Elmwood Nebraska News - January 18, 2023

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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.

ElmwoodNE Community Center

The Community Center breakfast was a huge success. Over 75 people attended, ate breakfast together, and enjoyed friendship over food.

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I'm not normally a fan of oatmeal, but when you have an oatmeal bar with toppings it changes all things. Oh, and homemade biscuits and gravy is SOOOO much better than anything you will every try.

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Just look at this spread! French toast casserole, bacon and fruit cups.

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Thanks, Karla for organizing and being a wonderful cook. The food was amazing!!

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It was such a success that it will be repeated.

Remember the 2nd Sunday morning of each month. Stayed tuned for more information about the February breakfast.

E-M FCCLA Chapter Collects Children’s Books for Children’s Justice Clinic

The Elmwood-Murdock FCCLA Chapter recently completed their Chapter Community Service project as part of the FCCLA National Programs in Action. The chapter decided to focus on a project that supported abused and neglected children. They partnered with UNL College of Law’s Children’s Justice Clinic to collect new and gently used children’s books for the program. UNL law students use the children’s books to connect with the children so they can better represent their needs in court.

FCCLA members collected books, and also asked community members to help with their efforts, including Elmwood and Murdock United Methodist Church members. Together with community members, the FCCLA members collected 469 children’s books to donate to the Children’s Justice Clinic.

Nine Elmwood-Murdock FCCLA chapter members participated in the book drive. FCCLA Chapter President Harrison Koehn said it was one of the chapter’s most successful and most rewarding projects. “It’s meaningful to collect books for kids who really need them,” Koehn said.

FCCLA member Dakota Glasshoff coordinated the children’s book drive. She will complete a presentation about the chapter’s project at FCCLA District STAR competition on January 20. Seven Elmwood Murdock FCCLA members will compete at the District STAR competition. From there, the presentations could be selected for FCCLA State Competition in April.

Dakota had the opportunity to meet with the Children’s Justice Clinic director when she delivered the books. “Learning more about the program made me proud that our FCCLA chapter helped to support their work, “she said. “There are a lot of family programs we could have chosen to help with our chapter project – but this one really helps kids who need it the most across the state.” FCCLA 01182023sm

Elmwood Murdock FCCLA chapter members who assisted with the children’s book drive include (front row, left to right) Brooke Goudie; Hannah Petersen; Averi Hogue, Vice President and District Representative; (back row, left to right) Will Fox; Harrison Koehn, Chapter President; Michael Hynes; Dakota Glasshoff, Community Service Coordinator; Kaia Sacco-Rohde, VP and Historian; Charles Cawley; Secretary/Treasurer.

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

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

CC139014A9AB480CB32B53C2E559B1F0 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

ElmwoodNE Community Center

Elmwood Cultural Learning Center

We invite you to become one of the founding members of the ECF. As an added benefit, if you submit your dues from November 29, 2022, through January 5, 2023, a portion of your donation will be eligible for Midlands Community Foundation’s matching funds. This will enable us to accomplish several goals in 2023:

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• Update the Learning Center bathroom to be ADA compliant

• Secure renovation plans for the future of the Learning Center

• Start interior renovations of the Learning Center

• Add Community Programming for patrons

• Increase grant opportunities for local nonprofits

The 2023 goals will add to the accomplishments we were able to achieve during the past year as a result of generous gifts to the ECF:

• Added heating & air conditioning to the Learning Center

• Provided programming for community patrons

• Offered $1,000 in grants to other nonprofits in the community

All members will receive a 2023 Elmwood Community calendar and a copy of our online newsletter. In addition, all membership donations are 100% tax deductible.

Become a Friend of the Foundation Today!

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Elmwood Christian Church

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

Elmwood Board offic 2021

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.

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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 - 4:30 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 Food Box

Elmwood #LittleFreePantry

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

NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS

Did you know that the initial concept of this online town newsletter more than 20 years ago was supposed to be based around READER SUBMISSIONS!

Yup, that's right. Back then it was harder to send in news. NOW, you can just email news and photos to editor@elmwoodnebraska.com It's that simple.

Remember not everyone has Facebook. Really they don't. ...AND Facebook doesn't show all the content from community groups.

By subscribing on your phone you will receive a TEXT every Wednesday and an easy-to-access link.

So make sure to submit your news to editor@elmwoodnebraska.com for added exposure for your event or activity.

Many rely on the weekly Wednesday text message that links directly to the website.

Since our Elmwood website is updated on a weekly basis GOOGLE and visited by 100s of people per week, search engines rank this site number ONE on Google. Normally Wikipedia, map-quest, or city-data comes up first.

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Online services are available on their Facebook page.

Sonshine daycare

400 West G Street, Elmwood, NE 68349

Pastor Michelle Chesnut

Cell Phone 402-314-7988 Church Phone: 402-994-6735 Daycare phone is 402-994-2384.

E-mail: stpaulelmwood@gmail.com Website: elmwoodmurdockumc.com

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

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402-994-3305

Area News

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*QUACK OFF JANUARY 28TH, 2023*
We want to start by saying thank you for all of your interest in supporting our fire department.

After having to cancel the past two years, we would really like to see the Quack Off come back, better than ever!

The Quack Off is our main fundraising opportunity, we are looking forward to seeing everyone and hoping to raise enough money to purchase life-saving equipment for our department.

We can't do it without you!
Registration will be from 10:00 am-12:00 pm.

The registration fee is $40.

Registration will take place at the Avoca Town Hall as normal (623 House Street).

The races start at 1:00 pm

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.