Cougar Hollow-een!
Come celebrate the grand opening of Conestoga Elementary's outdoor classroom
- Cougar Hollow -
Friday, October 26th from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Gather around the campfire and listen to haunted tales while enjoying a warm treat, create art in the Building Area, and explore science along the Trail.
Wear your costume and be prepared for a few tricks and a few treats!
Donors will be recognized at 6:00 p.m.
The entire community is welcome as we celebrate our very special outdoor learning space.
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Tony was born in Omaha, Nebraska where he lived and worked at Federal Envelope until his retirement in 1983. He then opened a bar and grill in Omaha called, "Leonard's Assembly". Being a professional musician, Tony was very well known in Omaha for his country and western guitar and singing talents, but he also sang and played for many weddings and funerals. He enlarged the bar and grill and build a stage where different bands, as well as his own, 'Special Edition', performed each weekend until 1992 when doctors discovered that he had throat cancer. After being advised to get out of the bar business, he sold the bar in December of 1993 and that New Year's Eve was his last night at "Leonard's Assembly". He and Rita remained at their Omaha home until moving to Murray four years later.
Remaining active and in good health, Tony spent the days doing his favorite things: playing guitar and doing projects around the house. While Rita was still working and commuting to Omaha, he loved driving school buses for Conestoga Schools, District 56. He and Rita enjoyed traveling with their dog to various country music jams throughout Nebraska and Iowa and Branson, Missouri several times each year. Sadly, in 2005, Tony acquired vascular dementia, which eventually robbed him of his life.
Tony's greatest loves were God, his family and music, in that order. He passed a very peaceful, Holy death, on a quiet Sunday evening at his home, surrounded by the love of his wife, children and grandchildren. Tony loved life and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
To check out the Conestoga Cougars' school events and sports schedules, please visit their website:
http://www.conestogacougars.org
RECYCLE!
Do something good for your community and our earth!
CASS COUNTY GOING GREEN recycle trailer will be located on these dates in the following towns:
The Sixteenth Annual Schoolhouse Fiddling Bee in Avoca, Nebraska, was enjoyed by a full house on Sunday afternoon, October 14, in The Old Avoca Schoolhouse.
Musicians from Bellevue, Bennington, Lincoln, Omaha, and Ord, competed and jammed with their fiddles, guitars, and recorders, for cash money and prizes. The judges had a difficult job, but managed to make wonderful decisions. The judges were Jim Durdin, from Clarinda, Iowa, and Alana Hux, from Lincoln, Nebraska.
In the Open Division, each fiddler had to play a hoedown, a waltz, and a tune of choice. The winners were:
First Place - Zachary Brom, from Omaha
Second Place - Mike Oneel, from Ord
Third Place - Fiala Peters, from Omaha
In the Singing Division, each fiddler has to play and sing a tune at the same time. The winner was Devin Cartwright, who was accompanied on the guitar by his Grandmother, Deborah Mosier.
In the Fee Fi Faux Division, each musician had to play a fiddle tune on an instrument that is not a fiddle. The winner was Sharon Roberts-Yuen, from Lincoln, who played Irish Washerwoman on the bass recorder, the alto recorder, and the sopranino recorder.
In the Hocus Pocus Division, the fiddler had to play a tune using cross-tuning, sound effects, dancing, etc. The winner was Hanilla VanKirk, from Omaha, who played a fiddle tune while standing on one foot.
Next year, the 17th Annual Schoolhouse Fiddling Bee will be held on Sunday, October 13, 2013.
For more information, contact g-s@greenblattandseay.com.
HEARING FROM HEROES
A THEATRICAL TOUR
Hildegard Center for the Arts and Wyuka Cemetery, (3600 O Street), Lincoln, NE, are collaborating for a one-of-kind theatrical event called Hearing from Heroes; A Theatrical Tour At Wyuka Cemetery, Sunday, October 21, 2-4pm. This tour will benefit the Food Bank of Lincoln/Back Pack Program and feature Lincoln historian Ed Zimmer and talented students from the Lincoln High School Theatre Department under the direction of Chris Maly.
Rain or shine, Hearing from Heroes; A Theatrical Tour At Wyuka Cemetery promises to entertain all tour goers as the students share their performances to bring to life many of Lincoln’s famous or unknown that chose a path of courage and sacrifice to lay the foundation of our community. The student’s monologues will be performed at each of hero’s gravesites.
The heroes featured on the October 21st tour include; Ruth Cox Adams, James W. Bush, Charles Bryan, J.W. Cadwallader, Walter Dameron, George & Sarah Harris, Harrison and John Johnson, Gordon MacRae, Olivia and Louise Pound and D.E. and Jeanette Thompson.
The intent of Hearing from Heroes; A Theatrical Tour At Wyuka Cemetery is to share ‘good will’ while also generating awareness for heroes throughout the Lincoln community and to provide additional ‘learning’ opportunities for students of schools who’ll be participating in Hildegard Center for the Arts’ project Heroes Among Us during the 2012-2013 school year.
