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Where there’s smoke...
First truck was good investment
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
Fantastic finish
Where there’s smoke... Beemer’s Volunteer Fire Department made use of a perfect day Sunday for a practice burn. Firemen set an hold house on fire at the farm place of the late Marcella Belling, located on County Road 15, about 3.5 miles from Beemer. Basic fire practice, including entering a burning house, was conducted during the controlled burn.
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First truck was good investment By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter / Seventy-seven years ago Eddie Doescher took a chance and sold the only vehicle he owned and bought a truck. It marked the beginning of Doescher Transfer Company, located in Beemer.
Doescher’s family acknowledges  that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
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Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter / Lance Parsons searched for several years to find where his father was buried. He had lost contact with him through the years and knew he had died.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
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Fantastic finish It wasn’t by chance, but rather hard work and dedication that Bluejay senior Emily Petz evolved into a star sprinter.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
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June 28 trial may decide fate of S-S classroom addition

Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:46 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:53 Written by wpnews

A group of 15 Scribner-Snyder School District patrons who filed a complaint against the school district will have their day in court.
Dodge County District Court Judge Geoffrey Hall has set the matter for trial the morning of June 28 in the District Court of Dodge County, located at the Dodge County Courthouse.
The matter is to be heard by Judge Hall beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The plaintiffs are challenging the way the S-S Board of Education is funding the construction of a proposed $750,000 six-classroom addition.
The plaintiffs say the S-S board is funding the project with bonds issued by a leasing corporation.

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Sen. Brasch to hold coffees in area towns Friday, Monday

Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:46 Written by wpnews

District 16 State Senator Lydia Brasch will be making stops in area communities in the next few days to hold “Community Coffees.”
This Friday she will make stops in Tekamah, Decatur and Oakland.
On Monday she will visit the Cuming County communities of  West Point, Beemer and Wisner.
Sen. Brasch will spend about an hour at each stop, taking questions and listening to her constituents’ concerns about matters before the legislature.
Her schedule:

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Valmont Coatings – West Point Galvanizing receives award for work on Council Bluffs’ Gateway

Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:44 Written by wpnews

Valmont Industries, Inc. learned last week that its Valmont Coatings Division received two awards for excellence in hot dip galvanizing.
The awards competition, sponsored by the American Galvanizing Association, was based on utilization of hot dip galvanizing in an ideal, creative, innovative or monumental fashion.
Valmont Coatings’ facility in West Point was recognized in the Duplex System category for its “Council Bluffs Gateway” submission.
The gateway is located on the Broadway viaduct in the heart of Council Bluffs.

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Earlier collection times start at post office

Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:45 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:54 Written by wpnews

Thanks to a resolution passed by Congress, the United States Postal Service is rescinding a decision it made back in February to end Saturday mail delivery services.
But changes are still coming to the postal service, and one of them starts this Saturday.
Beginning Saturday, the last collection at the West Point Post Office will be at 3:15 p.m.
Any mail deposited after that time will be dispatched the following day. That time is subject to change later.
Collection times at the Beemer Post Office will stay the same.

Public participation key in county planning

Thursday, 25 April 2013 13:49 Written by wpnews

Cuming County’s Board of  Supervisors last week kicked off the public input portion in an attempt to lay plans for the county’s future.
It’s a future the board hopes will be a reverse of the recent past, which has seen the loss of 3,200 county residents since 1960 and nearly 2,500 in the last 30 years.
With the help of a grant from Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA), the county last week began a countywide housing study. Also part of the process is updating its 13-year-old comprehensive plan and rural zoning laws.
The comprehensive plan, explained Amy Haase of RDg Planning and Design, is mandated by state law before the zoning regulations can be implemented. RDg is the firm the county has hired to conduct the study and develop the plan.

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