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George W. Blessing

REPUBLICAN

Candidate for Fifth District Cass County Commissioner

Phone: (402) 235-2123 email: river.j.rat@windstream.net

Hi, I'm George Blessing, a candidate for Cass County Fifth District Commissioner. My qualifications for this position are second to none.

My descendents settled in the Fifth District, southwest of Plattsmouth, in the mid 1860s. I’ve lived in Cass County for 70 years and in district five for 50 years. I’ve served on the 5-person Murray Village Board 35+ years, during which time I was instrumental in street-paving projects, the installation of a new water tower, building a new Village Hall, the beginnings of a curb and gutter project, building a new Young Memorial Park concession stand, joining Murray to the Beaver Lake waste-water treatment facility, updating the Young Memorial Park baseball field, and installing a new emergency warning siren. My wife Patricia and I have owned and operated a successful family business for more than 40 years in the Fifth District. We have two grown children, George IV and Angela. I am quite familiar with the people of the fifth district, understand their wants and needs, and know what it takes to get the job done. I would appreciate your vote May 15th,2012.

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12th ANNUAL

MURRAY-BEAVER LAKE

LIONS CLUB

GOLF FUNDRAISER

JUNE 16th, 2012

8:30 AM SHOTGUN

LAKE RIDGE GOLF COURSE

4-person scramble

18 holes with cart, includes Lunch

Mulligans

Prizes

Hole-In-One

Sponsored by Jeff Henry Motors

Car parked on Hole #8

ENTRY FEE: $60.00/ player

YOU…

can help the Lions Club help others!

Call Larry Hefling @ 235-2403 or 235-4653 to sign up your team or use the Entry Form below.

Make payment to the Murray Lions Club by June 11, 2012.

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Lions Club Golf Fundraiser Entry Form

Player Phone#

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Send payment of $60.00 per player ($240.00 per team) payable to:

Murray Lions Club

c/o Larry Hefling

821 E. Main

Murray, NE 68409

RAFFLE for 2012 HUSKER TICKETS

$5.00 per ticket or $40.00 per book

Drawing to be June 16th at Lake Ridge Golf Course

NEED NOT TO BE PRESENT TO WIN

(Tickets available from Lions Club Members and in the Lounge)

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NOTES FROM TOWN HALL

The Village Board meeting minutes are now posted.

Click on the Village Office tab above.

DOG & CAT PET LICENSES

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The renewal year for all dog and cat pet licenses starts May 1.

Fees are as follows:

Spayed and neutered: $11.00

Not spayed or neutered: $26.00

You are required per village code to license your pet every calendar year and provide a current rabies certificate.

For a printable pet license form, click on the 'Village Office' tab above, then 'Announcements / Notifications'.

If you have any questions, please call the Village Clerk at 235-2119.

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CONESTOGA SPRING SPORTS

Go to the Conestoga Schools link below to get the schedule for the track meets and soccer games.

http://www.conestogacougars.org/pages/Conestoga_Public_Schools

Pick up a

MURRAY GARAGE SALE

form at the

Murray Post Office,

Murray State Bank

Murray Town Hall

and sign-up to have your address put on the sale map.

Your contribution helps to pay for all the advertising that helps to make your sale a success!

Thanks!

"OUTDOOR CLASSROOM"

COMMUNITY PROJECT

Every few years, the Conestoga Elementary PTO focuses on a major project. Our PTO was enlightened by research revealing the necessity of contact with nature for a healthy child. We learned that time in nature inspires creativity, reduces stress, improves test scores, health concentration, behavior, reduces obesity, depression, attention deficit disorder while promoting humility and connection. With the help of students, parents, staff and the community, our PTO has been raising and saving money for the past two years towards this community project. We are now ready to break ground and are looking to the community to help fulfill our vision. The following is a list of needed resources and volunteers:

help to remove broken concrete from the school/do you have a place we can put this concrete (not much)

pick-ups and drivers to haul and unload dirt, mulch and sand

donations of cut or fallen hardwood trees (oak, walnut, ash and hackberry preferred) 2' - 4' in diameter. These trees will be used to line the entrance as well as provide natural seating, stepping stones and enclose areas.

