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May 12: Elwood High School Graduation

May 16: Chamber Golf Outing

May 19 & 20: Village Clean up event

June 1 & 2: City Wide Garage Sales

July 4: Elwood Chamber Fireworks & Lip Sync Contest

July 26-28: Gosper County Fair

The Annual Elwood Chamber Banquet, held January 20th 2018, was a

fun event for all who attended. This banquet is open to the public, as a com-

munity-wide celebration. Awards given by the Chamber were: Business of

the Year, House on the Hill Bed and Breakfast and Catering; and Volunteer of

the Year, Brenda Sheets. There were many nominees for each category, and

it was a difficult decision to choose just one. Thank you to ALL the volun-

teers in our wonderful community who work so hard! After the awards were

presented, Hypnotist Jeff Martin selected some members from the audience

and provided entertainment for those watching.

-Businesses: $100.00

-Individual: $25.00

-Churches, Municipalities, County, Schools, & Non-profits: $0.00

Make checks to Elwood Chamber. Mail to PO Box 92, Elwood NE 68937

Memberships run from Jan 1st thru December 31st.

Chamber

Brell Realty Grand Opening

Avanti & Brell Realty celebrating 10 year anniversary

Elwood Market-5 year anniversary and continuing to grow

Elwood Clean-up & Community Wide Garage Sales

Graduation & Upcoming Summer Events & Schedules

Chamber Members & Advertising

Contact us at elwoodchamber@hotmail.com

www.elwoodnebraska.com

Old Fashioned Christmas

Another great year is in the books for Old Fashioned Christmas. The event was held the evening of December 14th and the weather was much more cooperative this year than last! New this year was the wine and whiskey tasting event held in the O’Hanlon Seed/Andrews Feed Building sponsored by the Elwood Chamber. Three local wineries and one distillery participated in the event. The event was well attended and both vendors and community members had rave reviews. The Chamber hopes to bring back this event next year and make it even bigger. Thank you to all the businesses who helped to make Old Fashioned Christmas possible and to all those who participated in the events, including the annual lighting contest!

Chamber Members & Friends

We want to thank you for your continued

support. The Elwood Chamber of Commerce

would like to invite Chamber Members &

Supporters to come out for a night of fun at our

annual Chamber Golf Outing.

Wednesday, May 16th

Golf @ 4:00p.m. Meal @ 6:00p.m.

*You pay your green fees for 9 holes at

Lakeside Country Club

The Chamber provides a meal and flag prizes

Please RSVP to:

elwoodchamber@hotmail.com

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING

YOUR COMMUNITY

May 2018

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Brell Realty celebrates Grand Opening in their new downtown location

Avanti and Brell Realty getting ready to celebrate a decade of serving the Elwood Community

Get ready for fun in July as Avanti and Brell Realty & Auction both celebrate their 10 year business anniversaries! The two will host open houses on July 19

th at their perspective busi-

ness locations. More details will be announced on that as the date draws near. The two owners, Laura Tilson and LeahAnn Brell, had fun dreaming together about having their own businesses a little over 10 years ago and are going to have fun celebrating them together this summer! Laura Tilson began her career 18 years ago in Lincoln. Her journey led her to Kearney and then she finally located in Elwood. She took the plunge and opened Avanti Salon. Laura rented a space in Elwood and 7 years ago her husband, Shane and father-in-law, Chuck, built her a brand new salon located at 305 Calvert Ave. Avanti Salon is a Surface Concept Salon and Laura is a Core Educator for Surface. She loves to teach and share her passion for hair and the Surface product line. Avanti Salon & Boutique offers the latest hair trends with Laura and Jodi Lerdall. Avanti also offers spray tans, massages with Heidi Button, and the latest trends in clothing.

Laura is thankful for the support the Elwood and surrounding communities and her guests have given her for the past 10 years and looks forward to continuing to bring new and exciting hair and clothing trends to Elwood. In July of 2008, just after the real estate market crashed, LeahAnn Brell left her job at District 9 Probation to venture out on her own in the real estate industry. She started advertising her new business, Brell Realty & Auction, August 1 2008 and had her office in her home. A year later she moved into a small downtown office. As the business grew and added employees, they needed more space so she renovated a home and relocated to the North edge of Elwood . After 4 years at that location, LeahAnn recently remodeled the old Almquist building and moved her business back down-town. Currently working at Brell Realty & Auction are LeahAnn Brell, Broker/Owner; Pamela Snowardt, Aministrative Assistant; Randy Helms, Sales Agent & Auctioneer; Kelly Gydesen, Sales Agent; Bill Brell, Auctioneer; and Larry Brell Auctioneer.

