Rotary donates to Meals on Wheels
The Nebraska City Rotary Club chose Meals on Wheels as its March Community Project, and money collected by the club during the month through member brags and announcements raised $400 for the organization.
April 2024
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United Women in Faith will hold spring rummage sale
The First United Methodist Church of Nebraska City United Women in Faith will hold a spring rummage sale.
Youth Frontiers brings Courage Retreat to county seventh-grade students
Seventh graders across Otoe County recently had an opportunity to take part in a Youth Frontiers Courage Retreat during their school days.Representatives of the Omaha-based Youth Frontiers, an organization devoted to creating character in students, spent five and a half hours with students from Palmyra, Lourdes Central Catholic, Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca, and Nebraska City middle schools over the course of three days last week (students from Lourdes and S-D-A participated together on the same day).Students spent time in short, small group discussions led by high school student volunteers, as well as taking part in brief physical activities and listening to drama and music presentations.
NCPS board approves energy-efficiency project loan
At the April regular meeting of the Nebraska City Public Schools board of education, the board approved entering into a 15-year $500,000 loan to provide HVAC and lighting upgrades to school facilities through the Nebraska Energy Office.The loan will allow the district to replace and relocate heat pumps at Hayward Elementary to rooftop units that are easier to access and service than the current units that are located within the building itself.Lighting in the gymnasiums at Nebraska City Middle School and Nebraska City High School will be upgraded to energy-efficient LED lights, with the goal of the projects to show energy savings for the district overall, according to board president Jim Nemec.Board members also approved the return of three welding courses to the Nebraska City High School course offerings after about 15 students expressed interest in being able to take Welding 2, 3, and 4 after completing Welding 1.
Nebraska Public Transit Week celebrates 10th anniversary
This year’s celebration of Nebraska Public Transit Week in Nebraska City will have a slightly different look and a slightly different spot on the calendar.The 2024 celebration, “Go NE Where,” will take place in Nebraska City from April 21 to 27, and it will feature different activities for each day of the celebration week, said Bobbi Lechner of Blue Rivers Public Transportation.Monday will feature a passenger coloring contest, with winners announced on April 22, said Lechner.
Nebraska City Public Schools Hirings and Transfers
Nebraska City Public Schools are pleased to announce changes and the hiring of teachers and staff for 2024-2025.
Morton-James Public Library Hosts ‘Many Books, One Community’ 2024
With thanks to the Harry and Grace Moller Endowment and the Nebraska City Community Foundation Fund, the Morton-James Public Library is bringing back “Many Books, One Community” in April 2024.
Arbor Day Celebration planned in Nebraska City
Nebraska City is gearing up for its annual Arbor Day Celebration, coming up on Friday, April 26.
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NC Egg Hunts bring crowds to Steinhart Park for Easter fun
Mild spring weather and the promise of treats brought children and their families to Steinhart Park on Saturday, March 30, to hunt Easter eggs.The hunts began with the Nebraska City Jaycees hunts on the ball fields on Saturday morning.