Community Calendar 8-2-24
First and third Mondays: NC City Council, Gary White Memorial Room/Council Chambers, 1518 Central Ave., 6 p.m.
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Pony Cycle Races at the Fair 2024
Kids enjoyed two days of Pony Cycle Races at the 2024 Otoe County Fair on Thursday and Saturday nights in Syracuse.
Otoe County Fair Parade 2024
The 2024 Otoe County Fair Parade took place in downtown Syracuse on Saturday afternoon, July 27.
Little Tuggers at the Fair 2024
The 2024 Little Tuggers Tractor Pull, a Nebraska State Fair qualifying event, was conducted at the Syracuse Fair Grounds on Friday, July 26.
Wood Carvings at the Fair 2024
Pictured are some of the wood carvings which were auctioned off at the 2024 Otoe County Fair on Sunday, July 28, at Syracuse.
Balloon Warz at the Fair 2024
Otoe County Fair kids cooled off by heating up the fair arena with a water balloon battle known to all as the annual, much anticipated and enjoyed Balloon Warz on Thursday, July 25, in Syracuse.
NC Rotary hears update on EDGE Nebraska City program
Expanding programming for sixth grade students in Nebraska City schools and continuing to fund an endowment for the future are just some of the goals of the EDGE Nebraska City program.EDGE Nebraska City founder Stacie Higgins spoke at the Nebraska City Rotary Club July 24 about the program that began as an idea at her kitchen table in 2017.Thought of by many as “that book program,” EDGE Nebraska City has several programs that help serve the needs of children from infancy through sixth grade, including Early EDGE for infants and toddlers, Kindergarten Ready for preschool graduates, Super Citizens for upper elementary students, and the program’s flagship, Readers EDGE and the Book Besties, who visit classrooms monthly from preschool to second grade to read to students and do an activity with them.
New NU president starts statewide tour in Nebraska City
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Quilts of Valor presented at Otoe County Fair
Blue Star Mothers Chapter 1 of Nebraska City awarded seven area veterans with Quilts of Valor on Saturday, July 27, in the Kimmel Center following the Otoe County Fair Parade in Syracuse.
Otoe County Fair competitors check in entries
Otoe County Fair exhibitors were busy on Wednesday morning, July 24, on the fairgrounds in Syracuse as they checked in various entries for this year’s event.Among the throng of fair competitors was Duane Hansen, the man famous for growing a pumpkin big enough and tough enough to endure a 38-mile journey on the Missouri River back in 2022.Hansen was, of course, entering impressive vegetables into the 2024 fair including incredibly large heads of cabbage.