We are very grateful for the support we’ve received over the years in Gosper County and surrounding areas. It has been a blessing meeting and working with people over the years and we look forward to continuing to serve the area in the future.

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Elwood Hometown Market

The Elwood Hometown Cooperative Market celebrated its 5th Anniversary in February.

The Board of Directors is grateful to the community for its support of the market and

investment in Elwood.

The Board invites everyone to shop – no membership required. If you are interested in be-coming a shareholder, a Common Stock share (the voting share) is $500. A Preferred Stock share (the investment share) is $500 each. The Board now offers a payment plan; $50 down

with 9 monthly payments of $50/month. The payment plan is available for Common and Preferred Stock shares. Lifetime Membership is $25, making the total down payment $75. A

lifetime membership can also be purchased separately for $25, giving access to “Member On-ly” specials in the store, but no voting rights. Contact the store at 308-785-2182 and leave

your name so a board member can contact you.

Reasons to support your local Market:

The market supports the school and other organizations. Your shopping support allows the market to continue that support.

Up to 68% of money spent at a local business returns to the community. Shopping at a chain in a community lowers that percentage to 43%. And if you shop outside the community, the percentage is 0%.

The market employs 8-9 local people.

Lunch specials Monday - Thursday. Yummy Ribs on Friday!

If you don’t see it in the store, ask Julie Poggendorf if it can be ordered. As an aside, when shopping for fresh produce, our delivery is on Thursday and the freshest produce is available over the weekend.

As we move forward the line between profitability/longevity and loss/closure is a fine line. For example, one family/individual spending $50 more a week at the market yields an increase in yearly sales of $2,600. Multiply that by 10 families/individuals and the increase in yearly sales is $26,000. That $26,000 could be the difference between profitability and loss. And so can the $2,600. All customers, all sales matter to a small business.

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CITY-WIDE

GARAGE SALES

Sign up forms are available at the Post Office, Red Barn, and Elwood

Hometown Cooperative Market. Turn in forms by May 17th to have your

garage sale listed on the garage sale flyer that will be available starting May 31st at the Red Barn, Aurora Coop, and Elwood

Hometown Cooperative Market.

No Garage to have a “garage sale”? Then load up your car trunk or pick-up box and take part in the “TRUNK SALE” to be held at the Gosper Co. Senior Center Outdoor

Gathering Space!

There is NO Brat Feed this year. You are invited to visit the following Chamber

members to partake in their lunch menu: B’s Café, Elwood Hometown Cooperative

Market, and the Red Barn.

Any items left unsold at the end of your garage sale can be taken to the Goodwill trailer located behind the Village Office.

Please be sure to clean up after your gar-age sale!

ELWOOD SPRING CLEAN-UP 2018

MAY 18, 19 & 20

Dumpsters will be in the alley behind the Village Office

at 304 Calvert Ave.

Schaben Sanitation Cleanup Rules: *No yard waste *No medical waste

*No dead animals *No hot ashes *No oil *No tires *No paint

*No hazardous waste *No batteries *No paint thinner *No appliances

*No asphalt shingles *Oil filters must be crushed

*No chemicals-containers must be triple-rinsed & drained.

PLEASE call the Village by noon on Thursday, May 17 to request large items that need to be picked up at

curbside on Friday morning— 785-2480

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A Goodwill Truck will be located behind the Village Office

from May 30 to June 6

Upcoming Community Events

The Maroon Platoon will be

serving lunch on Saturday as a

fundraiser. Check Facebook for

more details as the date

approaches.

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Elwood High School will have twelve seniors walking the stage at the 2018 EHS Graduation Ceremony on May 12th at 2:00 p.m. Congratulations to the following youth and our best wishes for a successful and fulfilling future: Aaron Clouse Madison Clouse Tiffany Dickau Danielle Forster Lindsey Jauken Jordyn Kennedy Felicia Knoerzer Manon Martin Kent Rae Jocelyn Ulloa Brett Ricciotti Caleb Werger “...And off they went to change the world”

Community Ball Games

Firework Show

at dusk

****NEW**** Lip Sync Contest

(More info to come)

*Sponsored by the Elwood

Chamber of Commerce

Summer Ball Schedules

Elwood Pool

Weather permitting, the

pool will try to open by

Memorial weekend.

