Cedar Creek & the Town Hall Restaurant are excited to welcome guests for a night of celebration!
The Town Hall Restaurant will be hosting a New Year’s Eve Party from 6PM until 1AM for adults 21 and over. Tickets are $15 at the door. Ticket purchases include:
- Music by TKO DJ’s- featuring over 1,500 titles in their musical library.
- Balloon Drop & Champagne Toast at midnight
- Bonfire with S’mores packages available for purchase
In addition, the Town Hall Restaurant is proud to announce a New Year’s Eve Tap Takeover by Evil Twin! Featuring:
- Christmas Eve in a NYC hotel room (imperial stout)
- Imperial Biscotti Break (imperial stout)
- Copy Paste IPA (special limited release)
- Molotov Lite (imperial IPA)
- Big Muddy S’mores (imperial stout)
2nd Shift Brewing beers, Robller Vineyard/Winery wines, and Pinckney Bend spirits also available!
To ensure a safe night of celebration, Cedar Creek is also offering overnight packages for guests. Book a stay for Dec. 31st, and receive 2 free tickets to the New Year’s Eve Party and complimentary holiday brunch for 2 on New Year’s Day. Cedar Lodge rates $150+ / House rental rates $190+. For more information, please call Reservations 573-237-3672.
Cedar Creek is also taking reservations for the New Year’s Eve Surf & Turf Dinner Buffet in the Chalet! Price is $30 per person. For more information, please call Reservations 573-237-3672.
Cedar Creek has been part of many stories. The latest being the popular on-site brewery, 2nd Shift Brewing’s move to St. Louis, Missouri.
“2nd Shift fans had their first taste at Cedar Creek, and we expect nothing but greatness from their expansion,” said Patrick Vatterott, General Manager.
Cedar Creek has been fortunate to witness, support, and feature the culmination of 2nd Shift’s hard work, ingenuity and relentless dedication to the pursuit of the greatest tasting beers. This pursuit has led to an increase in demand that exceeds capacity that Cedar Creek offers.
This move begins yet another chapter for Cedar Creek, one in which involves Cedar Creek’s Western Town, based off a 1950’s Hollywood movie set, as a popular tourist attraction. Open on weekends to the general public, the Western Town’s attractions feature a Saloon and the Town Hall. The Town Hall features delicious food, live music, local spirits and scenic views of the rolling Missouri countryside. Its counterpart, the Saloon, offers tastings or pints for those that want to play a quick round at Cedar Creek’s National Par-3 golf course.
The Town Hall will continue to offer 2nd Shift beers, and will expand its draft beer selection to include a variety of local craft breweries. With 26 taps, the Town Hall will soon provide the largest selection of draft beers in wine country.
In addition to hosting musician guests each weekend, the Town Hall will be sponsoring the New Haven Music Fest on July 30th. The New Haven Music Fest will feature 10 bands, specialty drinks from craft breweries and distilleries, and a wide assortment of food from various vendors.
Cheers to 2nd Shift Brewing! Cedar Creek is so very proud to be apart of their story and will continue to offer many of their great beers.
For more information regarding this release, please contact Julie Linder, Public Relations for Cedar Creek, by calling (573) 268-0639.
The Riverside Short Film and Video Festival (RSFVF) encourages local Missouri independent production companies, student groups & hobbyists to create & submit short films. Then to bring creators together to network and form new groups for more projects.
This year’s festival will be held in downtown New Haven at the Historic Walt Theater. The RSFVF’s film committee selected some of the best short films received from out of over 150 submissions. They include films in every genre and from around the globe. RSFVF even has an Oscar Nominee!
For more information, please visit http://www.rsfvfestival.com/
Welcome to the 36th annual Hermann Wurstfest sponsored by the Hermann Chamber of Commerce! Held each year the fourth weekend of March, Wurstfest has become one of Hermann’s best-loved festivals, as well as a prestigious showcase for sausage makers from around the state.
Saturday, March 19
Gourmet Sausage for Sampling & Purchase
9:00 to 5:00 • Stone Hill Winery Sherry House and Hermannhof Hofgarten
$8 admission fee (12 and older)
Wurst Competition & Display
10:00 to 5:00 • Hermann Mill
German Music
Noon to 4:00
Marilyn Loehnig at Stone Hill Winery
Ginny Hall & Glenda Townsend at the Hofgarten
Wurstjaeger Dancers
1:00 • Stone Hill Winery
Sausage-Making Demonstrations
Stone Hill Winery and Hofgarten
Bratwurst Sandwiches mit Kraut & More
Stone Hill Winery & Hermann Mill
Information from: http://visithermann.com/festivals/hermann-wurstfest/#sthash.YIK5Zzlz.dpuf
The Town Hall Restaurant will be hosting a special Valentine’s dinner menu in honor of the romantic holiday!
