Schedule for appointment for the next O'Neill Community Blood Drive. The blood drive will take place on Monday, May 20th from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at the Bloodmobile at Avera St. Anthony's Hospital. To schedule an appointment to donate blood call 1-800-287-4903 or visit www.lifeservebloodcenter.org
The Pitch, hit, and run Competition that was to be held in Neligh today, Monday, May 20th is postponed to May 21 at 6pm
The Atkinson Antique Club will meet at Westside at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 2th. The lesson is on "ice cream" and it's history. Feel free to bring an ice cream artifact, scoop or other related item, or your favorite ice cream dish to share with the club.
O'Neill's Gun Club will open tonight at 6:30 and will be opened every Monday Evening till Fall.
TUESDAY MAY 21ST
The 2013 O'Neill USATF NEBRASKA ASSOCIATION JUNIOR OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENTAL MEET will be held at the O’Neill High School track at 540 East Hynes Avenue on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Registration will begin at 12:00 noon, Field events will begin at 1:00 p.m. and Track events at 2:15 p.m. For more information, contact meet directors: Cole Hilker, (402) 340-0539 chilker8@esu8.org or Mike Peterson, (402) 340-3513 mpetersn@esu8.org.
Meet registration forms are available at the O'Neill High School office or by navigating to the OHS Track Web Site at www.oneillhighschool.org.
O'Neill CSFP (Commodity Supplemental Food Program) Clinic will be held on Tuesday, May 21st from 9 a.m. to 11:30 and 1 to 4 p.m. at the CNCS Warehouse on South 10th Street in O'Neill. For more information on how to qualify for the commodity food program please call Theresa at 402-336-4298 Ext 16.
Tuesday,May 21 is the next meeting date for the Spencer Parkinson's Disease Group. As it will be held in Our Saviour's Lutheran Church fellowship hall in Spencer The meeting time is 2:30 pm. Our program will be a general discussion about PD and planning for the rest of the year's programs. I know May is a busy month, but I hope you can attend. If you have a topic you would like to be discussed please bring them to the meeting or send to me if you can not attend. Nellie Faye Hagberg 402-589-1576 or Joyce Sedlacek 402-775-2596
The VFW Auxiliary 926 will have the regular meeting Tuesday May 21, 2013. This meeting will be at the post on south Harrison street at 7:00 p.m. Please remind one person to come to this meeting.
There will be a Chicken and Biscuit Evening Meal at the Golden Age Senior Center in O'Neill on Tuesday, May 21st from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The Foodbank for the Heartland Mobile Food Pantry sponsored by the O'Neill First United Methodist Church will be dispersing food Tuesday, May 21st at the O'Neill Community Center beginning at 6 p.m. There is no income criteria, but the goal is to provide food to families where the need is great and resources are limited. Volunteers are needed from 5 to 7 p.m. if you would like to help with this ministry.
WEDNESDAY MAY 22ND
Wakefield Insurance Agency, Inc.(State Farm Insurance in O’Neill) is throwing a party to honor all area high school graduates at the O'Neill Community Center on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP by Monday, May 20, 2013, by calling 402-336-3355
FRIDAY MAY 24TH
Page American Legion Post 315 & Auxilary is holding their fourth Annual Steak Feed Fundraiser at the Kountry Korner Cafe, Page Neberaska, on Friday, May 24th. Salad, Ribeye Steak, Baked Potato & Dessert for $15.00 per person. This delicious Meal will be served from 6:00pm. -9:00pm.
The Board of Health for the North Central District Health Department will be holding their regular business and annual meeting on Friday, May 24, 2013, with roll call starting at 10:30a.m.
This meeting will take place at the office of North Central District Health Department, located at 422 East Douglas, in O'Neill, Nebraska (68763). A current agenda and meeting minutes
are available at the District Health Department's office.
4-H Practice for the twenty-two's will be held from 2-4 at the Chambers Fair Ground and also again on the the 26th of May.
SATURDAY MAY 25TH & SUNDAY MAY 26TH
The Single Wheelers Square Dance Club of Norfolk will host its 30th Annual Memorial Weekend Square Dance on Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th. The event will be held at the Gym of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska at 1800 Syracuse Ave, Norfolk. Our callers will be Jerry Junck of Wayne and Mike Hogan of LaVista. The cuers will be Mike and Pat Schrant of Bellevue. Registration will begin on Saturday at 9 a.m. Dancing starts at 10 a.m. and goes until 10:45 p.m. Registration on Sunday begins at 9:30 a.m. with dancing going from 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. For pre-registration forms or more information contact: Mary Christensen at 402-371-9276 or danceofk@hotmail.com
SATURDAY MAY 25TH
There will be a 55th Wedding Anniversary Open House for Milan and Ruth Welke on Saturday, May 25th at the United Methodist/Presbyterain Church in Ewing from 2 to 4 p.m. This is hosted by their children and they would like you to consider this your invitation and please let your presence be your gift.
SUNDAY MAY 26TH
Ewing Funfest Community Church Service will be held Sunday, May 26th at 10 a.m. at the Full Gospel Church. Everyone is welcome.
The Ewing Funfest Dance with music by The Rumbles will be from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Ewing Fire Hall. ID required and NO coolers allowed.
TUESDAY MAY 28TH THROUGH FRIDAY MAY 31ST
You're invited to VBS 2013! 3 Camp Luther staff members will be coming to lead VBS this year! All kids pre-school through 6th grade are welcome to learn about Jesus through his "I Am" Statements in the gospel of John Tuesday, May 28th through Friday, May 31st from 9 a.m. to noon. at Christ Lutheran Church in O'Neill. To register, pick up and fill out a health and registration form at the church or fill one out when you come in. For questions you can contact the church at 402-336-1884. We hope to see you there and invite your friends too!!
