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Road Work on 310th St

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If you have been dodging potholes driving on 310th street over the past year they are being fixed!! Yes, you no longer have to serve to miss the one on the right-hand side halfway to Trinity Lutheran Church, and the one north of the church is being fixed also.

Elmwood-Murdock Boys Golf Team Goes to State

Thank you to the EM Golf fan who made these signs north of Murdock to send the EM Golf team to state. Maybe I'll get some pictures next week to post. Send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Upcoming Memorial Day Services and Events

MemorialDay

Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 pm

Emmanuel Cemetery Services to be held at Ebenezer United Methodist Church

Sunday, May 28,

12:00 Noon Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetary Murdock (after 10:30 Divine Service)

2:00 pm Wabash Cemetery (1/2 mile north of 310th & Alvo Road)

3:00 pm Callahan Cemetery (286th & Bluff Road)

Monday, May 29,

10:00 amElmwood Cemetery (Hwy 1, North of town)

Guest Speaker-Congressman Jeff Fortenberry

11:00- 1:00 pm Lunch at Elmwood Community Center

11:00 am- 2:00 pm Elmwood G.A.R. Museum open

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Patriotic Quilt Display at Bess Streeter Aldrich House

This will also be your last Chance to Visit Dean and Judy's Iris Patch

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Dean and Judy’s Iris Patch

Open to the public daily 10AM to 7PM from May 14^th to Jun 4^th.

This is our 20^th year of having the garden open to the public during bloom season.

This is also our final year of having the garden open as both Judy and I are getting older each year and it becomes more difficult to do this.

28617 Fletcher Ave,

Elmwood

2 miles north of Elmwood and 1 mile west on Fletcher Ave.

Phone 402-430-4805.

In 2015 they registered 2 hybrids created with the American Iris Society. These are named “Bess Streeter Aldrich” and “Elmwood Sunset”. These are currently blooming in our garden along with 400 other AIS named iris, most of which are Tall Bearded Iris.

Cass County Garden Walk

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Five Gardens in Central Cass County

Enjoy the beauty of five Cass County gardens and raise funds for cancer patients by attending Murdock Moderns Community Club’s Garden Walk Saturday, June 3.

Gardens on the walk belong to

Mike Cook and Jason Gissler, 31402 Church Rd., Murdock

Gary and Joyce Mortensen, 36504 Waverly Rd., Murdock

Jack and Deb Gilbert, 32814 McKelvie Rd., Murdock

Dean and Judy’s Iris Patch, 28617 Fletcher Ave., Elmwood

Green Gables Inn, 30312 Alvo Rd., Murdock.

The gardens will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. that Saturday.

You can read more about it each garden here in the story in the Plattsmouth Journal

I know I will be there with my camera. I LOVE Flower photography!

Elmwood & Murdock Community Garage Sales

Saturday, June 10, 8-4

Do you need to clean out your garage? Do you have items you no longer need, but others could use? Have a garage sale!!

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Maps will be available at Elmwood Convenience Store and Bits & Pieces in Elmwood and the Post Office in Murdock.

Register by completing this form and paying $5 (make checks payable to Elmwood-Murdock Merchants’ Association). These forms should be left at Bits & Pieces, called to Kurk Shrader @ 867-4233, or emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline to register is Tuesday, June 6.

Saturday, June 10

Deadline: Get Added to Map, $5
Tuesday, June 6
Contact: Forms available at Bits & Pieces or elmur.org
Kurk Shrader, 867-4233
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for an official listing form and be added to the map.

Maps Available: Friday, June 9
Murdock: Post Office
Elmwood: Bits & Pieces and Elmwood Convenience

Coordinated by Elmwood-Murdock Merchants’ Association

CommunityShreddingDay The Murdock Lions Club, along with the Elmwood-Murdock Merchants Association, Corn Growers State Bank, and the Murdock Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring a Community Shredding Day. See the attached flyer.

COMMUNITY SHREDDING DAY!

SATURDAY JUNE 17th
9 – 11 AM
MURDOCK FIRE HALL

SHREDDING BY:
PAPER TIGER SHREDDING
AAA CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION DESTRUCTION
100 LB LIMIT PER PERSON

Sponsored by:
MURDOCK LIONS CLUB, ELMWOOD-MURDOCK MERCHANTS ASSN,
CORN GROWERS STATE BANK & MURDOCK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.

Prairie Country Schoolhouse in Murdock

Murdock Historical Society opened the one-room school house in 2006 and visitors from all over the country that visit the Prairie Country Schoolhouse in Murdock Nebraska in 2006. Attendance has grown and word has spread as far as Texas.

Students can experience what school was like in the 1800's. Recently Beatrice students came to visit and the school marm, Joanna Gellerman, has even taught a homeschool group from Texas.

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You can read more about how to participate by visiting their website.