Dates:
- Friday, Feb. 12, from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Saturday, Feb. 13, from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Neil Salsich and Gerard Erker of Acoustics Anonymous LIVE on the stage from 4:00 pm –8:00 pm
- Sunday, Feb 14, from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Flea Bitten Dawg LIVE on the stage from 3:oo pm – 7:00 pm
Reservations are required to enjoy the special Valentine’s dinner menu. Call the Restaurant at (636) 432-8724 for more information.
Overnight Packages are also available on Valentine’s weekend! To book your stay call Guest Services at (855) 778-7222. Also, take advantage of our “Romance Package” add-on*. For an additional $25, the “Romance Package” add-on includes a choice of a bottle of wine or 2nd Shift Beer Growler at check-in, and reservations for two at our Town Hall Restaurant with complimentary dessert with your meal. *Limited availability.
Congratulations on your engagement! Being an engaged couple is so much fun because it is all about celebrating one another and your love. Since the average couple is engaged a year or less, maximizing the fun is a must! With this in mind, here are some fun ways to celebrate your engagement.
Telling friends and family.
First, you must prioritize who you tell to ensure that hurt feelings don’t put a damper on your celebration. The proper order is:
- Children, if you have them
- Parents and immediate family
- Best friends
- Extended family and friends
- Social media
Coming up with creative way to share the news.
Instead of just telling the news to loved ones, share the news in a fun and unique way that also entertains.
- Cedar Creek couple, Aaron and Mollie, announced their engagement by calling their friends via FaceTime and then taking a screen shot of the reactions to be used during their wedding reception.
- Host a party with the engagement being a surprise announcement. The announcement can be made during a toast, as part of a game, placed in fortune cookies, or written on cakes/cupcakes/cookies as a sweet treat. The possibilities are endless!
- If you were lucky enough to have your engagement photographed or videoed, share the news with cute announcements that can be uploaded to youtube, emailed, posted, or mailed. You can make collages, timelines, or use other artistic mediums to personalize it!
Celebrating the news.
There are many ways to celebrate your engagement. Some of our favorites include:
- Recreate your first date or other memorable moment from your relationship
- Schedule an engagement photo shoot
- Plan a romantic getaway
- Host an engagement party to help future wedding guests to get to know one another
- Update your social media status
- Ask friends and family to be a part of your wedding party (ideas to be highlighted in our upcoming blog titled “Wedding Party Fun”
Your “happily ever after” is right around the corner. When you are ready to begin planning your big day, we are ready to assist in creating a magical experience for you, your family and your guests. Our extensive wedding packages cover everything you need and more! It includes a 4 hour reception, event space, buffet dinner, unlimited cocktails, beer, wine & non-alcoholic beverages, linens, tables & chairs, basic table setting, parking & overnight stay for the bride and groom. Prices start at $93.00 per person.
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The following safety tips and advice came directly from the American Red Cross.
How to Prepare for a Flood
- You will likely hear weather forecasters use these terms when floods are predicted in your community:
- Flood/Flash Flood Watch—Flooding or flash flooding is possible in your area.
- Flood/Flash Flood Warning—Flooding or flash flooding is already occurring or will occur soon in your area.
- You’ll be better prepared to withstand a flood if you have the following items available – packed and ready to go in case you need to evacuate your home
- Water—at least a 3-day supply; one gallon per person per day
- Food—at least a 3-day supply of non-perishable, easy-to-prepare food
- Flashlight [Available on the Red Cross Store]
- Battery-powered or hand-crank radio (NOAA Weather Radio, if possible) [Available on the Red Cross Store]
- Extra batteries
- First Aid kit [Available on the Red Cross Store]
- Medications (7-day supply) and medical items (hearing aids with extra batteries, glasses, contact lenses, syringes, cane)
- Multi-purpose tool
- Sanitation and personal hygiene items
- Copies of personal documents (medication list and pertinent medical information, deed/lease to home, birth certificates, insurance policies)
- Cell phone with chargers
- Family and emergency contact information
- Extra cash
- Emergency blanket
- Map(s) of the area
- Baby supplies (bottles, formula, baby food, diapers)
- Pet supplies (collar, leash, ID, food, carrier, bowl)
- Tools/supplies for securing your home
- Extra set of car keys and house keys
- Extra clothing, hat and sturdy shoes
- Rain gear
- Insect repellent and sunscreen
- Camera for photos of damage
Responding Appropriately During a Flood
- Listen to area radio and television stations and a NOAA Weather Radio for possible flood warnings and reports of flooding in progress or other critical information from the National Weather Service (NWS)
- Be prepared to evacuate at a moment’s notice.
