

NEHAWKA/CONESTOGA ALUMNI BANQUET
MAY 24, 2025
6 pm
NEHAWKA COMMUNITY CENTER
HONOR CLASSES: 1945,'55,'65,'75,'85,'95, 2005, 2025 and 2025.
ALL ALUMNI are welcome to attend!

Murray Freedom Festival Regular Meeting
The Murray Freedom Festival Board of Trustees and Volunteers will meet at 7 p.m., on THURSDAY, May 1, 2025, at the Murray Town Hall, 106 W. Main Street, Murray, NE.
The Murray Freedom Festival, a long-running 501c3 non-profit organization, is looking for enthusiastic individuals who are interested and have the time to help run the Murray Freedom Festival.
At this meeting, we will continue the planning process for the 2025 Murray Freedom Festival including talking about potential activities for this year's event!
The Murray Freedom Festival is also seeking your kind and generous financial donation in support of this next year's events to be held on Friday, July 4, 2025. Please visit our website at www.MurrayFreedomFestivalNE.com to learn more and contribute!
We invite those who are interested in helping shape the 2025 Murray Freedom Festival to attend the next meeting on THURSDAY, May 1, 2025.
Thank you and we value your ideas and input!
Murray Freedom Festival Board of Directors
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REMEMBER to CALL to MAKE an A/C INSPECTION APPOINTMENT BEFORE it GETS TOO HOT! REGULAR MAINTENANCE WILL HELP the A/C OPERATE BETTER and YOU'LL STAY COOLER THIS SUMMER!
PLATTSMOUTH LIBRARY OFFERING MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR TEEN VOLUNTEERS!



May 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11
Show Times: 7:00 PM Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 2:00 PM Sundays
Shows start at 7 PM on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, and 2 PM on Sundays. The concession stand will open one hour before the show starts, and the house will be open for seating at this time
Tickets: $25
The Lofte Community Theatre will open Our Town May 2nd, 2025. The show will run through May 11th with performances Thursday through Sunday, with Sunday performances at 2 PM. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the Lofte Box Office, by phone at 402-234-2553, or by visiting www.lofte.org.

Click the flower bud above to read the latest KCCB Newsletter!
Help hope bloom this spring: Give blood!
YOU CAN FIND A BLOOD DRIVE NEAR YOUR WORKPLACE or HOME HERE.
JUST ENTER YOUR ZIP CODE.
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Sunday, May 4, 2025
First Baptist Church
16220 US-34
Plattsmouth, NE
9:00 AM - 02:00 PM
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
City Building
101 W Eldora Ave
Weeping Water, NE
12 PM - 6:00 PM
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Monday, June 2, 2025
VFW Post 2543 Plattsmouth
510 1st Avenue
Plattsmouth, NE
11:30 AM - 5:30 PM
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Monday, June 16, 2025
Beaver Lake Clubhouse
9410 Clubhouse Cir
Plattsmouth, NE
9 AM - 3 PM
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Monday, June 16, 2025
Town Hall
623 House St
Avoca, NE
1 PM - 6 PM
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Monday, August 4, 2025
VFW Post 2543 Plattsmouth
510 1st Avenue
Plattsmouth, NE
11:30 AM - 5:30 PM
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Monday, August 11, 2025
Town Hall
623 House St
Avoca, NE
Noon - 5 PM
4107 Wavery Road
Murray, NE 68409
Just by adding a few of the items listed below to your shopping list and picking them up, you'll be helping someone in a big way. Keep in mind that some of the children are very young and are possibly 'preparing' their own meals, so easy-to-open containers are a good option for little hands.
Granola bars
Fruit snacks
Dry pasta
Spaghetti sauce
Dry soup mixes
Canned meat (chicken, tuna)
Boxed prepared meal kits (Hamburger Helper, Rice-a-Roni)
Peanut butter
Jelly
Canned fruit and vegetables




211 Main Street
Louisville, NE
SATURDAY SHOWS:
The Jacob Austin Band
Saturday, June 21st, 2025
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
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New Bow Old Strings
Saturday, July 26th, 2025
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
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The Jacob Austin Band
Saturday, August 16th, 2025
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
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JAM SESSIONS:
Second Sundays – Electric Jam Session (1:00 – 4:00 PM)
Fourth Sundays – Acoustic-Only Jam Session (1:00 – 4:00 PM)
Bring your instruments and enjoy an afternoon of great music and good company!
Call 402-949-0668 with any questions.

