Get Ready to Rumble
Annual Car Show set for Sunday, July 29th
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Developmental Screening
April 26 & 27
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Pet Vaccination Clinic
at the
Louisville Fire Barn
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
City personnel will be on hand
to issue pet licenses
For more information, contact the City Clerk
or the Plattsmouth Animal Hospital
402-296-2179
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There are boxes with order sheets & can drop off orders at City Hall or Blake's.
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Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation
204 East F Street / P.O. Box 167
Elmwood, NE 68349
Contact: Executive Director, Teresa Lorensen, 402-994-3855
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMBINING ART, LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Historic Bess Streeter Aldrich House Hosts First-Annual Quilt Show
Elmwood, NE – April 17, 2012 – There will be something for everyone on May 5th and 6th in Elmwood, as quilting, literature and history collide at the Bess Streeter Aldrich House’s first-annual quilt show.
A collection of quilts from the Oxbow Quilters, many of them prize-winners at local and state fairs, will be displayed throughout the author’s historic home. Guests can visit with some of the quilters and Aldrich House tour guides on self-guided tours of the prairie-style home, built in 1922.
“We’re hoping to bring in lots of new visitors who haven’t toured the home before, and encourage those who have visited before to return for this special show,” Aldrich Foundation Teresa Lorensen said. “And, the quilters are excited to show their creations at a local venue.”
The show begins Saturday, May 5, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and continues Sunday, May 6 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children ages 6-12, and free for ages 5 and under.
The Bess Streeter Aldrich House is located at 204 East F Street, Elmwood, NE and is open for guided tours on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.BessStreeterAldrich.org.
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The Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation is a non-profit organization which operates the Bess Streeter Aldrich House & Museum. The foundation has sponsored a short story contest since 2003. For more information about the house & museum, the short story contest, or other annual events, visit www.BessStreeterAldrich.org
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For Immediate Release: LB 357 Offers Choices for Local Voters
April 13, 2012, Lincoln— Much has been reported about LB 357 – the sales tax proposal adopted this month by the legislature. While descriptions of the measure have been reasonably accurate, specific details about what LB 357 would really provide may still be unclear. I want to outline some important facts about the bill that are the basis of my decision to support its passage.
LB 357 would give local voters the right to decide whether their city, town or village should have additional funds for a clearly identified project. As a lifelong resident of District 2, I have complete trust in your judgment and believe you should have the right to make decisions about the needs of your community.
LB 357 would provide an additional tool for strengthening infrastructure or creating a new community improvement project, but the tool could only be used if voters approve it.
Passage of LB 357 is not an automatic tax increase. Instead, it gives local voters a real voice in deciding whether to increase their community's sales tax by up to 0.5 cents. Under the bill the local governing body would have to agree, by a super-majority of at least 70 percent of its elected members, to put a project proposal on the ballot. A community conversation would take place, and voters would then accept or reject the percentage increase to fund the project for which the tax would be dedicated.
“Local Option” is a term used to describe the freedom of a local political jurisdiction, such as a city, town or village, to decide certain issues within its borders by popular vote. The current maximum rate for Nebraska's local option sales tax has not changed in over a quarter of a century. The legislature granted Omaha the maximum rate 34 years ago, and Lincoln received the same right seven years later. Twenty-six years ago in 1986, first and second class cities, and villages were finally allowed to use the current maximum local option sales tax rate of 1.5 percent.
Of the 530 municipalities in Nebraska, 194 have a voter approved local option sales tax. Eighty-seven of the 194 are currently at the 1.5 percent maximum rate. Without financial resources municipalities cannot fund public infrastructure and economic development projects to create and sustain a quality of life that is likely to retain current residents and attract new ones.
Under LB 357 Omaha and Lincoln would be required to designate proceeds from any increased sales tax revenue to projects finished under inter local agreements. Each of these two large cities would have additional criteria to meet when using any revenue derived from the voter approved sales tax percentage increase.
Cities of the first and second class, and villages would be required to dedicate all increased sales tax revenue to fund public infrastructure projects.
If voters approve an increase in the local option sales tax, the increase would be required to sunset - or expire - in ten years. If the increased revenue was dedicated to paying bonds for an infrastructure project, the tax would terminate once the bonds were paid.
Local elected officials from more than 18 communities in District 2 and across the state have contacted me supporting LB 357. The bill is seen by these community leaders as a vital new economic tool. Some told me LB 357 could be used for urgently needed projects such as water system improvements, law enforcement centers, hospitals, sidewalks and libraries. Others said they don't have an existing plan for LB 357, but the bill would offer an increased sense of security. Several years of reduced or eliminated state and federal funding, plus continuing “unfunded mandates,” have made it extremely difficult for cities, towns and villages in this state to work on essential infrastructure and economic development projects.
The critical piece of LB 357 for me was the provision requiring the approval by local voters. Is there anyone better able to make this decision? I think not. That is why I support LB 357 to give you the right to make choices for your own community.
I am always interested in hearing your comments by mail, phone or email.
Senator Paul Lambert
State Capitol, PO Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402) 471-2613
plambert@leg.ne.gov
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