Get Ready to Rally!

Sugar Valley Rally Organizer and Founder Dan Dickinson was guest on KNEB's News Extra program Monday morning to promote the 2014 Sugar Valley Rally.

 

 

 

Thursday, May 29, 2014

  Tech Inspection                                       

    WNCC Auto Tech Building, Scottsbluff (E. 27th St., ½ Blk. N on 17th Ave.)

Friday, May 30, 2014

    Rally School - Harms Technology Center                     

        (2620 College Park, Scottsbluff)

    Lunch for Rallyists  - Harms Technology Center                       

    Practice Rally Start - Harms Technology Center (Public Invited)       

    Pit Stop - Frontier School of the Bible, LaGrange, WY

     (Public Invited)                                                                                                 

    Finish -  Reganis Motors, Scottsbluff

     Business After Hours (Public Invited)              

             Cars on display until . . .                          

Stage 1 - Saturday, May 31, 2014

    Ceremonial Start - Scottsbluff Runza/Broadway (Public Invited)

    Pit Stop - City Park, Lingle, WY (Public Invited)

    Lunch for Rallyists - City Park, Guernsey, WY (Public Invited)

    Pit Stop - Center Ave, Mitchell, NE (Public Invited               

    Finish, Scottsbluff Star Herald/Broadway (Public Invited)                     

    Banquet, Gering Civic Center    (1050 M Street, Gering)

         Social Gathering                           

         Dinner                                   

Stage 2 - Sunday, June 1, 2014

    Breakfast, Knights of Columbus (1719 1st Ave., Scb.)                  

    Start, Knights of Columbus (Public Invited)                          

    Pit Stop - Chimney Rock Visitor Center, Bayard,NE (Public Invited)

    Finish, Cozad's Antique Ford Garage                        

         (1836 7th St, Gering) (Public Invited)                       

    Lunch  - Provided by Gering Merchants (Public Invited)                                  

    Awards Presentation, (Public Invited)

The above listed schedule will change as the route is perfected and stops etc are arranged.

 

For information: sugarvalleyrally.com. Or email: sugarvalleyrally@gmail.com. Or call 308-632-3381.

Earth Day Celebration 2014

Keep Scottsbluff Gering Beautiful's Kathy Kropuenske and Panhandle Coop's Susan Wiedeman were guests on KNEB's News Extra program Tuesday morning.

The 2014 Earth Day Celebration will take place in the Main Street Market parking lot in Scottsbluff on Saturday, April 12th.

They will be giving away cloth bags when you bring in a bag full of plastic bags starting at 10 a.m.  Trees will be given away by NPNRD starting at 10 a.m. Household Battery Collection by the Customer Service Booth inside the store.

Electronic Collection starts at 10 a.m. in the north parking lot (Donations welcome to offset costs of transportation.)

Platte Valley Bank - Document Shredding starting at 10 a.m.
Cardboard Collection by Docu-Shred.

KNEB-FM Live Remote from 10 a.m. until noon.

Auto Battery & Propane Bottle Collection - 18" or smaller Tire Collection 10-noon. (Limit of four passenger tires please)

Recyclables including cardboard, aluminum, plastics, magazines and newspapers by Environmental Services City of Scottsbluff.

Used Oil & Antifreeze Collection by the City of Gering.

Regional West Foundation Announces Campaign for Continuing Excellence

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., – The wall of plastic enclosing part of the second floor lobby at Regional West Medical Center is the first sign that something new is happening at the hospital.

Workers have been steadily moving I-beams and construction materials through an opening in the outer wall of the main entrance since the first of the year, as work begins on a new education center.

For many, it’s the first sign of the major fundraising campaign launched more than two years ago by Regional West Foundation to support important improvements at the Medical Center.

For the past two years, Regional West Foundation board members and campaign volunteers have been meeting with local businesses, potential donors, and Regional West employees, as well as writing grants in support of Regional West Foundation’s first major capital campaign in over a decade, “The Campaign for Continuing Excellence.”

“Our goal is to raise $4.2 million over five years to fund investments in technology, expand health care services, provide space for on-site education for health care providers, and support the Medical Center’s renewal project. I’m very pleased to announce that we have successfully raised almost two-thirds of our goal,” said Regional West Foundation President John Massey.

Oregon Trail Community Foundation President Travis Hiner said their board was unanimously in favor of pledging $45,000 to the campaign.

“Regional West Medical Center is a vital force in our community. It provides health care and careers for our family and friends, and is a mainstay of our regional economy,” said Hiner.

In addition to other substantial pledges, funds raised at the 2013 Regional West Foundation Gala were donated to the Campaign for Continuing Excellence.

Now, Regional West Foundation is kicking off a community campaign in an effort to meet or exceed their goal. This will be the Foundation’s first major fundraising campaign since its 1995 campaign to raise funds for the Regional Communications Network.

Projects designated for funding through the Campaign for Continuing Excellence include development of a new education center, which is being constructed adjacent to the Medical Center’s second floor lobby. It will feature the latest audio-visual and communications technology and provide on-site meeting space for more than 250 people.

“The education center will provide the room and technology to allow our staff to access continuing education on-site, rather than traveling to attend conferences and courses,” said Shelley Knutson, executive director of Regional West Foundation.

In addition, renovation on 2 West patient care unit will soon be underway as part of the Medical Center’s “Renewal Project.” The Foundation has committed $600,000 for the renovation which will include complete demolition and new construction of approximately 24 patient rooms and adjacent hallways.

The campaign will also fund the purchase and installation of a large-bore CT simulator at the Cancer Treatment Center as well as new cardiac catheterization equipment in the Heart Center.

“Nearly 20 years ago, our donors showed their faith in Regional West by supporting our efforts to establish an emergency communication system for trauma services,” Massey said. “Today, thanks in large part to donors’ generosity, Western Nebraska has reliable, seamless emergency communication between ground, air, and hospitals. The ‘Campaign for Continuing Excellence’ is another great opportunity for donors to consider their support of Regional West Foundation and to ensure quality health care services for the future.”