Spalding hit by nursing home closing
December 13, 2011
Friendship Villa Nursing Home.
Residents of the Spalding area have since been working to bring some economic development– including a possible new nursing home — back to the community.
A seven-member Spalding Community Development Committee is focused on re-establishing a nursing home in the town of 487 people.
A separate community group is working to find alternative uses for the 19,000-square-foot building that formerly housed the nursing home. Vetter Health Care Corp., owner of the former Friendship Villa, has not offered the building for sale. The company has stood firm on its decision not to sell the building for use as a long term care facility.
The nursing home operation had a total annual payroll of nearly $1 million.
Read more in the Dec. 14 Albion News Print & Electronic Editions.
Boone County to get more irrigated acres
December 6, 2011
Applications for 3,001.4 new irrigated acres to be developed in 2012 were approved by the Lower Loup Natural Resources District (LLNRD) Board of Directors at their November meeting.
Boone County producers will be allowed to develop 436.13 new irrigated acres, the third largest total among the NRD’s 16 counties. A total of 13 applications for new irrigated acres were approved in Boone County.
More details in the Dec. 7 Albion News and Petersburg Press Print & Electronic Editions.
The two counties with larger allocations of new irrigated acres were Buffalo County, 478.37 acres, and Custer County, 454.34 acres.
New owner taking over at Albion Floral & Gift
November 29, 2011
Karen Rankin and Linda Ridder
Ridder, along with her mother, Karen Rankin, will be working in the shop. They hope to make their transition into the business as smooth as possible. Hours and days of operation will remain the same. They plan to expand the gift line to include baby and pet items.
In coming months, they also plan to have a kitchen area with baked goods, including cookies and brownies, as well as a coffee bar.
Read more in the Nov. 30 Albion News Print & Electronic Editions.
Chamber plans special events for Christmas season
November 22, 2011
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.
Benson takes zoning administrator post
November 15, 2011
Kelly Benson
She was hired recently by the Boone County Commissioners to take the post formerly held by Barb Hanson. She will handle all aspects of county zoning. She said her biggest challenge will be learning all of the county’s zoning rules and regulations.
Details in the Nov. 16 Albion News Print & Electronic Editions.
NPPD announces 6.5% rate hike
November 15, 2011
Nebraska Public Power District Board last week approved a 6.5 percent average increase for both wholesale and retail customers effective Jan. 1, 2012.
NPPD’s wholesale customers include rural public power districts, such as Loup Power District and Cornhusker Power District, as well as municipalities.
Of the 6.5 percent rate increase, four percent is due primarily to a 75 percent increase in coal transportation costs next year. Fuel costs paid by NPPD have risen more than 50 percent in the past five years, and fuel transportation costs are expected to rise again significantly in 2012, said Pat Pope, NPPD president and CEO.
The remaining 2.5 percent is due to an increase in annual debt payments for capital investments in electric system plants and facilities. NPPD has invested more than $1 billion in plants and facilities over the past five years, Pope said.
New equipment coming online at Sentinel Building Systems
November 8, 2011
Pat Cleveland, plant manager, and Paul Kuhlman, machine operator, with the new roll forming machine at Sentinel Building Systems.
Last summer, the company completed a 50 x 75-foot addition on the plant’s southwest corner. This additional area is used mostly for storage of steel rolls and a load-out area, but it made room for a new roll forming machine and a new trim machine that allow the company to produce more of its own building components.
“The new lines allow us to be more flexible and more competitive,” said Pat Cleveland, plant manager. The company had previously purchased the sheeting and trim for its buildings from other suppliers.
Details in the Nov. 9 Albion News and Petersburg Press Print & Electronic Editions.
Boone County - Nebraska Wind Capital
November 1, 2011
Gov. Dave Heineman
Gov. Dave Heineman made the announcement during the commissioning ceremony Monday afternoon for Third Planet Windpower’s new wind farm near Petersburg.
He congratulated Petersburg and Boone County for being “the leader in the state’s major move into wind power.”
With the addition of TPW Petersburg, the county has two wind farms with a total capacity of 121.5 megawatts of wind power generation, which surpasses the total wind capacity of any other county in the state.
The total includes 81 megawatts of capacity from the existing Laredo Ridge Wind Farm (54, 1.5 megawatt towers), and 40.5 megawatts from the new TPW Petersburg Wind Farm (27, 1.5 megawatt towers).
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