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Community Newsletter April 3rd, 2017

2017 Board of Directors

Katie Wergin, President InsureNE

Brandy Grossart, V.P. Milford Physical Therapy

Melodie Peterson Crestview Care Center

Jord0n Folkers Milford Chiropractic

Dennis Sugden Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stacy Riley SCC – Milford Campus

Lindsay Kohout Secretary/Treasurer

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Community Garage Sales

June 2nd & 3rd

Milford Family Fun Days

July 28th , 29th , 30th

Milford Public Schools

April 3rd

- 7th

SCC – Milford Campus

April 24th

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Upcoming Chamber Events!

April 3-7th Teacher Appreciation Week

Milford Public Schools

April 5th Chamber Board Meeting

12:00 pm @ Pizza Kitchen

April 8th Community Easter Egg Hunt

1:00pm @ Crestview Care Center

April 13th Chamber Members Meeting

12:00 pm @ Pizza Kitchen

April 16th Easter Sunday

April 22nd Seward Co. Hazardous Waste Pickup

April 24th Teacher Appreciation

SCC – Milford Campus

May 3rd Chamber Board Meeting

12:00 pm @ Pizza Kitchen

May 11th Chamber Members Meeting

12:00 pm @ Pizza Kitchen

May 12th Chamber Golf Tournament

May 13th Milford H.S. Graduation

May 23rd Last Day of Milford School!

June 2nd & 3rd Milford Garage Sales

June 10th Community Clean Up Day

July 28-30 Milford Family Fun Days!

Seward County

Hazardous Waste

Pickup

April 22nd

Milford: 8:00am – 10:00am Milford City Maintenance Shop

320 5th St (Corner of 5th & Walnut St.)

Seward: 8:00am – 11:00am City of Seward Wastewater Plant

Parking Lot 1040 S Columbia Avenue

Accepted Items: Acids, Antifreeze, Banned

Materials (chlordane, DDT, etc), Cyanide,

Fertilizers (yard chemicals), Flammables, Gasoline

and Oil in small quantities, Lead Acid Batteries,

Mercury and Mercury related materials, All Paint

and Paint related materials (stains, varnish, etc),

Poisons, Pesticides, and Fluorescent Bulbs.

NON-Accepted Items: No empty/dried out

paint cans (they go directly to trash), Tires, Farm

Chemicals, Furniture, and Mattresses

Time to

Clean Up!!

Milford

Community

Clean-Up Day

June 10th

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Advanced Association Management

All Care Grounds Management

Austin Company

Bellwood Mennonite Church

Beth-El Community Church

Big V’s

Blue River Transmission, LLC

Burkey Farms Inc./Slepicka Construction

Bob’s Mobil

Casey’s General Store #1622

CEDARS Foster Care

City of Milford

Copleys Carpentry

Crestview Care Center

Dragonfly Coffee House

Eagle Fitness

East Fairview Mennonite

Educational Service Unit #6

Farmers & Merchants Bank

Farmers Cooperative

Fossil Fuels, LLC

G & P Development Landfill

Gatherings on the Blue

Gerhold Concrete Company

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Grace Missionary Church

Heartland Auto Body, Inc

Hauder & Martin Inc.

Heyen Tax & Accounting Inc.

Home Real Estate—Stacy Hartgerink

Home Solutions of Nebraska

IC Investments, LLC DBA Tipsy Cow Bar & Grill

InsureNebraska & Premier Real Estate

Jantze Group, Inc

Jones National Bank & Trust Company

JRS Roofing, Inc.

K&T Auto Cleaning

Katie’s Usborne Books & More – Katie Wergin

Kohout Farm Repair, LLC

Lauber-Moore Funeral Homes

Leichty Rentals

Mark Meierdierks, Realtor, Pinnacle Realty Group

Martin Excavating Inc.

Midwest Feeding Company

Midwest Tree Cutters, Inc

Milford A/C & Appliance Inc.

Milford Area Historical Society

Milford Assembly of God Church

Milford Chiropractic Clinic

Milford Dairy Queen

Milford Dental Clinic

Milford Family Medical Center

Milford Frame Clinic & Autos/Alimo Storage Rentals

Milford Housing Authority—Linden Village

Milford Mennonite Church

Milford Pharmacy

Milford Physical Therapy

Milford Plumbing Inc.

