Time to get the Hot Rods out!

Come cruise Harlan Street

Friday, June 25th 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Stop by the Methodist Church parking lot (17th & Harlan)

after 8:00 p.m. for a ice cream float

complements of the Chamber!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Annual Chamber Golf Tournament! 

 A special ‘Thanks” to our sponsors:

Armbruster Motor Company
Robert Aitken CPA
American National Bank
Animal Health Center
Breadeaux Pizza
Brown’s Shoe Fit
Careage Estates
Chaney Furniture
Check In Motel
Community Medical Center
Dorr & Clark Funeral Home
Dr. Charles James, DDS
Dr. Jon Habben
Edward Jones Investment
Falls City Care Center
Falls City Fitness Center
Falls City Journal
Falls City Pharmacy
Farm & City Supply
First National Bank & Trust
Grand Weaver
Harmon’s OK Tire
Heritage Falls Candles
Jim Hills
Jones Air Conditioning
Miller-Monroe
Mr. Automotive
Pamida
Poppe Realty & Management LLC
Ram Exterminators
Richardson County Bank & Trust
Time Warner Cable
Southeast Nebraska Communications
SunMart
Weaver & Merz

We would also like to thank everyone who helped with the tournament:  Falls City Country Club, Darin Davis, Rob & Kristy Gerweck!

Thank you for all your help!

Nebraska Department of Economic Development awarded Main Street Falls City $30,000 in Phase I Downtown Revitalization Planning Grant funds.  Main Street Falls City will be having a community visioning planning session to kick off the downtown Falls City plans. 

Next spring Main Street Falls City will reapply for Phase II of the Downtown Revitalization Grant.  This portion of the grant allows for up to $350,000 to begin implementation of the plan.

http://www.neded.org/content/view/1112/2364/

Social Media in the Workplace

Workshop on June 16th

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

at the Falls City Library Computer Room

Come learn how your business can benefit by using:

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype and Blogging

Sponsored by UNL Extension, EDGE and Chamber/Main Street

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska has some of the best state park areas in the nation, according to ReserveAmerica’s annual list of the country’s Top 100 Family Campgrounds.

Eugene T. Mahoney, Fort Robinson and Ponca state parks (SP) are ranked third, seventh and 25th, respectively, in the top 100 campgrounds.

ReserveAmerica, the nation’s leading recreation reservation service, recently announced its top 100 as a guide to help park-goers plan their trips. ReserveAmerica’s system handles Nebraska park reservations through OutdoorNebraska.org.

Nebraska parks ranked tops in the nation in many other listings by ReserveAmerica. Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area (SRA) is the No. 1 Fishing Spot. Mahoney SP is ranked No. 1 in the following categories: Kid-Friendly Park, Tours and Events and Romantic Spots. Fort Robinson SP is No. 1 in the Scenic Views category.

The remainder of categories and rankings for Nebraska parks are:

Amazing Spots – 3. Fort Robinson SP

Biking Trails – 5. Platte River SP, 9. Chadron SP

Bird-Watching Spots – 4. Ponca SP, 11. Fort Kearny SRA

Canoeing Spots – 3. Ponca SP

Educational and Historical Facilities – 3. Fort Robinson SP, 9. Ponca SP

Fishing Spots – 8. Lake Ogallala SRA, 11. Calamus Reservoir SRA

Hiking Trails – 4. Fort Robinson SP, 8. Indian Cave SP, 9. Ponca SP

Kid-Friendly Parks – 3. Fort Robinson SP

Park Beaches – 2. Lake McConaughy SRA, 9. Calamus Reservoir SRA

Picnic Areas – 5. Platte River SP, 7. Niobrara SP

Romantic Spots – 4. Ponca SP

Scenic Views – 16. Niobrara SP

Tours and Events – 9. Niobrara SP

Unique Cabins – 3. Fort Robinson SP

The selection of the Top 100 Family Campgrounds was based on testimonials, campground ratings and feedback provided throughout the year by park rangers, regional park managers and campers.

For more information on Nebraska state park areas, visit OutdoorNebraska.org. For more information and to view the complete Top 100 Family Campground list and all categories, visit active.com/outdoors/Articles/2010-Outdoor-Awards-Americas-Top-Campgrounds.htm.

A visit to a Nebraska state park area requires a Park Entry Permit.

