Pretty in Pink, Undefeated in Uniforms!!

Elmwood Murdock Girls Basketball Goes To STATE!!

Since the girls high school basketball won, they will enter the tourney as the #1 seed and play at 2:00 p.m. at Lincoln High School on Thursday March 4, 2010. If this is the case, students will not have school on this day. We will have a staff workday until noon at which time the staff will be dismissed to attend the State Tournament.  Regardless of the outcome there will be a full day of school on Friday.  If the girls win Thursday the game on Friday will be an evening game.

The library is selling Knight Signs!!! Stop by Thursday 9am-12 (noon) Before the game to get your sign!!

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PANCAKES ARE A HIT!

The baseball pancake feed was well attended Sunday. Don Stille was manning the griddle when we were there and he flipped the pancakes with style. The sausage and eggs were delicious. Hopefully they raised enough money for the baseball teams. The next pancake feed is Sunday, March 21st. It is sponsored by the EMMA and will be free to the public. Just a way for the Elmwood Murdock Merchants Association to give back to all their supporters.

The Dreamer boys, Curtis, and Daniel serve up the sausage and eggs and help themselves to the orange juice.

Don Stille barely hits the plate with this toss.

Sara Dreamer keeps the orange juice and milk flowing for the crowd.

CASS COUNTY GOES GREEN!

CASS COUNTY, NE RECEIVES NDEQ GRANT AWARD

RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION GRANT

Cass County, NE was awarded a grant in the amount of $110,000, from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality's Litter Reduction and Recycling Grant Program. Altogether, the state received 93 applications requesting more than $3.3 million for litter reduction and recycling projects. A total of over $1,700,000 was awarded to 73 projects throughout Nebraska.

The grant program provides funds annually to Nebraska projects in three areas: public education, cleanup, and recycling. The funds awarded to Cass County through the Recycling and Litter Reduction Program will be used to implement a county-wide
Recycling program focused on household waste. The grant funds will allow the purchase of recycle trailers that will be rotated around the county on a predetermined schedule shaped by the members of the county "Green Team." Communities across the county have stepped up to do their part to make this program a success!

Funds will be used to provide education to the schools and public with instructions, and guidance on the recycling efforts in Cass County.

Mike Linder, Director of NDEQ said, "The grant funded projects provide innovative ways to educate the public about litter reduction and recycling and will reduce the amount of material sent to Nebraska's landfills."

The recycling trailer will move from community to community on schedule. This week the trailer is in Elmwood at the Elmwood City Park. Recycling boxes will be available at the Village office to aid in the collection of recyclables.

This is an example of the cardboard boxes available at the village offices for collecting recyclables.  You line it with a trash bag and then take out when it is full.

This is a box that sits inside the trailer.

These are the trailers.  One is already in place in the Elmwood City Park.  Murdock's will be coming soon.

Ron Brown, UNL football coach, visited the Elmwood Murdock FCA Sunday evening February 28th.  He wasn't there to talk about football though.  Ron is a Christian and loves to share his testimony with kids.  He told the kids that the glory of football and fame is short lived.  The glory of God lasts forever.  He lives his life as an example of what God can do for you if you follow him.  His strength and passion make him an outstanding speaker and role model for the kids.  He reached the kids on their level and hopefully changed their lives.

Schoolhouse Performance

The Schoolhouse Performance Series on April 11, at 2:30, in Avoca, Nebraska, presents a family show suitable for all ages. Greenblatt & Seay's musical presentation, "Songs of the Sea and Other Watery Tales", features  a variety of water inspired songs while accompanying themselves on penny whistles, recorders, harmonica, banjo, guitar, folk harp, musical saw, and rain stick. There are songs about oceans, rivers, a canal, a bath tub, and even a dripping faucet.

Greenblatt & Seay, Master Artists with the Nebraska Arts Council, have over 30 years of experience  performing on many different musical instruments for audiences of all ages.

The concert will be followed by light refreshments, and a chance to chat and even jam with Debby.  Avoca is in southern Cass County, Nebraska, on the 13 C Spur,  one mile south of Highway 34. Admission is $5.00 for adults, and $1.00 for children and students. 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.

Red Cross Blood Drive Coming Soon!!

They need donnors!!

What: Blood Drive

Where: Elmwood-Murdock Highschool

When: March 16th, 2010