Milford Public Schools

Milford Times

Nelson Contracting, LLC

NPPD

Pac ‘N’ Save—Milford

Pizza Kitchen

Prestige Auto Sales

Randy’s Studio

Roth Aerial Spraying, Inc.

SB22 Properties, LLC

SCC-Milford Campus

Schlueter Repair & Specialties

Schweitzer Customs

Seward County Bridges

Seward County CASA

Seward County Chamber & Economic Partnership

Seward County Independent

Seward County Pheasants Forever

Seward County Public Transit

Sheri’s Bar & Grill

Stelling Carpentry & Construction

Stop ‘N’ Shop—Milford

Subway Motors Company

Subway Sandwiches—Milford

Sunrise Country Manor

Super Spray Car Wash & Super Storage/Roth & Troyer Construction

Terri Lea Roth – Flowers Flowers Flowers

Total Essence Salon

Troyer Insurance Inc.

United Methodist Church

Uribe Refuse Services Inc. Waste Connections dba The Garbage Company

Wergin’s Lawn Service

Wreckonciled Collision Center

Your PC Xpress—Matt Meierdierks

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Milford Chamber of Commerce is now an Affiliate

Member of the Seward County Chamber and

Development Partnership (SCCDP)!

Perks for YOU and YOUR Business with the Chamber’s Affiliate Membership:

- Able to accept SCCDP Chamber Bucks. They are a check and can only be redeemed at

SCCDP Members. (Last year the SCCDP issued over $32,000 in Chamber Bucks) You

will still be able to purchase Milford Chamber of Commerce Bucks also, but these are

only good at our member businesses.

- Post items of your business in the Blue River Buzz. This is the SCCDP’s weekly email

newsletter that goes out to more than 800 email addresses. Anyone can subscribe, but

only SCCDP members can post items. Use it for any upcoming sales or promotions, or

special events. (We will be providing Todd with a list of our current members already

receiving our emails and he will add you to the BUZZ)

- You will be listed on the SCCDP’s website for free (as well as Milford’s site). Currently

the SCCDP website: www.sewardne.com gets thousands of hits each month. Usually

when someone is moving to the area the Chamber sites are the first sites that people visit

to research about the community.

- You can use the SCCDP’s Bulk Mailing Rate to save money on your mailings.

- You are eligible to be a part of the Seward County Chamber Ambassador’s Club. The

Ambassadors visit new businesses to the county and recognize investments in the

county.

At the February members’ meeting, members voted unanimously to join the SCCDP.

The Affiliate Membership has a yearly membership of $1,000. Those dues will not

affect yearly dues for the Milford Chamber Members.

If you have any questions about this membership, please contact Katie Wergin, Chamber

President at 402-761-2291, Lindsay Kohout, Secretary/Treasurer at 402-641-1998 or the

SCCDP office at 402-643-4189.

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Meet the

Board! Jordon Folkers

Milford Chiropractic

My wife Michelle and I moved to Seward in July of 2012, after I completed my

Chiropractic schooling at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. I am

originally from Gothenburg, Nebraska and did my undergrad studies at Hastings

College. My wife is from a small town in Wyoming called Encampment, where she did

her undergrad studies, as well as, her schooling for her R.N. degree at the University of

Wyoming. I worked with Dr. Hackbart at Hackbart Chiropractic for four years before

coming to Milford to work at Milford Chiropractic. My wife is currently the school nurse

in Seward where we live. Our lives changed forever when we were blessed with a

daughter in October of 2014.

I like to stay busy and have been involved in Teammates since 2012 and also have helped

out at our church, Hillcrest Evangelical Free Church as an Awana leader and have

enjoyed watching the young children grow and mature in their relationship with God as

well as with their confidence in themselves. I have also been a part of Kiwanis in Seward

and have recently been given the opportunity to be on the Milford Chamber of

Commerce board. My family and I enjoy anything and everything outside. My daughter

will even make us go outside to play when it is below freezing because she loves to be

outside so much. Not to mention I know where every park is located in Seward and

Milford because we have probably been to each one at least a dozen times in the past

year. We attend different sporting events and shows/plays for fun and have used the

Plum Creek bike path many times as we enjoy riding our bikes on it.

