Yesterday was a great day to be at the lake. This sailboat was among the vessels cruising the water at Branched Oak Lake Oct. 2.
Stephanie Croston
Students at Little Leaps of Faith Development Center decorate the sidewalk entering the Milford United Methodist Church in preparation for a 25th anniversary celebration event on Sunday, Oct. 5.
Courtesy photo
The Milford United Methodist Church will recognize and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Little Leaps Child Care Faith Development Center serving the community on Sunday, Oct. 5.
Find out more about the planned celebration in the Oct. 1 SCI and Times.
Auditors hired by the Seward County Board of Commissioners reported no evidence of fraud or obvious mismanagement in the Seward County Sheriff’s Office expenditure of drug interdiction funds, but said weak control and documentation processes “elevate compliance and reputational risk” in the department.
While the audit identified “serious compliance risks,” the auditors said in their Sept. 22 presentation to the commissioners that the department could still “restore compliance, safeguard resources and rebuild community trust.”
Read more in the Oct. 1 Independent.
It’s time to start updating the facilities at Seward Public Schools. Patrons received a survey two to three weeks ago, and public information meetings are planned around the district.
The next open houses at which school representatives will be available for questions are Monday, Oct. 6, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Staplehurst Community Center, Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Garland Legion Club and Monday, Oct. 20, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Seward High.
Find out what kinds of projects are being considered in the Oct. 1 SCI.
It's the final day of Homecoming Week at Seward High. The annual pep rally will be at 1 p.m. at the high school, followed by the parade at 2 p.m. The parade will go from the high school, down Pinewood to the elementary and back. Tonight's football game against Grand Island Northwest kicks off at 7 p.m. at Concordia University's Bulldog Stadium.
A retirement party for Seward County Clerk Sherry Schweitzer will be Friday, Oct. 3, from 1 – 5 p.m. at the Seward County Courthouse in the third floor law library. The public is invited.
Medicare Updates and Open Enrollment, with Medicare Specialist Eric Hansen, regional volunteer coordinator with Nebraska SHIP, will be at noon Friday, Oct. 10, in the third level meeting room at Memorial Hospital. RSVP required by Friday, Oct. 3, by calling (402) 646-4707 or register online at www.mhcs.us.
The Seward Farmers Market is on the courthouse square. Homegrown and homemade goods will be available Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon and Wednesdays from 5 – 7 p.m.
Ridgewood Rehabilitation and Care Center in Seward will host its fall soup lunch Sunday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A free-will donation will be accepted.
The Seward County Historical Society Museum will host its annual car show Sunday, Oct. 5. Registration runs from 9 a.m. to noon, with the show open from noon to 4 p.m. Trains will run, and food will be available.
Rebecca Gonzales will discuss immigration, past and present, from her experiences both as a first-generation daughter of immigrants and as a long time Nebraska rural resident on Sunday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. at the Seward Memorial Library. She will look at the immigrant experience, who immigrants are and Nebraska’s immigrant history through her own family’s experiences.
Coats, hats, scarves, gloves, jeans, sweatshirts, warm clothing, hygiene items – tampons, deodorant, shampoo, etc. – and non-perishable snacks are being collected through Oct. 6 for Project Connect Lincoln that will be Oct. 8 in Lincoln for people who are homeless or near homeless. Concordia University students will volunteer and give out the items collected. There will be boxes to drop items off at the Seward Memorial Library and at the entrance of Weller Hall at Concordia. If anyone wants to volunteer or has questions, email Kathy.Miller@cune.edu
Softball
Blue River 5, Milford 0
Freeman 10, Centennial 7
Central Conference tournament
Seward 4, Lakeview 3
Crete 3, Seward 1
Seward 12, Aurora 2 (third place game)
Volleyball
Malcolm 3, North Bend 1 (19-25, 28-26, 25-18, 25-12)
Milford 3, Nebraska City 0 (25-7, 25-12, 25-11)
Seward 2, Beatrice 0 (25-13, 25-10)
Seward 2, York 0 (25-18, 28-26)
Thayer Central 3, Centennial 0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-16)
Cross country
These geese stopped at Branched Oak Lake Oct. 2, apparently to watch the cross country races there.
Stephanie Croston
Centennial and Malcolm competed at the Raymond Central Invite at Branched Oak Lake yesterday. The Centennial girls, led by Marley Olson in fifth, placed fifth; Malcolm did not have a team score. The Centennial boys, with Carter Fritz in fourth, finished eighth; Malcolm did not have a team score.
