Tecker and Seybold Sworn into Public Office
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Dundy County Commissioner Sye Tecker (left) and Dundy County Clerk Mary Seybold (right)
Mary Seybold and Sye Tecker were sworn in to Public Office last Thursday in Benkelman.
Mary Seybold will be replacing Miles Preston in the role of County Clerk. Preston who was still in his first term resigned late last fall. The County Commissioners were then tasked with hiring a new Clerk after taking applications and doing interviews, Mary was hired to fill out the remaining two years of Preston’s term.
Mary is a Benkelman native, her Dad, Bill Seybold, was the City Superintendent from 1973-1996 and Mary went to school with the class of 1975.
Mary says that after 50 years of living away from the area she moved back to Benkelman in July to be closer to her sister and brother-in-law, Julie and Dick DeWester. Before moving back, she was a real estate broker and had a real estate company and property management. Mary was part of the rehab project in the Keystone Hotel in McCook and rehabbed homes. She also worked with the McCook Economic Development Corporation with her focus on housing. She has a bachelors degree in Human Resources.
With all of the changes at the Clerk’s office, Mary is thankful that Miles Preston has stayed and is helping train. The new deputy clerk, Christina Collier started Wednesday morning. Mary says she has worked a lot with the records part of the Clerk’s job from the Real Estate side of things, so now she is learning how some of the processes in the office happen to get the records recorded where they need to be.
Mary says “I just think my Dad was always a public servant, it’s just been in my blood, we were used to daddy serving people, and out doing stuff in the community, so I am excited to be able to contribute in that manner too.”
Sye Tecker replaces Scott Olson as County Commissioner. Sye was born and raised in Dundy County. He farms and ranches with his family outside Parks as well as operates his own small business Uppa Crik Hop Yard and Tap Room. He is active in multiple organization in the community and is a substitute teacher and bus driver when needed. Sye is a graduate of the Nebraska LEAD program and has attended several commissioners meetings over the last year to better understand the vast responsibilities of a commissioner.
