St. Edward students were at Holocaust Museum when shooting occurred
June 16, 2009
St. Edward High School students may not have all happy memories of their recent trip to Washington, DC, because they witnessed a significant and unsettling event while there.
The 21 students and their three adult chaperones were at the Holocaust Museum in Washington when 88-year-old white supremacist James von Brunn shot and killed a security guard there last Wednesday morning, June 10.
The students were finishing their tour there when the shooting occurred. Six of the students were inside the building, while five were inside the restroom just down the stairs from the museum’s entrance.
The other 15 and sponsor Jeremy Jones were on the bus outside the museum. After hearing gunshots, the bus driver drove away, but not before students saw von Brunn lying on the ground outside the building after he had been shot by a second security guard. Read more
Alumni events set in Albion this weekend
June 16, 2009
Albion/Boone Central Alumni are invited to participate in a variety of activities during the coming weekend, Friday and Saturday, June 19-20, in Albion.
About 150 banquet tickets had been reserved as of Monday, June 15. Deadline for registrations was June 16. Read more
Six wind proposals on NPPD ’short list
June 16, 2009
Six proposals for wind fields are on a “short list” of finalists, according to Nebraska Public Power District, but the utility won’t yet divulge which six are up for final consideration.
NPPD announced last Friday it has narrowed the list of potential sites under consideration for wind generation development near the communities of Petersburg and Broken Bow, NE. The effort is part of NPPD’s plan to meet a strategic goal of generating 10 percent of its energy from renewable resources by 2020.
See this week’s Albion News for details.
‘Alice in Wonderland’ auditions set
June 16, 2009
Auditions will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Alice in Wonderland on Monday, June 22, at the Boone Central Gym in Albion from 12 noon to 2 p.m. All those auditioning should arrive before noon to register and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for rehearsal immediately after the auditions.
Approximately 50 roles will be cast, including three Alices of various sizes.
The production will be staged Saturday, June 27, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Boone Central Gym.
Cedar Rapids marks Q125 with many activities
June 16, 2009
Bill Loeffler, left, and Macy Zentner, right
Photo Left: Bill Loeffler of Cedar Rapids demonstrates blacksmithing at a booth in the park Saturday. Photo Right: Macy Zentner rides her horse in Saturday’s parade.
Relay for Life raises $21,000
June 16, 2009
Theresa Baack
Committee tells plan for new marquee sign
June 9, 2009
Petersburg Leadership Challenge Committee has announced plans to erect a new electronic marquee sign as its “capstone” project.
A fund drive has begun for donations to the project, with the goal of raising $30,000.
The sign would provide an electronic message center for the community along Highway 14, and would also display time and temperature.
More details in this week’s Petersburg Press Print Edition.
TIF financing explained to Village Board
June 9, 2009
Chairs were filled at the June meeting of the Petersburg Village Board. Chairman Tony Thieman called the meeting to order and opened the public zoning meeting for the proposed housing addition to Petersburg. Petersburg Industrial Development member Hank Thieman said, “The land has been posted with the public hearing notice for 15 days and legal notices have been published in the newspaper. We are asking that the parcel of land which includes nine acres and presently listed as light industrial be reclassified as R-2.” The development is looking to purchase five of those nine acres. However, they would like the extra acres rezoned to square up the town and be available, if needed.
With no other discussion and allowing for one hour before a board decision, they moved onto the TIF (Tax Increment Financing) portion of the meeting with a presentation by Michael Bacon, an attorney from Gothenberg. He called attention to the NCIP awards on the wall saying, “Someone is doing a lot of good work here.” Read more
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