help to plant trees, shrubs and flowers

donations of used tractor tires for a "hill of tires" planted in sand

brick pavers or cobblestone to be used as the floor to the entrance of the classroom

boulders - we will be building a bridge over a currently hazardous drainage area and would like to install boulders around it for kids to climb

construction experience or willingness to help build a stage area and bridge

framer - we are looking for a framer to help put up the facade of a school which will provide the backdrop to our stage. We envision this to be wrapped in siding, so will also need siding installation experience.

concrete - we will be seeking bids for concrete to connect the areas within the classroom. We are interested in part of this path being stamped with animal footprints.

Do you need help envisioning such a classroom? Please visit the following site to view an outdoor classroom in South Omaha: http://www.ops.org/elementary/gomezheritage/OutdoorClassroom/tabid/250/Default.aspx

If you have any of these items on your property and would be willing to donate them or if you are interested in donating your time and talent, we can make our dream come true! If you would like to see the professional drawings of this classroom or to get involved, please contact Allison Welch at 402-235-2539 or email me at allisonwelch@windstream.net

Cass County Safe Kids Bike Rodeo and Safety Event

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Plattsmouth Community Center

308 South 18th Street

Plattsmouth, NE

Safe Kids Sarpy/Cass County, led by the Sarpy/Cass Department of Health and Wellness,

is proud of our mission statement, "Preventing Unintentional Injury and Death in Children

Ages 14 and Under". It is because of this, that Safe Kids Sarpy/ Cass County is pleased to

present the second annual

Cass County Safe Kids Bike Rodeo and Safety Event on Saturday April 28th, from Noon to

2 p.m. at the Plattsmouth Community Center, 308 South 18thStreet, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

Several community businesses and volunteers have joined forces in the name of child safety

making this a great event in Cass County, Nebraska. The Cass County Safe Kids Bike Rodeo

and Safety Event is a free family event where kids and parents can come to have fun while

learning about safety. We are encouraging kids to bring their bikes to this event so that they

can participate in the Bike Rodeo which is sponsored by the Plattsmouth Police Department.

Safe Kids will furnish 200 helmets to be given away at this event. This event is full of fun-filled

educational safety activities. Come for the fun and stay for the free drawings of bikes and

other prizes. Free hot dogs and drinks will also be available.

Please see the Cass County Safe Kids Bike Rodeo and Safety Event flyer on our Safe Kids

Sarpy/Cass Website:

http://www.sarpycasshealthdepartment.org/documents/BikeRodeo2012-2.pdf

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CASS COUNTY GOING GREEN

recycle trailer will be located on these dates in the following towns:

Murray:

May 5 - 11

May 26 - June 1

June 16 - 22

Beaver Lake:

Now - April 27

May 12 - 18

June 2 - 8

June 23 - 29

Union:

April 28 - May 4

May 19 - 25

June 9 - 15

Nehawka:

May 12 - 25

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

Living History Day

Cass County Historical Society's Seventh Annual Living History Day will be Saturday, April 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Demonstrations in the museum will include spinning by Dee Hogya of Omaha and weaving by Linda

Barnard Duncan of Plattsmouth. Nebraska History Day projects by 4^th graders from Plattsmouth Elementary School will be on display. Throughout the day, Florene Nickles will be playing the 1893 Packard Reed Organ.

From 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., a May Basket Workshop for children ages 5 to 10 will be conducted by Cass County Retired Educators. The children will make a basket and learn about the May Day tradition. The last session will start at 2:30.

In the museum courtyard will be rope making by William Duff of Weeping Water and Quilting by Sandra Allgeier of Plattsmouth.

At the end of Main Street, the Historical Society's log cabin and caboose will be open from 10:00 a.m. To 3:00 p.m. Blacksmithing will be demonstrated by Ron Rookstool of Plattsmouth,Vernon Grashorn of Louisville and Lary Hogya of Omaha.

For additional information, contact the museum, 402-296-4770.

