Happy Thanksgiving!
It's A Jungle Out There!
Congratulations to Eagle Elementary 2nd and 3rd graders who performed last week. They all did a wonderful job and were all very entertaining!
Lofte Gift Certificates for Christmas!
They're always the right size and guarantee a memorable evening! One general admission ticket is $16. It can be redeemed for any one of our regular season plays. Or, save 33% by purchasing a season pass! For $60 you can let your loved ones enjoy each of our five season plays.
2010 Shows:
Heaven Can Wait
Guys & Dolls
Jake's Women
Unnecessary Farce
Christmas at Leon's
Purchase your gift certificates today by calling our box office at 234-2553. Box Office Hours 9am-1pm Monday -Friday. If requested, we can arrange to mail the gift certificate directly to the recipient!
Bridging ceremony for Madison Schwarzenbach and Sierra Umland. The new girls were invested and returning girls were rededicated. There are pictures of the Daisy, Brownie and Junior Troops.
The ceremony was followed with Tammy McLaughlin from the American Red Cross teaching the girls 1st aid and CPR. Daisy, Brownie, Junior and Cadettes earned their 1st aid and were able to work with the "CPR doll".
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.
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.
EIGHTH ANNUAL ALDRICH FOUNDATION SHORT STORY CONTEST ANNOUNCED
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: 1st Prize $100.00, 2nd Prize $50.00, 3rd Prize $25.00. High School (grades 9-12) and Middle School (grades 6-8): 1st Prize $50.00, 2nd Prize $25.00, 3rd Prize $15.00.
Intermediate School: 1st Prize $25.00, 2nd Prize $15.00, 3rd 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/.
Changes to Game and Parks permitting
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.
Editor@ElmwoodNebraska.com