What's New

Starting next week, (March 31), if you plan to drive on Highway 75 between Union and Nebraska City, you will probably need to add at least a half hour to your trip.  

A six-mile stretch of highway south of the Union corner will be shut down until September while crews rebuild the road.   

 Either plan to detour west on Hwy 34 to Hwy 50, then south to Hwy 2, or go across the Plattsmouth toll bridge to I-29 and down the interstate.  

 

The phone calls have already started about the Murray Garage Sales.   

The Murray sales will be EVERY YEAR the weekend BETWEEN Mother's Day and Memorial Day.  This year it's on Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17. 

The cost will again be $12 to have your sale put on the map, newspaper advertising, paper and ink for posted fliers. Please have your money turned in to me by Saturday, May 3rd.  This deadline helps me determine how many ads AND how many words I can use for those newspaper ads.  (The sooner the money is turned in, the more advertising I can do.) 

 

If a youth, church or other NON-PROFIT group wishes to participate with a sale or concession stand, remember there's NO CHARGE to them, but a representative needs to let me know and I'll be glad to put it on the map.

 

The week of May 18, immediately after our sales,  volunteers from Hosanna Lutheran will pick up your leftover sale items.  You might want to start saving some good sturdy boxes for those items, , because they do stack better than bags and it will help to make the volunteers' job much easier.  Please call 402-235-2999 to schedule your pick-up time. 

Please feel free to forward this note to your other Murray friends and neighbors and maybe even print the form below and put it on your fridge or bulletin board as a reminder.  I'll also be leaving some forms in the post office and at Town Hall, too.

Thanks!

Pat

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MURRAY GARAGE SALES

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

MAY 16-17, 2014

 

If you're having a sale, please pay your fair share.
Cost is $12 for ads in twenty + area newspapers, fliers, highway signs and puts your sale location on a map.

 

THANK YOU for RETURNING the FORM and $12 NO LATER THAN SATURDAY, MAY 3 to:

 

Pat Zeigler
201 N How Ave
Murray, NE  68409-8403

Call with ?'s,  402-235-2926.

 

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NAME ________________________________

 

PHONE  _______________________________

 

SALE ADDRESS  _______________________________

 

E - ADDRESS (optional)  _________________________________

 

MY SALE DAY(S): 

FRIDAY / SATURDAY  ( CIRCLE ONE or BOTH)

 

If space allows, please list these sale items on map:

 

1.  ______________________

 

2.  ______________________

 

 3.  ______________________

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:

Murray:

Beaver Lake:

Union:

 Nehawka:

Murray residents should either use the curbside bins that PREMIER WASTE SOLUTIONS delivered or continue to use the Cass County Recycle trailer at the Murray Fire Station per the above schedule.

 

If you are seeking health coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace, be sure to apply before the end of the open season on March 31, 2014.

If you haven't enrolled by March 31, you won't be able to apply until the next open season, unless you qualify for a special enrollment period. The next open enrollment is proposed to run from November 15, 2014 through January 15, 2015.

There's no limited enrollment period for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) -- you can enroll at any time.

https://www.healthcare.gov/marketplace/b/welcome/

Shop the farmyard for antiques, primitives, upcycled creations (trash-to-treasure), handmade gifts, vintage goods and rusty gold from 22 vendors from all across Nebraska and Iowa.  Get hot lunch or baked goods from our restored one-room Schoolhouse Cafe and visit the farm animals.  Admission is FREE.  Directions are available on our website, 

www.bloompumpkinpatch.com. 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

This will be our third Rural Route Rust show.  Vendors are hand-picked to ensure the best goods for shoppers -- no new merchandise or chain companies.  Visitors can tour the farm, visit the animals and young shoppers can enjoy our play equipment.  

This is a fun and unique event with a great atmosphere!   For more, including a list of current vendors, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/224140947763966/.

Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation Spring Banquet 

Evening includes dinner followed by a program and awards ceremony for the 2014 Aldrich short story contest winners.

This year's speaker is author Susan Dittman who will share highlights from her book, "Abraham Lincoln's Shining Star, The Inspiring Story of Abraham Lincoln and Nebraska".

Praise for Dittman's book: "What a marvelous and surprising story--who knew how closely Nebraska and its capital reflect so many key themes in Abraham Lincoln's life? With historical accuracy and inspired writing, Susan Grace Dittman brings faith and insight together in service

to tell an important tale about Lincoln and life."— Dr. James Cornelius, curator of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

Tickets are $12.50 and RSVP is required.

Please call 402-994-3855 by April 1st to reserve your seat.

"RAVE ON!" COMING TO LOFTE COMMUNITY THEATRE

Omaha native Billy McGuigan and his group of multi-talented musicians will bring his Buddy Holly tribute concert, "Rave On!" to the Lofte Community Theatre on Saturday, April 12 at 7pm.  

 Popular nationwide, "Rave On!" is a high-energy rock 'n roll extravaganza that will energize you with such Buddy Holly classics as, "Peggy Sue," "That'll Be the Day," "It's So Easy," and much more. In a unique twist, the concert also pays homage to other fellow classic rock artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis,  Elvis Presley, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and more.  

Tickets for the show are $30 and all seats are reserved. Please call the Lofte box office at (402) 234-2553 or purchase online at www.Lofte.com. The Lofte Community Theatre is located in Cass County near the intersection of Hwy 1 and Hwy 50.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR SUMMER FIDDLE CAMPS

Registration is now open for the 2014 Schoolhouse Fiddle Camps, in the Old Avoca Schoolhouse, in Avoca, Nebraska. Deborah Greenblatt, championship fiddler, author of many fiddle collections, will help the campers get in touch with their inner fiddler. The course of study during the Schoolhouse Fiddle Camps will be designed specifically for the individual campers who sign up.

The June Camp (Monday, June 9 - Friday, June 13) is for folks who consider themselves beginners. The July Camp (Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18) is for folks who consider themselves intermediate or advanced. Enrollment is limited to 10 fiddlers for each week, so that everyone will get individual attention.

For more information, e-mail Deborah at  debby@greenblattandseay.com

To register on line, log on to:

http://www.greenblattandseay.com/schoolhouse_fiddle_camp.shtml

CASS COUNTY CASA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

We are currently recruiting CASA Volunteers for the upcoming training session scheduled in April 2014. We only train two classes a year, call and reserve your spot today.

What does a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer do? Each CASA volunteer is screened, trained and completes 30 hours of pre-service training. Once trained, CASA volunteers are assigned under the Juvenile Court jurisdiction to speak on behalf of a child to ensure the needs and interests of abused and neglected children are being met.

Who are CASA volunteers? Our active volunteers are individuals from our community who work part-time, full-time or are retired. Volunteers commit to one year with a child, but seldom leave a case until it has been terminated.

If I can't be a CASA volunteer, how can I help? In addition to training new CASA volunteers, we are also in need of administrative services support such as filing, data entry and making copies.

Your help directly benefits the Cass County CASA Program. A donor-supported volunteer organization whose mission is to offer court-appointed volunteer advocacy to children that are abused, neglected and often find themselves lost in the court system. Through Cass County CASA, these children are placed with advocates that speak on their behalf and know them well enough to make informed recommendations to the judge.

Please call Angie Neumiller, Executive Director at 402-296-9620 or email  director@casscasa.org">director@casscasa.org and become a CASA volunteer today.