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Murdock Newsletter
April 4, 2007
Inspirational
OR Sometimes Slightly Scrambled!!
Calendar-starts getting pretty busy this time of the year!
April 5-Holy Thursday
April 6-Good Friday
April 6 – No school – Easter Break
April 7-FBLA Easter Egg Hunt at elementary school
April 8-Easter
April 9 – No school – Easter Break
April 11- Booster Club Meeting at Murdock 7:00 pm
April 12-Elementary School Spring Concert
April 13 – Kindergarten Registration – Informational Packets will be mailed during the week of March 12.
April 14-ACT Test at Murdock 8:00 am
April 14-Prom-6:30-11:00 at Round the Bend. Post-Prom to follow at High School 12:00/12:30-4:00 am
April 13 – NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS DUE TO KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION FOR THE 2007-08 KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
April 20 – S.O.S Spring Carnival – 5:30-8:00 p.m.
2007 Prom and Post Prom!
The Elmwood-Murdock 2007 Junior-Senior Prom is approaching us quickly. Plans for a spectacular dance and dinner have been arranged. The Prom & Post-Prom Committees are working diligently to make this evening a most memorable one for our students.
The parents of the senior class are sponsoring a drug free/alcohol free evening of fun and entertainment for the students following prom. We want to promote a safe and responsible celebration.
Please help us send a positive message to the youth of our community. We would greatly appreciate your donation of merchandise, gift certificates, or cash to make this a special evening. If you choose to make a monetary donation, please make your check payable to Elmwood-Murdock Post Prom. Checks and gift certificate donations may be sent to: 29503 Mynard Road, Ashland, NE 68003. We would like to thank you in advance for your generosity. If you have any questions and/or need us to pick-up your donation, please feel free to contact Teri Bowman at 402-944-3424 or Carla Olson at 402-660-0012. We would appreciate prize donations by April 11.
State FBLA
Pictured-(L to R)Beth Washington-Reporter, Mallory Buck-Historian, Madi Stephen-Vice President of Public Relations, Hannah Fischer-Treasurer, Sierra Ronhovde-Corresponding Secretary, Megan Bober-Recording Secretary, Trent Shrader-President, Scott Ronhovde-Parliamentarian, Kevin Zoz-Web Master, Marcus Winter-Vice President of Special Project.
Pictured-Forty-two Future Business Leaders from Elmwood-Murdock High School attended the State FBLA Leadership Conference in Omaha from March 29-31. Members listened to workshop presenters, took part in officer elections, and participated in competitive events. For the superstitious, 13 is an unlucky number. The opposite is true for the Elmwood-Murdock Chapter, which qualified 13 students in 9 events for the National Leadership Conference that will be held in Chicago, Illinois, this summer. The results were as follows: (National Qualifiers Designated with *; HM, Honorable Mention (top 5 percent)
Chapter Recognition
American Enterprise Project*, 1st ; Community Service Project*, 1st
Partnership With Business*, 1st
Local Chapter Annual Report, 3rd
Gold Seal of Merit Chapter
Sweepstakes Award
Competency Scholarship Fund Contribution
Scrapbook Recognition
Individual and Team Recognition
Marcus Winter-Partnership with Business*, 1st; FBLA Principles and Procedures*, 1st; Introduction to Business*, 1st; Introduction to Technology*, 1st; Business Procedures, 4th; Business Math, 5th; Delta Pi Epsilon, Outstanding Sophomore; All-State Quality Member
Jon Luetchens*-Public Speaking I*, 1st ; Partnership with Business*, 1st ; FBLA Principles and Procedures, HM; Introduction to Business Communications, HM; Keyboarding Knowledge, HM; All-State Quality Member
Trent Shrader*-Partnership with Business*, 1st; Public Speaking II, 7th; Entrepreneurship Team, 7th; Delta Pi Epsilon, Outstanding Junior; All-State Quality Member
Scott Ronhovde*-Community Service Project*, 1st; Impromptu Speaking*, 2nd; Entrepreneurship Team, 7th; Who’s Who in Nebraska FBLA; Future Business Leader, HM; Spreadsheet Applications, HM
Hannah Fischer*-American Enterprise Project*, 1st; All-State Quality Member; Global Decision Making, HM; Computer Applications, HM
Sierra Ronhovde*-American Enterprise Project*, 1st ; All-State Quality Member; Global Decision Making, HM
Megan Bober*-American Enterprise Project*, 1st; Business Ethics, 4th; All-State Quality Member
Madison Stephen*-Community Service Project*, 1st; Web Site Development*, 1st; All-State Quality Member
Sam Stephen*-Web Site Development*, 1st
Brittney Hrabik*-Electronic Career Portfolio*, 1st; Local Annual Business Report, 3rd; Entrepreneurship Team, 7th
Kevin Zoz*-Community Service Project*, 1st; Multimedia Presentation*, 1st ; All-State Quality Member
Mallory Buck*-Multimedia Presentation*, 1st; Local Annual Business Report, 3rd; All-State Quality Member
Clay Carlton*-Multimedia Presentation*, 1st
Beth Washington-Local Annual Business Report, 3rd; Emerging Business Issues, 4th; Entrepreneurship Team, HM; Business Communications, HM; All-State Quality Member
