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Area Teams Tipping Off ‘11-12 Winter Seasons

There’s no snow on the ground. The sun continues to shine more often than not. Temperatures remain tolerable, to say the least.
Despite all that, it’s time for the winter sports seasons to open around the area and across the state.
To prepare you for the action, you will find our 2011-12 Winter Sports Preview inserted in this edition of the Albion News. Read more

TIME OUT with Joe Flanagan

Big Red look ahead, where to from here?

Nebraska’s 9-3 debut in the Big 10 Conference seems to be raising more questions than providing adequate answers.
“Where does the Husker program go from here” seems to be a popular subject of conversation since last Friday’s victory over Iowa closed the 2011 regular season.
Not just in coffee shops, bars and grocery stores. Not limited even to internet message boards and talk radio shows. Some of the state’s more prominent daily newspaper columnists have joined in, dissecting the present and musing over the future.
We’re four years into Bo Pelini’s tenure in Lincoln and, for the first time - sideline behavior discussions aside - some are beginning to question the direction of the Pelini program. Or, perhaps more accurately, ponder where Bo’s plateau is. Read more

Concrete poured for new wing

Contractors took advantage of the mild weather last Friday, Nov. 18, to finish pouring the concrete floor for the new wing at GSS-Albion Wolf Memorial Home.

They were just in time to beat a weekend cold snap, with temperatures mostly in the teens and 20s.

Above: power troweling and hand troweling were underway Friday afternoon.

The building structure is expected to start taking shape very soon..

State accountability — Boone Central misses one ‘AYP’ standard

Students at Boone Central Public Schools have generally met state standards on Nebraska State Accountability (NeSA) standardized tests, but the school did fall short in one category of “adequate yearly progress” (AYP) goals this year.

At the Nov. 15 Boone Central School Board meeting, Jimmy Feeney, middle school principal and curriculum director, reviewed both the NeSA and Northwest Education Association (NWEA) results for standardized tests taken over the past two years.

The one area where Boone Central did not meet AYP federal accountability standards this year was elementary reading performance in one demographic area. This is based on tests taken in the 2010-11 school year.

Details in the Nov. 23 Albion News Print & Electronic Editions.

New Q125 sign in place

Petersburg’s upcoming Q125 celebration, set for late June and early July of 2012, is getting more attention lately.

Larry Pelster, Tony Thieman and Jeff Temme put up new Q125 signs at the Highways 14/32 junction and near the Highway 14 Petersburg entrance sign on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 17.

Her brother helped out

Jami Scott of Belgrade (left), a member of the University of Nebraska at Kearney ‘Nebraskats’ recruited her brother, Joel, to perform with her in one selection during the group’s concert Sunday evening, Nov. 20, at Boone Central High School in Albion. Joel, an eighth grader at Cedar Rapids, helped out with a dance routine due to the absence of one of the Nebraskats’ members.

The Nebraskats opened their annual winter tour with the Albion concert, sponsored by the Albion Area Arts Council. The 14-member group and their backup band performed medleys from Broadway musicals and from the movie, “The Polar Express.” After spending Sunday night with local families, they continued on their tour with performances at Aurora and Hastings on Monday.

Chamber plans special events for Christmas season

In addition to weekly drawings for gift certificates, the Albion Chamber of Commerce is planning special events throughout the Christmas season.

Watch for a Christmas elf strolling the business district on Thursday nights, handing out gift certificates from local businesses. Cookies and drinks will be provided each Thursday night at the downtown mini park.

Special events will include:

Thursday, Dec. 1 — Pictures with Santa, 6 to 8 p.m., old Moyer’s building at 4th and Main Streets; Chamber gift certificate drawing, 6 p.m., downtown mini park.

Thursday, Dec. 8 — Christmas Caroling at downtown mini park, 6:30 to 8 p.m., and Chamber gift certificate drawing, 6 p.m., at mini park.

Saturday, Dec. 10 — Free Kids Movie at Gateway Theatre, 2 p.m., followed by visits with Santa Claus at downtwon mini park. Free gift wrapping at former Moyer’s building. 

Thursday, Dec. 15 — Old Fashioned Hay Rack Rides from downtown mini park, 6 to 8 p.m.; Chamber gift certificate drawing, 6 p.m. at mini park.

Thursday, Dec. 22 — Chamber Grand Prize gift certificate drawings at mini park, 6 p.m.

Mildred Carver to join list of 7 centenarians at GSS-Albion Wolf Home

Mildred Carver will be celebrating her 100th birthday this Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. On that date, she will join six other centenarians who are residents of Good Samaritan Society - Albion Wolf Memorial Home.

Other residents who have reached the century mark are Elenora Briese and Irene Williams, both 100; Agnes Valasek, 101; Ruth Eckstrom, 102; Lorraine Sheldon, 104, and Nebraska’s oldest living resident, Mable Ragan, who is 110.

Details in the Nov. 23 Albion News Print & Electronic Editions.

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