VILLAGE OF MEAD
MEAD MESSENGER
Volume 10, Issue 7
JULY 2015
VILLAGE
BOARD MEETINGS HELD
The Village of Mead Board of Trustees met in a Special Meeting on May 29
at 6:00 pm at the Village Office.
Present were Board Chairman Guyle; Trustees Havelka, Nicola, Wielage and
Wimer. Also present was Clerk Moline.
Discussion was held on who is responsible
for enforcement of a business driveway off Hwy 92; response by Engineer Day
regarding concern with village utilities during future maintenance of Hwy 92;
process to supply water to AltEn; and appointment of a Hearing Officer.
Action was taken to approve bulk sale of water at $30.00 per month plus
$20.00 per 1,000 gallons used and rescind Resolution 15-11. Resolution 15-12, Declared Nuisance on Property
located at 1020 Co Rd M, Mead was adopted following a written report submitted
by the Nuisance Enforcement Officer.
The meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
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A Regular Board Meeting of the Village of Mead Board of Trustees was
held June 9 at 6:00 pm at the Village Office.
Present were Chairman Guyle; Trustees Havelka, Nicola, Wielage and
Wimer. Also present were Clerk Moline,
Utility/Maintenance Supt. Raver and Library Assistant Laurie Van Ackeren. Guests were Tanner Shaw and Andrew Dietzel.
The minutes of the May 1 Regular Meeting and May 29 Special Meeting and
amended minutes of the April 14 Regular Meeting, Treasurer’s Report and claims
were approved.
GUESTS: Tanner Shaw,
AltEn, was present to finalize plans to provide water to AltEn. Andrew Dietzel thanked the board for
action taken to reduce stop sign violations.
REPORTS: Library: The minutes of the May 20 Library Board
meeting were approved. Discussion
centered on Summer Reading, upcoming events and repair projects at the
library. Utility/Maintenance: Raver reported need for replacement of the
sewer jetter, sewer line maintenance, mosquito spraying and ballfield
material. Police: The monthly police report was presented. Complaints of maintenance on properties were
discussed. Planning Commission:
The minutes of the May 18 regular meeting and Building Permits were
reviewed. Reappointed to the board was
Levi Durnal. Appointed to the board were
Ruth Dobesh and Audra Wirth. Clerk: Moline reported meter maintenance. The
meeting adjourned at pm.
NEW BUSINESS: Action was
taken to appoint Alberto Silva as Hearing Officer through December 7, 2015;
adopt Resolution 15-13, Lower Platte North Natural Resources District
Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, waive three readings and
adopt Ordinance 665, Rate for Bulk Water Sales and agreement to sale bulk water
to AltEn. Discussion was held on a
delinquent water/sewer account.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
POINTS OF INTEREST
· Church Services
· Pool - Hot tub - Spa Guidelines
· Community Surveys
· Thank You
· Storm Warning Procedures
· Building Guidelines
· Mead Community Group News
· Library News
· Planning Commission Member
Needed
· Mead Days
COMMUNITY CHURCH
SERVICES
ALMA LUTHERAN 219 W. Fifth St.
www.almalutheran.com /
402-624-3015
8:30a.m.
- Worship - First Sunday of the month
9:30a.m.
- Worship - All other Sundays
PANERA
BREAD - FREE TO THE PUBLIC, available the Saturday following the second
Friday of the month. JULY 11, 10:00
am - 11:00 am in the church basement.
MEAD COVENANT 1540 Co Rd 10
www.covmead.org /
402-624-6125
9:00a.m.
- Coffee & Visiting
10:00a.m.
- Worship Service (grade school age children dismissed for Kids Alive @ 10:30,
nursery available during the service)
Wednesday’s
- MCC serves a free meal to anyone in the community from 6:00 - 6:45 pm. (Please join us, there are no requirements or
expectations! If you’re coming for the
first time, please consider calling the church office at 624-6125 to let us
know how many are attending so we can prepare accordingly. If you cannot call prior to coming the first
time, it’s okay, come anyway.) 6:45 pm -
Kids in Action; 7:00 pm - Student Ministries (Jr/Sr High); 7:15 pm - Adult
Group
Thursday’s
- 7:00 pm - Prayer Encounter
ST. JAMES CATHOLIC 213 E. Eighth St.
www.sjamescatholicchurch.com
/ 402-624-3555
5:30p.m.
- Saturday Vigil
9:00a.m.
- Sunday Mass
Weekly
Schedule
7:00a.m.
- Daily Mass - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
8:00a.m.