TUESDAY MAY 28TH
City of O'Neill's Trash route. Their will be no route, on Memorial Day. The Monday route will run on Tuesday May 28th.
MONDAY, MAY 27TH
The annual Memorial Day Breakfast will be held Monday, May 27th, at the Kountry Korner Cafe. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, fruit juice, and coffeee will be served from 9AM to 1PM. Free will Donation The American Legion Post 315 will be conductiong services at the Page Cemetery at 10:30A.M.
O'Neill Gun Club, is located by the O'Neill airport on Monday nights at 6:30, open to the public.
FRIDAY MAY 31ST
Tilden Community Hospital Foundation will be hosting its ninth annual Four-Person Scramble Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 8, at Kelly’s Country Club. Shotgun start is at 9 a.m.; dinner and prizes follow the final round. The entry fee for each four-person team is $160. It is limited to 24 teams, so get your team in early! Registration fees must be paid by May 31. Register by calling Amanda Broberg at Tilden Community Hospital, 402-368-5343. All proceeds benefit TCH’s heart monitor project.
SATURDAY JUNE 1ST
Holt County 4-H Shooting Sports invitational will be at the Chambers Fair Grounds with registration starting at 8 a.m.
SATURDAY JUNE 8TH
Tilden Community Hospital Foundation will be hosting its ninth annual Four-Person Scramble Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 8, at Kelly’s Country Club. Shotgun start is at 9 a.m.; dinner and prizes follow the final round. The entry fee for each four-person team is $160. It is limited to 24 teams, so get your team in early! Registration fees must be paid by May 31. Register by calling Amanda Broberg at Tilden Community Hospital, 402-368-5343. All proceeds benefit TCH’s heart monitor project.
SATURDAY JUNE 15TH
Saturday, June 15, is the League of Human Dignity’s 2013 Norfolk Benefit Golf Event at Eldorado Hills Golf Course, Norfolk. The event includes an 18-hole four-player scramble, silent auction and more. Sign up a team for $300. Proceeds help the League fulfill its mission: promoting independent living for people with disabilities. Register by June 10. For details, call 402-371-4475 or visit the League online at www.leagueofhumandignity.com
General Announcements
The O'Neill Library now has 1040 instruction books to help with your taxes.
Starting Monday, April 22nd the Village of Ewing will be flushing the fire hydrants every Monday weather permitting for the next two months.
There will be sign-up sheets available during game times, by the concession stand at the O’Neill soccer fields, for any players or coaches interested in going to the AYSO Heart of America Soccer tournament and/or the Midwest Cup tournament. Please contact Ron Bennetts for more information 336-1686, 340-1326
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Transitions, a grief support group for person's who have experienced the death of a loved one will meet the first Thursday of every month at the Golden Living Center in O'Neill from 2 to 3 p.m.
There are AA Meetings in Atkinson every Tuesday and every Thursday. Tuesday is the 12 & 12 Study (closed meeting) at 8 PM at the Presbyterian Church on Highway 20. Every Thursday there is a Big Book Study (closed meeting) at 8 PM at the Good Samaritan Center in Atkinson and an Open Meeting at 8 PM at the Presbyterian Church in Atkinson.
What: TOPS -- Take Off Pounds Sensibly Weight Loss Success with caring support and encouragement. Nonprofit, low-cost program
When: Every Thursday Night * Weigh-in starts at 5:45 PM * Meeting starts at 6:15 PM
Where: St. Paul Lutheran Church - Chambers * Contacts: Faye Wood at 482-5540 or Penny Bendorf at 482-5230
Stuart Community Church is a pick up site for the Atkinson/Stuart Food Pantry the first Monday of every month. For applications or questions please contact Linda Nekuda at 402-340-2273. The church is open from 3 to 5 p.m. on the first Monday of the month and is also open the last Friday of the month for signup for the following month from 3 to 5 p.m.
The Atkinson Food Pantry is open the first Monday of every month from 2 PM to 5:30 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Atkinson.
The O'Neill Food Pantry will be open on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8:30 AM to 4 PM. For an appointment, contact Michele at CNCS at 336-4298 Ext. 26.
The Wheeler County Food Pantry is open Monday through Friday by appointment for Wheeler County residents. It is located in Ericson at Sandhills Baptist Fellowship, 307 Central Ave. Call 308-653-2163 for information or to make an appointment.
The Holt County Historical Society is open regular hours from 10 AM to 4 PM Monday through Thursday.
Community Peer Tobacco Cessation Support Groups Meetings on Tuesday evenings from 6 PM to7 PM at Avera St Anthony's Hospital in O'Neill, Antelope Memorial Hospital in Neligh on Wednesdays at 7 PM to 8 PM, Osmond Hospital on Thursday evenings at 7 PM to 8 PM and at Creighton Area Health Services in Creighton every other Tuesday evening from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM. No pre-registration or cost to attend.
Foster parents have the ability to make a difference in a child's life. For more information or to sign up for Building Blocks For Community Enrichment's foster parent classes, contact Rachael Kalloff at 402-336-4841.
Representatives from Good Will are available to come and talk about their organization and where the items and donations go. They will answer questions also. For more information, call Good Will at (712) 258-4511.
The Neligh Support Group, sponsored by the Lincoln Greater NE Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association meets every Tuesday of the month at the Neligh Public Library at 5 PM. For more information, please contact Kathy or Bobbi at 402-887-5428
Spencer Library Hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:30 to 5 p.m.
