Some communities joke that they plant construction cones instead of flowers, but Seward took that saying to heart in 2024 with multiple major city construction projects happening simultaneously. Read more about the projects in the Sept. 18 Independent.
The Seward County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 10 finalized a 2024-2025 budget that requires 7% less in property tax requests. Read more about it in the Sept. 18 SCI.
Softball
Ashland-Greenwood 17, Malcolm 4; Morgan Tiedeman went 3-3 and Jessica Sandell was 2-3 with two RBIs for Malcolm against the defending Class C state champs.
Jenna Berg, MD with ENT Specialties, P.C. will present "Understanding Conditions and Treatments for Your Years, Nose and Throat" today at noon. The program is in the Memorial Hospital third level meeting room.
The Seward County Alzheimer’s Care Givers Support Group will meet at Kinship Pointe the third Tuesday of every month. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. If you are interested in attending, contact Cass at (402) 258-3700.
Dr. William J. Purkis will speak at Thom Auditorium at Concordia University at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. His talk is “The Greatest Lies? Devotion to Relics of the Christ in Medieval Latin Christianity.” It is free and open to the public. There will be time for questions and answers following the talk. He is Professor of Medieval History at University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Fred Ohles, a puzzle designer for the Lincoln Journal Star and other publications, will talk about how he designs puzzles and offer tips for solving them. The program will be Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. at Chapters Books and Gifts in Seward.
A 2024 American action comedy will be shown at the Seward Memorial Library on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. Feel free to bring snacks and a drink. Visit sewardlibrary.org for more information.
A veterans coffee will be every Wednesday from 7:30 – 9:30-ish at the Spare Time Lounge in Seward.
Chair yoga will be offered Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:10 p.m. at the Utica Senior Center. There is no class the third Wednesday of the month.
The Seward Farmers Market will be open Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 5-7 p.m. at the Seward County Fairgrounds. The hamburger stand will be hosted by the Seward United Methodist Church Godparent Group.
Visitation for Melvin "Bud" Patzel will be today from 1-5 p.m. at Zabka-Perdue Funeral Home in Seward. The family will receive friends from 4-5 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet will begin at 5 p.m. Graveside service and interment will be Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Primrose, NE.