Worship Time: 9:30 am Sunday
Children's Sunday School: 9:55-10:30

(dismissed from worship following the "Children's Chat")

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Sunday Schedule -

9:15 Sunday School & Bible Class

10:30 am Divine Service

Special Memorial Day Service

Sunday, May 28 Noon

Join us at in the cemetery after the Divine Serice with the Weeping Water American Legion Approximately 12:00 noon

Listen to the weekly sermon anytime at Pastor Brent Kuhlman's Blog

HOW TO SUBMIT ARTICLES TO THIS NEWSLETTER...

Below is a list of categories that we are happy to post, (at NO COST to you!), in the weekly Murdock online newsletter:

Weddings
Engagements
Anniversary
Births
Letters to the Editor
Birthday Greeting
Upcoming Events
Cards of Thanks
Lost and Found
Obituaries
Recipes
Photos
and So Much More!
That's right! These are all items that can appear FREE of CHARGE in each Wednesday's Murdock Newsletter and/or Calendar!

All YOU have to do is send the information to us - it's that simple!

DEADLINE for submissions to each week's Wednesday Newsletter is NO LATER THAN NOON on the preceding MONDAY.

There are 2 ways you can submit your articles:

1) You may call your information to 402-669-8616 and leave a voice mail with your name and phone number.

2) Email your story with your name, contact info and story, (in plain text) to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Send photos in .jpg format, no larger than 600 pixels wide e-mail address above with your story in plain text.

Remember to include 'who, what, when, where and why', along with any other helpful details, such as a contact person and phone.

Again, you must have your name and contact information included with the information.

Thanks for helping to keep YOUR Murdock Newsletter fresh and up-to-date!

Area & Community News

Flagpoles and Flags for Sale

The Elmwood American Legion post is selling flag poles and flag just in time for Memorial day this year. They are the same telescoping flag poles found at the Elmwood Cemetery.

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Cass County News and Events

Loft Theatre News

Auditions for Spamalot

Monty Python's Spamalot is coming to the Lofte Theatre and you can be a part of it. Auditions are

June 4, 5, & 6th at 7pm

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Auditions for Missoula Children's Theatre

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Monday, June 12, 2017, 10:00-Noon

Auditions are open to all students entering 1st grade through 7th grade. Approximately 60 local children will be cast. Auditions will last two hours.

“The Man Who Came to Dinner” at Lofte Theatre

Manley, NE [May 19, 2017] - The Lofte's second production of the year takes us back to small-town Ohio in the 1930s. Sheridan Whiteside ("Sherry" to his friends) is a famously outlandish New York City radio personality who has been invited to dine at the home of the well-to-do Stanley family. But disaster strikes before he enters the house. Whiteside slips on the ice and injures his hip!

What started out as a one-night event soon turns into a month-long convalescence. Confined to the house, Sherry drives his hosts mad by viciously insulting them, monopolizing their house, running up large phone bills, and receiving many bizarre guests, including paroled convicts.

This classic American script has enjoyed several revivals on Broadway and the London stage and was made into a feature film in 1942 starring Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante and Monty Woolly.

Ken Snyder of Elmwood is playing the irascible Sheridan Whiteside. He is joined on stage by Brenda Jones (Louisville) and Tim Sorensen (Elmwood) playing his hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley. Rosalie Duffy (Lincoln) and Doug Rothgeb (Omaha) play the star-crossed Maggie Cutler and Bert Jefferson. Rounding out the cast are Dustin Reckling (Louisville), Jean Wymore (Syracuse), Jessica and Rita McKinney, Ken Patry and Trish Miller (Omaha), Cheryl and Will Jones (Manley), Tom Lucas (Papillion), Jeff Johnston (Elmwood), Mike Brown (Firth), Jim Skrobo (Elkhorn), Aubree Sweeney and Millard Carnes (Plattsmouth), Guillermo Rosas (La Vista), Zeke Rouse (Murray), Brenna Thompson, Nick Roth (Lincoln), John Bell and Dan Roberg (Omaha) and Shawn Reynolds (Bellevue). The production is directed by Kevin Colbert.

"The Man Who Came to Dinner" runs June 2-4 and 8-11. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 7pm. Sunday performances begin at 2pm. Those interested in tickets may call the box office at 402-234-2553 or visit Lofte.org for online purchasing. All seats are reserved and ticket price is $19.

Nebraska Extension Cass County

Summer Workshop Announcement:

Do your kids love frogs and toad? Then get them over to the Cass County Extension (North side of the Fairgrounds) for a morning Workshop on AMPHIBIANS This is FREE for kids 8-12 years old

June 1, 2017
Thursday 9:00 am to 11:00 am
FREE
For students ages 8-12 years old
Location: Cass County Extension Office, 8400 144th Street, Weeping Water, NE
(in the Extension Office at the Fairgrounds)

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Youth Shoreline Fishing Tournament Series Begins

Louisville State Recreation Area

Saturdays

June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9th

Registration opens at 9:30

Kids ages 4-15

Age categories and prizes for 1st-3rd place.

Music at Louisville State Rec Area

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Christ Lutheran Church

Flea Market & Pop-Up Bakery coming soon!

Stay tuned for more information ahead. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information on how to participate or become a vendor. Visit their Facebook Page