We feel very blessed to be able to live in a great community and raise our daughter in an

area that is safe and offers excellent education. I am also grateful to be able to serve the

Milford community and have been meet with nothing but open arms since I started at

Milford Chiropractic. Thank you for the opportunity to serve and I look forward to

meeting more people around town.

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Chamber Gift Certificates ……

make wonderful employee gifts! Support

your Chamber Business partners with this

‘something for everyone’ gift idea.

Available in any amount at Jones Bank –

Milford, Farmers & Merchants Bank –

Milford, and Pizza Kitchen.

We need suggestions for:

If you have any suggestions, let us know by emailing

Lindsay at linds_lee@hotmail.com

- Speakers

- New Events

- Ways we can Improve

Wreckonciled

Collision Center

3 years

Dragonfly Coffee

House

10 years

Waste

Connections of

Nebraska

20 years

Lauber-Moore

Funeral Homes

25 years

Austin Company

40 years

Uribe Refuse

Services, Inc.

41 years

Cedars Youth

Services

70 years

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Randy’s studio

We are a husband and wife portrait photography team specializing in Family,

Children, Senior and Pet portraiture. We have a large camera room which allows us to

photograph groups of 20 or more, and we especially love "on location" portraits which

allow us to photograph a person or family in a place that's meaningful to them.

While the creative aspect of photography is satisfying to both of us, our favorite

aspect of our job is getting to know our clients. We truly enjoy the time we spend

with people as we plan the session, take the portraits, and work with them to choose

their favorites. We are grateful for the opportunity we have to meet and work with

people in Milford and the surrounding communities.

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June 2nd

3:00pm - dark

June 3rd

8am to 3pm Individual garage sale

times may vary.

────

Maps Available

After

May 26th.

────

This form and

your $10 fee must

be paid to Milford

Chamber of

Commerce no

later than May

22nd.

Drop Off or Mail Forms to:

Milford Physical Therapy

511 1st Street, PO Box 724

Milford, NE 68405

OR:

InsureNebraska

Drop off or Mail forms to:

Milford Physical Therapy

511 1st Street, PO Box 724

Milford, NE 68405

OR:

InsureNebraska

517 1st Street, PO Box 69

Milford, NE 68405

COMMUNITY GARAGE SALES

Maps will be available at the following

locations:

- Casey’s General Store

- Jones National Bank

- Stop N Shop

- Farmers and Merchants Bank

- Milford Pac N Save

- Pizza Kitchen

- Subway Sandwiches

- www.milfordnechamber.com

- On Facebook @ Milford Chamber of

Commerce

PUT MY SALE ON THE MAP

Name:________________________________

Address:______________________________

My Garage Sale will be:

________Friday & Saturday

________Saturday Only

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Milford

Milford Milford Chamber will again be hosting our annual garage sale weekend this year.

In conjunction with this event we are adding a cooperative garage sale. The

Chamber plans to take donations from anyone willing to donate their items and

will then sell them at one giant garage sale.

All profits from this garage sale will be donated to the Milford Backpack Program.

We ask that you start saving up those donations and keep us in mind so that we

can raise a substantial amount of money to benefit local Milford families through

The Backpack Program.

Garages Sales will be June 2nd and 3rd. The Backpack Program Garage Sale will be

at the Milford Elementary. Item drop off for this will be the weekend prior and a

few evenings on the week leading up to the sale. Drop off times will be posted

closer to the event.

Outfield Fence

Banner Program

There is still time left!! If you want to get more information or to

purchase a banner for the Milford Baseball/Softball Fields, contact

Lindsay at linds_lee@hotmail.com or 402-641-1998, by April 14th!

Member Yearly Banner Fee: $250 Non-Member Yearly Fee:$300

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I’m Matt Meierdierks, and 7 years ago I started YourPCXpress as a way to

help people “stay connected”. All my life I’ve had a sincere passion for all

things ‘IT’, and felt like this was a great way to do something I loved,

while making a difference by helping others.

YourPCXpress is run from my home, but I happily make house calls to

Milford and surrounding community customers as well. Some of the

services I offer through YourPCXpress include the following:

· Troubleshooting PC Problems

· System Maintenance & Upgrades

· Backup & Recovery of Data

· Virus & Malware Removal

· New PC & Printer Setup

· And More

I’m incredibly thankful to all my customers for 7 great years, and plan to

be around for all your computer needs for many years to come!