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To assist in the transition from middle school to high school, Creek Valley High School will hold an orientation for next year’s ninth grade students and their parents on Wednesday, April 17 at 1 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Creek Valley High School graduation requirements, class registration, results of the EXPLORE assessment and the student handbook will be discussed at this time. For further information contact Kathy Ford at 308-874-3310....
DALTON – Members of the Class of 2015 at Leyton High School recently were awarded $200.00 for their efforts in placing door hangers through Dalton neighborhoods reminding people to choose community-owned ACE as their choice for a natural gas supplier during Nebraska Choice Gas selection period (April 12-April 25). ACE, the Public Alliance for Community Energy, is the only community-owned, not-for-profit gas supplier in the Choice Gas Program. ACE participated in the Choice Gas program to p...
I happened to be sitting in the Fox News bureau between “hits” on Tuesday morning, when the news broke about the stabbing at Lone Star College in Houston. Watching it unfold in real time, I couldn’t help but think (as I’m sure all of us did) about the Newtown, Conn., massacre and the families flying to Washington and the fear that the parents of the Texas college students must be feeling. The difference, of course, is that no one died in Texas. The perpetrator had a small knife, not a gun. In interviews being conducted by the local affilia...
The topic of whether or not homosexuals should be allowed to get married has been on the tongues of many people over the past several years; with the conversation taking on a new element of speed lately. There are many opinions from both sides based strictly on feeling or emotion from both sides of the fence. However, I have yet to find an argument against why homosexuals should not be allowed to get married based in fact or even a just argument in which someone hides behind the Bible. As some may remember, some months ago I explained my...
Weather permitting, construction is scheduled to begin the week of April 8 on Highway N-92/US-26 between Bayard and Bridgeport, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR). Werner Construction, Inc. of Hastings, Nebraska, has the $3.7 million contract for the 12.1 mile project. Work will include milling, asphalt concrete overlay and rumble strips. Traffic will be maintained during construction with the use of lane closures and a reduced speed limit. Work is anticipated to be completed this summer. The NDOR project manager for this...
Bina Schwartz 1941 to 2013 Bina Schwartz went to be with her Lord on April 10, 2013, at her home near Oshkosh with her husband, Dale, and her daughters by her side. Visitation with the family is from 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 14, at Holechek Funeral Home in Oshkosh. Funeral services will be at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Oshkosh at 2 p.m., Monday, April 15, with Wayne Fraass, P.M.A. officiating. Interment will follow at the Oshkosh Cemetery. Memorials have been established in care of the f...
Vernon Leroy Hubbard 1932 to 2013 Vernon Leroy Hubbard, 80, went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at his home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, April 15, at Central Church of Christ in Gering with Pastor Lyle Hinebauch and Bill Ferraro officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff with military rites by the U. S. Army National Guard. Memorials have been established to Prairie Haven Hospice or to Central Church of...
LINCOLN – The Nebraska State Patrol is at its lowest number since 1996, but the patrol is budgeting to fix radios and vehicles, not hire more troopers, said Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln during debate on Legislative Bill 579, Thursday, April. 11. The bill would increase from nine to 15 the number of state patrol members who focus on enforcing the Nebraska Liquor Control Act. Nebraska has about 425 state patrol members, said Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha. Coash voted against advancing the bill from the General Affairs Committee because he said e...
There were no major injuries reported after a two-semi collision occurred on Wednesday afternoon. Johannes J. Vanhanster, of a California address, was travelling east on I-80 when his semi-trailer was rear-ended by a semi driven by Matthew D. Finkes of Missouri. Finkes truck failed to stop when he pressed brakes “hard,” so his truck struck the rear end of Vanhanster’s trailer. Both parties were wearing their seatbelts. The use of neither drugs nor alcohol was suspected. Pictures were taken and the investigation was concluded at the scene by re...
Dozens of students enjoyed Fine Arts Night at South Elementary on April 11. Art activities filled rooms along the first grade hall, including scratch art, thumb print art, water colors and bubble wrap prints. Music activities were staged in classrooms though the kindergarten hall, including Wii karaoke, “fun with instruments,” homemade instruments, instrument bingo and instrument show and tell. In the gym, children enjoyed Wii dance. South Elementary music teacher Misty Michelman, along wit...
The topic of track renovations dominated the Creek Valley Board of Education (BOE) meeting on Thursday night. During the March BOE meeting, estimates of around $100,000 to repair/replace the top coat or around $375,000 to do a more extensive repair by repairing the old base using a new system were discussed. There is currently only one contractor’s estimate that the BOE members are dealing with. An advertisement was put in region newspapers for bids. Only two contractors replied. One of those contractors went bankrupt, so the estimate from t...
On Saturday, April 20 City of Sidney Tree Board members are holding their annual Tree Give-Away in honor of the City’s National Arbor Day Celebration. Registration for the tree give-away will take place the morning of the event between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. at the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp on Fort Sidney Road, according to tree board chairman, Tom Von Seggern. Von Seggern has been on the board for a total of 11 years and says that the tree give-away continues to be a great community event. ...
This Saturday Sidney Public Library officials are holding an arts and crafts program as part of their annual series. On April 13 from 10 a.m. to noon co-owner of the Imagine That craft store, Eleanor Plummer, will be showing participants how to create their own “Spring Wreath.” Plummer will step-by-step show how to create the wreath by using grape vine wreath, fabric and wood, according to Doris Jensen, the director of the library. An example of the wreath is currently on display at the lib...