- Daily Mass - Saturday, when scheduled
REMINDER
-
All grass and weeds are to be maintained
at a height no greater than 12”. Grass
clippings are NOT to be mowed into the streets.
Homeowner’s are required to trim tree branches to a height of at least
14’ above the surface of a street or sidewalk abutting their property.
DOG OWNERS ~ Please keep your dogs
on leash when off your property. You are
also required to pick up excrement from public / private property other than
your own.
CLEAN-UP DAY SUCCESSFUL!
Thank you to the members of the Village
Board of Trustees, Gary Guyle, Shawn Havelka, PJ Nicola and Rod Wimer for their
help at the Mead Clean-up Day.
Additional help was provided by Nick Raver, June Moline, Blaine Nicola
and Lyle Vasa. There were five dumpsters
of discarded items and one dumpster of iron / metal products collected. Thank you to all who joined in this event to
spruce up their property.
Community Surveys were mailed to Mead
residents in May. Please return the surveys to the Village Office as soon as
possible. All survey information is kept
confidential and will be assessed by the Southeast Nebraska Development District. It is imperative that ALL
residents of Mead accurately complete and return the surveys in order to be
considered for grant funding. As you
know, infrastructure and community projects cost money; so any funding the
community may receive through grant funding will help offset the cost. Thank you for your cooperation in completing
and returning your survey.
The
surveys will be kept in an envelope for SENDD employees to pick up and
tabulate. Thank you for your
cooperation!
POOL - SPA - HOT TUB GUIDELINES
Prior to erecting a swimming pool, you
must adhere to the following guidelines:
Any pool, spa or hot tub containing at least 18” of water is REQUIRED
to be enclosed by a fence with a minimum height of 4’ and maximum height of 6’,
with no opening greater than 4” or larger.
All gates are to be locked when not in use. Hot tubs and spas are not required to have
fencing if they have locking tops and are kept locked when not in use. All chemicals and supplies must be stored in
a secure area. Pools, spas and hot tubs
are not permitted to be drained into the sanitary sewer system. Drainage is permitted into the storm sewer
provided that chemicals contained in the pool, spa or hot tub are first
diluted.
Thank
you!
Dalene and Scott Selko and Staci and Jerry
Charles for co-chairing the Mead Days celebration. Also thank you to the many volunteers who
helped at the 3 day event.
Coaches and officials of Mead Youth
Programs!
To the many volunteers who remain
anonymous, but certainly your contributions do not go unnoticed. Know that whatever you contribute, large or
small, it all helps make Mead a better place to live!
Thank you,
Steve Kadavy, for your years of service on
the Mead Planning Commission.
BUILDING GUIDELINES
Village and One-mile
Extraterritorial Residents
Prior to beginning any construction or
fencing project, please be aware that an APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT must
be approved by the Mead Planning Commission.
Commercial and Industrial applications must also be approved by the
Board of Trustees at their monthly meeting.
Construction projects excluded are accessory buildings less than 150 sq.
ft. that meet variance requirements, residential sidewalks and driveways. An application must also be approved if you
plan to MOVE OR DEMOLISH A BUILDING.
If a project is started prior to approval,
an additional $100.00 penalty fee will be assessed to the project.
You are also required to contact Digger’s
Hotline at 811 prior to disturbing soil.
Expect a timeline of two days for utility personnel to arrive on-site to
locate any utilities. This is a free service to you.
STORM WARNING PROCEDURES
The Wahoo Sheriff’s office will set off
the firemen’s pagers if they receive a watch for this area. The fire siren will go up and down a few
times. This is only to alert the fire
department to be on the watch. It is
also a good idea to keep tuned to a local TV channel / radio station if we are
in a watch area.
If
a funnel is actually spotted, they will blow a steady blast on the siren. This is your signal to take cover at
once. For those residents or
businesses without basements, go to the Alma Lutheran Church basement,
219 West 5th Street.
A fireman will have the doors open if we are in a storm warning.
Mead
Community Group Newsletter Article – June 2015
“ask
me where I’m going” is another great resource from Search Institute
Publications with suggestions as to how we can relate to the young people in
our lives. Here in an excerpt:
Do you remember what it felt like to be a
teenager? Eager for freedom, yet still
in need of guidance? Wanting
encouragement to grow and to try new things, but also wanting to be included
and accepted just for being you?
For teens today, much of what they desire
in life is no different. Although they
seem to face many more difficult choices than teens of previous generations,
the need to know that someone cares about who they are and what they hope for
remains the same. Knowing someone really
cares can make all their dreams, big and small, feel possible. Given today’s
complex world, just how can we show a teenager we care? As adults, we so easily rally around babies
and young children. But with teens we
often hold our breath, hoping they’ll somehow make it through the teen years
safe and sound. To help teens grow into
healthy, caring, responsible people, adults need to rally around teens as well.
