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Avoca Community Newsletter - January 16, 2019

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome to 2019

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January 26, 2019

Registration: 10am to noon

Races begin at 1pm

The Quack Off is an annual event held on the last Saturday of January. Thousands of people gather in Avoca from all over Nebraska, surrounding states, and even nation wide to race a live duck! The Quack Off is the primary fundraiser for the Avoca Volunteer Fire Department. It is a family event with fun for everyone!

Check out this link to see Quack Off 2018!

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2019 KCCB Membership Drive

We appreciate the financial support from all of you who have made donations to KCCB. Every dollar donated helps maintain our programs here in Cass County, like our 5th Grade Youth Environmental Fair (show above). As funding from NDEQ has greatly decreased, we look to our local members and donors to help sustain our programs. Help make 2019 our biggest membership drive ever. Click on the "DONATE NOW" button or simply mail a check to us at 513 Vine St., Louisville, NE 68037. Your donation is tax deductible.

Cass County "Beautiful News"

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Members of the Murray Christian Church, Murray, NE, have been busy creating a new cookbook that's here just in time for holiday gift-giving. There are still cookbook collectors out there that would appreciate this addition to their collection! Included are 78 pages of recipes, along with cooking tips, too.

Cookbooks are only $10 each, with proceeds going to the church.

Call Linda, 402-235-2831, for more information.

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The Sarpy/Cass Health Department offers free transportation assistance to women with a mammogram appointment. The service includes home pick up, hospital/clinic drop off, and return home drop off. Eligibility includes women aged 40-75 years living in Sarpy or Cass counties. Please call the Health Department at 402-537-6968 for more information.

FREE PRENATAL CLASSES
The free classes on healthy pregnancy and newborn care are taught by experienced maternal and child health nurses. The program consists of six classes, and participants may attend any classes they choose. Topics include prenatal care and testing, pregnancy nutrition, stress, labor and delivery, newborn care and breastfeeding, and postpartum care.

For class dates, times, and location, and to register, visit the Health Department’s event calendar at www.sarpycasshealthdepartment.org. For questions or more information, please contact the Maternal Child Health Nurses, Michelle atmleahy@sarpycasshealth.com or Katie at kgraves@sarpycasshealth.com.

Bare-Root Tree Seedling Sales Program

The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District will begin its annual bare-root tree seedling sales program (i.e. Conservation Forestry Program) starting November 1^st. Anyone within the Lower Platte South NRD is welcome to purchase trees. These bare-root trees/shrubs are offered for less than $1 apiece. All species are sold in bundles of 25. There are over 40 different species available, with windbreak classics like Colorado Blue Spruce & Ponderosa Pine, to wildlife friendly shrubs like Chokecherry & American Plum and some forest giants like Bur Oak & Black Walnut. The NRD is also excited to offer some new species this year such as Bald Cypress, Sycamore and Redbud. Please visit www.lpsnrd.org/programs/trees for complete species list and ordering information. You can purchase them online or by mailing in the printable brochure. The NRD will take orders until March 22^nd 2019 with trees expected to arrive by Arbor Day. Please visit www.lpsnrd.org for additional information.

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Help Wanted

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Red Cross: Urgent need for blood donations now

The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donors to give now to ensure blood is available for medical treatments and emergencies during the holiday season.

Blood donations often decline during the holidays. Regular donors are busy with holiday activities, and travel and severe winter weather may cause blood drive cancellations. Yet donations remain critical for patients like 4-year-old Wyatt Monacelli who is in the midst of intense chemotherapy treatments for leukemia. He has received a number of transfusions since his diagnosis in June and will likely need more.

“We are fortunate to have had so many donors give the gift of life to our child so far throughout the course of his treatment, and even more so, we are lucky to have had a supply of blood available for him when he needed it,” said Julianna Monacelli, Wyatt’s mother.

Donors are urged to give now to ensure that families like Wyatt’s don’t have to worry about the availability of blood this winter. In thanks for helping meet the urgent need around the holidays, all those who come to donate blood now through Dec. 19, 2018, will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card via email. (Restrictions apply; see amazon.com/gc-legal. More information and details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/Together.)

Make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Another way to help keep the blood supply strong is to host a Red Cross blood drive this winter. To learn more about hosting a blood drive and to sign up, visit RedCrossBlood.org/HostADrive.

Donating blood is a simple process and only takes about an hour from start to finish.

Registration: Sign in, show ID and read required information.
Health check: Answer questions and receive a mini-physical.
Donation: Giving a pint of blood only takes about eight to 10 minutes.
Refreshments: Donors enjoy snacks and relax before resuming their day.

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New thrift/consignment store

Fairweather Finds

106 S. Nevada St.,
South Bend Ne.
Open Thursday - Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Phone # 402-417-3971
We have vintage items, some antiques, lots of glass things plus books, toys and furniture.

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What else is happening in and around Cass County ?

Check out the following events...

2019 01 16 NEB CITY Lewis Clark Brownbag 500

Brownbagging with the Birds
At Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Visitor Center

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2019 01 16 Nehawka Fire Soup Supper Flier

Soup Supper Flyer Feb 2019

Memory Lane

WEEPING WATER'S
MEMORY LANE MUSEUM'S
NEW DAYS/HOURS

The Memory Lane Museum in Weeping Water has a new schedule as follows:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays, 11:30 am till 3 pm.

This year will feature Kevin Brack's personal exhibit,
SALUTE to the OSCARS' 90th ANNIVERSARY!

Stop in to see costumes, props and scripts from Oscar winners!
Anthony Hopkins' suit from the movie 'Nixon' will also be on display!

Click HERE for the Facebook link!

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Plattsmouth Public Library Events

Friday Friends Playgroup Poster updated

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Area Food Banks

The Louisville Area Food Bank will be open on the first and third Thursdays of the month from 6-7 p.m. The food bank is located in the First Christian Church 304 Main St. next to Copple's in Louisville. Low income residents are welcome to come to the twice a month give away. Please bring a box to put items in. This food bank is for residents of the Louisville Public School District.

Questions contact Pastor Cathy at 402-677-9606 or Pastor Bob at 402-234-2055. The Louisville Area Food Bank is always looking for donations of food as well.

Cass County Food Distribution