DATES TO REMEMBER

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7-12   Fire Meeting

7-14   Village Board Meeting

7-15   Planning Commission Meeting

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LOCAL NEWS

If you want to run for the Village Board, your application must be

in the County Clerk's office by 8-1-10

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Continued well wishes to

Don Lewis

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Congratulations to Bev Wilhelm & Chuck Bjork

who were married Saturday, July 3

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Thanks to Dan Martacho

for the "treasures"

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Norman & Rose Ann Duncan are grandparents again.

Charles Maxwell Duncan arrived on 6-25, weighing in at 6 lbs.

and 18 1/4" long. Grandpa says he has lots of blond hair.

Charles is the son of Brian & Carrie Duncan of North Dakota,

and has two older brothers, Jaden and Sammy.

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John & Gera Stilwell travelled with 40 other Nebraskans on the

Channel 10/11 Canadian Rockies & British Columbia Holiday

Vacation's tour, hosted by Kevin & Michelle Sjuts. Two of the 9

days were aboard the Rocky Mountaineer train. Points of interest

were Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper, Whistler, and

Vancouver. Travel was by bus, plane, boat, train, glacier explorer,

gondola, and horse & wagon.

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Thanks again to April Isaacs for sharing her beautiful photos

of Steve Kroese's lillies (and Summer!)

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Steve and Summer

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Peach lily

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Golden lily

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Purple lily

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Summer and red lily

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Sunday, July 4th, between 2 and 3 inches of rain were reported.

As I write this on Monday morning, we are in the middle of the

second downpour so far.

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BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

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7-8   Peggy Luff, Jeff Huber

7-9 Dan & Babette McWilliams (34)

7-12   Viola Gartner

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NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO

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Friday, 7-8-1910, The Otoe Union:

A son was born to O.M. Sasseen and to William Halbasch.

School Board consisted of H.A. Butt, J.W. Bassett, and William Hall.

E.S. Carper returned from Salt Lake City where he went to see

his sister who was shot by her husband. J.L. Carper purchased

the Frank Coddinton farm for $18,600.  Pastures were very dry.

Frances Goering and William Dreeszen were married and would

live on the Miller farm l mile north and 1 mile west of Hopewll Church.

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NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

 Read other communities newsletters by clicking on:

www.NebraskaCommunityWebsites.com

All the Classified Ads are on the Left Side

All the Newsletters are on the Right Side

(just click on the Editor's name)

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Event: Genealogy Workshop

Location: Morton-James Public Library

923 First Corso, Nebraska City

Time: 7 - 9 pm

Contact: Curtis Wolbert 402-440-6860

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2nd Annual Viener Race

Syracuse Germanfest

"Grab your Viener and let's race!"

X Division 1: Little Smokies (under 11 pounds)

X Division 2: Bratwurst (12 pounds and over)

July 10th on 5th street at 1:00 pm

For registration form: contact Jan (402-269-2035)

Everyone's a Viener at Syracuse Germanfest!

GERMANFEST RUNS FRI 7-9, SAT 7-10, & SUN 7-11

Activities include:

Abendessen

Car Show *** Bed Races ( 18 & older)

Kinder Parade

Grand Parade

Ribfest *** JC's Youth Mile & 5K Run

Market at Germanfest

Volkswalk

For registrations and information:

www.syracusene.com

under Special Event/Tourism

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EAGLE DAYS

JULY 9TH & 10TH

Friday & Saturday:

Live music, BBQ, BBall 3-on-3, Pancake Feed,

Tractor Pull, Kids activities, Parade

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The Lofte Community Theatre in Manley announces

"Guys & Dolls"

Performance dates: July 16-18, 22-25, 29-31,

and August 1.

www.Lofte.com or 402-234-2553

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LAST HOT WEEKEND IN JULY

ON MAIN STREET

LOUISVILLE, NEBRASKA

Saturday, July 24th

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Benefit Poker Run & Street Dance

Sunday, July 25th

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Auto/Truck Show-N-Shine

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