IT'S ALMOST 'BACK TO SCHOOL' TIME...........
Only 1 week left of summer vacation for Conestoga District 56 Students.
The first day of school this year is August 18.
Open House is Tuesday, August 16th, (all buildings).
At the July 12, 2011, Board of Education the decision was made to increase
lunch prices by 25 cents effective August 18, 2011.
Student breakfast cost will remain at $1.50 and adult breakfast is $2.00.
Lunch prices will be:
K-6 $2.50
7-12 $2.75
Adult $3.25
Applications for the free/reduced lunch program are available at any Conestoga office
and will be mailed with the parent information packet the first week of August.
Enjoy the rest of your summer, Kids (and Teachers!)
4-H Community Service and Quilts of Valor
of Valor Challenge. By participating, 4-Hers from across the state will be making quilts to be donated
to soldiers or veterans of military service who have been touched by war. Volunteers are helping
Quilts of Valor can be exhibited at the 2011 or 2012 county and state fairs. This year, Quilts of Valor
will be donated to the National Foundation on Saturday morning, September 3, in the 4-H Building at
the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. The Nebraska 4-H Foundation will be hosting this event.
Ellen Rice gives quilt making instructions to Raquel Meneses before helping her put quilt squares together during the 4-H Community Service Workshop Day during July.
4-Her Delaney Bright shows off a finished Quilts of Valor quilt top at the Seams To Be Quilt Shoppe
in Plattsmouth.
RECYCLE SCHEDULES for MURRAY, NEHAWKA & BEAVER LAKE
The CASS COUNTY GOING GREEN recycle trailer will be located on these dates
in the following towns:
Now - 12, Murray
13 - 19, Beaver Lake
20 - 26, Nehawka
27 - Sept. 2, Murray
Sept. 3 - 9, Beaver Lake
10 - 16, Nehawka
17 - 23, Murray
24 - 30, Beaver Lake
(Murray will also continue to have the recycle bin located behind Town Hall every day,
but this is for Murray residents' use only.)
Deshler Area Chamber Promotes Nebraska through Cookbook
The Deshler Area Chamber is taking on an ambitious project to promote the state of Nebraska.
Plans are for a cookbook entitled “All Across Nebraska” featuring a recipe and noteworthy bit of
information about every municipality in the state alphabetically, from Abie to Yutan.
Using Alexandra as an example: “ALEXANDRIA A new town was created and given the name
"Alexandria" by the railroad, the first town on the "ABC Railroad," (so named for the alphabetical
naming of stations on the line), followed by a recipe submitted by someone in or from the Alexandria
area and credited to that individual.
Recipes may reflect a town’s heritage or simply be a favorite of the submitter or in memory of someone
from your current or home town. Local eating establishments may want to promote themselves by sharing
their signature recipe. The cookbooks will be available at Grow Nebraska and throughout the state.
Alphabetically there are 540 Nebraska towns in the U.S. postal zip code listing. Lincoln and Omaha and
others have multiple zip codes but in the interest of space and simplicity consideration will be given to
selecting one recipe from each. Final recipe selections will be determined based upon relevance of
information and variety of recipes.
Please spread the word to friends and relatives – all across Nebraska!
Submit recipe, contributor’s name and your town’s information to:
Deshler Chamber
608 Alice Street
Deshler NE 68340
or grupenaomi@yahoo.com or call 402-365-7738 to request a submission form.
Proceeds from cookbook sales are designated to the Deshler Chamber scholarship fund. Thank you for
helping promote the hospitality and good taste of our great state of Nebraska!
BLOOD SUPPLIES RUNNING SERIOUSLY LOW
American Red Cross blood supplies remain at seriously low levels even after thousands
of area residents responded to the national appeal for blood donors.
With the recent heat wave, the Red Cross has seen an even bigger decline in the number
of blood donors. The heat-related issues have forced the Red Cross to close blood drives
early or cancel blood drives altogether, resulting in the cancellation of hundreds of scheduled
blood donations.
Therefore, the Red Cross needs blood and platelet donors now more than ever. All blood
types are needed, but especially O negative, B negative and A negative.
Together we can help save lives.
