PUBLIC NOTICES/NEWS4A • Gretna Guide & News www.gretnaguide.com • May 27, 2020

Public Notices

SECRETARY OF STATE NOTICESNOTICE OF ORGANIZATION

Notice is hereby given that Friendly Properties LLC (the “Company”) has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The designated office of the Company is 10311 Cary Street, La Vista, NE 68128. The registered agent of the Company is Eric D. Bates, 10311 Cary Street, La Vista, NE 68128. The general nature of the business will be to engage in the transaction of any or all lawful business, for which a limited liability company may be organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The LLC was filed with the State of Nebraska April 06 2020. Organizer Name: Eric Bates.

May 13, 20, & 27 - 19 lns

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION

Notice is hereby given that LLB Holdings LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The address of the designated office is 1226 Cork Dr., Papillion, NE 68046. The initial registered agent for service of process and the agent’s address is Ryan Burden, 1226 Cork Dr., Papillion, NE 68046.

May 20, 27 & June 3 - 12 lns

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION

Notice is hereby given that Rollin Munchies, LLC has been organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska. The address of the initial designated office is 530 S. 13th Street, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE 68508. The initial registered agent for service of process and the agent’s address is Northwest Registered Agent Service, Inc. at 530 S. 13th Street, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE 68508. The purpose of the limited liability company is to conduct any and all lawful business for which limited liability companies can be organized pursuant to Nebraska statute.

May 20, 27, & June 3 - 18 lns

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATIONOF

SMJ CONTRACTING, LLC

Notice is hereby given of the orga-nization under the laws of the State of Nebraska of SMJ Contracting, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company (the “Company”), pursuant to a Certificate of Organization filed on May 5, 2020. The Company’s initial designated office is located at 16421 S. 36th Street, Bellevue, Nebraska 68123. The name and address of the Company’s registered agent for service of process in the State of Nebraska is Shane Jansen, 16421 S. 36th Street, Bellevue, Nebraska 68123.

May 13, 20, & 27 - 19 lns

REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAME

Trade Name: Mixan Roofing and Contracting

Name of Applicant: Mike Mixan

Address: 8006 S. 192nd Ave., Gretna NE 68028

Applicant is: Individual

Date of first use of name in Nebras-ka: March 20, 2017

General nature of business: Con-struction

/s/ Mike MixanSignature of Applicant

May 27 - 23 lns

TOWN NOTICESNone

SCHOOL NOTICESNone

GPS FANS (Food and Nutrition Services) has crossed the threshold of serving more than 30,000 meals.

"The work and dedication of the team behind this effort has been focused, selfless and effective," Food Service Director Sharon Schaefer said. "The teams were staff (members), normally working in all eight schools around the district, brought together for one tremendous effort."

Staff members involved with this project are Trish Sedlacek, Sheila Scholting, Tara Brooking, Lori Waterman, Charleen Henry, Pam Heon, Asefa Noorazhi, Sheena Mason, Sue Maire, Cheryl Withers, Bonnie Walker, Casey Lopez, Josie (Mary) Rhodus, Roxie Vergata, Chris Fisher, Ann Dukat, Korey Lisiecki, Alicia Fechtmeister, Marcy Bennet, Nate Schmidt, Jen Given, Lenore Tevelde, Christina Thompson, Jenny Walker, Kelly Krapp, Patty

Jones, Deb Pickett, Steph West-Tex and Leslie Lewis.

Schaefer said she also received a tremondous amount of support from Dr. Rich Beran, Travis Lightle, Sharon Kerr, Jean Anderson and building principals.

The total amount of meals served to the Gretna community through the Emergency Meals reached 30,494 by the end of the school year.

In the first few weeks of emergency feeding, Meals4Dragons served just under 5,000 meals.

In mid-April, the program received funding that allowed them to start serving breakfast, as well as lunch, to families in need. Due to this, they were able to serve so many more meals and help many more families.

Between April 13 and May 22, they served 25, 612 meals.

"The staff and I are very proud of being able to be part of the Gretna resources," Schaefer said. "When we started this program, we weren't sure what

the need would be."Schaefer said GPS FANS

also recently began helping those in need utilize the community support available in Gretna and in Sarpy County.

"We are confident that all in our community are and will be well cared for," Schaefer said. "We have been working very closely with other community partners to serve these families. There are many places that are ready to make sure these families don't go without throughout the summer."

If anyone in the community still needs meal assistance during the summer months, Schaefer asks they visti https://www.fns.usda.gov/meals4kids

or text “Summer Meals” to 97779 or call 1-866-348-6479 to find a site that offers summer meal assistance.

"We will be working on back to school plans that address fall 2020's unique circumstances. The district is well informed and will continue to act in the best interest of safety," Scheafer said.

Meals4Dragons gives out 30,000 mealsBy Stephanie TedescoGretna Guide & News

With businesses and restaurants forced to close their doors to the public due to COVID-19, there has been a struggle to get people in the door now that these places have started to reopen.

In late April, On the Spot Productions partnered with longtime Omaha radio legend Ritch Cassidy to bring social media campaigns to the businesses that started reopening in early May. On Saturday, Patrick Stibbs with On the Spot Productions and Cassidy were spotted at Gretna’s own Spikers Sports & Spirits.

