Murray Newsletter - August 24, 2011

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09-12-09__Zinnias

If a cold August follows a hot July,

It foretells a Winter hard and dry.

COUGARS' 2011 FALL SPORTS

(Home games in BOLD)

(TBA = 'To Be Announced')

VARSITY SOFTBALL

8-25 @ David City Tri 4:30

8-30 Johnson County Central 6:30

9-1 Syracuse 6:30

9-3 Aquinas 12:30

9-6 @ Falls City 6:30

9-10 @ Falls City Invitational 9:am

9-12 @ Yutan 6:30

9-13 @ Auburn 6:30

9-17 @ Plattsmouth Invitational 9:am

9-19 Nebraska City 6:30

9-22 Wahoo 6:30

9-24 @ Yutan, ECNC Tourney 10:am

9-26 Conestoga Tri 4:30

9-29 Freeman 6:30

10-3 Conestoga Tri 4:30

10-6, 7 District Tourney Time/Place TBA

10-12, 13, 14 State Tourney Time/Place TBA

JV SOFTBALL

8-30 Johnson County Central 5:00

9-1 Syracuse 6:30

9-3 Aquinas 11:am

9-6 @ Falls City 5:00

9-12 @ Yutan 5:00

9-13 @ Auburn 5:00

9-19 Nebraska City 5:00

9-22 Wahoo 5:00

9-29 Freeman 5:00

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

9-1 Conestoga Tri 5:00

9-3 @ Weeping Water Booster Tourney 9:am

9-6 @ Mead Tri 5:00

9-8, 9, 10 @ Malcolm Tourney TBA

9-15 Weeping Water 7:30

9-20 Syracuse Tri 5:30

9-27 @ Malcolm 7:00

9-29 @ Yutan 7:30

10-1 Big Cat 9:am

10-6 @ East Butler 7:30

10-11 @ Elmwood-Murdock Tri 5:00

10-13 ECNC Tourney TBA 5:00

10-15 ECNC Tourney SECC 10:am

10-18 Fort Calhoun 5:00

10-20 @ Ashland-Greenwood 7:00

10-25 Conestoga Tri 5:00

10-31 & 11-1 SUB-DISTRICTS TBA

11-4 DISTRICT FINALS TBA

11-10, 11, 12 STATE TOURNEY TBA

JV VOLLEYBALL

9-10 @ Syracuse Invitational 8:30 am

9-15 Weeping Water 6:30

9-27 @ Malcolm 6:00

9-29 @ Yutan 6:30

10-3 @ Louisville 6:00

10-6 @ East Butler 6:30

10-10 Conestoga Tri 5:00

10-18 Fort Calhoun 6:00

10-20 @ Ashland-Greenwood 6:00

10-22 @ Weeping Water Tourney 9:am

FRESHMAN VOLLEYBALL

9-15 Weeping Water 5:30

9-17 Conestoga Tourney 9:am

9-27 @ Malcolm 5:00

9-29 @ Yutan 5:30

10-3 @ Louisville 5:00

10-6 @ East Butler 5:30

10-8 @ JCC Invitational 9:am

10-18 Fort Calhoun 5:00

10-20 @ Ashland-Greenwood 5:00

JR. HIGH VOLLEYBALL

9-13 Weeping Water 5:00

9-15 @ Syracuse 4:30

9-19 Elmwood-Murdock 4:30

9-24 @ Fort Calhoun Tourney 9:am

9-27 Auburn 4:30

10-3 @ Louisville 4:30

10-4 @ Elmwood-Murdock 4:30

10-10 Ashland-Greenwood 4:30

VARSITY FOOTBALL

9-2 @ Omaha Brownell-Talbot 5:00

9-9 Louisville 7:00

9-16 LoganView 7:00

9-23 @ Platteview 7:00

9-30 @ Auburn 7:00

10-7 Falls City 7:00

10-14 @ DC West 7:00

10-21 Syracuse 7:00

10-27 1st Round Playoffs TBA

11-2 2nd Round Playoffs TBA

11-8 Quarter Final Round TBA

11-15 Semi-Final Round TBA

11-22 C1 Finals TBA

JV FOOTBALL

9-6 @ Ashland-Greenwood 6:00

9-12 Lincoln Christian 6:00

9-19 @ Auburn 6:00

9-26 Lincoln Lutheran 6:00

10-3 Louisville 6:00

10-10 @ Falls City 6:00

JR-HIGH FOOTBALL

9-19 Elmwood-Murdock 4:30

9-27 Syracuse 4:30

10-4 @ Yutan 5:00

10-11 @ Lincoln Lutheran 4:00

PLEASE NOTE THAT SCHEDULES ARE

SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

CONTACT SCHOOL FOR UPDATES.

