Plattsmouth Newsletter-- November 24, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanksgiving Dinner At Main Street Cafe
Main Street Cafe in Louisville will be open from 11am to 2pm on Thanksgiving Day serving a traditional Thanksgiving feast for only $8.45 per person. Children 5 & under are only $4.45.
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PLATTSMOUTH AFTER-THANKSGIVING SALE
Brown Floral, Steube's Thriftway, Plattsmouth Journal, Antiques Off Main, Aaron James Booksellers, Main Street Jewelers/Diamond Floral, Cloud Nine Massage & Day Spa, and Bomgaars all have great sales, some starting as early as 4am on Friday, November 26th.
(Sale co-sponsored by the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce and the Plattsmouth Main Street Association.)
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that you will not want to miss:
The Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce at work for you.
This will be a free promotion for the first 50 Chamber
members who would like to participate!
What’s involved!!
The Chamber Business owner’s responsibility:
•Business must have a store front
•Provide a registration box
•Call the winner
The Plattsmouth Chamber will provide:
•Chamber will provide advertising in the paper for all the businesses involved.
•The Turkey (The winners will go to Thriftway to pick-up their free turkey)
•The registration forms
•The Gift Certificates for the Turkeys (you will need to have the winner come back
into your store to pick these up)
•Follow-up call or email to the Chamber office with the winner’s name. The Journal
will list all winners.
The Entry Rules:
Persons must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
Employees and their families are not eligible at their place of employment.
There is a limit of one entry per person per visit.
The contest will start on Monday, November 15th and run through
Saturday, December 11th. The deadline to be a part of this free pro-
motion is Monday, November 8th. The promotion will then start
in The Journal and the Cassgram that week.
Contact information:
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296-6021
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A Message from Offutt Collision Center
OCR is collecting slightly used dvds to send to the
deployed troops for Christmas! We need your help! I'm
sure you have some old dvds laying around that you have
watched too many times. Please consider donating them
to a deployed troop. We will be collecting dvds in our
office until Tuesday, November 16th. Or, call me if you
need me to come pick them up.
On Tuesday night, the families of the deployed troops will
be boxing up items to send to their family member for
Christmas. Each family will be able to choose a movie to
send. I've always heard that troops leave their movies at
their post even after they return home to help establish a
dvd library to share with other troops. Naturally, they are
always looking for more options.
Please consider donating to such a wonderful cause! Thanks so much for supporting
our troops!
Becca Gilbert
Offutt Collision Repair
10106 S. 15th Street
Bellevue, NE 68123
P: 402-291-5599
C: 402-214-9450
www.facebook.com/OffuttCollisionRepair
Avoca Volunteer Fire Fighters Annual Christmas Celebration
Saturday, December 18th..Avoca Town Hall
The Avoca Volunteer Firefighters are asking for business owners generosity
If you have an item or a gift certificate you would like to donate as a prize give-away for
this years Christmas Celebration in Avoca please contact:
Vicki Moses
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or call 677-4833
The first Friday of every month, the Plattsmouth Community Center has a dance and mini-lesson. The event is from 6:30 to 8:30. It is free to members and cost $5 for non-member. We play a variety of music and the dance is primarily for ballroom, Latin and swing dancing.
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Plattsmouth Library Happenings
Food for Fines
November 1st – December 31
For every item brought in a $1.00 will be removed from your fines.
This does not include lost items. If a lost item is returned the “food for fines” will apply to the late fee fine.
There will be NO amnesty days during these two months
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Date: December 5th Time: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Host: Cass County Relay For Life Committee Location: Plattsmouth State Bank Community Room No need to RSVP, it’s an Open House! Proceeds from this fundraiser will go to: Cass County Relay For Life A portion of the proceeds will be given to a specific team if they are pre-registered (www.relayforlife.org/casscone
The Fight Like a Girl Party in a Box helps raise money and support for women facing breast cancer. We’ll have a wide array of FLG apparel and merchandise for you to view and order at our fundraising party. Please bring a friend or two with you! |
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Precise Ice
Learn to Skate
at Mahoney State Park
An official U.S.F.S.A. program for ages 4+
Taught by Professional Skater’s Association Coaches
Program designed for pre - figure skating
And pre – hockey for beginner to advance levels
SATURDAYS
Session 1
10:00am-10:50am
Session 2
10:00am-10:50am
December 4, 11, 18, 2010
January 8, 15, 22, 2011
January 29, 2011
February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2011
March 5, 2011
Cost: *$57.00
Cost: *$57.00
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISCOUNT CARDS
are available for FREE for individuals with no insurance or whose prescriptions are not covered by their insurance. Call the Sarpy/Cass Dept. of Health & Wellness at 339-4334 ext. 207 or toll-free 800-645-0134 ext. 207.
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2011 Medicare Part D
Plan Comparison/Enrollment
Events in Cass County
Medicare beneficiaries should take advantage of the opportunity to discuss 2011
drug plans available to them. Call Cass County Extension at 267-2205 to
schedule an appointment with Mary Ann Holland, Extension Educator and
trained SHIIP Professional.
