Hot Topics for August 2020

August is ...

• National Eye Exam Month
• Psoriasis Awareness Month

Other Interesting Tidbits ...

• Dog Days of August definition
• DriveInMovie.com  directory of drive in movies in the United States
• Heat Waves information from the American Red Cross
• One Book One Nebraska:  All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor by Donald Stratton
• Roller Coaster Database
• State Fair Recipes a Web site dedicated to State Fair Recipe Contests!

Today is ...

•  Little League World Series - cancelled
• August 1  Lughnasadh  
• August 2-4  Czech Festival, Wilber - cancelled
• August 3  National Night Out (first Tuesday in August)
• August 4  International Forgiveness Day
• August 5-8  Sandhills Open Road Challenge, Arnold
• August 7-16  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally -- The Sturgis City Council has prepared a set of protocols that will be used when making the decision to hold or cancel the upcoming City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
• August 8 International Cat Day
• August 8-16  Elvis Week
• August 7-9  Kool-Aid Days, Hastings
• August 12  Wizard of Oz premiered in 1939
• August 13  Left-hander's Day
• August Capitol City Ribfest, Lincoln - cancelled
• August Maha Music Festival  Aksarben Village, Omaha, NE - cancelled
• August 21 National Spumoni Day
• August 21-22 Oregon Trail Days Gering
• August 21-23  Popcorn Days, North Loup
• August 23 -  Indianapolis 500 (rescheduled from May 23)
• August 28 - September 7  Nebraska State Fair
• August 26  Women's Equality Day
• August 29-September 30 Tour de France 
• August 31-September 13  U.S. Open Tennis - The USTA's hope is to be able to hold the 2020 US Open in New York as planned

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