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Beemer bridge no longer over troubled water...
WP-B FFA members spend a day picking grapes
After a winless 2009, Cadets open season with 41-14 victory
Students donate time for Chamber of Commerce
Beemer bridge no longer over troubled water... Work on the bridge over the Elkhorn River south of Beemer picked up steam this past week, and Welding Construction crews are beginning to see light at the end of their bridge repair tunnel.
It’s too early to give an estimated date of completion, but crews have shored up the piling and stabilized the bank on the south approach.
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WP-B FFA members spend a day picking grapes West Point FFA students took some time Saturday to help out a friend in need and learn about alternative agriculture in the process.
The students, plus a few other helpers, picked grapes at Sandy and John Rasmus’ Windcreek Vineyard, located just east of West Point.
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After a winless 2009, Cadets open season with 41-14 victory The sweat and pain of preseason football training camp was well worth the glorified feeling West Point-Beemer had after their 41-14 season opening win over Wisner-Pilger last Friday night.
Wins have been hard to come by for the WP-B football program the past couple years. In fact, the Cadets were coming off an 0-8 season.
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Students donate time for Chamber of Commerce Seven West Point students offered their helping hands at the Chamber Steak Fry Monday evening. First the students volunteered  to go on the auction block with proceeds to benefit the Chamber. Secondly they will be lending a helping hand to those who had the winning bid.
The students donated six hours of work.
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Budgets being finalized for city, school, county

Thursday, 02 September 2010 13:46 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 13:47 Written by wpnews

West Point Public Schools’ Board of Education met in special session last night (Tuesday) to fine tune its 2010-2011 budget, and the Cuming County Board of Supervisors needed some last minute budget changes of their own in time to get their budget hearing notice published this week.
The proposed budgets of the school, county and City of West Point will be presented to the public at three meetings over the next two weeks.

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County board explores ways to cut budget

Thursday, 02 September 2010 13:43 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 14:16 Written by wpnews

Clerk of District Court Merna Recker and assistant Laura Wagner met with the Cuming County Board of Supervisors last Wednesday to discuss if it might be possible to combine the county and district court offices as a way to trim the county’s budget.
Recker said she felt that her office’s case load justified keeping it a separate office.
She noted that 38 counties have combined offices but that the average population of those 38 is 2,338.

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Valuations just one part of tax picture

Thursday, 26 August 2010 13:35 Written by wpnews

The new valuation figures for Cuming County are just one part of the property tax equation.
The other part – and the most important one –- is the budget setting process of local governments.
None of the three main taxing entities has finalized its 2010-2011 budget, but all are close.

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Cuming County’s property valuation continues to climb

Thursday, 26 August 2010 13:36 Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 13:38 Written by wpnews

The value of taxable personal property in Cuming County surpassed the $1 billion mark for the first time in 2008.
Two years later the value of property in the county is a third of the way up the ladder to the next billion.
Property valuations of the various local government subdivisions for tax year 2010-2011 were certified Friday by County Clerk Cherie Kreikemeier, and what they revealed wasn’t surprising — that agricultural land owners will be paying more of the tax pie than before.

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Eilerts still Postmaster at West Point

Thursday, 26 August 2010 13:34 Written by wpnews

The West Point News has fielded a few inquiries about the local post office after hearing that Postmaster Mike Eilerts is working in Tekamah.
According to Brian Sperry of USPS Corporate Communications, Eilerts is still the Postmaster of West Point, but is temporarily serving in Tekamah.

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