- When a flood or flash flood warning is issued for your area, head for higher ground and stay there.
- Stay away from floodwaters. If you come upon a flowing stream where water is above your ankles, stop, turn around and go another way. Six inches of swiftly moving water can sweep you off of your feet.
- If you come upon a flooded road while driving, turn around and go another way. If you are caught on a flooded road and waters are rising rapidly around you, get out of the car quickly and move to higher ground. Most cars can be swept away by less than two feet of moving water.
- Keep children out of the water. They are curious and often lack judgment about running water or contaminated water.
- Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize flood danger.
- Because standard homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover flooding, it’s important to have protection from the floods associated with hurricanes, tropical storms, heavy rains and other conditions that impact the U.S. For more flood safety tips and information on flood insurance, please visit the National Flood Insurance Program Web site at FloodSmart.gov.
Flood Recovery Tips
- Return home only when officials have declared the area safe.
- Before entering your home, look outside for loose power lines, damaged gas lines, foundation cracks or other damage.
- Parts of your home may be collapsed or damaged. Approach entrances carefully. See if porch roofs and overhangs have all their supports.
- Watch out for wild animals, especially poisonous snakes that may have come into your home with the floodwater.
- If you smell natural or propane gas or hear a hissing noise, leave immediately and call the fire department.
- If power lines are down outside your home, do not step in puddles or standing water.
- Keep children and pets away from hazardous sites and floodwater.
- Materials such as cleaning products, paint, batteries, contaminated fuel and damaged fuel containers are hazardous. Check with local authorities for assistance with disposal to avoid risk.
- During cleanup, wear protective clothing, including rubber gloves and rubber boots.
- Make sure your food and water are safe. Discard items that have come in contact with floodwater, including canned goods, water bottles, plastic utensils and baby bottle nipples. When in doubt, throw it out!
- Contact your local or state public health department to see if your water supply might be contaminated. You may need to boil or treat it before use. Do not use water that could be contaminated to wash dishes, brush teeth, prepare food, wash hands, make ice or make baby formula!
Adults and children alike have worked hard all year to be extra good and earn a spot of Santa’s Nice List in hopes of receiving wonderful surprises in their stockings and presents under the Christmas tree, and now Christmas Eve is less than 10 days away! With excitement and wonder filling the hearts and minds of friends and family this holiday season, make preparing for Santa’s visit a part of your Christmas tradition with a few tips:
Make sure there are no tripping hazards on the floor
Make sure that toys, shoes, and other small items are picked up off the floor so Santa won’t trip. We don’t want Santa to get hurt and he doesn’t want to wake us up!
Hang your Christmas stockings
Santa loves stockings and fills them with lots of treats and small gifts. To ensure that your stocking doesn’t fall, please hang your stocking using command hooks or strings such as twine, thread, ribbon or clear fishing line. We don’t encourage nails as that leaves holes. Stockings also do not need to be hung from fireplaces. They can be hung anyplace sturdy enough to hold a couple of pounds- deck railings, bed posts, the back of kitchen chairs, etc. As a side note, don’t forget to hang a stocking for your pet! Santa loves your whole family!!!
Leave a snack for Santa
Cookies_and_milkSanta has a very busy night and needs to keep his energy up! Sort of the same reason moms tells us to eat our dinner. Anyways, Santa loves cookies and milk, but also eats a variety of other tasty treats depending on what part of the world he is visiting. For example, Denmark families leave a sweet rice pudding called Risengrod. Swedish families leave coffee. In Chile, families leave a ginger sponge cake sweetened with honey called pan de Pascua. An in England and Australia, families leave sherry wine and mince pie to keep him feeling warm.
Don’t be surprised if Santa only takes a bite of the goodies you left for him. He cannot possibly finish all the food and drinks left by each family across the world!
Leave a snack for Santa’s nine reindeer
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph love apples, carrots, celery, hay, and cookies (sugar, oatmeal or peanut butter cookies are preferred as chocolate gives reindeer terrible gas!)
Other Santa Questions
How does Santa fit in the chimney?
Simply put, Christmas magic. Christmas magic builds throughout the year from three The most magic comes from acts of kindness. The second is being selfless and grateful, and the third comes from the joy of giving.
What if you don’t have a chimney?
It has been estimated that 60% of homes in the US do NOT have a chimney so Santa uses the magical Christmas key to unlock any door. Rumor has it that Mrs. Claus and the elves prefer it when he uses the Christmas key because chimneys are rather dirty and Santa is rather portly.
How will Santa find us if we aren’t at our home?
Santa keeps track of each child year-round to determine whether he or she has been naughty or nice so it comes as no surprise that he knows where each child will be for Christmas.