Spring Sale this weekend and next! May 3-4 & May 10-11
It's Finally Time! Friends, it's been too long and we miss you!! Visit the farm May 3rd, 4th, 10th & 11th (Mother's Day) from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. for our first sale of the year!
Rusty Memories is joining us again, and together we've been gathering the goods this winter and spring to bring you a fun and inspirational shopping experience. The barn, lean-to, Lodge and lawn will be full of antiques, vintage goods, yard/porch/garden decor, home goods, house plants, and specially-chosen Mother's Day gift ideas. As always, admission to the shopping area is free.
New this year, we're opening up many of the play area attractions out back, including the 40-foot tube slide and obstacle course. Admission to the play areas is $5/person and free for ages 2 & under. Walk the nature trail, visit the goats and horses, and enjoy the horse and bucking barrel swings, rock tables with construction toys, giant tire swing, play set, yard games, and "drive" the combine. We plan to have the play areas open for our July and September sales, too, and will be offering a season pass option for $25 that includes the entire pumpkin patch season.
**We are dog friendly, so bring ALL the kids, even the ones with fur!**
Discover More Looking Ahead July Sale: July 3, 4, 5, 6 10 AM-4 PM
Labor Day Sale: Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1 10 AM-4 PM
Pumpkin Patch Season: Sept. 20-Oct. 28
Event Details Rural Route Rust 402-840-2207 Share on social Share on Facebook Visit our Website







ELMWOOD PIE RIDES to RETURN!
Thursdays in June, July & August
Pizza, dessert pie, 5-8pm
Walk, Run, Drive or RIDE! Get to Elmwood and follow the signs!
Riders take the MoPac East Trail
Start in Lincoln (18mi), or Walton (15mi), or Eagle (8mi)
or Wabash (4mi) - Nice Trailhead!
EVERYONE'S welcome to join the fun, even if you don't bike!
Bring your lawn chair and listen to some great FREE live music, too!
Most events will take place at Elmwood Park in Elmwood, NE, (weather permitting) on the first and third Thursdays of June, July and August.
Mark your calendars now!
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PLATTSMOUTH AMATEUR RADIO CLUB (P.A.R.C.)
KB0SMX
P.A.R.C. members get together Tuesday evenings at Plattsmouth's Burger King at 6 pm.
Monthly meetings the last Saturday of most months at Mom's Cafe in Plattsmouth, 8 am.
(NO December monthly meeting.)
Click HERE or on the radio antenna logo above to read the latest newsletter and calendar.
For more info, contact Roger Behrns, rb55930@windstream.net or call 402-234-6775.










Trinity Lutheran Church LCMS
310 St. and Church Road Murdock, NE 68407

Trinity Lutheran Church LCMS
310 St. and Church Road Murdock, NE 68407

The Louisville Library needs new signage. Now is the perfect time to hold a “Logo the Library” contest.
Use your imagination to come up with something eye-catching and that would be appropriate to put on the window and the library’s website.
Please submit at least a 4”x6” design. It can be anything that makes you think “LIBRARY”.
YOU HAVE UNTIL APRIL 1st TO TURN IN YOUR DESIGN TO THE LIBRARY.
*The City Council will have ultimate say in what is used, but how cool would it be if your design was chosen to represent the library?!

