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April birthdays were celebrated at Area 51 Saturday night,

with a nice crowd attending.

Get well wishes to Ron Conradi.

The Unadilla Area Fund/Foundation met Tuesday, April 22,

in the Community Library. Wilhelm announced that she had

booked Lyn Messersmith and Deb Carpenter-Nolting as the

speakers for Groundhog Day 2015. Their presentation is

entitled "Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History." The

BBQ was also discussed as was planting memorial trees

at the park and putting up a new flag pole. The entire minutes

can be found under the "Community" tab above by

clicking on "Community Foundation."

The Nebraska Football schedule is now available.

It can be found under the "News from Our Neighbors"

below and will continue to be updated.

GO BIG RED

 

 

May is National Bike Month

Get yours out and dust it off!

What can you do to prevent cross connections and keep

your drinking water safe: Check your faucets to be sure

that all faucet endpoints are above the flood level of the

sink, tub, basin, or other apparatus they supply.

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

 

 

5-1   Jaimie & Zachary Woods

5-4   Jaimie McWilliams Woods

5-6   Norman Duncan, Troy Whitehead

Nikkie & Justin McWilliams

NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO

Friday, 5-1-1914, The Otoe Union:

"GIRL WANTED - for general housework on farm, power

washer, wages $4.50 per week. Enquire at this (newspaper)

office." The graduating class was: Paul Watts, John Black,

Mary Callaway, Melissa Callaway, Bessie West, Marjorie

West, and Fairy Lucas. Armead Botsford accompanied

Oscar Haynes to Lansing, Michigan, where he would

live with his sister.

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NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

2^nd Annual

Trevor W Underwood Memorial Golf Tournament

Woodland Hills Golf Course

6000 Woodland Hills Drive Eagle NE

Saturday May 10 2014

2pm Shotgun start

4 Man Scramble

$80 Per Player or $320 Per Team

This price includes golf, cart, dinner and prizes

www.woodlandhillsgolf.com

All proceeds will go to scholarships for Waverly High school

 and the memorial trust.

Trevor lost his life on Saturday August 11, 2012 in an automobile accident leaving behind family, friends, and a baby daughter he never had a chance to meet.

Call Woodland Hills to reserve your spot

Or sign up Online (www.woodlandhillsgolf.com)

You Must Prepay for this event

402-475-4653 Toll Free From Lincoln

402-397-4653 Toll Free From Omaha

 

 

 

 

Scandinavian Concert

Greenblatt & Seay's Schoolhouse Performance Series features a concert of Scandinavian music on Sunday, May 11, at 2:30 PM, in the Old Avoca, Nebraska Schoolhouse.  Greenblatt & Seay will be playing a variety of instruments, including fiddle, guitar, hammered dulcimer, recorders, pennywhistles, and the nyckelharpa.  The nyckelharpa is the official keyed fiddle of Sweden, and has 16 strings.

Greenblatt & Seay have been playing and singing together since the night they met, decades ago.  Their performance on May 11 will include the championship fiddling styles of Deborah Greenblatt, and the fancy whistle-playing of David Seay.

The concert will be downstairs, and  followed by light refreshments, and a chance to chat and even jam with the performers.  Avoca is in southern Cass County, Nebraska, on the 13 C Spur,  one mile south of Highway 34.

Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for students and senior citizens, and $1.00 for children. Seating is limited.For more information, write to  Greenblatt & Seay, The Old Schoolhouse, P.O. Box 671, Avoca, Nebraska, 68307, or call 402-275-3221, or e-mail them at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The historic Old Avoca Schoolhouse was built in 1925, and has been the home of the Schoolhouse Performance Series since 1990.  Music lessons, workshops, fiddle camps, and field trips are offered by Schoolhouse residents, Greenblatt & Seay, and are available by appointment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The annual Monumental Fiddling Championship and Acoustic Band Contest will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at Homestead National Monument of America’s Education Center in Beatrice, Nebraska.

Fiddlers, young and old, are encouraged to participate. Professional musicians Greenblatt and Seay will conduct a free fiddle workshop at 10 AM, allowing fiddlers to gain new skills and fine tune current skills.

Competition will begin at 12 p.m. There are three divisions:  Junior Division (less than five years’ experience), Senior Division (five years of experience or more), and Legends Division (past 1st place winners of the Senior Division). Participants will play three pieces; a hoedown, waltz and tune of choice.  Prize money for the contest is $1,500.

There is also an Acoustic Band Contest , as well as awards for the youngest fiddler, the oldest fiddler, and the best left-handed fiddler.

There are no participant or registration fees

Homestead National Monument of America is a unit of the National Park Service located four miles west of Beatrice, Nebraska and 45 miles south of Lincoln.

Admission is free of charge.

For additional information, please call 402-223-3514 or visit http://www.nps.gov/home/.

 

 

 

 

 

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Have a GREAT week!

Barb