🌱 Tim Javorsky and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• 2026 Lyons-Decatur Alumni Banquet at Lyons Community Center
• Tim Javorsky at St. Joseph's Retirement Community

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 55 degrees.
• Thursday: Warm; a stray a.m. t-shower, temps: high: 83, low: 54.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 91 and low of 53 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oakland

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 23

• 2026 Lyons-Decatur Alumni Banquet →
  Lyons Community Center, 335 N Main St, Lyons
  4:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday June 8

• Tim Javorsky →
  St. Joseph's Retirement Community, 320 E Decatur St, West Point
  1:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Busy Baby Storytime →
  Keene Memorial Library, 1030 N Broad St, Fremont
  10:00 am
• BOE meeting
  Scribner-Snyder Secondary Sch Scribner, NE 68057
  6:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• 2026 Bowlapalooza →
  30 Bowl, 1205 E 23rd St, Fremont
  3:00 pm
• Bilingual Bedtime Storytime →
  Keene Memorial Library, 1030 N Broad St, Fremont
  6:30 pm

Friday May 15

• Parkinson’s Wellness Group →
  Pender Medical Clinic, 958 Wellness Way, Pender
  11:00 am
• Graduation
  Bancroft-Rosalie Comm Schools Bancroft, NE 68004
  6:30 pm
• Spring Play
  Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schs Lyons, NE 68038
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Bob Bruner Memorial Fishing Derby at Fremont Lakes SRA →
  Fremont Lakes, 3120 State Lakes Rd, Fremont
  9:00 am

Tuesday May 19

• Boys Baseball: NSAA Class C State Baseball Championships (Varsity)
  Tal Anderson Field
  4:00 pm

Friday May 22

• Girls Track & Field: 2025 NSAA CLASS C & D State Track & Field Championships (Varsity)
  Omaha Burke High School Omaha Burke Stadium
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Craig Homecare posted a job opening for Full Time Day Shift RN/LPN for Toddler, Fremont - No Experience Required in Oakland. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Fremont

• Kristine Roberts Fornoff & Schutt PC 1627 E. Military Ave. Suite 100 Fremont, NE 68025 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Hendry Centers of Early Childhood Education LLC, a Nebraska limited liability … (enterprisepub.com)
• Backemeyer wins Democratic primary in Nebraska's 1st District race, will face Flood (fremonttribune.com)
• Stubbe, Hunter advance in Papillion mayoral race to succeed retiring Black (fremonttribune.com)

Wayne

• Wayne State professor receives teaching excellence award (norfolkdailynews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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