Chamber of Commerce Chatter

Happy Easter! This month we celebrate Easter! Spring is here and the nice warm sunshine will feel so good on our faces. The spring sports are getting into full swing which means Prom, Graduation, Mother’s Day, First Communions, Confirmations and more will be happening! Be sure to SHOP LOCAL for all your gift giving needs this spring. Needing a real cool gift for those cards? Put some Summerfest Concert tickets to see Sam Barber inside! A great way to give memories to be cherished for many years to come.

 

Congratulations O’Neill on another successful St. Patrick’s Day Celebration! The weather tried to get us down on Saturday, but once again we prevailed. The parade crowd was mostly on the north side of the street. Thank you to all the folks that braved the cold to watch the parade entries go by. More information and photos inside. Congratulations to the Chamber of Commerce Award Winners! The Community Service Award went to Deb Kelly, the Customer Service Award went to Kelli Eilers at Shamrock Nursery and the Community Ambassador went to Riley Wakefield. Riley had quite the week as he was also crowned Mr. Irish on Sunday to kick off the week!

 

The O’Neill Chamber of Commerce wants to take this opportunity to say thank you to each and every one of you that helped with the 2025 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration in any way. It takes all the city departments, businesses that hold special events, organizations that do activities and many volunteers helping out with the parade and behind the scenes to make all the events successful. Thank you to Cheri McConnell, Shelly Campbell and Tammy Tienken for all your help in the chamber office while I am busy with preparations both in and out of the office. To make the celebration a success, it takes the whole community working together and I’m so proud of this community as we didn’t let Mother Nature get us down once again! Thank you O’Neill for a wonderfully successful 2025 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration!

 

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the St. Mary’s Cardinals on their Boys’ Basketball State Championship! What a great accomplishment! All of their determination and grit paid off on the court when they won the trophy. Thank you for representing O’Neill in Lincoln.

 

You will find a 2025 Chamber of Commerce Scholarship application inside (attached below). Be sure to have your senior get it completed and returned to the chamber office by Friday, April 4th. We will be awarding one $500 scholarship to a graduating senior from O’Neill Public High School and St. Mary’s High School. Good luck to all the applicants.