Cass County Extension, Hwy 1 & 144th St, Weeping Water fairgrounds
Friday, December 3
Wednesday, December 8
Monday, December 13
Friday, December 17
Monday, December 20
Plattsmouth Public Library, 400 Avenue A, Plattsmouth
Friday, November 19
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 14
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Clements Insurance, 160 N. 4th St., Elmwood
Tuesday, November 30
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Bring along your Medicare card and a printed list of the prescription drugs you
are currently taking. Open Enrollment for 2011 will available between
November 15 to December 31, 2010.
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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A Holiday Wine Dinner
One last Five Course Wine Dinner of the year...
Friday, DECEMBER 10th
CHEF CARVED PRIME SIRLOIN OF BEEF AND ALL THE TRIMMINGS! Complete dinner and wines TBA
Back by Popular Demand~we are offering the Fitzgerald Hotel and Shuttle package for $195 per couple. Open to the first 15 reservations.
Gift Certificates available by phone too!
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Contact Vicki Moses at 402-949-2254 or
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316 Chicago Ave., Plattsmouth
201 Main Street, Louisville
Business Printing
Stationary Mailings Business Cards Books
Forms Flyers Brochures Promotional
Screen Printing & Embroidery
T-Shirts Sweat Shirts Hats Jackets
Sign Making
Banners Windows Buildings Magnets
Yard Signs Vehicles
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Recipe of the Week
Roast Turkey
main courses | serves 6-8One of the biggest challenges when cooking a turkey is the legs take longer than the breasts. The breasts dry out in the oven while you’re waiting for the legs to cook. I like to push stuffing between the turkey’s skin and breasts, increasing the thickness of the breasts so they take the same time to cook as the legs. The result? Juicy turkey all round!
Preheat the oven to maximum. Heat a saucepan until medium hot and drop in the butter, sage leaves and 6 of the pancetta or bacon strips. Peel and chop 2 garlic cloves and 1 onion. Add the garlic, celery and onion to the saucepan and fry everything gently until soft and golden brown. Take the pan off the heat, add the breadcrumbs and, while the mix is cooling down, chop the apricots roughly and stir them in. When the stuffing has cooled down, add the pork, lemon zest, nutmeg, egg and lots of salt and pepper, and mix everything together well.
Slice the remaining strips of pancetta or bacon in half and slice 1 peeled garlic clove into thin slivers. Place a rosemary sprig and a garlic sliver on one end of a halved strip of pancetta and roll it up tightly. Repeat with the other pieces of pancetta until you have 12 little rolls. Stab the thighs and drumsticks of the turkey in 6 places on each side. Push a little pancetta roll into each hole until it just peeps out. This’ll give your turkey thighs a fantastic flavor and will keep them moist while they cook.
Chop the remaining onions in half and slice the carrots thickly. Give your turkey a good wipe, inside and out, with paper towels, and place it on a board, with the neck end towards you. Find the edge of the skin that's covering the turkey's breasts and gently peel it back. Work your fingers and then your hand under the skin, freeing it from the meat. If you're careful you should be able to pull all the skin away from the meat, keeping it attached at the sides. Go slowly and try not to make any holes! Lift the loose skin at the neck end and spoon the stuffing between the skin and the breast, tucking the flap of skin underneath to stop anything leaking out. Pop the orange in the microwave for 30 seconds to warm it up and stuff it into the cavity. Weigh the stuffed turkey and calculate the cooking time (about 20 minutes per pound).
Place the bird on a large roasting pan, rub it all over with olive oil and season well. Surround with the chopped carrots, onions, remaining garlic, cover with aluminum foil and place in the preheated oven. Turn the heat down right away to 350°F, and roast for the calculated time, or until the juices run clear from the thigh if you pierce with it a knife or a skewer. Remove the aluminum foil for the last 45 minutes to brown the bird. Carefully lift the turkey out of the tray and rest on a board that’s covered loosely with foil for 20 minutes while you finish off the veg and gravy. Skim the surface fat from the roasting pan and add the flour and stock. Place the tray on the stovetop and bring to the boil on a high heat. When the gravy starts to thicken, strain it into a bowl. Carve your turkey, serve with the gravy and dig in!
jamieoliver.com
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The Plattsmouth Animal Shelter
finished the last challenge in the top 20 in Nebraska - thanks to all of you who continued to vote everyday. The animals at the shelter need all of us to make them #1. We are the only shelter in Cass County so PLEASE be proud of us and vote and encourage everyone you know to vote EVERYDAY.
The easy to follow instructions are listed below - OUR SHELTER ANIMALS NEED YOUR HELP TO WIN! THANK YOU!
INSTRUCTIONS
Ready for the NEXT Shelter+ Challenge?
The Animal Rescue Site and Petfinder.com are very excited to announce that the next Animal Rescue Site Shelter+ Challenge - together with Petfinder.com
Looking for highlights? The Holiday Shelter+ Challenge will run all the way through Sunday, December 19th, and winners will be announced on Wednesday, December 22nd. The Grand Prize will be a $10,000 grant to help animals, but we're also adding some exciting new prizes for shelters to try for. There will be Dark Horse Prize winners — rescue organizations that have never won a grant in ANY of our Challenges — and we will also offer a unique opportunity for voters to share their beloved rescue pets in the Shelter Fan Photo Contest to win a grant for their favorite rescue group!