We need to listen to what teens want adults to hear. Any adult in their lives can make a
difference, not just parents or teachers.
It doesn’t matter whether they are your own kids, relatives, neighbors,
or strangers walking down the street.
Think about what they have to say.
What they hope for, and deserve,
is possible and necessary. Next
month we will share some real words from real teens and realize just how
simple, wise, and realistic their requests are.
The
next Mead Community Group meeting will be Tuesday, September 1 2015 at 7:00 PM
at the Mead High School commons. Please
join us.
MEAD LIBRARY NEWS
NEW
MATERIALS
BOOKS:
“Gathering Prey” by John Sanford, “The Pink Suit” by Nicole Mary Kelby,
“American Sniper” by Chris Kyle, “Motive” by Jonathan Kellerman, “The Secret of
the Fortune Wookiee” by Tom Angleberger, “Lie by Moonlight” by Amanda Quick,
“The Visitation” by Frank Peretti, “14th Deadly Sin” by James
Patterson, “Hope, A memoir of survival in Cleveland” by Amanda Berry & Gina
DeJesus and “Finding Me, A decade of darkness, a life reclaimed” by Michelle
Knight.
DVDS:
Wild, Earth to Echo, Black or White, 8 Mile, American Sniper &
Seventh Son
Our DVDS are now categorized by rating (G,
PG, PG13, R & Informational).
A HUGE thank you to all who donated
materials! Thanks also to whoever
dropped off the vacuum cleaner at our door!
It is Much Needed and Much Appreciated!
The next Mead Library Board Meeting is
July 15 at 6:30pm. Open to the
public! Everyone is welcome!!
Anyone wanting to order a Mead Alumni Book,
please sign up at the library.
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
Mead Library Summer Reading Program Begins July 6 through
July 31, 2015! Stop by the library to
sign up! Ages 1 – 14 welcome! Tons of prizes! Lots of fun events (see below)! Free book just for joining!
July 9, Thursday: 10:30am Movie
Morning! All ages welcome! Popcorn provided, please bring your own
covered drink. This movie is rated PG
and is full of adventure, bravery, excitement and friendship…many have named
this movie the New ET.
July 10, Friday: 10am “Oldie but Goodie” Movie Morning! All ages welcome, but geared toward our Mead
Sassy Senior Crowd! This movie musical
stars Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh & Ann-Margret. It is about a rock singer who travels to a small Ohio
town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his
biggest fan before he is drafted. Made
in 1963. Popcorn provided, please bring
your own covered drink.
July 25, Saturday: Lunch and a Movie! 11am-11:45am
We will be serving hot dogs and chips (please bring your own covered
drink). Family movie at noon for All
Ages! Rated PG.
July 29, Wednesday: Book Signing Author Leigha Brandt will be discussing and
signing her first SCI-FI novel, “Destruction” from 2pm-5pm . Books, poster’s and other items will be
available for purchase. We have a copy
of “Destruction” at the library so stop by and check it out! Excerpt: “In a world of creatures and
uncertainty, I was unearthly. A dark
angel and a guardian combined with a will to do good, but a mind to cause total
destruction…”
August 13, Thursday: NRD will be having a Reptile Show at
YOUR Library at 11am.
The
library will be closed on Saturday, July 4th. Happy Independence Day!!!!
WANTED:
PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER
The Village of Mead is in need of a member
of the Planning Commission. If you are
concerned about the community and willing to learn zoning regulations, please
contact the Village Office, Board of Trustee or a member of the Planning
Commission.
VILLAGE OF MEAD
312 S. Vine St., Box 46
Mead, NE 68041-0046
Telephone 402-624-2495
Fax 402-624-2024
Telephone 402-624-2495
Fax 402-624-2024
E-mail: meadclerk1@hotmail.com
Web: www.meadnebraska.net
Gary Guyle, Chairman
Shawn Havelka, Trustee
PJ Nicola, Trustee
Richard Wielage, Trustee
Rod Wimer, Trustee
June Moline,
Clerk/Treasurer 402-624-2495
Nick Raver,
Utility/Maint. Supt. 402-443-9688
Jerry Carlson, Police
Chief 402-443-6846
Lori Moseman/Laurie Van
Ackeren, Library Director/Assistant 402-624-6605
Nick Raver, Fire
Chief 402-443-9688
VILLAGE OF MEAD UPCOMING
MEETINGS
Village
Board: Tuesday, July 14, 6:00pm
Planning
Comm.
