Hot Topics for August 2018

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:  This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm by Ted Genoways is the joint 2019 One Book One Nebraska and All Iowa Reads selection.  
• Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry Chosen as 2018 One Book One Nebraska
• Roller Coaster Database
• State Fair Recipes a Web site dedicated to State Fair Recipe Contests!

Today is ...

• July 28-August 26  Little League World Series
• August 1  Lughnasadh  
• August 3-5  Czech Festival, Wilber
• August 3-12  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
• August 5-10 Nebraska Star Party
• August 5  International Forgiveness Day
• August 7  National Night Out (first Tuesday in August)
• August 8-11  Sandhills Open Road Challenge, Arnold
• August 9-12  Professional Golfer's Association Championship (PGA)
• August 9-18  Elvis Week
• August 10-12  Kool-Aid Days, Hastings
• August 12  Wizard of Oz premiered in 1939
• August 13  Left-hander's Day
• August 16-18  Capitol City Ribfest, Lincoln
• August 16-18  Maha Music Festival  Aksarben Village, Omaha, NE
• August 21 National Spumoni Day
• August 24-26  Popcorn Days, North Loup
• August 25 - Nebraska Book Festival
• August 24 - September 3  Nebraska State Fair
• August 26  Women's Equality Day
• August 27-September 9  U.S. Open Tennis

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