Village of Exeter

Friday, May 3, 2024

EMF at Cross County Track Meet

Girls

Kaydence Haase - 5th place 200M

Sophie Weber - 4th place 3200M

Babe Weber - 5th place 3200M

Savana Krupicka - 3rd place Long Jump, 3rd place Triple Jump

Lily Jeffries - 4th place Long Jump

4 x 400 4th place - Aniston Meints, Kaydence Haase, Savana Krupicka and Malorie Lawver

4 x 800 1st place - Malorie Lawver, Selah Petersen, Savana Krupicka and Sophie Weber

5th place finish for the team

Boys

Breckan Schluter - 1st place 100M, 5th place 200M, 2nd place Long Jump

Adrien Mueller - 2nd place - 400M, 4th place 800M

Jacob Weber - 5th place - 400M, 4th place High Jump

Tyler Due - 4th place 300M hurdles, 2nd place pole vault

4 x 100M 5th place - Tyler Due, Mark Milton, Zach Vossler, Carver Kanode

4 x 400 4th place - Mason Vossler, Adrien Mueller, Caleb Black, Jacob Weber

4 x 800 2nd place - Jacob Weber, Keltyn Kirchhoff, Adrien Mueller and Mason Vossler

4th place finish for the team

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Celebrate Chalk--De-Mayo on Sunday

Saturday, April 27, 2024

EMF FFA Holds Banquet

Chapter Degree recipients

The EMF FFA held their annual banquet Friday night in the Exeter gym.

The evening opened with the officer introduction and President Ella Archer welcoming the many guests.

After an invocation by Will Vyhnalek a catered supper was served and then the awards began.

The Discovery degree, awarded to junior high students and it was evident by the number of Greenhand degrees earned that the chapter is growing. This year was an all time high of 74 members for the chapter.

After the Chapter degrees were awarded Spencer Eberspacher was recognized as the Star Chapter Farmer and Malorie Lawver and Cheyenne Krupicka were awarded the Star Chapter Greenhand awards. Spencer Eberspacher and Jacob Weber were presented plaques recognizing their State Farmer degrees.

Those receiving ribbons and awards at the Leadership Development and Career Development Events were recognized.

A special event during the evening is the presentation of honorary membership. This year Paul Sheffield, Exeter-Milligan Superintendent and Paul Segner, long-time treasurer of the FFA Booster Club were welcomed as new honorary members.

Segner gave a brief presentation on the current status of the FFA Booster Club and then presented six $750 scholarships to graduating seniors including Spencer Eberspacher, Tyler Due, Jacob Weber, Trenton Vossler, Josh Meyer, and Devin Harrison.

After the officers introduced their parents, the seniors were introduced and hung up their jackets before each taking a moment at the podium to share their thoughts on their experiences in FFA.

The 2024-2025 officer team was announced and includes Ella Archer, President, Keila Ricenbaw, Vice President, Zach Spohn, treasurer, Babe Weber, secretary, Chase Paulsen, Sentinel, Mikey Bartu, parlimentarian, Zach Vossler, Historian and Will Vyhnalek, reporter.

Discovery Degree

Greenhand degree recipients

State Farmer Degree

Honorary Chapter member

EMF FFA Booster Scholarship winners

2024-2025 Officers

Star Chapter Farmer

Star Greenhand

State Farmer degree recipients

Exeter-Milligan Update: March Mammal Madness

March Mammal Madness at Exeter-Milligan

By Laura Steuben

Every March, while much of the world is ﬁxated on the NCAA basketball tournament, an equally ﬁerce competition made its way to Exeter-Milligan. It's called March Mammal Madness, and it pits different species of mammals against each other in an epic battle bracket. March Mammal Madness was created in 2013 to educate people about mammals and evolution through a fun, engaging competition. Each year, mammals are placed into brackets and matched against one another in hypothetical combat scenarios. Miss Sliefert and her zoology class provided this educational opportunity for EM. Students and staff completed their brackets, and the elementary and Miss Sleifert gathered a couple of times each week to get updates on the brackets. One could not only see the excitement of the elementary students, but you could hear it as they cheered when their mammals advanced in the tournament. It was a fun, educational experience for all!

Pictured is Lorie Sleifert giving the bracket update to the elementary school students and staff.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Upcoming Medicare Seminar in Exeter

Exeter-Milligan Update: Crabs, Dolphins, and Rockets. . .Oh My?

