It has been a very busy summer for me. Not only as Mayor, but also as Marketing Director of Panhandle Coop, my job that pays the bills and I had family in town the first three weekends in July!
We made it through the 10 noisy days of "fireworks season." I don't believe we had any major damage, then it was on to Oregon Trail Days.
The newly paved 10th street looked mighty nice for the Street Dance on the 9th, the Food Fair on the 10th, and of course the parade on the 11th. I have to commend the city employees who work through out that weekend. Police, streets, electric, parks and sanitation all work hours of overtime to keep things looking nice for everyone during that weekend and making sure people behave. We had a few challenges, but overall it was a fun filled weekend! The concert had a little rain delay, but Terry Clark and James Otto both performed good shows!
I was also excited to see my niece, April Nigh, who was in town. She currently lives in Beijing, China. On Sunday morning, July 12th many members of my family and I walked up the Saddle Rock trail at Scotts Bluff National Monument. Besides the
beautiful scenery we encountered two unexpected individuals. One being 
Congressman Adrian Smith and the other, Mr. Rattlesnake making his way across the trail. If you look closely you can see him next to the grass on the left.
Congressman Adrian Smith and the other, Mr. Rattlesnake making his way across the trail. If you look closely you can see him next to the grass on the left. 
The next weekend, one of Gering's longtime volunteers for the Tree, Park and Cemetery Board, Charlie Fenster celebrated his 90th birthday! On Saturday, July 18 a reception was held for him at Northfield Villa. I presented Charlie, who has been on the Park Board since 1972 and is one of the reasons our parks are so beautiful, a key to the City and proclaimed it Charlie Fenster Day!! Charlie was almost speechless and that is very unusual.
Also that day, my family had a small reunion. My niece April was still here and her brother, Eric Nigh, his wife Tania and their six-month daughter
Tati were here from Baghdad, Iraq. It was the first time many of us had met Tania and their baby, Tati, who was just precious! On Sunday, we drove to the top of Scotts Bluff (no snakes this time) to show them around as well as my other nephew John Wiedeman and his wife Krista, who live in Lincoln, NE.I have also been working on a new website for Panhandle Coop which is now up and running. Check it out at http://www.panhandlecoop.com/.
Gering City Clerk, Rosie Russell and I have been working on the City's website. We are currently working with someone to update it. We were also getting ready for filming of a community video, which was filmed last week. A young man named Seth Wells, was here from New York and Rosie took him everywhere. He had never been to Nebraska before and was totally amazed at our city. He told me sometimes he has to work to make a city look good on video, but Gering was easy. He took lots of video and we are anxious to view it.
Other projects going on, is the start of construction of the City's new well field. I will have updates for you in future blogs. I will try to update this more often, but as you can see, it has been a very busy summer!
Until next time,
Susan
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