LOUISVILLE CARE CENTER has new job positions!!!
We have OPEN Positions!
Click HERE to Apply Online
FT/PT/Casual CNA/CMA-Click Here to see Job Description
FT/PT/Casual LPN/RN-Click Here to see Job Description
FT/PT/Casual C.M.A or Medication Aid with C.N.A-Click Here to see Job Description
PT Transport Driver-Click Here to see Job Description
HERE IS WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK!
LCC offers free healthcare premiums for ALL our full time employees. Click Here to see Our Benefit Summary
Evening, night and weekend shift differentials.
Competative Wages! Inquire within for wage ranges.
Hire on bonus for C.N.A's, C.M.A's, RN's, LPN's and Personal Care Assistants. Click Here to see Hire on Bonus Policy
New Baylor Pay position for Certified Nursing Assistants.Click Here for Baylor Pay Policy
For Inquiries please call or email H.R. at ktrauernicht@lccne.com E.O.E
























For more information about child abuse and neglect reporting in Nebraska, visit the DHHS website at https://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Child-Abuse.aspx.
Read more about it HERE.
(Credit the Nebraska Examiner, July 5, 2024)

In-person and phone meetings are held weekly,
Mondays and Wednesdays, at noon, and Fridays at 5pm.
Hosanna Lutheran Church
700 S 18th St
Plattsmouth, NE
Come in person or attend by phone, call ing 605-562-8401, and enter access code 1239518#.






Dear Readers,
We want to build an online history about Murray.
Please submit any information you might know about our town to start creating this project.
If you own a business, let us know when you started and any informaton about the building and/or business located there before yours. Do you know the little gray building, CJ's Hair Salon, on Main Street used to be an ice cream shop? Do you also know that the Murray Christian Church used to be located just east of the Murray Repair Shop? In the early 1900's Murray's Main Street was devastated by a fire. Have you heard any information about that time that's been passed down from your ancestors?
You can also send information about your house - when it was built and any background about it. Was it one of the first homes in town? Is it haunted? What do you know about it? There's a little house in town that used to be the old railroad depot! Do you know where it is now, or that the old Murray Elementary School's mascot name was the Mustangs?
Any information would be helpful. Please send photos, too, if available! Photos should contain people's names and location and any other helpful information. This should become a fun, educational and informative piece of history that will continue to grow, and one that we're all building together! Thanks for your help!
Email your information to:
Editor@MurrayNebraska.com





LET'S GO 'THRIFTING' in OUR CASS COUNTY THRIFT STORES!
Save Money! Recycle! Help Your Cass County Communities!
HAVE FUN!
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BE THE LIGHT THRIFT & GIFT
202 West H St
Weeping Water, NE
PROCEEDS TOWARD SUICIDE PREVENTION
SUNDAY: CLOSED
MONDAY: CLOSED
TUESDAY: 5 ~ 7
WEDNESDAY: 2 ~ 7
THURSDAY: CLOSED
FRIDAY: CLOSED
SATURDAY: 9 ~ 4
*CLOSED ALL OF JANUARY & FEBRUARY
https://www.bethelight402.org/thrift-and-gift
https://www.facebook.com/Bethelightbethevoice/
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BITS & PIECES
158 N 4th
Elmwood, NE
SUNDAY: CLOSED
MONDAY: CLOSED
TUESDAY: 9 ~ 4
WEDNESDAY: 9 ~ Noon
THURSDAY: 9 ~ 4
FRIDAY: 9 ~ 5
SATURDAY: 9 ~ 4
402-994-5755
https://www.facebook.com/p/Bits-and-Pieces-and-More-Thrift-Store-100057192261002/
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HOPE'S CLOSET
109 Main St.
Louisville, NE 68037
SUNDAY: CLOSED
MONDAY: CLOSED
TUESDAY: Noon ~ 4
WEDNESDAY: Noon ~ 4
THURSDAY: 10 ~ 4
FRIDAY: 10 ~ 4
SATURDAY: 10 ~ 4
402) 234-1444
https://www.facebook.com/hopesclosetlouisville/
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UNDER HIS WINGS
511 Main St.
Plattsmouth, NE
SUNDAY: CLOSED
MONDAY: CLOSED
TUESDAY: 10 ~ 5
WEDNESDAY: 10 ~ 5
THURSDAY: 10 ~ 5
FRIDAY: 10 ~ 5
SATURDAY: 10 ~ 2
(402) 802-7115
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054505718837
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MY NEIGHBOR'S CLOSET
(South end of parking lot at Church of the Holy Spirit)
500 S 18th St.
Plattsmouth, NE
SUNDAY: CLOSED
MONDAY: CLOSED
TUESDAY: CLOSED
WEDNESDAY: CLOSED
*THURSDAY: 10 ~ 2
*FRIDAY: 10 ~ 2
*SATURDAY: 10 ~ 2
*No air conditioning, so we'll be open if not too hot!
402-296-3139
https://holyspiritplattsmouth.com/my-neighbors-closet/
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FOR the LOVE of JUNK
317 4th St
Murdock, NE 68407
OPEN: Usually Saturdays, 9 am ~ 4 pm, or by appointment only
402-297-1360