Monday, July 27, 7:30pm
Library
Board: Wednesday, July 15, 6:30pm
Fire
& Rescue: Monday, July 13, 7:30pm
The
Village Board & Planning Commission meet at the Village Office, Library
Board at the Library and Fire & Rescue at the Fire Station.
MEAD DAYS 2015
DONORS
WE
WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE THANKS TO ALL OUR MEAD DAYS 2015 DONORS!!!
GOLD
DONORS -$100.00 & up-
AltEn
Operating - Mead Ethanol Plant,; AWS Well Co, Inc.; Bank of Mead; Bergman
Trucking; Big Red Bounce; Buckmaster Construction; Charles Surveying; Country
Drive Golf Course; Dean Hansen; Dillon Brothers Motorsport; Double Eagle
Beverage; Feldhaus Ventures; Frontier Co-op; Glacial Till Vineyard; Hy-Vee;
Inspro Insurance; Insulfoam; Doug and Jeannette Johnson; Kerry and Angela
Knuth; Konecky Oil; Matan’s Welding; Mead Cattle Co.; Mead Community Group;
Mead Signs; Miller Lawn Service; The Farm; Karen Porter—Oriental Trading;
Raider Nation Auto Plex LLC; Raikes Farm Enterprise; Riggins Ag Equipment;
Saunders County Development; SECO Electric; Dalene Selko—Mary Kay; Scott and
Dalene Selko; Sid Dillon Chevrolet—Wahoo; Simons Home Store; Subbert Well
Service; Todd Valley Farms; Village of Mead; Wahoo Civic Center; Wahoo State
Bank
SILVER
DONORS - $50.00 - $99.09 -
Alma Lutheran Church; Big Rig Truck Accessories; Case Implement; Country Store; Creative Hair Works; Cubby’s Convenience Store; G & L Café; Vera and Ray Huckeby; Lasting Looks Beauty Salon; Makovicka/Sylliaasen Physical Therapy; Rusty Rooster; St. James Catholic Church; Svoboda Funeral Home; Vine Street Market; Wanahoo Aviation; Water Engineering, Inc.; Wylee Anderson Livestock Grain
Alma Lutheran Church; Big Rig Truck Accessories; Case Implement; Country Store; Creative Hair Works; Cubby’s Convenience Store; G & L Café; Vera and Ray Huckeby; Lasting Looks Beauty Salon; Makovicka/Sylliaasen Physical Therapy; Rusty Rooster; St. James Catholic Church; Svoboda Funeral Home; Vine Street Market; Wanahoo Aviation; Water Engineering, Inc.; Wylee Anderson Livestock Grain
BRONZE
DONORS - $49.00 & under -
Acapulco
Mexican Grill; Alice Adams; Bomgaars; Aaron and Kari Carritt; Casey’s General
Store; Corner Market; Chip’s Restaurant & Bar; Creative Hair Works; Dailey
Real Estate; Dairy Queen; James and Bonnie Edins; Jaris’ Café; Edward Jones;
Farmers Mutual Insurance Agency; Found and Flora; Fud & Tracy’s Plumbing
& Heating; Green Acre Animal Clinic; Husker Water Specialists, Inc.; Tori
Konecky-Wild Tree; Lindley Clothing Company; Loerch’s Jewelry and Gifts;
Lucille’s Gift Shop; Mocha K’s; Pizza Hut; Platte Valley Implement; Judy
Rasmus-Hair Studio; Connie Schliffke; Simon’s Antiques; Subway; Sun Mart Foods;
Kent and Linda Sweet; Wahoo Auto Parts/Car Quest; Wahoo Bakery; Wahoo Nails
& Spa; Wahoo Newspaper; Wahoo Pharmacy; Wahoo Super; Warehouse Surplus
MEAD
DAYS WRAP-UP~
Raffle Winners: 1st place
$200-Tim Mittan, 2nd Place $100-Alex Harrigar, 3rd place $50- Rob
Cline. The 7/8 Boys Baseball Team sold
the most raffle tickets and won a picnic.
Thanks to everyone who purchased a ticket as well as sold them.
Sand Volleyball : We had 7 teams entered
into our Sand Volleyball Tournament with great competition this year. It was fun for our players as well as our
spectators. Tournament winners were Silver
Division-Maddy Nygren, Dana Meduna, Nate Jurgensmeier and Brandon Nygren
and Gold Division-Scott Selko, Keshia Havelka, Shawn Havelka, Penny
Havelka, Miranda Charles and Christi Roschewski.
