Essays due by Monday, May 20th for the 2019 Miss Independence and Mr. Firecracker competitions
SHS Senior, Joseph Krause was named the May Youth Rotarian of the Month. He is the son of Jon and Jennifer Krause of Seward. He was honored and recognized at the May 1 Seward Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Jones Bank in Seward. Fellowship and a brief business meeting preceded the
introduction of Joseph. Joseph was introduced by Rotarian Matt Dominy and presented with mementos of Rotary, a Seward Rotary Club banner and a Rotary Club “Book Scholarship!”
introduction of Joseph. Joseph was introduced by Rotarian Matt Dominy and presented with mementos of Rotary, a Seward Rotary Club banner and a Rotary Club “Book Scholarship!”
It was a cool and windy day for the Seward Rotary’s Annual Kite Flying Contest on April 28 th , 2019, held
at the Plum Creek Soccer Fields at 2:00. The event was free and open to the public and sponsored by
the Seward Rotary Club and the Concordia University Rotaract Club.
at the Plum Creek Soccer Fields at 2:00. The event was free and open to the public and sponsored by
the Seward Rotary Club and the Concordia University Rotaract Club.
Jan Bruick of Seward, NE was the program for the weekly Seward Rotary Club meeting at the auditorium of the Jones Bank and Trust in Seward. A luncheon, fellowship and brief business meeting preceded the program. Rotarian Melanie Ayres introduced Jan Bruick-- the Servant Event Coordinator for Alaska Mission for Christ. She and her husband, Pastor Scott Bruick of Seward’s St. John Lutheran Church, have been involved with the Alaska Mission for Christ for many years. Her Alaska Mission for Christ job is full-time, serving in Alaska with time split between Alaska and Seward, Nebraska-living in Alaska full time from Memorial Day to the first part of August. She presented a detailed talk on the Alaska Mission for Christ, complimented with a power point presentation.
The members of the Seward Rotary Club planted a special tree on the Northside of the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Arbor Day, April 26 at 10:00 AM. The tree selected for the space is a Royal Rain Drops Flowering Crabapple tree. The members were assisted in the planting by Patrick Runyan with Merles Garden Center in Seward. The tree was purchased by the members of the Seward Rotary and donated to the Nebraska National Guard Museum grounds.
Two SHS Juniors, Elise Johnson and Emily O’Kief were the SHS representatives to the recent spring Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) leadership week-end for high school juniors. They were sponsored by the Seward Rotary Club and reported on the leadership seminar at Lousiville, NE at Camp Kitaki on April 5-7.
RYLA camp is an intensive 3-day training program for high schoolers that helps participants think critically about important issues and share ideas with talented peers, learn how to coordinate and lead community service projects both locally and globally, discuss the importance of good governance and civil society to the world, business ethics, and finally, learn to think globally and explore issues that transcend national and cultural boundaries.
Seward High Senior, Carson Core was selected the April Seward Youth Rotarian of the Month by the Seward Rotary Club. He is the son of Tiffany and Robert Core of Seward. He was recognized at the April 17 th Seward Rotary Club weekly luncheon meeting at the Jones Bank in Seward. He was introduced to the membership by Rotarian Matt Dominy, and he was presented some Rotary mementos, a Rotary Book Scholarship and Rotary Banner.
Carson is a student athlete and a three year member of the SHS National Honor Society. He is a long time SHS Honor Roll awardee-always on the Honor Roll every semester since freshman year and has received numerous P.R.I.D.E. awards, and a SHS Student of the Month. He is also a member of the SHS Bluejay Leadership Team.
A special delegation from the Seward Rotary Club and Seward area attended the recent York Rotary Club Centennial Celebration Gala at the York Holthus Center. Attending from Seward Rotary were Seward Rotary Past Presidents Russ Sommerfeld and Ken Schmieding, along with State Senator Mark Kolterman of Seward and Jessica Kolterman, also a Rotarian from Lincoln South Rotary.
Russ was introduced and spoke on the connection between the two clubs, as the York Rotary Club was the official sponsor of the Seward Rotary Club in 1925! He presented a ceremonial tree to the York Rotary Club with the pledge of a special ceremonial tree to be planted in one of the appropriate York City parks.
