaker for the event was William Taylor, founding editor of Fast Company and co-author of Mavericks at Work. He suggested that as an entrepreneur you can’t do big things if you’re content with doing things a little different or a little better from everyone else. A business has to be and do something special. Originality has become the acid test of strategy.

Other sessions throughout the day were grouped by community, business, technology, resources and the economy, and youth. The sessions focused on such things as volunteer leadership, growing jobs, industries, and talent, getting found online, a review of USDA Rural Development programs, and connecting youth to their community through entrepreneurship.

The NCIP (Nebraska Community Improvement Program) awards were presented at the evening banquet. The City of Geneva was a recipient of a special award for the Secret Garden project under the Parks, Recreation & Environmental Awareness, Class III division.

LEADERSHIP CLASS ATTENDS GOVERNMENT SESSION

FILLMORE COUNTY - The Odegeo…Leadership for Fillmore County class attended a Government-Power of the People session at Heritage Crossings, November 16, 2010.

The class was welcomed by Geneva’s Mayor Rod Norrie. County Supervisor, Bob Mueller talked about county government and Kyle Svec talked about the government of a second class city. A panel discussion was held and included village clerks from Exeter, Fairmont, Geneva, Milligan, Ohiowa and Shickley.

Svec Farms provided rolls and coffee for the morning break.

Eric Williams, VA Administrator, talked to the group on Veterans Affairs. Donna Mainwaring, Emergency Manager/Zoning, also visited with the group. The quest speaker for the morning was Senator Russ Karpisek. Several guests were also present to hear the Senator speak about our state government.

Lunch of pizza and salad were provided by the Bruning State bank for the class participants.

To start the afternoon the group traveled to the Court House where Amy Nelson, Joan Ackland and President Fillmore gave the group a tour including a tour of the clock tower.

Heading back to the Heritage Crossings, Beth Boesch from NPPD, Randy Prior, Saline County Extension, and Gina Hudson, a member of Thayer County wind energy group held a Wind Energy panel discussion

The group traveled to the Fillmore County Fairgrounds, where Mussman Farms provided cookies and drinks. Marilyn Christiancy gave the history of the fairgrounds. Deb Hoarty and Russ Mussman, Fair Board members, took the group on a tour of the fairgrounds

The leadership group traveled back to the Heritage Crossing to hear a panel discussion from the county school board members.

The December session of the ODEGEO class will focus on Education.

Exeter United Methodist Women Hold Cookie Walk

Betty Papik, right, and Tess Moor, middle, fill their tins with the beautiful cookies at the Exeter United Methodist Women Cookie Walk

Loryne Moore is the hostess at the coffee and cookie table.

Evelyn Michl, left, and Roma Rhodes, right, keep trays filled for the cookie walk.

With coffee and cookies consumed these ladies are enjoying some fellowship at the United Methodist Women Cookie Walk.

 

COOKIES!! Dozens and dozens of cookies are all lined up and ready to be chosen at the Exeter United Methodist Women Cookie Walk.

 

 

 

 

 

Irene Brekke fills her tin with cookies at the Exeter United Methodist Women Cookie Walk.

 

 

Walking is supposed to be good for you so a cookie walk has to be good for you too, right?

 

The Exeter United Methodist Women hosted their Annual Cookie Walk and Fruit and Nut Sale in the Memorial Room of the church on Thursday morning.  They welcomed everyone and served punch, coffee and cookies. 

 

There were a variety of beautiful cookies for both Thanksgiving and Christmas available to load up in their holiday themed tins.  Members of the church each made 12 dozen cookies for the event which usually sells out in the first hour.

 

Part of the morning's events is a time of fellowship as coffee and cookies are consumed and visiting commences. It's a quick respite before preparations for the holidays are started.