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 Mandatory Water Restrictions for residents that reside in Elmwood Village limits. Effective Immediately!

Odd addresses can water Monday & Thursday Even addresses can water Tuesday & Friday

If you are caught watering on a day that isn't your specified day you will be fined $50 for breaking the mandatory water restrictions. This will be in effect until further notice. 

Santa Visited Elmwood

Thank you Rita for sending me these photos. I always love watching kids and Santa. 

Living Nativity 2022

1) Music in the Big Barn with Pete LN22.

2) New this year, you can dress up in a nativity costume for a picture

The Elmwood-Murdock One Act team continues its successful season! They competed last Friday and Saturday and dominated at both events. Friday evening at York the team received the following awards:
Best Technical Design
Best Hair and Makeup Design
Best Ensemble
13 Individual Acting Awards
Best Supporting Actor: Wyatt Baker
Best Actress: Lily Pope
Division & Conference Champs

Saturday afternoon at David City Aquinas the team received the following awards:
Best Tech
8 Individual Acting Awards
Best Actor: Wyatt Baker
Best Actress: Hanna Josoff
Division Champs

Conference Champs

Library Improvement Project Completed!

The Elmwood Public Library is proud to announce that it has completed a project to install automated handicap doors! Now any patron who needs a little assistance may easily gain access to the library and all of its services.

The long installation process was completed on Thursday, November 18th. “During the process, we had to redirect some of our patrons around to a side door,” said Library Director Anne Pope. “It was a little bit of an inconvenience that day, but by and large, most people were supportive and very excited to see this project come to fruition!”

The Elmwood Library would like to thank to St. Paul’s UMC, the CWF organization at the Christian Church, American Exchange Bank, the Elmwood Community Association, Vacation Bible School, Bits and Pieces, and Midlands Community Foundation for their support. Pope continued saying, “Each group was so very supportive of this project, and felt that it was an important addition to the Elmwood community.

Our library is extremely lucky to have such wonderful organizations that value an individual’s ability to access public resources. It’s so inspiring.”

The Elmwood Library serves the areas of Elmwood, Murdock, and Eagle.

It’s open Monday through Thursday and Saturday mornings as well.

 Elmwood Library Hours

Monday:  3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tuesday:  2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Wednesday:  2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Thursday:  10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Saturday:  10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Easy Library Links

Online Card Catalog https://elmwoodpubliclibrary.follettdestiny.com/ 

Libby Library App https://help.libbyapp.com/index.htm  

Elmwood Rescue Squad Recruiting

We are actively recruiting individuals to join our active EMS department! Requirements to Join? 18 years or older and live within the Elmwood Rescue District (photo attached).
We are hosting an EMT class coming up in January right here at the Elmwood Fire Station.

Flyer is attached below for the details.
We offer a ride-along program. This allows you to ride along with the ambulance to see what we do as EMS professionals.

We also provide tuition reimbursement after completion of the EMT class and once you get your state EMT license.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us!

Below is the service area for the Elmwood Rescue 

**This EMT class is open to anyone who wants to obtain their EMT**

Send your updates, announcements, and photos of the events, at editor@elmwoodnebraska.com  

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Sunday School 9:00 am September-May

Morning Worship 10:00 am

Live on Elmwood Christian Church Facebook Page.

Pastor: Mark L. Sewell

Village Updates

 Village Board Meeting

Board meetings are open to the public and are held every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.

The meetings are held at the new Village Board office located at the Learning Center on the south side of town. 

Official agendas are posted the day before at the Post Office, Gas Station, and Village Office. Prior to the posting of the agenda, meeting items can be added to the meeting. At the end of each meeting is a Public Comment Section. Attendees have three minutes to speak about anything at this time. Further discussion on the topic can then be added to the next board meeting.  

The agenda is posted at the Elmwood C-Store, the post office, and the Village office.

Minutes can be viewed at the Village office or can be found online.

ELMWOOD VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES

Wouldn't it be amazing if the board meetings were FULL every time? This is your opportunity to be involved, be "in the know" and learn how to influence how your community grows, how improvements can be made, and how you can participate in the steps needed to MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Village Office Hours

Monday - Thursday

8 am - 12:00 pm

1:00 pm  - 4:00 pm

Friday CLOSED 

Take It Or Leave It Pantry

The free pantry is here to serve our community. It is for neighbors helping neighbors. Take what you need or leave what you can.

Elmwood #LittleFreePantry

The Little Free Pantry is located between Hufstader Chiropractor, the Elmwood Meat Market, and the Village Hall.  

NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS

Online services are available on their Facebook page.

We are currently serving hard ice cream in dishes.
we have 8 different flavors to choose from.

Elmwood C Store
402-994-3305

Area News    

The Murdock Lions Club would like to thank the community for supporting us again in 2022.

Our two fundraisers were very successful with a large crowd at the 4th of July meal as well as record sales of our Colorado peaches and pears. Also many of the raffle ticket winners returned the money back to us to assist in our yearly donations.

For the year 2022 donations went to the following: Elmwood rescue squad $500, Cass county food pantry $500, Canine Companions(trains dogs to help people with physical disabilities) $500, Outlook Enrichment $300 (rehabilitation agency for the blind and visually impaired, Omaha), Elmwood Senior Center $200, Weeping Water Senior Center $200, Murdock Fire Department $200, Leader Dogs (training dogs for leading blind) $100, Radio Talking Book $100, and three $600 dollar scholarships to be awarded to graduating seniors in May. Total donations for 2022 were $4550.

The Murdock Lions Club also pays for and volunteers at the Elmwood-Murdock Schools and Louisville schools for the annual health screening with the Mobile Screening Unit testing the students’ eyesight and hearing.

These donations would not be possible without our communities’ support! Our club is small but mighty and we are always looking for more members. Please consider giving of your time to this worthwhile civic organization. Our meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Murdock Fire Hall at 7:00. For more information contact Dan Murdoch at (402)867-2973 or Mike Freyer @(402)867-4228.

Thanksgiving Blizzard of 1952

Yes, it was 70 years ago today.
THE THANKSGIVING BLIZZARD OF '52. That morning my brothers (Tom, Francis, and Jack, and my sister Iris jean) got onto our school bus. It was about 35 degrees and raining. This was about 8":15 AN. By the time we got to school, it had started snowing big heavy wet snowflakes.

By eleven AM, the superintendent (Kenneth Freese) decided to cancel school and the bus drivers were called to take us home early. By 4:30 all kids were delivered home but Jim Stock and my brothers and sister. It took about 30 minutes to get turned around at Dick Reuters home.

The bus driver (Don Rase) then said that he was going to have to go back to town and find us places to stay. In the meantime, it continued to snow and snow and snow the heavy wet flakes. But, the driver was able to drive in the tracks that he had made 30 minutes earlier.

Highway One was passable but barely. We then headed north, and when we got to what is now called Bluff Road, the driver (Don Rase) noticed a car in the ditch a few hundred feet to the west. He asked my older brother (Tom) to go see if anyone were in the car.

Soon Tom came back walking an elderly couple to the bus, It was Nr. and Mrs. Joe Gustin. They would have certainly perished had Don Rase not seen their car in the ditch and we had not taken them into town. When our driver turned onto the spur from Highway One, he saw a truck in the ditch. It was from the Falls City Meat Company.

The truck was unoccupied, however. We succeeded in getting back to town and back to the Rase Chrysler-Plymouth Garage where Don Rase started making phone calls to our parents and helping find places for everyone to stay. The roads were re-opened in about five days but the snow did not fully melt until April.

Probably, the only survivors from that bus trip home are Dick Rueter, Jim Stock, and myself as all of my brothers and sister who were on that bus have passed on by now. Don Rase was the real hero that day. I was able to tell him that at my father's funeral in 1996. ORVIN A. LINDELL, CLASS OF 1958.

     I've attached a flier about a Syracuse, NE family needing medical help. The husband, Eric Fass, was injured at the Otoe county fair 15 months ago resulting in a TBI & his throat & airway collapsing. His wife, Amanda, needs to return to work SOON to keep their health insurance.

They are looking for an RN or LPN with tracheostomy experience to come to their home southwest of Syracuse & care for Eric M-F 7:30 am - 5 pm. Since Eric is now on Medicaid, the RN or LPN needs to be employed by Maxim Healthcare. Eric uses an electrolarynx to speak, has a good mind, & is a fighter to get better for his family.

He hopes to return to farming & being a Syracuse volunteer fireman. I am helping spread the work about the Fass family's needs. I wondered if Scott or you or anyone you know might be interested. I thought it might work for a medical/RN student.  

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 Louisville Food Pantry

OPEN: every Thursday, 6:00-7:00 pm
LOCATION: 304 Main Street, Louisville

Please come and pick up what you need for your household or a friend’s.
We have canned goods, boxed meals, breakfast items, frozen meats, bread, eggs, baking ingredients, cleaning supplies, personal care items, diapers, and wipes. 

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