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Zumba Gold Same Farm, new Home class enjoys Official groundbreaking ceremony for Seward’s latest outdoor Orscheln location draws corporate, district attendees experience by Brady Oltmans by Brady Oltmans construction team, time to put togeth- [email protected] [email protected] er a second design for the store that increased space from the original The final attendees Speaking to a small crowd gath- location by 25%. lay their water bottles ered in front of a massive mud patch “It’s time to showcase what we and towels onto the filled with standing water, Nick want to be to your community,” fringes of the heav- Orscheln and other representatives Orscheln said. ily-used blacktop at BRADY OLTMANS/SCI from Orscheln Farm and Home ex- Matt Cook, the project manager, Plum Creek Park. Allegra Koehler, Zumba instructor, leads a class at Plum pressed their excitement for the new said there was ample designing on They’re all ladies Creek Park. location of Seward’s Orscheln store the project. This store will be one this time, all mid- behind them. of Orscheln’s first to use the second dle-aged or older. then we’ll gain some ly-August mid-morning others.” sun. Even during the groundbreaking store-design prototype. The second They’re a small com- Conscience of social They continue ceremony just north of Walmart on prototype is an interior layout design munity, familiar faces Sept. 10, done after excavation on the by less than a dozen distancing and health to move in unison different than other Orscheln stores. directives, the group’s plot already began, Orscheln couldn’t that see each other four to different tempos The location will not have its own continuing to adapt in and styles, as well as escape the water that frequented its mornings per week. dedicated turn off of Highway 15, so order to maintain this another Elvis song, original Seward location. And at the front of the customers will have to turn into the one 45-minute block before hand weights get Corporate, district and store repre- Walmart lot in order to access the group is their certified instructor they take of life where they can introduced. They’re not sentatives from Orscheln explained Orscheln parking lot. get a workout, stretch, cues from. required, just welcome how the new location came to frui- Dwight Isringhausen, Orscheln be outside, see their Allegra Koehler for those who want to tion. Regional Director of Operations, said friends and learn some places her towel and implement them for the The company determined the store the Seward location will be larger potential dance moves. small bluetooth speak- final few songs. needed to move from its original lo- than the Crete location that just The first song plays er beside each other on Koehler guides those cation, in a floodplain along Highway through Koehler’s min- opened earlier in the summer. The the asphalt. She smiles with weights into mim- iature blue speaker and 15 just south of South Street. Nick additional space will largely be dedi- while explaining this icking fiddle playing Orscheln said the corporate office cated to sporting goods. the group starts with a during multi-minute certain workout may salsa-style beat to help had eyes on a location further south, Current Seward store manager be less intense than movements set to “The and then ultimately decided to buy a Evan Crouch, who also stood next to them stretch. Koehler’s Devil Went Down To others because she gave trusty playlist has been tract of land in June in the Walmart a shovel during the groundbreaking, blood the previous day. Georgia.” She in- subdivision. That gave the company, said he’s looking forward to opening actively selected to re- structs the group to She then preceded to flect the warm-up and as well as its contracted design and the location. ride her bicycle home, break apart from two cool-down movements. lines and form a cir- she admits to moans This is a Zumba Gold and bewilderment from cle. Those with hand class so it’s low impact weights lay down their the group. As usual, on participants, a work- “fiddles” just as the Koehler rode her bike out for all ages. character “Johnny” in FCHD confirms 3rd COVID to this morning’s class. The group breaks the song does, and they Koehler cues music into a swing dance to a move together in the from her phone to the version of Elvis Pres- circle until the song speaker below. The ley’s “Jailhouse Rock.” death in Seward County nine in attendance Separated into two ends. watch her for guidance. rows, they move in har- Their last song plays Four Corners Health It’s time to Zumba. slow so the group can Department confirmed mony at Koehler’s lead. In a different time, Hands stretch out and stretch. It’s the final 13 new cases of the novel the group meets at hips sway into pivots. cool down. Upon com- coronavirus from Sept. Snap Fitness for class, Out of the first water pletion, Koehler thanks 5-11, bringing the coun- where Koehler says break they return the group, everyone ty’s total to 206 since the they’ll likely return shorter on breath but shares their goodbyes start of the pandemic. Of when the temperature ready for more. and a few jokes about those 206, 114 have so far drops. She’s thank- “We’ll do something their movements from recovered. ful for Snap Fitness’ slower here,” Koe- the preceding 45 min- In its Sept. 11 update flexibility to allow the hler says as the light utes. Some get in vehi- cles, some hop on their Four Corners confirmed Zumba Gold class to plucking of an acoustic relocate at Plum Creek bikes and others simply a third COVID-related guitar starts a Spanish Park or even the fair- song. walk away from the death in Seward Coun- COURTESY PHOTO grounds in the time of blacktop and towards The latest risk dial, updated by Four Corners Health Dis- The beat starts pick- ty. The person was social distancing. The the rest of their days. trict every Friday morning. Seward County’s dial dropped ing up and their move- described as a woman group’s never had a ments move quicker. A It’s a small commu- to 1.81 for the week ending Sept. 11 from the borderline in her 80s who had been dense population, just a few ladies, including nity that, for even just 2.00 a week prior. hospitalized and had consistent dozen or so. Koehler, chuckle. This 45 minutes, exist in a underlying health condi- ing there were three Seward County con- “We lose some to isn’t their idea of “slow- time capsule. A piece of tions. COVID-related deaths firmed three new cases Arizona and Hawaii in er.” pre-pandemic life they There was also a throughout the week, on Sept. 7, another three the winter,” Koehler A cooling breeze continue despite the death in York County doubling the district’s on Sept. 9 and five on says. “And we miss blows in to give re- global circumstances reported Sept. 11, mean- total to six. Sept. 11. those lucky few, but prieve from an ear- surrounding them. DON’T FORGET: PA C ‘N’ SAVE DISCOUNT GROCERY We Are Local. We Are Family. 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