Seward County Clerk and Election Commissioner Brandy Johnson said May 12 went smoothly. With 3,116 ballots cast at polling places around the county, voters decided some races and selected candidates to advance to the general election in others.
Jon Propst drew the nod for commissioner in District 3, and Jonathan Curtis received the most votes for commissioner in District 5. Voters in Staplehurst approved the addition of Keno by a 38-10 vote. More election information is available on our website, www.sewardindependent.com.
After more than three decades of caring for local smiles, Dr. Mark Minchow prepares to close the chapter on a career rooted in family, community and dentistry.
He will retire from his 33-year career at Seward Dental Clinic at the end of the month. Read more in the May 13 Independent.
The Milford Senior Center will host its monthly baked potato fundraiser Wednesday, May 13, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Seward County Nebraska Republicans invite any registered Republicans to attend monthly meetings on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. (subject to change). Meeting locations may vary. Each month, meeting information and location will be posted on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SewardNEGOP and their website at SewardGOP.org.
Make plans to meet at The Gathering Table (Milford Mennonite Fellowship Hall at 920 F St). The table is set on the second Thursday of each month for this complementary meal. Come anytime between 5:30 and 7 p.m.
Seward VFW Auxiliary Post 4755 meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the VFW Club, 243 S. Ninth St., in Seward.
Class B track and field teams competed in district meets yesterday with places at the state track meet on the line. The Seward girls were the District B5 team champion, with the boys finishing as runner-up. State qualifiers for the Bluejays are Tresten Hass, 100-meter dash; Peyton Else, 200-meter dash; Kade Benson, 400-meter dash; Micah Royuk, 800-meter run; Austin Koch and Cale Greisen, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs; the boys' 4x100 and 4x800 relays; Kolten Green, discus and shot put (district champion with a school record 59-8.5; Jack Vyhnalek, shot put and discus; Carter Urwin, discus; Brennan Burhoop, high jump; Grace Brees, 100- and 200-meter dashes (district champion in both); Haylen Holliday, 800- and 1,600-meter runs; Lily Phillips, 3,200-meter run; Hayden Minchow, 100- and 300-meter hurdles (district champion in both); Kendall Miller, 100-meter hurdles; and girls 4x100, 4x400 (district champion) and 4x800 relays.
In the B4 district at Waverly, state qualifiers from Milford are Connor Adams, 400-meter dash; Kaleb Meierdierks, 400-meter dash; Isaac Roth, 110- and 300-meter hurdles; boys 4x400 relay (district champion); Colby Rautenberg, high jump; Cash Martin, pole vault (district champion); Zeb Reil, long jump; Abby Crabtree, 400-meter dash; Macie Carter, 1,600-meter run; girls 4x400 relay; Emery Newton, high jump; Libbie Reil, long jump.
The state meet is Wednesday and Thursday, May 20 and 21, at Omaha Burke High School.
The Concordia University, Nebraska Baseball team has extended its season for at least one more day. In an elimination game in the Salina Bracket of the NAIA National Championship Opening Round, the Bulldogs homered three times in support of star pitcher Alex Johnson and earned a suspenseful 9-8 victory over Our Lady of the Lake University (Texas). Both sides dropped Opening Round games on Monday before returning to Dean Evans Stadium in Salina, Kan., on Tuesday (May 12).