Family Pass is $75

Single Pass is $45

Daily pass is $2

Family and Single

passes include

swimming lessons

(to be determined).

The pool will be open

daily from 1:00-6:00

and will be open some

evenings

(to be determined).

4th of July

Gosper County Fair

July 26th-28th

Boys K-2 5/22 6:30 @ Bertrand 5/24 6:30 @ Arapahoe 5/29 6:30 vs. Curtis/Maywood 5/31 6:30 vs. Eustis 6/5 6:30 @ Axtell 6/7 7:45 @ Minden( blue) 6/12 6:30 vs. Minden (green) 6/14 6:30 vs. Oxford Boys 5th-6th 5/15 6:30 vs. Cambridge 5/17 6:30 vs. Curtis/Maywood 5/22 6:30 vs. Bertrand 5/24 8:00 @ BB War ( Field 3) 5/29 8:00 @ Arapahoe 5/31 8:00 @ Cozad-Goff (Bellamy East) 6/5 6:30 vs. Norton 6/7 8:00 @ Cozad-Bussinger (Bellamy East) 6/12 7:45 vs. Cozad Doudney 6/14 6:30 @ Lex 1 (Field 2) 6/19 6:30 @ Lex 2 (Field 1) 6/21 8:00 vs. Minden-Big Johns Ford

Boys 3rd-4th 5/22 6:30 @ Eustis (vs. Curtis/Maywood) 5/24 7:45 @ Arapahoe 5/29 6:30 @ Lex 1 (Field 2) 5/31 6:30 @ McCook (SW field) 6/5 8:00 @ Cozad –Davis (Stuckey Field) 6/7 6:30 vs. BB Royals 6/12 6:30 @ Lex 2 (Field 1) 6/14 7:45 vs Cozad-Lindstedt 6/19 8:00 @ Cambridge-Hoelscher (small field) 6/21 6:30 vs BB Indians Boys 7th-8th 5/15 6:30 @ Bermis (Loomis big field) 5/17 6:30 @ Arapahoe 5/22 8:00 vs. Curtis 5/24 6:30 vs. Holdrege 5/29 6:30 @ Lexington (Field 1) 5/31 BYE 6/5 8:00 vs. McCook 6/7 8:00 vs. Alma 6/12 6:30 @ Gothenburg (Legion Field) 6/14 6:30 @ Axtell (large field) 6/19 6:30 vs. Cambridge 6/21 8:00 @ Oxford

Summer Ball —Regular Season Games

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2018 Elwood Chamber Board Members Laura Tilson - President Vice President-Sindy Fiene

Melissa Vinzant - Secretary Grace Jasnoch- Treasurer Members: Dennis Ocken, Kate Reiners, Jane Hilton, Pastor Wolf

Chamber Coordinator: Jennifer Edwards elwoodchamber@hotmail.com

Thank You To Our 2018 Chamber Members!

• American Legion and Auxiliary Post 290

Area children are welcome to at-tend the upcoming Vacation Bi-

ble School activities:

Elwood 1st United Methodist Church:

July 17-19 4:00-7:00 pm - - - - - - - - - - - -

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church July 8-12 6:30-8:30 pm

3 yr olds-kids entering 6th grade

You can register online at http://www.vbsmate.com/OurRedeemerElwoodNE. Please contact Ann Dyer at 308-325-2970 or the church office at 308-785-2875 if you have any questions or would like to register. We will have some fun and grow in our faith in Christ.

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• Aurora Cooperative

• Avanti Salon

• B’s Cafe

• Bader Insulation &

Sandblasting Inc.

• Berryman Funeral Homes

• Brell Realty & Auction

• Bryant & Lori Knoerzer

• Byrns Floorcovering Inc.

• Carlton Clark

• Central NE Public Power &

Irrigation

• Dawson County Fairgrounds

• Dawson Public Power District

• Dennis Ocken

• Ed Houlden

• Elwood Area Foundation

• Elwood Bulletin/Furgo, Inc.

