The Before and After School program at Eagle Elementary will start on January 6 2010.  

Final approval is pending with the Department of Health and Human Services.  

We are in the process of interviewing the employees.  Once hired, those employees must clear background checks through District 145 and HHS.  Please turn in your student registrations to the office.

The Foundation for Education is in the process of interviewing for staff, and will be sending a flyer home with students with an update on the status in the next week or so.  Listed below are a few items that are needed for the before and after school program if you are interested in donating any items.
 
List of items needed:
Games      Mancalla, connect four, monopoly, clue, battle ship candy land
                   Chess, checkers, uno, apples 2 apples, deck of cards. Sequence,
                    Memory game, other game
 
Containers for loose items:
Lego's   Lincoln logs, blocks other building toys  
Book
Coloring books
Crayons
Paints -paint brushes
Tape
Pencils -colored pencil                                              .
Scissors                                                                           
Glue                                                                                  
Paper for coloring
Construction paper
Other craft material that can be acquired as needed.

Please contact Heather brown via e-mail: hlbrown19@yahoo.com if you have any questions regarding donations or need anything else.

 Eagle Elementary Celebrates Veterans Day

Stan Erickson was the honored guest speaker at the celebration. He is a United States Air Force Veteran.

Eagle American Legion members

The Schmidt family joined American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary members for a picture after the flag presentation, in honor of Doris Schmidt, at Eagle Elementary.

Carol Wells, Auxiliary president, opens the Veterans ceremony.

Eagle American Legion Auxiliary members.

5th graders sang several special songs for the event.

Linda Todd, Bev Oestmann, and Carol Hutton hold the flag and documents that were presented to the school in Doris Schmidt's memory.

Milt Schmidt reads a letter his mother wrote about her enlistment in the WAVES during WWII.

Students received a flag sticker from Carol Hutton at the Veterans celebration at the school.

Eagle Cub Scouts Pack 3 lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

This flag was presented to Eagle Elementary by Eagle's American Legion Auxiliary Post 197 members in honor of Doris Schmidt. The flag flew over the United States Capitol on January 9, 1980.

Otoe County Genealogical Society

The Otoe County Genealogical Society will hold its December 10th meeting at the Talmage Public Library in Talmage, Nebraska. This meeting will welcome all new members into the society, and will also cover topics of interest concerning genealogical research in the Otoe County area. This meeting is open to all who are interested in joining the society, or just wish to attend to learn more about genealogical research in general.

During this meeting, OCGS President, Curtis Wolbert, will present a class on 'Obtaining Federal Records', covering which records the U.S. Government maintains on its citizens, and how someone can easily obtain these records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  Visitors are also encouraged to check out the library's Genealogy Reference Area, which maintains numerous genealogical records of the citizens of Talmage, and also maintains the original copies of the 'Talmage Tribune' & 'Talmage Topics' newspapers.
Our society meets on the second Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm.  Please check out our website, or contact the Morton-James Public Library or the Otoe County Museum of Memories for more information.

Original short stories by Nebraska authors are currently being accepted for the Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation's 2010 short story contest.

A new division for Intermediate School Students, Grades 3-5, is being added this year. 

Story length should be 1,000-2,000 words (there is no minimum word requirement for the Intermediate category) and submissions should be written in the wholesome spirit displayed by Bess Streeter Aldrich in her works.  No essays, please.  Books by the author that writers can read to get ideas about content and style are:

          Short Works 1907-1919                Mother Mason

                   Short Works 1920-1954               The Rim of the Prairie

                   The Cutters                                A Lantern in her Hand

                   Spring Came on Forever             A White Bird Flying

                   Miss Bishop                               Song of Years

                   The Lieutenant's Lady                  Journey into Christmas

                   The Drum Goes Dead                 The Man who Caught the Weather

Prizes will be awarded at the annual Spring Banquet of the Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation.  Cash prize amounts are:  Adult:  1^st Prize  $100.00,  2^nd Prize  $50.00,  3^rd Prize  $25.00.  High School (grades 9-12) and Middle School (grades 6-8):  1^st Prize $50.00, 2^nd Prize $25.00, 3^rd Prize $15.00.

Intermediate School: 1^st Prize $25.00, 2^nd Prize $15.00, 3^rd Prize $10.00.    

Writers, please send a cover sheet with your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, title of story, and two copies of your story, one with your name and one without. Include a line telling how you learned about the contest.  For students, add age, grade, school, and teacher's name to the cover sheet.  Please enclose a SASE for return of contest results.  Stories will not be returned.  Families of Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation Board Members are not eligible.

The due date for submissions is the author's birthday, February 17, 2010 (postmark date).  Send submissions to:  Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation, P.O. Box 167, Elmwood, NE  68349.  A complete list of rules can be found at http://www.bessstreeteraldrich.org/.

2010 will be bringing about some significant changes to permitting.  All of the common hunt/fish type permits will be issued through the electronic system, even at external vendor locations. Some permit fee changes in summary:

The Habitat Stamp for 2010 will be $20.00 (a $4.00 increase). This also means the Lifetime Habitat Stamp will go from $320 to $400 January 1, 2010.

The Aquatic Habitat Stamp for 2010 will be $10.00 (a 2.50 increase)....note this adds to the cost of Fishing permits (except the 1-day).  So while no increase to the Fishing permit fees were made, their costs will increase due to the increase in the incorporated Aquatic Habitat Stamp. 

Nonresident Paddlefish Permits will increase $20 to the 2010 rate of $40.00

A Nonresident Combination Hunt and Fish permit was created for a fee of $120.00  (add the required $10.00 aquatic stamp and necessary $20.00 habitat stamp and the cost will be $150 plus the issue fee ($1.00 from NPC or $2.00 from external agent).

Resident Lifetime Furharvest permits were established with similar cost and age breaks as the resident lifetime hunt permit.

Perhaps one of the more dramatic and unprecedented moves was the creation of youth deer, antelope and turkey permits at record low price of $5.00.  This price is for either resident or nonresident participants age 15 and below.  The goal is to increase interest and participation by young hunters. 

Changes involving nonrefundable application fees for our new ‘lottery' type permit offerings.  These new offerings that will become available next year, might include such things as a ‘statewide' elk permit or a multispecies permit that would allow the harvest of a deer, 2 turkeys, an antelope and perhaps in some cases an elk.  The actual offerings will be determined in wildlife regulations.  These permits would be offered in a similar fashion as the Bighorn Sheep permit, where an individual can apply and be put in a drawing.