Christmas is a wonderful time of year, and we look forward to spending time with our family. Having said that, we would like to let our friends and supporters know that we will be CLOSED December 25- December 27.
FireFest 2015 will be held November 7th! This free, family-friendly event in Downtown New Haven has captivated crowds for more than five years with performances by fire dancers and technicians; the lighting of the House of Fire & Ice; and the releasing of flaming arrows across the Missouri River into the Burning Man.
FireFest 2015 will also feature a tribute to veterans (cannon firing hourly and re-enactors from the Civil War, World War I, and World War II), artists demonstrations (blacksmiths, glass blowers, Raku firing, candle making, wood carving, and more), children’s activities (storytelling, petting zoo, and more), live music, food, and a spirit garden. Pumpkins are also chunked with a trebuchet-pretty cool.
Scheduled Events:
- Noon– Cannon Firing, Food and Beverage Vendors and Arts and Crafts Demonstrations Open
- 12:30 – Parade
- 1:00 Veterans Ceremony
- 1:30 – Babaloo Concert
- 2:00 – Firemen Demo
- 2:30 – Story Teller’s War Stories
- 3:00 – Trebuchet Pumpkin Chunking
- 3:30 – Babaloo Concert
- 5:00 – Trebuchet Pumpkin Chunking
- 6:00 – Fire Dancers Performance
- 6:30 – House of Fire and Ice
- 7:30 – Trebuchet Pumpkin Chunking
- 8:00 – Burning Man (if river levels allow)
All-Day Events:
- Vendors – Noon to Close
- Cannon firing hourly
- Artist Demos – Glass Blowing, Blacksmithing, Pottery, Candle Making and Wood Carving
- Music – Thom Palazolla, Greg Krone & the Blue Gill Buddies, and Betty Crawford & Friends
- Children’s Activities – Face Painting and More – Babaloo Concerts
- Petting Zoo
For more information, please visit http://www.newhavenfirefest.com/
The 2015 New Haven Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held September 25th and 26th!
For more than 20 years the New Haven Hot Air Balloon Festival has been entertaining locals and out-of-towners alike! Featuring a variety of events, including a balloon glow, “hare and hound” balloon race, and parade, the New Haven Hot Air Balloon Festival has been named one of the top ten hot air balloon events in the country.
Balloon Glow Information
The Balloon Glow will begin Friday, Sept. 25, 6:30PM, at the New Haven City Park. It offers a breathtaking view of inflated balloons lighted by their burners so that they glow like huge light bulbs or Chinese lanterns. It is a spectacular display , and spectators are encouraged to get up close and walk around the balloons.
The Balloon Glow is free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by RE/MAX Today.
Parade Information
The New Haven Area Chamber of Commerce has announced a parade will be held in conjunction with the Balloon Race on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 1:00PM. The theme is “Hands Across the Sea” in recognition of our Sister-City partnership with Borgholzhausen, Germany. Entries are now being accepted!
Little Mr. and Miss New Haven Contest
Following the parade, there will be a Little Mr. and Miss New Haven contest for children ages 4-6. Entries are now being accepted!
“Hare and Hound” Balloon Race
The balloons begin inflating for launch between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., weather permitting. The race begins when the lead “hare” balloon takes off ahead of the pack. Over 20 “hound” balloons then launch in pursuit. The “hound” balloon that drops its bean bag closest to the hare balloon’s landing site will be declared the winner.
The Balloon Race is free and open to the public. The Balloon Race is co-sponsored by Backes & Toelke Agri Products, Bank of Franklin County, Citizens Bank, Edward Jones of New Haven – Jim Stiles, Hair, Peoples Savings Bank, Quick’s Save-A-Lot, Robller Vineyard Winery, Larry Hanks Painting, Shear Connection Salon & Spa.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do the glow and race cost to watch?
Nothing! The New Haven Balloon Race and Glow are free and open to the public.
Am I allowed to bring pets?
Absolutely!
Where will the balloons land?
Hot-air balloons follow the wind. We have no way of knowing which direction the balloons will travel until race day. Look at the forecast the day of the race to see which direction the winds are supposed to come from (and head towards).
Can I bring a cooler to the balloon glow and race?
Yes!
Can I bring chairs to the balloon glow and race?
Yes!
Are food and drink available?
Yes, limited food and soft drinks will be available for purchase.
Where should I park?
The Balloon Glow is held at the New Haven City Park and is a walk through event only — not a drive through event. Park Drive will be closed for both events and spectators are encouraged to park on Lion’s Drive or in the New Haven High School and Municipal Swimming Pool parking lots.
Information for this post provided by the New Haven Balloon Race Facebook page and http://www.newhavenballoonrace.com/