UPCOMING DONATION LOCATIONS in CASS COUNTY NE
8/15/2011
2:00 pm- 7:00 pm
Town Hall
643 House St
Avoca, NE
8/18/2011
1:30 pm- 6:00 pm
Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
102 W Eldora Ave
Weeping Water, NE
8/26/2011
11:00 am- 4:00 pm
Nebraska Masonic Home
1300 Ave D
Plattsmouth, NE
With kids back to school it is time to shape up and shake off that 4th of July cook-out pounds (with dance!) at
Louisville Jazzersize
129 Main Street (above Havenmakers)
Enter from 3rd door on 2nd Street
jazzercise.com (800) FIT-IS-IT
Questions? Please call Beth at 402-677-9697
A VIDEO CONTEST!
Friends and video camera owners. It is time to Pre-Register for the first
ever Cass County Fair - Video Contest!
Below is a Judges Score Card so you can see how the Judges will score
your video to determine who will win the Cash Prizes and have their video
featured on the Fair Website and their Facebook page and re-Tweeted to
the whole universe!
You have been waiting for something really, really awesome to do before
you have to go back to school and all those boring classes. Well, this is it!
Get all your friends together and plan the greatest video that has ever gone
viral all about the great Cass County Fair. I am talking rides, and music, and
cotton candy and more rides dude. Not to mention the tasty prizes!
Piece of Cake! You got to do better than this old video!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPerLnmssRU
So what are you waiting for?! Get your Pre-Registration in today. Send this
to all your friends and put these links on your Facebook page! It's w-a-a-a-y cool!
Pre-Registration Form is located on the www.CassFair.com home page.
VIDEO CONTEST SCORING
Cass County Fair Video Contest - Judges Score Card
Judges; Please award points as you see fit to score the contestants video
project entry
Video Contest Submission Number: ___________
Video Creator Name _____________________________________________________
Video Project Title ___________________
Video Length_____________
Elements- Score Maximum 2 Points Each - award points for each subject
properly included in this video contest entry
Agriculture/Animals ________
Carnival (rides and games) ________
Parade ________
4H __________
Fair Food Booths __________
Barbecue Contest __________
Pie Judging ________
Young People (smiles) _______
Senior People (smiles) ________
Dancing _________
Families _________
Traditioions _________
Future _________
Total Elements Score _________________________
Videography- Score Maximum of 10 Points Each - award points as you see
fit for quality, technique and execution in each category
Overall Creativity _________
Editing (transition between scenes) __________
Camera Work __________
Sound/Music/Audio __________
Special Effects __________
Titles and Credits _________
Total Videography Score _______________________
Judges Signature __________________________________________
All participants and judges please note: no copyright protected music or video
content of any kind can or will be allowed.
All submissions at the time of submission become the property of the Cass County
Fair Board and by submitting this video material to the Fair Board you agree that
all rights to copy, reproduce, and display this video for any purpose in whole or in
part are owned completely by the Cass County Fair Board for 99 years from the
date of submission. Please direct any questions on this to the Cass County Fair
Board prior to your video submission.
The Old Avoca (Nebraska) Schoolhouse will be hosting a
Twin Fiddling Workshop
on Saturday, September 10, from 1 PM - 3 PM, for fiddlers
(or violinists or violists) who want to learn to play nicely together
with their fellow-fiddlers (or violinists or violists). Fiddlers (or
violinists or violists) of any age and experience level are
encouraged to enroll.
Championship fiddler and fiddle book author, Deborah Greenblatt
will share some tunes, hints about arranging for two fiddles, playing
back-up, etc. The Workshop takes place in the historic Old Avoca
Schoolhouse, in Avoca, Nebraska. Pre-registration is required and
enrollment is limited.
The fee is $20.00 per fiddler.
For more information, call 402-275-3221, or send an e-mail to
debby@greenblattandseay.com.
Cass County Fair 2011 - Schedule is published.
Click on the link below to check it out.
AND
CASS COUNTY FAIR VIDEO CONTEST RULES
http://cassfair.com/pdf/VIDEO_CONTEST_RULES.pdf
ART CHICKS' PAINTING PARTIES
Art Chicks is adding FREE painting parties throughout the summer!
Stop in, bring your supplies and paint. Acrylics, oils-whatever. Bring
snacks or drinks or just show up! No stress. No fuss.
August 20, Saturday 1-4
August 30, Tuesday 5:30 -8
Art Chicks is also looking for great artists and whimsical crafters!
We take consignment art and unique gifts so give us a call and we
can give you the scoop. We love to feature our amazing local talent.
Call Jeanne at 234-2669.
Art Chicks is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for lunch at
11:30 and 1:00 with reservations. Book your special occassion any
day and time for weddings, showers, parties.
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