Events

Four Corners Health Department's mission is to “promote health, prevent disease and protect the environment, improving the health" of residents in Butler, Polk, Seward, and York Counties.  This week's program will provide an update on Four Corners' work.

Former Secretary of State Allen Beermann is widely recognized as a skilled public servant, true, patriot, masterful connector, and Nebraska champion.  In today's program, he'll share stories from his new book about his remarkable life of service to Nebraska, our nation and thousands of friends around the globe.  

The Civic Center renovation project is making good progress and members of the Civic Center Commission will give us an update on this important community facility in this week's program.

This week's meeting will continue the discussion began in late 2024 on our Club's plans for the remainder of this centennial year and beyond.  Please be sure to attend and be part of this important work.

This week's program will be about Lake McConaughy and the agriculture, communities, recreation, and environment it supports.  Devin Brundage is the General Manager of The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, the public entity that owns Nebraska's largest lake, and he'll talk about why we in eastern Nebraska have an interest in this lake nearly 300 miles west of us during this week's program.

In keeping with Rotary's focus on water issues in March, this program will feature Terry Julesgard, Water Department Manager for Upper Big Blue Natural Resource District, talking about water quality and quantity issues in the Seward area, which is part of the district.  A great opportunity to learn more about Nebraska's most valuable resource - water.

Local resident Kelley Limback became the owner of Chapters Books & Gifts in January and will share why she bought this cherished local business and what lies ahead for Seward's independent bookstore in this week's program.  (Photo: Seward County Independent)

Nebraska celebrated its 158th birthday on March 1st and this program will highlight well known, interesting, and off beat parts of the Good Life and Rotarians views about and knowledge of our state.

The long-awaited Wellness Center is now open and Joel Brase, executive director of the Center, will give our Club an update on these first weeks during this program.

Jerry Meyer, Executive Director of the Nebraska National Guard Museum, will talk about the exploits of the First Nebraska Infantry and others during the Civil War, which was fought before Nebraska achieved statehood, in this week's program.  PLEASE NOTE that this week's meeting will be held at the Nebraska National Guard Museum.

The majority of Americans die without a will and do not have powers of attorney in place.  Seward Rotarian Anthony Aerts will talk about the importance of these documents and some common issues in estate planning he has seen during his legal career in today's program.

The inaugural Great Plains Literay Festival is being held in Seward the week of April 21, 2025.  In this week's program, we'll hear from several people involved with the festival about why the started it, how the first festival went, and their plans for the future.

The 2024-25 school year is in the books and it was a busy one for Seward High School students.  Scott Curry, Activities Director, will recap the year and share his thoughts on how to engage Bluejays during this week's program.

Kevin Zadina will introduce us to "Discover Seward County," a new podcast that is a joint project of the Seward County Independent, Sweet Tea Marketing, and the Seward County Chamber  & Development Partnership, during this week's program.

According to the CDC, 61% of children ages 5-17 are flourishing while 13% of children ages 3-17 have a mental health condition.  This week's program from Four Corners will provide insights into the mental health of youth in our community today.

This week's program will feature Shelby Pedersen, Executive Director of Southeast Nebraska CASA, discussing the state of foster care in Nebraska and the needs that children have.  Help inform others about this important issue and invite a guest to join you for this program.

The wonderful craziness that is the 4th in Seward will be less than a week away as we hear from this year's winners and runners up for Miss Independence and Mr. Firecracker and are reminded again of why 40,000 folks (right, Clark?) spend the 4th in Seward!