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The Schoolhouse Performance Series will feature championship fiddler, Deborah Greenblatt, and multi-instrumentalist, David Seay performing "Fiddle Fables" on Sunday, May 13, at 2:30 PM, downstairs in The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska.

With the help of her fabulous five-string fiddle, and some talented fiddle students, Deborah Greenblatt explores some of the trials, tribulations, and lessons that fiddlers and other musicians often have in common. There is advice for the beginner ("It Starts With Your Feet"), advice for the fiddler's families ("Have Mercy"), for the growing fiddler ("Shopping For a Fiddle Blues"), for the brave fiddler ("I'm Gonna Fiddle In a Contest"), as well as the fiddler who plays the viola ("Out of Fiddle, Out of My Mind"). There are also inspiring stories of real-life fiddlers ("Cactus Pete"), teachers ("Alice Johnson' and students ("Mary Ann the Fiddler").

The concert will be followed by light refreshments, and a chance to chat and even jam with the performers. Avoca is in southern Cass County, Nebraska, on the 13 C Spur, one mile south of Highway 34. Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for students & seniors, and $1.00 for children. For more information, call 402-275-3221, log on to www.greenblattandseay.com, or e-mail debby@greenblattandseay.com.

SENATOR LAMBERT

SERVE YOU!

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Capitol Comments

April 20, 2012, Lincoln— The Latin term "sine die" means "without day." A legislative body

adjourns sine die when it concludes its business without designating a specific date and

time to convene again. The Nebraska Legislature took this action on April 18 to end the

2012 session.

As I reported last month, child welfare reform was among the most important legislative

priorities this year. The extensive background work was finished and plans for change

were outlined before I became a state senator. My appointment to the Legislature's

Health and Human Services Committee placed me in a core group of policy makers,

who received public input during the session about which changes were needed and

how they should be made. By the session's end, the comprehensive reform measures

that were enacted offer great promise for producing measurable improvements in the

lives of foster children, foster parents, case managers, the court system and the Nebraska

taxpayers whose hard-earned dollars can now be used more effectively.

The current two-year state budget was actually created last year. This year adjustments

were made for the second year which begins on July 1, 2012. The state budget, like our

own household budgets, must be modified to respond to inevitable changes that happen

during a two-year time period. The state budget must be balanced every year, and a mini-

mum cash reserve, or savings account, must be maintained. Balancing the budget means

making necessary cuts, and identifying ways to accommodate revenue reductions or required

cost increases. The legislature, under the leadership of the Appropriations Committee and

its Chairman Senator Lavon Heidemann, once again met the challenge of balancing the

budget and maintaining the cash reserve.

Based on its subject matter, the tax cut package proposed this year in LB 970 was referenced

to the Revenue Committee. However, throughout the session the bill was amended and de-

bated with the Appropriations Committee's budget planning process in mind. As introduced

LB 970 was estimated to reduce state revenue by $326.6 million for fiscal year 2012-13 and

for both years of the 2013-15 biennium. With a projected revenue shortfall of $461 million

at the end of the next biennium, the Revenue Committee was concerned about the state's

ability to implement the entire package in the coming years. Before advancing the bill for

debate, the Committee eliminated parts of the proposal to reduce the fiscal impact over

the three-year period from $326.6 to $148.2 million. Despite the Committee's initial

changes, the legislature's concerns about LB 970 continued. Under a compromise

amendment, the changes proposed by LB 970 were reduced again – this time from

$148.2 to $97.2 million. As amended the bill would expand the four income tax brackets,

and lower income tax rates for lower and middle income taxpayers without jeopardizing

priorities, such as education and child welfare, in future budget years.

LB 1161 would build on oil pipeline legislation passed during the special session last

fall. Although the previous pipeline permit was denied by the federal government, the bill

would allow Nebraska to work expeditiously to determine the safety of a new route out-

side the protected Sandhills region of our state. Key provisions of LB 1161 would: (1)

require a pipeline carrier to apply to the governor for approval to construct a major oil

pipeline in Nebraska, (2) require the governor to approve the application or refer it to

the Public Service Commission (PSC) for further review, (3) unless prohibited by federal

law, require the PSC to make public all pipeline documents and records, (4) require the

Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to hold at least one public hearing on an

application under review, and (5) require a pipeline carrier to reimburse DEQ for pipeline

route evaluation expenses. LB 1161 was passed by the legislature and signed into law

by the governor just two days before pipeline carrier TransCanada offered new routing

options for state review. The governor and DEQ will now consider TransCanada's proposal.

