School is right around the corner. District 145 Middle School and High School students will start school on Wednesday, August 14. Eagle Elementary School students will start on Thursday, August 15. School hours at Eagle are 8:10-3:05. If you are new to the community and have a student that will be attending school next year, please stop by the school office sometime between now and early August to complete the registration process.
Open House will be held from 6:00-7:00 on Wednesday, August 14. On this day teachers will be in classrooms and families will be able to come and look around the room and meet the teacher. This is also a good time to drop off school supplies, pick up paperwork that needs to be completed and put money in your lunch accounts.
Eagle Elementary will be welcoming three new teachers to the building. Mrs. Marci Sorenson will be teaching 3rd grade. Marci replaces Mrs. Stepp who accepted a teaching position at O'Neill Public Schools. Ms. Rachel Prieksat is our new media specialist. She replaces Mrs. Hestermann who accepted the same position at Syracuse Public Schools. Mrs. Ashley Hellige will be teaching 5th grade and replacing Ms. Foreman. Ms. Foreman has moved to a resource position in the building. We welcome these teachers to the building.
Enjoy the rest of the summer! See you soon. Mrs. Heusman, Eagle Elementary Principal
Join Kipton's Krew for the walk. It's only a couple hours and tons of fun. If you can't join, then please donate. Kipton's Krew has always been the same walkers, I want to have a bigger team this year, show him how much we all love him.
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Openings available for 3 and 4 year olds Fall Preschool at the United Methodist Church in Louisville, NE. For more information call the UMC office at 402-234-2055 between 9:00am and 11:30am. Or go to our website to get an application, 1umclouisvillene.org
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Cass County "Cooking At The Fair" BBQ Contest
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Cass County Fair 4-H Auction Supporters (family, friends, businesses, alumni) are invited to show support for Cass County 4-Hers by attending one of two 4-H auctions held during the Cass County Fair.
• The 4-H Livestock Auction starts at 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, August 11, in the livestock barn. Livestock judging awards will be presented to the 4-Hers before the auction at 2:45 p.m. The Cass County 4-H Council clerks this premium sale which is held for market animals only. Each exhibitor is allowed to sell one animal of each species as premium only, meaning dollars per head not cents per pound. Exhibitors retaining ownership will only receive the premium from the sale. Exhibitors of shipped animals will receive the premium from the buyer in addition to the sale proceeds from the buyer of the animal.
Cass County Full Schedule and Fair Book is published!
Mark your calendar: The 2013 Cass County Fair dates are - August 6 - 10, 2013
Cass County Fair 2013 - Amateur Video Contest
2013 CASS COUNTY FAIR VIDEO CONTEST PRIZES
Prizes:
1st place $300
2nd place $150
3rd place $50
The Cass County Fair is again sponsoring a video contest.
An advance pre-registration form must be submitted prior to making and submitting your video. The form can be filled out and submitted online.
See the county fair website:
www.CassFair.com/videocontest2013
The deadline for submission of your video will be Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 5:00pm. Winners will be announced and the videos published on the Fair Website www.CassFair.com on August 18, 2013. This will give time for both creative editing and careful judging.
Advance Project Registration (APR)
Just as we did last year we require an advance registration form (this form) to be submitted by Tuesday August 6th, 2013 at midnight CDT for each project to be later be considered by the judges on the submission deadline August 13, 2013 at 5PM CDT. When we receive this form you will receive an APR (Advance Project Registration) Number (via the email address you provide) within 24 hours and that will be your assurance that you are in the cue. This will also verify the email you provided as working and will also identify this project for the purpose of questions, and notifications. Finally this email will confirm your submission when it is received on or before August 13th, 2013 at 5PM CDT. This email will be used to notify you of the Judges decisions and the awards on August 18, 2013 at 5PM CDT. There is no obligation for you to complete your video, or to submit a video - you can change your mind at any point however pre-registration IS required for any submission to be considered by the Judges. There can’t be any exceptions.
You need to create, and edit your video, upload to your www.YouTube.com acct submit it to us at Webmaster@WireBuilt.comemail address on or before August 13th, 2013 at 5PM CDT with a www.YouTube.com link to your project. You agree to maintain the video publicly for the benefit of the Cass County Fair Board for a minimum of 1 year.
Copyright Notification
By submitting this form you agree that you have rights for the use of any content, video or music that you include in your project. The Cass County Fair Board requires that any submission be free from any Copy Protected content in order to be considered by the judges. You agree that any questions as to copyrights can cause a project to be rejected by the Judges.
Click Here To Register Online>>
or Download PDF form to Print>>
Reminder of past Cass County Fair Amateur Video Contest Winners:
2012 FIRST PLACE:
Fun at the Fair
Project RLLF72
Project Title: Fun at the Fair
Video Creator: Linda Lowman
http://youtu.be/KJBnGDTY2b0
2012 2nd Place
Cass County NE 2012 Fair
Project RDPF73
Project Title: Cass County, NE 2012 Fair
Video Creator: DeAnne Peterson
http://youtu.be/VrzaN4q_G-0
2012 3rd Place
Fun Times at the Cass County Fair
Project RHFE71
Project Title: Fun Times At The Cass County Fair
Video Creator: Thomas Hynes
http://youtu.be/NgIN9prYNWM
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2011 Winners
Remember our 2011 First Year Winners
2011 FIRST PLACE:
VIDEO PROJECT #2 Winner Judges Score 193
Director: Brian Hynes
http://youtu.be/uJOXVK9yQkY
2011 2nd Place
VIDEO PROJECT #1
2nd Place Judges Score 134
Director: John Willey
http://youtu.be/mU0TEuu9fE8
2011 3rd Place
VIDEO PROJECT #3
3rd Place Judges Score 118
Director: Rick Brown
http://youtu.be/UjTCne-F5vg
It is fun!
Get your camera and your production crew together and go for the glory!!
Plattestock 2013
1st Annual Music Festival to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project at Plattsmouth, NE.
Plattestock is an event designed to be a fun way to raise money for those in the military who have protected us yet suffered some form of severe injury. The Wounded Warriors of our country deserve our respect, gratitude and help. Come out August 17, 2013 during the day, afternoon, or night and have some fun while donating to a great cause.
This event starts at 1:00 PM (gates open at 12:00 PM) and ends at 12:00 AM. There will be many food stands, cold beverages for all ages, four bands playing throughout the day and much much more!
Visit our Facebook page:
Or the Plattsmouth Main Street Association website HERE
This promotion is sponsored by the Event Organizing Group, which is solely responsible for its fulfillment. The ‘Wounded Warrior Project’ name and logo is used by permission.
More information about WWP may be found by visiting the website HERE or by calling WWP at 877-832-6997.
Sarpy County Diabetes Talk
August 21, 2013
9 - 11 am
This One's For the Girls: Upcoming Outdoor Event For Women
PANCAKE FEED
SPONSORED BY: Son Shine Child Care Center
WHEN: Sunday, August 25, 2013
TIME: 8:00 AM-1:00 PM
WHERE: Elmwood Fire Hall
***ALL CHILDREN WILL BE ALLOWED TO PICK ONE SCHOOL SUPPLY ITEM TO TAKE WITH THEM.
***FREE-WILL DONATION. DONATIONS WILL BE USED TO UPDATE THE LIGHTING AND ADD CEILING FANS IN EACH ROOM.
August 29th - Weeping Water, NE
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.
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 HERE.
Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for students, and $1.00 for children. Fiddlers and their back-ups are admitted for 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.com, or e-mail debby@greenblattandseay.com.
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