So stay tuned for more details, stay involved, and keep clicking to help rescued animals. Remember, in the midst of the excitement, that we are all trying to accomplish the same thing: a brighter future for animals in need everywhere. Working together, we will succeed!
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The Lofte
World Premiere in Manley, Nebraska!
The Lofte Community Theatre in Manley is bringing a world premiere to the stage. Opening on December 3, “Christmas at Leon’s” tells the tale of a bus full of holiday travelers who get stranded at a roadside diner during a blizzard. As we are introduced to the passengers, we discover that each one has a flaw or personal drama affecting his or her life. Everyone is able to find shelter and spiritual comfort at the diner owned by an odd little man named Leon.
The story and original musical score were both written by Mick Kovar of Lincoln. Mr. Kovar is a long-time friend of the Lofte having served on its board of directors and starred in several of its productions over the years. Lofte Artistic Director, Kevin Colbert is directing the show. Colbert and Kovar are old friends and have enjoyed working with each other on “Leon’s.”
Starring in the title role as the curmudgeon, Leon is Larry Bauers of Louisville. His three angelic waitresses are played by Renee Kovar of Lincoln, Lindsey Micks of Bellevue and Samantha Colbert of Weeping Water. Other players in the show include Bob Pinkerton of Weeping Water; Jamion Biesterfeld and Anne Riha of Louisville; Scott Pope of Eagle; Cynthia West Sheldon of Elmwood; Adam, Mick and Meagan Kovar and Brittney Ernesti all of Lincoln; Tom Lucas of Papillion, Virginia Howe Kincaid of Elkhorn and Jason France of Plattsmouth.
“Christmas at Leon’s” will run December 3-5, 10-12 & 16-19. Showtimes are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30pm. Sundays are 2pm matinees. Tickets are $16.
The Lofte is also doing a fundraiser in coordination with this event. Ticket holders can come to the Lofte 90 minutes prior to curtain to eat at Leon’s Diner. A home-cooked meal of meatloaf or hot turkey sandwiches will be served right on stage as the cast entertains and helps to serve the food. Tickets for the meal are priced separately at $25/plate. $15 of the meal ticket is tax deductible. Advance reservations for the Diner Experience are required.
The Lofte is located near the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 1 just east of the village of Manley. The box office is open Monday through Friday 8am-12pm.
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Greenblatt & Seay
Workshop/Performance Schedule
Saturday, December 4, 7:30 PM, Debby, Performing in the Hastings
Symphony, Heartland Events Center,
Grand Island, NE
Tuesday, December 7, 7 PM, Debby's commissioned arrangement of "Paddy
Whack" will be performed by the Millard North High School String
Orchestra, directed by Debbie Martinez, Millard North High School,
Omaha, NE
Saturday, December 11, 1 PM - 3 PM, Jamming Workshop, in the Old
Avoca Schoolhouse, Avoca, NE,
pre-registration required
Sunday, December 12, 3 PM, Debby, Performing in the Hastings
Symphony, Masonic Center, Hastings, NE
For more information, call 402-275-3221, or send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sincerely,
Debby-in-the-Schoolhouse
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The Otoe County Genealogical Society will host its December 9th meeting at 7:00pm at the Morton-James Public Library at 923 First Corso in Nebraska City for its quarterly Genealogy Workshop. The library's staff will assist guests in researching their family trees through online genealogy subscription websites, and also through the use of the library's extensive Otoe County microfilm reel collection as well."Curtis Wolbert
President/Otoe County Genealogical Society
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Quote of the week:
All limits exist only in thought, and that is where they are overcome.
-- Alan Cohen
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A SHORT STORY
Have you ever seen a Lab puppy playing in the first snowfall he’s ever seen? It’s absolutely hilarious watching him. He tries to catch the snow as it hits the ground. Then, when he can’t do that, he jumps in the air trying to catch the flakes and when he does catch one, of course, it dissolves in his mouth and he doesn’t understand where it went. And when the ground is covered, he and his Lab brothers and sisters chase each other in it, sliding around, playing in the snow; having the time of their lives.
Now contrast the Labs playing in the snow with the people who get grouchy because they can’t get out of their driveway. Or, who whine because their kids are missing another day of school which might cut into their summer vacation. Or, who stand in long grocery store lines and for what—milk and bread?
Maybe Labs listen to life and make a life better than we do sometimes, you think? The next time you get interrupted by the weather, just smile, be thankful for the interruption, and make a positive life like a Lab!
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I hope you enjoyed this week's newsletter. Please feel free to email me any thoughts, ideas, pictures or any information you would like to see included in future newsletters. Please get the information to me no later than Monday morning @ 8 a.m. to be included in the following Wednesday edition.
Thank you for your support and be well.
Vicki Moses 
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