This time Nebraska citizens should be able to access public documents and participate

in a public hearing about oil pipeline construction in our state.

I am always interested in hearing your comments by mail, phone or email.

Senator Paul Lambert

State Capitol, PO Box 94604

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-2613

plambert@leg.ne.gov

WEEPING WATER COMMUNITY GARAGE SALES

MAY 4 - 6, 2012

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Give Blood in Honor of World Red Cross Day

May 8th is World Red Cross Day and the American Red Cross encourages eligible individuals to celebrate by donating lifesaving blood in their communities. The need is constant. Blood products are being distributed to hospitals as quickly as they are coming in and all blood types are currently needed to help maintain a sufficient blood supply.

For 130 years, the American Red Cross has been dedicated to helping people in need, every day, in communities large and small across the United States. The Red Cross is the only blood collection agency that offers health and safety training, serves as the vital emergency communication link between military personnel and their families at home, teaches disaster preparedness, and responds to disasters of all types and sizes. Join the Red Cross family and make an appointment to donate blood today.

How to Donate Blood

Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver's license, or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental permission in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

Blood Donation Opportunities

OTOE COUNTY

4/30/2012, 11:00 am- 5:00 pm, Walmart, 2101 S. 11th Street, Nebraska City

5/7/2012, 11:00 am- 5:00 pm, Eagle's Club, 600 1st Corso, Nebraska City

5/15/2012, 10:00 am- 4:00 pm, Cargill, 2601 Industrial Road, Nebraska City

CASS COUNTY

5/14/2012, 11:00 am- 5:00 pm, First Baptist Church, 16220 Highway 75, Plattsmouth

5/15/2012, 1:00 pm- 6:30 pm, Elmwood Community Center, 144 1/2 N. 4 St., Elmwood

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2012 EVENTS at ART CHICKS

April 27 & 28 - Friday Saturday, Spring Flea Market

May 11 & 12, Special Day Out for Moms with free make and take art project

May 26, Teacher Appreciation Luncheon

June 23, Cocktails in the Garden with Plant & Garden Junk Sale, Plant Swap

July 29, Sunday, 9 to 4: Flea Market and Old Fashioned Dessert Festival/Car show

September 24, Saturday, Chocolate Festival - Chocolate themed meal and treats at all the shops

October, All Month Long - Shopping bonanza! Punch card, visit all the local participating stores and enter to win a drawing for shopping spree worth over $300.00.

October 29, Saturday, Witches Brew Party -11:00 and 1:00 is our grand celebration of everything Halloween! Two blocks full of music, dancing, broom ceremonies, fortune telling and much more. Free gift to those who dress up. Saturday 2:30 Little Witches in Training Party Bring your little ones to a special 2:30 seating to celebrate Halloween and all its glory. Come in costume and learn about Halloween traditions, make believe fun and dancing.

November 12, Holiday Open House & Art Chicks Lunchorama Stop in and see all the new Holiday decor and Gifts in over 5 shops. Husker items, jewelry, purses, kitchen goods, baby and kids too. Reserve your table for 2 or 52 and enjoy a show of the latest jewelry for the season from several designers and handmade gifts from local artisans.

December 3, Ringing in the Season All of Louisville will be bustling with the sounds and activities of the season. Kids Shopping with children’s luncheon at 2:30 Bring your little one and they can shop and wrap presents for Christmas surprises for everyone on their list.

December Holiday Camp, Ladies, time to learn some new tricks to make your holiday prep easier. Spend time in Camp gaining the skills to “do it all” or at least laugh so much the stress disappears.

Visit coopandfeathers.blogspot.com and louisvilleartchicks.com for more details.

Art Chicks 402-234-2669

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