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Murray Presbyterian Church rummage sale/bake sale will take place on Sept 21, 2013.  Please consider donating any good usable items for our sale.

Donations welcome on drop-off dates: 

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - Sep. 18,19.20 - 6:00 to 8:00 pm 

Tax receipts available

Upstairs sale items and larger pieces will be individually priced (please indicate what price you suggest).  

Downstairs items will be sold in a 'fill-your-bag' sale for $4.

Please call 402-235-3157 with any questions.

Thanks!!

CHIP – Nebraska Freemasons Child Identification Program 

CHIP — The Nebraska Freemasons Child Identification Program (CHIP) — is coming to Conestoga Elementary School. Nebraska Freemasons invite children aged 18 and younger to participate in a comprehensive Child Identification Program at Conestoga Elementary School, 104 E High Street, in Murray on SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 from 9 am to 1 pm.  The child does NOT have to be a student in Conestoga District 56.  ALL CHILDREN ARE WELCOME to take part in this important program. 

A CD will be provided that includes a brief interview, digital photographs, and digital fingerprints of the child. Professional personnel from Plattsmouth Family Dentistry will make a Toothprint® dental impression with the child and perform a DNA cheek swab. Materials and instructions are also included for the at-home generation of scent pads for canine search and rescue. All materials are given to the parents for safekeeping. Only the permission form is kept on file, and the program is provided at no charge to the participants. The event is being sponsored by Plattsmouth Lodge No.6 in Plattsmouth.

The Toothprint® impression is a relatively new means of identification where the child bites down on a softened thermoplastic wafer, making a permanent, archivable record of their teeth. Toothprints® were developed by Dr. David Tesini of Massachusetts, a pediatric dentist who developed Toothprints® as another means of identifying a child that fingerprints alone may not guarantee.

Mr. Peter Banks, Director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, was the first to suggest that the saliva on the Toothprint® wafers might be a suitable sample for nuclear DNA testing and scent recovery by bloodhound recovery dogs; both have been clinically documented. It has been shown that 3 years after a Toothprint® has been taken, the saliva is still viable for DNA testing. He also stated that, since the Toothprint® wafer is sealed in a "zipper"-type plastic bag, enough scent remains for a trained dog to identify and track it. Cheek swabs provide DNA and, when frozen, are stated to last for up to 20 years.

Masonic Child Identification programs are held periodically throughout Nebraska and may be sponsored by any group but are generally sponsored by local Masonic Lodges as part of their community service programs. Many school officials have requested that the program be brought into the school systems in their municipalities.

The frightening statistics show that over one million children are reported missing in the United States each year, with more than 100,000 attempted abductions by non-family members for the same period. The fact that more than 3,000 Americans remain unidentified makes the value of this program is enormous. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children recognizes CHIP as one of the most complete child recovery and identification programs in the nation. The program is also endorsed by the State Troopers Association of Nebraska, the Nebraska Sheriffs' Association, the Nebraska Dental Association, the Nebraska Dental Hygienists' Association, and SAR Unit, Inc. of Nebraska (search and rescue).

Freemasonry is the oldest and largest fraternal organization in the world. The Grand Lodge of Nebraska was established in 1857. Today, there are nearly 12,000 Freemasons in Nebraska who meet in 139 individual Lodges in cities and towns throughout the state. The Nebraska Masonic

family includes the appendant bodies of the Order of the Eastern Star, Shrine, Scottish Rite, York Rite, DeMolay, Job's Daughters and Rainbow for Girls. The jurisdiction of Nebraska is very proud of the Masonic unity members have worked very hard to foster throughout each of the appendant bodies.

Freemasons in North America contribute more than $2,000,000 each day to charity. Freemasons operate the 22 Shriners burn and orthopedic hospitals around the country where there is never a charge to the patient, parent or any third party for any service or medical treatment received at the hospitals.

Nebraska Freemasons annually contribute to the Nebraska Masonic Home in Plattsmouth and the Masonic-Eastern Star Home for Children in Fremont. They also provide more than $40,000 in academic scholarship assistance annually. The Masonic Family also sponsors and supports the Order of DeMolay for young men and the International Order of Rainbow Girls and Job's Daughters for young women, with several active chapters, assemblies and bethels here in Nebraska.

For more information, call 1-800-558-8029 or visit the Nebraska Grand Lodge web site at:  www.glne.org.

