Village of Exeter

Friday, March 24, 2023

Throwback Thursday 03/17/2013

03/17/2013

Exeter residents were informed at a town hall meeting Monday evening that their post office will have a reduction in hours starting approximately April 20^th.

Todd Case, the Post Office Regional Manager along with Seward Postmaster Greg Walz, presented the findings of a recent postal survey in Exeter and announced upcoming changes to the hours the Exeter Post office is open.

Exeter’s proposed hours will be reduced from 8 hours to 6 hours with the new hours Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with a lunch time from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7:45-9:15 a.m.

Exeter Public Library and Gilbert Public Library in Friend are participated in Southeast Public Library System’s “Library Madness.”

For the next four weeks libraries competed against other local libraries for the number of checkouts. The library with the highest total of checkouts per capita will move up to the next bracket. The contest ended in the first week of April.

The Exeter Chamber of Commerce again hosted the Exeter Easter Egg Hunt at the Exeter-Milligan building. Because of cool temperatures and muddy grounds the kids got to hunt inside this year. Over 30 kids along with their parents and siblings hunted in four different areas of the building. All of the eggs were stuffed and hidden by the Exeter-Milligan FCCLA members. The Easter Bunny made an appearance and there were prizes drawn for boys and girls in each age category.

Exeter-Milligan Track teams got ready for the season to start. Participants on the girls team included: Taylor Erdkamp, Jennifer Pribyl, Alicia Bigelow, Jackie Luzum, Megan Zwickl, Maitlyn Thomsen, Erica Yound, Madeleine Ensrud, Logan Zeleny, Kylie Briske, Madison Horne, Alexis Trauger, Amber Pribyl, Marissa Howard, Brittany Beatham, Brianna Beatham, Ashley and Meghan Miller.

Participants on the boys team included: Kyle Jensen, Brody Kresak, Dusty Axline, Dalton Zelenka, Broc Mueller, Taylor May, Nolan White, Robbie Androyna, Huntington Trauger, James Sluka, Wyatt Clift, Jesper Anker, Johnathon Mounce, Elliot Erdkamp, Jack Dinneen, Spencer Papik Sam Zeleny and Sean Maxson.

Exeter-Milligan Boys Golf included Devin Sheffield, Brayden Olsen, Preston Motis, Nathan Oliva, Garrett Pribyl and Cody Filipi.

Track Team Competes at McCool Junction

The Exeter-Milligan Track team competed in a tri-team meet at McCool Junction on Wednesday with Hampton as the third team.

For the boys:

Avery Nichols - 5th place High Jump, 3rd place 110 High hurdles, 5th place 300 hurdles

Daysan Staskal - 4th place Triple Jump, 3rd place 300 hurdles

Logan Krupicka - 3rd place Shot Put, 3rd place Discus

Troy Kallhoff - 5th 3200M run, 5th place 1600 M run

Carver Kanode- 1st place Long Jump, 2nd place Pole Vault, 4th place 300 hurdles

Tyler Due - 1st place Pole Vault, 4th place 110 High Hurdles, 2nd place 300 hurdles

4 x 100 - 3rd place -Avery Nichols, Cade Kresak, Troy Kallhoff, Daysan Staskal

For the girls:

Savana Krupicka - 1st place triple jump, 1st place 400 M, 3rd place 100M, 2nd place 200M

Alivia Luzum - 4th place shot put

Olivea Swanson - 5th place shot put, 2nd place discus

Kiley Oldehoeft - 5th place discus, 2nd place long jump

Kierra Papik - 4th place 3200M run

Jozie Kanode - 1st place Pole Vault, 3rd place

Selah Petersen - 4th place Pole Vault, 3rd place 400 M

Kaydence Haase - 2nd place 100 Hurdles, 3rd place 300 hurdles, 5th place 200M

4 x 100 2nd place Lily Jeffres, Kaydence Haase, Jozie Kanode, Kiley Oldehoeft

4 x 100 5th place Kierra Papik, Olivea Swanson, Alivia Luzum, Kmila Benitez

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Exeter-Milligan Hosts Open House/Reveal for New Welding Booths

Welding students join Exeter-Milligan shop teacher Miranda Hornung in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday morning in the Exeter shop. Pictured from the left are Devin Harrison, Carver Kanode, Daysan Staskal, Hornung, Cade Kresak, Mikey Bartu, Josh Meyer and Trenton Vossler.

The Exeter-Milligan shop building got a massive make over this summer. Previously, the shop was focused on woodworking and automotive classes and with the retirement of Dean Filipi and the hiring of Miranda Hornung the focus shifted to welding.

An open house and reveal was held on Friday, March 3 with many of those who contributed to the transformation present. Hornung opened the celebration and introduced two students, Cade Kresak and Mikey Bartu, who shared about how the welding program has worked, what they have learned and the results of their recent competition.

Hornung took the opportunity to thank many of the corporations and individuals who helped make the transformation possible. She included Tuttle, Inc., Horizontal Boring and Tunneling, Klute Truck Equipment along with Matheson Gas. Several of the companies donated metal and Tuttle has also loaned a TIG welder and consumables to the program.

Exeter-Milligan/Friend FFA Boosters donated the funds for the welding carts which were placed in each booth.

Some of the extensive renovation included a new air exchange system, new lighting, and new booth areas.

A representative from the SCC welding program recently spoke with the students and Hornung noted that the district will be offering dual credit welding next year.

Hornung noted, “Learning the trade of welding is more vital now than ever before in the agriculture and industrial technology industries. Not only will this shop renovation help students learn and practice welding techniques on different joints and types of metal, but also create career opportunities for their future. Connecting skills that students learn in class with potential job opportunities is a major goal of this program.”

Sheffield concurred, “When discussing a vision for the ag program, by updating the welding area we would be able to offer dual credit welding classes for our students. Our overall goal is to provide more opportunities for our student that can help prepare them for the future.”

The students in current welding classes will be making a metal work table to sit outside of the booths and Hornung hopes to add a water tank for cooling metal.

Hornung hopes to incorporate the welding area in several of her classes, “As part of the ‘8th Grade Ag’ class, students will be introduced to welding through lessons on shop safety and welding equipment identification, and have the chance to spend a couple of weeks in the shop practicing basic joints and completing a small project. For high school grades, first-time welders can take "Introduction to Welding" class to learn the basics of each of the four main welding processes, practice common joints, and complete a project. Once a student completes the introductory course, they have the opportunity to take the Dual-Credit welding course (through SCC) for more advanced welds and college credit. Working in a welding-related career requires individual responsibility and basic foundational skills, so those will be two major focuses of our program.”

Exeter-Milligan shop teacher Miranda Hornung shows the contents of the new welding booths in the Exeter-Milligan shop building during the open house on Friday, March 3.