Elmwood Library Hours
Monday: 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tuesday: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
We welcome all who love to read, whether you're from Elmwood, Murdock, or beyond!
Come join us!
Easy Library Links
Online Card Catalog https://elmwoodpubliclibrary.follettdestiny.com/










DO YOU KNOW...
The Newsletter you're reading now is only one of several weekly online Cass County Newsletters? Here are some others you might be interested in subscribing to:
www.AlvoNebraska.com
www.CedarCreekNebraska.com
www.EagleNebraska.com
www.ElmwoodNebraska.com
www.GreenwoodNebraska.com
www.LouisvilleNebraska.com
www.NehawkaNebraska.com
www.ManleyNebraska.com
www.MurrayNebraska.com
www.MurdockNebraska.com
www.PlattsmouthNebraska.com
www.SpringfieldNebraska.com
www.UnionNebraska.com
www.UnadillaNebraska.com
www.WeepingWaterNebraska.com
Community Newsletters are FREE - you can subscribe for 1, or 2, or 3 ... or ALL of them!
Be informed, know what is going on in your community and your surrounding neighborhoods.

ATTENTION, VETERANS!
Do you need assistance? We're here to help!
Contact Cass County Veteran Service Officer
Email: ccvso@cassne.org
Admin Assistant: Jacie Victor
Email: ccvsoadmin@cassne.org
Call for appointment! 402-296-9368





ARE YOU 55+
and
LOOKING FOR PART-TIME WORK?
The following is an employment opportunity available to older adults in Cass County.
Experience Works is a national, non-profit organization funded by the US Dept of Labor to administer the Senior Community Service Employment Program, which assists people 55 and older in getting updated training to assist in returning to the workforce. This is a federally funded program and offers a no-cost employment service to older adults who qualify.
Once accepted into the program, individuals are placed in a training site in or near their community, where they gain on the job experience while working 20-21 hours/week at $8/hour.
We also help with skill assessments, computer training, resumes, cover letters, job search, etc.
The goal is that through the training and job search assistance we gain help older adults gain good jobs in or around their communities.
Stephanie MahonyEmployment and Training CoordinatorExperience Works, Inc.
1111 "O" Street Ste 205
American Job CenterLincoln, NE 68508
Phone: 402-441-1654Fax: 402-441-6038
stephanie_mahony@experienceworks.org<;/a>
Nebraska Toll-free Number: 1-877-314-7526
https://www.keepcasscountybeautiful.com/index.php
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR NEWS TO THIS NEWSLETTER...
Below is a list of categories that we are happy to post, (at NO COST to you!), in the weekly Murray online newsletter:
Weddings
Engagements
Anniversary
Births
Letters to the Editor
Birthday Greeting
Upcoming Events
Cards of Thanks
Lost and Found
Obituaries
Recipes
Photos
and So Much More!
That's right! These are all items that can appear FREE of CHARGE in each Wednesday's Murray Newsletter and/or Calendar! All YOU have to do is send the information to us - it's that simple!
DEADLINE for submissions to each week's Wednesday Newsletter is NOON on the preceding MONDAY.
There are 3 ways you can submit your articles:
1) You may call your information to 402-235-2926 and leave a voice mail with your name and phone number.
2) Email your story with your name, contact info and story, in plain text to:
Send photos in .jpg format, no larger than 495 pixels wide or photos and fliers in a .pdf, to the e-address above with your story in plain text.
3) Send items via the U.S. postal service to:
Be sure to allow enough time to be received by Monday! Also, when mailing items you'd like to get back, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Remember to include 'who, what, when, where and why', along with any other helpful details, such as a contact person and phone.
Again, you must have your name and contact information included with the information.
Thanks for helping to keep YOUR Murray Newsletter fresh and up-to-date!
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