ATTENTION!
The Village Board meeting, scheduled for May 13, 2014 is being postponed to Thursday, May 15, 2014, 7 p.m., due to Tuesday being Election Day.
Any questions, please call Susan Rice, 402-227-3855.
PLEASE! NO BURNING!
Many grass fires along with the high winds lately have been keeping Murray and surrounding fire departments very busy. It's much too dry to be starting any fires, even those in burn barrels.
PLEASE - DO NOT throw lit cigarettes outdoors!
CONESTOGA SPRING CARNIVAL
Kids will love the tea party and crafts with real princesses, face painting and the "spin the wheel" cake walk. There will be two huge inflatables, a gym full of carnival games, prizes, popcorn and cotton candy snacks. Eat hot dogs, bbq sandwiches and nacho concessions.
"Screen Free Week" qualified students can win one of many raffle prizes including annual family passes to the Omaha Zoo, Nebraska City Tree Adventure, Omaha Children's Museum and Nebraska State Parks (pass).
Purchase discounted tickets to the carnival events early with our pre-sale form coming home in backpacks (tickets also sold at the door night of). Please return the forms back to the school to help with our planning.
Business donations are welcomed.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE CARNIVAL!
A six-mile stretch of Highway 75 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.
Plan accordingly, so you don't have to hurry!
DRIVE SAFELY - AND THAT KEEPS OTHERS SAFE, TOO
Hurry...only a little over a week to get your garage sale sign-up form turned in! You can copy/print the one below or pick one up in the post office or Town Hall.
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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 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, PAYABLE 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.
The annual Monumental Fiddling Championship and Acoustic Band Contest will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Homestead National Monument of America's Education Center in Beatrice, Nebraska.
Fiddlers, young and old, are encouraged to participate. Professional musicians Greenblatt and Seay will conduct a free fiddle workshop at 10 AM, allowing fiddlers to gain new skills and fine tune current skills.
Competition will begin at 12 p.m. There are three divisions: Junior Division (less than five years' experience), Senior Division (five years of experience or more), and Legends Division (past 1st place winners of the Senior Division). Participants will play three pieces; a hoedown, waltz and tune of choice. Prize money for the contest is $1,500.
There is also an Acoustic Band Contest , as well as awards for the youngest fiddler, the oldest fiddler, and the best left-handed fiddler.
There are no participant or registration fees.
Homestead National Monument of America is a unit of the National Park Service located four miles west of Beatrice, Nebraska and 45 miles south of Lincoln.
Admission is free of charge.
For additional information, please call 402-223-3514 or visit
Greenblatt & Seay's Schoolhouse Performance Series features a concert of Scandinavian music on Sunday, May 11, at 2:30 PM, in the Old Avoca, Nebraska Schoolhouse.
Greenblatt & Seay will be playing a variety of instruments, including fiddle, guitar, hammered dulcimer, recorders, pennywhistles, and the nyckelharpa. The nyckelharpa is the official keyed fiddle of Sweden, and has 16 strings.
Greenblatt & Seay have been playing and singing together since the night they met, decades ago. Their performance on May 11 will include the championship fiddling styles of Deborah Greenblatt, and the fancy whistle-playing of David Seay.
The concert will be downstairs, and 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 and senior citizens, and $1.00 for children. Seating is limited.For more information, write to Greenblatt & Seay, The Old Schoolhouse, P.O. Box 671, Avoca, Nebraska, 68307, or call 402-275-3221, or e-mail them atdebby@greenblattandseay.com.
The historic Old Avoca Schoolhouse was built in 1925, and has been the home of the Schoolhouse Performance Series since 1990. Music lessons, workshops, fiddle camps, and field trips are offered by Schoolhouse residents, Greenblatt & Seay, and are available by appointment.
www.KeepCassCountyBeautiful.org
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 and become a CASA volunteer today.
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