Cassidy went live on Facebook at Spikers Saturday afternoon promoting the day’s drink and food specials as well as handing out prizes. They even started signing up teams for volleyball.

Along with food and drinks, Spikers offers four seasons of volleyball league play from March to October on their 10 sand volleyball courts. With social distance guidelines in place, they were not able to host their first leagues of the year. Now, Spikers intends to start games again in June.

Gabe Butler and Jen Knihal, owners of Spikers, hope to start games on June 1, but are waiting on clarification from the Sarpy County Health Department. Governor Pete Ricketts listed volleyball, along with other sports, that will be allowed to resume with practices beginning June 1 and games on June 18. However, the Directed Health Measure (DHM) only mentions youth sports.

Butler and Knihal want to find out if the DHM includes adult leagues like the ones Spikers has every year.

Butler said since adult leagues don’t require practice, they are hoping to start games on June 1. However, they do not want to make that decision without getting clarification first.

“If they give us the go ahead for that, we are ready to go,” Knihal said.

Spikers has been taking team registrations so that when

they get the green light to start games, they can start right away. They have had lower than usual registration numbers due to the pandemic.

“I think people are not really sure what is going to happen, so we have been trying to encourage people just to sign up to reserve a spot,” Knihal said.

Normally, Spikers requires a payment for registration. Due to the current situation, registration just holds a team’s spot. Spikers is not asking for money with registration. Once they can start leagues, the usual fees will be taken from each team.

“We aren’t doing online payments for teams right now because we don’t know when we are going to start,” Butler said. “We didn’t want to deal with giving refunds if we weren’t going to play at all.”

If Spikers leagues cannot start June 1, but can on June 18, Knihal said they will prorate the price. If they can start June 1, Spikers will offer two eight-week sessions for the summer months. If they do get pushed back to starting later in June and the session can only be six weeks, that is when they

will adjust their pricing. “That is another reason we are

waiting to take payment,” Knihal said. “We want to make sure it is fair and they are getting what they paid for.”

Butler and Knihal said they normally have 20 teams signed up for the leagues. However, because of social distancing regulations, they will limit the numbers of teams that sign up. They will have a maximum of 12 teams to stay in the restriction of 25 percent of their outdoor capacity.

Spikers is open for regular business and carry out.

“We are doing more carry out than walk-in right now,” Butler said. “People are still a little bit freaked out.”

Spikers has also moved all of their specials to include to-go orders. Usually, specials are given to dine-in customers only. With everything going on and take-out orders being more popular, Butler said they felt it was necessary to allow their daily specials to be given to customers who carry out as well.

“We are doing what we can within what we are allowed to do,” Butler said.

Spikers opens back up, plans for volleyball leaguesBy Stephanie TedescoGretna Guide & News

Photos by Stephanie Tedesco, Gretna Guide & NewsAbove: Rick and Mary Knihal, Barb Hardin and Fred and Mickey Freithe pose for a photo with their server Autumn Lincoln at Spiker’s “Yes, We’re Open” event. Below: Rich and Jan Hough, James Franklin and Sharon Cunning share a meal together on Saturday at Spikers now that the business is open to the public again.

Stephanie Tedesco, Gretna Guide & NewsBeanery owners Paul White and his wife Revonna stand in front of their new location in Ashland.

Beanery excited to open new location

Recently, local coffee shop The Beanery announced the company is expanding and opening a new location in Ashland.

Paul and Revonna White, owners of The Beanery are excited to be expanding. They are hoping to open their new Ashland location in mid-summer.

This new location will be located at 604 S. Highway 6.

"We love being a part of the small-town communities," Revonna said. "That small-town feel is something, as a family, we really emjoy being a part of."

The White family has driven past the building many times over the years, never thinking they would be opening a location there.

When one of their customers reached out to them to tell them the building was available and asked them what they thought about opening a location in

Ashland, they knew it was a great opportunity for them.

"We are always paying attention to what our customers are asking from us," Revonna said.

The Whites said the Gretna Beanery location gets many customers that come from Ashland.

"We have had people ask us in the past about opening a shop in Ashland," Paul said. "We have had people comment that now they can stay in Ashland instead of having to drive to Gretna."

The Whites are really excited to get the know Ashland.

"Every little community has their own feel and the things that make them special," Revonna said. "We are excited to get to know Ashland and this new adventure."

The Whites have felt an incredible support from the Gretna community through this pandemic.

"We have so appreciated the

support and that is part of why we love small towns," Revonna said. "We love being part of the community. So in times like this you really see these communities come together. That is what we love about Gretna and what we are excited for in Ashland.

"As a business we are growing, but we are not moving away from our small-town vibe because that is still really important to us. We are not changing who we are."

The Ashland location will have a drive-through as well as have seating for customers to stay. With COVID-19 and health measures in place, the Whites are not sure at this point in time if they will just open the drive-through mid-summer. It depends on what restrictions are in place at the time the Ashland location opens to the public.

"We are just trying to be really sensitive and cautious right now with everything that is going on," Revonna said.

By Stephanie TedescoGretna Guide & News