Alex Ulmer-Business Ethics, 4th; Business Decision Making Team, 5th
Sean Stille-Business Decision Making Team, 5th
Jessica Mumford-Business Decision Making Team, 5th
Lyndsey Hrabik-Emerging Business Issues, 4th
Teresa Fritz-Emerging Business Issues, 4th
Lachelle Stille-FBLA Principles and Procedures, 6th
David Hovorka-Banking and Finance, 8th; Business Calculations, HM; Global Business, HM; Business Procedures, HM; Technology Concepts, HM
Erin Andersen-Keyboarding Knowledge, 4th
Griffin Hovorka-Spelling, 7th; Introduction to Technology, 8th; Delta Pi Epsilon, Outstanding Freshman; Business Math, HM
Josh Vice-Digital Video Production, 5th
Adam Zobel-Digital Video Production, 5th
Jon Ervin-Digital Video Production, 5th; Entrepreneurship Team, HM
Staci Ronhovde-Word Processing I, HM; Keyboarding Knowledge, HM
Tyler Rosenow-Future Business Leader, HM; Job Interview, Semi-finalist, HM
Tom Leone-Entrepreneurship Team, HM
Melissa Schram and Kurk Shrader serve as chapter advisers.
FBLA EASTER EGG HUNT
The Elmwood-Murdock High School Future Business Leaders of America is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt at the elementary school at Elmwood on Saturday, April 7 at 1:00 p.m. Toddlers through 4th grade students are welcome to participate.
In the Christian calendar, Holy Thursday-also called Maundy Thursday and, in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Great Thursday- is the feast or holy day on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. It is followed by Good Friday.
On this day four events are commemorated: the washing of the Disciple's feet by Jesus Christ, the institution of the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper, the agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, and the betrayal of Christ by Judas.
The evening celebration of these events marks the beginning of what is called the Easter Triduum or Sacred Triduum. The Latin word "triduum" means a three-day period, and the triduum in question is that of the three days from the death to the resurrection of Jesus. In the time of Jesus, and still today in some cultures, such as the Jewish, the (24-hour) day was reckoned not from midnight, but from sunset. The Last Supper was held at what present-day Western civilization considers to be the evening of Holy Thursday. Its annual commemoration begins the three-day period or triduum of Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, days of special devotion that celebrate as a single action the death and resurrection of Christ, the central events of Christianity.
Easter Egg Eggstras
What is the origin of the Easter Egg?
First Imperial Faberge Egg - 1885
From earliest times, and in most cultures, the egg signified rebirth and resurrection.
The Egyptians buried eggs in their tombs. The Greeks placed eggs atop graves.
Given as gifts by the ancient Greeks, Persians, and Chinese at their spring festivals,
the egg also appears in pagan mythology, where we read of the Sun-Bird being hatched
from the "World Egg". The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a festival
commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime —
"Eastre" — through her earthly symbol, the rabbit.
Eggs were wrapped with gilt or gold leaf, while peasants often dyed their eggs. The
tinting was achieved by boiling the eggs with certain flowers, leaves, log wood chips, or
the cochineal insect. Spinach leaves or anemone petals were considered best for green; the
bristly gorse blossom for yellow; and log wood for rich purple and the cochineal for scarlet.
In parts of Germany during the early 1880s, Easter eggs substituted for birth certificates.
An egg was dyed a solid color, then a design, which included the recipient’s name
and birth date, was etched into the shell with a needle or sharp tool. Such Easter
eggs were honored in law courts as evidence of identity and age.
Decorating and coloring eggs for Easter was the custom in England during the middle
ages. The household accounts of Edward I, for the year 1290, recorded an expenditure of
eighteen pence for four hundred and fifty eggs to be gold-leafed and colored for Easter gifts.
Easter’s most valuable eggs were hand crafted in the 1880s. Made by the great
goldsmith Peter Carl Faberge, they were commissioned by Czar Alexander III of
Russia as gifts for his wife, Czarina Maria Feodorovna. The first Faberge egg, presented
in 1886, measured two and a half inches long and had a deceptively simple exterior.
Inside the white enamel shell, though, was a golden yolk, which when opened
revealed a gold hen with ruby eyes. The hen itself could be opened, by lifting
the beak, to expose a tiny diamond replica of the imperial crown.
For more information see: The Faberge Eggs: An Illustrated Overview
and: A Gallery of Russian Imperial Easter Eggs.
News to the Editor
- Please send all your Murdock area news to me. Birthdays, anniversaries, announcements, events or news are welcome and will be added to the upcoming newsletter. Thanks in advance for all your help!
Teri Bowman
Editor@murdocknebraska.com