Chinese Horseshoes: 24 teams entered into Chinese Horseshoes with
Kurt and Hop Christensen as the winners.
Horseshoes: We had16 teams entered
with the winners being Chris Johnson and Tony Henderson.
Beer
Pong:
This year we had 22 Beer Pong teams and the
winners were Jordan Moline and Brian Romans.
Kiddie Tractor Pull: We had 29 participants enter the Kiddie
Tractor Pull with winners being age 4-5 Max Volpp, age 6-7 Jack
Vanslyke and age 8-9 Nolan Vanslyke.
Fun Run : We had 76 participants with Kaleb
Weist as the overall winner with a time of 17.30. Results: 0-15 Female -1st Lily
Spangler, 2nd-Kiley Bamesberger, 3rd-Abby Miller; 0-15
Male-1st Sheldon Johnson, 2nd-Seth Janecek, 3rd-Emilio
Silva; 16-30 Female-Marisa Mika, 2nd Maggie Dailey, 3rd
Maggie Holub; 16-30 Male-1st Kaleb Weist, 2nd
Darren Kelley, 3rd Billy Mayer; 31-54 Female-1st
Rose Sutton, 2nd Jay Wood, 3rd Laura Fick; 31-54 Male-1st
Pat Poehling, 2nd David Overmeyer, 3rd Dan Hess; 55+
Male-1st Brock Angelos, 2nd Roger Pelster, 3rd
Ken Taylor
BBQ Contest
A
special thanks goes out to our judges who donated their time to this
event. They are professional and
certified judges. Also a special thanks
to all the contestants who cooked so many delicious entrees.
Pork
Total of 6 entries:
1st Wham Blaster-Shawn Havelka Score 129, 2nd No Clue BBQ
Score 116, 3rd Master Baster 114
Chicken
Total of 6 entries:1st
Master Baster-Rod Wimer Score 125, 2nd Wham Blaster—Score 123, 3rd
No Clue BBQ 120
Chef
Choice Total of 9 entries: 1st Wham Blaster-Shawn Havelka Score 125,
2nd No Clue BBQ Score 123, 3rd Smokin’ Bandits Score 118
People’s
Choice Total of 7 entries: 1st Wham Blaster-Shawn Havelka Votes 119, 2nd
Sloppy Seconds-Votes 101, 3rd Smokin’ Bandits Votes 92
Desserts
Total of 1 entry:
1st Michelle Kuhr Score 127
Side
Dish Total of 10 entries: 1st Kosher Pork-Matan Grasiani Score 133,
2nd Master Baster- Score 123, 3rd Master Baster- Score
121
Finally after fifteen years, we were able
to have a “dry” Mead Days. The weekend
kicked off with great polka music by Dean Hansen, DJ by Wayne Kreifels, and 22
teams for the Beer Pong Tournament.
Fireworks were by J and M Display and they did an awesome job this
year. Mead Community Group provided fun
games for middle age children before the fireworks.
Saturday began with the Fun Run with 76
participants. The weather was great and a special thanks to the Mead Community
Group for providing a water station.
Continued activities were 7 Sand Coed Volleyball teams, 16 teams for
Horseshoes, over 25 entries in the Parade, with Mary Hass singing the Star
Spangled Banner and PJ Quinn serving as MC, kid games, a movie sponsored by the Mead Community
Group, Youth Dodgeball Tournament,
Kiddie Tractor Pull, special show by the Real Princesses of Omaha,
Hypnotist Show by Edward Wunder, and
Blow-Up games provided by Big Red Bounce House.
There were 24 teams for Chinese Horseshoes and a great Street Dance with
music by the Jake Gill Band, sponsored by the Mead Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Department.
Sunday events continue to grow every
year. I don’t think anyone left the park
hungry from eating all of the great BBQ food.
A special thanks to all of the contestants. We had several BBQ contestants with multiple
food entries. We had a blast and judges
really loved the food. The backyard games were set up to enjoy while listening
to great music by Bucka Ruse. We also
sponsored a Wine Tasting event with wine furnished by Glacial Till Winery and
craft beers from Nebraska Brewing Companies.
It was lots of fun and some great food was shared with the community.
Overall the weekend was a huge success for
everyone. We had visitors from all over and ages. The Mead Days Committee, Mead Ball
Association and Mead Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department would like to thank
everyone for participating. A special thanks
to all the volunteers who made this weekend a success. Also a special thanks to
the people who live around the park for the use of their electricity and
allowing us to have these events at the park. Without your dedication and
donations, Mead Days would not be possible.
Thanks again and mark your calendars now for next year Mead Days June
17-19, 2016. It’s always the third
weekend in June.