Black Hills Energy Nebraska Annual Price Option 

No one can say for sure what the future price of natural gas will be since it is a commodity and its price can change due to supply, demand and other market conditions. Nebraska customers of Black Hills Energy who like the Annual Price Option natural gas price can lock it in for one year by signing up for Annual Price Option on or before Oct. 10, 2013, on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Black Hills Energy purchases a special supply of natural gas for the Annual Price Option program so customers who choose the Annual Price Option billing option will pay that price for natural gas for one year. That's compared to the company's traditional billing rate where the natural gas price fluctuates monthly to reflect market changes in the price of natural gas.   

 Sign-up by calling 1-800-753-7509 or online at www.annualpriceoption.com.

 

 

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ECLECTICS FESTIVAL

 

 

 Greenblatt & Seay will be featured presenters for the Eclectics Festival sponsored by the Nebraska American String Teachers Association. the Eclectics Festival will take place on Saturday, September 28, at the Millard West High School.  

 

At 2 PM, Greenblatt & Seay will host a reading session of their publications, including selections from their Tunes for Two series. At 3 PM, these multi-instrumentalists will be performing a selection of Scandinavian tunes, featuring the nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle from Sweden), and music from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. At 4 pm, Greenblatt & Seay will host a Diatonic Workshop, featuring a hands-on-harmonica session, and demonstrations of penny whistles, mountain dulcimer, etc. 

 

 For more information about this festival or to register, e-mail   pritchie@mpsomaha.org.

 

 

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On June 24, 2012, Adam and Lizzie Countryman welcomed their fourth baby girl, Emerick, into the world. Emerick displayed labored breathing and was admitted to the NICU with a perforated lung due to an oxygen treatment. The doctors informed Adam and Lizzie to prepare for the worst, but as they had done so many times before in past struggles, Adam and Lizzie prayed. They prayed for the health, healing and strength of their baby girl, and after ten days by her side in the NICU they welcomed her home. Little did they know that in six short months, their lives would forever be changed and it would be Lizzie needing prayer for health, healing and strength.

On January 7, 2013, Lizzie was diagnosed with a Periosteal Osteosarcoma cluster, and her oncologist informed her that the portion of affected femur would require replacement with a donor bone to remove the cancer from her body. A month passed between the time Lizzie was diagnosed, and the call she received to let her know a donor match had been found. On February 5, 2013, Lizzie underwent surgery to remove the three calcified tumors, which presented the most complex surgical challenge her oncologist had ever encountered. Carefully, under the hands of Lizzie's surgeon and God's watchful eye, a portion of her femur was removed and the donor bone was transplanted in its place. After three weeks of waiting for pathology results, the cancer board determined that the margins were clear, and Lizzie's bone cancer was successfully removed. Lizzie spent the six months that followed in a wheelchair, eventually progressing to the use of a walker while she awaited fusion of the donor bone.

People often ask why Lizzie isn't losing her hair and being subjected to chemotherapy and radiation; that is attributed to the fact that the tumors identified as Periosteal Osteosarcoma do not respond to those types of treatment. Lizzie will undergo CT scans every three months for the next five years, as her type of bone cancer has the potential for secondary growth in the lungs. After five years she will undergo scans every six months for an additional five years, and then once every year thereafter.

On July 18th, Lizzie was informed that her body had rejected the donor bone, and she would soon be facing another surgery. Though her second surgery scheduled for August 6th, she continues to draw upon her faith to get through the next chapter in her inspiring story. After surgery, she will return to a wheelchair to endure several months of limited mobility as her body once again attempts to effectively utilize the donor bone in place of her own.

The bilateral scars that adorn Lizzie's leg often inspire question and concern, though to her, they are a badge of courage, strength, and grace. This experience has exposed the core of Lizzie's faith and character, and she finds comfort in knowing that God has a plan for her despite the hardships she has and will encounter along the way. Lizzie's warrior spirit continues to be an inspiration and blessing to everyone she comes in contact with. Cancer didn't bring Lizzie to her knees; it brought her to her feet.

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Greenblatt & Seay proudly announce the Seventeenth 

 

ANNUAL SCHOOLHOUSE FIDDLING BEE 

 

 

This historical, hysterical event will take place on Sunday, October 13, 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.

 

 

Contestants can register on line (http://www.greenblattandseay.com/schoolhouse_fiddling_bee_preregistration.shtml).

 

Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for students, and $1.00 for children. Fiddlers and their back-ups are admitted free. The contest will be followed by a light snack and an acoustic jam session.

 

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

  

 

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