Pumpkins will be flying Sunday, Oct. 25
October 20, 2009
Punkin’Chunkin’
It’s time for Petersburg’s annual Punkin’Chunkin’TM.
For the past five years, Petersburg’s Community Club has sponsored the annual Punkin’ Chunkin’TM. It is held in conjunction with the World Championship Punkin’ Chunkin’TM Association. Punkin’ shooter winners in the local contest are eligible to compete in the national competition.
Machines can shoot, launch, throw or fling a 6-12 lb. pumpkin. Community volunteers or club members drive four wheelers through the corn or soybean fields and measure distance shot by a Global Positioning System (GPS). Longest distance shot in 2008 was 3,071 feet from an air gun.
There are four divisions: air gun, mechanical, trebuchet and catapult. A $500 award is given for the longest distance. Petersburg State Bank puts up $500 for a chance to win during the accuracy contest. There is no entry fee, and safety rules apply. There is a high school division where a trophy is awarded. No explosives are allowed.
Crowds cheer on their favorite teams and approximately 2,000 people attended last year’s event.
The action begins at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, one mile east of Petersburg. There is free admission, and many free activities are available for the whole family. A shuttle service is available from the parking lot, so bring your favorite lawn chair and come and enjoy the day.
See the Oct. 21 Petersburg Press Print Edition for full details.
Halloween Costume Parade set Oct. 29
October 20, 2009
Albion’s annual Halloween Costume Parade through the downtown business district will be held on Thursday, Oct. 29, starting at 4 p.m.
Youngsters are invited to wear their Halloween costumes and gather at the courthouse lawn before the starting time.
The trick-or-treat parade will include all businesses on Fourth Street, Church Street and Main Street. The event is sponsored by the Albion Chamber of Commerce.
Date set for open house on city plan
October 20, 2009
A public open house to discuss the 10-year comprehensive plan for the City of Albion will be held Thursday, Oct. 29, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Julie’s Catering and Restaurant, Fourth and Main Street.
Representatives from Hannah:Keelan, the firm hired by the city to rewrite the plan, will be available to answer questions and explain details of the overall plan, the housing study and the downtown focus plan.
Commissioners seek lower speeds on highway
October 20, 2009
Trucks lining up to unload grain at Cargill.
Commissioners said they are particularly concerned with high traffic volume at the 260th Street highway intersection.
Specific recommendations by the commissioners were:
- A speed limit reduction from the current 55 miles per hour to 45 mph on Highway 39, starting 225 feet southeast of the 260th Street intersection;
- A speed limit reduction from the current 45 mph to 35 mph on Highways 39/14, beginning 210 feet southeast of mile marker 122.
The board will forward this resolution to the Nebraska Department of Roads and present it at the NDOR district program planning meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Norfolk.
Details in the Oct. 21 Albion News Print Edition.
City Council lists priority sites for possible lagoon
October 20, 2009
Albion City Council approved a list of sites and rankings for a proposed new wastewater treatment lagoon last Tuesday evening, Oct. 13.
The council also decided to make inquiries with landowners for potential purchase of each of the top three sites.
In August, the council had selected a facultative lagoon and land application system as its preferred system for replacing the present mechanical treatment plant. Council members also decided to add several criteria to the site ranking system for the lagoon.
At Tuesday’s meeting, a new ranking of possible sites, based on 11 criteria, was approved by the council. Included in the top three sites are two locations southeast of Albion near Highway 39 and one location northwest of town bordering Old Mill Road.
Details in the Oct. 21 Albion News Print Edition.
Tales of woe in ‘Macbeth’
October 20, 2009
Macbeth “ghost”
UNL students present design ideas for Albion
October 20, 2009
UNL architecture student Archie Campbell with his Albion display.
Residents of Albion and Boone County, UNL students and professors, and professional architects from Lincoln attended the four-hour event at the old City Hall in Lincoln.
Albion is at the center of this semester-long studio, which focuses on ways to help rural communities prosper in the 21st century. The students, who visited Albion in late August, each designed and presented a project intended to help revitalize Albion’s downtown area.
Details in the Oct. 21 Albion News Print Edition.
October 14, 2009
Janice E. Gleason
Janice E. Gleason, 77, of Central City, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 at Golden Living Center in Fullerton. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10:30 a.m.at Palmer Funeral Home in Fullerton. Rev. Paul Blanchard and Rev. Valjean Warman officiated. Burial was in the Fullerton Cemetery.
Eugene S. Socha
Eugene S. Socha, 81, died Oct. 1, 2009. He was born Nov. 20, 1927. Vigil service was held Sunday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. at the West Center Chapel. Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m., West Center Chapel at St. Thomas More Catholic Church with mass at 10:30 a.m. Interment was held in the Hillcrest Memorial Park with military honors by Benson VFW Post #2503. Memorials to St. Thomas More Endowment Fund or American Cancer Society.
Thomas M. Towey
Thomas Michael Towey, 88, of Cedar Rapids, died on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 at the Cloverlodge Care Center in St. Edward. Funeral services were held on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. Fr. Ralph Steffensmeier officiated. Burial was held in St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Condolences may be sent to www.levanderfuneralhome.com.
Thelma D. Dobson
Thelma Dorothy Dobson, 92, of Cedar Rapids, died on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 at the Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island. Funeral services were held Monday, Oct.12, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. Fr. Ralph Steffensmeier officiated. Burial was held in St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Condolences may be sent to www.levanderfuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids or the Cedar Rapids Senior Center.
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