Special Meeting of Board of Education

Thursday, August 25

6:00 PM

Conestoga Elementary Building

Murray, NE

RECYCLE SCHEDULES

for

MURRAY, NEHAWKA & BEAVER LAKE

The CASS COUNTY GOING GREEN recycle trailer will be located

on these dates in the following towns:

     Now - 26, Nehawka
        27 - Sept. 2, Murray
Sept. 3 - 9, Beaver Lake
        10 - 16, Nehawka
        17 - 23, Murray
        24 - 30, Beaver Lake

(Murray will also continue to have the recycle bin located behind Town Hall every day for Murray residents' use only.)

CASS COUNTY FAIR VIDEO PROJECT WINNERS

Congratulations to all winners in the first fair video project!

1st Place Winner
Director: Brian Hynes
http://youtu.be/uJOXVK9yQkY

2nd Place
Director: John Willey
http://youtu.be/mU0TEuu9fE8

3rd Place
Director: Rick Brown
http://youtu.be/UjTCne-F5vg

To see a clip of the winning entry, you may also see it on our local tv channel WOWT Website::

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/County_Fair_Winner_Promotes_the_Fair_127887498.html

Otoe County Genealogical Society

September 8th Meeting

7:00 pm

Unadilla Community Library
770 'G' Street
Unadilla, NE

Nebraska State Historical Society Library/Archives Director, Cindy Drake, will be
discussing NSHS' Cemetery Registry Program with our society at that time. So
please come join us and find out how you, too, can help assist NSHS with this very
worthwhile program.

Curtis Wolbert
President/Otoe County Genealogical Society
http://ocgs.homestead.com

bucking_bronco

Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show

Sep 22-25
Qwest Center, 455 N. 10th St
Omaha, NE

The official community celebration of Omaha includes the Justin Boots Championships, 4-H Livestock Expo and Douglas County Fair.

Event time: 9am-8pm
Admission is Free

For More Information: Phone: (402) 554-9600
Website: http://www.rivercityrodeo.com
E-mail: rcr@aksarben.org

43rd Annual AppleJack Festival

Sep 16-18

Nebraska City, NE

Craft shows, museum tours, reenactments, quilt show, classic car show, enormous parade, AppleJam Fest with live music and children's activities, Arbor Day Farm and Tree Adventure festivities.

Admission is Free

For More Information: Phone: (402) 873-6654
Website: http://www.nebraskacity.com
E-mail: tourism@nebraskacity.com

musical-notes

PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS NOW OFFERED

Registration is now open for Private Music Lessons in the historic Old Avoca, Nebraska
Schoolhouse with Greenblatt & Seay. Instruments taught include fiddle, violin, viola, recorders,
acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimers, harmonica, pennywhistle,
and autoharp. All ages and levels of experience are welcome.

For more information, log on to www.greenblattandseay.com/schoolhouse_lessons.shtml, or
e-mail debby@greenblattandseay.com.

red-cross

Fuel the Blood Supply

and possibly win one of three $500 gas cards!

As blood donors get ready to head out on the road for the last long holiday weekend of summer, their cars’ gas tanks aren’t the only ones that need refueling. American Red Cross typically experiences a dip in blood donations before and after the Labor Day holiday weekend and wants to thank eligible donors who help refuel the blood supply in Nebraska. August 29 through September 7 all presenting donors in the Midwest Blood Services Region are eligible to win one of three $500 gas cards.

