Bern Park Project 2008

The community of Bern donated a week of their time and months of preparation in May of 2008 to build a hometown park called the "Swiss Summit". The park was designed by Leathers and Associates and paid for by local donors. Volunteers worked on the park for six days to create the end product.

Several SBS Insurance employees donated their time to help with this project. The next time you are in Bern, stop by and visit this magnificent structure. You might even learn a little bit about the town of Bern. The structure has many unique details that are a representation of the town's history.

2010 SBS Insurance Annual Crop/Farm Meeting

SBS Insurance Agency hosted the annual spring crop/farm appreciation meetings on Wednesday, March 3rd. The Sabetha meeting was held at noon at the Buzz Café and the Seneca meeting was held at Valentino's in the evening. 131 guests and representatives attended the meetings.

Roy Frey and Bryan Schmitz, SBS Agency Manager's of Sabetha and Seneca respectively, and Jimmy Oliver, Marketing Manager for Rain & Hail, LLC, reviewed changes to the crop insurance program for 2010. The featured speaker for the meeting was Troy Dumler. Troy is a K-State Research and Extension Agricultural Economist in Southwest Kansas. He has developed an extension program centered on farm management and agricultural policy, with his focus on the 2008 Federal Farm Bill. Troy gave an informative talk on the ACRE and SURE options within the 2008 Federal Farm bill.

Guest of the meeting were treated to a smoked pork chop dinner and were the recipients of many door prizes. Congratulations to David Edelman, winner of the grand prize, a Traeger Grill.

SBS at KNZA's Business Expo

SBS Insurance had a booth at the annual KNZA Business Expo in Hiawatha on 2/27/2009. There were a wide variety of businesses and vendors at the expo and it was a beautiful day for people to get out and attend the expo. Nancy Daschner and Andrea Groth from our Hiawatha location as well as Jim Runnebaum from our Seneca location manned the booth throughout the day. 255 people signed up for the 4 prizes and Andrea's children helped pick our winners.

Craig Boeckner of Hiawatha - $25 Gift Certificate to Country Cabin

Patti Pierson of Sabetha - Golf Gift Basket

Esther Miller of Hiawatha - Farm Gift Basket

Shirley Dodds of Falls City - Auto Gift Basket

Many thanks for everyone that stopped by our booth and congratulations to our winners!