Crabs, Dolphins, and Rockets… Oh My?

By Matt Nicholas

Ask any high school student what they look forward to most about senior year and you may get answers like: Homecoming, Prom, Last Day of School, or Graduation. But if you ask an Exeter-Milligan student, you have to add Senior Trip to the list. As the senior sponsor it is one of my responsibilities to plan and supervise a multi-day excursion to parts unknown with EM’s graduates to be. Every year the students pick a destination, a rental house and a myriad of activities to be paid for by the money they have earned as a class over the years. Aside from working hard in the classroom and on their various extra curricular activities, they also work the concession stands at ballgames and participate in several other fundraisers to earn money for prom and eventually the Senior Trip.

The Class of 2024 decided to travel to Galveston, Texas, a popular destination lately. At 6:00 AM on April 10th, we piled into a van and drove south. We drove for 14 hours with a few stops here and there for meals and the occasional bathroom break. As day turned to night we reached the end of the road, literally. Interstate 45 south out of Houston heads straight to Galveston Island, and as the numbers on the mile markers count down the anticipation builds. (Unless you are napping in the back of the van.) Then comes the bridge over Galveston Bay and Exit 1A into The City of Galveston and quick right onto 61st Street. A few more blocks of palm tree lined streets and then it happens, the end of the road. Nothing but a sea wall and a few dozen yards of beach separate you and the Gulf of Mexico.

For many in this class and others before, this is their first glimpse of salt water or any body of water that you can’t take a pontoon across. For me, the feeling never gets old. We made it. Finishing the long drive brings on a sigh of relief, but also a jolt of energy. What will we do first? Answer: Go to Walmart! Yes, one of the many perks of renting a beach house is that you can make your own food, and for that you need supplies. Plates, cups, milk, fruit, sandwich and taco fixin’s, and don’t forget the sunscreen! (I did, I forgot the sunscreen.) After thirty minutes and a few hundred dollars we were back in the van, Yay! This time it is a much shorter trip down Seawall Boulevard to our home for the next few days.

As we pulled in, there were “ooh’s and ahh’s” and at least one “Oh the house is so cute!” After a quick unpack and tour of the house (tour = calling dibs on beds), the shoes were off, the toes were in the water, and you know what was in the sand. The kids had been cooped up in a van for well over half the day and were ready to play, but I was ready for bed! They eventually went to bed as well, and in the morning they were bright eyed and bushy tailed for the adventures that awaited them.

Our first item on the agenda was a quick trip back up I-45 to Johnson Space Center just outside of Houston. We checked out the museum, the gift shop, and the rockets! Sorry NBA fans, no Yao Ming jerseys for us…I mean the Saturn V rocket. The very type of rocket that put man on the moon in 1969. The enormity of that space vehicle is hard to describe, but I think our group made up entirely of people born after we last set foot on said moon would agree that it was ‘like really big!’ We also were able to tour the mission control center where hundreds of people worked behind the scenes to make sure that Kevin Bacon and Tom Hanks got home safely during Apollo 13. (Shoutout to Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert for making that excellent film possible!)

After the space center, the next few days were filled with fun in the sun, crashing waves, nighttime crab hunting, a tour of Galveston Bay, dolphins included, and lots of good food. The sunburns were few and the crab cakes were awesome! Several of our more adventurous foodies tried fried calamari and chicken parmesan made by the EM foods class. We had great conversation and plenty of time to recharge our batteries for what lay ahead…the drive home.

Before we could leave, it wouldn’t be a senior trip without a trip to Pleasure Pier. Jetting out into the gulf and shining with vibrant colors at night, we played everyone’s favorite game: How Many Times In A Row Can Andrew Do The Log Ride Before Everyone Gets Cold And Wants To Go Back To The House? Answer: 3. Two of them with his classmates, and 1 by himself for good measure! We also tried to get my co-pilot, who shall remain nameless (Mrs. Myers) on at least one ride…we failed, but she took a lot of great pictures of Tyler nearly passing out on the Cyclone. When all was said and done we made some late night tacos and headed off to bed.

The drive home went as planned and other than that smell in Wichita (origin unknown) was uneventful. I think that the Class of 2024 had a good time, I know I did. There may not be too many times left for this group to be together before they walk across the stage in May and turn their tassels, so I hope they will cherish the memories. From the Saturn V sized ones to the crab sized ones, and everything in between. Go Timberwolves!