Fundraiser held for Exeter family

The Exeter community wrapped its supporting arms around the Jordan and Sara Pella family on Sunday, September 15 in a fundraiser to benefit Sara's fight against cancer.

There was a hog roast meal, along with hot dogs and sides that was a free will donation.  Also there were over 60 baskets in a silent auction.

Sara teaches middle school language arts at Exeter-Milligan and also is the head EMF girls basketball coach.  Jordan is a Nebraska State Trooper and also is an EMF assistant football coach.  They have two young children.

Sara has served as a lifeguard, pool manager and swimming instructor for many years at Exeter and has recently taken on the role of Exeter Community Club president and has been instrumental in reviving the Exeter Days celebration for the past two summers.

 

Death Notice: Carol Shafer

 Carol Diann Shafer, 79, of York, NE, peacefully passed away and went to her heavenly home on September 23, 2024. 

A celebration of Carol’s life will be held at East Hill Church of Christ in York on September 28, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be held at 1:30 p.m. that afternoon at Greenwood Cemetery in York. A luncheon will be held at East Hill Church of Christ following the service, prior to the burial. Visitation will be held on September 27, 2024, at 6:00-8:00 pm at the East Hill Church of Christ. Carol has been cremated, no viewing. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Nebraska Youth Camp in Kearney, NE, at https://nebraskayouthcamp.com/?page_id=77.

Exeter-Milligan Homecoming Court

Exeter-Milligan Homecoming Royalty (from the left): Kierra Papik, Aidan Vavra, Kmila Benitez, Mikey Bartu, Lily Jeffries and Carter Milton. Below: Queen Kmila Benitze and King Mikey Bartu

 

EMF Celebrates Homecoming Pep Rally in Downtown Exeter

EMF held their homecoming pep rally in downtown Exeter on Friday, September 20.

All of the Friend students traveled to Exeter and enjoyed a beautiful day to cheer on the Bobcats.

The pep rally started with introductions from Lily Jeffries and Keila Ricenbaw.  The cheer and dance teams performed together to the fight song played by the band.

Each fall season team took the stage for a few minutes to give a brief update on their hopes for the season.

The lip sync competition between the high school classes was next.  The theme for homecoming this year was the Olympics and each class chose a different country and performed their lip sync around that theme.

The audience was treated to everything from Mario Karts to Uncle Sam complete with candy, confetti cannons and smoke towers.

After a quick relay game where the participants had to balance a ping pong ball on a spoon the homecoming court for both districts were introduced with their parents. The cheerleaders closed the pep rally with one final cheer.

 

EMF Exits a stacked MUDECAS bracket early

EMF made the A division of the MUDECAS tournament but were seeded #8, bottom of the bracket in a very tough A division.  The met the #1 seed Freeman on Monday night and lost two close sets.  On Tuesday the met Palmyra, the #5 seed and lost both sets 22-25.

 

EMF Falls in Home Opener

The Bobcats held their own against one of the best defenses in the state in the home opener in Milligan against Shelby Rising City.

EMF got on the board first with :55 left in the first quarter Mikey Bartu broke loose and got in for a TD.  Bartu also had the two point conversion. 8-0

With 10:04 left in the second quarter SRC sends a ball through the air for six and were in for the extra ponts. 8-8

Bartu got down to the one yard line with 1:41 left in the half and Vavra kept the ball and was in for six but the two point attempt was not good. 14-8

After recovering a fumble the Bobcats got down to the end zone and on fourth and one Bartu got into the end zone 20-8

Eleven seconds left in the thir dquarter and SRC found the end zone for eight more making it 20-16.

With 6:28 left in the game SRC again found the end zone for eight making the final score 20-24.

 

Exeter-Milligan Update: Science News

 

Science News

By Lorie Sliefert, Exeter-Milligan Science Instructor

 

Exeter Milligan's 6th-grade science class is about scientific methods and how to set an experiment.  They used this method to determine the best technique to flip a bottle to land standing up.

 

Pictured are Archer Engert and Braxton Harre

Exeter-Milligan Announces Homecoming Court

 Exeter-Milligan Seniors nominated for Homecoming Court include, (from the left): Kierra Papik, Aidan Vavra, Lily Jeffries, Carter Milton Kmila Benitez and Mikey Bartu.

The King and Queen will be crowned after the football game in Friend on Friday night.

There will be a pep rally in downtown Exeter on Friday at 1 p.m.

Exeter-Milligan Update: Fourth grade

 

4th Grade Update

By Shelli Mueller, Exeter-Milligan 4th Grade Instructor

 

The Exeter-Milligan 4th graders experimented and explored during our Science inquiry. They had a liquid and a powdery substance. They predicted what the substances were and then mixed them. Most thought it was chocolate milk, but their hypothesis was challenged when it became thicker the longer they stirred—they finally discovered that it was chocolate pudding. 

 

 

Kolsen Kahlandt and Kenleigh Sudra testing their hypothesis.