West Point liquor establishments will be able to sell hard liquor beginning at 6 a.m. Sundays under a new city law passed last night (Tuesday). Previously, they could start selling that type of alcohol at noon on Sundays.
The city’s law on liquor sales was changed at the request of Gary Rush, who operates Rush’s Liquor Store.
The new law does not affect the current law for beer and wine sales.
The new law permits the “on sale” of all alcoholic liquor from 6 a.m. until 2 a.m. every day of the week. “On sale” is alcohol that is consumed in the bar or area where it is bought.
The city’s “off sale” (carry out) hours of alcohol sales also change to 6 a.m. to midnight every day of the week.

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The fluctuating state aid projections for Nebraska schools changed for the third time this spring last Thursday, but the move was positive for three of four area school districts.
Still not benefitting from the state lawmakers’ tinkering with the state aid formula is Bancroft-Rosalie. Even after first round approval of a new state aid compromise last Thursday, B-R still stands to lose $185,791 from what it received this year.
As noted in last week’s West Point News, West Point Public Schools was projected to receive $265,502 in state aid next year, an increase of $104,448. But revisions made last Thursday now put WPPS’ state aid for 2013-2014 at $303,471, an increase of $142,417 over this year.
WPPS includes the West Point and Beemer schools.

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