Plus, the race to win a 2012 Ford Fiesta is entering the final lap! Now through September 14,

all presenting blood donors can register for a chance to win a 2012 Ford Fiesta through Red

Cross Racing! Visit redcrossracing.com for more information. Register for the program and

log your next donation before the checkered flag waves!

American Red Cross blood supplies remain at seriously low levels even after thousands
of area residents responded to the national appeal for blood donors.

With the recent heat wave, the Red Cross has seen an even bigger decline in the number
of blood donors. The heat-related issues have forced the Red Cross to close blood drives
early or cancel blood drives altogether, resulting in the cancellation of hundreds of scheduled
blood donations.

Therefore, the Red Cross needs blood and platelet donors now more than ever. All blood
types are needed, but especially O negative, B negative and A negative.

Together we can help save lives.

UPCOMING DONATION LOCATIONS in CASS COUNTY NE

8/26/2011
11:00 am- 4:00 pm
Nebraska Masonic Home
1300 Ave D
Plattsmouth, NE

plattsmouthlibrary

ITEMS ACCEPTED for

'FRIENDS of the LIBRARY'

GARAGE SALE

Just call 402-296-6156 or 402-296-9231 and

we'll pick up your clean, (and in-working-order), items!

Please, NO clothing, large furniture or large appliances.

Sale will take place during the Harvest Festival

on Plattsmouth's Main Street, Thursday, Friday & Saturday,

September 8, 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thanks for your donation and see you at the sale!

Violin-Fiddle

The Old Avoca (Nebraska) Schoolhouse will be hosting a
Twin Fiddling Workshop
on Saturday, September 10, from 1 PM - 3 PM, for fiddlers
(or violinists or violists) who want to learn to play nicely together
with their fellow-fiddlers (or violinists or violists). Fiddlers (or
violinists or violists) of any age and experience level are
encouraged to enroll.

Championship fiddler and fiddle book author, Deborah Greenblatt
will share some tunes, hints about arranging for two fiddles, playing
back-up, etc. The Workshop takes place in the historic Old Avoca
Schoolhouse, in Avoca, Nebraska. Pre-registration is required and
enrollment is limited.

The fee is $20.00 per fiddler.

For more information, call 402-275-3221, or send an e-mail to
debby@greenblattandseay.com.

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Violin-Fiddle

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SCHOOLHOUSE FIDDLING BEE

Greenblatt & Seay proudly announce the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SCHOOLHOUSE FIDDLING BEE. This
historical, hysterical event will take place on Sunday, October 9, at 2:30 PM, downstairs in the Old Avoca, Nebraska Schoolhouse.

In the Open Division, fiddlers will play a hoedown, a waltz, and a tune of choice. There will also be other divisions of competition available for the adventurous fiddlers, including a Singing Fiddler's Contest, a Twin Fiddler's Contest, a Fee-Fi-Faux Fiddler's Contest (fiddle tunes played on any instrument other than a fiddle), and a Hocus-Pocus Contest, (cross-tuning, sound effects, dancing, etc.), which will give fiddlers an opportunity to play tunes that are usually not allowed in any other contest. The prizes for the winners in the Open Division are $100 for 1st place, $50 for 2nd place, and $25 for 3rd place. Prizes will also be awarded for 1st place in the other contests.

Registration for contestants starts at 1:30 PM the day of the FIDDLING BEE.

Admission is $10.00 for adult, $5.00 for students, and $1.00 for children. Fiddlers and their back-ups are admitted for free.

For more information, call 402-275-3221, log on to www.greenblattandseay.com, or e-mail
debby@greenblattandseay.com.

paint_palette

ART CHICKS' LAST PAINTING PARTY

Art Chicks is having the last paint party of the summer!
Stop in, bring your supplies and paint. Acrylics, oils-whatever. Bring
snacks or drinks or just show up! No stress. No fuss.

August 30, Tuesday 5:30 -8

Art Chicks is also looking for great artists and whimsical crafters!
We take consignment art and unique gifts so give us a call and we
can give you the scoop. We love to feature our amazing local talent.
Call Jeanne at 234-2669.

Art Chicks is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for lunch at
11:30 and 1:00 with reservations. Book your special occassion any
day and time for weddings, showers, parties.

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