Peru State College New Student Weekend Community Fair

Community Fair

Peru State College
New Student Weekend

Saturday, August 21st
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Commuter parking lot at campus entrance
Applications, prizes, give-a-ways & drawings are welcome!
Get your table reserved today!
Contact Jari Dunekacke 872-2352 or jdunekacke@peru.edu

Action Is Needed by Dec. 31 to Submit Names for Inclusion on Nemaha County Veterans Memorial

Written by Nemaha County Herald Thursday, 29 July 2010 03:54

The Nemaha County Veterans Memorial Committee met July 21 at the Nemaha County Courthouse and reviewed continued steady progress towards the group’s fund raising goal. President Monty Lovelace opened the meeting with a report that the Nemaha County Veterans Memorial Committee had received donations of $65,700 and more monies were still coming in. The Memorial’s stones have been ordered and the committee needs to have all of the veteran’s names submitted to them before the end of December of this year. The reason for needing all of the names prior to this date is to facilitate engraving the names on the stones prior to their shipping which will represent a cost savings.Engraving expenses, after the stones are in place, will cost approximately $300+ to have a name added at a later date. This would include mileage and labor associated with that one name. The engraver will come to town about once a year to add any names. Paving blocks for the sidewalk will come in two sizes: 12x6 inches for $250 or 24x12” for $500. These blocks are for families, friends, veterans, businesses, or anyone who wishes to have permanent marker around the Veterans Memorial sidewalk. This price includes the engraving of the paving blocks. The committee has begun looking at entrance stones to the Memorial. It has been suggested that the first stone be engraved with “TAPS” on one side and underneath with the reason for the Memorial. On the reverse side will be the names of all of the 107 Nemaha County veterans who were killed in action. The Memorial Committee hopes to have the dedication ceremony of the completed Veterans Memorial by Memorial Day 2011. To contribute to the Veterans Memorial or to order a paving block, contact the Nemaha County Clerk’s Office at the Nemaha County Courthouse. The mailing address is 1824 N Street Suite 201, Auburn, NE 68305.

I2E Club to Cover Venture Capital and Leadership

Chicago-based Hopewell Ventures principal, Jude Conway, and UNL Kimmel’s own Jennifer Schoen will serve as the I2E Club speakers for the August 10th meeting.
Jude Conway has a magnitude of knowledge on the subject of venture capital. He has worked with both the public and private sectors in his extensive career. Jude’s work with Hopewell Ventures has provided venture capital to a variety of businesses. Jude will explain in his presentation "De-Mystifying Angel and Venture Capital Financing" that, "most people’s eyes glaze over when venture capital or angel investing is mentioned. They feel it's somewhere between Voodoo and quantum physics. While the details of an angel or venture capital deal can get quite complicated the basic concept is quite simple. It's when someone other than friends or family buy shares in your company. Once entrepreneurs understand how this works, they can make an informed decision whether or not to pursue this type of financing."
Jennifer Schoen, University of Nebraska – Lincoln Kimmel Education & Research Center’s Summer Intern, will be presenting an entertaining and educational session on power. Jennifer is a senior at UNL majoring in Hospitality, Restaurant, & Tourism Management and Agricultural Education. She will be sharing some of her education through teaching entrepreneurs how to build efficiency through leadership.
The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a social sponsored by the UNL Kimmel Education & Research Center. Presenters Jude and Jennifer will share helpful knowledge they have gained in their respective endeavors.
I2E Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at the UNL Kimmel Education and Research Center, 5985 G Road, Nebraska City, NE. The Club is a collaborative effort of the Southeast Nebraska Partners for Progress and has been made possible by funding from a Building Entrepreneurial Communities Act (BECA) grant. There is a $10 per session fee or participants may choose to join the club and pay a small annual membership fee.
For more information about the I2E Club or any of its programming, contact Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild at the UNL Kimmel Education and Research Center at 402-873-3166 or creimers2@unl.edu. You can also learn more about I2E, including access to past video presentations and meeting materials, online by visiting i2eclub.org. Become a fan of I2E on Facebook! Log into Facebook and simply search I2E Club.

Auburn Volunteer Fire Department to Celebrate 100 Years in June of 2011

Written by www.anewspaper.net Friday, 06 August 2010 18:44

It’s about 10 months away, but representatives of a number of Auburn organizations are starting planning for the 100th anniversary of the Auburn Volunteer Fire Department on Friday-Sunday, June 10-12, 2011. Plans include a parade of police, firefighting and emergency medical services equipment. The parade will generally be the same route as the Nemaha County Fair Parade but will likely end at Central Avenue, said Dale Thomas of the Auburn Volunteer Fire Department.Thomas said many fire departments have equipment which ranges in age from antique to new.After the parade, vehicles and apparatus will be displayed at the Nemaha County Fairgrounds. That will involve equipment from not just departments in Nebraska, but from throughout the Midwest, Thomas said.There will be firefighter displays which include vintage displays. In 1917, the Nebraska State Volunteer Firefighters Association convention was held at Auburn. Thomas said that gathering included ribbon exchanges between representatives of various communities.Firefighting skills competitions are planned. These will include water fights, in which firefighters use a fire hose to shoot water onto an above head water barrel and a bucket brigade, in which firefighters attempt to move water from one area to another in the shortest amount of time, Thomas said.Children’s competitions such as water ball hockey are also planned, he said.The Music in the Park Committee will coordinate a street dance on the night of June 11. There will be a free pork barbecue and refreshments. Hickory Road BBQ and Catering Co. will be involved.The Community Builders are planning a June 12 morning pancake feed. Members of the Nemaha County Ministerial Association will organize a nondenominational worship service at Legion Memorial Park.Members of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and representatives of the Nemaha Valley Museum also intend to be involved.More plans and details on the celebration will be announced in the coming months.