February 25, 2009
Rita L. Sandman
Rita Louise. Sandman, 72, died on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 23 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Petersburg. Fr. Stan Schmit officiated. Burial was held in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Petersburg.
Condolences may be sent to www.levanderfuneralhome.com.
Merlin A. “Bud” Noble
Merlin A. “Bud” Noble, 87, died on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23, at Levander Funeral Home, Albion. Revs. Ray and Mary Avidano officiated. Burial was held in the Akron Cemetery, Rural Albion with military rites conducted by American Legion Post #162 and V.F.W. Post #736 along with members of the Nebraska National Guard Military Honors.
Condolences may be sent to www.levanderfuneralhome.com
Lady Cards Blitz Top-Rated Crofton
February 25, 2009
Beckwith Flips In Two
Boone Central showed its timing to be impeccable Thursday as the Lady Cardinals, arguably playing their finest all-around game of the season, thoroughly dismantled previously undefeated and Class C1 #1-rated Crofton 59-39 to claim the 2009 C1-9 Sub-District title at Norfolk High School.
With the victory, Boone Central (20-2) moved into position to claim the first girls district basketball championship since the Albion/Petersburg merger. Read more
Boone Central Advances With Sub-District Thrillers
February 25, 2009
Kunzman Leads Cards
With Boone Central struggling to find points Monday against a swarming Columbus Scotus defense and its season teetering on the brink in the C1-6 Sub-District tournament, junior Julian Kunzman rode to the rescue with his best offensive performance of the season.
With Scotus bottling up leading Card scorer Ryan Shotkoski early, Kunzman led BC back from a 10-point deficit with a series of nifty drives and feathery jump shots.
Kunzman’s heroics kept the Cardinals in position to challenge in the fourth quarter, where Shotkoski broke loose for 10 of his 18 points and sparked Boone Central to a 42-36 victory over 7th-ranked Scotus (by the Omaha World-Herald). Read more
BC Wrestlers Compete In State Meet
February 25, 2009
McLean Gets Edge
Although the Cardinal competitors won just one of seven combined matches, they gave several of the top wrestlers in their respective weight classes their toughest tests of the tourney. Read more
Jumping in for a good cause
February 24, 2009
Matt Asche, Cedar Rapids High School principal, donned a cheerleader uniform for his jump into the Cedar River.Polar Bear Dip was successful
Matt Asche, Cedar Rapids High School principal, donned a cheerleader uniform for his jump into the Cedar River.
Despite temperatures in the 20s and a chilly wind from the northwest, a total of 38 people plunged into the icy Cedar River at Mel’s Landing in Cedar Rapids last Saturday, Feb. 21.
The fifth annual Toma Rutten “Polar Bear Dip” and other events on Saturday raised $3,000 for special causes in the Cedar Rapids area, according to organizer Cyndi Greger.
(Photo courtesy of Henry Weare, Cedar Rapids Press)
Complete details in this week’s Albion News Print Edition.
Xmod racing gaining popularity
February 24, 2009
Sidney Wynn lines up her Xmod car at the starting line before a race.
For Alec Wynn and Jesse Zwiener (along with several other enthusiasts of all ages), the answer is Xmod racing.
The two Boone Central eighth graders are “into” racing the remote control scale model cars.
About a year ago, they purchased their track from a company for $200, began promoting their pastime and invited other enthusiasts to join in the fun.
They have now formed the A & J Xmod Racing Club, and races are held every other Sunday afternoon at the Veterans Club. Last Sunday, Feb. 22, a total of 10 contestants were racing. They ranged in age from 10 (Alec’s sister, Sidney) to 47 (Jesse’s dad, Joe).
The cars are fast, the corners are tight and the steering is tricky.
“It takes a lot of practice” to be a successful racer, said Alec.
Complete story in this week’s Albion News Print Edition.
My Side of the Fencepost
February 24, 2009
A small town fights the good fight
By Jim Dickerson
I’ve heard and written enough about the national economy and the economic stimulus package. I’m returning this week to the home front.
I’ve always believed in small towns. They have personality. They tend to produce people who genuinely care about each other; and when those small town people join together to meet a common goal, they are capable of great things.
So, I like to see small communities take on challenges and succeed. It’s even better when several small communities can band together and help each other out. That is the general idea behind the Boone County Development Agency, which is intended to unite the entire county behind common economic development goals.
With the economy in the shape it’s in right now, communities of every size are simply trying to maintain what they have. The list of challenges can vary from town to town, but they still have similarities. Whether the community is working to get an ethanol plant reopened, keep its schools funded and viable, or maintain its business district, it needs concerned and involved citizens.
Right now, the community of Petersburg is facing a challenge in keeping its grocery store open. The local store has been struggling to meet the sales volumes necessary to achieve profitability and remain in business. Their local development corporation and community leaders are working on several fronts to keep their local business.
In addition to meeting with the wholesale supplier and others who may be able to help, the Petersburg community will be “going public” with an appeal to increase the store’s patronage and help it reach a sales level that would keep it viable.
They realize that a local grocery store is vital to the community’s overall business district and quality of life. They know that the loss of a “kingpin” business like this could quickly lead to the closing of another business and then another, until very little is left of the business district.
For those reasons, this is being treated more like a campaign to preserve an important public facility than a private business — because in a small town, the grocery store is that important. Owner Larry Temme has already stated that, even though he and his wife Radene are the store owners, “it really belongs to the community.”
So, Petersburg area residents will be told the history of the store, the current operating status, monthly sales and the sales goals that must be met to keep the store open.
The concerned and involved citizens are in place and ready to do what they can. Hopefully, their numbers will grow.
All the cards have been laid on the table.
Petersburg will be fighting the good fight, and we hope the community can succeed.
City sales tax receipts higher in December
February 24, 2009
Albion’s city sales tax receipts were substantially higher in December, 2008, compared both to the same month the previous year and to November, 2008.
December city sales tax receipts were $53,127, an increase of $10,387 or 24 percent from the December 2007 total of $42,740.
The December 2008 total was up 75 percent from the previous month, November, when receipts totaled only $30,121.
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