• Elwood Care Center

• Elwood Funeral Home

• Elwood Hometown

Cooperative Market

• Elwood Post Office

• Elwood Public Library

• Elwood Public Schools

• Empire Hay Inc.

• Eustis Plumbing & Heating

Inc

• Fairview Vet Clinic

• Gosper Co Senior Citizens

Center

• Gosper County Sherriff’s

Office

• House on the Hill B & B

• J & S Star Automotive

• Jerry Remmenga DDS, PC

• Johnson Lake Chamber of

Commerce

• Julie Dornhoff

• Knoerzer Farms Inc.

• KRVN

• L2forkids

• Lakeshore Marina Bar & Grill

• Landmark Implement, Inc

• Larry Brell Inc.

• Lexington Area Chamber of

Commerce

• Lexington Area United Way

• Lexington Regional Health

Center

• Loving our Littles Daycare

• Mid-Nebraska Drilling &

Services, LLC

• Norder Supply Inc.

• Pastor Michael Wolff

• Paulsen Inc.

• Pinnacle Bank

• Plum Creek Medical Group,

P.C.

• Ray & Judith Geiger

• Red Barn & Motel

• Remmenga Drilling Co.

• Roland Cooksley

• Scharf Construction, LLC

• Security First Bank

• Security First Insurance

• Sign Pro

• Sprinklers Plus

• SteakMaster

• The Home Agency

• Todd Wilson, P.C.

• Tri-Basin Natural Resources

District

• UNL Gosper County

Extension

• Village of Elwood

• Waste Connections, Inc.

dba Schaben Sanitation

• Weissert Construction Inc.

Chamber meetings take place on the third Thursday of every month at noon. Locations vary each month,

check out our Facebook page for information!

Jesus’ Lambs Preschool Jesus’ Lambs Preschool is now tak-ing registrations for the 2018-19 school year. The class schedule for the 4 and 5 year olds will be Monday through Thursday from noon to 3:30 p.m. The 3 and 4 year old class will meet Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. To register your child(ren), please contact Jen Wolff at 308-785-8074 or the church office at 785-2875.

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Elwood Public Library

Monday 4:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m. Tuesday 1:00 p.m.—5:30 p.m.

Wednesday 9 a.m.—2 p.m. Thursday 1 p.m.—5:30 p.m.

Friday—Closed Saturday 9 a.m.—2 p.m.

Sunday - Closed

(308) 785-8155 306 Calvert St, Elwood 68937

Dallas B. Garey .

Funeral Directors & Embalmers Licensed in Nebraska & Kansas

Visit our web site elwoodfuneralhome.com for current obituaries & other information

ELWOOD FUNERAL HOME Corner of Hwy 23 & Hwy 283

302 Smith Avenue—PO Box 95 Elwood NE 68937-0095

308-785-2514

MONUMENTS-MARKERS-VASES & LETTERING SERVICES

For All Your Grocery Needs!

Hours:

Mon-Sat 8 am—7 pm Sunday 10 am—2 pm

308-785-2182

BRELL REALTY & AUCTION

Residential/

Commercial/

Agricultural

Real Estate & Farm

Equipment Sales

LeahAnn M. Brell, Broker/Owner Larry W. Brell, Associate Broker/ Auctioneer Randy Helms, Sales Agent/Auctioneer William Brell, Auctioneer Office: 308-785-2093 ww.BrellRealty.com

Remmenga Drilling Co.

Elwood Nebraska 68937

Irrigation & Domestic Well Drilling Turbine Pump Sales & Service

Office: (308) 785-2290

E-mail: remmengadrilling@yahoo.com

Serving the Area Since 1954

Bob Remmenga Jeff Remmenga

Want to see your ad in the next Chamber Newsletter?

Just $25! Contact the Chamber Today!

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The Red Barn & Motel

Your One Stop Shop In Elwood

107 N Smith Avenue Elwood, NE 68937

Store (308) 785-2174 Motel (308) 785-2650 Dan & Shaunna Sjomeling

7 Miles south of Johnson Lake—1.5 Miles south of Elwood Reservoir

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Empire Hay, Inc.

Scott & Gwen Stoll

Dan & Miranda Stoll

Box 53—Elwood NE 68937

308-785-2051 or 308-785-2872