The Vienna Boys Choir is coming to Falls City on October 31st! 

Prichard Auditorium

The concert begins at 4:00 p.m.

Doors will open at 3:15 p.m.

Tickets available at the Chamber of Commerce, 1705 Stone Street 402-245-4228 or from

Jo Schock 402-245-4296

or

June Bowers 402-245-0648

The Richardson County Arts & Humanities Council announced The Vienna Boys’ Choir will be coming to Falls City on October 31st.  They will perform at Prichard Auditorium that afternoon.  Please watch for more details as the date apporches!

The Vienna Boys’ Choir is one of the oldest boys’ choirs existing in the world. For nearly five hundred years they have been a symbol of Austria. A founding document of Maximilian I in 1498 called the first dozen boys to the imperial court as members of the newly formed court music band. Thus he showed his great interest in contemporary musical developments in Burgundy and the Netherlands. Since then the Vienna Boys’ Choir has been a fixed attraction in Austrian musical life.

A number of famous musicians have emerged from its ranks. Its first-class training has produced numerous highly qualified vocalists, violinists and pianists. Joseph Haydn, who actually belonged to the Cathedral Choir of St Stephan, sang together with the court choir boys in the chapel of the Hofburg and in the newly built palace of Sch–nbrunn. Franz Schubert’s first compositions were written when he was with the court choir boys, always in conflict with his teachers, since he was more interested in music than in getting good marks for his school work. Mozart’s erstwhile rival, Salieri, noted Schubert’s talent in his entry examination, and took him under his wing. The vocal training he received formed the foundation of Schubert’s sensitive Lieder. Georg Boyer, Benedikt Randhartinger, Hans Richter, who created the reputation of the philharmonic concerts in Vienna, the operetta composer Karl Zeller (“Der Vogelh”ndler”) or the famous Wagner conductor Josef Sucher, Felix Mottl, Clemens Krauss and Lovro von Matacic are former members of the Vienna Boys’ Choir, and helped to write the musical history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Great composers and teachers have repeatedly improved the musical quality of the Vienna Boys’ Choir, for instance Isaac, Senfl, Caldara, Fux, Salieri, Joseph and Michael Haydn. Anton Bruckner, too, as court organist, rehearsed his own masses with the Vienna Boys’ Choir. If a performance went particularly well, it was his custom to reward the boys with cake.With the ending of the monarchy in 1918, the choir gave up its old name and the imperial uniform (to which a sword belonged). As early as 1924 the “Vienna Boys’ Choir” – reformed by the rector Joseph Schnitt, with great personal zeal – gave guest performances in the world’s most famous concert halls. Even in the days of the First Republic they were regarded as Austria’s “singing ambassadors”.

Since those days the Vienna Boys’ Choir have given concerts under nearly all the great conductors of this century: Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti and Sir George Solti. And, as ever, every Sunday the Vienna Boys’ Choir sing solemn mass in Vienna’s Hofburg chapel, continuing a tradition unbroken since 1498.

A large crowd gathered Friday morning for the ribbon cutting and tours of the new Vision Inn Motel which opened in May at 26th and Harlan Street in Falls City.
11 local investors purchased the former Stephenson Motel and built the new facility just north of the original motel. Jerry McKim, one of the four original investors said it has been a long process to get the new motel built.
McKim says the plans are to eventually tear down the old portion of the motel.
It was noted during the ribbon cutting event that more than 90-percent of the materials and labor used to build and furnish the motel were purchased locally. The investors have in the neighborhood of a million dollars in the project. Eventually they would like to add more rooms where the old motel currently stands.
The new facility includes 17 rooms including a large family suite, a breakfast area, internet service and has a laundry facility. In addition there is a picnic area.
Beckie Cromer, EDGE Executive Director noted the new motel is the first project in Falls City to utilize tax incriment financing. She read a congratulatory letter from State Senator Lavon Heidemann who was unable to attend Friday’s ribbon cutting event.
Falls City Mayor Rod Vandeberg congratulated and thanked the owners of the new motel for the investment in Falls City. The Mayor also noted that there are currently three other projects in the planning stages in Falls City that are looking at utilizing the recently approved tax incriment financing.
Vandeberg says there has been talk for years about a new motel for Falls City and he’s glad it finally happened.