Admittance to the tour is a canned food item or monetary donation to help benefit the Food Bank of Lincoln/ The Back Pack Program. Hearing from Heroes; A Theatrical Tour At Wyuka Cemetery is a walking tour so guests are reminded to wear comfortable shoes. In case of rain, the tour will be held in the Wyuka chapel. The Co-Chairs for the Wyuka tour are Cathy Harrington and Marilyn Stadler. Potential tour guests with questions should contact Marlyn Stadler at 421-1660.
Hildegard’s Hearing from Heroes Tour and the Heroes Among Us project has been made possible through the generous corporate funding of Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center.
About Heroes Among Us
Heroes Among Us is a project sponsored by Hildegard Center for the Arts that’s offering all students (public, private and home-schooled students within a 50-mile radius of Lincoln) with creative curriculum educational opportunities as well as “Heroes” writing, visual arts and short-film competitions. The goal of the project is to help students “discover the hero within”. As part of this project, sixty-six separate “Heroes” workshops are currently underway for at-risk kids at People City Mission, Lighthouse, Cedars Youth Services and Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach. Saint Elizabeth Regional is providing corporate sponsorship for the over-all Heroes Among Us project. In addition, the at-risk workshops have also received grant funding from the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. To learn more about Hildegard’s Heroes Among Us project and to get schools in your area involved, go to www.hildegeardcenter.org or contact Heroes Chair Anne Woita at 402-890-2528 or Heroes.Hildegard@gmail.com
About Hildegard Center for the Arts
Hildegard Center for the Arts is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit arts organization established in 2009. Currently “without walls”, Hildegard partners with existing organizations and communities to provide opportunities in the visual and performing arts, as well as educational programs involving the Arts, humanity and the “Art of Living”.
MISSION: The mission of Hildegard Center for the Arts is to unite people of all beliefs, cultures and traditions to inspire humanity through the Arts.
The vision for Hildegard Center for the Arts is to ultimately have walls and become the center for spiritual, fine and performing arts for the great State of Nebraska. To learn more, please visithttp://hildegardcenter.org/.
Upcoming Blood Donation Opportunities:
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OTOE COUNTY
"Whose Wives Are They Anyway?"
Find Out at the Lofte!
Take two company vice presidents and put them on a nice leisurely golf weekend. Sprinkle in their wives who are out of town on a shopping excursion. Combine with a new boss who insists on meeting the spouses. Add a heaping handful of misunderstanding, desperation and top off with a man in a dress. The result is the hilarious show, "Whose Wives Are They Anyway?" opening at the Lofte Community Theatre in Manley on Saturday, October 20.
Written by the champion of American farce, Michael Parker and Directed by and starring Lofte Artistic Director, Kevin Colbert, "Whose Wives," is a PG-13 story of two men desperately trying to impress their new female boss. Starring as the hapless "friend to the end" is Lincoln radio personality and Lofte veteran, Mick Kovar. Playing the intimidating new boss is Melinda Mead of Plattsmouth. Rounding out the cast is Brenna Jean Thompson of Lincoln, Shari Hoelker of Omaha, Roland Kelley of rural Otoe, Toni Santee of Plattsmouth and Rev. Dr. Renae Koehler of Firth.
The play runs October 20, 21, 26-28 and November 1-4. Tickets are $17 each. Curtain times are 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday. All Sunday performances are 2pm matinees. Reservations for tickets can be made by calling the Lofte box office at 402.234.2553.
Pictured: From top to bottom, Toni Santee, Kevin Colbert, Rev. Dr. Renae Koehler, Mick Kovar.
MEDICARE PART D SESSIONS OFFERED
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Cass County is offering half-hour sessions for individuals to compare the 2013 drug plans available with Medicare Part D.
Plans change every year, your needs change too. Select a date, time and location listed below and sign up for a half hour appointment. Changes in drug plans for 2013 cannot be made after Dec. 7. Receive one-on-one assistance from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Educator and trained SHIIP Professional, Mary Ann Holland, at the location of your choice.
Appointment required—see contact number for each location. (Husband & wife each need an appointment.) Bring along yourMedicare card and a list of the prescription drugs you take.
If you have any questions, please direct them to Mary Ann Holland at 402-267-2205.
Oct. 22 Weeping Wtr. Cass Co. Extension 8400 144th St., Ste. 100, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
Oct. 23 Weeping Wtr. Cass Co. Extension 8400 144th St., Ste. 100, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
Oct. 24 Syracuse Otoe Co. Extension 180 Chestnut, 8:30-4:00, 402-269-2301
Oct. 25 Sterling First National Bank 140 Broadway, 9:00-3:30, 402-866-2050
Oct. 26 Sterling First National Bank 140 Broadway, 9:00-3:30, 402-866-2050
Oct. 29 Pawnee City Pawnee Co. Extension Courthouse, 9:00-4:00, 402-852-2970
Oct. 30 Auburn Auburn Library 1810 Courthouse Ave., 10:00-5:00, 402-274-4755
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Nov. 1 Nebr. City Morton House 1500 14th Avenue, 9:00-5:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 2 Nebr. City Morton House 1500 14th Avenue, 9:00-5:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 5 Plattsmouth Plattsmouth Library 400 Ave. A , 9:00-5:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 6 Tecumseh Ridgeview Towers 1143 N. 3rd St., 9:00-5:00, 402-335-3669
Nov. 7 Weeping Wtr. Cass Co. Extension 8400 144th St.Ste. 100, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 8 Weeping Wtr. Cass Co. Extension 8400 144th St., Ste. 100, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 9 Weeping Wtr. Cass Co. Extension 8400 144th St., Ste. 100, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 13 Nebr. City The Ambassador 1800 14th Avenue, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 14 Pawnee City Pawnee Co. Extension Courthouse, 9:00-4:00, 402-852-2970
Nov. 15 Syracuse Otoe Co. Extension 180 Chestnut, 8:30-4:00, 402-269-2301
Nov. 16 Auburn Auburn Library 1810 Courthouse Ave., 10:00-4:30, 402-274-4755
Nov. 19 Weeping Wtr. Cass Co. Extension 8400 144thSt., Ste. 100, 1:00 – 5:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 20 Palmyra Palmyra Senior Ctr. 425 C Street, 9:00-4:00, 402-780-5606
Nov. 26 Syracuse Otoe Co. Extension 180 Chestnut, 8:30-4:00, 402-269-2301
Nov. 27 Nebraska City The Ambassador 1800 14th Avenue, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
Nov. 28 Tecumseh Ridgeview Towers 1143 N. 3rd Street, 9:00-5:00, 402-335-3669
Nov. 29 Plattsmouth Plattsmouth Library 400 Ave. A, 9:00-5:00, 402-267-2205
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Dec. 3 Nebr. City The Ambassador 1800 14th Avenue, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
Dec. 4-7 Weeping Wtr. Cass Co. Extension 8400 144th St., Ste. 100, 9:00-4:00, 402-267-2205
REMINDERS of Deadlines for November Election
LINCOLN – Secretary of State John Gale outlined deadlines regarding voter registration and early voting for the Nov. 6 Nebraska general election.
Gale listed the following deadlines for the November election:
--Mail-in voter registrations must be postmarked by Oct. 19. Registrations close at motor vehicle offices and state agencies on Oct. 19.
--In-person voter registration at county election offices ends at 6 p.m. Oct. 26. This includes registration changes such as updating an address.
--Registered voters can make requests until 4 p.m. Oct. 31 for early-voting ballots to be mailed. Nov. 5 is the deadline for in-person early voting at county election offices.
--The close of polls on Nov. 6 is the deadline for the return of early-voting ballots, including ballots returned by mail.
The secretary of state’s website (www.sos.ne.gov) provides detailed information regarding the voting process. The website includes a voter registration form, an application for an early-voting ballot, addresses and phone numbers for county election offices, and a look-up tool that allows voters to verify their registration status.
Gale reminded people to update their voter registration if they have moved within a county or submit a new registration if they have moved from one county to another.
Gale urged eligible Nebraskans to make sure they are registered to vote and then take the time to cast ballots. “Voting in Nebraska is a very user-friendly process,” he said.
People with voting questions can contact their county election office or the Secretary of State’s Office at (402) 471-2555.
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Program Promotes Youth Workers for November Election
LINCOLN – Nebraska youth ages 14 to 18 are encouraged to participate as election workers for the Nov. 6 general election.
The Youth Election Service (YES), sponsored by Secretary of State John Gale and the Nebraska Bankers Association, is designed to increase interest and involvement in the election system among young people.
“We believe that YES is a valuable program that allows young people to serve our democracy, learn about the election system and provide important community service,” Gale said.
Participants are eligible to take part in drawings for 20 $50 savings bonds, which will be provided by the Nebraska Bankers Association. The drawings will be open to participants who worked in the May primary election or who work in the November general election, provided they performed a minimum of four hours of service.
In addition, all YES participants will receive a certificate of recognition from Gale.
Youths interested in serving as paid workers or volunteers for the November election should contact their county election offices as soon as possible.
For more information about the program, call Sharon Hambek (402) 471-6044 or sharon.hambek@nebraska.gov
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2012 EVENTS at ART CHICKS
The fall is shaping up to be a busy one all over Louisville!
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 WITCHES BREW-Mark your calendars and get your reservation now for our annual Witch Party!
Grab your brooms and head out for a wild day of fun!
Lots of in store specials, crazy Halloween food and general relaxation.
October 27th Saturday: Witches Brew Party -11:30 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 celebrate Halloween and all its glory. Come in costume and learn about Halloween traditions, make believe fun and dancing.
November 3rd & 4th- Holiday Open House & Art Chicks Lunchorama Stop in and see all the new Holiday decor and Gifts in over 5 shops. Husker items, jewelery, purses, kitchen goods, baby and kids too. Reserve your table for 2 or 52.
December 3rd 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 shop & wrap presents for Christmas surprises for everyone on their list.
December Holiday Camp - Ladies, 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 & louisvilleartchicks.com for more details.
Art Chicks 402-234-2669 for Reservations
CALL TODAY AND BOOK ANY SIZE TABLE IN OCTOBER-GET YOUR LUNCH FREE!
Say Glenda, the Good Witch, SENT YOU!
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